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Art Hounds recommend tales for young audiences

Art Hounds recommend tales for young audiences

The Minnesota Children’s Theatre presents the world premiere of “Bina’s Six Apples.” A ceramics sale at Franconia Sculpture Park shows off the artistry of St. Croix Valley potters. And drummer Josh Lubavich of Duluth launches a solo EP.
by Emily Bright

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Art Hounds: Stories in movement and music

Art Hounds: Stories in movement and music

Duluth’s Ellen Sandbeck’s intricately cut paper art reflects the Mississippi River. Art Hounds also note The Moving Company’s production of “Anamnesis” in Minneapolis, and the Naked Stages Fellows movement-based works, streaming this month.
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Art Hounds: Beauty from what’s broken

Art Hounds: Beauty from what’s broken

Check out the “Glitch art” from a photographer who also repairs computers. Also, Art Hounds recommend the hardanger fiddle music from Fargo Moorhead Spelemannslag.
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Art Hounds: R&B, country and old time radio drama

Art Hounds: R&B, country and old time radio drama

Art Hounds celebrates live musical and drama performances for every taste this weekend, with shows by country singer Trevor McSpadden, soul and roots performer Annie Mack, and the Mysterious Old Radio Listening Society’s holiday special.
by Emily Bright

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Art Hounds: Capturing the light, sound and joy of the season

Art Hounds: Capturing the light, sound and joy of the season

Jorts Improv takes on the holiday romantic comedy in “A Snowy Kiss.” Painter Joshua Cunningham captures the light falling across landscapes throughout Minnesota. An Austin Advent concert features a van Daalen pipe organ.
by Emily Bright

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Art Hounds: Art from the missed photograph

Art Hounds: Art from the missed photograph

Two shows this month combine visual art and writing: Charles Matson Lume’s light-based art draws inspiration from Minnesota poets, and Rebecca Pavlenko focuses on the photos “that got away.” Plus, The MN Songwriter Showcase brings veteran and emerging singers together twice a week to perform.
by Emily Bright

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Art Hounds: Dance set to poetry and ghosts of the season

Art Hounds: Dance set to poetry and ghosts of the season

Katha Dance Theatre collaborates with J.D. Steele in a cross-cultural performance about equality. Also an appreciation for Minneapolis rock band Annie and the Bang Bang’s new record, and the Commonweal Theatre opens its run of “A Christmas Carol” with women playing the ghosts and Scrooge.
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Art Hounds recommend shows that celebrate glamorous, artistic lives

Art Hounds recommend shows that celebrate glamorous, artistic lives

The Sound Unseen Music + Film Festival ends with “Being Bebe” about drag performer Bebe Zahara Benet. At Bryant Lake Bowl, Mistress Ginger tells the stories of Hollywood stars such as Mae West and Marlene Dietrich. And Qui Nguyen’s Dungeon and Dragons comedy “She Kills Monsters” inaugurates in-person performances at a University of Minnesota venue in the Twin Cities.
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Art Hounds: Dance meditation considers movement across borders

Art Hounds: Dance meditation considers movement across borders

Ananya Dance Theatre performs “Dastak: I Wish You Me” for an in-person audience at O’Shaughnessy in St. Paul. Other Art Hounds picks — a puppetry extravaganza that teaches Cherokee and a “private conversation” through mixed media in Fergus Falls.
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