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Scene + Heard: Gala Garden Party at Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum's Gala Garden Party blended the casualness of a garden party with the elegance of a black tie event.
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Walking among the bluebirds of Northfield
St. Olaf and Carleton colleges are part of an effort to restore the native bluebird population.
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Barcelona is a city for the ages
Barcelona continues to rise in popularity, due to sunny skies, great eats and heady architecture.
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Minnesotans are texting emojis, and getting back a work of art
Art is literally at your fingertips with the 'Send me SFMOMA' project.
TV & Media
At last, a good sale on Bose QuietComfort 35 wireless headphones
At last, a good sale on Bose QuietComfort 35 wireless headphones.
TV & Media
Now that there's a female 'Dr. Who,' here are 8 more heroes women should play
The next time Hollywood execs reboot a popular character, they should consider these women.
Stage & Arts
Minn. arts group faces upheaval after sex harassment allegations against ex-director
Gregory Stavrou, accused of sexual harassment, had resigned in April after arts group called for his firing.
Stage & Arts
Ordway's 'Jesus Christ Superstar' looks super but is short on soul
REVIEW: Musical boasts great voices, choreography and design, but at the expense of soul.
Stage & Arts
Review: Momentum Dance festival's second week brings magical hoop skirts and otherworldly adventures
Review: Week 2 of the Momentum dance festival brings magical hoop skirts and otherworldly adventures.
Celebrities
Even if O.J. Simpson earns big bucks once he's out, he can't keep the money
If the Heisman Trophy winner returns to Hollywood or any other money-making venture, he won't be able to keep a cent. Unless he makes more than $30 million.
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Books
Stage & Arts
You can get art, with no buyer's remorse, at Minneapolis Art Lending Library
Operating like a cross between a bookmobile and a mini-art gallery, Minneapolis Art Lending Library sets up shop at city parks four times a year.
Books
Review: 'When the English Fall,' by David Williams
FICTION: A solar storm causes the loss of modern technology.
Books
Review: 'Stephen Florida,' by Gabe Habash
FICTION: A brooding young North Dakota wrestler nearly comes unhinged.
Books
Review: 'Jane Austen at Home,' by Lucy Worsley, follows trail of nearly homeless author
NONFICTION: Unmarried and unsuccessful in her lifetime, Jane Austen relied on family.
Books
Review: 'Woolly: The True Story of the Quest to Revive One of History's Most Iconic Extinct Creatures,' by Ben Mezrich
NONFICTION: Author Ben Mezrich recounts the thrilling quest to bring the woolly mammoth back to life.
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