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Art Hounds: Matt Rasmussen, The Vow Factor, and beatmakers who get booties shakin’

Art Hounds: Matt Rasmussen, The Vow Factor, and beatmakers who get booties shakin’

The hounds highlight a Walt Whitman Award winning poet from Robbinsdale, satire of the most divisive institution on the ballot this year, and Twin Cities hip hop producers who know how to win over a crowd.
by Chris Roberts

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An artsy home for an artsy business

An artsy home for an artsy business

A local art center is working to move into an abandoned historic building.
by Marianne Combs

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Must-see Twin Cities Jazz Festival shows from six local artists

Must-see Twin Cities Jazz Festival shows from six local artists

Who do Twin Cities jazz musicians want to see at the 2012 Twin Cities Jazz Festival? Everyone. The musicians' selections, like the festival's, balance national and local acts and include a variety of styles. Here are some top picks:
by David Cazares

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The culture of language, and the ‘New Reticence’

Linguist Geoff Nunberg points to the recent silencing of Michigan Representative Lisa Brown as part of a trend he calls the 'New Reticence.'
by Marianne Combs

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Reconnecting audiences to jazz

Reconnecting audiences to jazz

The Twin Cities Jazz Festival continues its tradition of a great lineup featuring national and local performers. Organizers hope to reconnect modern audiences to jazz.
by David Cazares

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It’s a Rembrandt… or is it?

It’s a Rembrandt… or is it?

The new exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts addresses the confusion over which paintings are actually the Dutch master's work.
by Marianne Combs

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Police arrest Brother Ali for civil disobedience

Police arrest Brother Ali for civil disobedience

Brother Ali was among 13 protesters arrested in South Minneapolis last night as part of an ongoing occupation of a foreclosed home.
by Marianne Combs

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Five questions for Dr. Stan Hill

Five questions for Dr. Stan Hill

The Artistic Director of the Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus looks back on his career as he prepares to retire.
by Marianne Combs

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