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Archives for August 2014

News and reviews

Franken: Robin Williams’ death devastating

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs August 12, 2014, 2:28 PM Aug 12, 2014
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Al Franken reacts to the death of Robin Williams. Read more →

Late night Murakami in St. Paul

Euan KerrEuan Kerr August 12, 2014, 10:16 AM Aug 12, 2014
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Some 50 people wandered through the door for the first Late Night Lit event at Common Good Books in search of copies of Haruki Murakami’s new novel “Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and his years of pilgrimage.” Read more →

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Fringe Festival sets new ticket sales record in 2014

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs August 11, 2014, 11:14 AM Aug 11, 2014
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The 21st annual Minnesota Fringe Festival, which closed last night, set a new record for ticket sales. Over its 11-day run, the festival issued 50,226 tickets to 878 performances of 169 different shows. The previous record, set in 2010, was 50,222 tickets. Last year the Fringe issued 50,007 tickets to 895 performances of 176 shows. Read more →

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Ragamala Dance charms audience at Lincoln Center

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs August 11, 2014, 10:47 AM Aug 11, 2014
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 Ragamala Dance has again impressed critics on the East Coast with its both precise and inspired Bharatanatyam, the classical South Indian dance style. This past Thursday the Minneapolis dance company performed for the first time at Lincoln Center Out of Doors. New York Times critic Siobhan Burke found the piece “Song of the Jasmine” — Read more →

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MIA presents seldom-seen masterworks

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs August 8, 2014, 3:27 PM Aug 8, 2014
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts has more than 2,600 watercolors, drawings and pastels and in its collection, but they don’t often get to see the light of day. “Marks of Genius,” a new exhibition at the MIA, is part of an effort to get more of those works on the walls and in front of Read more →

News and reviews

‘The Wolf of Walmart’ takes on big box business

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs August 6, 2014, 1:18 PM Aug 6, 2014
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Brave New Workshop’s latest comedy revue, “The Wolf of Walmart,” takes aim at some pretty easy — and large — targets, namely large businesses. Read more →

MN Poetry

Minnesota poetry: Jim Moore’s ‘Resolutions’

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs August 5, 2014, 10:06 AM Aug 5, 2014
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A retrospective of the poetry of Jim Moore is coming out in September, titled “Underground: New and Selected Poems.”
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News and reviews

Fringe Festival posts strong opening weekend attendance

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs August 4, 2014, 3:12 PM Aug 4, 2014
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The Minnesota Fringe Festival is under way and, in terms of attendance, it had a great opening weekend.
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News and reviews

10 reviews from Fringe Central

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs August 2, 2014, 2:07 AM Aug 2, 2014
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In what’s becoming an annual tradition, I stopped by the Crooked Pint in downtown Minneapolis Friday night to find out what shows are getting some buzz in this year’s Minnesota Fringe Festival. Once again, the Fringe appears to have it all, from body hair to blood baths. And it seems this year in particular, people Read more →

A Chekhov-flavored treat at the Guthrie

Eric Ringham August 1, 2014, 2:32 PM Aug 1, 2014
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“Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” gets viewers laughing and whispering. Read more →

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