Your Minnesota weekend: Perfect for staying in or exploring
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We may have endured more rain the first part of Saturday, but meteorologist Paul Huttner says those who scheduled that big graduation party for Sunday will be happy they did.
As the front sweeps east, clearing will move across Minnesota Saturday afternoon and set up for a bright sunny cooler and less humid Sunday.
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The forests, lakes and small towns of northeast Minnesota have growing appeal to filmmakers who are flocking to the region to shoot small-budget movies.
That, along with some state incentives, is luring filmmakers to Minnesota.
The FX series "Fargo" is already on its eighth episode. If you need to catch up before the next episode, we've been recapping them on our Statewide blog.
Explore
If you missed Harmony in the Park on Thursday night in Minneapolis, you can catch it Sunday in Mankato.
The lineup features the Minnesota Valley Chorale, the St. Peter Choral Society and the Mankato Riverblenders Barbershop Chorus.
Classical Minnesota Public Radio says the event is free and open to the public and are perfect for all ages. There's plenty of seating at each venue, so bring your folding lawn chairs or a blanket and your picnic basket and join us for a great evening of music in the great Minnesota outdoors.
This summer there will be plenty of opportunities to see theater.
In coming weeks a number of Minnesota theater groups are hitting the road, taking shows far and wide in what likely will be big payoffs for little theaters on the routes.
Open Eye Figure Theatre is one group that is bringing shows to the neighborhoods.
The shows often bring neighbors together, said Michael Sommers, Open Eye's Artist-in-Residence.
• From driveways to Chinese restaurants, Minn. theaters hit the road
Food
The author of "Cooking with Fire" was in the studio this week and we have a list of recipes you can cook outdoors this weekend -- weather permitting.
•Appetites: Don't play with fire, cook with it
Ryan Huseby, acting general manager at St. Paul's Happy Gnome, gave us his top five beers of the moment.
"There's so much great beer out there right now, locally, nationally and internationally, that we really can't settle for something that's not that great. Being local doesn't overcome mediocrity," he said.
•5 beers you should try right now
There can be a lot of confusion about what we should and shouldn't eat. The Daily Circuit talked to some guests this week that helped debunk some nutritional myths.
"It is more consumerism and media and things of that nature that are trying to make things change," said Dianne Neumark-Sztainer of the University of Minnesota's School of Public Health. "Our basic advice has really stayed the same about eating close to the planet, eating fruits and vegetables, eating whole grains, avoiding highly processed foods, avoiding foods that are high in sugar. Eating foods that have a lot of nutrients for not so many calories."
•Food science isn't as confusing as it looks
Top Coast lectures
If you couldn't make it out to Top Coast Festival last weekend, you can still listen to the lectures.
• MPR Top Coast Festival: Maggie Koerth-Baker on medical ethics
• MPR Top Coast Festival: Ezekiel Emanuel on why health care costs so much
• MPR Top Coast Festival: Mark Leibovich on 'This Town'
• MPR Top Coast Festival: Paul Tough and Richard Louv on children and character
• MPR Top Coast Festival: Aneesh Chopra on technology's future