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Dave Ayers: Tim Carr always put the art first and let the rest be damned

Many in the local and global music community are mourning last week's loss of Tim Carr, an esteemed local music writer who went on to sign the Beastie Boys, Megadeth, and countless others in an impassioned career. He worked throughout the U.S. and eventually shifted his projects to Thailand, where h ... More >>

SPCO's Liquid Music Series 2012-13 lineup in detail

The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra kicks off the Liquid Music series November 2-4 with three sold-out performances by avant-garde icon Laurie Anderson. The co-presentation with the Walker Art Center features Anderson's Dirtday!, the third installment in her trilogy of story works. The series, devised ... More >>

Killer Joe's William Friedkin on what's wrong with Hollywood

Studio films "just aren't for me—comic book characters, video games, idiotic rom-coms," the director says.

Where Michele Bachmann gets her money

Following the money.​Michele Bachmann may represent Minnesota's 6th congressional district on paper, but she's really America's Congresswoman, playing on a much bigger stage than the northern suburbs and exurbs of the Twin Cities. (Did you catch that star turn at Lincoln Center?) Just take a ... More >>

Michele Bachmann walks the red carpet: Photo Of The Day

Michele Bachmann, on Time's red carpet.​Talk about coming out of your comfort zone. Thoroughly glammed up queen of the tea party Michele Bachmann walked into the belly of the liberal media beast yesterday -- on a red carpet for Time magazine's "100 Most Influential People" bash at Lincoln Cen ... More >>

Alexi Murdoch reflects on poetry, television, and feeling at home on the road

​Much like the rest of his condensed tour, Alexi Murdoch's stop at the Cedar Cultural Center was quick to sell out. Murdoch is not only wildly popular, but is also quite the catch if you are fortunate enough to witness him standing live in front of you; simply put, he doesn't tour very often.

Natalie Portman in Black Swan

The most riotous backstage movie since Showgirls

Guthrie Theater's Joe Dowling makes more than NYC peers?

Still Black Still Proud: The African Tribute to James Brown

James Beard Awards Redux

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra

Yuppies Love Paying for Sitcoms

Moore and 'The Man' won't stay home with 'Friends'

After the Deluge

Surveying the Katrina benefit albums

Squeezing Out Sparks

Improving Franco-American relations with Café Accordion Orchestra

Out Of The Past

First Love

The legendary bands. The terrifying toilets. An oral history that goes so far behind the music it will leave you at a gun range beneath the stage.

Beyond the Pale

Screwing the white guy and dancing with the devil: Race matters at the 40th annual New York Film Festival

The Carpetbaggers

What's wrong with the "Broadway" shows that come to town in search of our fans and our fortunes?

Nothing But Net

Internet2 cheats geography for Shapiro & Smith Dance Troupe

Movie Matters

After September 11: Projecting the future of entertainment at the New York Film Festival

Creation Myth

Thirty-five years ago, a Chicago arts collective charted new territory in black music. Now, in a three-day retrospective, Minneapolis free-jazz explorers Douglas Ewart and Carei Thomas return to that land of possibilities.

Escape to New York

After a summer full of multiplex fodder, the New York Film Festival provides an unpretentious showcase for arty cinema

Reel Two

The Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival spins into its second week

The Jazz Dancer

Danny Buraczeski has choreographed a surprising journey from the coal country of pennsylvania to a successful dance career.

It's Up to You, New York, New York

Even in the Giuliani era, the New York Film Festival brings the beautiful and the blasphemous to American shores

Visible Vision

Choreographer Bill T. Jones focuses on form and aesthetics

Road Trip

Queering the Culture

Oscar Wilde on Broadway, Lesbian Opera at Lincoln Center, Sparky the Gay Dog on TV. Be Careful What You Wish For.

Live from the Met

Ben Cameron tackles the tough trivia on the Texaco Opera Quiz

Bang a Gong!

The Roof Is On Fire: The Bang on a Can All-Stars take new music out of the rarefied realm of half-empty concert halls.

John Coltrane: The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings

New Hope Homeboy