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Q: Hello Ask Us Guy, I bought a house and moved to Mankato about a year and a half ago. A while back, a neighbor casually mentioned that there is a city ordinance prohibiting clotheslines on residential properties. Is this true? If so, what is the story and rationale behind the ordinance? Are the handful of clotheslines I see in my neighborhood grandfathered in or is the city simply lax on enforcement? To be clear, I am pro-clothesline and would not wish to see the city demanding they be remove...

Now streaming on: Robert Altman would never admit this, but I believe Dr. T, the gynecologist in his latest film, is an autobiographical character. Played by Richard Gere with tact, sweetness and a certain weary bemusement in the face of female complexity, Dr. T works for and with women, and sometimes dares to love them. So it is with Altman, who is more interested in women than any other great director, with the exception of Ingmar Bergman. In a time when almost all movies revolve around men, ...

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Courtesy photo By Alice Reese Herald-Banner Contributor Dec 19, 2020 Meryl Streep and James Corden in “The Prom.” Courtesy photo “The Prom” is available on Netflix, and “Wander Darkly” is in theaters and on Amazon Prime (for a fee). THE PROM The Broadway musical comedy “The Prom” makes a lively and entertaining transition to the screen with sparkling musical numbers and stunning choreography. Directed by Ryan Mu...

Design by Cassie Skoras In the winter of 2009, I made a list. I grabbed a piece of scrap paper from my parents’ kitchen desk and wrote down every single Meryl Streep movie that existed on the internet. Every weekend, I shut myself in my bedroom to reach beyond what I viewed as a limiting Midwestern upbringing. I started with The Bridges of Madison County, the movie that first drew me to Meryl years earlier. She plays Francesca, an Italian woman who moves to America after World War II to ma...

Four Restaurant Pros on the Lessons Learned in 2020 In a panel conversation, restaurant owners and workers share how their communities helped them get through 2020 Share this story Having to deal with muddy, trickled-down governmental guidance — or no guidance at all — was just one of the many challenges facing restaurant owners and workers in 2020. From limited funds to safety concerns, business owners had to get creative and take matters into their own hands to survive the harsh economic ...

Towering glass mosaic mural of Whitney Houston pays tribute to late singer, city’s musical roots Updated Dec 17, 2020; Posted Dec 17, 2020 A glass mosaic mural of Whitney Houston at 45 William St. in Newark was unveiled Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020.Andrew Maclean/Prudential Center Facebook Share The artist who crafted a towering mural of the late Whitney Houston by putting together more than 1,000 glass pieces on a luxury apartment building in Newark has finished her work. The 19 foot by 28 foo...

The Prom Is Breezy, Peppy and Tells Us a Gloomy Story Doesnt Have to Be Dreary Itself The Netflix film is impressive when it tackles and resolves individual stories. But it occasionally falters at processing the big picture. A still from Prom. The American musical The Prom, streaming on Netflix, dances around a simple question: Will Edgewater High School, in Indiana, hold the annual prom? The head of the Parent-Teacher Association, Mrs. Greene (Kerry Washington), has cancelled it, because Emm...

CALmatters Commentary: State may be losing its business mojo The timing could not have been more ironic. As veteran Democratic operative Dee Dee Myers – she was Bill Clinton’s press secretary at one point in her lengthy career – became Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new ambassador to business this month, three of California’s biggest and best known corporate entities announced moves to arch-rival Texas. The splashiest émigré is Elon Musk, founder of the Tesla electric car company and other hig...

Awards by DDNet Team Its that time of year again, where we roll out the red carpet and celebrate the best that 2020 has offered us. In a year that has otherwise been so terrible, the fact that weve had a steady stream of such excellent games to play has been nothing but a relief. It really has been a great year for games, from the big blockbusters right down to the most humble of projects. Weve had surprises that have come out of nowhere, and long-anticipated games that have managed to meet and...