State of the Arts Blog

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A beautiful light: remembering Jen DeGolier
Lighting designer Jen DeGolier has died suddenly at the age of 36, leaving the Twin Cities theater community in mourning.
Cube Critics: ‘The Raven,’ ‘Monsieur Lazhar’
John Cusack enters the ranks of literary super sleuth-dom, and a Canadian film about an Algerian immigrant.
‘The Mill’ captures life in a one-company town
International Falls and the influence of its resident paper mill are the subject of the new play ‘The Mill.’
Picturing food waste
Photographer Klaus Pichler casts an unflinching eye on the food waste of industrial nations.
Bob Dylan awarded National Medal of Freedom
Minnesotan to receive the nation's highest civilian award