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New Orleans piano great Dr. John and Grammy-winning trumpeter Nicholas Payton are among performers scheduled for this summer's Twin Cities Jazz Festival in St. Paul. The 17th annual festival runs June 25-27 in and around Mears Park in St. Paul's Lowertown neighborhood.
Minneapolis residents will now have a new option for TV cable, marking the first time the market's had cable competition in nearly 40 years. Minneapolis City Council voted to allow CenturyLink to provide a cable service in the city. The service -- called Prism TV -- will be the first wire-line TV service in Minnesota.
Growing up as a kid with special needs, Nick Bertsch didn't get invited to birthday parties or sleepovers. Making friends was tough, yet that didn't stop him from becoming a close friend to one of TV's most iconic characters: Big Bird.
There was once a time (Tuesday) when a web producer/local music blogger decided to preview an album release show for a local casual punk band -- and was blindsided by their truly remarkable (and beautifully, humorously confusing) responses to his questions. This is his (my) story.
Wednesday morning, a big group of Minnesotans will board a flight from Minneapolis and head to Havana, Cuba. The Minnesota Orchestra will be the first U.S. orchestra to perform in Cuba since President Obama announced plans to restore relations with the country in December.
In 1964, Muppet master Jim Henson picked the young puppeteer Caroll Spinney to don an 8-foot-tall bird suit for an educational children's show called "Sesame Street." Forty-five years later and more than two decades since Henson's death, Spinney is still the man inside that yellow-feathered puppet, recognized the world over as Big Bird.
The unrest in Baltimore has inspired Prince to write a new song. On Sunday at 8:00 p.m., he's holding a "Rally for Peace" there to show his support, and he's live streaming the audio of the concert for free.
When the Minnesota Orchestra plays in Cuba this week, the visit will not only symbolize the reopening of relations between the United States and the Communist nation, but also healing for an acclaimed ensemble that was "almost destroyed" by a long and bitter lockout.
The Walker Art Center has your outside music and movie needs covered this summer – all for free.
Shania Twain has added a second "Rock This Country" Twin Cities tour date at Target Center.
Minnesota lawmakers got a visit Wednesday from a well-known celebrity chef and food writer lobbying to save the "Snowbate" tax credit for production companies. Andrew Zimmern greeted House members, some of whom took selfies with the famous chef.
A one-of-a-kind restaurant event is taking place next week that brings attention to kids and their nutrition. It's called Flavor and it benefits the Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry campaign.
Minnesota music icon, Prince, has announced he'll play a major concert in Baltimore, Maryland. The event, called "Rally 4 Peace", comes as racial tensions in that city continue to boil over after the death of Freddie Gray in police custody.
The Minnesota Orchestra is preparing to make its first visit to Cuba in 85 years. The orchestra, led by music director Osmo Vanska, will perform two concerts next week at the International Cubadisco Festival.
The Twins welcomed fans of the classic Star Wars movies to Target Field for Star Wars Day, May 4th -- as in, "May the Fourth be with you."
