Eat & Drink
Hi-Lo Diner in Minneapolis mixing Girl Scout cookies into pies, malts
Embrace the Thin Mints- and Samoas-induced sugar shock at this restored 1957 diner.
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Think ice is hot? So do the frozen fingers behind a local ice sculpting business
Ice sculptor's frozen gift to her neighborhood falls prey to unseasonable warmth.
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Scene + Heard: Big Climb Mpls. takes over Capella Tower
The Capella Tower lobby in downtown Minneapolis was transformed into a base camp for climbers setting out on their journey to scale the 775-foot building and complete Big Climb Mpls.
Stage & Arts
'Prairie Home' millennial: Meet Serena Brook, the show's other new voice
New cast member Serena Brook wraps up her debut season as Chris Thile's comic foil.
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Lileks: Another one derides the bus
MnDOT has announced it's interested in self-driving buses. This is not exactly a vote of confidence for the drivers they have now.
Movies
Iranian director of 'The Salesman' takes on love, theater and revenge
The new film by Oscar nominee Asghar Farhadi, who is boycotting this year's ceremony, riffs on "Death of a Salesman."
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What is a modified ketogenic diet, and should you try it?
This high-fat, low-protein and low-carb way of eating once was used to treat epilepsy and other seizure disorders.
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Stress behind the wheel: How best to respond to road rage?
Another driver freaked out when I stopped for a pedestrian. How should I have reacted?
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Hate being stuck in the middle seat on an airplane? Here's how to cope
The more I fly, the more I realize that I may never again have the window or aisle seat.
Stage & Arts
Ballet de Lorraine offers fresh takes on 2 iconic works by Merce Cunningham
REVIEW: The French company solidly performed two works by the modern master Thursday night at Northrop.
Books
The dubious art of 'decorating' with books
The beauty of books comes from the fact that the writers come in different shapes, sizes and colors — as well as mind-sets, points of view, background and attitude.
Eat & Drink
Twin Cities restaurateurs create Lovechild in La Crosse, Wis.
What happens when two Twin Cities restaurant titans relocate to Wisconsin? Magic.
Music
Jazz composer Maria Schneider performed (and celebrated) a Minnesota-inspired masterpiece
Review: Maria Schneider's Grammy-winning "The Thompson Fields" album was the centerpiece of this homecoming concert.
TV & Media
Lifetime to air women's soccer in push to broaden TV 'fempire'
Cable network will air women's soccer games on Saturday afternoons.
TV & Media
Pete Holmes' new comedy 'crashes' the cutthroat world of open-mic comedy
Laughs come easy in a new sitcom about the world of open-mic comedy.
TV & Media
Actress/producer Reese Witherspoon gets 'real' with HBO's new 'Big Little Lies'
A more promising future for Hollywood actresses may rest in the hands of Reese Witherspoon, whose behind-the-scenes muscle resulted in a new HBO series.
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Somali-American who wore hijab at Minn. pageant now a hit at NY Fashion Week
Model Halima Aden went from St. Cloud to walking the runway for Kanye West, plus getting gushing write-ups from Cosmopolitan and Us Weekly.
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