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Literary calendar for week of Feb. 22
1+ hour, 56+ min ago (278+ words) ANGELICA BAKER: Minnesotan launces the paperback edition of her debut novel "When We Grow Up" in conversation with Macalester College professor and fellow author Emma Torzs. 6 p.m. Tuesday, Next Chapter Booksellers, 38 S. Snelling Ave., St. Paul. EASTER/PARKER: Poet, dancer and choreographer…...
Park Grove Library in Cottage Grove to close this month for $13.5M redesign
3+ hour, 24+ min ago (194+ words) The Park Grove Library in Cottage Grove will close later this month for a $13.5 million makeover and will reopen to the public in early 2027. The majority of the existing building structure at 7900 Hemingway Ave. S. will remain, but the front entrance…...
Review: With new director, Chanhassen Dinner Theatres’ ‘Guys and Dolls’ shines
17+ hour, 16+ min ago (549+ words) Guys and Dolls," which opened Friday, marks the beginning of a new era for Chanhassen Dinner Theatres. It's the debut production from new artistic director Tamara Kangas Erickson. Kangas Erickson, of course, isn't new to CDT. She's been the resident…...
Made in St. Paul: Community-made solidarity posters, at Morgan Hiscocks’ Lunalux letterpress studio
23+ hour, 41+ min ago (448+ words) Sure, lots of people have laser printers hooked up to their computers. But vanishingly few have the equipment and technical know-how for traditional letterpress printing, in which individual letters on wood or metal "type" blocks are arranged into words, inked…...
Netflix releases a posthumous interview with Eric Dane after his death from ALS
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (778+ words) Eric Dane did not believe in an afterlife. "I think when the lights go out, it's over," he said in an interview for "Famous Last Words," a Netflix series that's available now. "I do believe that once we go to…...
Brandi Carlile’s sold-out Saturday night concert will air live on 89.3 The Current
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (185+ words) Brandi Carlile performs "America the Beautiful" before the NFL Super Bowl 60 football game between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026, in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/Doug Benc) Singer/songwriter Brandi Carlile's sold-out Saturday night concert…...
Melania Trump donates her white and black-trimmed inaugural ball gown to the Smithsonian
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (298+ words) It's the second inaugural gown she has turned over to the First Ladies Collection at the museum, following the donation of her 2017 gown. On Friday, Melania Trump continued the long-standing tradition of first ladies donating their inaugural gowns when she…...
Drones on again tonight for more light shows at Allianz Field
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (128+ words) If you happened to catch a glimpse of a giant loon morphing into an MNUFC banner over Allianz Field in St. Paul on Thursday night, you weren't seeing things. Minnesota's professional soccer team launched an elaborate, multi-colored drone show over…...
Travel: Why Las Vegas is the ‘New-stalgia Capital of the World’
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (782+ words) Las Vegas is known as the Entertainment Capital of the World, the Gambling Capital of the World and, for better or for worse, the Marriage Capital of the World. Perhaps it's time to add "New'stalgia Capital of the World" to…...
Jim Butcher says grief and fatherhood impact Dresden Files ‘Twelve Months’
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (402+ words) Q. Please tell readers about your new Dresden Files book, "Twelve Months." "Twelve Months" is the 18th book of the Dresden Files, an urban fantasy series I managed to sell with the elevator pitch of "Dirty Harry Potter." Its lead character is…...