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September - October

January

January 3
Mayors for the Arts
Blind Melon
Bryant Lake Bowl: Trickboxing
Theater Gallery: Sunrise Cafe
Turf Club: Baptism River Ramblers
Walker Art Center: Out There 15
Poetry by John Colburn
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January 10
Legislative Session Debrief
Minnesota Dance Theatre
Colleen Kruse
Karl Raschke: An Ideal for Living
Park Square Theatre: Copenhagen
Great American History Theatre: Revelations of Mann
Homegrown: Silage
Poetry by John Colburn
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January 17
VACUM
Dakota Live!
Commentary: What You Can Do For Theater
D.R. Martin: Chasing Cartier-Bresson
Pigs Eye Theatre: Twelfth Night
Prime Time Dance Series
Poetry by John Colburn
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January 24
State of the Arts: Sioux Falls
Eric Stokes Song Contest
Minnesota Museum of American Art: An Artist's Paradise
Stages Theater: And a Child Shall Lead Them
Happy Apple: Youth Oriented
Antarctic Visions and Voices
Poetry by John Colburn
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January 31
Stories from Montevideo
Eclipse Records
400 Bar: Friends Like These
Dale Warland Singers: Rachmaninoff's Vespers
Intermedia Arts: Absolute Originals
Frank Theatre: The Love Song of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Poetry by John Colburn
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February

February 7
Playing Less Hurt
Ben Weaver
First Avenue: Midwest Poetry Slam
Theater Mu: Falling Flowers
Ragamala Music and Dance Theater with Speaking in Tongues
St. Cloud Paramount Theatre: GLBT Film Fest
Poetry by Thadra Sheridan
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February 14
Poets Against War
Central Minnesota Arts Board
Jessy Greene
Southern Theater: Thirst!
Artists' Quarter: Gordy Johnson
Penumbra Theatre: Two Trains Running
Mary Worth Theatre Company: Crazyface
Poetry by Thadra Sheridan
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February 21
Walker Latitudes
Haley Bonar
Creative Electric Studios
Southern Theater: Bakken Trio
Bryant Lake Bowl: A Whisper in the Noise
Loring Playhouse: Sunday in the Park with George
Poetry by Thadra Sheridan
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February 28
Arts Advocacy Day
State of the Arts: Regional Funding Cuts
Franklin Art Works: Mary Esch and Ben Riesman
The Red Eye: Dare to Breathe
Oak Street Cinema: Kirusawa Retrospective
Jungle Theater: Lobby Hero
Poetry by Thadra Sheridan
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March

March 7
Bowling for Bryant Lake Bowl
Hard Weather Makes Good Wood
Minneapolis Institute of Art: Bill Klaila's Grotto
Walker Art Center: Tropicalia Now
Guthrie Theater: Six Degrees of Separation
Park Square Theatre: Mary Stuart
Poetry by Anna George Meek
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March 14
Brilliant Corners
Painter Teresa Cox
Punk Comic Strip
Minnesota Center for Photography: The Photographic Gesture
Southern Theater: Miniatures
Walker Art Center: Women with Vision
St. Cloud: Ring of Kerry
Poetry by Anna George Meek
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March 21
Minnesota Dance Theater: Contemporary Ballet
Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus: Simply Sondheim
Dinkytowner Cafe: Winter Blanket
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March 28
Two Artists on War
Dominique Serrand
Pangea World Theater: Shelter
Hjack: The Yoko Ono Show
Outward Spiral: In the Heart of America
Lee's Liquor Lounge: Big Ditch Road
Poetry by Anna George Meek
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April

April 4
West Bank Snapshot
Highpoint Center for Printmaking
Radio K goes FM
Southern Theater: Get Happy
Hayor Bibimma Dance Theatre
St. Cloud: My House is Your Breathing
Minnesota Film Arts: 21st Annual International Film Festival
Poetry by Stephen Burt
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April 11
Arab American Culture
DSSO Success
Intermedia Arts: Dancing From Shadows
Penumbra Theatre: Seven Guitars
Great American History Theatre: Main Street
Northern Clay Center: American Pottery Festival
Poetry by Stephen Burt
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April 18
Perpich Center
Flatland Closes
Stand On Your Man
Turf Club: Hungry Horse
Woman's Club of Minneapolis: Alicia Renee
Minneapolis Theatre Garage: Dinner With Friends
Playwrights' Center: The Nose
Poetry by Stephen Burt
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April 25
Montevideo Art
Bootleg Minneapolis
Red Eye Theater: Catalyst Dances
Brilliant Corners: Laura Cavianni
Guthrie Lab: Alladeen
Katherine M. Nash Gallery: MFA exhibit
Poetry by Stephen Burt
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May

