Tuesday news and reviews
Well, all you need to do is take a look at the articles in today's "Books" section to know that the local literary scene ROCKS. Minnesota authors and publishers win major awards, as does Once Upon A Crime book store, and a new book store is opening up, run by volunteers! Enjoy...
Art
Over the years Turman has created gig posters for events ranging from beer fests to rock shows to bike rides, and even a cover for City Pages. To gaze upon the work of Adam Turman is to catch a glimpse of Minnesota culture, spanning the gamut from foodies to hipsters to wholesome folks (and sometimes it's all of those things at once).
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- Jessica Armbruster, City Pages
Books
Five authors and two publishers were honored by the American Library Association.
- Laurie Hertzel, Star Tribune
Minnesota authors DiCamillo and McGhee honored for beginning reader book
Minnesotan writers Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee have won the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for their first collaboration, "Bink & Gollie."
- Mary Ann Grossmann, Pioneer Press
Boneshaker Books to open in the Seward neighborhood
Readers of zines and those interested in radical political theory and movements lost an important social space and resource when Arise! Bookstore closed its doors last year. Fortunately, people interested in obscure and independently published books on history, politics, and arts will have a new space to shop, share ideas, and mingle when Boneshaker Books opens this Saturday in the Seward neighborhood of Minneapolis.
- Jessica Armbruster, City Pages
Once Upon a Crime bookstore to receive national award from Mystery Writers of America
"The Raven Award" recognizes outstanding achievement in the mystery field outside the realm of creative writing.
- Sheila Regan, TC Daily Planet
Music
Debbie Friedman, Minnesota-raised Jewish songwriter, dies
When we think of one Jewish songwriter from Minnesota who changed everything, we usually think of Bob Dylan. But there was another one, and she died unexpectedly of pneumonia this past weekend, and I thought I would take a moment to mark her passing.
- Max Sparber, MinnPost.com
High school musicians chosen for Mingus fest
The Dakota Jazz Combo, a group of eight high school jazz musicians from across the Twin Cities, has been selected to participate in the Charles Mingus High School Competition and Festival, Feb. 19 and 20 in New York City.
- Pioneer Press
Inukshuk Pass's Patti Ryan on "the struggle and redemption in life"
"The image for each song comes like wrapping on a gift. In a similar style to Jacob Lawrence, I am moved to portray the everyday life of those coming through emotional discovery."
- Dwight Hobbes, TC Daily Planet
Stage
Gritty world of sales is a dazzling thing to behold in 'Glengarry Glen Ross'
David Mamet's scorching masterwork is an indictment and a celebration of the high-pressure salesman.
- Graydon Royce, Star Tribune
A winning group of James Dean fans
Director David Coral and a fine cast balance brittle humor and dark themes in play set in a Texas dime store during a drought.
- William Randall Beard, Star Tribune
'Come Back to the Five and Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean' Good production, iffy material
No one would accuse playwright Ed Graczyk of writing a believable story with true-to-life characters in "Come Back to the Five and Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean."
- Renee Valois, Pioneer Press
Best known as the Robert Altman film that helped make Cher a movie star, the story actually is quite a cut above Hollywood's usual fodder. It's a bittersweet saga of old friends and the shifting, tenuous foundations beneath their relationships with one another.
- Dwight Hobbes, TC Daily Planet