A nasty rumor has surfaced in the last few years: The book is dead. Online content and e-readers are more pervasive than ever, but what does the electronic takeover mean for our beloved public libraries? How, in the digital age, can they continue to provide relevant, cost-effective services to a

Gleaming, polished wood. A roaring wood fire. Friendly service from beautiful people. This description may sound like an unreachable Aspen ski-lodge fantasy, but it actually portrays Uptown’s newest addition, The Lowry. Formerly a Hollywood Video, the location was completely transformed by local architecture and design firm Tanek this summer and is

Two of the Twin Cities’ oldest and most hallowed theatre halls are celebrating big birthdays this week. Both the Orpheum and State theatres, located in downtown Minneapolis, are turning 90-years-old this year and are celebrating with a free family event on Saturday. Their birthdays are yet another reason that the

Food to share, food to grow, food to buy and food to know: For Campus Kitchens director Brian Noy, this mantra has become the basis for a growing organization that works to reduce waste and encourage healthier eating habits for all people—whether they can afford to pay for it or

  Here’s a recommendation: do not consider John Jodzio’s forthcoming book bedtime reading – for your children or for yourself. A Minneapolis son, Jodzio’s new collection of short stories, Get In If You Want to Live, looks at sex-pot bears, chili-loving hookers and what it means to pass a kidney stone

To step into the garage that Jen and Fran Shea have transformed into their studio is to take a step back in time. Copper-stamping plates, moveable type, and brushes litter the space. The smell of ink and paper permeate. And the steady drumbeat of the clamshell press that does their

  Andrew Zimmern, a food writer, chef, James Beard Award-winning TV personality (Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern, Andrew Zimmern’s Bizarre World) is not only one of the most recognizable and knowledgeable personalities in the food world. He happens to be a Twin Cities resident—and an advocate of sustainability and food-access equality.

Gentle reader, I have a confession to make: I like dirty hands. While this might cause you to revert to nightmares of unwashed post-bathroom germfests, fear not. The dirt of which I speak is the variety we stand upon, and in its best form it is something those of us

A true renaissance man, Gordon Parks encompassed a swath of professions in the arts, including musical composition, screenwriting, poetry and film direction. The pursuit he followed with the most passion, however, was photography. Beginning with photo shoots for St. Paul department store Frank Murphy, Parks’ extraordinary career as a photographer

Christopher Hampton may be best known for his screenplays, which include Atonement and Dangerous Liaisons (he won an oscar for the latter), but Hampton exploded into the theater world in 1966—at the age of 20—when his first play, When Did You Last See My Mother?, was performed in London’s West End.