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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
Somali prime minister inspires hope during historic visit to Minnesota
Plymouth to put Vicksburg Lane on a road diet to curb speeding, crashes
Ramsey County aims to boost trust between law enforcement, legal system and LGBTQ communities
Ramsey County authorities planning 'full court press' on nonfatal shooting investigations
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Sports
Vikings fall to 0-3 after throwing away late chance to beat Chargers
Twins top Angels 9-3 as Ryan auditions for playoff role
Look hard at the Metro Top 10. See a Class 6A favorite in there?
Gophers freshman Darius Taylor's status uncertain for Louisiana game
Business
There's room for a pet in your heart, but is there room in your budget?
Hackers exploited flaw in Eden Prairie firm's software in record year for ransomware attacks
Fitness trackers bring out the competitive spirit in Minnesotans
Ramstad: Delta's change to SkyMiles fixes a business problem and hurts a lot of us
Opinion
Hunters' true quarry is what they see, hear, feel
Hunting wolves won't save Bambi
If Democrats could show Franken the door, they absolutely should to Menendez
The what-to-do-about migration question, as yet unanswered
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Politics
Trump argues First Amendment protects him from 'insurrection' cases aimed at keeping him off ballot
Democratic Sen. Menendez rejects calls to resign, says cash found in home was not bribe proceeds
'We got this wrong': Walz takes responsibility for cannabis director debacle
The Biden administration is poised to allow Israeli citizens to travel to the US without a US visa
Nation
Biden administration announces $1.4 billion to improve rail safety and boost capacity in 35 states
After summer's extreme weather, more Americans see climate change as a culprit, AP-NORC poll shows
Writers' union reaches tentative deal with Hollywood studios to end historic strike
Experimental treatment pushed by ALS patients gets day before FDA, but agency unconvinced it works
World
London police call for backup as armed officers lay down guns after colleague charged with murder
Thousands of Armenians flee Nagorno-Karabakh as the Turkish president visits Azerbaijan
Six young activists devote years to climate fight with 32 governments. Now comes their day in court
Migrants hoping to reach US continue north through Mexico by train amid historic migration levels
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Celebs
Taylor Swift turns out to see Travis Kelce, Kansas City Chiefs play Chicago Bears
Usher to headline the 2024 Super Bowl halftime show in Las Vegas
Film legend Sophia Loren has successful surgery after fracturing a leg in a fall at home, agent says
Giorgio Armani closes Milan Fashion Week with good vibes and familiar guests in the front row
Inspired
Edina teens create free app that lets kids track their emotions
Minneapolis designer and former 'Project Runway' contestant fights fast fashion
Temporary losses, permanent gains: Wayzata football star beats cancer
Fourth Precinct Inspector Charlie Adams honored as 'gold standard' of community policing
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Bird migration report
Good to better upcoming
Pity the birds in Phoenix
Birds don't like it any better than people do.
Lucinda Williams will stream series of themed concerts to benefit First Avenue, the Dakota
"Lu's Jukebox" kicks off Oct. 22 with a Tom Petty tribute, followed by salutes to Southern soul, 1960s country, Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones and holiday tunes.
SooVAC gallery reopens with three new exhibitions about the Black experience, masculinity and abstraction
The Minneapolis gallery requires masks and is open at reduced capacity and hours.
Annual Red Wing arts fest goes hybrid in-person and virtual
The COVID-friendly event is outdoors and socially distanced.