Music
State Fair fast out of gate locking up its first grandstand act for 2018
Former member of One Direction will take the stage on the opening night of next year's fair.
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ZZ Top treats fans to fun, light-hearted evening of the blues at Mystic Lake
The 90-minute set was predictable but the beards and the blues ruled nonetheless.
Stage & Arts
Ananya Dance Theatre's 'Shyamali' brims with memorable moments, activist passion
REVIEW: Dancers, musicians and poets collaborate in a tribute to women united.
TV & Media
Music
Spoon cools off over two nights at Palace touting 'Hot Thoughts'
REVIEW: Britt Daniel set down his guitar often and vamped it in St. Paul.
Stage & Arts
The Jungle's dark 'Nether' pokes at crime in a virtual universe
REVIEW: If unspeakable acts are committed online, who should be punished?
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Rosenblum: Minnesota inmates crochet way to redemption in Project Teddy Bear
A restorative justice project has brought together University of Minnesota students and Sandstone prisoners to help sick kids.
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Your Twin Cities guide to the hottest concerts, plays, movies and young artists of the season
Meet the most intriguing artists of the fall season and check out our critics' picks for the must-have tickets in music, movies, theater, dance and more.
Stage & Arts
'In the Heights' review: Lin-Manuel Miranda's early work pays tribute to his Washington Heights neighborhood
Ordway production of early Lin-Manuel Miranda work still finding its stride.
Books
Pulitzer winner Viet Thanh Nguyen, 'fighting for utopia' and a new Vietnam war narrative
The novelist spoke at St. Catherine University on power and the pen.
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U's Dr. Davis Logsdon is an expert on everything — too bad he's not real
A fictional University of Minnesota professor's quotes fill satirist Andy Borowitz's column in the New Yorker.
Music
Our critic's tribute to Hüsker Dü's Grant Hart: 'One of my greatest music heroes'
The late Hüsker Dü co-leader Grant Hart was one of Minnesota's most approachable, intelligent and challenging rock legends.
Home & Garden
Model spaces: Here's what caught our eye at the Parade of Homes
Last weekend, we explored nearly two dozen homes on this year's Fall Parade of Homes to check out design features and decor trends. Here's what caught our eye.
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