StarTribune
Back to Variety

More from Variety

Newer Older
TV & Media
October 20, 2017
THE SIMPSONS: Maggie becomes possessed by an ancient demon, Lisa discovers a creepy/perfect version of her family in an alternate universe, and Homer

TV picks for Oct. 21-22: 'Watcher in the Woods,' 'The Jellies!,' 'Simpsons'

TV & Media
October 20, 2017
TOO FUNNY TO FAIL -- It had all the makings of a huge television success: a white-hot comic at the helm, a coveted primetime slot, and a pantheon of f

TV picks for Oct 23: 'Too Funny to Fail,' 'Scared Famous,' Action Bronson

Music
October 20, 2017
Patricia Kopatchinskaja Photo: Marco Borggreve

Week's best classical: Violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja with the SPCO, piano superstar András Schiff

Variety
October 20, 2017
The early tour of the New Saints CHS stadium in downtown St. Paul. Photos to be use for an illustration package 051715. ORG XMIT: MIN1504152005052129

Monday Briefing: Will baseball crime caper hit a home run?

TV & Media
October 20, 2017

TV talk show highlights Oct. 23

Variety
October 20, 2017

Lileks: Phone scammers have new dirty tricks

Variety
October 20, 2017

Meet Keenan, Minnesota's Waiting Child for October

Variety
October 20, 2017
A sign thanking first responders hangs by a newly planted vineyard Monday in Napa, Calif.

Minnesotans describe Napa nightmare: 'There's fires everywhere'

Winemakers and grape growers from Minnesota cope with "the uncertainty and the smoke."
Movies
October 20, 2017
Loving Vincent (lovingvincent.com) ORG XMIT: 1211120

Movie reviews: 'Human Flow' by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei and a Van Gogh animated mystery

Variety
October 20, 2017

News of the Weird: 'Mad Pooper' on the run

Stage & Arts
October 20, 2017
Allen Weeks "Wedding Band" at Penumbra

Review: Penumbra's superb 'Wedding Band' explores tension between private love and public intolerance

Penumbra explores interracial romance in the superb "Wedding Band."
Variety
October 20, 2017
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Sound Advice: Small multi-use speaker also servces as a handy FM radio

Variety
October 20, 2017
Conceptual artist Mel Chin revisits his 'Revival Field' in St. Paul

Conceptual artist Mel Chin revisits his 'Revival Field' in St. Paul

A confirmation of the relationship between art and science happened in Minnesota
Variety
October 20, 2017
Twin Cities' 5 must-see art shows this weekend

Twin Cities' 5 must-see art shows this weekend

ART! Get it while it's hot.
Books
October 20, 2017

Review: 'Bible Nation: The United States of Hobby Lobby,' by Candida R. Moss and Joel S. Baden

NONFICTION: "Bible Nation" explores Hobby Lobby's antiquities collection and proselytizing fervor.
Books
October 20, 2017
Harvard University Prof. Henry Louis Gates Jr. has brought African-American studies into the mainstream.CHRIS PIZZELLO • Invision Henry Louis Gates

Review: '100 Amazing Facts About the Negro,' by Henry Louis Gates Jr.

NONFICTION: Henry Louis Gates Jr. unearths surprising truths about the complex history of the black diaspora.
Books
October 20, 2017
Linda LeGarde Grover.

Review: 'Onigamiising: Seasons of an Ojibwe Year,' by Linda LeGarde Grover

NONFICTION: An elder and UMD professor offers humorous and insightful dispatches from Duluth.
Books
October 20, 2017
Former U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera chuckles at a remark made by his friend, fellow poet Ray Gonzalez, at the Twin Cities Book Festival on O

BOOKMARK: Twin Cities Book Festival was filled with words and laughter

Books
October 20, 2017

Review: 'Nine Continents: A Memoir In and Out of China,' by Xiaolu Guo

NONFICTION: Born into a Chinese peasant family, a writer and filmmaker escaped to the urban wilds of the Western world despite enormous obstacles.
Stage & Arts
October 20, 2017
Kory LaQuess Pullam rehearsed for his role as Hamlet at Park Square Theatre in St. Paul.

'Hamlet' star is the fast-rising prince of Twin Cities theater

The starring role in "Hamlet" crowns a busy year for Kory LaQuess Pullam, whose ambition has energized the theater scene.
Newer Older
Browse Variety Sections
Latest Columns
Most Read
  1. Legendary record store site in Minneapolis will soon house a new shop for musicheads • Music
  2. 8 Midwestern supper clubs that get it right • Eat & Drink
  3. The 5 best things our food writers ate this week in the Twin Cities (and beyond) • Eat & Drink
  4. St. Cloud house vies for Ugliest House in America • Home & Garden
  5. Over 27 years, couple have renovated Hopkins 'three-chimney house' built by Gluek family in 1939

Variety

Entertainment, arts and lifestyle news, commentary and features, including things to do and reviews from Minneapolis, St. Paul and Twin Cities venues.

© 2024 StarTribune. All rights reserved.