Say goodbye to soft and pretty — the look du jour this season is gritty, grungy and oh-so gutsy.

(or he'll light your hat on fire.)

Acclaimed local novelist Louise Erdrich on seeing her words come to life as a big, bold Guthrie production.

Renowned Minnesota artist/professional peripatetic Alec Soth receives the survey treatment at the Walker this month.

The only 2010 fall arts preview you'll ever need.

Susan waxes on the restorative powers of Gyrotonic.

What if we enforced etiquette rules the way football referees do?

Stylist Jane Belfry on fashion parties and fall essentials.

Half-price Diamond Dog at the Depot.

Tiki takes the snooty out of the new cocktail culture.

The She Royal food truck’s Ethiopian beef tibs.

Maple Grove kicks up the R

You buy local food. Why not furniture?

Plus nine other fall arts events to revitalize the frazzled parent’s brain.

How Rock Star Supply Co. is redefining “tutor.”

Some English class classics are worth revisiting.

A hip-hop summit for women.

The many phases of Minneapolis’s Van Dusen Mansion.

What you need to stay culturally satiated this month.

Local art made exclusively for METRO.

 Tap into your inner urban fossil hunter.