State of the Arts Blog

October 21, 2010 2:00 AM

Art Hounds: Accordion-O-Rama, Flyway Film Fest, and a master abstract painter

This week's hounds look beyond the Twin Cities for art, including a film fest on the shores of Lake Pepin, four accordionists on one stage in Zumbrota and an experimental painter in west central Minnesota.

by Chris Roberts

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October 20, 2010 12:52 PM

How to spot a Booker Prize winner three years early

Howard Jacobson's Minnesota visit.

by Euan Kerr

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October 19, 2010 10:06 AM

Olivier Assayas brings his energy to Minneapolis

French film phenom finds fun everywhere (including the Walker)

by Euan Kerr

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October 19, 2010 5:55 AM

Video break: Coachelleta

An up-in-the-sky view of a major music festival makes a compelling music video of its own.

by Marianne Combs

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October 18, 2010 8:53 AM

MN poetry: Carol Connolly’s “A Gentleman’s Invitation”

What do women want? Poet Carol Connolly wants meat, not broth.

by Marianne Combs

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October 18, 2010 3:51 AM

Twin Cities Book Festival foreshadows industry’s future

The Twin Cities Book Festival gives a look into the ever-changing world of books and publishing.

by Luke Taylor

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October 15, 2010 6:51 AM

Matt Burgess: Retail’s loss is literature’s gain

Minneapolis writer lives a publishing fantasy

by Euan Kerr

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October 14, 2010 9:31 AM

Guthrie cancels last five “Master Butchers” performances

Lackluster ticket sales doom shows

by Euan Kerr

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October 14, 2010 2:00 AM

Art Hounds: Brute Heart, Refugee Nation, and a critical mass of printmakers

This week's hounds are following a new play about the "secret war" in Laos, a Twin Cities celebration of printmaking and a female chamber pop trio that haunts and seduces.

by Chris Roberts