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Staff writer | Niche Products

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Christy DeSmith has a background in magazines. Before joining the Star Tribune, she was an editor at The Rake, Mpls.St.Paul and Boston magazines. She also has a career as a freelance writer, specializing in art, design, lifestyle and travel. Her work has appeared in American Craft, Boston Globe and Delta Sky, among many other publications.
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Humor regenerates 'Mummy'

When we pick back up with Rick and Evelyn O'Connell, they're a bored, retired couple clinking their teacups in Oxfordshire, England.

Updated: July 31, 2008, - 05:07 PM

Acting out

About 250 fans showed up at the Ritz to watch short teasers for the Minnesota Fringe Festival, which starts Thursday and features zombies, ballerina hunters, singing ax murderers and more.

Updated: July 26, 2008, - 10:42 PM

Hey there, speed racer

The Elko Speedway is different things to different people -- a sport, a social scene, a family outing or a unique place to take visitors from abroad.

Updated: July 19, 2008, - 03:24 PM

10 Seconds of Film: Lathered Up

Free-flowing beer, the ambient light of tiki torches and homemade art -- all under a summer night's sky: No wonder the Soap Factory's Fourth Annual Ten-Second Film Festival was such a popular destination this past Independence Day.

Updated: July 12, 2008, - 11:38 AM

American Girl 'Kit Kittredge' is a smart delight

This gentle story shows us the Depression through a child's eyes.

Updated: July 10, 2008, - 04:50 PM

Fully committed

Loring Park was feeling the love when gay and lesbian couples took part in a mass commitment ceremony.

Updated: July 05, 2008, - 10:07 AM

Face Time: "Celebration of India"

When one skeptical partygoer suggested that "Curry is pretty trendy right now," chef Raghavan Iyer was quick to retort: "Yes, but it's been trendy in India for 6,000 years."

Updated: June 27, 2008, - 01:52 PM