The daily digest of Twin Cities culture | Secrets of the City

In these cold, bristling days of the early year (when there’s no holiday in sight), it's good to have something to anticipate ... And so, in defiance of depressing January, this offering: an illustrated list of some, but not all, of the designers for this spring's Voltage local fashion show, courtesy of Nic Marshall Photography.

“What do you know about the washability of Sharpie?” asked a curious onlooker as she watched Eric Inkala, a Minneapolis-based painter and graffiti artist, decorate an American Apparel T-shirt with the long strokes of his black Sharpie pen. “It usually fades to dull blue,” Inkala offered.