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Stage & Arts
May 22, 2015
Mpls. Institute of Arts puts masterpieces on water towers

Mpls. Institute of Arts puts masterpieces on water towers

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts is reproducing masterpiece paintings on water towers in three Minnesota towns as part of its centennial outreach program
Variety
May 22, 2015

News of the Weird: Unappreciated Christmas gift cut like a knife

TV & Media
May 22, 2015
Onkyo credit Onkyo TX-8020 receiver.

Sound Advice: Tight budget now doesn't preclude planning for an upgrade later

TV & Media
May 22, 2015

TV picks for May 23-24: "A Million Ways to Die in the West," "Game of Thrones," "Rich Kids of Beverly Hills"

Music
May 22, 2015
Maryland-reared rapper Logic, aka Sir Robert Bryson Hall.

Soundset 2015 Get to Know: Logic

The fifth of six mini-profiles on new-ish acts performing at Sunday's eighth annual festival at Canterbury Park.
Music
May 22, 2015
Ice Cube

Ice Cube plays Soundset while prepping N.W.A. biopic

The hip-hop icon and movie star said of his performance at Sunday's festival at Canterbury Park, "School is in session."
Home & Garden
May 22, 2015

Design tips for loft-like spaces

Variety
May 22, 2015
Interior designer Lynn Barnhouse gives ideas for loft-like spaces includng examples from artist Harriet Bart's Bridgewater Loft. Credit Karen Melvin

Art and soul: An artist's downtown Minneapolis loft comes to life

An art-loving couple's minimalist Minneapolis loft comes to vibrant life through creative mingling of organic and modern elements.
Home & Garden
May 22, 2015
credit: Taylor King Furniture The Raina settee by Taylor King is perfectly tailored in rich dark blue velvet with matching buttons.

Tufted furniture endures, but in different styles

Home & Garden
May 22, 2015

Close to home: Learn about plaster repair and windowboxes

Variety
May 22, 2015

Sunday Supper: Tagliatelle With Asparagus and Parmesan Fonduta

Fonduta is a silky sauce rich with crème fraîche and egg yolks. Tagliatelle is slightly wider than linguine. From "A Girl and Her Greens: Hearty Meals From the Garden," by April Bloomfield.
Celebrities
May 22, 2015
Anna and Josh Duggar

Josh Duggar, accused of child molestation, admits to acting 'inexcusably'

Books
May 22, 2015
Kelly Cherry

Review: 'Twelve Women in a Country Called America,' by Kelly Cherry

FICTION: Time-haunted short stories travel from Richmond to New Orleans with complicated characters.
Books
May 22, 2015
Steve Inskeep

Review: 'Jacksonland: President Andrew Jackson, Cherokee Chief John Ross, and a Great American Land Grab,' by Steve Inskeep

NONFICTION: "Jacksonland" brilliantly illuminates the transformative and morally suspect seventh president by highlighting his complex relationship with a forgotten Cherokee leader.
Books
May 22, 2015
The steep, rugged Driftless region, which includes southwestern Wisconsin, was bypassed by landscape-flattening glaciation tens of thousands of years

Reviews: 'Going Driftless,' by Stephen Lyons, and 'Crossing the Driftless,' by Lynne Diebel

NONFICTION: Two writers explore the wild and hilly Upper Midwest, one by land and one by canoe.
Books
May 22, 2015
Kent Haruf.

Review: 'Our Souls at Night,' by Kent Haruf

FICTION: Kent Haruf's last novel captures the joys and sorrows of a love affair between seniors in the small town of Holt, Colo.
May 22, 2015
Newberg expressed dissapointment at the long planters seperating the new 222 Hennepin building from the sidewalk. It did get kudos for hidden parking

Streetscapes: Expert dishes on Minneapolis development boom -- from the street

Consultant Sam Newberg offers insights on how it feels to walk around newer developments in Minneapolis.
Variety
May 22, 2015
Newberg expressed dissapointment at the long planters seperating the new 222 Hennepin building from the sidewalk. It did get kudos for hidden parking

Exploring Minneapolis on foot

Photos present a ground-level look at Minneapolis' development boom.
St. Paul
May 22, 2015
Fans celebrated a St. Paul Saints homerun in the fourth inning. ] CARLOS GONZALEZ cgonzalez@startribune.com, May 21, 2015, St Paul, MN, CHS Field, St.

Gallery: Saints open new ballpark in St. Paul

The Saints officially started the 2015 season at CHS Field in Lowertown St. Paul on Thursday.
Books
May 22, 2015

Review: 'Mislaid,' by Nell Zink

FICTION: A madcap book about mutating identities channels McCullers, Kafka.
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