Sunday, December 5, 2010
With jeans the norm and Christmas sweaters everywhere, dressing for the season isn't what it used to be.
Walker Art Center’s annual presentation of British ads offers some of the best short-form filmmaking around.
Some of Puerto Rico's most treasured delights are the beaches and mountains outside tourist-filled Old San Juan.
A designer uses just a few not-so-traditional hues to welcome the holidays into every room of his house.
Instead of treating behavioral problems with antipsychotic drugs, the Ecumen chain of 15 homes is using strategies including aromatherapy, massage, music, games, exercise and good talk. The state is helping out.
Health clubs will soon be flooded with people trying to lose weight and get fit. Here are some tips on workout etiquette.
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Retailers are extending holiday hours, hoping to make it easier for consumers to avoid crowds or squeeze in some shopping time before starting their day.
Economy added only 39,000 jobs in December
Don't buy a new mutual fund before checking to see if it's already paid out distributions this year.
Start-up United Science said it plans to commercialize an ion selective electrode sensor membrane, that can detect the amount of chemicals used to remove ore from copper mines.
A first-time listing in generations for this secluded Lake Minnetonka estate.
Image consultant Alice Sydow takes us behind the scenes at the 2010 Holiday Fashion Shoot.
The African Student Association at the University of Minnesota held an open mic event Wednesday to bring attention to AIDS.
11/29 Senior Moment: Are we missing out on creativity?Are young people these days missing out on things that stimulate creativity and imagination? Barry has an opinion about growing up in the age of Twitter, instant messaging and email.
Life Time Fitness CEO Bahram Akradi presents plan to help Twin Cities elementary school cafeterias provide more healthy food and his corporation's foundation will finance the difference
11/15 Senior Moment: "Old man" winter is upon usBarry's started thinking about winter's big snowfalls and recalls his biggest storm ever which occurred the Sunday after Thanksgiving in 1950. His hometown of Pittsburgh, Pa., was pelted with 30.5 inches of snow.
Cedar-Riverside complex has earned unique statusArchitecture reporter Linda Mack joins Arts editor Claude Peck to discuss the past, present and future of the Cedar-Riverside complex in Minneapolis which has earned a historic designation.
A roulade, also known as a jellyroll or a yule log, isn't as hard to make as you might think. Star Tribune baking expert, Kim Ode shows you how.
A Senior Moment with Barry ZeVan for Nov. 1A Senior Moment with Barry ZeVan for Nov. 1
Photographer Wing Young Huie provides an update on his “University Avenue Project�? which decorates one of Minnesota’s most diverse cultural landscapes with images of those who live there. Produced by mn original: http://mnoriginal.org
Banjo-maker Tom Nechville takes MN Original around his workshop and demonstrates the nontraditional process he uses to make the instrument more playable and easier to tune. Produced by mn original: http://mnoriginal.org
I took this on Puffin Island in Alaska. These birds spend the first two years of their lives at sea. Then they come in to nest and lay eggs.
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