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Photos: For Norway's Terje Isungset, music is carved from ice

Photos: For Norway's Terje Isungset, music is carved from ice

Ice drums. Ice horns. An iceophone. These are just some of the instruments Norwegian musician Terje Isungset will bring to the Cedar Cultural Center stage in Minneapolis, Minn., on February 25, 2103. Reporter Nikki Tundel captured the makings of an ice concert.

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Photos: Snowstorm hits Twin Cities, S Minn.

Photos: Snowstorm hits Twin Cities, S Minn.

A snowstorm moved through the region overnight, closing schools and caused delays for morning commuters.

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MPR News photos of the week: Theatre, protests and winter storms

MPR News photos of the week: Theatre, protests and winter storms

This week, we visited Pillsbury House and Theatre in Minneapolis, saw frac sand mining and gun violence protests at the State Capitol and weathered yet another winter storm.

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Photos: Scenes from the Senate gun hearing

Photos: Scenes from the Senate gun hearing

During a Senate committee hearing Thursday at the Capitol, some activists spoke out passionately against a proposal to require background checks for nearly all gun sales, while others demanded curbs as a way to combat gun violence.

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Photos: James Beard Award nominee Butcher & the Boar restaurant

Photos: James Beard Award nominee Butcher & the Boar restaurant

Butcher & the Boar was named on Tuesday a James Beard Award semifinalist for Best New Restaurant, and chef Jack Riebel was nominated as Best Chef in the Midwest.
by Jennifer Simonson

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Photos: Faye Price and Noel Raymond lead Pillsbury House

Photos: Faye Price and Noel Raymond lead Pillsbury House

Despite numerous challenges faced by its leaders Faye Price and Noel Raymond, Pillsbury House has changed people's expectations for what a community center can achieve with an injection of artistic talent.
by Jennifer Simonson

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Photos: Video game sharpens Minn. soldiers' skills

Photos: Video game sharpens Minn. soldiers' skills

The Minnesota National Guard is using simulators to train troops in very real and potentially deadly skills -- from shooting to driving to combat. But some soldiers say the simulator's graphics are weak; they prefer Call of Duty: Black Ops 2.
by Jeffrey Thompson

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Photos of the week: Blizzard, flood and winter surfing

Photos of the week: Blizzard, flood and winter surfing

A winter storm blasted northern Minnesota, a broken water main flooded downtown St. Paul and adventurous surfers took to the Great Lake called Gitche Gumee.

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Photos: A morning with Mary Jo Copeland

Photos: A morning with Mary Jo Copeland

We spent a morning with her recently at Sharing and Caring Hands.
by Jeffrey Thompson

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Photos: Meet the couple behind Mpls. bakery Sun Street Breads

Photos: Meet the couple behind Mpls. bakery Sun Street Breads

Solveig Tofte owns and operates Sun Street Breads in Minneapolis with her husband Martin Ouimet. Tofte is in charge of baking and the kitchen, while Ouimet takes care of coffee and the front of house.
by Jennifer Simonson

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