Recently added articles from Minnesota Monthly:
Dutch Treat
Dec 01, 2009; ... I'VE ALWAYS ENVIED PEOPLE WHO grew up with holiday traditions. The Hoekstra clan has never exchanged fruitcakes or watched Miracle on 34th Street on Christmas Day. We trim the tree when it's convenient, rather than at midnight, and our Yuletide feast varies from year to year: Ham dominates, but ...
Mail
Dec 01, 2009; ... Shelby on the Radio I enjoyed your story on Don Shelby ("The Last Don," November). I suppose most people in the metro know him from WCCO-TV, but for those of us in southwestern Minnesota who don't have access to Twin Cities stations, WCCO Radio is our connect. I was disappointed Tim ...
Turning Scandinavian
Dec 01, 2009; ... The unlikely instigator of a new holiday hit SARAH HICKS ONCE SPENT her Christmases surfing. Irte pops conductor for the Minnesota Orchestra was born in Japan and raised in Hawaii. Yet when the orchestra decided last year that it needed a new holiday show, Hicks came up with the concept ...
BURIED TREASURES
Dec 01, 2009; ... The Walker Art Center has revamped its permanentcollection exhibits for the first time since opening its new building, pulling works by Warhol, Hopper, and other big names from the vaults. But as new chief curator Darsie Alexander explains, the real thrill may be in how they're ...
THE LUTEFISK KING
Dec 01, 2009; ... He loves the stuff, no lye Minnesotans can be passionate about their lutefisk, but none more so than Jim "Nordblad" Harris of Apple Valley, who regularly attends at least 15 fishy dinners a year and one season dined at 30, He's been eating the traditional Scandinavian dish- cod soaked in ...