Variety
October 8, 2019
Energy-efficient washers are designed to clean in water that is cold or warm, saving the consumer money. But studies have found the temperature needed

Energy-efficient washers found to harbor bacteria

Music
October 8, 2019
Morris Day performed with the Time on Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis as part of a Prince tribute at Super Bowl Live in 2018.

Prince haunts Morris Day's new memoir: 'I still hear his voice in my head'

"Purple Rain" co-star and Time leader Morris Day details his long friendship with Prince in a memoir that brings him home to the Twin Cities this week.
Variety
October 7, 2019
Country stars Dan + Shay coming to Target Center in April

Country stars Dan + Shay coming to Target Center in April

Tickets will go on sale on Friday, though there is a pre-sale now for American Express cardholders.
Home & Garden
October 7, 2019
The William Sauntry Mansion, an 1880s Queen Anne bed-and-breakfast in Stillwater, is for sale for $1.2 million.

Iconic Stillwater B&B from the 1880s hits the market for $1.2M

1880s Sauntry Mansion keeps the Victorian vibe alive, while enhancing it with Swedish steam showers and whirlpool tubs.
Home & Garden
October 7, 2019
The new Restoration Hardware flagship store has opened by Southdale.

Restoration Hardware opens opulent new furniture gallery in Edina

The new flagship store embraces the retail-as-destination concept with three levels covering 60,000 square feet — including a glass-enclosed restaurant on the roof.
Stage & Arts
October 7, 2019
Gracie Anderson playing Frank in the Rocky Horror Show at Park Square Theatre. ] CARLOS GONZALEZ • cgonzalez@startribune.com – St. Paul,

'Rocky Horror' still (somewhat) outrageous after all these years

The musical's second act falters, but lead Gracie Anderson never does.
TV & Media
October 7, 2019

TV talk-show highlights Oct. 8

TV & Media
October 7, 2019
Denzel Washington plays Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins, a man who is drawn into a web of intrigue when he takes a job locating a missing beauty, in TriStar Pi

Neal Justin's TV picks for Oct. 8 – 'Big Mouth,' 'Finding Your Roots,' Denzel Washington

Variety
October 7, 2019
Executive chef and owner Isaac Becker keeps plate aesthetics tight at Burch Steakhouse and Pizza Bar December 13, 2013.

New restaurant by Bar La Grassa owners quietly opens in the North Loop

It's the fourth member of the family of restaurants operated by spouses Isaac Becker and Nancy St. Pierre, which includes 112 Eatery, Burch Restaurant and Bar La Grassa.
Music
October 7, 2019
Image from “Got to Be Something Here: The Rise of the Minneapolis Sound,” by Andrea Swensson. University of Minnesota Press The historic

Excerpt of a 'dialogue' between Prince and Morris Day from the book 'On Time'

Variety
October 7, 2019
Take a photo tour of Mpls. in 1907 with astonishing, interactive panorama

Take a photo tour of Mpls. in 1907 with astonishing, interactive panorama

A panoramic photo of the city taken on a large-format camera in 1907 offers an incredible time capsule. "It reveals things that essentially nobody ever saw before. It's so immersive."
Taste
October 7, 2019
Let's celebrate: Star Tribune's Taste turns 50!

Let's celebrate: Star Tribune's Taste turns 50!

Since 1969, Taste has stepped into the kitchens of home cooks, chefs and farmers. See the five most requested recipes, visits from Julia Child and other top chefs, old covers and ads and much more.
Variety
October 7, 2019
At the Dakota, Aaron Neville proves why he's a great American song stylist

At the Dakota, Aaron Neville proves why he's a great American song stylist

The gentle-voiced New Orleans veteran interpreted three-dozen tunes in his first of two nights in Minneapolis.
Music
October 7, 2019
Jill Grove as Klytaemnestra (center) in Minnesota Opera's "Elektra."

Minnesota Opera's 'Elektra' is a bold re-imagining for the modern age

REVIEW: Minnesota Opera uses digital technology to re-imagine Strauss' work as an opera within a movie.
Variety
October 7, 2019
Brian and Meredith Crosby.

Scene + Heard: Minnesota African American Heritage Museum and Gallery celebrates its first year

Books
October 7, 2019
Ola Larsmo

Review: 'Swede Hollow: A Novel,' by Ola Larsmo, translated by Tiina Nunnally

FICTION: A starkly honest, sensitive portrait of poor Swedish immigrants who populated a steep wooded ravine on St. Paul's East Side.
Stage & Arts
October 6, 2019
Joy Dolo is "Snow White" and the Stepmother in the Children's Theatre Company production.

Children's Theatre's 'Snow White' full of theatrical virtuosity while raising questions about stepmom archetype

Review: Children's Theatre's entertaining "Snow White" offers theatrical virtuosity with its cast of two.
Movies
October 6, 2019
This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Joaquin Phoenix in a scene from "Joker," in theaters on Oct. 4. (Niko Tavernise/Warner Bros. Pictur

'Joker' laughs its way to October box office record

Variety
October 6, 2019
A nurse prepares a flu shot at the Salvation Army in Atlanta.

Lileks: Annual flu vaccine is a real shot in the arm

Books
October 6, 2019

Reviews: 'The Last Good Guy,' by T. Jefferson Parker, and 'The Girl From Berlin,' by Ronald H. Balson

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