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OCTOBER 02: Singer Mariah Carey performs on NBC's "Today" at Rockefeller Center on October 2, 2009 in New York City.

Veterans in Martin and Faribault counties are making an all-out push this holiday season to help some of their less fortunate brethren.

Maybe it's the gingerbread house, or the story's redemptive theme, its childlike spirit and its expression of victory over evil.

For the adaptation, nearly the entire show is presented in Klingon , a language developed for the series by Marc Okrand.

Zenon Dance Company launched its 27th season at the Ritz Theater on Friday, a characteristic mix of repertory and new commissions.

Share + Nov 16, 2009 6:53 pm US/Central Reporting Darcy Pohland MINNEAPOLIS 1 of 1 Irish pop band U2 frontman Bono addresses a press conference following the release of the DATA report May 15, 2007, in Berlin.

Thursday: The late Martha Graham was a force of nature onstage and off, and throughout her influential career she choreographed works around formidable female figures.

Last night I watched the televised 1979 Dance in America version of Martha Graham's "Clytemnestra" in preparation for this week's restaged and reconstructed performance of the piece by the Martha Graham Dance Company at Northrop Auditorium , University of Minnesota.

An exhibition opens today that dovetails with the Martha Graham Dance Company's performance of a reconstructed "Clytemnestra" at Northrop this week .

Last update: November 5, 2009 - 6:29 PM In the fall of 1909, the Minneapolis Tribune sponsored a contest seeking a new school song for the University of Minnesota.

Bruce Springsteen is doing it. So are Van Morrison, the Pixies and Steely Dan. Playing a classic album in its entirety in concert -- along with random favorites, of course.

Beginning Monday, the Faribault County bus system - Prairie Express - will venture outside county borders to pick up and drop off riders.

Tom Russell Blood and Candle Smoke Tom Russell's new album has received a bit of critical acclaim since its release, and rightly so.

The Zac Brown Band is one of the biggest selling new artists of the year with their platinum debut album The Foundation , featuring the hit singles Chicken Fried , Whatever It Is and Toes .

Popular physician and bestselling author Deepak Chopra, described by Time magazine as "the poet-prophet of alternative medicine," will talk about his new book, "Reinventing the Body, Resurrecting the Soul: How to Create A New You" at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the University of Minnesota's Northrop Memorial Auditorium, 84 Church St.

Reps. Ron Paul and Michele Bachmann fired up a crowd of 2,000 at Northrop Auditorium Friday night with a forum running the gamut from foreign policy and healthcare to the Federal Reserve and education.

Wayne McGregor and Random Dance explore neuroscience via movement. Last update: September 11, 2009 - 11:48 AM ENTITY Today: British choreographer Wayne McGregor and Random Dance have teamed up with psychologists, neuroscientists and software engineers to create "Entity," a work about the incredible -- and still mysterious -- relationship between ...

Public institutions are the anti-christ. She should move the rally to the Living Word and add Mac Hammond to the list of speakers.

Mark Jauert, 16, of Rochester, still sports the sunburn that came with a day of picking vegetables.

The University of Minnesota Marching Band moves into a new home Saturday. Past and present band members are scheduled to unload hundreds of instruments and band uniforms into the new TCF Bank Stadium.