TV & Media
December 8, 2017
FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2014, file photo, Christiane Amanpour of CNN reacts to photographers at the CNN Worldwide All-Star Party in Pasadena, Calif. A

TV picks for Dec. 11: 'Amanpour,' Golden Globes nominations, 'The Bachelor'

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December 8, 2017

The Monday Briefing: A downsized 'Beauty and Beast'

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December 8, 2017

LILEKS: You do not have to have an Elf on a Shelf

Music
December 8, 2017

Week's best classical: Cantus Christmas concert, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra's 'Messiah'

Home & Garden
December 8, 2017

For some sleepers, the top sheet is going beddy-bye

For some sleepers, flat sheets are going beddy-bye.
Home & Garden
December 8, 2017

Minneapolis Ronald McDonald House apartment gets 'clean and beautiful' makeover

Home & Garden
December 8, 2017
To secure your garland so it doesnít slide off the mantel in a colossal crash, tap brad nails into the seam between the mantel and the wall, both

Ingredients of a marvelous mantel display

Home & Garden
December 8, 2017
Butterfly garden. ] GLEN STUBBE * gstubbe@startribune.com Friday, July 15, 2016 Beautiful Gardens winners Mark Addicks and Tom Hoch who tend a seclude

Indoors & Out: Butterfly gardening, holiday flower show

Home & Garden
December 8, 2017
Home plan: Colonial boasts a complete in-law apartment

Home plan Colonial boasts a complete in-law apartment

Stage & Arts
December 8, 2017
Installation views of the MAEP exhibition "Jennifer Nevitt: Sans Terre"; 16 November 2017 - 18 February 2018; US Bank Gallery; gallery 257; organized

Objects rule in a highly tactile show at Minneapolis Institute of Art

Mpls. Institute of Art presents solo show by Jennifer Nevitt.
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December 8, 2017

News of the Weird: Driver hits a sour note with police

Stage & Arts
December 8, 2017
The cast of "The Polarizing Express" (from left): Ryan Nelson, Taj Ruler, Denzel Belin, Heather Meyer and Lauren Anderson.

Brave New Workshop steers course for holiday truisms in 'Polarizing Express'

Brave New Workshop show mixes some bright moments with sketches that feel regifted.
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December 8, 2017
Cambridge Audio SE1 earphones

Sound Advice: British earphones offer good sound for a good cause

Movies
December 8, 2017
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15 things we know about 'The Last Jedi'

The filmmakers aren't revealing much, but careful listeners are getting plenty of hints.
Books
December 8, 2017

REVIEW: 'Don't Save Anything,' by James Salter

NONFICTION: A posthumous collection of journalism by the author of "A Sport and a Pastime."
Music
December 8, 2017
R&B musician Stokley Williams was photographed Friday, Dec. 1, 2017 in the warehouse space above Station 280 in St. Paul. ]

Singer for veteran St. Paul R&B group Mint Condition cuts loose with solo project

After 30 years fronting St. Paul's esteemed R&B band, Mint Condition's frontman is on a solo kick he calls "a liberation in more ways than one."
Books
December 8, 2017

REVIEW: 'The World Goes On,' by László Krasznahorkai, translated from the Hungarian by John Batki, Ottilie Mulzet and George Szirtes

FICTION: A postmodern master's new collection of fiction cements his status as a difficult genius.
Books
December 8, 2017

Review: 'In the Distance,' by Hernan Diaz

FICTION: Separated from his brother, a penniless Swedish immigrant tries to make his way from California to the East Coast.
Books
December 8, 2017

Review: 'Concluding,' by Henry Green

FICTION: Obscure English modernist's darkly comic 1948 novel returns to print.
Books
December 8, 2017

Review: 'The Letters of Sylvia Plath, Vol. 1,' edited by Peter K. Steinberg and Karen V. Kukil

NONFICTION: Early correspondence reveals fiery writer in search of her gifts.

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