pOne of the first assignments I had as a newspaper reporter was to learn how to make maple syrup. A local State Park was offering a class and we wrote a preview./p br class="clear" /pa href="http://www.letsgosouthwest.com/sugary-sweet-maple-syrup"read more/a/p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JV61Ih2dGzrkoC69C8Ejske2QUI/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JV61Ih2dGzrkoC69C8Ejske2QUI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JV61Ih2dGzrkoC69C8Ejske2QUI/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JV61Ih2dGzrkoC69C8Ejske2QUI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/p

pstrongRating Legend: (4=Don't miss, 3=Good, 2=Worth a look, 1=Forget it)/strong/p br class="clear" /pa href="http://www.letsgosouthwest.com/short-redhead-reel-reviews-column-352010"read more/a/p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/A0ZoDDBn_5kLybb5KsizMfyp8Xw/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/A0ZoDDBn_5kLybb5KsizMfyp8Xw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/A0ZoDDBn_5kLybb5KsizMfyp8Xw/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/A0ZoDDBn_5kLybb5KsizMfyp8Xw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/p

pWriter Catherine Johnson's sunny, funny tale unfolds on a Greek island paradise. On the eve of her wedding, a daughter's quest to discover the identity of her father brings three men from her mother's past back to the island they last visited 20 years ago. The story-telling magic of ABBA’s timeless songs propels this enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship, and every night everyone’s having the time of their lives.br / Time: Evening and matinee showtimes March 9-14br / Cost: $28-$78br / Location: Orpheum Theatre, 910 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolisbr / Info: a href="http://www.hennepintheatredistrict.org" title="www.hennepintheatredistrict.org"www.hennepintheatredistrict.org/a or 612-339-7007/p br class="clear" /pa href="http://www.letsgosouthwest.com/039mamma-mia039"read more/a/p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZFYNdtVN4c_nikmMBe_Vg2SG-Bo/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZFYNdtVN4c_nikmMBe_Vg2SG-Bo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZFYNdtVN4c_nikmMBe_Vg2SG-Bo/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZFYNdtVN4c_nikmMBe_Vg2SG-Bo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/p

pAlthough many wines are made to drink right off the shelf, most benefit from a couple years of careful storage. When I first heard this I decided to try it for myself./p br class="clear" /pa href="http://www.letsgosouthwest.com/storing-wine-101-avoiding-grapes-wrath"read more/a/p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mtMXYFx2b8_b-npmoG1JsuuSzLc/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mtMXYFx2b8_b-npmoG1JsuuSzLc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mtMXYFx2b8_b-npmoG1JsuuSzLc/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mtMXYFx2b8_b-npmoG1JsuuSzLc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/p

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pBy Mollee Francisco/p pThey’ve got the kind of credentials most musical artists would kill for: four records, multiple Grammys, an Academy Awards performance with Peter Gabriel and invitations to play for Nelson Mandela, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Oprah./p br class="clear" /pa href="http://www.letsgosouthwest.com/soweto-gospel-choir-makes-twin-cities-stop-us-tour"read more/a/p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tmy0XWosEBV1QG3Kc1kkmlnavOE/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tmy0XWosEBV1QG3Kc1kkmlnavOE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tmy0XWosEBV1QG3Kc1kkmlnavOE/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tmy0XWosEBV1QG3Kc1kkmlnavOE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/p

pSPAN class="inline left"IMG class="image img_assist_custom" title="" alt="" src="http://www.letsgosouthwest.com/sites/letsgosouthwest.com/files/images/Dichelostemma_capitatum,_flowers,I_JP523.img_assist_custom.jpg" width="200" height="186"/SPANExperience what's new in home, gardening, remodeling and home décor. Meet over 1,000 experts and experience thousands of products and services.br / Time: 10 am.-9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25; 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 26-27; 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28br / Cost: Adults $12; children 6-12 $4; children 5 and younger freebr / Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, 1301 Second Ave. S., Minneapolisbr / Info: a href="http://www.homeandgardenshow.com" title="www.homeandgardenshow.com"www.homeandgardenshow.com/a or 952-933-3850/p br class="clear" /pa href="http://www.letsgosouthwest.com/minneapolis-home-amp-garden-show"read more/a/p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_LUzhwwgy67Li0-5pUHcHe_AqsA/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_LUzhwwgy67Li0-5pUHcHe_AqsA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_LUzhwwgy67Li0-5pUHcHe_AqsA/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_LUzhwwgy67Li0-5pUHcHe_AqsA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/p

