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Minnesota's 'Music Man' created a high school championship where the bands are front and center
An Apple Valley booster helped introduce Broadway-style theatrics and create a competition where high school band geeks are the stars.
Eat & Drink
A peek inside Edina's swankiest new rooftop restaurant
Continuing its tradition of wooing shoppers with fine dining, Restoration Hardware opened its retail restaurant in the Twin Cities at the end of September.
Stage & Arts
Stage & Arts
Minneapolis piece combines movement and rock music to thrilling effect
It's hard to pin down but the concert/dance/theater piece is thrilling.
20 extinct Twin Cities restaurants that we still miss
Aquavit. Cafe Brenda. Charlie's Cafe Exceptionale. La Belle Vie. New French Cafe. The Nankin. The Lincoln Del.
Music
Trump rally spurs First Ave to donate Thursday profits to Planned Parenthood
Across the street from Target Center, the club's two concerts and its restaurant the Depot Tavern will be impacted by traffic and protests that night.
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Little Feat doesn't quite find its footing in its first 50th anniversary gig without guitarist
Even though the stellar Larry Campbell filled in for Paul Barrere, the band was often tentative at the State Theatre.
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From head to toe, 5 ways we're aging better than ever
Breakthroughs in medicine, public health and technology mean we're feeling (and looking) younger than previous generations.
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The 2021 Whitney Biennial will be co-curated by former Walker curator-at-large
Adrienne Edwards spent two years as the Walker before departing for the Whitney Museum of American Art
Home & Garden
Neonic pesticides hurt birds as well as the insects they eat
Study finds neonic pesticides' impact doesn't stay on the farm.
Music
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.
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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
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.
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