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Picnics with hot dogs, fireworks with sparklers, miniature American flags with parades. They're all fine and dandy, but don't you want to catch some of the explosively entertaining options available at area movie theaters this long holiday weekend?
No one really knows what he was doing in Lindstrom, but the evidence is pretty clear that actor and comedian Robin Williams was there. Williams stopped in to the Lindstrom Dairy Queen Sunday night.
It's been 30 years since "Purple Rain" graced movie screens in theaters across the country. The film launched Minnesota's own Prince into the national spotlight, and introduced the world to his co-star Apollonia Kotero.
In April 2011, Ai Weiwei -- the Chinese artist who helped design the Beijing "bird's nest" Olympic stadium and who filled London's Tate Modern with 8 million sunflower seeds -- was arrested by authorities in his home country. They held him in detention for nearly three months on what later turned out to be tax fraud charges. After that, they placed their most prominent international artist on house arrest. This is where Danish filmmaker Andreas Johnsen's documentary The Fake Case starts. The beloved, world-renowned creator is leaving the very grip of the authorities' intimidation chamber, and he's rattled -- not talking to international press, keeping quiet. Something's wrong.
Pets, and the humans who love them, will take over the Minnesota State Fairgrounds this Saturday! Pet-A-Palooza is a free event that features some 30 exhibitors and 40 rescue and adoption groups.
The Twin Cities Jazz Festival is back for its 16th year in downtown St. Paul and is bringing in great talent from all around the world -- and it's totally free for concert-goers.
The blockbuster Purple Rain album — a 20 million unit monster — was released on June 25, 1984.
This week's list of the best screenings around town features at least a couple movies I'm not very fond of, actually. I hope that you take this as a mark of my own possibly hopeless attempts to remain objective about what people might consider the "best bets."
Harriet Island is under water, so organizers with the Taste of Minnesota have had to scramble to find a new location. Linda Maddox said this late in the game, it will be difficult to pull off.
One of the most popular songs of all time, Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone," could bring $1 million to $2 million at auction. A working draft of the finished song in Dylan's own hand is being offered by Sotheby's on Tuesday. The draft is written in pencil on four sheets of hotel letterhead stationery with revisions, additions, notes and doodles: a hat, a bird, an animal with antlers.
Best-selling author Vince Flynn died just over a year ago, but his terrorist-fighting protagonist Mitch Rapp will live on in new books written by someone else, Flynn's publisher says.
All 16 houseguests have something to offer, but with Ariana Grande's brother and a "Duck Dynasty" look-a-like in the mix, things could get interesting. "Big Brother" premieres Wednesday, June 25 (8 PM, ET/PT) and Thursday, June 26 (9 PM ET/PT)
The Running of the Bulls is a popular event every year in Spain – but there's no need to travel to Europe if you want the thrill. The Great Bull Run is coming to the Elk River Extreme Motor Park Saturday. There will be several running of the bulls throughout the day starting at 11:30 a.m.
Happy Birthday Paula Abdul! In celebration of everything pop and cartoon cat-oriented, here's a list of the pop singer's top videos.
This weekend is Rock the Garden at the Walker Art Center, where national and international artists are paired with the best local music. But for the VIP's attending the show, it's also about the food.
