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Junior Chai Lee leads a group of students playing flute-like instrument called qeej's in a traditional Hmong art on Monday.

Little Mekong Night Market brings the Twin Cities to Asia

by Cecilia Mazumdar Stanger
Published September 4, 2014
The Little Mekong district is preparing for another community festival inspired by the night markets of Asia.

Garfunkel and Oates to play Varsity Theatre

by Jackie Renzetti
Published September 4, 2014
The comedic musical duo shares college wisdom in light of their show on campus.
The University marching band performs on Aug. 31, 2014 at the Minnesota State Fair. The band members have been been training at SPAT Camp, where they have been learning music and marching routines.

Ski-U-Mah with Spat Camp

by Laini Devin
Published September 4, 2014
U of M marching band kicks off the 2014-2015 season with Spat Camp.
Curatorial assistant Teréz Iacovino, curator Rebecca Krinkee and  installation coordinator Will Lakey mount an art piece for the "lhinking making living" exhibit on Friday.

Nash Gallery gets social

by Hannah Germaine
Published September 2, 2014
"thinking making living" at the Nash Gallery brings social practice art into a gallery space.
Members of local funk and hip-hop group ZuluZuluu rehearse in a basement practice space on Monday night.

The mothership connection

by Grant Tillery
Published August 6, 2014
ZuluZuluu takes listeners on an intergalactic journey to the planet of funk
Local artist Perci Chester describes the installation of her latest gallery of sculptures and prints at the Traffic Zone for Visual Art on Monday.

Playing with gravity

by Joe Kellen
Published August 6, 2014
Perci Chester’s sculptures create all kinds of shapes, but what’s more interesting is the space between them.
Members of local band Some Pulp rehearse on Friday. Some Pulp will play at FMLY Fest this weekend.

A little bit of this, a little bit of that

by Grant Tillery
Published August 6, 2014
Some Pulp’s brash ditties are freshly squeezed from ‘60s pop and glam rock.
Eric Johnson plays emotional, scale sweeping solos on electric guitar.

Eric Johnson to play Cedar Cultural Center

by Joe Kellen
Published August 6, 2014
To capture spontaneity, guitarist Eric Johnson turned to live recording on his latest effort, “Europe Live.”
Thao Nguyen may have a shy exterior, but underneath is a pile of dynamite.

Thao and the Get Down Stay Down to play Skyline Music Festival

by Joe Kellen
Published August 6, 2014
Thao Nguyen is the fiercest, friendliest pluckster in folk rock today.

Consider the Talking Heads

by Grant Tillery
Published July 31, 2014

I recently got my hands on David Byrne’s “How Music Works,” a book I’ve wanted for a long time.  I empathize with Byrne’s music nerd persona, and he delivers arguments...

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