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Archives for April 2012

MN poetry: Louis Alemayehu reads ‘Akhenaten’s Dream’

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs April 30, 2012, 11:45 AM Apr 30, 2012
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Alemayehu’s spoken word piece takes on the state of the world, and dreams of something better.

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Vanessa Veselka’s strange route to literary stardom

Euan KerrEuan Kerr April 30, 2012, 8:00 AM Apr 30, 2012

Author of the cult dystopian novel “Zazen” puts life experience to good use

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A beautiful light: remembering Jen DeGolier

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs April 28, 2012, 5:42 PM Apr 28, 2012
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Lighting designer Jen DeGolier has died suddenly at the age of 36, leaving the Twin Cities theater community in mourning.

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The Cube Critics

Cube Critics: ‘The Raven,’ ‘Monsieur Lazhar’

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs April 28, 2012, 1:02 PM Apr 28, 2012

John Cusack enters the ranks of literary super sleuth-dom, and a Canadian film about an Algerian immigrant.

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‘The Mill’ captures life in a one-company town

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs April 27, 2012, 3:06 PM Apr 27, 2012
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International Falls and the influence of its resident paper mill are the subject of the new play ‘The Mill.’

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Picturing food waste

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs April 27, 2012, 12:06 PM Apr 27, 2012
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Photographer Klaus Pichler casts an unflinching eye on the food waste of industrial nations.

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Bob Dylan awarded National Medal of Freedom

Euan KerrEuan Kerr April 26, 2012, 3:21 PM Apr 26, 2012
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Minnesotan to receive the nation’s highest civilian award

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Art Hounds

Art Hounds: Alison Scott, Art Du Nord, and a steampunk musical

Chris RobertsChris Roberts April 26, 2012, 7:40 AM Apr 26, 2012

The hounds highlight a Twin Cities songstress with some bluesy muscle, a pop-up art gallery along the Central Corridor, and a civil war era musical from a Brooklyn indie rock band.

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Joe Dowling responds to criticisms of Guthrie’s season

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs April 25, 2012, 3:05 PM Apr 25, 2012
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Dowling says he will continue to do the job that he is obliged to do, and that is ‘to pick the best possible plays, irrespective of gender, irrespective of other issues.’

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Guthrie Theater’s debt to women and diversity

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs April 24, 2012, 2:41 PM Apr 24, 2012
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The theater has no obligation to stage more plays by women or people of color. But if it wants to invest in its future health and well-being, it will.

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