TV & Media
AJ Michalka was well 'Schooled'
The former child star has become a teacher in ABC's new "Goldbergs" spinoff.
Stage & Arts
St. Paul museum tries to get a conversation started with its inaugural show
Inaugural show at Minnesota Museum of American Art offers "something for everybody."
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Eat & Drink
Brooklyn Park golf course restaurant closed, will become a D'Amico bistro
The Brooklyn will replace Girvan Grille at Edinburgh USA.
Movies
'A Dog's Way Home' is worth a tail wag
Family flick "A Dog's Way Home" chronicles a pet's 400-mile journey.
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Quick Trips: Three festivals that celebrate winter in Minnesota
Small-town fests in Spicer, Hackensack and Pine City will find lots to enjoy in the coldest season.
Movies
Kevin Hart's 'The Upside' doesn't have much of one
Remake of French comic-drama flounders amid hackneyed plot elements and stale jokes.
Movies
Spirit of two children powers Lebanese Oscar contender 'Capernaum'
Two young performers highlight the foreign-film Oscar contender from Lebanon.
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Minneapolis cabaret shifts to prime time this weekend to celebrate anniversary
"Balls" celebrates an anniversary at the Southern Theater with three special shows.
Stage & Arts
In Heart of the Beast to end puppet parade, make significant cuts
The theater is being squeezed by drop in foundation grants, overall funding.
Eat & Drink
Books
David Shove, poet and curator of Minneapolis reading series, dies at 81
The curator of the Midstream Reading Series died of a heart attack on Dec. 31, shortly after moving into a senior living community.
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