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February 16, 2018
A visitor exits the Abyss slide on the Royal Caribbean Cruise Ltd.'s Harmony of the Seas Oasis-class cruise ship in Southampton, England, on May 20, 2

Secrets of the seas: Behind the scenes on the world's largest cruise ship

Learning the staff's ways on a behind-the-scenes tour of the world's biggest cruise ship.
Variety
February 16, 2018
What are you having tonight, beautiful lady?

Restaurant server keeps dishing up fawning compliments

What to do when obsequious comments are proving unappetizing.
Music
February 16, 2018
Polica and Stargaze

Indie-rock goes classical on Minneapolis band Poliça's new album with Berlin ensemble

The Twin Cities rockers branch out on a new LP and tour with Berlin's neoclassical troupe Stargaze.
Music
February 16, 2018
Porcupine with Greg Norton, center, is one of the Red Wing and La Crosse area bands playing Big Turn.

Like a wintry small-town SXSW, Big Turn Music Fest takes flight in Red Wing

Live music takes over 18 downtown spaces for two nights Friday and Saturday as part of the Big Turn Fest.
Variety
February 16, 2018
The brand-spankin’ new Minnesota Legislature considered the “Five Million Loan” bill — a huge expenditure to build railroads. A cartoonist nam

Minnesota Moment: Why we're called the Gopher State

Music
February 16, 2018
Robert Plant

Robert Plant on any Led Zeppelin reunion: 'You're talking to the wrong guy here'

Heading for a Minneapolis concert, Robert Plant will talk about anything but Led Zeppelin.
Stage & Arts
February 16, 2018
"Kutenai Duck Hunter," from northern Montana in 1910, captures daily life. Edward S. Curtis' photos of North American Indians documented cultures unde

Minneapolis man finds 'soul's purpose' in historical photographs of Indians

A Minneapolis man has dedicated his life to the legacy of photographer Edward S. Curtis.
Stage & Arts
February 15, 2018
Chaos erupts backstage during Artistry's "Noises Off," all of which takes place during performances of a doomed farce.

Playwrights can't resist writing plays about plays

Sooner or later, most playwrights explore subject matter they know well — the theater.
Variety
February 15, 2018
The 17-acre Queen Victoria Market, near downtown Melbourne, Australia, June 11, 2017. A symbol of Melbourne’s love of food and its diverse immi

Markets offer a glimpse of life in a place

Variety
February 15, 2018
A typical room at the 1 Hotel is compact, while offering space for tons of storage and greenery. (MUST CREDIT: 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge) ORG XMIT: 5471

New York City's best new hotel is in Brooklyn

1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge offers cinematic views in the Dumbo neighborhood.
Music
February 15, 2018
"Black Panther the Album"

New album review: 'Black Panther' soundtrack is dense, deep, thanks to Kendrick Lamar

Music
February 15, 2018
Las Cafeteras plays Saturday's GlobalFest Tour, an offshoot of New York's acclaimed world-music festival.

Twin Cities concerts of the week: GlobalFest Tour, Valerie June, Robert Plant

Big gigs for the week of Feb. 16-22, also including Big Turn Festival, Galactic & Lettuce and the Celebrating Bowie tribute.
Eat & Drink
February 15, 2018
Lolo in Stillwater June 26, 2014. (Courtney Perry/Special to the Star Tribune)

LoLo American Kitchen owners opening new Southern-style restaurant in downtown Stillwater

Pearl & the Thief is expected to open this April.
Stage & Arts
February 15, 2018

Joe Sinness unveils 'Portraits' of softball players at SooVAC

TV & Media
February 15, 2018
Milo Manheim and Kylee Russell in The Disney Channel Original Movie "Zombies. (Disney Channel/John Medland)

TV picks for Feb. 16-18: 'Mozart in the Jungle,' 'Zombies,' 'Everything Sucks!' & Jena Friedman

Stage & Arts
February 15, 2018
The cast of "Two Mile Hollow" at Theater Mu.

Satire 'Two Mile Hollow' opens at Mixed Blood in Minneapolis

Music
February 15, 2018
Musician Jon Bon Jovi performs during a surprise appearance at the Fairleigh Dickinson University commencement ceremony, Tuesday, May 16, 2017, at Met

Ticket alert: Bon Jovi, the Struts, Jason Mraz, Jackson Browne and more

Celebrities
February 15, 2018
A student walks past a plaque with musician Dessa Wander's picture and story (left) on Scholars Walk at the University of Minnesota campus on Monday,

Garrison Keillor's plaque removed from Scholars Walk at University of Minnesota

Stage & Arts
February 15, 2018
William DeRoche with the sculpture he created for the Veteran Creative Arts Competition.

Mpls. VA givs OK for combat vet's banned sculpture to be viewed

Artwork can be shown at Minneapolis VA, but it must be behind a partition.
Stage & Arts
February 15, 2018
Work by Hellmouth at Law Warschaw Gallery

Two Minnesota art shows take us from the suburbs to the circus

Two shows offer very different views of the American psychic landscape.
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