Eat & Drink
October 27, 2016
An architect's rendering of Utepils Brewery, a soon-to-be brewery and taproom in Minneapolis.

What's in a name? Plenty for Utepils Brewing, to open this winter in Mpls.

The brewery owners (four of whom have worked in the industry) are planning a variety of traditional European styles for starters on their 50-barrel system.
Music
October 27, 2016
Starting with Prince, First Avenue photographer chronicled rise of Twin Cities music scene

Starting with Prince, First Avenue photographer chronicled rise of Twin Cities music scene

Photographer Daniel Corrigan highlights 35 years of Minnesota music in his new book "Heyday."
Variety
October 27, 2016
Starting with Prince, First Avenue photographer chronicled rise of Twin Cities music scene

Starting with Prince, First Avenue photographer chronicled rise of Twin Cities music scene

Photographer Daniel Corrigan highlights 35 years of Minnesota music in his new book "Heyday."
Celebrities
October 27, 2016
Screen grab of viral photo that originated on Hunter Culverhouse's Instagram account.

Viral photo of shiny legs is the latest optical illusion dividing the internet

Social media users are losing their minds over an image of some really glossy legs.
Variety
October 27, 2016
That set designer in the Microsoft TV ad? He's working on new Guthrie show

That set designer in the Microsoft TV ad? He's working on new Guthrie show

Beowulf Boritt is in heavy rotation on TV and in demand in the theater.
Music
October 27, 2016
Prince's performance for the halftime show at the Super Bowl XLI football game in Miami is celebrated in one of the museum rooms at the new remade Pai

Judge trims two from Prince's estate claims

Judge finds that treating someone like a relative isn't enough for them to inherit an estate when no will was left.
Music
October 26, 2016
Hit acappella group Pentatonix performed at Xcel Energy Center.

A cappella enters a new arena as Pentatonix serenades the X

Review: Fans cheered Texas quintet Pentatonix's unendingly cheery show at Xcel Center.
Variety
October 26, 2016

Style calendar

Variety
October 26, 2016
Illustration photos for Style. Minnesota-made footwear, Red Wing Shoe Company, Steger Mukluks & Moccasins, Minnetonka Moccasin, Sven Clogs and Lanona

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.
Variety
October 26, 2016
The soup everyone should make when the weather turns cold, from Lynne Rossetto Kasper of public radio's The Splendid Table.

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.
Music
October 26, 2016
C.J.: Prince's 'wall of security' didn't keep Tommy Smith from getting great photos

C.J.: Prince's 'wall of security' didn't keep Tommy Smith from getting great photos

TV & Media
October 26, 2016
Michael Yarish/CBS Stephen Fry, left, and Joel McHale in "The Great Indoors."

TV picks for Oct. 27: 'The Great Indoors,' 'Pure Genius,' Susan Sarandon in 'Joe'

Variety
October 26, 2016
deer // The click of a camera's shutter interrupted a morning reverie by a pair of fawns Monday June 22, 1992, in a field near Afton (Minnesota). Whit

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
October 26, 2016
Blue Plate's new restaurant, Mercury, opens in downtown Mpls.

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
October 26, 2016
Gene Wilder stars in "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory."

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."
TV & Media
October 26, 2016
The Ghostbusters Abby (Melissa McCarthy), Holtzmann (Kate McKinnon), Erin (Kristen Wiig) and Patty (Leslie Jones) in Columbia Pictures' GHOSTBUSTERS.

Nielsen ratings for Oct. 17-23: NFL scores; 'Ghostbusters' get the call

Variety
October 26, 2016

Ex-etiquette: Set a good example on Halloween

Variety
October 26, 2016
A woman visits a gravesite in the Fort Snelling National Cemetery in a snowstorm Wednesday, March 23, 2016, in Minneapolis, MN.

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
October 26, 2016
Mel Gibson arrives at the LA Special Screening of "Hacksaw Ridge" at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater on Monday, Oct. 24, 2006, in Beverly Hills, Calif.

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.
Variety
October 26, 2016
Many of the foods once thought to be healthy have now fallen out of favor with nutritionists, and foods once vilified are now being embraced as health

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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