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Archives for June 2012

Emotion and power at the Jazz Festival: The Bad Plus and Joshua Redman

David CazaresDavid Cazares June 29, 2012, 4:01 PM Jun 29, 2012
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The Bad Plus is making room for an agile presence in saxophonist Joshua Redman, a forceful player. He’ll add a new dimension to The Bad Plus during a Twin Cities Jazz Festival performance on Saturday – one that could push the group more toward muscular bebop.

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American Swedish Institute celebrates new cultural center

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs June 29, 2012, 2:41 PM Jun 29, 2012

The Nelson Cultural Center features classrooms, performance spaces, a studio, a cafe and gift shop.

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Orchestra Hall’s iconic blue tubes find new homes

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs June 29, 2012, 11:50 AM Jun 29, 2012
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The 16 large tubes now reside in sculpture gardens, a miniature golf course and a private residence.

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The art, love and politics of the 1980s

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs June 29, 2012, 8:58 AM Jun 29, 2012

The Walker Art Center presents a retrospective of artwork that came out of the tumultuous decade.

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Minnesota Mix

Mu Performing Arts begins search for new Artistic Director

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs June 28, 2012, 2:48 PM Jun 28, 2012

The Asian American theater company is looking for a successor to founder Rick Shiomi beginning in September 2013.

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Video break: tUnE-yArDs “Gangsta” at Rock the Garden

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs June 28, 2012, 11:52 AM Jun 28, 2012

MN Original is releasing the first videos from this year’s Rock The Garden.

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Art Hounds

Art Hounds: Matt Rasmussen, The Vow Factor, and beatmakers who get booties shakin’

Chris RobertsChris Roberts June 28, 2012, 7:45 AM Jun 28, 2012
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The hounds highlight a Walt Whitman Award winning poet from Robbinsdale, satire of the most divisive institution on the ballot this year, and Twin Cities hip hop producers who know how to win over a crowd.

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An artsy home for an artsy business

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs June 27, 2012, 2:33 PM Jun 27, 2012

A local art center is working to move into an abandoned historic building.

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Must-see Twin Cities Jazz Festival shows from six local artists

David CazaresDavid Cazares June 27, 2012, 9:37 AM Jun 27, 2012

Who do Twin Cities jazz musicians want to see at the 2012 Twin Cities Jazz Festival?

Everyone. The musicians’ selections, like the festival’s, balance national and local acts and include a variety of styles. Here are some top picks:

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The culture of language, and the ‘New Reticence’

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs June 26, 2012, 11:27 AM Jun 26, 2012

Linguist Geoff Nunberg points to the recent silencing of Michigan Representative Lisa Brown as part of a trend he calls the ‘New Reticence.’

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