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We're excited to announce that our forthcoming book - 101 One Yard Wonders - has officially been turned into the publisher and all pages are proofed!

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1.Franklin Art WorksNexTenBenefit:Franklin Artworks turns ten years old with a benefit celebration and auction on Saturday November 7thfrom 7pm to 11pm. The auction features an impressive lineup ...

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Join us for a conversation and reception with Jeff Hnilicka of FEAST Bklyn. Interested in new funding models for the arts? Come and hear from Jeff Hnilicka about the FEAST (Funding Emerging Artists with Sustainable Tactics) event that he created in Brooklyn and how it is being duplicated in Minneapolis and beyond. www....FEASTMPLS.org
4:30-6:00pm, Tuesday, November 10th.
Springboard for the Arts
308 Prince Street, suite 270
Saint Paul, MN 55101
SCHEDULE
4:30-5:00 Jeff presentation
5:00-5:30 Q & A
5:30-6:00 wine and cheese reception
ABOUT FEAST:
FEAST is a recurring public dinner designed to use community-driven financial support to democratically fund new and emerging artmakers.
At each FEAST, participants will pay a sliding-scale entrance fee for which they will receive supper and a ballot. Diners will vote on a variety of proposed artist projects. At the end of dinner, the artist whose proposal receives the most votes will be awarded funds collected through the entrance fee to produce the project. The work will then be presented during the next FEASTRead More
4:30-6:00pm, Tuesday, November 10th.
Springboard for the Arts
308 Prince Street, suite 270
Saint Paul, MN 55101
SCHEDULE
4:30-5:00 Jeff presentation
5:00-5:30 Q & A
5:30-6:00 wine and cheese reception
ABOUT FEAST:
FEAST is a recurring public dinner designed to use community-driven financial support to democratically fund new and emerging artmakers.
At each FEAST, participants will pay a sliding-scale entrance fee for which they will receive supper and a ballot. Diners will vote on a variety of proposed artist projects. At the end of dinner, the artist whose proposal receives the most votes will be awarded funds collected through the entrance fee to produce the project. The work will then be presented during the next FEASTRead More
Time:4:30PM Tuesday, November 10th
Location:Springboard for the Arts

mnartists.org Camille LeFevre assesses the latest big "world premiere, full-length" story ballet by the Royal Winnipeg Ballet at Northrop and asks, "is it truly enough for such a production to be merely enjoyable and entertaining?" She makes the case for more ambitious big-ticket ballet premieres rather than opting for crowd-pleasing, safer (and blander) fare.
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November 3, 2009 Dance critic Camille LeFevre weighs in on what makes for truly extraordinary big-ticket ballet, and specifically, on the latest world premiere at Northrop, "Moulin Rouge" by the Royal Winnipeg Ballet.

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The
first of our mnLIT commissions, accompanied by a handpicked selection
of artwork by MN artists, is up today. "The Four Hermans," a really,
truly, wonderfully weird story by one of this year's miniStories grand prize-winners, Brian Beatty.
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November 4, 2009 "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 ...

mnartists.org A tribute for beloved Minnesota poet Bill Holm -- where friends, colleagues and fellow poets will share stories and read some of his poems -- is scheduled for November 2, 7 pm, at Plymouth Congregational Church in Minneapolis.
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October 29, 2009 Britt Aamodt talks to friends and colleagues of poet Bill Holm, who died in February at the age of 65. A tribute in honor of Holm and his posthumously published collection of poems, will occur November 2 at Plymouth Congregational Church in Minneapolis.

mnartists.org Check it out! Call for Performance Proposals for the 2010 Art Shanty Projects!
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mnartists.org A simply lovely essay by Quinton Skinner on Mixed Blood Theatre's new production (directed by the venerable Aditi Kapil), "Ruined" by Lynn Nottage.
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October 28, 2009 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.

mnartists.org Artist David Zink Yi is giving a presentation tonight at Midway Contemporary at 7pm. The talk is free and open to the public.

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I have been a bad blogger. I think everyone has good intentions and high aspirations when they start blogging….particularly as to frequency. I tend to over-think things…everything simple turns into a long (and probably uninteresting project). ...






























