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1. Theater

   Shakespeare Gets Punked

   What would happen if Patti Smith gave birth to Hamlet? Something like 'God Save Gertrude'

   By Quinton Skinner

   Published: January 30, 2008

   GOD SAVE GERTRUDE Workhaus Collective at the Playwrights' Center through February 10612.332.7481 You know how it goes: You grow up and you calm down. Next thing you know,...

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   Daniel Tosh

   By P.F. Wilson

   Published: January 30, 2008

   Little of what comedian Daniel Tosh talks about onstage has any basis in truth, and he'll be the first to tell you that. "I just make stuff up," he confesses. "If I can get to...

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   The Crimes and Confessions of Kip Knutzen: A Hockey Way of Knowledge

   By Caroline Palmer

   Published: January 30, 2008

   Deke Weaver may perform internationally these days, but he grew up in Minnetonka and still has a soft spot in his heart for hockey. This performance outdoes the Coen brothers...

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   Kruddler CD-Release Show

   By Pat O'Brien

   Published: January 30, 2008

   With a name taken from the episode of The Simpsons that found Bette Middler appearing on the Krusty Komeback Special ("We once owned a racehorse together—Kruddler!") and...

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   Isaac Witty

   By P.F. Wilson

   Published: January 30, 2008

   A native of Tulsa, comedian Isaac Witty spent several years in Minneapolis before moving to New York and eventually Los Angeles. "The comedy scene is really good in...

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   Tectonic Industries

   By Ben Palosaari

   Published: January 30, 2008

   Alfred Hitchcock fans, be warned: Franklin Artworks and artists Tectonic Industries are deconstructing the classic avian horror The Birds. Tectonic Industries' installation...

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   Monty Alexander

   By Rick Mason

   Published: January 30, 2008

   Pianist Monty Alexander, whose fine mix of lyricism and percussive technique has often earned him comparisons to Oscar Peterson, has played in numerous formats during his...

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   Working Through Architecture: Architecture and Agritecture

   By Jessica Armbruster

   Published: January 30, 2008

   In an era filled with McMansions, cubical farms, and warehouse-style superstores, it's hard to imagine what pleasant things historians will have to say about some of our modern...

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   Bitter Fruits

   By Jessica Armbruster

   Published: January 30, 2008

   To see how women, or at least the concept of femininity, has inspired artists throughout the years, one simply needs to peruse the art history section of Barnes & Noble. Women...

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    Gregory Maguire

    By Ben Palosaari

    Published: January 30, 2008

    Most famous for penning Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, which re-imagined The Wizard of Oz and was transformed into a hit Broadway musical, Gregory...

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    Pauline Chen

    By Ben Palosaari

    Published: January 30, 2008

    It's a sad fact of life: Some people just get all the talent, leaving everybody else trying to grind out a life with minimal capabilities, constantly striving for adequacy....

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    Ari Hoenig/Jean-Michel Pilc Project

    By Rick Mason

    Published: January 30, 2008

    Although now based in New York, pianist Jean-Michel Pilc is a Parisian native, while drummer Ari Hoenig hails from Philadelphia. They've been musical associates for a decade,...

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    Out There 20: David Neumann and the Advanced Beginners Group

    By Caroline Palmer

    Published: January 30, 2008

    The Super Bowl, that annual commercial fest with a few football plays thrown in for tradition's sake, will kick off on February 3. So perhaps it's only fitting that the Walker...

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    Buffalo Tom

    By Catherine Clements

    Published: January 30, 2008

    I can understand Robert Johnson or Led Zeppelin making a deal with the devil, but...Buffalo Tom? Still, how else to explain the reappearance of the trio, who emerge after a...

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    Dark Star Orchestra

    By BenPalosaari

    Published: January 30, 2008

    Grateful Dead cover bands are nothing special or original. The Dead's lax attitude toward royalties and embrace of concert-tape swapping made it possible for essentially any...

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    Daniel Buettner and Ingrid Restemayer: Objects of Affection

    By Ben Palosaari

    Published: January 30, 2008

    Are you an origami artisan missing a wardrobe of shirts folded from Monopoly money? Or are you an amputee minus a prosthetic leg? Perhaps you're a bearded man who's lost the...

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    Well

    By Quinton Skinner

    Published: January 30, 2008

    Well Park Square Theatre Lisa Kron's autobiographical exercise (which opened at the Public in New York, then moved to Broadway; Park Square stages the area premiere) comes...

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    Warm Beer, Cold Women

    By Quinton Skinner

    Published: January 30, 2008

    I had my definitive Tom Waits moment one night in the early 1990s, broken down and busted-hearted in Berkeley, lying alone in the dark and unable to sleep. As the hours went on...

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    Rasmey Lewis

    By Rick Mason

    Published: January 30, 2008

    Although pianist Ramsey Lewis was classically trained, later became immersed in jazz, and scored a series of indelible hits with jazz versions of pop tunes like "The in Crowd"...

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    Mardis Gras Party

    By Sarah Askari

    Published: January 30, 2008

    Ever since Father Louis Beau Chapeau established the parish of Uptown in 1735, the crossroads of Lake and Hennepin has been a stage for revelry and celebration during Carnival...