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John Munger's blog

Congratulations EDA!

By John Munger, TC Daily Planet

Breaking news. The Minnesota Shubert Project and the Walker Art Center have good reason to pop the bubbly and stage a well-deserved celebration. Here's why, but you're going to have to bear with me through an explanatory setup.MORE »

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Minnesota Opera's "The Pearl Fishers"

By John Munger, TC Daily Planet

The Minnesota Opera has just wrapped a two-weekend run of "The Pearl Fishers," a 19th century grand opera by Georges Bizet. My wife and I spent the equivalent of 2.5 weeks of grocery budget to get two pleasantly surprising seats in the mid price range. Take note, grand opera is GRANDE, in the French sense of the word, meaning big, expensive, multi-disciplinary, long, and what you might call "spectacle-oriented."MORE »

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"Solo: 1 x 2" documentary pre-screening at the Southern

By John Munger, TC Daily Planet

This special pre-screening happened two weeks ago at the Southern Theater, so I'm slow and I'm regretful about being slow. But there were pressing matters. Life is what happens while you had other plans.MORE »

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McKnight Choreography Fellowship Winners

by John Munger | 9/25/09 • It takes a village to make...a dance community. And it takes a dance community (among other things) to make a village worth living in.MORE »

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Fringe fried

by John Munger | 8/10/09 • So after the parade has ended we all collect our wits, heave a sigh, and feel post-partum depression. Or relief. Or something. I was busy this year. I had a successful but not award-winning show (“My Body Made Me Do This” at the Ritz).MORE »

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"Like You Mean It"—A view

by John Munger | 8/7/09 • Three intelligent and energetic young women have worked together for a long time. They have a chemistry, they have a shared sense of ensemble, and they all work from the same artistic page. These are no small accomplishments. They are particularly valuable when the performance process is “improvisation.” This show is not as successful as it should be. It has merit and it’s interesting, but somewhere the air drained out of the tires.MORE »
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"Seeing" at the Ritz Theater—A view

by John Munger | 8/6/09 • When I see not one dancer but an entire cast execute (get ready for some jargon) double petite rond de jombe en l’air while leaving the ground in a temps levee I know that I am in the presence of serious performers. This performance is clean, technically competent, and committed. Those are no small things.MORE »
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"The Three Bonnies" at the Ritz Theater, Grown Up Dance—A view

by John Munger | 8/6/09 • For nine years of my life I lived in Colorado and got to know some aspects of American Western culture. This show touches on some of these aspects. The show is about so many things all at once, and it actually weaves them together very powerfully. It is about male-female relationships. It is about people who relate to horses for any of several reasons.MORE »
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"Casebolt and smith: Speaking Out" at the Southern—A view

by John Munger | 8/5/09 • This is a very engaging show. If you’ve not seen much dance, and feel like a newbie, you’ll get a kick out of this one. If you’re a full scale professional dancer or choreographer you’ll enjoy the too-true satirical take on rehearsal processes and related matters. The next word that comes to my mind after “engaging” is “clever.” Basically there are four pieces. The first and last are pure movement and the middle two involve text delivered live by the dancers.MORE »
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News Day

NEWS DAY | Homes at risk in Minnesota / Dragons, dinosaurs and Quist / Students vs. superintendent candidate

By Mary Turck, News Day

Minnesotans losing homes A record 92,500 Minnesota homes are either in foreclosure or in danger of foreclosure, reports the Star Tribune. Altogether, that's just over ten percent of the 900,000 home loan mortages in the state.  Some 62,000 mortgage holders were behind don their mortgages during the third quarter. MORE

• Minnesotans losing homes Foreclosure and delinquency rates at record levels
• Dragons, dinosaurs and Quist Allen Quist is back, as a far-right First District candidate
• SPPS superintendent candidate sees no relation between race, achievement gap

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News you can use

NEWS YOU CAN USE | Click for food shelves!

By Mary Turck, TC Daily Planet

My friend Ken writes "I know that food shelves are really hurting this year," and then passes along a painless way to send donations:MORE »

KARE 11 & Land O'Lakes are donating $1 for every person who clicks on their web site.   Go to the website listed below and on the right side of the screen (at the top) there is the green area where it says:   You Click, We Donate.   It's that easy. Please pass to all of your friends.

Thanks, Ken!

THEATER | Barbara Berlovitz's "Stories as Told in a Bed": An intimate and sublimely humorous journey

By Dwight Hobbes, TC Daily Planet

It is tricky business reviewing a work in progress, putting the writer in a barely tenable position. How can you be fair to the playwright, casting comment on a script that's still in development? Critique the weaknesses and you're a villain for kicking the play's legs out from under it before it's had a chance to actually stand on them. Praise the strengths and you're a cheerleader clapping the author on the back before the job's finished being done.MORE »

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Stories we are working on

These are some of the stories we are working on. If you would like to contribute information or opinions, please e-mail the writers!

• Emerald ash borer Ramsey and Hennepin Counties are under quarantine for Emerald Ash Borer.  Have you been affected? Email sheila@tcdailyplanet.net

• Thanksgiving recipes No - not the turkey and the pumpkin pie. We're looking for your favorite non-traditional recipe, like Aunt Harriet's vegetarian non-meat loaf. Send them to editor@tcdailyplanet.net

• What's your story? Is there a story you'd like to write? Or a story you think we should be covering? Email editor@tcdailyplanet.netMORE »