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Illusion audiences will be seeing (four) things
Minneapolis' Illusion Theater returns four frequent collaborators for its 2019-20 season.
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Cheaper, more sustainable dorm decor: Twin Cities colleges set up free stores and swaps
On-campus reuse stores help students outfit their dorms and make colleges more sustainable.
Music
A Baroque music ensemble sprouts in Minnesota farm country
La Grande Bande, which opens its debut season Friday, sees a "hunger" for culture there.
TV & Media
Home & Garden
Feeding birds apparently feeds our psyche
Seed sales are in the billions, mostly in the Western world.
Music
Minnesota fans are still a 'sucker' for the Jonas Brothers
The boy-band members proved themselves as grown-up pop stars.
Music
Three-peat repeat: Wilco announces another Palace Theatre run Nov. 22-24
The Chicago rockers also played three nights at the St. Paul venue in 2017 before going on a yearlong hiatus.
North Metro
Shoreview creates heritage park at site of historic farmhouse
New heritage park will feature restored 1896 farmhouse and 1920s gas station
Home & Garden
1950s St. Paul rambler gets a streamlined new kitchen and mudroom
A modern kitchen and mudroom enhance a rambler's midcentury modern style.
TV & Media
10 fall TV shows you can't afford to miss
From dramas to comedies to documentaries, here's what you'll be watching.
Home & Garden
Ramsey Hill tour will open doors to homes of St. Paul's Gilded Age
The juxtaposition between 21st-century lifestyles and 19th-century architecture is the theme of this year's Ramsey Hill House Tour.
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Your fall guide to 100-plus concerts, plays, movies and more coming to Twin Cities
Change is in the air as Minnesota arts troupes open the curtain on their 2019-20 season. Meet 10 women who are transforming what we’ll see this fall on stage, screen, bookshelves and gallery walls. And join a discussion about how our scene could be stronger.
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Remembering the Cars' Ric Ocasek: Arty, eccentric and a good dad
The Rock Hall of Famer died Sunday in New York at age 75.
Movies
He's been dead 16 years but Mister Rogers remains force for change, director says
Mister Rogers is back in the neighborhood, with Tom Hanks in the role. Director Marielle Heller thinks we need the TV legend more than ever.
TV & Media
Why Tiffany Haddish and Tracy Morgan are singing the praises of former Minnesotan Tracey Ashley
Big names in entertainment are calling sitcom writer Tracey Ashley one of the smartest voices in comedy. But Minnesotans already knew that.
Stage & Arts
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Crystal theater wants to give more jobs to women, and pay them fairly
Theatre Elision specializes in offbeat musicals with female characters.
Stage & Arts
Twin Cities curator Maia Maiden brings hip-hop dance to a bigger stage at the Ordway
With "Rooted," Maia Maiden sought to create a dance showcase for artists of color. Now it's the heart of a weekend-long fest at the Ordway.
Music
Changing the color of opera is the goal of Minnesota Opera's new leader
A singer herself, Minnesota Opera's Priti Gandhi sees diversity as a way to "open people's imaginations" — not to mention a matter of survival.
Books
Minnesota artist's novel about queer black teens is one of fall's hottest books
After puppets and poetry, theater and film, artist Junauda Petrus is releasing her first young adult novel about two queer, black teenagers.
Eat & Drink
New cafe-market by member of the Pohlad family opening in Wayzata
Lindsay Pohlad will open the Grocer's Table in spring 2020.
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