Southeast

In the beginning  of the 10Fest process, Bedlam Theatre offered a weekend of workshops in a theater class-like setting, everyone invited. Then conversations about ten-minute play ideas and proposals were turned in. The co-curators, Molly Van Avery and Miré Regulus, chose the pieces.  A week later there were open auditions; everyone who auditioned got a part. Long live community-grown and -nurtured theater!

Around a year ago, I wrote an article about the third annual OUT Twin Cities Film Festival. Right around that time, Minnesota was one of four states where voters would decide whether to amend the state’s constitution to ban same-sex marriages. Less than three weeks ago, the Minnesota Senate passed a bill legalizing gay marriage. Governor Mark Dayton signed the bill, and as of August 1, gay couples will be able to marry in Minnesota.

The Minnesota Vikings will cover all expenses of game-day activities and other impacts on the surrounding communities—and will contribute to the Good Neighbor Fund—when they move into TCF Bank Stadium to play for two to four seasons beginning in the fall of 2014.