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July 1976
July 1976 Mpls.St.Paul Magazine Cover
Mpls. vs. St. Paul: Minneapolis or St. Paul: The “debate” continues.
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February 1979
February 1979 Mpls.St.Paul Magazine Cover
Hmmm. So, were we suggesting our readers date puppets?
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November 1979
November 1979 Mpls.St.Paul Magazine Cover
Hmmmm. Was a cruise around Loring Park on that list?
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May 1978
May 1978 Mpls.St.Paul Magazine Cover
Mpls. vs. St.Paul: St. Paul gets added to the Mpls. banner. About time!
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February 1978
February 1978 Mpls.St.Paul Magazine Cover
Yes, that’s a pile of sausages.
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April 1983
Apr. 1983 Mpls.St.Paul Magazine Cover
Yes, that’s a crescent roll on a rack.
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November 1978
Nov. 1978 Mpls.St.Paul Magazine Cover
Yes, that’s a guy in a turkey suit.
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January 2001
January 2001 Mpls.St.Paul Magazine Cover
Hmmmm. Our first Vanity Fair-style gatefold, only everyone on our cover is over 50 and not a movie star.
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July 1998
July 1998 Mpls.St.Paul Magazine Cover
Hmmm. It looks like this guy is making a bomb. Maybe that’s why this issue bombed on the newsstand.
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February 1980
February 1980 Mpls.St.Paul Magazine Cover
Weather: A man for all seasons, and he’s a weatherman. Get it?!
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November 2003
November 2003 Mpls.St.Paul Magazine Cover
Weather: Paul Douglas knew that climate change was coming back in ’03. If climate change doesn’t scare you, how about a grimacing Paul?
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April 1999
April 1999 Mpls.St.Paul Magazine Cover
Why illustrations don’t work: that poodle looks just like Prince.
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August 2003
August 2003 Mpls.St.Paul Magazine Cover
Controversy: How big should a burger be? This question was controversial in the office.
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February 2002
February 2002 Mpls.St.Paul Magazine Cover
Controversy: Laurie Coleman, wife of Norm, didn’t wear her wedding ring. Why? She was having it cleaned, of course!
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February 2005
February 2005 Mpls.St.Paul Magazine Cover
Controversy: For shame. Readers don’t like it when we’re too indulgent. They told us so.
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December 1990
December 1990 Mpls.St.Paul Magazine Cover
It’s December, how about a Santa cover? C.J. with Santa, the first in our December Santa series.
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December 1991
December 1991 Mpls.St.Paul Magazine Cover
It’s December, how about a Santa cover? Kicking it up a notch a year later: Kent Hrbek is Santa.
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September 1998
September 1998 Mpls.St.Paul Magazine Cover
Anchors: Robyn Robinson, the perfect pairing of star power and lifestyle feature.
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May 2001
May 2001 Mpls.St.Paul Magazine Cover
Anchors: Thanks to our long relationship with Pat Miles, she told her story here first.
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May 2003
March 2003 Mpls.St.Paul Magazine Cover
Anchors: What’s better than anchors? Anchors with cute babies!
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December 2003
December 2003 Mpls.St.Paul Magazine Cover
Anchors: Paul Magers’ third time on the cover. Even when we shoot him to look like the Joker sans makeup, he’s still Paul. Swoon.
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April 1990
April 1990 Mpls.St.Paul Magazine Cover
Changes: Eleanor Mondale as wild child.
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December 2006
December 2006 Mpls.St.Paul Magazine Cover
Changes: and as wise woman.
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November 2001
November 2001 Mpls.St.Paul Magazine Cover
Changes: With just 10 days till press time, we pulled a celebrity cover and scrambled to match the tone of the times.
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June 1989
June 1989 Mpls.St.Paul Magazine Cover
Claims to fame: Kathy Ireland was our swimsuit model before Sports Illustrated “discovered” her.
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May 1985
May 1985 Mpls.St.Paul Magazine Cover
Claims to fame: We had Cindy Crawford first, too.
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April 1995
April 1995 Mpls.St.Paul Magazine Cover
Claims to fame: Malcolm X’s daughter lived in Minneapolis, and famous photographer Gordon Parks had the story.
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March 2000
March 2000 Mpls.St.Paul Magazine Cover
Claims to fame: Marcus Samuelsson, another great talent to pass through our cities.
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November 1995
November 1995 Mpls.St.Paul Magazine Cover
Claims to fame: Gov. Arne Carlson had a crush on movie star Ann-Margret. But she wouldn’t take off her glasses, not even for him.
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December 2005
December 2005 Mpls.St.Paul Magazine Cover
Claims to fame: Editor Brian Anderson had a major crush on Genevieve Gorder, who came to our holiday party in a va-va-voom dress.
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July 2005
July 2005 Mpls.St.Paul Magazine Cover
Only in Minnesota. What we learned: Our readers don’t want to meet people. They’ve all had the same friends since college.
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December 1996
December 1996 Mpls.St.Paul Magazine Cover
Only in Minnesota: Lot's of famous Andersons, and an Anderson for the editor. It had to be done.
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April 1994
April 1994 Mpls.St.Paul Magazine Cover
Great, Great Getaways covers: We loved this lush cover.
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April 2002
April 2002 Mpls.St.Paul Magazine Cover
Great, Great Getaways covers: That’s why we did it again.
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June 2002
June 2002 Mpls.St.Paul Magazine Cover
More tough lessons learned: The first and last time we’ll try angled text. We promise.
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May 1999
May 1999 Mpls.St.Paul Magazine Cover
More tough lessons learned. What we learned: Women don’t care what other women think.
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February 2006
February 2006 Mpls.St.Paul Magazine Cover
More tough lessons learned. What we learned: Hipsters don’t buy our magazine.
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July 2006
July 2006 Mpls.St.Paul Magazine Cover
More tough lessons learned: We are Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, not Twin Cities Suburbs Magazine.
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August 1998
August 1998 Mpls.St.Paul Magazine Cover
Winners. A winning combo: a hot chef (Philip Dorwart) who looks even hotter next to an ugly fish.
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March 2003
March 2003 Mpls.St.Paul Magazine Cover
Winnesr: Because fries are delicious and very photogenic. Thanks, fries. We’ll be seeing you on the cover again.
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