Home & Garden
Six changes to make your backyard greener life while reducing your carbon footprint
Plant a tree. Or four. And ornamental grasses can absorb three times as much CO2 as a typical lawn.
Science
Happy Earth Day! Here are some big and small ways to reduce your carbon footprint.
Eat less beef. Ride the bus. Turn down the thermostat. For Earth Day, we bring you ideas on how to do your part and reduce your carbon footprint.
Business
How to solar power your home to lower your carbon footprint
There are more options for boosting solar power at home than you might think, including installing rooftop solar, subscribing to a community garden or simply paying extra to your utility.
Taste
Your fridge is a place where fresh food goes to die. That doesn't have to happen.
Can't see the contents of your own fridge? It's not your fault (well, not entirely). Here are some quick hacks to reduce wasted food in your kitchen.
Local
Replacing water heaters with heat pumps can help the environment, and get you a tax credit
Tax credits and subsidies are available for this lesser known appliance.
Celebrities
Jewel 'blushes' at Kevin Costner dating rumors as she reveals painful mishap with a live raven
Singer promotes new projects in Elle magazine profile.
Variety
Tickets go on sale this week for Ben Platt, Ludacris, T-Pain, Lalah Hathaway and Whitney Cummings
Other shows include Dosh, Dungeons and Daddies, Future and Metro Boomin, Nate Smith and Emily Nenni.
Books
Looking at the historic bonds of animals and humans in 'Our Kindred Creatures'
NONFICTION: "Our Kindred Creatures" vividly re-creates the rise and spread of the ASPCA.
Taste
Change up your Passover routine with these meatless recipes
Explore two new cookbooks for the holiday: one looks at traditions, the other offers a new spin on Jewish cuisine.
Variety
Ask Amy: Gift instructions baffle guest
It all starts to smack of greed.
TV & Media
TV review: 'Jane' is the best heroine for families prepping for Earth Day
The Apple TV+ series continues to shine in its second season.
Variety
University of Minnesota bug experts say we should be eating insects
Find out why we should opt for six-legged snacks at the "Minnsect Show" this weekend.
Music
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra enlists a host of intriguing musicmakers for its 2024-25 season
Pianist Roman Rabinovich, cellist Abel Selaocoe, violist Tabea Zimmermann and flutist Jasmine Choi are just some of the soloists slated to perform with the SPCO.
Music
The Big Gigs: 10 best concerts to see in the Twin Cities this week
Highlights for April 18-24 include Kane Brown, Waxahatchee, Royel Otis, Tim McGraw and Leslie Odom Jr.
Variety
Yuen: Parents, let's make a pact to get our kids off their screens and back to real-life play
I wanted to give my kids a taste of my '80s free-range childhood. Here's how it went.
Variety
Review: Radio Silence brings a maximalist horror style to 'Abigail'
The movie includes a creepy mansion setting, vampires, a steely young heroine, jokes and a fair share of gore.
Eat & Drink
Forgotten Star Brewing in Fridley is launching a food truck, and more restaurant news
The collaboration with food website Fit Foodie Finds will open in May. Plus: Donut Star expansion, more seasonal openings, going casual at Kado No Mise and more restaurant news.
Music
Ludacris and T-Pain to stand up together at Minnesota State Fair grandstand in 2024
The '00s-era hip-hop hitmakers will perform a Tuesday night co-headlining gig on Aug. 27.
Variety
This Star Tribune reporter didn't even survive the audition for 'Survivor'
After a few hours in line at the Minneapolis Convention Center, he bailed. But hundreds of others who stuck it out never got to audition for the reality TV show.
Books
Spring's hot gift book features gorgeous found-nature photos
4,000 images later, this Shoreview photographer is still searching for the beauty we usually miss.
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