pstrongRating Legend: (4=Don't miss, 3=Good, 2=Worth a look, 1=Forget it)/strong/p pstrong“2 or 3 Things I Know About Her” (NR) (1.5) [Subtitled] [DVD only]/strong/p br class="clear" /pa href="http://www.letsgosouthwest.com/short-redhead-reel-reviews-column-2262010"read more/a/p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yVs9gWWKpSNdffHrecQ_F882WDI/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yVs9gWWKpSNdffHrecQ_F882WDI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yVs9gWWKpSNdffHrecQ_F882WDI/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yVs9gWWKpSNdffHrecQ_F882WDI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/p

pBy Jeffrey Ray h1 class="fourandahalfstars"four and a half stars/h1/p br class="clear" /pa href="http://www.letsgosouthwest.com/shutter-island"read more/a/p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4EWUKFpvVH55lmAr-xplHU3ViUY/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4EWUKFpvVH55lmAr-xplHU3ViUY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4EWUKFpvVH55lmAr-xplHU3ViUY/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4EWUKFpvVH55lmAr-xplHU3ViUY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/p

ph1 class="fourstars"four stars/h1/p pReviewed by Daniel E. Jennis/p br class="clear" /pa href="http://www.letsgosouthwest.com/039shutter-island039"read more/a/p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BMjH_piV--jB7arEkE8HAUJIHRk/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BMjH_piV--jB7arEkE8HAUJIHRk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BMjH_piV--jB7arEkE8HAUJIHRk/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BMjH_piV--jB7arEkE8HAUJIHRk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/p

pIn the ten or so years I've known her, I've never seen her get so obsessed with a sport that she neglects her everyday tasks./p br class=clear /pa href=http://www.letsgosouthwest.com/my-wife039s-obsessed-curlingread more/a/p

pPeople working in the wine industry often tell you that price has nothing to do with the quality of wine. I disagree. An $80 bottle is better than a $3 bottle every time./p br class="clear" /pa href="http://www.letsgosouthwest.com/waiter-can-your-best-wine"read more/a/p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qq0kYo62rIh2_NZhDUHQkpnf_Mg/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qq0kYo62rIh2_NZhDUHQkpnf_Mg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qq0kYo62rIh2_NZhDUHQkpnf_Mg/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qq0kYo62rIh2_NZhDUHQkpnf_Mg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/p

pstrongRating Legend: (4=Don't miss, 3=Good, 2=Worth a look, 1=Forget it)/strong/p pstrong“Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild” (NR) (.5) [DVD only]/strong/p br class="clear" /pa href="http://www.letsgosouthwest.com/short-redhead-reel-reviews-column-2192010"read more/a/p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Oi5OsJVZRY08fEQS8x42Vpe9Elg/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Oi5OsJVZRY08fEQS8x42Vpe9Elg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Oi5OsJVZRY08fEQS8x42Vpe9Elg/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Oi5OsJVZRY08fEQS8x42Vpe9Elg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/p

pIt's Valentine's Day Sunday. A day for lovers to unite with sappy cards, dozens of roses, boxes of chocolates to celebrate their overwhelming love for one another./p br class="clear" /pa href="http://www.letsgosouthwest.com/shred-love"read more/a/p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0xR33qqcaO44qBh2AA_O_ZTBckc/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0xR33qqcaO44qBh2AA_O_ZTBckc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0xR33qqcaO44qBh2AA_O_ZTBckc/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0xR33qqcaO44qBh2AA_O_ZTBckc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/p

