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MUSIC: (Addendum) A Cheatsheet for Local DIY Music Media

Compiled by Paul Lundgren — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 05:00:00 GMT

From local 'zines to your computer screens (and a few things in between). Paul Lundgren gives a cheatsheet with quick links to a sampling of homegrown DIY music media offerings.

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POV a+E Issue 17.1: First-Person Fashion Research

Jessica Bennett — Wed, 09 May 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Jessica Bennett's entertaining account of her quest for a wearably chic wardrobe with tips for the best off-the-beaten track shops to satisfy just about any woman's inner fashionista.

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EXCHANGE a+E Issue 16.1: Four Wordsmiths Weigh In on the State of Poetry in Minnesota

Desdamona at the mic. Photo courtesy the artist. — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Stephen Burt explains why page poetry flourishes here and Lightsey Darst hints that Minnesota's weather may take part of the credit. Desdamona defies the line between music and poetry, and Lorena Duarte argues for a marriage of the page and the stage.

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Point of View: Lightsey Darst

Access+ENGAGE — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 08:00:00 GMT

Lightsey Darst will produce "What Light: This Week's Poem." We're delighted to be able to offer this feature with the help of Magers and Quinn, a bookstore whose championing of writers makes it a great destination for readers.

ZOOM IN: Photographer and Collage Artist Richard C. Johnson

This profile originally appeared in access+ENGAGE Issue 20.1: The Things We Keep — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Richard C. Johnson's surprising juxtapositions and unflinching artistic candor pack a visceral punch. As a bonus, click through to the collection of collage and photography that accompanies this article, with wry annotations by the artist himself.

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access+ENGAGE Issue 24: What Dreams Are Made Of

What Dreams Are Made Of — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 06:00:00 GMT

--Featuring a conversation with artist Michael Thomsen about the lure of the circus and how his first job as a kid, sorting through junk drawers of the recently deceased, left its mark on his artwork

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FILM: Look Again At India: Filmmaker Simone Ahuja of Blood Orange Media

Profile by Susannah Schouweiler — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 06:00:00 GMT

Minneapolis filmmaker Simone Ahuja sets out to tell the untold stories of contemporary India and, in the process, challenges you to rethink what you thought you knew about this up-and-coming "Asian Tiger".

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POV a+E Issue 20.1: A Collector Looks Like Me

Essay by Kathleen Kvern — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 05:00:00 GMT

mnartists.org Project Director Kathleen Kvern muses on the instinctively human joy of gathering personal treasures

POV a+E Issue 21.1: First Crayons, Essay by Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl

Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Acclaimed food and wine critic Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl muses on the perils and pleasures of trying to raise a creative kid.

image: Detail from "Grow or Die" by Sarah Sze

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image: White Painting by Robert Rauschenberg

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Leave No Dot Behind

Brady Bergeson — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Writer Brady Bergeson joins photographer Andrew Filer for an afternoon of "dot" hunting and gives us the skinny on the "Everydot Project" and why this artist aims to document every small town on the official Minnesota highway map.

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access+ENGAGE Issue 67.1: All the World's a Stage

aE 67.1: All the World's a Stage — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT

This issue's featured banner artist is J. Wasyk, editorial coverage is dominated by this year's Fringe reviewers

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access+ENGAGE Issue 66.2: Playing Well with Others

aE 66.2: Playing Well with Others — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Highlights include featured banner artists Adam Caillier and Michael Mott, reviews of Eclectic Edge Dance Ensemble and new work by Chris Yon and Kaleena Miller, plus a profile of the new collaboration between Bedlam, Mixed Blood and their Somali neighbors

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image: Banner artists Adam Caillier and Michael Mott

access+ENGAGE Issue 66.1: Common Goods

aE 66.1: Common Goods — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Features include a personal art history of the "meat dress," the Zine Apothecary, reviews of the McKnight Photo Fellows' shows and the dance performances at New Works 4 Weeks, and more

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access+ENGAGE Issue 64.1: Imagined Vistas

aE 64.1: Imagined Vistas — Fri, 13 May 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Highlights include reviews of Zenon Dance Company's spring season and this year's SCUBA Touring Network performances, as well as a new mnLIT flash fiction finalist and the introduction of a weekly blog feature, "Tipsheet"

image: Banner artist Alexa Horochowski, in her leathers at an iron pour

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access+ENGAGE Issue 62.2: Roots and Wings

aE 62.2: Roots and Wings — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 06:00:00 GMT

Including an essay on jazz by Jeremy Walker, a review of two recent exhibitions at the Minneapolis Photo Center, a haunting poem by mnLIT finalist Colleen Coyne, and a charming primer-cum-tribute to the work of acclaimed artist Kinji Akagawa

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