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Art

Li and Liu “just doing it” in their gallery
PHOTO COURTESY KATHERINE E. NASH GALLERY

Encounters with modern Chinese art

by Thomas Q. Johnson
Published September 16, 2009
“Encounters: The Past Re-configured” at the Nash looks into the past to see the future identity of Chinese art.
Look at the beard on that guy! says local student group.
PHOTO COURTESY CAMPUS PEOPLE WATCHERS

How-to: people watch

by Thomas Q. Johnson
Published September 16, 2009
We all do it, now learn to get the most out of it with some simple steps from a not-so-creepy student group.

West Bank Social Center ‘powerhouse’ of MPLS cultural cell

by Mark Brenden
Published September 9, 2009
Both ambiguous and unpredictable, WBSC is harboring the strangest cultural events in the city.
PHOTO COURTESY ATRIA

Reading list: William Kent Krueger

by Thomas Q. Johnson
Published September 9, 2009
The local author releases “Heaven’s Keep” to his series of fast-moving mysteries.
PHOTO COURTESY RANDOM HOUSE

Inside the Collyer brothers’ mansion

by Kara Nesvig
Published September 9, 2009
E.L. Doctorow’s new novel is a national treasure

The sport of awkward, feathery kings

by Jay Boller
Published August 11, 2009
Last week’s Extreme Race Day at Canterbury saw ostriches in the exact state God intended: being topped by tiny men and racing for sport.
‘Big Funny’ puts the comic in the spotlight

‘Big Funny’ puts the comic in the spotlight

Published August 11, 2009
The release of a 48-page newspaper made entirely of comics is a lifeboat for a medium stuck in the sinking newspaper industry.
Former Jane magazine scribe Joshua Lyon on painkiller addictions, Michael Jackson
PHOTO COURTESY HYPERION

“Pill Head” Nation

Published July 7, 2009
Former Jane magazine scribe Joshua Lyon on painkiller addictions, Michael Jackson
Billy Mays has left this realm, leaving behind plenty of soundbites for wise-crackin hipsters. Source

This week in A&E

Published June 30, 2009
A run-down of events that should go down in arts & entertainment history
Jennifer Foley (left) of Watsons recreational goods TV ads.  Source

People we’re attracted to and shouldn’t be

Published June 23, 2009
We admit it.

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