Astro Bob blog: Explore this amazing, interactive 1.3 billion-pixel view of Mars

Wanna go to Mars? NASA just released a wonderful way to get there. With a few clicks of the mouse, you can zoom into a 360-degree scene comprised of nearly 900 pictures taken by Curiosity Rover.

Horoscopes for June 20

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Dreama Walker, 27; Nicole Kidman, 46; John Goodman, 61; Lionel Richie, 64

Best Bets: The Newlywed Game gets local

The Underground is unveiling its new Game Show Series with a retro touch — The Newlywed Game, based on the long-running TV game show that pitted married couples against other married couples to determine how well the newlyweds knew each other.

Best Bets: GB Leighton headlines tent entertainment at Grandma’s Marathon

As always, Grandma’s Marathon will host live entertainment on Friday and Saturday, including a mix of local and Twin Cities acts with long-timer — and Grandma’s Hall of Famer — GB Leighton headlining Saturday night at the tents.

• G.B. Leighton

Best Bets: "Low Movie" gets encore screening

No, this isn’t a case of déjà vu. It’s just that Zinema 2 is doing what it did last week, and it fared well so it bears repeating.

• Low Movie

Best Bets: Artists consider H2O in DAI exhibition

The Duluth Art Institute is hosting a gallery celebration for three new exhibitions, each with outdoor themes:

• 'Plunge'

Best Bets: Marathon entertainment

And then there is a nearby event featuring loads of bands and not at all part of the official Grandma’s Marathon entertainment lineup (although still loads of fun): DeWitt-Seitz Marathon Nights.

• 4onthefloor

Best Bets: It's marathon time again

Consider this your reminder or your warning:

• 2012 marathon runners
• Best Bets: G.B. Leighton headlines tent entertainment at Grandma’s Marathon
• Best Bets: Marathon entertainment
• Best Bets: Artists consider H2O in DAI exhibition
• Best Bets: "Low Movie" gets encore screening
• Best Bets: The Newlywed Game gets local

Near-original Black Sabbath lineup rediscovers success with '13'

ALBUM REVIEW: The latest LP from Ozzy Osbourne and company is startlingly authentic.

• Black Sabbath / "13"
• About the artist: Black Sabbath

Faces & Names: Cher thankful for her sanctuary

Cher is no stranger to tabloid fodder.

• Cher

Faces & Names: Hall of famer Griffey a fan of Cirrus

Duluth-based Cirrus Aircraft gets its share of celebrities stopping by.

• Griffey at Cirrus

Best-selling author Vince Flynn dies at age 47

The St. Paul-based author sold millions of books in the international market and averaged about a book a year, most of them focused on Mitch Rapp, a CIA counterterrorism operative.

• Vince Flynn

Astro Bob blog: Celebrate summer's start 'round about midnight Friday

Come Friday June 21 at 12:04 a.m. Central time summer tiptoes through the dark to quietly unseat spring; the next three months belong to the high sun, iced drinks and late evening light.

Horoscopes for June 19

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Macklemore, 30; Zoe Saldana, 35; Jean Dujardin, 41; Paula Abdul, 51

Bygones for Wednesday, June 19

News Tribune, June 19, 1973