Celebrities
9 blowhards who could replace Donald Trump on 'Celebrity Apprentice'
Who will be the new host firing celebrities when "Celebrity Apprentice" resumes in the fall? Here are seven blowhard business men and women who might be up to the job.
Stage & Arts
Young Artists of Anoka transforms a local tunnel into a work of art
A community-oriented project enlists young artists and uses an underground walkway as a canvas for murals.
Home & Garden
Home & Garden
As economy improves, so do home improvement projects
Homeowners are no longer putting off bathroom and kitchen remodeling projects.
TV & Media
Books
Review: 'Tailings,' by Kaethe Schwehn
NONFICTION: A Lutheran retreat center in the Cascade Mountains is more a place of reckoning than a haven in this absorbing memoir, winner of a Minnesota Book Award.
Music
New tunes carry Craig Finn, Heartless Bastards at First Ave
Finn dropped in an old Lifter Puller tune and a hint about a possible surprise set Saturday.
Stage & Arts
Review: "Music Man" rides energy of dance scenes at Guthrie
The music and movement pulse with energy, but Prof. Harold Hill doesn't cut a wide swath in "The Music Man."
Variety
Team of Twin Cities aficionados works to get church bells ringing again
A growing number of Twin Cities advocates are reviving long dormant church bells, to ring out the "heartbeat of the city."
Stage & Arts
Review: Zorongo Flamenco gets creepy in Goya-inspired dance
Dance review: With inspiration from Francisco Goya, Zorongo Flamenco digs into the dark.
Music
Minnesota State Fair lands country star Keith Urban
Tickets go on sale Thursday. All seats are reserved.
Variety
A chocolate bar a day keeps a heart attack away?
Here's a study that you'll want to test for yourself: Eating up to 100 grams of chocolate a day can lower the risk of heart disease and stroke.
Local
Gallery: Symphony for the Cities
Newly appointed assistant conductor Roderick Cox conducts the Minnesota Orchestra during their Symphony for the Cities performance at the Lake Harriet Bandshell in Minneapolis on Monday. Every year the Minnesota Orchestra presents a series of free outdoor concerts called Symphony for the Cities. Other Symphony for the Cities performances: -Wednesday, July 1 at the Hilde Performance Center in Plymouth -Thursday, July 2 at the Winona Lake Park Bandshell -Monday, July 6 at Lakefront Park in Hudson, Wisconsin.
Celebrities
Music
Garrison Keillor's retirement: Is he for real this time?
Garrison Keillor has announced an upcoming retirement so many times that he could be called the Brett Favre of broadcast radio. But this time might be different.
Variety
Before & After: Dated Edina home now has rooms to cure cabin fever
A dated Edina home transitions from 1980s "Miami Vice" to 21st-century smart design.
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