Local
January 12, 2019
Signs, along US Highway 8 in Barron, Wis., welcoming Jayme Closs home, were photographed Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019.

For Jayme Closs, the healing process is just beginning

It's likely to be a long, difficult process, but one where healing is possible, mental health professionals and survivors of childhood trauma say.
Stage & Arts
January 12, 2019

Walker kicks off Out There series with intense show

Review: Rabih Mroué's "Borborygmus" feels like a figurative self-immolation dressed up cleverly as experimental theater.
Movies
January 12, 2019
Felicity Jones as Ruth Bader Ginsburg in "On the Basis of Sex."

Whether it's Gandhi, Ginsburg or Dick Cheney, Hollywood biopics usually get it wrong

With very few exceptions, trying to cram a famous life into two hours is a losing game.
Variety
January 12, 2019
Hot Wheels collector Ryan Wurzbacher has nearly 1,000 of the first cars issued, in 1968, framed in his Andover home.

Twin Cities collectors have serious drive to accumulate Hot Wheels: 'They're pieces of art'

Adult collectors are obsessed with the tiny cars, hoarding them by the hundreds, selling rare ones for thousands.
Home & Garden
January 12, 2019

Twin Cities designers forecast home decor for 2019

Kitchens with color, herringbone patterns for tile and flooring, and dark and moody hues are trends to look for.
Variety
January 12, 2019

Wine of the Week: San Pedro 1865 Cabernet Sauvignon 2015

Variety
January 12, 2019
Delta flight 90 was towed away from the terminal for the first scheduled service to Rome Wednesday afternoon. ] JEFF WHEELER • jeff.wheeler@sta

Why airline prices fluctuate and how to make it work to your advantage

Follow these tips to improve your odds of getting the lowest fare.
TV & Media
January 12, 2019
Sissy Spacek and Robert Redford in "The Old Man and the Gun."

Video review: The Sundance Kid rides again in 'The Old Man and the Gun'

TV & Media
January 12, 2019
Season 3, episode 1 (debut 1/13/19): Mahershala Ali in "True Detective."
photo: Warrick Page, HBO

TV picks for Jan. 13-17: 'True Detective,' 'Sex Education,' 'The Passage'

Variety
January 12, 2019
Transportation Security Administration officers work at a checkpoint at O'Hare airport in Chicago, Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019. The TSA acknowledged an inc

TSA agents hit by government shutdown; Frontier flight attendants can now keep their own tips

Music
January 12, 2019
Rajane Katurah Brown as Marie Knight and Jamecia Bennett as Sister Rosetta Tharpe in "Marie and Rosetta."

Pick Six: Praise for 'Marie and Rosetta,' Joyann Parker, Chance the Rapper, more

Pick Six is a half-dozen cool things in music, from two points of view.
Movies
January 12, 2019

Movies opening in the Twin Cities Jan. 18

Inspired
January 12, 2019
John Till, senior vice president of strategy and innovation for the Family Partnership.

John Everett Till and the Family Partnership help families help themselves

The nonprofit is the first in Minnesota to test a grant-funded program that sends coaches into at-risk households weekly for up to 18 months.
Books
January 12, 2019

Booksellers recommend books: Birchbark on 'New Poems of Native Nations'

Music
January 12, 2019
King Princess

Best of the Week: King Princess, 'Carmina Burana,' the Current's 14th, Nicola Benedetti

Home & Garden
January 12, 2019
IKEA is holding organizing and declutteriung workshops at the Bloomington store Jan. 19.

4 Twin Cities home and garden events this week

Home Expo at Target Field, and tips for tidying up.
Variety
January 11, 2019
Minnesota man makes carousel out of enormous floating disk of ice

Minnesota man makes carousel out of enormous floating disk of ice

Extreme ice carousel builders across the world are one-upping each other in a challenge to create the biggest and best.
Variety
January 11, 2019

Beautiful doors on Twin Cities buildings make a statement

Though they're often overlooked, doors reveal a lot about a building and its era.
Inspired
January 11, 2019
Optometrist Dr. Meredith Walburg examines Denae Whitfield's eyes at Harding High School. Whitfield is one of 2,500 St. Paul Public Schools students sc

Thousands of Twin Cities kids getting free vision screenings thanks to caring collaboration

ChildSight Minnesota and Phillips Eye Institute join forces to make sure that Twin Cities kids succeed.
Inspired
January 11, 2019
Cuauhtemoc Cruz Herrera was a math whiz as a kid, but his opportunities were limited. He vowed to change that for others.

Macalester grad fulfills childhood dream of advancing math in home country of Mexico

Now an entrepreneur and educator, Cuauhtemoc Cruz Herrera has already made a big difference. And way ahead of schedule.

Variety

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