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State of the Arts

MPR News Where creativity makes news

Archives for January 2012

It’s Arts Week on Midday

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs January 30, 2012, 2:29 PM Jan 30, 2012
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This week I’m filling in as host of Midday, and every day at 11am we’re taking on a different arts-related topic. I’ll also be joined by a different co-host for each hour.

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More six word memoirs

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs January 27, 2012, 11:07 AM Jan 27, 2012
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Including such gems as ‘He never quite finished what he…’

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Penumbra examines the past and future of the Black Arts Movement

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs January 26, 2012, 4:16 PM Jan 26, 2012

Penumbra Theatre was born out of the Black Arts Movement; now it takes a look back at how the movement has shaped our culture.

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When a picture is worth two million plastic bottles

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs January 26, 2012, 1:39 PM Jan 26, 2012

Photographer Chris Jordan uses digitally manipulated images to tell the story of our daily consumption.

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Art Hounds

Art Hounds: Isa Gagarin, Art Sleds, and a quadruple art opening in Duluth

Chris RobertsChris Roberts January 26, 2012, 7:30 AM Jan 26, 2012
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This week’s hounds are totally engrossed in Minnesota’s visual art scene and share impressions of an emerging artist’s quest for identity in found documents, neighborhood artists who create community on a sledding hill, and a communal art opening at the Duluth Art Institute.

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Your life story in six words

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs January 25, 2012, 3:47 PM Jan 25, 2012
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The Loft Literary Center challenges its Twitter followers to write abbreviated memoirs.

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The reviews are in for ‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ at the Guthrie

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs January 25, 2012, 11:08 AM Jan 25, 2012

Is the Tennessee Williams’ play ‘steamy’ or does it ‘fizzle?’ It depends on which review you read….

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Cube Critics sort through the Oscar nominees

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs January 24, 2012, 5:33 PM Jan 24, 2012

Stephanie Curtis and Euan Kerr cast their critical eyes on the 2012 nominations.

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Building a microcosm of peace through music

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs January 24, 2012, 2:13 PM Jan 24, 2012

Mark Johnson redefines “world music” with his global videos, and in so doing brings people around the world together for a common cause.

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The reviews are in for 1968 at the History Theatre

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs January 24, 2012, 10:15 AM Jan 24, 2012

The History Theatre jams 365 action packed days into two hours.

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