pHurry spring by enjoying floral paintings in the Reedy Gallery of the Oswald Visitor Center. Glorious blooms in watercolor and oil by established artists.br / Time: Feb. 11-May 31br / Cost: $9 for adults; free for ages 15 and younger; free to Arboretum membersbr / Location: Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, 3675 Arboretum Dr., Chaskabr / Info: a href="http://www.arboretum.umn.edu" title="www.arboretum.umn.edu"www.arboretum.umn.edu/a or 952-443-1400/p br class="clear" /pa href="http://www.letsgosouthwest.com/flowers-fantastic-exhibit"read more/a/p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7WztrgxICCfVRE4Ymv1iaGJ3UW8/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7WztrgxICCfVRE4Ymv1iaGJ3UW8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7WztrgxICCfVRE4Ymv1iaGJ3UW8/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7WztrgxICCfVRE4Ymv1iaGJ3UW8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/p

pCarver-Scott Master Gardeners are offering free gardening classes. Classes include Small Space Veggie Gardening for Beginners (Feb./p br class="clear" /pa href="http://www.letsgosouthwest.com/free-gardening-classes-0"read more/a/p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EoptjkIcvDcpuk1ywn5-5plwRMc/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EoptjkIcvDcpuk1ywn5-5plwRMc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EoptjkIcvDcpuk1ywn5-5plwRMc/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/EoptjkIcvDcpuk1ywn5-5plwRMc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/p

pBy Richard Crawford/p pBill Coldwell has witnessed the growth of Chaska Valley Family Theatre for the better part of its 15-year existence.br / He’s directed five shows in that time and he’s seen the quality of the offerings grow over time./p br class="clear" /pa href="http://www.letsgosouthwest.com/%E2%80%98joseph%E2%80%99-returning-chaska-valley-family-theatre%E2%80%99s-15th-anniversary"read more/a/p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/c_0RCW6mEMd7J1G4Ic4FKIpTiCY/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/c_0RCW6mEMd7J1G4Ic4FKIpTiCY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/c_0RCW6mEMd7J1G4Ic4FKIpTiCY/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/c_0RCW6mEMd7J1G4Ic4FKIpTiCY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/p

pBy Forrest Adams/p p“Footloose” the musical, currently on the Main Stage at Chanhassen Dinner Theatres, provides a breath of fresh air and a jolt of positive energy at a time when the cares of life seem heavy./p br class="clear" /pa href="http://www.letsgosouthwest.com/%E2%80%9Cfootloose%E2%80%9D-musical-highenergy-and-heartfelt"read more/a/p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/oxBI_iqciqlhHgIqwZGkzKS_y1g/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/oxBI_iqciqlhHgIqwZGkzKS_y1g/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/oxBI_iqciqlhHgIqwZGkzKS_y1g/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/oxBI_iqciqlhHgIqwZGkzKS_y1g/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/p

pFor over 30 years this company has celebrated the traditional Afro-Brazilian Dance and Capoeira movement in choreography that blends contemporary dance and sound in stunning performances that echo the traditional movement, spirit and color of Brazil’s rich multicultural influences.br / Time: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19br / Cost: $25-$30br / Location: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, 345 Washington St., St. Paulbr / Info: a href="http://www.ordway.org" title="www.ordway.org"www.ordway.org/a or 651-224-4222/p br class="clear" /pa href="http://www.letsgosouthwest.com/dance-brazil"read more/a/p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MqPAl7x04Kn6kb9RGdnQtQ-xfX0/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MqPAl7x04Kn6kb9RGdnQtQ-xfX0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MqPAl7x04Kn6kb9RGdnQtQ-xfX0/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MqPAl7x04Kn6kb9RGdnQtQ-xfX0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/p

pstrongRating Legend: (4=Don't miss, 3=Good, 2=Worth a look, 1=Forget it)/strong/p pstrong“Across the Hall” (R) (2) [Language throughout.] [DVD only]/strong/p br class="clear" /pa href="http://www.letsgosouthwest.com/short-redhead-reel-reviews-column-2122010"read more/a/p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3Ip3Kq52cFA-a5XvT7vRj04B-UM/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3Ip3Kq52cFA-a5XvT7vRj04B-UM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3Ip3Kq52cFA-a5XvT7vRj04B-UM/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3Ip3Kq52cFA-a5XvT7vRj04B-UM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/p