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AIA Minnesota 2009 Convention

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Saint Lucia crowning on Saturday in Minneapolis

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2007 Santa Lucia (courtesy of American Swedish Institute)

By Sheila Regan, TC Daily Planet
December 11, 2008
On Saturday, December 13, a choir of 100 children will proceed into Augustana Lutheran Church and a young woman will be crowned with lighted candles in the traditional Saint Lucia Pageant put on by the American Swedish Institute (ASI). Each year the ASI begins rehearsals for the pageant in November or early December, according to Jenn Stromberg from ASI. The choir is made up of children who are part of the ASI community.

Each year, a young woman between the ages of 16-22 is chosen to play Lucia, but the identity of Lucia is never revealed to anyone until December 13. After the children process into the church, the legend of Saint Lucia is told. According to the story, Lucia was a virgin who helped the poor, refused to marry a pagan, and was eventually burned at the stake. The ceremony begins at 2:30 p.m. at Augustana Lutheran Church (11th Ave S and 7th St) on Saturday December 13. Tickets: Call 612-871-4907

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NEWS DAY | MN health care votes and Michele Bachmann’s lei / MN Job Watch / Deer hunting, baiting, eating / Afghan cops, Taliban

By Mary Turck, News Day

Minnesota Democratic Reps. Tim Walz, Betty McCollum, Keith Ellison and Jim Oberstar voted in favor of the health care bill, while Democratic Rep. Collin Peterson and Republican Republican Reps. John Kline, Erik Paulsen and Michele Bachmann voted against it. Oberstar joined Peterson and the Republicans in voting to bar all abortion coverage from the bill. The abortion amendment, which passed, provides that people who receive federal insurance subsidies cannot buy insurance plans that include abortion coverage. MORE

• MN health care votes and Michele Bachmann's lei
• MN Job Watch Biotech firm leaving
• Harder being unemployed How times are worse than in 1983
• Deer hunting, baiting, eating MN gun season opener was Saturday
• War reports Aghan police "penetrated by Taliban," suicide bombing in PakistanMORE »

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THEATER | Hardcover Theater's rollicking "She: Immortal Witch Queen of a Lost World"

By Matthew A. Everett, TC Daily Planet

With a title like She: Immortal Witch Queen of a Lost World, you know what you’re getting yourself into, if the theater company is doing its job right.  Hardcover Theater is definitely doing its job.  She is a rollicking good pulpy adventure tale, straight out of the best tradition of old B-movies.MORE »

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