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Photo of the Week: The Swell Season at First Avenue

July 25, 2010
By admin
Photo of the Week: The Swell Season at First Avenue

The Swell Season (Glen Hansard of The Frames and and Czech pianist and vocalist Marketa Irglova) put on a memorable show at First Avenue in Minneapolis Sunday night July 25th. Photographer Pamela Diedrich was there and contributed this shot. First Avenue, Diedrich says, was a more intimate venue than the Orpheum Theater where the...
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A Streetcar Named Desire at The Guthrie Theater

July 9, 2010
By John Olive
A Streetcar Named Desire at The Guthrie Theater

Tennessee Williams‘s great A Streetcar Named Desire (at the Guthrie through August 29, guthrietheater.org) smolders with the heat of a sultry New Orleans summer.  The heavy scent of flowers...
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Phantom Tails CD Release Show with Fort Wilson Riot and Reckless Ones at the Hexagon Bar

July 9, 2010
By Natalie Gallagher
Phantom Tails CD Release Show with Fort Wilson Riot and Reckless Ones at the Hexagon Bar

If you were to see the four guys of Phantom Tails anywhere but on stage, you probably wouldn’t expect them to be rock stars. They have more of a...
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Photo set: Mates of State at the 400 Bar

June 25, 2010
By Meredith Westin

Mates of State performing at the 400 Bar in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel
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Photo set: Free Energy at the 400 Bar

June 25, 2010
By Meredith Westin

Free Energy, currently on tour with Mates of State, performing at the 400 Bar in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Paul Sprangers on vocals, Evan Wells on bass, Scott Wells on guitar,...
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The Mystery Of Irma Vep at The Jungle Theater

June 22, 2010
By John Olive
The Mystery Of Irma Vep at The Jungle Theater

Mandacrest.  Hampstead Heath.  Home of the tweedily eccentric Lord Edgar – he of the Ronald Colman mustache and the crushing dark secret.  Freshly married to Lady Enid – she...
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Baby With The Bathwater at Prospero Theatre

June 18, 2010
By John Olive
Baby With The Bathwater at Prospero Theatre

The newborn in Christopher Durang‘s nasty and funny Baby With The Bathwater (Prospero Theatre, at the Friends Meeting House, 1725 Grand Ave in St. Paul, through June 26, prosperotheatre.org)...
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Department of Redundancy Department, a Recovery Party production at the Bryant-Lake Bowl

June 13, 2010
By Janet Preus
Department of Redundancy Department, a Recovery Party production at the Bryant-Lake Bowl

The Department of Redundancy Department (presented at the Bryant Lake Bowl by The Recovery Party through June 26th) strikes again with a new show workshopped and performed by a...
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Photo set: The Goondas CD Release at the 331 Club

June 12, 2010
By Erik Hess
Photo set: The Goondas CD Release at the 331 Club

Minneapolis, Minnesota’s The Goondas celebrating the release of their first album at the 331 Club. This show had it all. Band and crowd climbing the walls (literally). Stage invasions....
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Sherlock Holmes And The Case Of The Jersey Lily at Park Square Theatre

June 12, 2010
By John Olive
Sherlock Holmes And The Case Of The Jersey Lily at Park Square Theatre

It doesn’t lack for exuberance, this latest in an ever-lengthening line of Sherlock Holmes adaptations.  Katie Forgette‘s Sherlock Homes And The Case Of The Jersey Lily (at Park Square...
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