Eat & Drink
Trick or treat? Candy corn beer is scary popular at St. Paul brewery
If you've ever wondered how candy corn would taste mixed with hops, Urban Growler has a beer you might want to try.
Books
Review: 'Thrill Me: Essays on Fiction,' by Benjamin Percy
NONFICTION: A novelist delivers enlightening essays about his craft.
Books
Review: 'The Eastern Shore,' by Ward Just
FICTION: Ben Bradlee-like hero faces old scandals and new threats in "a nasty business."
Books
Reviews: 'Nicotine' and 'Private Novelist,' by Nell Zink
FICTION: A 50-something sensation delivers a sharp new novel and an "unpublishable" work from the 1990s.
Books
Best-selling author Ann Patchett gets up close and personal
The novelist broke a longtime vow, drawing on her own life for her latest book.
TV & Media
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How will America's older voters vote?
Why the conventional wisdom about older voters' preferences may be wrong.
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Where Clinton and Trump stand on retirement security
Experts agree — both candidates need to say more about retirement.
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Music
Communist Daughter's new album arrives at last
The band delivers a new LP of lush pop-rock arrangements.
Stage & Arts
Taking the pulse of 'Stomp' after 30 years
REVIEW: The percussive ballet still has the capacity to make some noise.
Variety
Target partners with Victoria Beckham on new clothing line
Target's next design collaboration, which will hit stores in April, will be with style icon and former Spice Girls member Victoria Beckham
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