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Just released 1970 Bob Dylan album features his sessions with George Harrison
Under a European copyright law, the oft-bootlegged recordings were issued in a limited three-disc collection.
Sundance Film Fest hitting close to home
The annual festival, usually in Utah, will switch to virtual and remote sites in 2021, including Minneapolis.
Illusion Theater is goin' south
The organization will continue to develop new work in a home in south Minneapolis.
'Mannequin trees' deck the halls at virtual holiday exhibition
Part-Christmas tree, part-mannequin, works at the Minnesota African American Heritage Museum and Gallery explore Black culture.
'Purple Lane' glows Prince-ly at Minnesota State Fair holiday lights show
Dig if you will the icicles, the moose, the snowflakes and more at the drive-through Glow Holiday Festival at the State Fairgrounds.
Coronavirus shuts down Twin Cities museums again
Twin Cities museums will be closed for at least four weeks.
Minneapolis actor to lead New York theater
Zach Curtis, once a mainstay on Twin Cities stages, will take over theater company near Binghamton, N.Y.
Minneapolis College of Art and Design's annual art sale goes virtual
Students and recent alumni sell their artworks for $1-$1500 through a giant, searchable database.
Remembering Bruce Swedien, the father of Twin Cities recording studios and Michael Jackson's engineer
In 1953, he founded Minneapolis' (still-operating) premier studio before working with Michael Jackson, Barbra Streisand and Miles Davis.
Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis release new slow-jam single with Babyface
The song is expected on the first album starring the hit-making Minneapolis producer-songwriters as recording artists.
Fixing the world one bird feeder at a time
Fixation -- a book with broad application
Some notes on climate
Not encouraging
Similarities: Maine and Minnesota birds
Books for each compared
'Flores Oscuras' Halloween show explores real-life terrors people of color face
Xochi de la Luna's two-night performance will be Friday and Saturday at Chicago & Lake in Minneapolis.
Minnesota artists make buttons and stickers to get out the vote
Nonpartisan voter turnout initiative distributes 40,000 artist-made buttons and stickers.
Minneapolis music hero Tony Glover's archives to be auctioned including rare interviews with Dylan, Hendrix
The collection includes records, autographed books by Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs, and signed correspondence from Joan Baez, Jim Morrison and Bob Dylan.
Blue jays love peanuts
An entertaining peanut feeder
Here is a cardinal nest
Friction holds it together
Local
St. Paul partnership brings trust, opportunities to troubled Karen youth
Minneapolis reaches $150k settlement with eyewitness of George Floyd's murder
Florian Chmielewski, former senator and Funtime Band accordion player, dies at 97
Sexually transmitted diseases in Minnesota are down, but HIV and newborn syphilis cases are up
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Sports
Vikings take McCarthy, Turner in first-round bid to 'swing for a great player'
Scoggins: Adofo-Mensah meets draft night challenge in a big way
Totino-Grace, Notre Dame star Alt taken fifth overall by Chargers
Souhan: These seven plays showcase Wolves' new defensive fire
Business
Immigrant workers sue Minnesota vegetable farm for shorted pay, 'deplorable' conditions
AG Ellison calls on UnitedHealth to provide more help in cyberattack
Xcel profits after job cuts, but Texas wildfire costs could be 'adverse'
Room & Board transfers ownership to employees with stock plan
Opinion
The best direction for gender care after the Cass Review
Turn off cellphones in state's classrooms
The tale of two cities' assessed property values
Thoughts from the Star Tribune's new community engagement director
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6 Minnesota breweries win medals at 2024 World Beer Cup
An infamous heist put this North Woods town in the global spotlight. Nervous breakdowns and Hollywood deals ensued.
Caitlin Clark helps KARE 11 and Fox 9 reporters bond with their daughters
'A Year With Frog and Toad' closes a chapter at CTC
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Souhan: These seven plays showcase Wolves' new defensive fire
Here's how the Wolves shut down the Suns at the beginning of Game 2 with preparation, anticipation and effort that needs to continue as the playoff series continues in Phoenix tonight.
Chip Scoggins
Scoggins: Adofo-Mensah meets draft night challenge in a big way
Kwesi Adofo-Mensah's first two drafts as Vikings GM left a lot to be desired, to put it kindly. But he was up to the challenge Thursday on one of the most important nights in the team's history.
La Velle E. Neal III
Neal: McCarthy mania sweeps through Vikings draft party
Thousands of Vikings fans at U.S. Bank Stadium were excited to learn the identity of the team's quarterback of the future.
Dennis Anderson
Anderson: Trailblazing sonar will be in thousands of boats for opener
The futuristic "forward-facing sonar" is here and becoming much more common in Minnesota boats. One impact: Releasing fish might become necessary as catch rates improve.
Politics
911 transcript gives more detail of Sen. Mitchell's alleged burglary
New TV ad rails against Minnesota abortion ballot initiative that hasn't passed the Legislature yet
Minnesota agencies too lax on grant safeguards, legislative auditor finds
Minnesota DFL wants faster clean energy permits, but some are wary of shortcutting public input
Nation
Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction overturned by NY appeals court
Supreme Court seems skeptical of Trump's claim of absolute immunity but decision's timing is unclear
USC cancels graduation ceremony and dozens are arrested on other campuses as anti-war protests grow
Body found in Iowa farm field confirmed as that of trucker who went missing in November
World
Venice tests a 5-euro entry fee for day-trippers as the Italian city grapples with overtourism
US to pull troops from Chad and Niger as the African nations question its counterterrorism role
2 military horses that broke free and ran loose across London are in serious condition
Ariel Henry resigns as prime minister of Haiti, paving the way for a new government to take power
Curious Minnesota
Why do so many Minnesota homeowners get free roofs after a hailstorm?
What are the financial pros and cons of retiring in Minnesota?
Introducing the Curious Minnesota Collection. Every question we've answered — now in one place
How did Faribault become home to Minnesota's deaf and blind academies?
Celebs
Caitlin Clark helps KARE 11 and Fox 9 reporters bond with their daughters
Judge reject's Trump's bid for a new trial in $83.3 million E. Jean Carroll defamation case
After 4 decades in music and major vocal surgery, Jon Bon Jovi is optimistic and still rocking
Correction: Emhoff-Ashley Judd-Suicide Prevention story
Inspired
Female inductee in Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame is flying high
Driver pulled from burning car on I-94 in St. Paul thanks good Samaritans for saving his life
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Laurie Hertzel is senior editor for books at the Star Tribune, where she has worked since 1996.