May 2
Arts as Educational Standard
TC Theatre and Film
Illusion Theatre: Glue Factory
Bryant Lake Bowl: Jack Norton's Wizard Oil Vaudeville Co.
Various Venues: Lodge Magic
Kelly Rae Theiss Gallery: Kelly Connole
Poetry by Richard Broderick
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May 9
Musical Landscapes in Color
Three Bands, Three CDs
Skewed Visions: The Orange Grove
Fargo Moorhead Community Theatre: Sacagawea
Southern Theater: Stuart Pimsler Dance and Theater
Peterskin Wolf: 85 and Up
Poetry by Richard Broderick
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May 16
KFAI's Sugar Shop
2am Bar Closing
Commonweal Theatre: Beautiful Again
Turf Club: Ol'Yeller
Ballet of the Dolls: Sleeping Beauty
Weisman Art Museum: Trace Evidence
Poetry by Richard Broderick
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May 23
State Arts Board Funding
Tiki Obmar
CalibanCo: Suddenly, Last Summer
Cedar Cultural Center: Electropolis
Illusion Theater: Zenon Dance Company
Minneapolis Institute of Arts: Long Afternoon
Poetry by Richard Broderick
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May 30
Bonding for the Arts
Grand Young Day
Penumbra Theatre: King Hedley II
Theatre de la Jeune Lune: Figaro
Theater Gallery: Our Garage
Groveland Gallery: Fred Hagstrom
Poetry by Richard Broderick
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June

June 6
Crossing the Channel at the MIA
Theater Critic's Conference
Ten Thousand Things Theater Company: The Island
15 Head Theatre: The VI Wives of Henry the VIII
Brookside Tavern: Chris Silver
Flying Foot Forum: Woeful Tale of the Enchanted Pudding Pot
Poetry by Desdamona
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June 13
Cloud Cuckooland
Juneteenth Music
Park Square Theatre: Melville Slept Here
North Star Opera: The Red Mill
Various venues: Mary Cutrufello
Groveland Gallery: Stuart Klipper
Poetry by Desdamona
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June 20
St. Louis Park Art
Tom Linker
Bowmaker
The Playwrights' Center: Small Tragedy
The Rose Ensemble: Cathedrals of Tudor England
Artists' Quarter: Pete Whitman and X-tet
Forecast: Site Lines
Poetry by Desdamona
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June 27
Play Less Hurt
The Fifty Foot Penguin Theater at The Cedar Riverside People's Center: The Quick and the Red
University of Minnesota's Ted Mann Concert Hall: Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus
The Seventh Street Entry: Poor Line Condition
Red Eye Theater: Summer Splash
Poetry by Desdamona
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July

July 4
Patriotic Music
World Saxophone Congress
Illusion Theater: Kuwait
Great American History Theatre: Sisters of Swing
Chanhassen Dinner Theatres: Sound of Music
Flanders: Kinetic Sculpture
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July 11
Fully Committed
Northern Minnesota Writers
Park Avenue United Methodist Church: Soul Liberation
Jungle Theater: Orson Welles Rehearses Moby Dick
Walker Art Center: The Squared Circle
Intermedia Arts: Black Choreographers
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July 18
Caricature Artist
Fitzgerald
Loading Dock Theater: This is Our Youth
Grumpy's Bar: Northeast Festival
Weinstein Gallery: Circus of the Night
Southern Theater: Jawaahir Dance Company
Poetry by Paul Dickenson
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July 25
gb leighton
Eskit
Theatre Limina: Starkweather
Loring Park: Carei Thomas
Tweed Museum of Art: Gilbert Munger
Eclectic Edge Ensemble: Ella Suena
Poetry by Paul Dickenson
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August

