Arts and Culture

Paul Tremblay's new novel is, on the surface, a story about a book about a reality show about a real-life event, but reviewer Jason Heller says it becomes an "unsettling conversation about the truth."

'Stalin's Daughter' tells the story of Svetlana Alliluyevea, who was born in Moscow in 1926. She died 85 years later, alone and impoverished, in Spring Green, Wis.

Stones play "Hang on Sloopy" for the first time live since 1966 at Ohio show.

"Is there anything more electrifying than that hopeful, anything-could-happen feeling that fills the air in the two hours before a Paisley Park show?," writes reviewer Andrea Swensson.

Everybody has to start somewhere. "First Jobs" digs into 50 true stories of starting out in the workforce.

A former teacher who travels the country documenting the final resting places of poets is looking forward to calling attention to African-American poets on a tour of the South.

For June's edition of The Thread Book Club, we're bringing in a pre-eminent polar explorer to discuss an inventive new twist on an old classic.

For at least part of their show Wednesday night, the Rolling Stones will be joined on stage by 24 members of VocalEssence, the Minneapolis-based choral organization.

A new exhibit at the Weinstein Gallery in Minneapolis showcases photos by Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky, who explores the growing environmental crisis of water scarcity and contamination.

The next Liquid Music series will present nine performances at Twin Cities venues and a "virtual residency" that fuses music from an innovative Berlin ensemble and the band Polica.