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Tag: Arts

Another girl, another dragon tattoo

dgaraets August 23, 2011, 12:10 PM Aug 23, 2011
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Why do movie companies feel the need to remake perfectly good foreign films?

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More from the State Fair

dgaraets August 22, 2011, 12:43 PM Aug 22, 2011
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Your name on a bench, brick or table.

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Ready … set …

dgaraets August 22, 2011, 5:00 AM Aug 22, 2011
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The State Fair is nearly here.

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Terry Pratchett and needless suffering

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 11, 2011, 11:38 AM Aug 11, 2011
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Terry Pratchett wants the option of taking his own life. But he’s not in favor of some others taking theirs.

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The subway Sinatra

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 2, 2011, 2:51 PM Aug 2, 2011

Saint Paul light-rail-construction workers, you’re not going to let Gary Russo of New York outshine you, are you?

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What MTV says about us

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 1, 2011, 3:33 PM Aug 1, 2011
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How today’s commemoration of MTV missed the point.

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Death of a poet’s poet

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 29, 2011, 12:12 PM Jul 29, 2011

Roy McBride passed away last night.

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Leonard Parker, 90

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 25, 2011, 3:49 PM Jul 25, 2011
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The Minneapolis-based architect had a hand in some of the state and the county’s most iconic buildings.

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The corpse springs to life

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 29, 2011, 12:27 PM Jun 29, 2011
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The corpse flower is in bloom in St. Paul, but only for a few more hours.

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Campaigns and songs people are sick of hearing

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 28, 2011, 2:15 PM Jun 28, 2011
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Tom Petty is reportedly upset that Rep. Michele Bachmann played his song, ‘American Girl,’ at the conclusion of her announcement that she wants to be president of the United States.

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What’s at the end of the rainbow? A bridge

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 25, 2011, 9:21 AM Jun 25, 2011
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The I-35W bridge in Minneapolis may be the most photographed structure in Minnesota this weekend.

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Time-lapse Rock the Garden

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 20, 2011, 2:11 PM Jun 20, 2011

Here’s the official Walker Art Center time-lapse video of Saturday’s Rock the Garden concert, also sponsored by The Current.

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All the Lawson Building’s a stage

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 1, 2011, 2:36 PM Jun 1, 2011
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To those not clued in, there appeared to be a jail break today at the Lawson Software building in downtown Saint Paul.

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News graffiti

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 11, 2011, 11:12 AM May 11, 2011
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Here are some examples of modern-day graffiti that might — or might not — live on after the news that inspired it vanishes.

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Spontaneous musicals

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 9, 2011, 12:36 PM May 9, 2011

Improv Everywhere has released the fourth in its series of spontaneous musicals.

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