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How to fix ugly suburban intersections in the Twin Cities
By adapting modern design trends, an intersection near Southdale gets a much needed update.
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Actor brings her Obie Award-winning N.Y. role home to Minneapolis
Dame-Jasmine Hughes won an Obie Award this year for the blistering "Is God Is" and she will reprise her performance as part of Mixed Blood Theatre's just-announced 2018-19 season.
Home & Garden
Home & Garden
Roundup of Twin Cities garden tours
From pollinator-friendly plots to a parade of ponds, the garden gates are open across the Twin Cities. Find a tour that's right for you.
Home & Garden
Eat & Drink
Charcoal is trendy ingredient at Twin Cities restaurants, but comes with risk
Welcome to the dark side of cocktails and lattes.
Music
Father John Misty, Kamasi Washington lead lineup for Rock the Garden 2018
One of the 89.3 the Current's perennial favorites headlines Walker Art Center's annual garden party.
Music
Twin Cities concerts of the week: Jill Scott, Trombone Shorty, Stone Arch Festival
Big gigs for the week of June 15-21, also including Steely Dan/Doobie Brothers, Gomez and Jackson Browne.
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Books
Review: 'Sick,' by Porochista Khakpour
NONFICTION: A fierce memoir of illness, identity, ambition and the failures of U.S. health care.
Books
Review: 'The Shepherd's Hut,' by Tim Winton
FICTION: An exhilarating novel about a teenage boy's efforts to start anew.
Books
Review: 'A Lucky Man,' by Jamel Brinkley
FICTION: Insightful, impressive stories about black men haunted by their past.
Books
5 audiobooks to get you through Twin Cities road construction
Stuck in traffic? While away the time with these adventures.
Books
Review: 'Autumn in Venice' by Andrea di Robilant
NONFICTION: Ernest Hemingway fell hard for a Venetian teenager, and she inspired him to write one of his greatest works.
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