Lifestyle

Appetites: The best Minneapolis restaurants of 2023 and what's opening in 2024
What were the best Minneapolis restaurants of 2023 and what can we look forward to in 2024? MPR News host Tom Crann asked food critic Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl to look into her crystal ball.
Winter Carnival King Boreas talks about playing football, parades and supporting kids
Leo Lewis III is stepping down as the St. Paul Winter Carnival’s reigning King Boreas. MPR News host Angela Davis talks with the former Vikings wide receiver about his football career, supporting children through his foundation and what it was like to represent Minnesota in parades around the country.
Art Hounds: New theater at Raw Stages
David Cunningham’s “City Life” opens at Gallery 360. Raw Stages’ New Works Festival stages a different reading of a work-in-progress at History Theatre. Minneapolis band Sycamore Gap performs to benefit the Arbitrarium art house. 
As session approaches, Minnesota lawmakers plan to keep advancing shift to clean energy
Key Minnesota legislators say not to expect climate legislation as ambitious as last year in the upcoming session. In 2023, they passed a historic legislation aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This year their focus will be on making sure the state’s able to achieve its clean energy goals.
Photos: Best good pups at the Land O'Lakes Kennel Club Dog Show
More than 1,300 canines competed for American Kennel Club awards at the Land O’Lakes Kennel Club Dog Show this weekend. See the pups looking pretty in our photo gallery.
What's Making Us Happy: A guide to your weekend viewing, reading and listening
Each week, Pop Culture Happy Hour guests and hosts share what’s bringing them joy. This week: the Fad Camp podcast, the novel “Silver Nitrate,” and America Ferrera’s much-discussed monologue in “Barbie.”