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Kaywin Feldman looks to the MIA's future

Kaywin Feldman looks to the MIA's future

The state's two internationally known art museums, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and the Walker Art Center, are launching new eras under new leadership.
by Chris Roberts

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New media a major factor in the 2008 campaign

New media a major factor in the 2008 campaign

The advent of YouTube and other Internet video sites fueled a new breed of citizen journalists during the 2006 midterm elections, and the trend is expected to grow this year. Already there are signs in Minnesota that the candidates are paying attention.
by Jessica Mador

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There's method behind the madness of performing movie music live

There's method behind the madness of performing movie music live

The Minnesota Orchestra is about to launch a film festival. It is called "Sounds of Cinema." Beginning Thursday it will play classic movie music and even perform live accompaniment for two silent screen classics. Orchestra officials say it is not as simple as it sounds.
by Euan Kerr

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Prof. sets out on bike trip across Africa

A 63-year old philosophy professor at St. John's University begins a 7,400 mile bike ride through Africa Saturday.
by Tim Post

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Study: Evening stress affects husbands and wives differently

A new study of married parents who both work outside the home finds that men and women experience stress differently after work. If a couple is in a satisfactory marriage, stress levels decline in the evening. But women in unsatisfactory marriages often take on the stress of a "second shift" of responsibility at home.
by Tom Crann and Nanci Olesen

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MacPhail's new Center for Music

MacPhail's new Center for Music

The century-old MacPhail Center for Music in Minneapolis is moving to a new home. It leaves a deteriorating building designed to be a department store to go to a state-of-the-art-facility designed with music education and the community in mind.
by Marianne Combs

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Answering the tough questions

Answering the tough questions

Midmorning's ethics expert discusses complex dilemmas that reach beyond the grave.

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'Madness in a bottle' makes a comeback

'Madness in a bottle' makes a comeback

For the first time in nearly a century, absinthe is legal in the United States. That means Monday you can party like it's 1899.
by Nikki Tundel

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Hospitals pledge 'healthy food in health care'

Fresh sauteed organically grown kale. Free range, antibiotic-free, oven-roasted chicken. Locally grown apples and Minnesota maple syrup reduced to a simmering sauce. It sounds like a menu at a fine restaurant. But sustainable, locally grown, organic foods like these are showing up in hospitals around the country.
by Tom Crann and Nanci Olesen

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The year in food

The year in food

In a year that saw several Twin Cities restaurants close their doors, one food critic says there is reason for hope. Rick Nelson talks about his favorite new restaurants.

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