By Kristin Holtz, Correspondent
When Jim Wiebusch began planning for his first Man Cave party, he admits some of his best buddies weren’t so sure about it.

One of them texted him: “Is this like a Tupperware party, for men?”
“No, it’s like a Mary Kay party,” Wiebusch replied.

Call it what you will, but Man Cave Worldwide is a growing business of men selling to men. Similar to other direct-selling companies, like Tastefully Simple or Pampered Chef, Man Cave sells products related to beer, grilling and other manly pursuits.

By Lori Carlson, Editor
For Terry Hitchcock, the last eight months have been a different kind of marathon – a nationwide whirlwind of film festival appearances and motivational speeches.

The Prior Lake man is the subject of “My Run,” a documentary that follows his 1996 trek – in which he ran 75 marathons in 75 days – from St. Paul to Atlanta, Ga.

Hitchcock, who was 57 at the time of the run, had lost his wife, Sue, to breast cancer a decade earlier and became a single father to three young children.

The buzz following Sunday’s Academy Awards ceremony included what many already are calling “Oscar’s Kanye moment.” That episode came via Elinor Burkett, the journalist-turned-author-turned-documentary filmmaker who spent a year studying students at Prior Lake High School in 1999 and 2000.

On Sunday, as director-producer Roger Ross Williams began giving an acceptance speech for their film, “Music by Prudence,” Burkett stormed the stage and upstaged Williams with a breathy monologue of her own.

Local, national and international performers are expected to delight audiences for one day in July as the city of Prior Lake hosts the first Lakefront Jazz and Blues Festival, presented by Mystic Lake Casino.

The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community and Mystic Lake Casino will collaborate with the Prior Lake Rotary Club, the event organizer, to present the music festival, set for Saturday, July 10 at Lakefront Park.

By Shawn Hogendorf, Staff Writer 

Audience members will get a glimpse into a “world that is not our own” when “The Aluminum Show” comes to the Mystic Showroom for five shows March 5-7.

By Meryn Fluker, Staff Writer

Drew Barrymore, Carrie Fisher and Charlie Sheen all came from families filled with successful actors. While her parents aren’t necessarily movie stars, 13-year-old Tori Thibodeaux is another young thespian who’s joining in the family tradition.

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