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Archives for August 2012

Cat Video Festival draws 10,000

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs August 31, 2012, 8:26 AM Aug 31, 2012
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Despite the hot weather, last night more than 10,000 people attended the Walker Art Center’s first ever Cat Video Festival.

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The reviews are in for Jungle Theater’s ‘Waiting for Godot’

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs August 30, 2012, 11:36 AM Aug 30, 2012

The Jungle Theater’s production is receiving rave reviews from critics who stress you don’t have to understand what’s going on to enjoy the show.

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Art Hounds

Art Hounds: Mount Eerie, Helena Hernmarck, and the smallest of libraries

Chris RobertsChris Roberts August 30, 2012, 7:45 AM Aug 30, 2012
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This week’s hounds put their stamp of approval on a haunting singer-songwriter from the Northwest, a fiber artist whose oversized pieces are as detailed as photographs, and giant bird houses that books fly in and out of.

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Mark Mallman to perform 7-day marathon song

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs August 29, 2012, 4:00 PM Aug 29, 2012

To keep the song going while he sleeps, Mallman will hook up a heart-rate monitor and an EEG brainwave headset to control his synthesizer.

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Forecast awards new public art award to Randy Walker

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs August 29, 2012, 2:49 PM Aug 29, 2012

The $50,000 award for a mid-career public art project is the largest of its kind in the country.

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The reviews are in for ‘The Return of King Idomeneo’

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs August 29, 2012, 11:44 AM Aug 29, 2012

Mixed Precipitation presents a doo-wopified version of Mozart’s opera in a community garden near you.

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SPCO musicians take their case to the Fair

Euan KerrEuan Kerr August 28, 2012, 6:30 PM Aug 28, 2012

SPCO musicians make their case with music

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Adam Mecker’s modern big band

David CazaresDavid Cazares August 28, 2012, 3:26 PM Aug 28, 2012

The Adam Mecker Orchestra performs tonight at Jazz Central in Minneapolis.The group of young musicians draws on the big band heritage of days past while infusing music with modern beats and improvisational spirit.

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The reviews are in for ‘Trick Boxing’

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs August 28, 2012, 1:02 PM Aug 28, 2012

According to three reviewers the show is still a knockout, while a third says there are a few missteps.

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SPCO and MNOrch: two orchestras at the top of their game

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs August 28, 2012, 9:41 AM Aug 28, 2012
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As contract negotiations near for both the Minnesota Orchestra and the SPCO, MPR’s Euan Kerr asks whether the Twin Cities can afford to support both organizations.

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