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State of the Arts

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Archives for June 2012

Reconnecting audiences to jazz

David CazaresDavid Cazares June 26, 2012, 6:01 AM Jun 26, 2012

The Twin Cities Jazz Festival continues its tradition of a great lineup featuring national and local performers. Organizers hope to reconnect modern audiences to jazz.

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Film director Lynn Shelton and the search for the cringe-laugh

Euan KerrEuan Kerr June 25, 2012, 5:30 PM Jun 25, 2012

Director of “Your Sister’s Sister” seeks authenticity and intimacy in her films

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It’s a Rembrandt… or is it?

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs June 22, 2012, 3:43 PM Jun 22, 2012

The new exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts addresses the confusion over which paintings are actually the Dutch master’s work.

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Police arrest Brother Ali for civil disobedience

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs June 22, 2012, 11:48 AM Jun 22, 2012

Brother Ali was among 13 protesters arrested in South Minneapolis last night as part of an ongoing occupation of a foreclosed home.

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Five questions for Dr. Stan Hill

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs June 22, 2012, 8:42 AM Jun 22, 2012

The Artistic Director of the Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus looks back on his career as he prepares to retire.

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What are you doing with the rest of your life?

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs June 21, 2012, 4:11 PM Jun 21, 2012

A new romantic comedy poses an apocalyptic question.

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Immigration raid inspires new play

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs June 21, 2012, 1:27 PM Jun 21, 2012

The play explores the human cost of one of the largest single roundups of undocumented workers in U.S. history.

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Sports artist LeRoy Neiman dies

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs June 21, 2012, 10:37 AM Jun 21, 2012

Neiman was known for his bold use of colors, and for his equally colorful life.

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Art Hounds

Art Hounds: Rooted, Chaun Webster, and another great Minnesota indie folk band

Chris RobertsChris Roberts June 21, 2012, 7:45 AM Jun 21, 2012

The hounds have unearthed an intergenerational hip hop choreographer’s evening, a St. Paul poet who’s encouraging African-American artists to take control of their image and a Minneapolis indie folk band with Duluthian roots whose sound is reminiscent of the region it was born in.

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Twin Cities arts groups awarded grants to increase accessibility

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs June 20, 2012, 2:46 PM Jun 20, 2012

VSA Minnesota has awarded more than $100,000 to eleven Twin Cities arts organizations to aid them in their work to become more accessible to people with disabilities.

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