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State of the Arts

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Archives for July 2012

President Obama nominates Ranee Ramaswamy to National Council on the Arts

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs July 26, 2012, 11:40 AM Jul 26, 2012

The founder of Ragamala Dance is enjoying an exceptional run of accolades and recognition.

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Art Hounds

Art Hounds: Allison Henline, The Baseball Project, and a reading series at an ice arena

Chris RobertsChris Roberts July 26, 2012, 7:45 AM Jul 26, 2012
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This week’s hounds are pointing us in the direction of an artist whose works emit light, a traveling Twin Cities reading series and a rock supergroup in love with our national pastime.

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Kevin Ramach appointed president and general manager of Minnesota Opera

Euan KerrEuan Kerr July 23, 2012, 11:00 AM Jul 23, 2012

Interim leader at MnOpera gets the job for real

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Report from the Orchard: On tour with Luverne Siefert

Euan KerrEuan Kerr July 20, 2012, 6:03 AM Jul 20, 2012

Luverne Siefert is almost half way through the Cherry Orchard tours of historic houses around Minnesota. He reports it’s hot – but satisfying

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Art Hounds

Art Hounds: Cig Harvey, Kevin Steinman, and dance as a collection of observed patterns

Chris RobertsChris Roberts July 19, 2012, 7:45 AM Jul 19, 2012

On the hounds radar this week…a photographer and a songwriter who each create a powerful intimacy with their own self-inspection, and a celebrated Minneapolis choreographer whose new piece is devoted to human patterns, in what we see, hear, touch and how we behave.

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Improv, public policy, and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs July 18, 2012, 8:40 AM Jul 18, 2012

Why is an improv group that riffs on public policy taking up residence in an art museum?

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The love story behind Rembrandt’s ‘Lucretia’

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs July 17, 2012, 2:34 PM Jul 17, 2012

MIA curator Tom Rassieur believes Rembrandt’s ‘Lucretia’ was not just a master portrait of a pivotal woman in Roman history, but also his tribute to a lost love.

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SPCO contract negotiations continue… slowly

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs July 16, 2012, 3:55 PM Jul 16, 2012

Musician contract negotiations have been underway for seven months now, but opinions differ on what progress, is any, has been made.

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The reviews are for ”The Sunshine Boys’ at the Guthrie Theater

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs July 16, 2012, 3:35 PM Jul 16, 2012
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Critics say while the jokes may be old, they still get the laughs.

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Why museums often shy from taking donated works

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs July 16, 2012, 9:56 AM Jul 16, 2012

Museums such as the Minneapolis Institute of Arts are often forced to decline gifts of art if they can’t determine whether the item was legally put on the market.

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