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Friday, May 9, 2008
Renovate
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In an attempt to bring the works of up-and-coming choreographers to the masses, curators Lisa Conlin and Julie Warder have brought together talents such as Lindsay Hunter, John Munger, Marciano Silva dos Santos, Tamin Totzke and Dustin Haug, Sarah Jacobs, and many more in this showcase of fresh work and talent. |
Polara CD Release
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Frontman Ed Ackerson released a solo album last year, and now his band, Polara, celebrates the release of its latest album, Beekeeping. With The Alarmists, Mercurial Rage, and Mood Swings. |
Gigantour featuring Megadeth
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With a name like Megadeth, you better be in the midst of a cross-country Gigantour. (Sponsored, fittingly, by Hot Topic, the store of choice for angst-ridden teens.) It’s hard to believe the thrash metal band has been around for nearly three decades, but oddly enough, they’re practically a nostalgia act now. After breaking up a few years back, the semi-original lineup reunited and released United Abominations. Also playing: In Flames, Children of Bodom, Job for a Cowboy, and High On Fire. |
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Lily Tomlin
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From her debut on Merv Griffin to Laugh-In to SNL’s unforgettable Ernestine, Lily Tomlin has been a leading comedienne for almost forty years. She brings a collection of her best bits and characters to the O’Shaughnessy for A Night of Classic Lily Tomlin. |
Old Minnesota: Song of the North Star
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In honor of the state's 150th birthday, Warren Nelson and the Big Top Chautauqua bring Minnesota's musical history to life through music. Minnesota's history in farming, mining, shipping, and logging is told through original music by fourteen musicians and singers, set against historical images. |
T-Pain
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The popular rapper has enjoyed success off of his hit singles "Low" and "Buy U a Drank," and is also known for his collaborations on such hits as Kanye West's "Good Life" (for which he won a Grammy) and Chris Brown's "Kiss Kiss." |
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Mother's Day Brunch with The Petersons
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Fitting that the first family of Minnesota jazz led by the first matriarch of musical Minnesota families—Jeanne Arland Peterson—performs at the Dakota for a special Mother’s Day brunch. Jeanne, Linda, Patty, and Tracy perform during the day show, and are then joined by a few of the Peterson boys for an evening performance. |
The Kills
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American Alison Mosshart and Brit Jamie Hince met (innocently) in a hotel, struck up a songwriting partnership, and spent a lot of money mailing tapes across the Atlantic before Mosshart moved to London. After five years and three studio albums, The Kills released Midnight Boom—and boom it did. Now one of the hottest bands on the Indie circuit, the band is on heavy rotation on The Current, and the single “Sour Cherry” received Indie rock’s ultimate prize—a spot as the background music of a Gossip Girl promo. |
Historic Statehood Day Celebration
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Minnesota turns the big 1-5-0! That means 150 years of flour, mosquitoes, and SPAM. To celebrate, the State Capitol is throwing a birthday bash, complete with costumed historic characters, art activities, live music, reproductions of the state constitution, and visits to the roof of the capitol to see the illustrious golden horses.
