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Iconic couturier Karl Lagerfeld has died
Chanel's iconic couturier, Karl Lagerfeld, has died. His accomplished designs as well as trademark white ponytail, high starched collars and dark enigmatic glasses dominated high fashion for the last 50 years. He was around eighty-five years old.
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Music
What would you pay for Bob Dylan's boyhood bathroom sink?
A young Bobby Zimmerman apparently used this upstairs sink in his childhood home in Hibbing, Minn.
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Minneapolis remembers Willie Murphy as genius musician, curmudgeonly friend
After he was saluted at a memorial service and an all-star barroom concert, the Minneapolis music legend will be toasted at a blues jam on Monday night.
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Twin Cities residents 'Say Home' in new work by SPCO composer in residence
What does home mean? A host of Minnesotans responded, for a work being debuted by the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra.
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Walker Art Center curator Pavel Pyś judges 2019 Los Angeles Awards
Artist prize winners will receive upwards of $10K
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Eat & Drink
A winter winery crawl on the Twin Cities' western edge
Three wineries near Hutchinson, Minn., and Waconia make for an ideal winter day trip.
Stage & Arts
Guthrie offers a lusty rom-com 'As You Like It'
Guthrie production sets play in the present — and in a sunnier part of Shakespeare's world.
Home & Garden
$10M castle home in Orono has 'surprise' inside
"Game of Thrones" and steampunk style were influences for this newly constructed stone-and-steel fortress.
Music
The good, the bad and the Elton: 30 milestones on the Yellow Brick Road
As Elton John's farewell tour heads to Minneapolis, we look back at 30 songs — the good, the bad and the undeniably Elton.
Books
'Where Reasons End' ponders: What words can follow 'unspeakable' tragedy?
FICTION: Yiyun Li's profoundly sad but nearly perfect novel explores suicide and its aftermath.
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So long, sugar: Join our 28-Day Sugar Free Challenge
Kick sugar to the curb with the Star Tribune's 28-day challenge.
Eat & Drink
Restaurants come and go, but Cecil's Deli in St. Paul has lasted since 1949
Cecil and Faye Glickman's neighborhood landmark is now seeing its fourth generation on the job.
Stage & Arts
With kids at the center, Children's Theatre to remember Minnesota's 1985 meatpackers strike
Part of the Children's Theatre's 2019-20 season, a new play recalls the state's momentous meatpackers strike.
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