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Art and soul: An artist's downtown Minneapolis loft comes to life
Art and soul: An artist's downtown Minneapolis loft comes to life
Books
'Under Ground': Read the latest installment of our summer serial
Immigrant Katka Kovich finds hard work, friendship and love in a 1916 Iron Range mining town on the verge of a historic labor strike.
Local
Gallery: Minnesota Orchestra in Old Havana
The Minnesota Orchestra spent part of their first day in Cuba touring Old Havana.
Stage & Arts
Black beauty: Minn. History Center shows vintage fashions of Ebony magazine
Ebony's style influence is celebrated in "Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair," a show featuring 40 stunning garments by top-name international designers, at the Minnesota History Center.
Photography
Local
GALLERY: U of M lab using 3D printers to help in heart research
At the Visible Heart Research laboratory on the U of M campus, a model of the human heart is made using a 3D printer to help researchers and surgeons get a better understanding of the heart.
![BRUCE BISPING • bbisping@startribune.com Shakopee, MN., Saturday, 5/29/2010] An American flag framed a Percheron horse-drawn trolley as it pass](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/TKEWAJ3VAYK7ZY42YQXEZKBLN4.jpg?h=91&w=145&fit=crop&bg=999&crop=faces)
TV & Media
Stage & Arts
Theater spotlight: 'Mad Vax: Beyond Measledome' at Brave New Workshop
The improv gang at Brave New Workshop is notorious for creating topical mashups, and the title of its spring/ summer show is right on point.
Music
Skrowaczewski ages well with Minnesota Orchestra
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski and pianist Garrick Ohlsson headlined the first post-Cuba concert.
Music
![Kim Schifino of Matt and Kim performs during the first day of Rock the Garden. ] Rock the Garden was held Saturday afternoon at the Walker Art Center](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/43SGGAXL7D2UQMCOI3MVPL6AGY.jpg?h=91&w=145&fit=crop&bg=999&crop=faces)
Big Gigs for May 22-28: Jeff Beck, Memory Lanes Block Party, Matt and Kim and more
Concert spotlights for the week, also including the 4onthefloor's release party, Built to Spill, EPMD and David Torn.
Movies
Hollywood ageism: Maggie Gyllenhaal told 37 'too old' for 55-year-old love interest
Maggie Gyllenhaal, an Oscar nominee getting Emmy buzz for her work on the Sundance miniseries "The Honourable Woman," reveals that she was recently turned down for a role in a movie because she was too old to play the love interest for a 55-year-old man.
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