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Counting Crows' Adam Duritz halts Treasure Island show to lecture fans
The rocker wasn't too happy with some fans hoping to get a head start on pictures with the band. "Don't make me exert authority," he warned.
Music
Argentine composer Ginastera's work is SPCO highlight
Contemporary anthem, Beethoven pieces add to diverse concert.
Music
State Fair fast out of gate locking up its first grandstand act for 2018
Former member of One Direction will take the stage on the opening night of next year's fair.
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ZZ Top treats fans to fun, light-hearted evening of the blues at Mystic Lake
The 90-minute set was predictable but the beards and the blues ruled nonetheless.
Stage & Arts
Ananya Dance Theatre's 'Shyamali' brims with memorable moments, activist passion
REVIEW: Dancers, musicians and poets collaborate in a tribute to women united.
TV & Media
Music
Spoon cools off over two nights at Palace touting 'Hot Thoughts'
REVIEW: Britt Daniel set down his guitar often and vamped it in St. Paul.
Stage & Arts
The Jungle's dark 'Nether' pokes at crime in a virtual universe
REVIEW: If unspeakable acts are committed online, who should be punished?
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Rosenblum: Minnesota inmates crochet way to redemption in Project Teddy Bear
A restorative justice project has brought together University of Minnesota students and Sandstone prisoners to help sick kids.
Variety
Your Twin Cities guide to the hottest concerts, plays, movies and young artists of the season
Meet the most intriguing artists of the fall season and check out our critics' picks for the must-have tickets in music, movies, theater, dance and more.
Stage & Arts
'In the Heights' review: Lin-Manuel Miranda's early work pays tribute to his Washington Heights neighborhood
Ordway production of early Lin-Manuel Miranda work still finding its stride.
Books
Pulitzer winner Viet Thanh Nguyen, 'fighting for utopia' and a new Vietnam war narrative
The novelist spoke at St. Catherine University on power and the pen.
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