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Monday, May 12, 2008
Dream Theater
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Dream Theater performs its theatrical metal, with Opeth and Between the Buried and Me. |
Augustana
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The San Diego-based boys of Augustana may be, oddly enough, best known for their 2006 breakout hit "Boston." The band's latest album is Can't Love, Can't Hurt, featuring the single "Sweet and Low." |
Twins vs. Boston
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See the boys of summer take on the reigning world champs. 6:05 p.m. |
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Clinic
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These lads from Liverpool have been rocking their way through pubs and bars across the world for nearly a decade, churning out experimental hit after experimental hit off their eclectic albums. The band's latest, Do It! proves to be no different. |
Flight of the Conchords
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Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement make up Flight of the Conchords, a pop, folk, and comedy duo that blends guitar, bongos, and folk-rap with comedic timing. |
MIA
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The rapping Sri Lankan sensation sold-out First Avenue last time she was in town, and rumor was tickets were selling on the street for upwards of $300. Myth's a lot bigger, so there is no excuse to miss her this time around. |
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
The Helio Sequence
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The Helio Sequence is a Modest Mouse spin-off band on Sub Pop Records whose most recent album is Keep Your Eyes Ahead. On this last disc the band's sound changed in part due to the lead singer damaging his vocal chords and having to learn to sing again. With Gray Skies and Sika. |
Mary Tillman
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The mother of Pat Tillman, the NFL pro turned Army Ranger after 9/11 who was killed by fellow rangers in Afghanistan, discusses Boots On The Ground By Dusk: My Tribute To Pat Tillman. |
KT Tunstall
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It took a few years for Tunstall's 2004 release, Eye to the Telescope, to spawn a hit stateside, but in 2006 it seemed everyone was humming the "woo hoo" refrain from "One Black Horse and The Cherry Tree." She's now on tour with her new album, Drastic Fantastic. |
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Neal Karlen
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Neal Karlen presents his book, The Story of Yiddish: How a Mish-Mosh of Languages Saved the Jews. |
Subtle
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Subtle performs indie and experimental rock, plus abstract hip-hop. |
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The Museum of Russian Art scholarship director Brad Shinkle gives a guided tour of the museum's latest exhibit, Raising the Banner: The Art of Geli Korzhev.
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Mpls.St.Paul's Megan Wiley talks to local songstress Haley Bonar about her follow-up to 2006's Lure the Fox during a recording session
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Zenon Dance Company's executive director, Linda Andrews, discusses the secrets
to her company's success during Zenon's twenty-fifth Anniversary celebration at the
Guthrie Theater.
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Mpls.St.Paul Magazine's Steve Marsh talks to wheelchair softball team the Rolling Twins at a scrimmage against rival team the St. Paul Saints.
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Katie Derdoski chats with the masses of Prince fans in line to buy tickets for the Ultimate Prince Xperience.
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Andrew Zimmern takes us behind the scenes at The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. (Plus, catch a glimpse of Felicity Huffman, Paris Hilton, and The Cranberries!)
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Chicago-based Andrew Bird performed at First Avenue in May 2007 in support of his new CD, Armchair Apocrypha. Before the show, he chatted with Mpls.St.Paul's Megan Wiley about how he brought whistling into his music, why he performs with Minneapolis musicians (currently Martin Dosh and Jeremy Ylvisaker), and his decision to make this tour green.
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Photographer Annie Griffiths Belt has worked for National Geographic for twenty-five years travelling the world over and taking her kids along for the ride. Hear about life on the road during this installment of National Geographic Live!
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Local band Tapes 'N Tapes are on a roll, releasing their highly-anticipated second album this month.
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To 12 million YouTube viewers, Tay Zonday is, “that guy on the internet with the
weird, deep voice.” This is pretty much how he was introduced before his
appearances on Jimmy Kimmel or Good Morning, America, too.
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Steve Marsh chats it up with Diablo Cody, the twenty-nine-year-old, writer, former stripper, just-gone-Hollywood screenwriter.
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Three years after leaving the Jayhawks, Gary Louris still sings about pain.
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Yohannes Tona, the frontman of The Yohannes Tona Band, has become a fixture on the Twin Cities jazz scene, playing an infectious brand of funk-fusion he calls "Afrounkjazz."
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For the past thirteen years, Barbara Brooks has transformed the Minnesota Jewish Theatre into one of the area's most reliably interesting small theater companies.
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Mpls.St.Paul's Tad Simons sat down with Osmo Vänskä, music director for the Minnesota Orchestra, to chat about the art of conducting.
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When the Laureanos took over the Minnesota Youth Symphonies in 1988, the program
had dropped from 300 in the early 1980s to a mere 56 students. Now, more than 400 kids participate in MYS.
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Frank Theatre artistic director Wendy Knox has been doing things her way for eighteen years, and she isn’t about to stop now.
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