Ellen Dinwiddie Smith is third horn with the Minnesota Orchestra.

Wing Young Huie captures the complex cultural realities of American society through arresting photography.

Andy Erikson won over Norm Macdonald on “Last Comic Standing” and that’s not easy to do.

Monica McGurk is the chief growth officer at Kellogg Company and author of the Archangel Prophecies series.

Jim Walsh celebrates the city he loves in a new book of essays.

Carnage the Executioner is a linguistic god.

Kat Perkins became a star on “The Voice” and is still on the rise.

Kermit Pattison is the author of “Fossil Men: The Quest for the Oldest Skeleton and the Origins of Humankind.”

Andy Sturdevant studied historic bars in Minneapolis from the inside out.

Mayda Miller makes spectacular funkadelic pop.