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'Personalized meal plans' help you pamper your pooch during lockdown
It's easy to make your dog — and yourself — happy. Just give it a treat and stand back and watch.
Local
Local
As Minnesota artists struggle, state leader says: 'We'll come back'
Sue Gens talks about what the State Arts Board is doing to alleviate the current crisis.
Local
Trying to stay fit during the shutdown? These Twin Cities gyms, judo studios and gear shops want to help
Fitness buffs and the businesses that cater to them are finding a way to connect amid COVID-19.
Music
June festivals Rock the Garden canceled, Twin Cities Pride postponed
The June 20 music fest at Walker Art Center was canceled, but Pride organizers are only calling their event postponed.
Local
Will summer music festivals go on? Twin Cities fans watch and wait
Some have canceled but many, including the Basilica and Moondance parties, still hope to go on.
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Series canceled, so Walker Art Center presents Native filmmakers online
Select films from "INDIgenesis: GEN 3" are now available for viewing, plus a Q&A will be streamed Friday evening.
Stage & Arts
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Artist Ellie Kevorkian came to Minnesota for a job. When that fell apart, she found community.
Since deciding to stay put, the former Soap Factory artistic director has quickly established herself as an arts leader.
Books
Review: 'The Unseen,' by Roy Jacobsen, translated from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett and Don Shaw
FICTION: "The Unseen" is a nuanced masterpiece of the connections humans have with the land on which they live.
Books
Review: "Hidden Valley Road," by Robert Kolker
NONFICTION: The true story of one Colorado family's ordeal with schizophrenia.
Books
Review: 'How Much of These Hills Is Gold,' by C Pam Zhang
FICTION: In this stunning debut, C Pam Zhang tells of Gold Rush days from the point of view of immigrant children.
Books
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Review: 'American Harvest: God, Country, and Farming,' by Marie Mutsuki Mockett
NONFICTION: A Japanese-American city dweller joins a Midwestern farm crew to understand the city-country divide.
Books
Review: 'Redhead by the Side of the Road,' by Anne Tyler
FICTION: A self-described "tech hermit" finds his tightly controlled life starting to unravel.
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