Music
A better man with ballads, country crooner Chris Young charms at Target Center
Review: Opening a Friday night country concert with a ballad is dicey. But darn if Young didn't pull it off.
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Fast-food joints were unlikely source of imaginative 20th-century design — and will be missed
White Castle and others were kitschy and a loud rebuke to the serious architecture of the day. And that's what made them great.
Movies
Let it go: A dad's guide to Disney on Ice's 'Frozen' at Target Center
Disney on Ice brings the mega-hit musical to Target Center.
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Eat & Drink
Got restaurant questions? Food critic Rick Nelson has your answers
Here's the scoop on newcomers, chicken soup, pulled pork sandwiches and more.
Home & Garden
A sunny DIY 'Beach Room' warms up winter at a Minnesota cabin
Beach-inspired bedroom warms up winter at the cabin.
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Housebreaking a new puppy at 11 below zero in Minnesota
If you're foolish enough to adopt a puppy in the coldest month of the coldest winter in years, how are you supposed to housebreak him?
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Music
Second annual Celebration at Paisley Park to feature Sheila E., fDeluxe, NPG
Tickets for the April 19-21 event were bumped up to $550 and $1,050.
Home & Garden
Penthouse with rooftop terrace in downtown St. Paul hits market for $1.8M
One level is for living — the other is for partying, in a huge loft-style condo that spans 5,100 square feet across two floors.
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Eat & Drink
Just in time for Lent, we rank 9 fast-food fish sandwiches
Pollock to cod, McDonald's to My Burger, we've got you covered.
Home & Garden
Going for gold in home decor
After taking second place to silver, gold is now asserting itself as the new finish in interiors.
Books
Books
Review: 'Dressed Up for a Riot,' by Michael Idov
NONFICTION: An enjoyable account of three frenetic years in the Moscow media world.
Books
Review: 'What Are We Doing Here?' by Marilynne Robinson
NONFICTION: Marilynne Robinson's essays are sprinkled with a sense of the divine.
Books
Review: 'Time Pieces,' by John Banville
NONFICTION: Novelist offers an elegant memoir about his life in Ireland's storied capital.
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