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Comedian John Mulaney has scrapped a suite of weekend shows at the Armory in Minneapolis following the fatal ICE shooting of a woman here this week.
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January 9, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Comedian John Mulaney has scrapped a suite of weekend shows at the Armory in Minneapolis following the fatal ICE shooting of a woman here this week.
Reported in our live blog coverage here: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Reported in our live blog coverage here: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
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Bruno Mars will hit US Bank Stadium on May 13 on The Romantic Tour (announced nationwide today; bad day for a Mpls concert announcement).
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Bruno Mars will get ‘Romantic’ at U.S. Bank Stadium in May
The “Uptown Funk” singer will launch his first U.S. stadium tour in April after dropping his fourth album next month.
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January 8, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Bruno Mars will hit US Bank Stadium on May 13 on The Romantic Tour (announced nationwide today; bad day for a Mpls concert announcement).
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What to expect from Star Tribune restaurant reviews from our new critic Raphael Brion, including what the stars mean and how they’re earned. And yes, you should go to a 1-star restaurant ⭐️
A new restaurant critic, a new meaning for star ratings
Here’s what to expect from Star Tribune restaurant reviews, including what the stars mean and how they’re earned. And yes, you should go to a 1-star restaurant.
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January 8, 2026 at 2:54 PM
What to expect from Star Tribune restaurant reviews from our new critic Raphael Brion, including what the stars mean and how they’re earned. And yes, you should go to a 1-star restaurant ⭐️
Chef Sameh Wadi and his brother Saed Wadi have bought the building, confirming plans to reopen the influential restaurant later this year 🍴
Saffron reopening in former Young Joni space in northeast Minneapolis
Chef Sameh Wadi and his brother Saed Wadi have bought the building, confirming plans to reopen the influential restaurant later this year.
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January 7, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Chef Sameh Wadi and his brother Saed Wadi have bought the building, confirming plans to reopen the influential restaurant later this year 🍴
A new amphitheater, country music fest and jazz club and the return of Eaux Claires and possibly some old favorites are part of the rocking outlook for the new year 👀
10 things Twin Cities music fans can look forward to in 2026
A new amphitheater, country music fest and jazz club and the return of Eaux Claire and possibly some old favorites are part of the rocking outlook for the new year.
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January 7, 2026 at 4:58 PM
A new amphitheater, country music fest and jazz club and the return of Eaux Claires and possibly some old favorites are part of the rocking outlook for the new year 👀
The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis celebrates its 175th anniversary with this unique exhibition. Even Pope Leo has heard about it 🇻🇦
More than 250 papal artifacts come to Minnesota’s Mall of America
The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis celebrates its 175th anniversary with this unique exhibition. Even Pope Leo has heard about it.
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January 6, 2026 at 8:24 PM
The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis celebrates its 175th anniversary with this unique exhibition. Even Pope Leo has heard about it 🇻🇦
Berto’s by Travail will replace Nixta’s taco outpost Tixtli. Plus new pizza at Bauhaus, new lineup for El Sazon’s gas station dinners and more restaurant news in our weekly roundup 🌮
When one taco stand closes, another opens at Graze Food Hall
Berto’s by Travail will replace Nixta’s taco outpost Tixtli. Plus new pizza at Bauhaus, new lineup for El Sazon’s gas station dinners and more restaurant news.
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January 6, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Berto’s by Travail will replace Nixta’s taco outpost Tixtli. Plus new pizza at Bauhaus, new lineup for El Sazon’s gas station dinners and more restaurant news in our weekly roundup 🌮
How Purple Rain ended up in Stranger Things is both a coup and strange tale, told from different perspectives ☔️
How ‘Stranger Things’ landed ‘Purple Rain’ and gave it a big Gen Z boost
Prince’s hit had not previously been licensed for a movie or TV show.
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January 5, 2026 at 7:58 PM
How Purple Rain ended up in Stranger Things is both a coup and strange tale, told from different perspectives ☔️
In 2025, the MacArthur “genius” grant winner opened a 15-year retrospective at the Walker Art Center 🖼️
Dyani White Hawk is Minnesota Star Tribune’s Artist of the Year
In 2025, the MacArthur “genius” grant winner opened a 15-year retrospective at the Walker Art Center.
