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Music and Movies fans rise up

In the wake of the Walker Art Center cancelling its annual music and movies series in Loring Park, fans are rallying to keep it going...even if it means hosting it themselves.
by Marianne Combs

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Bedlam Theater floored

Bedlam Theater floored

Bedlam Theatre's Tech Director was working in one of its cabaret spaces, when his foot went through the floor. And steam rose up through the hole.
by Marianne Combs

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Open Book turns 10

Open Book turns 10

A decade after it opened, Open Book is still singular in the nation for bringing together writing, publishing and the book arts under one roof. But the collaboration is only really just beginning.
by Marianne Combs

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Art Hounds: TU Dance, Pottery, Mayda

Art Hounds: TU Dance, Pottery, Mayda

The hounds want you to check out a sensual exploration of the elements through dance, incredible pottery sprinkled throughout the St. Croix Valley, and a singer-songwriter who's slight in stature but not in voice.
by Chris Roberts

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Your Weekend Outlook: Addictive

Your Weekend Outlook: Addictive

Theater about absynthe, the art of revolution, burlesque then and now, and some great music all make going out on the weekend habit-forming.
by Marianne Combs

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New Twin Cities discount ticket site

Goldstar.com offers half-price tickets to theater, sports, dance, music, and comedy in the Twin Cities.
by Marianne Combs

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Local musician gets 18 months to rehearse… in prison

Steven Mark Renner diverted funds from his internet-based cash card business to promote his blues-rock band, "Stevie Renner and the Renegades."
by Marianne Combs

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Look At Me

Look At Me

Todd Alcott's poem "Television" inspired this video on what your flat screen is really telling you.
by Marianne Combs

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