Music
Minnesota fans feel a strange magic as ELO finally lands here after 38 years
Nothing will bring fans down as the megaband breaks a 38-year absence.
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St. Paul couple find a new home for their giant medieval catapult
Dan Wenkel and Beth Robelia weren't using their home-built trebuchet much anymore. So they went on the neighborhood networking site Nextdoor and offered it for free.
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Dos and don'ts for safe canine fun at your local dog park
It's important to know basic etiquette when your dog is interacting with other dogs and their owners.
Stage & Arts
Murder mysteries are a comforting summer staple at this St. Paul theater
Every summer, St. Paul's Park Square Theatre brings a murder mystery to the stage.
Inspired
LGBTQ 'hero's' nonprofit helps other students fulfill their college dreams
A 19-year-old created a nonprofit, with a $25,000 donation from Ellen DeGeneres, to help other kids in need to attend college.
Home & Garden
Home & Garden
Home improvements you might regret
Sunrooms, bedroom-to-closet conversions and expensive bathroom remodeling are among the projects homeowners report they wish they hadn't undertaken.
Music
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Twin Cities concerts of the week: TC Summer Jam, Khalid, Bone Thugs, Night Moves
The big gigs for July 19-25, also including Lynyrd Skynyrd, Home Free, Black Midi, Backstreet Boys and Rosanne Cash.
Books
Review: 'Costalegre,' by Courtney Maum
FICTION: At an artists colony created as a refuge from Nazis, its lone teenager longs for love from her very distracted mother.
Books
Review: 'Song for the Unraveling of the World,' by Brian Evenson
FICTION: Strange and engrossing stories cross genres.
Books
Review: 'In the Full Light of the Sun,' by Clare Clark
FICTION: Novel is based on a true crime story about three Germans caught up in a sensational art scandal.
Books
Review: 'The Lager Queen of Minnesota,' by J. Ryan Stradal
FICTION: Learn about the rise and fall of beer references in this lighthearted generational tale told through the eyes of three women.
Eat & Drink
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North Minneapolis' Breaking Bread Cafe closing temporarily to make 'adjustments'
The nonprofit Appetite for Change runs the cafe and job training program.
Books
Review: 'The Last Wilderness,' by Murray Morgan
NONFICTION: This fascinating reissue of a book from the 1950s traces the astonishing beauty of the Olympic Peninsula, and its casual pillaging.
Variety
Vintage Minnesota: The tragic history of Lake Harriet's pavilion
Two fires and a windstorm over the years destroyed the precursors to the Lake Harriet Band Shell in Minneapolis.
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