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Midwest Traveler: When in Detroit, eat everything
From ethnic enclaves to soul food, freewheeling Detroit's dining is diverse.
Home & Garden
Easy ways to turn up the natural light in your home
Adding a little daylight can go a long way toward brightening dark rooms, revitalizing your home's interior and even recharging your mood.
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At Mesa Verde National Park, cliffside dwellings hint at an ancient way of life
At Colorado's Mesa Verde National Park, hints of lives among the cliffs.
Stage & Arts
St. Paul's Penumbra Theatre brings new colors to 1970s landmark 'Colored Girls'
Review: The revival has a broader cast and contemporary resonance.
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Meet the table busser who's worked at the same Chicago pancake house for 54 years
But Othea Loggan doesn't see what all the fuss is about. "I come to work, who cares?"
Music
Twin Cities concerts of the week: Steve Miller Band, Ringo Starr, Frebella Fest
Big gigs for the week of Sept. 21-27, also including Jeff Tweedy, Arthur Buck and Madeleine Peyroux.
Music
Eric Church promises 'two very different nights' Feb. 8-9 at Target Center
The country singer is doubling up in every city on his 2019 Double Down Tour.
Books
There's a good reason Sally Field called memoir 'In Pieces'
NONFICTION: Memoir by actress never comes together, but it's not like she didn't warn us.
Movies
'Love, Gilda' is a lovely portrait of a beloved icon
Trailblazing comic is as relevant as ever in the Time's Up era.
Books
Review: 'Hiking With Nietzsche,' by John Kaag
NONFICTION: John Kaag's lucid and moving autobiographic encounter with philosophy.
Books
Review: 'Billion Dollar Whale,' by Tom Wright and Bradley Hope
NONFICTION: Reporters unravel schemes of financier at heart of Malaysian scandal.
Books
Review: 'Transcription,' by Kate Atkinson
FICTION: Kate Atkinson's novel about a member of MI5 in midcentury London is rife with Shakespearean references.
Music
Leon Bridges makes a smooth transition to modern soul man at the Palace Theatre
In the first of two nights in St. Paul, his stage manner was distracting but his voice and music were undeniably soulful.
Books
Another fall lineup of spectacular writers coming to Minnesota
The best thing about fall is the annual lineup of writers coming to the U, Mankato's Good Thunder Reading Series and the Twin Cities Book Festival.
Music
Deep Purple, Judas Priest crank on in back-up venue
Review: Weather forced the British hard-rock vets inside at Treasure Island.
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