It’s memoir day, from overcoming disability to family life in Minnesota. (Courtesy of the University of Minnesota Press) “Ghosts of Fourth Street”: by Laurie Hertzel (University of Minnesota Press, $24.95) Laurie Hertzel (Courtesy of the author) If you are thinking … Continued
As usual, the annual British Arrows Awards offer up a series of eye-popping commercials that either warm or break your heart, delight your senses and baffle your brain. And this year, a face familiar to Timberwolves fans is in the … Continued
Edward Lotterman Ho-hum! The Federal Reserve’s policy-setting Open Market Committee met for its eighth and final time this year. It decided to lower its target for extremely short-term interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point, from 3.75% to … Continued
LOS ANGELES — A funny thing about this year’s best films: Half of them are adaptations. As a movie lover who’s always hunting for new talent, new ideas and new stimuli, I used to view that as creative inertia. But … Continued
Off Fairview Avenue in St. Paul, a new gymnastics facility has a bit of everything. One side of the gym has high-level training for the University of Minnesota Men’s Gymnastics Club, and on the left of the gym are mini … Continued