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Just released 1970 Bob Dylan album features his sessions with George Harrison

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

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

Illusion administrators Michael Robins and Bonnie Morris received a lifetime achievement award at the 2014 Ivey Awards.

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

'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

Nancy B. Miller, 92, of Minneapolis was among the first visitors when the Minneapolis Institute of Art reopened in July: "This is one of the places th

Twin Cities museums will be closed for at least four weeks.

Minneapolis actor to lead New York theater

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

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

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

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

'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

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

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

Family members Chee Nou Xiong and Joua True Xiong spoke Thursday at the Hmong 18 Council office in St. Paul.

Family members say no signs of trouble before St. Paul murder-suicide

A Hopkins psychic admits to swindling $130K from 2 clients
Cambridge, Minn., recovering after floods
Minneapolis nonprofit Appetite for Change receives record $1.5M gift

Current Conditions Minneapolis

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Sports

San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan, left, and general manager John Lynch watch their team during a joint practice Wednesday with the Vikings

49ers had 'great hopes' for Adofo-Mensah. Now he's on the opposing team.

Neal: Gardenhire's antics helped keep the Twins clubhouse loose
What could new Big Ten media rights deal mean for the Gophers?
MRI shows no damage to shoulder of Twins starting pitcher Mahle

Business

3M corporate headquarters in Maplewood.

3M earplug bankruptcy: Shrewd plan or sham?

Companies are tracking workers' productivity more, including UnitedHealth and Allina
Minnesota adds 19,100 jobs; jobless rate still at historic low
Asian markets mixed after Wall St gains on jobs data

Opinion

Author Salman Rushdie speaks during the Mississippi Book Festival on Aug. 18, 2018.

Counterpoint: No double standard, just free speech for all

Up to date on polio, other vaccinations?
Editorial cartoon: Christopher Weyant on the state of America
Readers Write: Renaming Patrick Henry High School, Rep. Liz Cheney, hearing aids, First Amendment

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    Duran Duran: (from left) Nick Rhodes, John Taylor, Simon Le Bon and Roger Taylor

    Duran Duran will kick off its U.S. tour in Minnesota as newly elected Rock & Roll Hall of Famers

    Neal Justin: 'She-Hulk: Attorney at Law' makes a strong opening statement
    Our Friday best: Kendrick Lamar, 'To Sit Awhile,' Chastity Brown and A.R. Rahman
    Expect glorious music and a bug or two at 'Magic Flute' in gardens and parks

    Comics

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    She was removed quietly from an elaborate, three-story dollhouse at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. But the mysterious disappearance of the tiny doll — a…

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    St. Paul exhibit tackles mental health: 'People don't realize how hard it is'

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    Politics

    DFL Gov. Tim Walz, left, and GOP gubernatorial candidate Scott Jensen debated for the first time at Farmfest on Aug. 3. Moderating the debate was Bloi

    Campaign check: Did Gov. Tim Walz cancel candidate debates?

    Trump executive pleads guilty in tax case, agrees to testify
    Campaign check: A deeper look at 2022 Minnesota election cycle claims
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    Nation

    The Elkhorn River, just west of Omaha.

    Brain-eating amoeba suspected in 2nd Midwest death

    3 charged with killing Boston gangster Whitey Bulger in 2018
    Judge appears willing to unveil some of Mar-a-Lago affidavit
    US offers extra monkeypox vaccine doses for gay pride events

    World

    South Korean army soldiers prepare for an exercise at a training field in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Wednesday, July 27, 202

    North Korea dismisses Seoul's aid offer as 'foolish' repeat

    Saudi doctoral student gets 34 years in prison for tweets
    Police: Death toll in Afghan capital mosque bombing now 21
    Placido Domingo's name comes up in Argentina sex sect probe

    Curious Minnesota

    Cars drove into the Apple Valley Transit Station parking ramp in 2010.

    Why do Minnesotans call them 'parking ramps' instead of 'garages'?

    Listen: Why has the Park Board allowed the 'birthplace of Minneapolis' to deteriorate?
    Ask a question now: What are you curious about, Minnesota?
    How did Minnesota become a window manufacturing hub?

    Duluth

    Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, Gov. Tim Walz and Castle Danger Brewery co-owner Lon Larson toured the brewery Thursday.

    Gov. Tim Walz celebrates 'Free the Growler' push, July job creation Up North

    Duluth City Council approves park levy referendum on November ballot
    Charge: Iron Range driver was extremely drunk when he caused crash that killed other motorist
    Jury finds Chisholm man guilty of murder in 1980s cold case

    Celebs

    Alexis Bledel and Vincent Kartheiser posed for a picture before the Guthrie Theatre 50th Anniversary Celebration on Saturday, June 22, 2013.

    'Mad Men' actor Vincent Kartheiser, 'Gilmore Girls' star Alexis Bledel end their marriage

    Woman says it was her, R. Kelly in key video at 2008 trial
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    CNN cancels 'Reliable Sources,' host Stelter leaving network

    Inspired

    Old friends Tom Edelstein and Larry Bans took a seat at St. Paul’s Highland Park Junior High where they met in 1964.

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    SooVAC gallery reopens with three new exhibitions about the Black experience, masculinity and abstraction

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    Annual Red Wing arts fest goes hybrid in-person and virtual

    The COVID-friendly event is outdoors and socially distanced.


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