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Twin Cities arts leaders talk digital media, ticket prices, diversity and more
Leaders of four of the Twin Cities' largest arts institutions tackle questions facing our community, and the arts world.
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Gallery: Paradores welcome travelers to Spain's grand palaces
Throughout Spain, medieval fortresses, monasteries and restored castles hosts guests as government-run inns.
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Gallery: Arts forum
Hundreds of Minnesota arts fans gathered at the Cowles Center in Minneapolis for an Arts Forum sponsored by the Star Tribune.
TV & Media
In 'Houdini & Doyle,' pop culture icons make the best TV detectives
Two historical giants believe the truth is out there in a turn-of-the-century "X-Files."
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What to do when husband's 'help' leaves kitchen in disarray
He likes to unload the dishwasher, but he puts everything in the wrong place.
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At MSP, another ride option takes off
Due to a recent change at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, you can turn to Uber, that fleet of free-range individuals offering rides in their personal vehicles.
Books
Review: 'Chasing the North Star,' by Robert Morgan
FICTION: An imaginative story set during a bleak time in U.S. history reveals the kindness (and meanness) of strangers.
Books
Review: 'Heat and Light,' by Jennifer Haigh
FICTION: A Pennsylvania coal town in decline hopes for a new future in natural gas fracking.
Travel
Books
Review: 'The Geography of Madness: Penis Thieves, Voodoo Death and the Search for the Meaning of the World's Strangest Syndromes,' by Frank Bures
NONFICTION: Ambitious and exhaustively reported, this thoughtful book examines culture, beliefs and madness.
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James Lileks: There's junk mail, and then there's mail that's just junk
There's no such thing as an offer you can't refuse if you never open the envelope.
Movies
Key & Peele's 'Keanu' is the kitten's meow
REVIEW: "Keanu" allows Key and Peele to take their specific brand of humorous cultural commentary and blow up the scale from the small screen to the big.
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