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Billie Eilish bringing Hit Me Hard and Soft tour to Xcel Energy Center this fall
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Billie Eilish, the pop musician and two-time Oscar winner, will stop in St. Paul for two shows on her upcoming tour.Eilish announced Monday her Hit Me Hard and Soft tour will come to the Xcel Energy Center on Nov. 10 and 11.Presale for the shows will begin Tuesday and tickets will go on sale to the general public Friday on Eilish's website.Eilish, who with her mononymous brother Finneas was catapulted into stardom with the hit song "Bad Guy," is set to release a new album May 17. Titled the same as her upcoming tour, it will be her first release since 2021's "Happier Than Ever." Eilish won her second Academy Award for Best Original Song this year for "What Was I Made For?" from "Barbie." Her first win came for "No Time to Die," the titular song from the latest James Bond movie.
Como Zoo has 50 million reasons to celebrate
Nearly 2 million people visit the Como Park Zoo and Conservatory every year. It is one of the last free metro zoos in the United States, and part of the reason it can be kept accessible to all is the fundraising efforts of Como Friends. They’re celebrating raising $50 million over the last 24 years by opening a new exhibit that shows all the improvements that have been made. The exhibit can be found outside of the entrance to the Fern Room.
Falcons star on DNR cam
A pair of peregrine falcons has an active nest and is tending eggs on the popular Minnesota DNR FalconCam at www.dnr.state.mn.us/features/webcams/falconcam/index.html. This spring, the webcam has captured this pair of falcons demonstrating courtship displays and creating a nest in the gravel. Their first egg could be seen April 11 and the second egg April 13. Falcons typically lay eggs in 48-72 hour intervals. A peregrine falcon clutch can contain anywhere...
Behind the bar: Inside the lives of bartenders
Bartenders do more than mix cocktails and mocktails. They’re rubbing elbows with politicians and entrepreneurs, with people celebrating and people down on their luck, with regulars from down the block and tourists from across the world. Tuesday at 9 a.m., our guests are bartenders at the St. Paul Grill,...
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