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Lifestyle

Arts advocates argue for financial reality

Arts advocates argue for financial reality

Hundreds of people are expected at Arts Advocacy Day at the Minnesota State Capitol today. The lobbying comes as Gov. Pawlenty is recommending the zeroing out of the State Arts Board's funding.
by Euan Kerr

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More from the Movie Maven on 2009 Oscars

Stephanie Curtis and the Minnesota Public Radio audience share views on the Academy Award winners

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St. Cloud seniors miss the newspaper's bridge column

St. Cloud seniors miss the newspaper's bridge column

Many newspapers have cut back print space to deal with the economic downturn. At the St. Cloud Times, the newspaper decided to eliminate the column devoted to bridge, the card game. Many seniors are upset and they want the bridge column back on the paper.
by Ambar Espinoza

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Family secrets kept close

Family secrets kept close

The best-selling author of "Reading Lolita in Tehran" gives us a new memoir and a glimpse of her prominent Iranian family; a complex mother and fascinating father, a mayor of Tehran who was jailed under the Shah.

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Midmorning Weekend

Midmorning Weekend

The new Midmorning Weekend show revisits some of the best recent conversations from the daily call-in program.

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Tying the knot gets put on hold in tough economy

Tying the knot gets put on hold in tough economy

Valentine's Day is a popular day for popping the question. But brides and grooms-to-be are planning their weddings during a tough economy and the recession has couples cutting back, or trying to wait it out for better times. It's not a fairy tale for the wedding industry either.
by Sasha Aslanian

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U of M exhibit celebrates 200 years of Darwin

U of M exhibit celebrates 200 years of Darwin

If you've been looking for a way to observe today's 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin, the father of the theory of evolution, it's not too late. A new exhibit opens this evening at the Bell Museum of Natural History at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
by Dan Olson

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Puppy mills targeted in proposed regulation

A bill being considered at the Minnesota Legislature attempts to improve the conditions at so-called "puppy mills." The bill would limit the number animals per farm and require that they socialize and exercise regularly. Some animal breeders contend that the proposed regulations are too restrictive.

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Newsmaker segment: Baseball's steroid problem

Newsmaker segment: Baseball's steroid problem

Baseball fans might have hoped that the 2007 Mitchell Report closed the book on the steroids era, but Alex Rodriguez's admission of steroid use between 2001-2003 has raised new questions about the prevalence of performance-enhancing drugs in the national pastime.

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