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State of the Arts

MPR News Where creativity makes news

Archives for June 2011

Cube Critics: Transformers, Page One and Barney’s Version

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs June 30, 2011, 4:17 PM Jun 30, 2011

MPR’s Stephanie Curtis says she won’t go see Transformers 3, even though Euan Kerr recommends it.

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4th of July: Time to celebrate Shakespeare!

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs June 30, 2011, 2:30 PM Jun 30, 2011

Plays by the bard abound this holiday weekend.

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14 Ways to keep your kids creative all summer long

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs June 30, 2011, 11:04 AM Jun 30, 2011
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State of the Arts readers share their favorite arts-related summer camps for kids.

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Art Hounds

Art Hounds: CONvergence, Beethoven and a poster-like mural

Chris RobertsChris Roberts June 30, 2011, 7:00 AM Jun 30, 2011
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This week, the hounds find the art in a science fiction convention, the diversity of Beethoven’s music in Winona and a poster-like mural in Powderhorn.

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Stagefighting: the blood is fake but the sweat is real

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs June 29, 2011, 4:30 PM Jun 29, 2011
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The Great River Shakespeare Festival shows just how much work goes into making swordplay look like child’s play.

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We Art Minnesota

Reminder: Celebrate Minnesota Architecture

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs June 29, 2011, 2:39 PM Jun 29, 2011
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Submit a photo of your favorite building in your neighborhood, and tell us why you love it.

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The reviews are in for the Guthrie’s “H.M.S. Pinafore”

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs June 29, 2011, 11:31 AM Jun 29, 2011
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For some critics the show is the perfect tonic for a dull summer – for others it’s simply “gone overboard.”

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MN teen wins national musical theater award

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs June 29, 2011, 8:40 AM Jun 29, 2011

18-year-old Ryan McCartan of Minnetonka took home the award for Best Actor in National High School Musical Theater Awards in New York City.

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Author Ann Patchett reveals her deepest fear

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs June 28, 2011, 8:22 PM Jun 28, 2011
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Hint: it’s not a 15 foot Anaconda.

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Good vibrations: a cymbal strike in slow motion

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs June 28, 2011, 11:51 AM Jun 28, 2011

What you think of as inflexible turns out to be anything but.

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