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Finding 'Sunshine' in the theater: Guthrie Theater presents its second Neil Simon play, The Sunshine Boys, directed by Gary Gisselman

By Erin Elliott Bryan, American Jewish World

When playwright Neil Simon received an offer to turn his play The Sunshine Boys into a movie in the 1970s, he was told that the Paramount Pictures production was to be a vehicle for Bing C

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Condemnation, fear and eviction at Westminster Court apartments in St. Paul

By Kristoffer Tigue, TC Daily Planet

Westiminster Court apartmetns (Photos by Kristoffer Tigue)

After more than a month of fighting to keep from getting evicted from their homes, the six remaining famil

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Quid pro concert: We'll let you review if you give us a preview, say some bands

By Jay Gabler, Front Row Seat

We recently contacted the publicity team representing Jason Isbell, a popular musician who just played First Avenue on Friday. Our request: access to review and photograph the show for coverage in the Daily Planet. The response: only if we'd first publish a preview of the show, to help drive ticket sales. We said no thanks.

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Minneapolis woman almost evicted by company that didn’t own her home

By Michael McIntee and Bill Sorem, The Uptake

Minneapolis resident Connie Gretsch was bracing to be evicted from her longtime Minneapolis home.

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What's the best Twin Cities beach for you?

By Lucy Neiboer, The Minnesota Daily

Photo by Evershed Mattingly (Creative Commons)

Minnesota has more shoreline than California, Florida and Hawaii combined. We couldn’t get to all 10,000 lakes, but here are some of our favorites.

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