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Appetites: As team elevates play, Wolves head chef elevates arena menu

Appetites: As team elevates play, Wolves head chef elevates arena menu

Basketball fans headed to the Target Center have seen the quality of play from the Timberwolves improve over the past couple of years. It just so happens that the fan dining experience also has made an Anthony Edwards-esque leap.
by Tom Crann, Josh Cobb and Ngoc Bui

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Report shows Minnesota is leading the way in clean energy transition

Report shows Minnesota is leading the way in clean energy transition

Amelia Cerling Hennes, managing director of public affairs for Clean Energy Economy MN, shared more about the state’s clean energy transition and what we’re doing well.
by Paul Huttner and Ngoc Bui

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Minneapolis band Red Thread live in-studio with new Serbian and Yiddish album, ‘Immigrantke’

Minneapolis band Red Thread live in-studio with new Serbian and Yiddish album, ‘Immigrantke’

Red Thread’s album is called Immigrantke, which means “female immigrant” in Yiddish. The songs are a mix of originals and traditional, sung in English, Serbian and Yiddish.
by Max Sparber

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Celebrity Chef Katie Chin, daughter of restauranteur Leeann Chin, shares what’s for lunch

Celebrity Chef Katie Chin, daughter of restauranteur Leeann Chin, shares what’s for lunch

Minnesota-made chain restaurant Leeann Chin is a Midwest favorite for serving up dishes from Peking Chicken to Cream Cheese wontons. Leeann Chin’s daughter, Katie Chin, wrote and performed a one-woman play about her mother’s life.
by Jacob Aloi

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Is it possible to date someone with different political views? Americans increasingly say ‘no’

Is it possible to date someone with different political views? Americans increasingly say ‘no’

Eighty-six percent of Americans think it has become harder to date someone from the opposite political party, according to a 2020 poll from market research firm YouGov. MPR News host Angela Davis talked about it with a marriage and family therapist and a writer.
by Angela Davis and Gretchen Brown

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Pro-Palestinian protesters, University of Minnesota reach agreement to end encampment

Pro-Palestinian protesters, University of Minnesota reach agreement to end encampment

Organizers of pro-Palestinian protests at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus and university leadership announced Thursday morning that they’ve reached an agreement to end the dayslong encampment on Northrop Mall.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox, Peter Cox, Cari Spencer and Andrew Krueger

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Minnesota child care providers say state licensing needs an overhaul. Officials agree

Minnesota child care providers say state licensing needs an overhaul. Officials agree

Family child care businesses in Minnesota are closing faster than new ones can open, even as demand grows. Observers say the state’s system to license new providers needs to be remade. State officials are working on it, but change comes slowly.
by Kyra Miles

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Art Hounds: Circus arts and mental health

Art Hounds: Circus arts and mental health

Also: Art Hounds recommend the Duluth Homegrown Music Festival and the South Metro Chorale performing a concert titled “Peace on Earth.”
by Emily Bright

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‘For the bees’: Retiring U of M entomologist Marla Spivak reflects on long career of bee science, advocacy

‘For the bees’: Retiring U of M entomologist Marla Spivak reflects on long career of bee science, advocacy

A University of Minnesota professor who is a widely recognized researcher and advocate for bees is retiring after more than 30 years. Marla Spivak created the U of M Bee Squad and the Bee Lab, and was awarded a McArthur Genius grant.
by Dan Gunderson

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