Stage & Arts
Fortune Feimster gets ready to help kick off Pride Weekend in Minneapolis
"Chelsea Lately" comedian Fortune Feimster will help open Pride Weekend.
Eat & Drink
Minnesota State Fair reveals 31 new foods including pizza burritos, cookie dough
Deep-fried avocados and sweet corn-blueberry eclairs also are among the many new delights that will make their debut when the Great Minnesota Get-Together opens Aug. 24.
Stage & Arts
The Mini-Apple grapple: A look at Twin Cities rasslin' during the 1980s
A photo exhibit provides a ringside view of Baron Von Raschke, Sgt. Slaughter and more.
Music
Minnesota soul singer Sonny Knight's second act cut short by cancer at 69
The 1960s singer and Vietnam veteran enjoyed a career revival with the Lakers in his 60s.
Variety
Rolling Stones exhibit in Chicago delivers museum-like satisfaction
Despite 500 artifacts from costumes to handwritten lyric sheets, the highlight is a recreation of their first London apartment.
Eat & Drink
McDonald's debuting delivery in Twin Cities
There are 19 locations, most in Minneapolis and St. Paul, now offering the convenience.
Variety
Minneapolis Institute of Art curator to work on influential N.Y. show
Gabriel Ritter will be the first from the Minneapolis museum to serve as a curator on the Armory Art Fair.
Home & Garden
Then and now: See how 8th and Hennepin has changed since 1960
A brief history of 8th and Hennepin told through old-school photographs.
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Then and now: Popular Nicollet Mall street corner changed drastically since 1960
Vintage photos show the corner of 6th and Nicollet in all its old-school glory.
Celebrities
Minnesotan behind viral giant dog Instagrams mauled by a cow — and survives
The Instagrammer of Juji the giant doodle — with more than 100,000 followers — is recuperating and has even posted a photo of the aftermath.
Home & Garden
Then and now: Mpls. corner goes from Egyptian vibes to much-admired skyscraper
Vintage photos show how "King Tut mania" influenced an early downtown Minneapolis building before it made way for a favorite skyscraper.
Books
Author Marlon James critiques Minnesota racism with viral Facebook post
The St. Paul author writes about what it is like to be black in Minnesota.
Books
REVIEW: 'Our Short History,' by Lauren Grodstein
FICTION: Lauren Grodstein's poignant new novel unfolds as a letter from a dying mother to her to her young son.
Books
Review: 'You Don't Have to Say You Love Me,' by Sherman Alexie
NONFICTION: In this memoir, Sherman Alexie paints a frank and unflinching eulogy of his mother.
Books
REVIEW: 'The Prisoner in His Palace,' by Will Bardenwerper
NONFICTION: An intriguing portrait of the military policemen who guarded the Iraqi leader before his execution.
Books
Review: 'Guidebook to Relative Strangers,' by Camille T. Dungy
NONFICTION: In a stirring debut, poet reflects on raising a child while pursuing a career.
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