Home & Garden
Mpls. designing sisters specialize in working with what you already have
"We edit a lot — not that we don't like their stuff, but most people have too much," says one of two designing sisters in Minneapolis who specialize in repurposing what their clients already have.
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Music
Pick Six: Praise for Grateful Dead, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Adam Sandler, Sonny Knight, Semisonic
Pick Six is a half-dozen cool things in music, from two points of view.
Movies
Home video: It's war out there in 'Hell in the Pacific'
The new Blu-ray of 1968's "Hell in the Pacific" finally allows fans to watch the underrated World War II gem with a seamless presentation of director John Boorman's intended ending.
Celebrities
C.J.: Floor director Tim Niccum leaves Fox 9 for better hours
He is leaving Fox 9 to work for BlueEarth Innovation, a Web development firm in St. Paul.
Stage & Arts
Painting of Philando Castile's death on display in New York's Whitney Museum
On exhibit at N.Y.'s Whitney Museum, Henry Taylor's painting is both a sympathetic portrayal and a rallying cry.
Variety
Minneapolis' 'library block' has a fascinating history of loss and renewal
The current library in downtown Minneapolis is a gem, but so was the one before that. And the one before that.
Books
Review: 'Anything Is Possible,' by Elizabeth Strout
FICTION: Connections of small-town life weave web that is suffocating and affirming.
Books
Review: 'The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley,' by Hannah Tinti
FICTION: Hannah Tinti defies curse of "second novel slump."
Variety
Ozzy Osbourne will rock Treasure Island outdoors on Aug. 11
Guitarist Zakk Wylde will be in the band for the first tour since 2006.
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Books
Review: 'There Your Heart Lies,' by Mary Gordon
FICTION: A young Catholic woman sees atrocities, then recalls them late in life to her beloved granddaughter.
Books
REVIEW: "Small Hours" by Jennifer Kitses
FICTION: A novel told over 24 hours tells a taut tale of marriage under pressure.
Books
Review: 'A House Among the Trees,' by Julia Glass
FICTION: The complicated legacy of a beloved children's book author is revealed.
Books
Review: 'The Accomplished Guest,' stories by Ann Beattie
FICTION: Ann Beattie focuses on time running out in her new collection of short stories.
Books
REVIEW: 'The Jersey Brothers,' by Sally Mott Freeman
NONFICTION: A sweeping account of one family's determined effort to find a prisoner of war and bring him home.
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