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Minneapolis teacher Jen Arzayus, left, and lead editor Zane Spang explain the process of shooting and editing a documentary on Thursday, June 6, 2013, at Arzayus's Minneapolis home. Her documentary "White Cactus" follows the story of her relationship and reunion with her father, a former Columbian drug lord.

“White Cactus” and white lies

by Joseph Kleinschmidt
Published June 12, 2013
How the daughter of a former Colombian drug lord reconciles her relationship with her father—meanwhile capturing the whole ordeal on film.
Rebecca Wilson and Joseph Pyfferoen rehearse a scene from Sweet Revenge!, a melodramatic play filled with silly dance numbers and quirky musical olios, on Friday, June 7, 2013, on the University of Minnesota's Centennial Showboat in St. Paul.

Don’t miss the boat

by Spencer Doar
Published June 12, 2013
The Minnesota Centennial Showboat’s 55th anniversary production is a tale of misguided love and betrayal at the dawn of the 20th Century.

Space case

by Spencer Doar
Published June 12, 2013
Big Black Delta is the byproduct of Jonathan Bates’ technological tinkering.
Minneapolis artist and graphic designer J. Zachary Keenan works in his studio Tuesday, June 11, 2013, in the Washington North Loop. Keenan is one of the artists featured in the You Can Do It, Put Your Back Into It Exhibition at Light Grey Art Lab opening June 14.

Living in a perfect word

by Joseph Kleinschmidt
Published June 12, 2013
For Light Grey Art Lab’s motivational poster show, 33 designers collaborated without ever resorting to a cat dangling from a clothesline and “Hang in There, Baby.”
Indie pop band Hot Freaks.

Freaking out

by Joseph Kleinschmidt
Published June 12, 2013
Leo Vondracek of Hot Freaks shares his band’s love of video game soundtracks and Britney Spears.
Attendees crowd the Stone Arch Bridge during last year's Northern Spark.

All aboard the art train: Northern Spark at Lowertown

Published June 5, 2013
The all-night art festival Northern Spark occupies Union Depot this weekend to take attendees on a community journey.
Jaime Carrera at a local Mexican market in Minneapolis on Monday. Carrera will be performing at the International Noise Conference at the Hexagon Bar on June 6.

Noise in da ‘hood

by Spencer Doar
Published June 5, 2013
The Minneapolis International Noise Conference aims for diverse eccentricity this year.
Augie's Bar lies behind the streetcars on Hennepin Avenue in this 1949 photo.

Gangsta’s paradise: “Augie’s Secrets” and Minneapolis mob life

by Joseph Kleinschmidt
Published June 5, 2013
Neal Karlen spills the secrets of Minneapolis mobsters like “Icepick Willie” and “Kid Cann” who dominated Hennepin Avenue in the 1940s and 50s.
Frances Dilorinzo caught the comedy bug in college, releasing her inner goofball through a required speech class.

Frances Dilorinzo: A real housewife of Orange County

by Spencer Doar
Published June 4, 2013
The comedian gives moms a good name.
From comedian Andy Haynes's set on "Conan": "I'm pretty broke which is hard to believe because I look like a senator's nephew."

Growing Haynes

by Joseph Kleinschmidt
Published June 3, 2013
Growing older for Andy Haynes means no more drunken trips to Central America, but the stand-up comic still relies on his proclivity for depravity.

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