Arts
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The Man Behind the Cover
(Fall Arts)
By Matthew Smith
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Graffiti artist 27 steps out of the shadows and into the galleries |
Driving Force
(Fall Arts)
By Quinton Skinner
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For 30 years, Lou Bellamy has run the nation’s preeminent African American theater. But what a theater critic really wants to know is: How’s his golf game? |
The Storyteller’s Art
(Fall Arts)
By Ed Huyck
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After a life-changing accident, performer and author Kevin Kling will never tell another tale the same way again |
Surprise Party
(Fall Arts)
By Caroline Palmer
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After 15 years, James Sewell Ballet still thrives on the unexpected |
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The Pillowman
(Fall Arts)
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Deborah Jinza Thayer Movement Architecture
(Fall Arts)
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Steve Almond
(Fall Arts)
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Amy Jo Hendrickson
(Fall Arts)
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Deerhoof
(Fall Arts)
By Ray Cummings
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October 2; Walker Art Center; 612.375.7600. |
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
(Fall Arts)
By Nate Patrin
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November 16; First Avenue; 612.332.1775 |
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Béla Tarr: Mysterious Harmonies
(Fall Arts)
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Bend It Like Bowser
(Gaming)
by Chris Ward
Soccer gets a surreal twist in Mario Strikers Charged..
Fill in the Blank
(Gaming)
by Gary Hodges
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Picross DS illustrates that there's life after Sudoku |
Star Dreck
(Gaming)
by Chris Ward
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Alien Syndrome will alienate some, infect others |
Books
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Sibling rivalries battle for attention on the bookshelves this summer
by Anneli Rufus
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As the memoir boom winds down, authors are training their sights on sis and bro |
Mistakes Were Made
by Tricia Cornell
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Heather McElhatton isn't a morbidly obese concubine with a thing for primates. How's that for free will? |
How the West was Won
by Rod Smith
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You mean Richard Gere didn't bring Buddhism to America?! |
The Case of the Very Large Closet
by Chris Barsanti
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Comic-strip artist Alison Bechdel draws a messy portrait of her secretive father and the house where he hid |
Are You My Mother?
by Beth Hawkins
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Finally, someone has the answer to the binds of modern parenting—a Honduran nanny |
Gary Shteyngart: Absurdistan
by Craig Morgan Teicher
Etgar Keret: The Nimrod Flip Out: Stories
by Chris Barsanti
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Hipster Baseball
(City Beat)
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The Farmer's Daughter
by Philip Connors
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What can go wrong with 80 acres, 20 cows, a bull, and a pickup? |
Job Had It Easy
by G.R. Anderson Jr.
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Good Grief: Joan Didion tries to write about loss without losing it |
Raging Rick
by Matthew Wilder
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Novelist Rick Moody Feels His Pain. Yours? Not So Much. |
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If Van Gogh Had a Van
(City Beat)
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Around the World in 26.2 Miles
(City Beat)
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A Little Bit Country, a Little Bit Neoclassical
by Lightsey Darst
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How W.S. Merwin found his own turf--and everyone else's |
Performing Arts
A sex farce for the ages
(Theater)
By Quinton Skinner
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This bawdy play reveals that, when it comes to sex and booze, not much has changed in 600 years |
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Theater Spotlight: The Ballad of Josef K.
(Spotlight)
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Previous Features
The American Pilot examines the soul of a superpower
(Theater)
By Quinton Skinner
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The story of a downed airman reflects the U.S.'s place in the world |
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Theater Spotlight: Once on This Island
(Spotlight)
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Three superb productions showcase the range of Minnesota theater
(Theater)
By Quinton Skinner
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Guthrie, Open Eye and Penumbra all score with latest efforts |
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Theater Spotlight: Border Crossing
(Spotlight)
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Theater Spotlight: Everywhere Signs Fall
(Spotlight)
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A Shakespearean fable rewrites the story of our lives
(Theater)
By Quinton Skinner
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Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) tackles the universal and the everyday |
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Theater Spotlight: Exit Strategy
(Spotlight)
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American Apathy takes satiric aim
(Theater)
By Quinton Skinner
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U.S. consumer society is an easy target |
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Theater Spotlight: Idigaragua/Massgraves
(Spotlight)
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Rabbit Hole: Smart and soulful
(Theater)
By Quinton Skinner
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The play tracks a couple's struggles to cope with the loss of a child |
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Theater Spotlight: Metamorphoses
(Spotlight)
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Brecht's 'Puntila' shows how the rich make life difficult
(Theater)
By Quinton Skinner
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It's a lesson in class semi-consciousness |
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Theater Spotlight: 'Jersey Boys'
(Spotlight)
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'Frozen' peers inside a serial killer's brain
(Theater)
By Quinton Skinner
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Park Square's production examines what makes a monster |
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