February 2012
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"Real Pirates" hoist the Jolly Roger at the...
Visiting exhibits like Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, The Dead Sea Scrolls: Words That Changed the World, and Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs at the Science Museum of Minnesota tends to impress one both with the challenges of archaeology and the power of the human imagination. We’ve spun epic visions of desperate drowning hordes, desert tribes in the time of Jesus,...
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“You can easily spot a show with a gay sensibility when the women are putting...”
– Matthew Everett reviews Theater Latté Da’s production of Beautiful Thing.
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WEDNESDAY PICK | A park pops up at the Minneapolis...
You shouldn’t need an excuse to pay at least one seasonal visit to the Minneapolis Insitute of Arts—did you remember that it’s free?—but for those who need an additional push, the MIA has transformed its central atrium into a “pop-up park”: a lush little oasis of flora and fauna (the fauna being you). It’s all fake, of course: this is art, not life. But in the grey...
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"Words at WAM" unites Hazel & Wren and the Weisman...
On February 22 the literary community in Minneapolis finally got to taste the fruits of the collaboration between Hazel & Wren and the Weisman Art Collective. Words at WAM marked what I hope is the start of, as they say, a beautiful friendship between the Weisman Art Museum and various literary organizations in the Twin Cities. As it stands, I am so impressed with the decision of WAM to...
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"American Idiot": Twin Cities teens weigh in
“The only complaint I would have would be the lighting; the over use of the strobes almost sent me into a seizure and heavily distracted from what was going on on the stage.” (Alexa Pearson)
“I’ve never been a ‘rocker’ type girl, but walking into the theatre, I was really excited.” (Lily Hammer)
“The most incredible aspect of American Idiot was not the...
A Minnesota Nice Guide to the Twin Cities →
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Today I get to brag about Minnesota on The Awl!
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Jayhawks take flight at the State Theatre
Having heard all over everywhere for the longest about the Jayhawks, practically since I moved to the Twin Cities, my ears went up like a hound dog’s on hearing they be doing a show at Minneapolis’s State Theatre on February 19. Were they even half as strong as their reputation they’d be pretty damned good. Well, the Jayhawks played a gorgeous set of countrified soft-rock. To, quite...
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The challenges of writing about alternative...
In the last few years, I’ve been very interested in writing about alternative spaces, DIY culture, and the underground arts scene. In my experience, there’s something very powerful about seeing a show in a place that is not an “official” venue. A blank stage, or a music venue with fancy lighting and sound equipment, or a gallery with all white walls in a big cube, all have the advantage of...
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MONDAY PICK | Get iced at the Caribou Highlands...
I’m always a sucker for a good ice bar, so I feel compelled to inform you that there are not one but two currently operating at Caribou Highlands Lodge in Lutsen—where those hard-core skiiers who don’t want to warm up even when they’re not on the slope can meet the lodge-lovers who will venture into subzero temps only when there’s a drink involved. There’s the...
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“One-Eyed Doll (think Butthole Surfers meets Black Sabbath) will play...”
– Press release. So yeah, this is happening tomorrow.
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SATURDAY PICK | "Beautiful Thing" with the music...
The plot of Theater Latté Da’s newest production Beautiful Thing is nothing too scandalous these days: two teenage boys who unexpectedly fall in love. Still, the topic comes during an emotionally relevant time. It wouldn’t be Theater Latté Da without music though, specifically that of the Mamas and Papas which is weaved throughout the story, with localite Emily Schwab singing Mama...
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