Home & Garden
May 19, 2020
Condition is the big issue on the Currier and Ives print. (Handout/TNS)

Condition hurts value of Currier and Ives print

Local
May 19, 2020
Green Day and Weezer's August date at Target Field postponed until 2021

Green Day and Weezer's August date at Target Field postponed until 2021

The trek with Fall Out Boy was supposed to hit Minneapolis on Aug. 11.
Local
May 19, 2020
The Guthrie and other theaters face large hurdles reopening in a post-COVID world.

Facing pandemic peril, Twin Cities arts groups seek a way forward

Theater, which relies on people gathering in numbers to take in an experience, has been devastated.
Local
May 19, 2020
Minnesota musicians fight quarantine hunger with 'Bands for Cans' compilation album

Minnesota musicians fight quarantine hunger with 'Bands for Cans' compilation album

The New Standards, Sims, Greazy Meal, Faith Boblett, Adam Levy, Nur-D and the Bad Man contributed unreleased tracks to benefit Second Harvest Heartland.
Local
May 19, 2020
Donald Bridell was quite pleased to hear while on “Antiques Roadshow” years ago that the painting at his side was worth at least $75,000

Donald Bridell, a collector who loved auctions and garage sales, dies of COVID-19 at 89

Home & Garden
May 18, 2020
provided Versatile house in Minneapolis

Does your home have star quality? Twin Cities agent seeks photogenic houses

Homeowners can earn money and bragging rights when their residences become locations for advertisements.
Stage & Arts
May 18, 2020
Palette knife in hand, and face mask at the ready, plein-air painter Jacob Docksey worked on a small painting of the 1906-vintage Loring Community Art

For these Minnesotans, painting in the great outdoors is the perfect socially distant art

Painting in the great outdoors is a perfect antidote to this socially distant moment.
Variety
May 18, 2020
Katherine Langford, Toni Collette, Jamie Lee Curtis and Don Johnson in "Knives Out."

Pop culture Q&A: 'Knives Out' homage to many mysteries

Music
May 18, 2020
The new sign outside Barely Brothers Records in St. Paul hints at its new policies.

Twin Cities record stores are reopening with new rules in play

Many stores will open again Monday, but the Electric Fetus says it still has "details to work out to keep everyone safe."
Variety
May 18, 2020

3 Batman graphic novels worth revisiting during the pandemic

Music
May 18, 2020
Here comes another Purple memoir -- from Prince bassist Brownmark

Here comes another Purple memoir -- from Prince bassist Brownmark

As the Revolution continues, Brownmark has written "My Life in the Purple Kingdom," due in September.
Variety
May 18, 2020
Seneca Krueger sat for a portrait with her dog Zelda Friday, May 15, 2020 outside her home in St. Paul.

St. Paul rescue dog leaves new home, goes on her own 'Incredible Journey'

She had no map, no GPS, not the vaguest sense of the metro area's geography. But somehow a rescue dog named Zelda found her way home.
Movies
May 18, 2020
Dennis Quaid

Dennis Quaid gets personal on 'Dennissance' podcast and remembers his favorite films

The actor looks back on the best of his work that offers some solace.
Home & Garden
May 18, 2020
This California-style home in Golden Valley is on the market for $1.025 million.

$1.025M California-modern house is Hollywood glam in Golden Valley

A mid-'70s home in Golden Valley offers nature, artsy design and proximity to downtown.
Music
May 17, 2020
6 cool things in music this week include X, Jason Isbell, Avalon Jazz Band and Fergus Falls band director

6 cool things in music this week include X, Jason Isbell, Avalon Jazz Band and Fergus Falls band director

Music
May 17, 2020
Bono writes thank-you notes to Bob Dylan, Prince for songs that saved his life

Bono writes thank-you notes to Bob Dylan, Prince for songs that saved his life

Read what the U2 hero said to these Minnesota icons, who were among 60 artists saluted by Bono on his 60th birthday.
Variety
May 17, 2020

Lileks: What's open? The tie department

Stage & Arts
May 17, 2020
Getting "Parasite" director Bong Joon-ho was a coup for the Walker's film dialogue series.

Redford, Hanks, Lange, Eastwood all have a home now at Walker Art Center website

Dialogues with Hanks, Lange, Eastwood and others are now available in an online archive.
TV & Media
May 17, 2020

'Tommy' suffered from bad ratings

Eat & Drink
May 16, 2020
Pazzaluna restaurant closes after a 21-year run in downtown St. Paul

Pazzaluna restaurant closes after a 21-year run in downtown St. Paul

The coronavirus claims another Twin Cities restaurant.

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