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Joy Dolo Anfinson, (left), bAndy Hilbrands, Kory LaQuess Pullam, John Gebratatose, and Alsa Bruno of the BLACKOUT improv troupe rehearse in the Phoenix Theater on Sunday afternoon. The troupe performs on the third Friday of every month, and their next show is on Friday at 10:30pm.

A night of comedic activism

by Brenda Tran
Published December 16, 2015
An African-American comedy troupe filters current events through a humorous lens.
Monica LaPlante poses for portraits at findfurnish in NE Minneapolis on Tuesday. LaPlante is one of the musicians playing at Camaraderie Records' A Very Murray Christmas, a Christmas show dedicated to actor Bill Murray. The show is taking place at the Turf Club on Wednesday, Dec. 16.

A Very Murray Christmas

by Brenda Tran
Published December 16, 2015
Monica LaPlante performs in holiday show dedicated to actor Bill Murray.

Melancholy for the holidays

by Danylo Loutchko
Published December 10, 2015
“Johnny and Molly of Communist Daughter sing Sad Christmas” is at the Southern.
Syniva Whitney and Will Courtney embrace during rehearsal on Wednesday for their new project, which will be featured at the Pitch Dark Cabaret at Patrick's Cabaret. Their project, Gender Tender, is an interdisciplinary performance  that prioritizes the transgender and genderqueer experience in process and presentation.

Entertainment in the dark

by Brenda Tran
Published December 10, 2015
Pitch Dark Cabaret will provide audiences with a multisensory-inspired performance.

RADIO K REVIEWS: Florist, ‘Holdly’

by Zach Simon
Published December 10, 2015

The warm months are behind us, meaning Brooklyn-based four-piece Florist timed their new EP perfectly. Acting as a study in the realms of melancholy and heart-wrenching realities, “Holdly”...

Laverne Seifert(left), and Noah Sommers Haas, perform a dress rehearsal of The Holiday Pageant in the Open Eye Theatre on Wednesday night. The Holiday Pageant opens on Friday and runs until the 21st.

Satan for Christmas

by Danylo Loutchko
Published December 10, 2015
Open Eye Figure Theatre presents “The Holiday Pageant.”

Monster Drawing Rally returns for its eighth year

by Brenda Tran
Published December 8, 2015
Local artists come together for Midway Contemporary Art's annual fundraiser.
"The Girls" will put on their holiday concert Friday, Dec. 4. The group is made up of Judi Vinar, Lori Dokken, Patty Peterson, Erin Schwab, Debbie Duncan and Rachel Holder-Hennig.

The Girls celebrate the holidays

by Grace Kramer
Published December 3, 2015
The local all-girl sextet will perform a holiday show with new and old seasonal songs.

Donna the Buffalo goes political

by Danylo Loutchko
Published December 3, 2015
The band’s Stampede tour brings them to Minneapolis with a new political twist.

The Ivory Tower: ‘By students, for students, featuring students’

by Danylo Loutchko
Published December 3, 2015
The undergraduate staff of the art and literary magazine is creating the 10th Anniversary edition.

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