Taste
6 restaurant openings and closings you should know about in the Twin Cities area
That includes a new liquor store-wine bar-grocery store hybrid coming to Minnetonka.
Variety
Tim McGraw, Jake Owen will headline Winstock country fest in 2022
Minnesota's first-of-the-season country hoedown will also feature Brothers Osborne and Jimmie Allen on June 17-18.
Taste
Showstopper dessert combines the best of pie and cake worlds
With a pumpkin-cake base and meringue topping, this sweet treat hints at holiday tradition but puts a new spin on it.
Taste
Recipes that prove sweet potatoes deserve a starring role on the Thanksgiving table
Hold the marshmallows! From whipped to roasted and seasoned with North African spices, use local sweet potatoes to give the spuds their due.
TV & Media
Why you ought to watch Alanis Morissette documentary 'Jagged'
Critics' guide on what to watch (and avoid) on TV this weekend.
Taste
5 Twin Cities chefs share tips on preparing the best Thanksgiving turkey
Secrets from the professionals will help make this year's Thanksgiving turkey your best effort yet.
Taste
Homemade crackers add class to appetizers all season long
With a handful of ingredients, a rolling pin and some creativity, you'll perfect the cracker technique in no time.
Stage & Arts
Co-founder of Minneapolis' Highpoint Center for Printmaking retires after 20 years
Carla McGrath steps down weeks after the opening of a Highpoint retrospective at Minneapolis Institute of Art.
Eat & Drink
5 cider pairings for your Thanksgiving feast
Whether your meals are traditional or exotic, there's a cider that's right for the occasion.
Variety
'The Bachelorette' brings her suitors — including 'Minnesota Joe' — home to Minnesota
The Woodbury-raised star of the ABC-TV reality series went on dates on Lake Minnetonka, Target Field and Betty Danger's, among other spots.
Variety
Great Northern Festival taps local artists to build ice-enclosed greenhouse
The $250,000 project will celebrate Black life
Variety
Bob Dylan Center acquires early recordings before the singer was famous
The artifacts include 1960-61 tapes in a Madison, Wis., apartment and his first big concert in New York City in '61.
Variety
Cherry from the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden is temporarily headed to the Big Apple
The "Spoonbridge" will stand alone for a couple of months as its topper travels to New York for a fresh coat of paint.
Variety
If you think 'Get on Your Knees' is only about sex, Jacqueline Novak is here to prove you wrong
The brainy comedian brings her acclaimed one-woman show to the Parkway in Minneapolis.
Home & Garden
Bird antics abound in Minnesota: Readers share their favorite stories
Riding the rapids or ripping off hearing aids are just some of the bird shenanigans Minnesotans report.
Taste
18 Twin Cities area restaurants that are serving Thanksgiving dinner
Go ahead, let someone else do the cooking this year.
Stage & Arts
After disruption at Guthrie's 'Christmas Carol,' Twin Cities theaters look at safety practices
Incident has propelled companies to examine procedures to de-escalate disruptive patron behavior.
TV & Media
Suni Lee eliminated from 'Dancing With the Stars'
The St. Paul native and actress Melora Hardin were sent home in Monday's semifinals.
Music
In words and songs, 'Rondo '56' tells the story of St. Paul's Black neighborhood displaced by I-94
The stage show delivers a tough message through song: "Music opens and heals the wounds at the same time."
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