Music
Prince-endorsed Kandace Springs to replace Regina Carter at Twin Cities Jazz Festival on June 22
The celebrated violinist is suffering from repetitive strain injury.
Eat & Drink
The 5 best things our food writers ate in the Twin Cities area this week
Among our best bites: Stumbling across a steak sandwich, a wine bar with top-notch boards, cocktails with a kick and a taste of nostalgia in the form of cardamom buns and fish and chips (but not together).
Inspired
St. Paul club offers 'a lot of fun stuff' for people with developmental disabilities
The Highland Friendship Club was organized by the moms of two members.
Music
6 cool things in music this week include Todd Rundgren, Kamasi Washington and Amy Winehouse biopic
Shoutouts, too, to "MJ the Musical," Caroline Rose and Record Store Day.
Business
As criticism of DEI grows, Colette Campbell tries to keep it a priority at Bremer Bank
Q&A: Bremer's new people and culture officer talks DEI and why cultural representation matters in the banking industry.
Stage & Arts
Guthrie reports a record $3.8 million deficit
Audiences and donors have not come back in expected numbers, theater officials said.
TV & Media
Former Current DJ Mary Lucia joins Radio K team
Lucia will serve as a program adviser for the University of Minnesota station.
Stage & Arts
Review: Michael Jackson fandom, rejoice – 'MJ' musical at the Orpheum thrills
The Broadway tour deftly captures the superstar's music, moves and appeal.
Variety
Review: 'IF' has a cute premise but little else
John Krasinski's semi-animated movie with a bunch of stars is vague in its storytelling.
Variety
'Native fashionista' creates runway looks and economic opportunity
An unlikely entrepreneur from Leech Lake helps lead the movement to "appreciate not appropriate."
Variety
'Power' director: Minneapolis police officer's good intentions are restricted by the institution
Documentary filmmaker Yance Ford says Charlie Adams has tried to help his colleagues understand the community's perspective.
Home & Garden
Hitch a ride on a birding road trip from Minnesota to Texas
You can map out your trip to maximize the bird sightings you're after, but nature — and hotels — will throw you a few curves.
Music
Scene Makers Q+A: Zoo Animal's Holly Hansen is making noise again with her recording studio
She's reuniting her old band this weekend for Art-A-Whirl but remains committed to producing and engineering.
Variety
Review: Andra Day breezes across styles and eras on her second album
Her voice is precise but uninhibited, sometimes carefree and sometimes fiercely intimate.
Stage & Arts
Lotto-winning Tennessee ex-monk helped bring Guthrie's epic Shakespeare History Plays to the stage
The three plays, which can be seen in a 13-hour marathon Saturday, have drawn patrons from 46 states and three countries.
Movies
Review: Amy Winehouse didn't want to go to 'Rehab,' and her biopic also resists logic
The biopic is best when star Marisa Abela is performing the singer's hits.
Books
University of Minnesota professor wins $150,000 literary prize
University of Minnesota professor V. V. Ganeshananthan won the $150,000 Carol Shields prize for her novel "Brotherless Night."
Variety
Ask Amy: Violent, irrational son stirs fear
Everyone could benefit from outside intervention.
Taste
Why a rural Minnesota food blogger thinks you'll love her new 'elevated church cookbook'
Julie Evink has taken a page from her successful recipe website and wrote a cookbook that focuses on making mealtimes easier.
Books
'A Series of Unfortunate Events' writer Lemony Snicket/Daniel Handler pulls back the curtain
NONFICTION: Memoir "And Then? And Then? What Else?" finally reveals where that ridiculous pseudonym came from.
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