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Art Hounds: Music festivals and Norwegian textiles

This week the Art Hounds head to Eau Claire, Wisc., and Hutchinson, Minn., for music festivals and peruse Norwegian textile art and paintings at Norway House in Minneapolis.
by Marianne Combs

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Appetites: Getting a taste of the world of salt

Appetites: Getting a taste of the world of salt

Beth Dooley, author of books such as "Minnesota's Bounty: the Farmers Market Cookbook," explains how salts of different colors or origins can be anything but pale and mundane.
by MPR News Staff

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In boost to Minnesota film rebate program, 'Wilson' shoots across metro

In boost to Minnesota film rebate program, 'Wilson' shoots across metro

Woody Harrelson and Laura Dern's work on "Wilson" in Minnesota could help boost efforts to ensure the state provides incentives to the film industry — and lure other films and TV shows.
by Laura Yuen

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From brewpubs to restaurants, Rochester's food scene is changing

From brewpubs to restaurants, Rochester's food scene is changing

Amid a building boom sparked by a massive Mayo Clinic expansion that is expected to add 32,000 residents, Minnesota's third-largest city is seeing an influx of new eating and drinking establishments.
by Elizabeth Baier

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A Beautiful World: The majestic universe

Meet the man in charge of NASA's mission to investigate the last two uncharted worlds in our inner solar system, Vesta and Ceres.

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Playwright brings Sherlock Holmes to life, on page and stage

Playwright brings Sherlock Holmes to life, on page and stage

Twin Cities playwright Jeffrey Hatcher wrote "Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders." He also found himself cast temporarily as the detective in the Park Square Theatre production.
by Euan Kerr

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State's corn crop looks good; prices don't

State's corn crop looks good; prices don't

Even with near-ideal conditions in some places, Minnesota farmers might struggle to harvest a profit.
by Mark Steil

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Friday Festivals: Floodwood Catfish Days

Catfish Days kicked off today at midnight with the beginning of the weekend-long catfishing competition. Other events include a parade at noon on Sunday and live music throughout the weekend.
by Kara Tabor

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Archdiocese chief speaks on Nienstedt probe, clergy abuse plea

Archdiocese chief speaks on Nienstedt probe, clergy abuse plea

The Rev. Bernard Hebda, temporary head of the Twin Cities archdiocese, says he'll release an "accounting" of investigations into his predecessor and doesn't yet know how the archdiocese will plead in a sex abuse case.
by Madeleine Baran

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