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December 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
In 2025, the MacArthur “genius” grant winner opened a 15-year retrospective at the Walker Art Center 🖼️
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Chef Eric Pham cooks through fire and family at his St. Paul restaurant, serving up the Twin Cities’ next generation of Vietnamese cuisine 😋
Khue’s Kitchen is the Star Tribune’s 2025 Best New Restaurant
Eric Pham cooks through fire and family at his St. Paul restaurant, serving up the Twin Cities’ next generation of Vietnamese cuisine.
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December 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Chef Eric Pham cooks through fire and family at his St. Paul restaurant, serving up the Twin Cities’ next generation of Vietnamese cuisine 😋
From fine dining to fast casual and barbecue to pasta galore, these are our favorite new eateries. But one stands out above them all 🍽️🏆
The Minnesota Star Tribune names its 10 best new restaurants of 2025
From fine dining to fast casual and barbecue to pasta galore, these are our favorite new eateries. But one stands out above them all.
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December 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
From fine dining to fast casual and barbecue to pasta galore, these are our favorite new eateries. But one stands out above them all 🍽️🏆
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Alan Sparhawk revisited his old band Low’s Christmas album in the most beautiful way last night at the Fitz while melding with Trampled by Turtles like it was his new band.
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Review: Alan Sparhawk and Trampled by Turtles stand and strum together
At the Fitzgerald Theater on Thursday, Low's singer and his longtime friends rekindled the comforting vibe heard on their new album.
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December 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Alan Sparhawk revisited his old band Low’s Christmas album in the most beautiful way last night at the Fitz while melding with Trampled by Turtles like it was his new band.
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It was a big year for Gully Boys, with the release of their long-awaited full-length debut (which is a beast btw!) and tour dates all over the country. Here’s a wrap on their year ahead of their big gig Saturday at the Varsity Theater.
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What Minneapolis' Gully Boys learned on the road in 2025
The punk quartet caps off a year of crisscrossing the country with a hometown release party for its first full-length album.
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December 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
It was a big year for Gully Boys, with the release of their long-awaited full-length debut (which is a beast btw!) and tour dates all over the country. Here’s a wrap on their year ahead of their big gig Saturday at the Varsity Theater.
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After leaning into '90s nostalgia and women rock heroes in its first two years, the Minnesota Yacht Club is going more for '00s-era hitmakers and emo acts in 2026. More millennial, less Gen-X. The full lineup and ticket info is out now.
What do you think?
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What do you think?
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The Strokes, Lumineers to rock Minnesota Yacht Club in 2026
The third annual mid-July festival on St. Paul’s Harriet Island will also feature Matchbox Twenty, Black Keys, Cage the Elephant and Lord Huron.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
After leaning into '90s nostalgia and women rock heroes in its first two years, the Minnesota Yacht Club is going more for '00s-era hitmakers and emo acts in 2026. More millennial, less Gen-X. The full lineup and ticket info is out now.
What do you think?
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What do you think?
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The third annual mid-July festival on St. Paul’s Harriet Island will also feature Matchbox Twenty, Black Keys, Cage the Elephant and Lord Huron.
The Strokes, Lumineers to rock Minnesota Yacht Club in 2026
The third annual mid-July festival on St. Paul’s Harriet Island will also feature Matchbox Twenty, Black Keys, Cage the Elephant and Lord Huron.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The third annual mid-July festival on St. Paul’s Harriet Island will also feature Matchbox Twenty, Black Keys, Cage the Elephant and Lord Huron.
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The lineup announcement for MN Yacht Club 2026 is coming Tuesday morning a month earlier than usual; a sign there's going to be stiffer competition from other festivals and outdoor concerts next year.
Guesses are now running rampant for who's playing.
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Guesses are now running rampant for who's playing.
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Guess who's playing Minnesota Yacht Club in 2026? Lineup is coming Tuesday.
Organizers invited fans to name names for who might be playing the three-day music fest set July 17-19 on St. Paul’s Harriet Island.
