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State of the Arts Blog

Art Hounds: Fringe Spectacular!

Art Hounds: Fringe Spectacular!

There are 165 shows to see at the Minnesota Fringe Festival this year. Feeling overwhelmed? The Art Hounds are here to help.
by Molly Bloom

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Two shows dropped from Fringe line-up

The Minnesota Fringe Festival gets underway tomorrow night, but in the final days before showtime two productions have bowed out.
by Marianne Combs

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Contemplating the 35W bridge collapse through art and poetry

Contemplating the 35W bridge collapse through art and poetry

A public art installation in the Mississippi River seeks to inspire contemplation as Minnesotans mark the 5th anniversary of I-35W bridge collapse.
by Marianne Combs

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Bush Foundation hires new president

Jennifer Ford Reedy replaces Peter Hutchinson
by Marianne Combs

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Talk of the Stacks new season announced

Talk of the Stacks new season announced

The Hennepin County Library's series will feature Michael Chabon, Naomi Wolf, Geoff Dyer and Calvin Trillin.
by Marianne Combs

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Why didn’t Akram Khan’s Olympic dance piece air on NBC?

Why didn’t Akram Khan’s Olympic dance piece air on NBC?

NBC chose to cut away from the opening ceremonies for a pre-taped interview with Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps just as choreographer Akram Khan was performing his tribute to the 52 victims of the July 2005 London bomb attacks.
by Marianne Combs

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Artists once had a sporting chance in Olympics

Medals were awarded for sport-themed painting, sculpture, literature, architecture and music in Olympic games held between 1912 and 1952.
by Marianne Combs

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Grace Keillor, mother of Garrison, passes away at age 97

Garrison Keillor’s mother Grace passed away this morning at age 97. Her passing was announced in this message from the A Prairie Home Companion office. Grace Keillor died Friday morning at her home in Brooklyn Park. She was 97. She was the mother of writer Garrison Keillor. “Mother had a good long life and was…
by Euan Kerr

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