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August 19, 2019
Slurping, smacking and chatting: Minnesotans make 'mukbang' eating videos

Slurping, smacking and chatting: Minnesotans make 'mukbang' eating videos

A mash-up of two Korean words that roughly translate to "live eating," mukbang started about 10 years ago in South Korea.
Celebrities
August 19, 2019

C.J.: Veteran sports writer John Feinstein says football is never safe

TV & Media
August 19, 2019
This photo provided by Netflix shows Dr. Lisa Sanders examining a patient in a scene from the new Netflix series “Diagnosis,” which tran

TV picks for Aug. 20: 'Coming to America,' Jim Gaffigan, 'Diagnosis'

TV & Media
August 19, 2019

TV talk-show highlights Aug. 20

Eat & Drink
August 19, 2019
Cecil's Deli circa 1987: co-owners Sheila and David Leventhal.

70-year-old Cecil's Deli in St. Paul competes on new Food Network show

Cecil's Delicatessen makes its food competition debut on "Family Restaurant Rivals," airing Monday night.
Variety
August 19, 2019
'Soul Man' Steve Cropper spins tales about Blues Brothers, Otis Redding, 'Green Onions'

'Soul Man' Steve Cropper spins tales about Blues Brothers, Otis Redding, 'Green Onions'

The Rock Hall of Fame guitarist-songwriter appeared at Saturday's Lowertown Guitar Festival.
Music
August 19, 2019
Belinda Carlisle will be at the State Fair Bandshell on Thursday and Friday.

Belinda Carlisle (not Brandi Carlile) kicks off the State Fair's free bandshell concerts Aug. 22-23

Music
August 19, 2019
In this May 13, 2013 photo, country singer Trace Adkins and Maureen Maltez rehearse in Brentwood, Tenn. Atkins recently heard Maltez sing at his daugh

Country triple bill with Adkins, Black and Clark hits the grandstand on Aug. 25

Music
August 19, 2019
Why Don’t We will perform at the Grandstand on Friday, Aug. 23, as part of the Grandstand Concert Series. Photo provided.

Boy band Why Don't We makes a State Fair homecoming Aug. 23

Music
August 19, 2019
Dierks Bentley will perform at the grandstand.

Country's Dierks Bentley gives a career retrospective at the fair grandstand Aug. 24

Music
August 19, 2019
Tommy James and the Shondells and Happy Together Tour 2019 will perform at the Grandstand on Monday, Aug. 26.

Tommy James and the Happy Together crew revive the '60s at the State Fair Aug. 26

Music
August 19, 2019
"Weird Al" Yankovic performs at the grandstand.

'Weird Al' Yankovic brings a full orchestra to the fair Aug. 27

Music
August 19, 2019
-- PHOTO MOVED IN ADVANCE AND NOT FOR USE - ONLINE OR IN PRINT - BEFORE SEPT. 2, 2018. -- Singer-songwriter Lionel Richie at his home in Beverly Hills

Lionel Richie says 'Hello' to State Fair grandstand Aug. 30

Music
August 19, 2019
Brandi Carlile performed Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018 at the State Theatre in Minneapolis, Minn. ] Aaron Lavinsky ¥ aaron.lavinsky@startribune.com Bra

Brandi Carlile headlines the Current's Music-on-a-Stick concert Aug. 31

Music
August 19, 2019
Hootie & the Blowfish, from left: Dean Felber, Jim (Soni) Sonefeld, Darius Rucker, and Mark Bryan in Virginia Beach, Va., May 29, 2019. Twenty-five ye

Hootie & the Blowfish comeback tour opens the State Fair grandstand Aug. 22

Music
August 19, 2019
ZZ Top and Cheap Trick close out the fair Sept. 2

ZZ Top and Cheap Trick close out the fair Sept. 2

Music
August 19, 2019
Minnesota star Dessa plays the State Fair band shell Sept. 1-2

Minnesota star Dessa plays the State Fair band shell Sept. 1-2

Variety
August 19, 2019
Sam Penton of Death and Co.

3 ways to meet out-of-town food and drink stars coming to Minneapolis

Three events -- two this month -- will bring culinary stars to the Twin Cities.
Variety
August 19, 2019
Daily shuttle service, along with private water taxis and charters, make the 15-mile journey from Bayfield to Stockton Island in about and hour and a

Info: Apostle Islands National Lakeshore

Camping, sailing, paddling and cruise opportunities in the national lakeshore, plus Madeline Island.
Variety
August 19, 2019
Ruth Venegas and Zeek Ramos joined a sea cave tour with Lost Creek Adventures on their visit from Chicago.

Superior's divine isles: Exploring the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore

The Apostles are among the last truly remote places in the Midwest, precisely because they are so hard to reach.
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