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December 8, 2025 at 11:40 PM
The lineup announcement for MN Yacht Club 2026 is coming Tuesday morning a month earlier than usual; a sign there's going to be stiffer competition from other festivals and outdoor concerts next year.
Guesses are now running rampant for who's playing.
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Guesses are now running rampant for who's playing.
www.startribune.com/minnesota-ya...
While his life was widely celebrated as intertwined with Los Angeles, Lynch had deep ties to the Midwest, where his personal, creative and spiritual endeavors intersected 🎥
A 1,200-mile journey into David Lynch’s creative and spiritual Midwest
The visionary filmmaker’s art looked at the broken psyche inside America. His life showed a way to fix it.
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December 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
While his life was widely celebrated as intertwined with Los Angeles, Lynch had deep ties to the Midwest, where his personal, creative and spiritual endeavors intersected 🎥
The closure comes on the heels of two others in the past two weeks, Schram Haus Brewery in Chaska and Invictus Brewing in Blaine, as breweries nationwide grapple with steadily declining sales and consumption of beer and alcohol 🍺
Fair State Brewing announces it will close after this weekend
The Minneapolis brewery told its members it was no longer a “fully functional business.”
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December 5, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The closure comes on the heels of two others in the past two weeks, Schram Haus Brewery in Chaska and Invictus Brewing in Blaine, as breweries nationwide grapple with steadily declining sales and consumption of beer and alcohol 🍺
Chef/owner Daniel del Prado is hewing closely to French recipes and techniques at Thérèse, which opened in late November in the substantial dining room once occupied by the Lynhall 🍷
Daniel del Prado embraces French excess at his new Edina restaurant
What to expect at the chef’s latest project at 50th and France, which shifts from a tartine-driven daytime menu to a indulgent French brasserie after dark.
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December 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Chef/owner Daniel del Prado is hewing closely to French recipes and techniques at Thérèse, which opened in late November in the substantial dining room once occupied by the Lynhall 🍷
We’re at Southdale mall celebrating our Star Tribune Holiday Cookie Contest winners! 🍪🏆🤩
December 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
We’re at Southdale mall celebrating our Star Tribune Holiday Cookie Contest winners! 🍪🏆🤩
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We combed through hundreds of recipes to find these gems 🏆🍪
The winning recipes for the 2025 Minnesota Star Tribune Holiday Cookie Contest
Sweet and salty, chocolate and caramel, nutty and minty — this year’s winning batch of cookies has it all.
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December 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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We combed through hundreds of recipes to find these gems 🏆🍪
The winning recipes for the 2025 Minnesota Star Tribune Holiday Cookie Contest
Sweet and salty, chocolate and caramel, nutty and minty — this year’s winning batch of cookies has it all.
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December 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
We combed through hundreds of recipes to find these gems 🏆🍪
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The Heights had been sold, but sounds like it’ll be in good hands with the operators of a similarly beloved Chicago theater.
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The Heights Theater sold to operators of historic Chicago movie house
The Twin Cities' oldest movie theater is being bought by the operators of Chicago’s Music Box Theatre, which also has a good reputation with cinephiles.
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December 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The Heights had been sold, but sounds like it’ll be in good hands with the operators of a similarly beloved Chicago theater.
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Ain’t nothing but a Ukrainian thing tonight, but there’s a lot more to choose from over the next week for live music in the Twin Cities. @stribgoingout.startribune.com
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The Big Gigs: 8 top concerts to see in the Twin Cities this week
Highlights for Nov. 27-Dec. 3 include Burna Boy, DakhaBrakha, the Suburbs, Nicholas David’s release party and Shaun LaBelle featuring Najee.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Ain’t nothing but a Ukrainian thing tonight, but there’s a lot more to choose from over the next week for live music in the Twin Cities. @stribgoingout.startribune.com
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Day before Thanksgiving travel at MSP airport, 2002 🦃✈️
📸: Richard Sennott from the Star Tribune archives
📸: Richard Sennott from the Star Tribune archives
November 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Day before Thanksgiving travel at MSP airport, 2002 🦃✈️
📸: Richard Sennott from the Star Tribune archives
📸: Richard Sennott from the Star Tribune archives