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New works and new voices

by Maddy Folstein
Published November 22, 2017
As a part of the University of Minnesota’s MFA Creative Writing Program, The Mill City Reading Series lets graduate students read works-in-progress monthly.
Members of the CLA Student Board judge auditions for the Gopher's Got Talent talent show in Cyrus Northrop Auditorium on Thursday, Nov. 17.

‘Gophers Got Talent’ auditions promise a night of diverse performance

by Kate Drakulic
Published November 20, 2017
College of Liberal Arts students brought their best songs, jokes and instruments for a chance to perform in CLA Student Board’s annual event.
Designer Chris Bernardi sits down the Minnesota Daily to discuss his role in PIXAR's new film "Coco" in McNeal Hall on Thursday, Nov. 16.

Designing the Land of the Dead

by Kate Drakulic
Published November 20, 2017
Disney Pixar’s sets supervisor Chris Bernardi presented sneak-preview clips and design insights in the making of the new animated film "Coco" to the College of Design.
"Intimate Battles" is directed by Lucía Gajá. Photographs courtesy of Lucía Gajá.

Cine Latino Film Fest: A snapshot

by Haley Bennett
Published November 20, 2017
Documentary, animation, docu-drama, thriller — the 5th annual Cine Latino Film Fest, hosted by the Minneapolis-St. Paul Film Society, offered a great variety in today’s Ibero and Latin-American cinema.
Manager and projectionist Earl Luckes views out a screening window to make sure the movie is playing correctly for the audience at the Parkway Theater on Friday, Nov. 10.

No rules apply in the Twin Cities Psychotronic Film Society

by Haley Bennett
Published November 16, 2017
“Welcome to my world. Wheelbarrows of chicken, broken projectors.” So begins our introduction to the Twin Cities chapter of the Psychotronic Film Society.
Dominique Houcmant Goldo, Courtesy of the Guthrie Theater

The Walker and the Guthrie co-present ‘Leila’s Death’

by Maddy Folstein
Published November 16, 2017
The Lebanese theater performance honors the tradition of Shiite mourning through song, dance and storytelling.
Saoirse Ronan and Lucas Hedges in "Lady Bird". Photo courtesy of A24

Review: Ronan and Metcalf soar in ‘Lady Bird’

by Maddy Folstein
Published November 13, 2017
Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut revives the hackneyed coming of age film and reexamines the complexities of mother-daughter relationships.
Viewers of Gustavo Germano's work roam the gallery at the exhibit opening at Regis East on West Bank on Friday, Nov. 10. Germano's exhibition entitled "Absences" showcases people detained or murdered by civic-military dictatorships in Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil.

Gustavo Germano’s ‘Ausencias/Absences’ brought to the Quarter Gallery at Regis

by Kate Drakulic
Published November 13, 2017
The photography exhibit shows the effects of state-enforced disappearances under dictatorships throughout Latin America.
Artist Mara Duvra's work on display at The White Page on Friday, Nov. 10.

University of Minnesota MFA graduate’s ‘To allow for breath’ exhibit opens at The White Page

by Kate Drakulic
Published November 13, 2017
The first chapter of a larger series, Mara Duvra combines poetry and photography to convey soft images of women of color.
Courtesy of Big Machine Records

Review: Taylor Swift’s ‘Reputation’

by Haley Bennett
Published November 13, 2017
On this album, Swift’s goal is to prove she doesn’t care about her bad reputation, and juvenile lyrics make her case perfectly.

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