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• 'Four Boxes' comes home
  A much anticipated Minnesota-made film gets its local premiere at the Minneapolis St Paul International Film Festival tonight. "Four Boxes" is a thriller shot in Rosemount by friends who met years ago at the Childrens Theater.April 29, 2009
• Julie Fowlis sings songs with a Gaelic point of view
  Julie Fowlis sings in a language which even in her native Scotland only about 60,000 people understand, yet she's a national star. Now she's bringing her music to MinneapolisApril 24, 2009
• When Somalis are in the news, so is Omar Jamal
  Somali community activist Omar Jamal is in the news again, this time for finding a lawyer for a Somali pirate. Jamal has made a comeback following his own high-profile problems with the law, but he remains controversial.April 24, 2009
• Artist's goal: Plant 1,000 trees in St. Paul neighborhood
  Today is Arbor Day, and there several tree planting ceremonies happening around Minnesota. One such ceremony is going on in St. Paul's Frogtown neighborhood.April 24, 2009
• Brainerd chemical dependency center marks 25 years
  One of the few Minnesota hospitals that still provides in-patient chemical dependency treatment marks the program's 25th anniversary today.April 24, 2009
• 'The Quick and the Dead' brings concepts to the Walker
  The words 'conceptual art' are enough to get some people running the other way. However, the Walker Art Center hopes to change that with its huge new show "The Quick and the Dead" opening this weekend. With almost a hundred works by 53 artists, the show presents some very different takes on the world where we live.April 24, 2009
• Residents fight to keep Lindbergh site open
  Residents in Little Falls are sending local legislators letters, e-mails and petitions in a campaign to keep the Charles Lindbergh Historic Site open. It's one of three historic sites that could be shut down because of state budget cuts.April 22, 2009
• Duluth told to restructure retiree benefits management
  The State Department of Commerce says Duluth's deeply under-funded insurance program for retiree health care has been out of compliance with state governance requirements. Now, Duluth will have to change how it manages and invests retiree benefits.April 22, 2009
• High-speed rail on the horizon
  President Obama's announcement of $8 billion in stimulus funds for high-speed rail projects has rail advocates excited over the future of train travel in America. But critics say the money won't go far and could be better spent on other transportation projects.Midmorning, April 22, 2009
• New DeSoto bridge renamed 'Granite City Crossing'
  The St. Cloud City Council has chosen a name for the new Highway 23 bridge over the Mississippi River. The city council picked the name "Granite City Crossing" for the bridge that will replace the DeSoto bridge.April 21, 2009
• 'Paris 36' aims to recapture the good and bad of depression-era France
  A new film opening in the Twin Cities this weekend recreates the joys and crises of Paris between the world wars. "Paris 36" is the story of a theater struggling to survive in the tough economic and political atmosphere of the 1930s.April 17, 2009
• Editing memory and consciousness
  Researchers are learning more about how memories are made and lost by examining changes in the physiology of the brain. Midmorning finds out memory works at the molecular level.Midmorning, April 16, 2009
• MSP International Film Festival 27 launches
  Every year many Minnesotans celebrate the arrival of spring by heading inside to watch movies. Tonight, the 27th Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival kicks off with a screening of the romantic comedy "500 Days of Summer."April 16, 2009
• Bloomington man charged with sexual assault; police fear case may widen
  Police say a volunteer coach with the Bloomington Athletic Association has been charged with sexually assaulting a 9-year-old and a 10-year-old girl found with him at a hotel early the morning of April 4.April 14, 2009
• Pecha Kucha arrives in Minnesota
  A new kind of party designed to cause cross pollination of ideas, arrives in the Twin Cities this week. It's like a salon, but the pace is much quicker. The first challenge may be agreeing on how to pronounce the event's name.April 14, 2009

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