August 1
Fringe Festival
Strange Places
Park Square Theatre: The Mystery of Irma Vep
Newton Hills State Park: Folk Festival
Center for Independent Artists: Salamat
Kellie Rae Theiss Gallery: Girls with Guns
Greysolon Plaza: Bridget Riversmith
Poetry by Mike Finley
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August 8
Fringe Festival
Voice Coach
Theatre in the Round: Mikado
3 Legged Race: Summer Blizzard
Theatre de la Juene Lune: Kubla Khan
Greysolon Plaza: Bridget Riversmith
Poetry by Mike Finley
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August 15
Nickel and Dimed
Songs from Tallgrass Prairie
Bassoon Quartet
Western Sculpture Park: Hmong Art Festival
Intermedia Arts: Hip Hop Celebration
Theatre de la Jeune Lune: Festival of Appropriation
Minnesota Center for Photography: Civil Rights in Minnesota
Poetry by Mike Finley
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August 22
The Saxophonist
Martin Dewitt
Le Cirque Rouge de Gus
Lee's Liquor Lounge: Mike Gunther
Loring Playhouse: Falsettos
Kiehle Gallery: Carol Emmons
Cedar Riverside People's Center: The House of Yes
Poetry by Mike Finley
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August 29
Digital Access
Jean Rochard
Fargo Theatre: Fargo Folk Festival
Brilliant Corners: Kelly Rossum Quintet
The Minneapolis Institue of Arts: Art That's Really Moving
Southern Theater: Body and Soul
Poetry by Mike Finley
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September

September 5
Prospect Park Players
Eco Records
Inside Out Gallery: Surfacing: Raku and Fiber Art Collaborative
Center for Independent Artists: The Paper Mover
The Children's Theatre Company: Amber Waves
The Walker Art Center: Bollywood
Poetry: Kate Green
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September 12
Carmen Funebre
Central Standard Film Festival
Playwrights' Center: Tales of Ovid
Southern Theater: Mississippi/Volga Dance Exhange Project
Sundin Music Hall: Ben Woolman
Belbas Theatre, Washington Pavilion: Intimate Beethoven and Berlioz
Poetry: Kate Green
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September 19
The Future of Penumbra Theater
St. Cloud Paramount Theater
Theater Mu: Interior Designs
Starting Gate Theater: Period of Adjustment
Franklin Art Works: Stacey Davidson and Larry Bemm
Lee's Liquor Lounge: Umbrella Bed
Poetry: Kate Green
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September 26
Musical Crossroads
Los Nativos
Park Square Theatre: Shirley Valentine
The Loring Playhouse: Burning Patience
O'Shaughnessy Auditorium: All That is Solid Melts into Air
Various Venues: Sound Unseen
Poetry: Kate Green
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October

October 3
The Cradle Will Rock
Werner Bischof Photography
Mixed Blood Theatre: Sweet Nothing in My Ear
Southern Theater: Gambling, Again
Groveland Gallery: Stella Ebner
Fine Line Music Cafe: DeStijl
Poetry: Jim Heynen
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October 10
Chris Brubeck
Playwrights' Center: Quick Silver
West Bank Arts Quarter: Various Platforms
Historic Pantages Theatre: Various Performances
Artist's Quarter: David Hagedorn
Poetry: Jim Heynen
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October 17
Sherwin Linton
Pillsbury House Theatre: Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train
Southern Theater: Morgan Thorson Dance Company
Turf Club: House of Mercy
Poetry: Jim Heynen
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October 24
Dakota Bar and Grill
Rank Strangers
Minneapolis Theatre Garage: Slither
Bryant Lake Bowl: Ben Connelly
Benedicta Arts Center: St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra
Bryant Lake Bowl: Knock Knock It's Your Husband: 7 Comic Operas in 90 Minutes
Poetry: Jim Heynen
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October 31
Minnesota Orchestra
Weisman Birthday Bash
Illusion Theater: Berlin to Broadway
Southern Theater: Sister India
Oak Street Cinema: 3rd Annual Get Real Festival
Poetry: Jim Heynen
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November

November 7
Evidence of Democracy
Michelle Kinney
The 400 Bar: Natalie Lovejoy
The Center for Independent Artists: Atash Tanbur Group
O'Shaughnessy Auditorium: Four Seasons
Loading Dock Theater: Little Murders
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November 14
State of the Arts
Hang Ups
Walt Whitman
Artists' Quarter: Test Type Trio
Southern Theatre: Manton
Mixed Blood Theatre: TOPDOG/UNDERDOG
Minnesota Institue of Arts: PRSS
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