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State of the Arts

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Archives for November 2012

Northrop’s Ben Johnson leaving to take job in LA

Euan KerrEuan Kerr November 30, 2012, 2:15 PM Nov 30, 2012

Johnson will run the USA Fellows program

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A new era for the Minnesota Museum of American Art

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs November 30, 2012, 11:51 AM Nov 30, 2012
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This weekend the museum celebrates its new Project Space in downtown Saint Paul, its first public home in almost four years.

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TPT to air Minnesota Opera’s ‘Silent Night’

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs November 29, 2012, 3:17 PM Nov 29, 2012

Minnesota Opera’s Pulitzer Prize-winning production of ‘Silent Night’ will air on tpt on Friday, December 21 at 8pm.

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Art Hounds

Art Hounds: Portraits, Yuletide radio theater, and a zydeco dance party

Chris RobertsChris Roberts November 29, 2012, 9:44 AM Nov 29, 2012

The hounds are anxious to tell you about two Minneapolis artists whose off-beat portraits lodge in your brain, a holiday radio theater drama from Winona and two zydeco heavyweights who inspire bodies to move…rhythmically.

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The reviews are in for Guthrie’s ‘A Christmas Carol’

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs November 29, 2012, 8:52 AM Nov 29, 2012

While this year features much the same cast and set as last year, critics seem happier with this year’s production.

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Does Twitter offer any promise for literature?

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs November 28, 2012, 3:54 PM Nov 28, 2012

The Twitter Fiction Festival gets underway today.

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TED talk explores innovation and play at Walker’s Open Field

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs November 28, 2012, 3:18 PM Nov 28, 2012

Scott Stulen shares lessons gathered from Open Field, a three-year experiment in participation and public space.

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The reviews are in for ‘Christmas of Swing’

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs November 28, 2012, 12:26 PM Nov 28, 2012

Critics enjoyed the music, but found the storyline uneven.

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NEA awards Minnesota arts organizations $877,500 in grants

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs November 28, 2012, 11:29 AM Nov 28, 2012

Minnesota ranked 8th in the country in the amount of money it received from the NEA; here’s a look at some of the projects that were funded.

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Jazz singer Karrin Allyson strives for authentic sound

David CazaresDavid Cazares November 27, 2012, 3:47 PM Nov 27, 2012

Jazz vocalist Karrin Allyson delivers a natural sound at the microphone, the result of many years of late nights in jazz clubs, where she learned how to play with melodies – and listen for the creative spaces in tunes. She performs tonight and Wednesday at the Dakota Jazz Club .

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