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Childish Things

by Martina Marosi
Published November 17, 2011
Children’s book authors Kate DiCamillo and Chris Van Allsburg come to the Fitzgerald
University of Minnesota alumna Linda Aarons performs the first set of the night Wednesday at Acme Comedy Company in Minneapolis.

Acme turns 20

by Sarah Harper
Published November 10, 2011
Acme Comedy Company is celebrating its 20 year relationship with the Twin Cities. Hey baby, doesn’t it feel like we just got together yesterday?
Jeffrey Skemp, left, Scott Vesch, middle left, Kevin Brixius, middle right, and Lynn Gray, right, talk about their experiences with live poetry readings Sunday afternoon at Dunn Bros. "There's something about the bar room setting... it's a riot" Brixius said. The four men will be reading with many others at the Bosso poetry event Thursday evening at Dusty's Bar.

Bosso Poetry Turns Three

by Raghav Mehta
Published November 10, 2011
The little-known local writing collective celebrates their third anniversary tonight at Dusty's bar.
Tom Kaczynski works in his home studio Wednesday.  Kaczynski will be featuring some of his work at the Minneapolis Indie Xpo, an event that showcases independent book and comic artists and publishers, at the Soap Factory on November 5 and 6.

MIX it up

by Martina Marosi
Published November 10, 2011
The second annual Minneapolis Indie Xpo is bigger, better and ready for action/humor/melancholy etc.

Found vs. found

by Martina Marosi
Published November 10, 2011
Found Magazine and the Found Footage Festival get rowdy at this “found-off” featuring videos, readings and live music.

Caché’s here to stay

by Sally Hedberg
Published November 3, 2011
Casket Arts building presents the fourth year of arts showcasing with “Caché,” a celebration of local artistic diversity.
From left to right; freshman Laura Burnes, freshman Katie Krueger and junior Alex Lauer discuss ideas for novels Saturday during the National Novel Writing Month student group's introductory meeting at Coffman Memorial Union.

The kids all write

by Joseph Kleinschmidt
Published November 3, 2011
Thirty nights of sleeplessness, caffeine overload, and literary abandon await several University of Minnesota students participating in National Novel Writing Month.
Courtney McLean practices some songs Sunday in preparation for a Punch Out Poetry show on November 2 at the Bryant Lake Bowl.  McLean will be performing with her band, Courtney McClean and the Dirty Curls.

Say lady say

by Sarah Harper
Published October 27, 2011
The all-female poetry event will slam into its new home tonight.
The cover of dePaola's new book

Tomie dePaola’s Gift

by Martina Marosi
Published October 27, 2011
The children's book author and illustrator adds to his extensive body of work with his 11th Strega Nona picture-book, “Strega Nona's Gift.”

Lowering literature’s brow

by Sarah Harper
Published October 20, 2011
The West Bank will become a kooky battleground for a quartet of local writers tonight.

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