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To Appreciate or to Feel? That is the Question

Lightsey Darst — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT

Lightsey Darst elegantly deconstructs her experience of "The Good Dance," as envisioned by Brooklyn's Reggie Wilson and Senegal's Andreya Ouamba; in the process, she offers trenchant insights about the varied ways art may work on the viewer.

image: Photo from "The Good Dance: Reggie Wilson/Andreya Ouamba"

image: Production photo from "The Good Dance"

image: "The Good Dance: Reggie Wilson/Andreya Ouamba" was on stage at the Walker, November 12-14

mnLIT presents: Elizabeth Dingmann

Elizabeth Dingmann — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT

This week's mnLIT-winning piece, "Double Bound" by Elizabeth Dingmann, was selected for the 2009 cycle of mnartists.org's What Light Poetry Project by poet Leslie Adrienne Miller.

image: mnLIT: What Light Poetry Project and the miniStories flash fiction competition

Hard Rhymes

Britt Aamodt — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT

Britt Aamodt delves into the story of a recession-era poet and a fateful, life-changing phone call -- she chats with Bryan Thao Worra about poetry, the uncertain terrain of personal history, and the day he heard from the NEA.

image: BARROW by Bryan Thao Worra (Sam's Dot Publishing, 2009)

mnLIT Original: "The Four Hermans"

Brian Beatty — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT

"The Four Hermans" by Brian Beatty is the first of our newly commissioned pieces by the 2009 mnLIT grand prize-winning poets and writers. Each work will be accompanied by a curated selection of work drawn from mnartists.org's vast database of artists.

image: Ruben Nusz, "Naturaleza Muerta #11 (Tear Down These Walls)"

image: Joseph Sinness, "Lot of You Left In Me"

image: Mark Davison, "Three-Faced Clown Box"

image: Benny Moreno, "Reply to Marx"

aE Issue 47: Art for All

aE Issue 47: Art for All — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT

Highlights include an extensive listing of Holiday art sales and shows, a newly commissioned mnLIT story, two profiles of notable MN poets, and a review of Mixed Blood's "Ruined."

image: Banner artist Brian Nickila

image: One for the Road: FEAST MPLS

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The Boundaries of Force and Harm

Quinton Skinner — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Theater critic Quinton Skinner weighs in on Mixed Blood's new production, Lynn Nottage's "Ruined", directed by Aditi Kapil. He calls it a "play of startling intelligence and acuity," a powerful story of survival in extremity.

image: Regina Marie Williams ("Mama Nadi")

image: Production photo for "Ruined"

image: Production photo of cast of "Ruined"

image: Regina Marie Williams ("Mama Nadi")

image: Celeste Jones ("Sophie") and Regina Marie Williams ("Mama Nadi")

image: Celeste Jones ("Sophie"), Bruce Young ("Christian") and Gavin Lawrence

image: Regina Marie Williams, Bruce Young, Namir Smallwood, and Payton Woodson

Old-Time Radio 2.0

David Doody — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Writer David Doody profiles the creative team behind Radio Happy Hour, two guys who have been refashioning playfully zany old-time radio shows for hip, young audiences -- first in Minneapolis and now, New York City.

image: Sam Osterhout

image: Geoff Herbach

Inside the Cabinet of Wonders

Andy Sturdevant — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

An engaging essay by Andy Sturdevant on the perennial lure of strange and beautiful objects, written in honor of mnartists.org's inaugural ARTmn exhibition, "The Precious Object", which opens September 18 at the Hennepin County Library in Minneapolis.

image: ARTmn: "The Precious Object" (September 18 - January 3, 2010)

image: Beth Barron, "Message of Emptiness" (2008)

image: James F. Cleary, "Lausketeer (Dampfboot Willi)" (2009)

image: Andy Ducett, "It Could Have Happened Yesterday or it Could have Happened Today", detail (2009)

image: Alison Hiltner, "Mimicry" (2009)

image: Ginny Maki, "54847" from the "Small Towns Project," detail (2008)

image: Paula McCartney, ""Break Up #5" (2008)

image: Margaret Wall Romana, "Painting Painting" (with van der Weyden) (2009)

image: Joan Oas Iron Moccasin, "Woman of the House" (2009)

image: Liz Miller, "Techno Deluge" (partial view) (2008)

image: Sam Spiczka, "Mercury" (2009)

image: Karl Unnasch, "Made in the USA" (2009)

image: Kristin Van Dorn, "Phase I" (2008)

image: Erik Waterkotte, "To Grant a Lacking Status/From Those About to Disappear" (2008)

image: Michon Weeks, "Mississippi" (2009)

Episode 37, Some Assembly Required

Jon Nelson — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Some Assembly Required is a weekly focus on sample based music and audio art. Host Jon Nelson explores the world of sound collage via this weekly podcast of his nationally syndicated radio program.

Episode 241, Some Assembly Required

Jon Nelson — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Some Assembly Required is a weekly focus on sample based music and audio art. Host Jon Nelson explores the world of sound collage via this weekly podcast of his nationally syndicated radio program.

Episode 151, Some Assembly Required

Jon Nelson — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Some Assembly Required is a weekly focus on sample based music and audio art. Host Jon Nelson explores the world of sound collage via this weekly podcast of his nationally syndicated radio program.

Episode 240, Some Assembly Required

Jon Nelson — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Some Assembly Required is a weekly focus on sample based music and audio art. Host Jon Nelson explores the world of sound collage via this weekly podcast of his nationally syndicated radio program.

Rostrum Universal Robots (R.U.R.)

Todd Wardrope — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

An interview with Christopher Kidder about Commedia Beauregard's production of Rostrum's Universal Robots. Features performance highlights.

800 Words: The Transmigration of Phillip K. Dick

Todd Wardrope — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Interviews with Playwright Victoria Stewart and Actor Maggie Chestovich about the Workhaus production of "800 Words: The Transmigration of Phillip K. Dick". Features performance highlights.

Caligula

Todd Wardrope — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:00:00 GMT

An interview with John Heimbuch about Walking Shadow Theatre Company's production of Albert Camus' Caligula. Features performance highlights.