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Art

"Dirty Baby" presents a melding of the works of artist Ed Ruscha, poet David Breskin and musician Nels Cline without a beatnik playing the bongos, as Breskin explained. Here they stand by a few barbecues for some reason.

Parental control

by Joseph Kleinschmidt
Published November 29, 2012
“Dirty Baby,” the offspring of a Wilco guitarist, a poet and an iconic pop artist strives to be a “loveable mutt” of a performance — not some purebred golden retriever.

The divided self

by Joseph Kleinschmidt
Published November 8, 2012
Words fail for what the images capture in Madeline Crew‘s photography, inspired by a friend’s fight with posttraumatic stress disorder.

Driven to Abstraction

by Simon Benarroch
Published November 1, 2012
Imagine eye-candy. Now imagine the total opposite.
Seventeen-year-old Libby Ulm, center, of White Bear Lake, practices on a hoop Oct. 26 at Circus Juventas in St. Paul. Ulm has been practicing in the circus for 12 years.

Kids under the big top

by Spencer Doar
Published November 1, 2012
Circus Juventas isn’t your grandma’s three-ring.
Professor Louis Mendoza specializes in immigration and Chicano studies. Mendoza went on an 8,000 mile bike trip five years ago where he examined the United States' treatment towards immigration issues.

Wheels in motion

by Joseph Kleinschmidt
Published October 25, 2012
University of Minnesota professor Louis Mendoza set out on an 8,000-mile bike trip across the United States to expose the personal stories behind immigration.
Somalian novelist Nuruddin Farah is the author of ten novels, a nonfiction book, and numerous articles. Farah was a visiting professor at the University of Minnesota's English department.

Keeping Somalia in his heart and on the page

by Joseph Kleinschmidt
Published October 25, 2012
University of Minnesota professor and author Nuruddin Farah chronicles the turmoil surrounding Somalia’s long civil war in his latest novel, “Crossbones.”

Kickstart My He(art)

Published October 25, 2012
Crowd funding site Kickstarter proves to be resourceful for hotly creative crews.

“Routine” mixes it up

by Simon Benarroch
Published October 18, 2012
A new video game terrorizes with curveballs.
While writing "All the Wrong Questions," Handler sought to deliver the high drama of a noir detective novel for a readership of pipsqueak private-eyes. "What's the third grade equivalent of walking into a room and someone turns the light on and has a gun on you?” Handler said.

Interview: Daniel Handler

by Martina Marosi
Published October 18, 2012
The man behind Lemony Snicket, “A Series of Unfortunate Events” and his latest series, “All the Wrong Questions,” gives all the right answers.
Joyce Lyon, co-curator of the “shadows traces undercurrents” exhibit and a University associate professor, reflects on her work.

Mapping the invisible

by Joseph Kleinschmidt
Published October 18, 2012
“shadows traces undercurrents” showcases the work of 29 international and local artists visually “mapping” unseen communities and issues.

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