Sunday news and reviews

Books

News, over the decades, from Indian Country

A look at life on the rez from an award-winning Indian journalist.

- CHUCK LEDDY, Star Tribune

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A pull toward North

A Twin Cities woman wants to re-create the Up North experience of her youth.

- ELIZABETH FOY LARSEN, Star Tribune

Duluth poet Vine is headed to Carnegie Hall

Five poems chosen for the Sanctuary Project.

- LAURIE HERTZEL , Star Tribune

Hunker down with some worthwhile small-press fiction by or about Minnesotans

Reviews of six small-press books.

- Mary Ann Grossmann, Pioneer Press

The real wealth of Ireland

A collection of modern Irish short stories, from Roddy Doyle to Edna O'Brien.

- ROBERT CREMINS, Star Tribune

An assault on fear and ignorance

A short biography of Branch Rickey, who invented the baseball farm team system and signed Jackie Robinson to a major league contract.

- GLENN C. ALTSCHULER, Star Tribune

In search of wayward garbage

Hohn explores where our garbage goes, and why, by following a wayward load of yellow rubber ducks.

- KRISTIN THIEL, Star Tribune

Exploring strange on a royal scale

The private lives of Britain's royals, from the Tudors to the Windsors.

- ERIC HANSON, Star Tribune

Music

5 reasons to care about SXSW

Austin's megafest is trendier and crazier than ever, but there will be ample proof this week that it still matters.

- CHRIS RIEMENSCHNEIDER, Star Tribune

Stage

At History Theatre, a tale of two storytellers

Kevin Kling tells the stories and Simone Perrin makes the music as they tell of the two cities that nourished them both.

- GRAYDON ROYCE, Star Tribune

In 'Broke-ology,' family faces common dilemma

Who's minding the parents?

- Rob Hubbard, Pioneer Press

Broke-ology at Pillsbury House Theatre

Broke-ology is a playground for actors and director James A. Willams has assembled for us a terrific cast, led first and foremost by the understated but sly and artful James Craven.

- John Olive, Howwastheshow.com

"Goats" by the Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company: A whack in the back of the head with the metaphor broom

It is a humorous and touching story of one young man's spiritual journey in Jerusalem (and with a hundred or so of Jerusalem's goats), although at times it hangs heavy with metaphors and philosophical aphorisms.

- Katie Sisneros, TC Daily Planet

At the Children's Theatre Company, "Barrio Grrrl!" is fierce fun

Touching on some fairly weighty topics--absent parents, poverty, whether or not imagination can solve adult problems, why kids need imaginary friends--Barrio Grrrl! kept me (and the kids in the audience) interested and laughing throughout the whole show.

- Courtney Algeo, TC Daily Planet

Capes and capers

Children are the heroes in Children's Theatre season of classics, new works.

- ROHAN PRESTON, Star Tribune

Theater Latte Da will premiere original musical

Theater Latte Da will premiere "Steerage Song," an original musical about early American immigrants, with a run June 2 through 5 at the Fitzgerald Theater in downtown St. Paul.

- Ross Raihala, Pioneer Press