Music
A cappella enters a new arena as Pentatonix serenades the X
Review: Fans cheered Texas quintet Pentatonix's unendingly cheery show at Xcel Center.
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Moccasins! Red Wings! Clogs! A guide to Minnesota's best shoe brands
Looking to buy local? These Minnesota shoe companies deliver rugged good looks and sturdy construction.
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Lynne Rossetto Kasper's go-to soup for winter
This easy Moroccan recipe is the one that "The Splendid Table" host relies upon when the weather turns cold.
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I'm a millennial who traded big-city Minneapolis for rural Minnesota
Why would a single, 30-something hipster leave the millennial mecca of Minneapolis for rural Minnesota? The short answer: change.
Eat & Drink
Blue Plate's new restaurant, Mercury, opens in downtown Mpls.
Downtown Minneapolis' newest addition is an eatery serving up ramped up classics off a menu that's "a little bit French, a little bit coastal Southern and a lot of new American."
Movies
Celebrate the sweets season with 'Willy Wonka' at the Heights Theater Nov. 3
Join us as we celebrate the 47th birthday of the Taste section with a screening of 1971's scrumpdiddlyumptious "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory."
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Join us at the Walker for Behind the Lens: 2016 Photos of the Year
Grab a cocktail and hors d'oevres at the Walker Art Center, then listen in as photojournalists Brian Peterson and Renée Jones Schneider share the stories behind their award-winning work.
Movies
Pariah no more? Mel Gibson gets standing O at academy screening of new film
However heavy the baggage that Mel Gibson carries from a decade ago, the audience screening the new World War II movie that he directed, "Hacksaw Ridge," looked past it.
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Think you know which foods are healthy? This quiz will surprise you
The foods in this quiz have at one time or another been branded "healthy" or "unhealthy." Do you know which is which?
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Want latest on Kensington Runestone kerfuffle? A top authority is on his way
Uppsala University's Henrik Williams is coming to the Twin Cities next month to talk about the controversial Minnesota find.
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Minneapolis will try to smooth bar closing traffic with extra staffers
The city plans to deploy a dozen traffic agents and licensing inspectors to smooth bar traffic downtown.
Celebrities
'Walking Dead' shocks fans with two devastating deaths in season 7 premiere
The hit show's fans were saddened by the killings of two major characters.
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Paisley Park museum finally gets go-ahead from Chanhassen
After weeks of hesitation, city of Chanhassen signs off on zoning permits.
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