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I have to admit, when I hear the phrase "sister city" my brain immediately adds "chamber of commerce." Sister city relationships are nice, but who - other than the city officials and a few local businesses with international prospects - really cares?

This week officials from the city of Tours, France are on tour (pun intentional), visiting their sister city Minneapolis on a cultural and trade mission.

 they will be checking out art that will be travelling to the Chateau de Tour in 2012. Artist Sean Smuda organized the exhibition, which is the culmination of his serving as "Artist Liaison" to Tour (you can read about his time in France 

 says his organization is looking for other types of artistic exchange and partnership, including dance and music.

Tonight's event, which celebrates Minneapolis and Tours' twenty years of sisterhood,

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Representatives from Tour, France are in Minneapolis this week to check out, among other things, an exhibition of Minnesota artists which will be making its way across the Atlantic.

French sister city presents opportunity for artists

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