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Arts & Entertainment

Rise of Fallcon

by Spencer Doar
Published October 4, 2012
From the Golden Age of early “Action Comics” to current issues of “The Walking Dead,” the upcoming comic book convention will represent it all.

New book recounts a 1970 St. Paul murder

by Joseph Kleinschmidt
Published October 2, 2012
“Black White Blue” follows the 35-year investigation of police officer James Sackett’s unprecedented death in 1970.

The Fashionista is in: On Style

by Shannon Ryan
Published October 2, 2012
This week the style doc prescribes a digestible dose of critical thinking on the perception of style.

Text and the city

by Griffin Fillipitch
Published September 27, 2012
University of Minnesota alumna Janet Groth worked as the receptionist at the New Yorker for 20 years. Now she’s written a book about it.

Culture Compass: Wallflowers, fire and preschool

by Lucy Nieboer
Published September 27, 2012
A&E plans your weekend. You’re welcome, dearies.

Q&A: Wanda Sykes

by Griffin Fillipitch
Published September 27, 2012
A&E talks with Wanda Sykes about her career, her family and the NFL.

Take a whiff

by Joseph Kleinschmidt
Published September 27, 2012
The van Gobots return with one member down and an aromatically titled EP, “Free Smells.”

Warm heart of Africa

by Joseph Kleinschmidt
Published September 27, 2012
University of Minnesota alumnus Ben Blair hopes to raise enough money to fund his documentary about an orphanage in Malawi.

Vestiges of a dictator

by Joseph Kleinschmidt
Published September 27, 2012
Filmmaker Natalia Almada screens her documentary, “El General,” about her grandmother’s life as daughter of former president of Mexico, Plutarco Elías Calles.
Designer Oskar Ly displays one of her vibrant pieces at her studio in St. Paul. The skirt she has the traditional vibrant colors of Hmong culture. Ly will be displaying her looks with other designers at the upcoming Hmong Fresh Traditions fashion show.

A breath of fresh air

by Lucy Nieboer
Published September 27, 2012
Corset tops and wild mini-skirts aren’t traditional Hmong fashions, but that doesn’t mean they won’t be modeled at the Fresh Traditions Fashion Show.

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