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State of the Arts

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Tag: Arts around the state

Steve Dietz prepares for a St Paul “Spark”

Euan KerrEuan Kerr June 7, 2013, 4:26 PM Jun 7, 2013
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Steve Dietz tells a story about the first Northern Spark. It was three years ago, and as artistic director he was scheduled to say a few words to open the event. The problem was, he didn’t know if anyone would be there to listen to what he said. “We had no idea,” he said. “So I was Read more →

Art Hounds

Art Hounds: Six Mile Grove, Wonder Woman, and…Dzine!

Chris RobertsChris Roberts May 23, 2013, 7:45 AM May 23, 2013
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A dose of Americana by way of southern Minnesota, a documentary about Wonder Woman and her lineage in the film, TV and comic book worlds, and an artist who embellishes ordinary objects.

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Art Hounds

Art Hounds: FOB, Get on the Grid, and Duluth goes ‘Underground’

Chris RobertsChris Roberts May 16, 2013, 8:25 AM May 16, 2013
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This week, a multi-generational perspective on the Chinese immigrant experience, a new venue that’s enlivening the Duluth art scene, and a networking party for part time musicians.

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Art Hounds: Speechless films, inmate artists, and girls who have rhythm

Chris RobertsChris Roberts May 2, 2013, 7:45 AM May 2, 2013
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This week, a Bloomington art exhibition arising out of the despair of imprisonment, a Mankato festival celebrating films which strictly limit dialogue, and another festival which places women who rock on a pedestal.

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Lanesboro named top ‘small town art place’

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs April 4, 2013, 12:00 PM Apr 4, 2013
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ArtPlace chose Lanesboro as one of the top twelve small towns in the nation for its high density of arts organizations and arts-oriented businesses.

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A look at tomorrow’s agenda for Arts Advocacy Day

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs March 6, 2013, 10:12 AM Mar 6, 2013
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Hundreds of Minnesotans will congregate at the state capitol tomorrow; here’s what they’ll be talking about.

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Art Hounds: Dark & Stormy, Duluth art, Autre Ne Veut

Chris RobertsChris Roberts February 28, 2013, 7:45 AM Feb 28, 2013
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The hounds want to bring a new Minneapolis theater company, a ruminative, dual art show in Duluth and a Brooklyn producer with a French name to your attention this week.

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Art Hounds: Jazzed Up, Bob Hicok, and self discovery through acting class

Chris RobertsChris Roberts January 31, 2013, 7:45 AM Jan 31, 2013
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This week’s hounds lead us to a wild rock n roll podcast broadcasting live from a revered St. Paul bar, a Michigan born poet making a brief landing in Duluth, and a play about budding thespians who find out a lot about themselves.

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Art Hounds

Art Hounds: Batuque, Sondheim, and prairie painter pioneers

Chris RobertsChris Roberts January 24, 2013, 7:45 AM Jan 24, 2013
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The hounds take you to St. Paul for some unadulterated Sondheim, to Minneapolis in search of the roots of Afro-Brazilian dance, and to Moorhead for some late 19th-century prairie paintings.

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Art Hounds: Aida, Jesters Comedy Improv, and contemporary Native American art

Chris RobertsChris Roberts January 3, 2013, 7:35 AM Jan 3, 2013
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The hounds start the new year by spreading the word about a Minneapolis theater company interpreting a Disney musical, a Duluth exhibition that places traditional American Indian art and culture in a modern context, and a Mexican restaurant in Roseville that’s become a weekend hangout for improv comedy.

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