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Books
January 11, 2019
The readings are free, and there will be hot coffee, hot cider, cookies and books.

Bookmark: The St. Paul Library's Fireside Reading Series features Sarah Stonich, Heid Erdrich and more

Eat & Drink
January 11, 2019
Rose McGee, who owns Deep Roots Gourmet Desserts, said sweet potato pie is "the sacred dessert of black culture."

Golden Valley baker has sweet mission: Give 90 folks pie to honor MLK's 90th birthday

Rose McGee bakes sweet potato pies to give comfort: "It's a delicious way of nurturing and fortifying the human spirit."
Books
January 11, 2019

Review: 'Ghost Wall,' by Sarah Moss

FICTION: An English family goes overboard in trying to live for a summer like the ancients.
Books
January 11, 2019

Review: 'A Rope From the Sky,' by Zach Vertin

NONFICTION: A Minnesota native offers an insider's account of the birth of a nation.
Variety
January 11, 2019
Could a nasty snowstorm be in our future?

Lileks: Looking for a winter forecast? Ask an Old Farmer, or a Presumably Younger Farmer

The battle of the almanac predictors leaves us cold.
Variety
January 11, 2019
An unclaimed bag at the Charlotte Douglas Airport in Charlotte, N.C., April 26, 2017. The airline industry says its rate of mishandled baggage is lowe

Airlines have gotten better at tracking your bag

The odds of a lost bag have gotten significantly smaller, but there's still room for improvement.
Variety
January 11, 2019
The archaeological site of Pompeii, with Mount Vesuvius in the background, in Italy, Sept. 29, 2015. Using a CT scanner, a team of researchers hopes t

Blow your top at five favorite volcanic destinations

For an update on ash, lava, steam and smoke, take your family to a volcano.
Variety
January 11, 2019
Capella della Madonna di Vitalta along a road near San Quirico in Tuscany. Jerry Gerads, Sardell, MN 320-237-5064

A Renaissance gem amid the fields of Tuscany

Variety
January 11, 2019
There were multiple modes of transportation across the frozen ice on Hole in the Day Bay of Gull Lake for the Ice Fishing Extravaganza Saturday, Feb.

Okoboji Winter Games; Ice Fishing Extravaganza in Brainerd; Frostival in Fargo-Moorhead

Variety
January 11, 2019
People stand in front of an MSC Cruises ship docked in Havana, Cuba, on Jan. 27, 2018. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Francesco Pistilli.

There's so much more to cruising in 2019 than the Caribbean

Eight hot voyages for 2019, from Cuba to Turkey to Antarctica.
Variety
January 11, 2019

Nevis: If you go

Variety
January 11, 2019
Temperatures were perfect for snow tubing at Elm Creek Park Reserve in Maple Grove, Minn. on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018. ] Shari L. Gross • shari.

Snow tubing at Buck Hill, Elm Creek

Stage & Arts
January 11, 2019
Dancer Leslie Parker during a dress rehearsal for "Weave," Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019, at O'Shaughnessy Auditorium at St. Catherine University in St. Paul

Native artist Rosy Simas pulls various threads to build a bold new dance work, 'Weave'

An ambitious dance work premiering Saturday in St. Paul is "an invitation to true inclusiveness."
Celebrities
January 10, 2019
Mark Rosen makes his emotional farewell from WCCO TV

Mark Rosen makes his emotional farewell from WCCO TV

After nearly 50 years, the sports anchor said goodbye to his TV home -- with a little help from his friends.
Music
January 10, 2019
Justin Vernon spoke to the audience Saturday night during the PEOPLE Mix Tape set on the Lake Eaux Lune stage. ] AARON LAVINSKY ï aaron.lavinsky@

Justin Vernon helps Andrew Broder supply bold music for dark times at Turf Club residency

Justin Vernon helped his pal Andrew Broder settle in for an ominous Turf Club residency.
Local
January 10, 2019
New State Rep. Hunter Cantrell, DFL-Savage spoke to members of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America in front of the House Chamber as the group

Minn. legislator proposes ban on therapy aimed at changing sexual orientation

Democratic Rep. Hunter Cantrell of Savage is reviving the proposed ban in the state House. Gov. Tim Walz backs the proposal.
Variety
January 10, 2019
A large refreshing lake with a background silhouette of the mountain in Southwest Arizona

Amid a gloomy winter, give me sunshine, and give me Yuma

Variety
January 10, 2019
Maintaining a triangular body formation is key for novice ice climbers. (Mark Johanson/Chicago Tribune/TNS)

Learning to ice climb – and chill out – in what may be sport's perfect classroom in Canada

Canada's oldest national park is a playground for the fast-growing sport.
Variety
January 10, 2019
Designed like a stone mountain wrapped in dove’s wings or a glass cloud, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights opened in 2014.

Midwest Traveler: Winnipeg museum highlights human rights

An acclaimed museum in the Manitoba capital inspires in divisive times.
Variety
January 10, 2019
January 19, 1978 HIGH-LEVEL SUPERVISOR - Karl Wallenda. left, who will mark his 73rd birthday this weekend, supervised his grandchildren, Rietta, 17,

Vintage Minnesota: A high-flying tribute to the Wallendas

The Wallendas performed in the Twin Cities in 1978.
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