From left, Bent Paddle Brewing Company's Bryon and Karen Tonnis and Colin and Laura Mullen Thursday afternoon.

6 Minnesota breweries win medals at 2024 World Beer Cup

Start mapping your brewery tour now to sip these award-winnings beers, crowned this week at the annual international competition.
A pair of red women's slippers adorned with sparkles and a tiny bow toward the toe
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An infamous heist put this North Woods town in the global spotlight. Nervous breakdowns and Hollywood deals ensued.

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The reporter who dug up the dirt, the museum head who took the heat and the community forever changed by the ruby slipper theft.
Paul Blume (left) and his daughter, Beatrice, alongside Lou Raguse and his daughter, Violet, after their team won a championship.
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Caitlin Clark helps KARE 11 and Fox 9 reporters bond with their daughters

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Lou Raguse and Paul Blume teamed up to coach a winning basketball team.
Reed Sigmund as Toad and Jay Goede as Frog in the Children's Theatre Company's musical "A Year With Frog and Toad."
Stage & Arts

'A Year With Frog and Toad' closes a chapter at CTC

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Peter Brosius readies his swan, er, swamp song, after 27 years as the artistic director with the musical that went from Minneapolis to Broadway in 2003.
People enter the gallery, walking past “Monument for Parents” by Sunkoo Yuh, at the entrance to “The Shape of Time: Korean Art after 1989” at
Stage & Arts

Korean art at Minneapolis Institute of Art spans issues of gentrification, memory, identity

April 25
This is the first exhibition of contemporary Korean art in the United States in 15 years.
Vibraphonist Steve Roehm, seen with his self-made "Roehmeo" instrument, has performed with the New Standards for almost 20 years and now also co-leads
Music

Meet the man setting a new standard for cool vibraphone music in Minnesota

April 25
Steve Roehm pipes up to discuss a new album by his lesser-known group, the Neighborhood Quartet.
Ambi Subramaniam started playing the violin when he was just 3 years old and got his formal training from his father L. Subramaniam.
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Indian classical music: Lean in, it's fun, two performers say ahead of St. Paul show

April 25
The Carnatic violinist and Hindustani vocalist will meld their different styles in a concert Friday in St. Paul.
Stage & Arts

Italy halts loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art following dispute over 'Doryphoros' sculpture

April 24
In 2022, the Italian court demanded Mia return the ancient sculpture. Mia did not comply.
Recipes

Winner, winner, saucy chicken dinner

April 24
A cast-iron skillet is ideal for browning chicken thighs and whisking up a variety of sauces.

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