MINNEAPOLIS — Editor's note: The video above first aired on KARE 11 in November 2023. Workers employed at each of the seven venues owned by Minneapolis' legendary First Avenue voted to approve a union ...

The exterior walls of First Avenue, filled with white stars, are a Minnesota landmark. They tell a significant piece of the story of music in the Twin Cities. The names inside those stars include ...

Stephen Swanson is a web producer at CBS News Minnesota. Stephen was a floor director for a decade before moving to the WCCO-TV newsroom in 2011, where he focuses on general assignment reporting.

First Avenue in downtown Minneapolis is mourning the loss of its beloved stage manager. Conrad Sverkerson started at First Ave in 1988. Employees and musicians remember him as someone who was ...

Staff at legendary Minneapolis music venues First Avenue and 7th St Entry are mourning the death of Conrad Sverkerson, the clubs' longtime stage manager. In a statement shared on social media, First ...