TV & Media
March 18, 2019
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March 18, 2019
Jerome Foundation awards two-year, $40,000 grants to 60 individual artists

Jerome Foundation awards two-year, $40,000 grants to 60 individual artists

More than 80 percent of the artists -- based in Minnesota and New York City -- identify as people of color.
Music
March 18, 2019
The Chicago White Sox players in Minnesota Opera's World premiere of "The Fix."

Minnesota Opera batting above average with satisfying world premiere of 'The Fix'

Review: Joel Puckett's opera is based on the infamous "Black Sox Scandal" of 1919.
Variety
March 18, 2019
Owlet Smart Sock Photo by Weston Colton

You can use tech to track your baby's every movement and milestone — but should you?

Apps and wearables track naps, sunlight exposure and much more. Some parents find the data reassuring, but pediatricians and privacy experts are raising concerns.
Home & Garden
March 18, 2019
The sprawling lodge-style vacation home on Cross Lake is on the market for $4 million.

Go inside Denny Hecker's former lakeside mansion retreat, now priced at $4M

The lavish compound near Crosslake has been divided into three lots.
Home & Garden
March 18, 2019
Designer Jeralyn Mohr created a cozy refuge in her small St. Paul apartment.

St. Paul designer transforms her efficiency apartment into a cozy refuge

She works wonders with the small space on the third floor of a turn-of-the-century house in St. Paul.
Variety
March 18, 2019
Stage & Arts
March 17, 2019
Frank Theatre's "The Cradle Will Rock" appears through April 7 at Gremlin Theatre in St. Paul. The large cast includes (back, from left) JoeNathan Tho

Review: Minneapolis returns fondly remembered musical, 'Cradle Will Rock'

Big Business rules in an 80-year-old musical that doesn't feel that old.
TV & Media
March 17, 2019
Music
March 17, 2019
Candide-3-Photo Credit Allen Weeks Pictured L to R: Phinehas Bynum, Bradley Greenwald, Philip Brunelle, Liv Redpath Vocal Essence production of Candid

Twin Cities team tries to 'fix' Leonard Bernstein's biggest flop

Theater Latté Da doubles up with VocalEssence to rethink a confounding musical theater work.
Books
March 17, 2019
Antarctica's Getz Ice Shelf in 2016.NASA

Review: 'Horizon,' by Barry Lopez

NONFICTION: Barry Lopez's geographical, sociological and spiritual global journey reveals diverse landscapes and exploitation of resources.
Books
March 17, 2019
Sheep are moved from one field to another along a country road in the west of Ireland.

Review: 'We Were Rich and We Didn't Know It,' by Tom Phelan

NONFICTION: Tom Phelan's memoir about growing up on an Irish farm depicts a lost world but never strays into sentimentality.

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