Arts & Entertainment

	Novels about Family Secrets I love stories of gothic suspense that involve deep, dark family secrets. Wendy Webb
	Mysteries Set in Foreign Lands I love it when a book transports me to a faraway place and I can get lost in another culture without needing a passport. Wendy Webb
	Spooky Stories Just in time for Halloween, here are three dark and scary stories that will send chills up your spine and have you turning on all the lights in the house. Wendy Webb
	Books that Are Good for the Soul Get out the Kleenex, because you’ll need it when you’re reading these three beautiful, uplifting and wonderful books. Wendy Webb
	Cookbooks By Celebrity Chefs Okay, I guess these don’t exactly qualify as “bathtub reading,” but I know I’m not the only one out there who curls up with a good cookbook to get inspiring dinner ideas. Wendy Webb

	The Devil's Music Pat Cadigan Recalls the early days of Rock 'n Roll. Mike Simonson
	Honoring Northland Women for 65 Years Each year people gather for an annual luncheon to honor the Port Cities Volunteer Woman of the Year. Beth Probst
	The Knights Templar In Duluth Spend a few hours with Scott Wolter, and you will believe that the infamous Kensington Rune Stone, long branded a hoax, is actually authentic, and the runes on the stone were indeed carved in 1362 by ancient Nordic explorers. It gets even more interesting when he tells you that their traveling companions were the shadowy and mysterious Knights Templar, and that it’s all tied to the other discoverer of the new world, Christopher Columbus. And it doesn’t stop there. Wendy Webb
	Bands to Watch: St. Anyway The biggest test Saint Anyway has faced is the rock and roll lifestyle. Amanda Kvam
	Author to Author: A Conversation with Mary Sharratt, author of Illuminations: A Novel of Hildegard von Bingen In 12th century Germany, Hildegard von Bingen was offered to the Church at the age of eight by her parents, and was basically imprisoned there, literally bricked off from the outside world, with one other girl, for 30 agonizing years. Wendy Webb

	Sasha Knows... Renaissance men of science and art are celebrated in this month's Maestro's Musings. Markand Thakar
	Four Weddings and A Funeral Everybody loves a wedding! I refer you to some of my favorite wedding music: Markand Thakar
	Messiah, Human Inefficiency, and Beer Purchasing cheese in Romania was a model of human inefficiency to boggle the mind. Markand Thakar
	Regifting the Gift of Music Regifting is widely frowned upon, except when it is the gift of music. Markand Thakar
	Married, Part Two Henceforth, Maestro’s Musings will strive to raise the discourse to a level befitting the highest of arts. Aw heck, let’s stick with composers’ tawdry love lives. Markand Thakar

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