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State of the Arts Blog

Musicians give their Twin Cities Jazz Festival picks

Musicians give their Twin Cities Jazz Festival picks

The Twin Cities Jazz Festival opens today with a broad array of music from national and regional musicians on old and new stages. Festival headliners include Grammy winners Branford Marsalis and Dianne Reeves and Melissa Aldana, winner of the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition. Musicians from Minnesota list them among their must-see shows, along…
by David Cazares

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Must-see shows at the Twin Cities Jazz Festival

Must-see shows at the Twin Cities Jazz Festival

This year’s headliners include saxophonist Branford Marsalis, who performs at 8:30 p.m. Friday on the Mears Park Main Stage. On Saturday, saxophonist Melissa Aldana takes the stage at 6 p.m., followed by singer Diane Reeves at 8:30 p.m.
by David Cazares

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‘Beast’ director Sandy Spieler wins McKnight art prize

‘Beast’ director Sandy Spieler wins McKnight art prize

Sandy Spieler, artistic director of In The Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre and founder of the annual May Day Parade has won the McKnight Foundation's prestigious Distinguished Artist Award for 2014.
by Marianne Combs

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Art Hounds: Beast, Dope Image, Traveling Museum

Art Hounds: Beast, Dope Image, Traveling Museum

The hounds have much appreciation for a scorcher of a play about a northern Minnesota family feud, a line of clothing that promotes social justice, and an art road show traveling from town to town. (Want to be an Art Hound? Sign up!) If photographer and Anoka Ramsey Community College art professor Laura Migliorino had her…
by Chris Roberts

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Don McKellar’s Grand Seduction

Don McKellar’s Grand Seduction

A couple of weeks back on Cube Critics, I mentioned to Stephanie the Movie Maven how a film which opened just with sound of waves washing on a beach had transported me. I’ll admit it was a bit of a tease. I wanted to talk about the experience rather than the movie, which wasn’t going to open for a…
by Euan Kerr

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Art Hounds: L’Assassins, Candombe, Spark

Art Hounds: L’Assassins, Candombe, Spark

This week, high octane sexy surf rock, Uruguayan rhythms in Montevideo and an all-night festival which will turn Minneapolis into an after hours art gallery. (Want to be an Art Hound? Sign up!) Minneapolis artist Paige Guggemos is all in on this year’s Northern Spark and plans to absorb as much of the all-night Minneapolis…
by Chris Roberts

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