ArtsMariah Carey performs at the State Theatre in Minneapolis on Wednesday night. It will be the first time that the 49-year-old singer, who has scored 18 number one hits, will headline a solo concert in the Twin Cities.
The moment that gave us "Say it ain't so, Joe" has been set to music.
Minneapolis-based Zenon Dance Company will close this summer following its final performances in June. The company's founder and artistic director Linda Z. Andrews said that Zenon, like many other mid-sized arts organizations, grew overwhelmed by funding problems.
A new adaptation of Tolkien's classic tale uses just five actors.
Author Tessa Hadley's latest book "Late in the Day" finds the words to describe grief in the small things left behind.
The Polica singer was clearing off the roof of her home recently when her ladder tipped backwards, sending her to the hospital with a back injury.
Irene O'Garden discovered that a shared risk brings benefits.
Is the holiday letter the original social media - a place where people curate the shiniest bits of their lives for others to consume? That's one of the many theories Kerri Miller explores with her guest, Minneapolis author Gretchen Anthony, as they discuss her debut novel, "Evergreen Tidings from the Baumgartners."
The group is considered the first racially integrated, multi-gender band of the rock era, and the lyrics of "Everyday People" express the band's underlying philosophy of peace and the equality of all people.
Since da Vinci's death, no three-dimensional work of art by him has ever been identified — until now, say curators in Italy.
About a quarter-mile offshore from Duluth's Leif Erikson Park, a hearty band of volunteers has carved a skating rink unlike any other on the frozen surface of Lake Superior.
The Hook and Ladder Lounge in Minneapolis is hosting an International Women's Day celebration Friday night. Meanwhile, MPR's sister station The Current will mark the occasion by featuring women-identifying artists and hosts on the air all day long.
"My Sister, the Serial Killer" by Nigerian author Oyinkan Braithwaite captures the dynamics of a seemingly perfect family with a dark secret.
It's inspired by an incident that reportedly took place in a St. Louis bar in 1895.
Plus, the Art Hounds recommend the "Women's March" theater festival and a play about homelessness performed by people who've experienced it.
Yia Vang is known to be an ambassador for Hmong food. He defines it as a "philosophy" rather than a style or cuisine.
On the day before International Women's Day, Kerri Miller welcomed Zainab Salbi for a discussion on resilience and the empowerment of women worldwide.
The song was for use in a film by the same name — Elvis' 31st and final movie.
A year after the Swedish Academy faced a crisis, the body "no longer includes any members who are subject to conflict of interest or criminal investigations," the Nobel Foundation says.
One local group is Emily Haavik & the 35s. Haavik is a Duluth native who now lives in the Twin Cities, and her bandmates are the 35s — so called because they live in Duluth, and many trips are made along I-35 to play music together.