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THEATER REVIEW | Sandbox Theatre's "Beatnik Giselle": Stand by your daddy-o

By Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet

Theo Langason, Derek Meyer, Ryan Hill, and Derek Lee Miller in rehearsal for Beatnik Giselle. Photo courtesy Sandbox Theatre.

There's a lot to admire about Sandbox Theatre's new show Beatnik Giselle. There's some superb dancing, the music is expert, and much of the Beat poetry recited by the characters genuinely comes alive. The show falls victim, though, to a pitfall common to devised theater: though the bodies move, the plot doesn't.

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Anything but "Twilight": Trying to choose just one book at the Twin Cities Book Festival

By Amina Harper, The Art House

One book, that’s all you get; just one book and nothing more. That’s the phrase one often hears a parent utter to a child at the bookstore while wondering why Junior won’t play with G.I. Joes or Barbies instead. But those who make that request have no idea how impossible "just one book" sounds. How can you choose just one when you see the hard-bound covers adorned with gold leaf lettering or the glossy pages with ink that leaves stains on your fingers?

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FREE SPEECH ZONE | Children's Book about Twin Cities Released by Local Authors

By Michele Olson, Free Speech Zone

T is for Twin Cities: A Minneapolis/St. Paul Alphabet cover illustration by David Geister

David Geister, illustrator

Nancy Carlson and David Geister celebrated the release of their new children's book, T is for Twin Cities: A Minneapolis/St.

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BOOK REVIEW | Mary Casanova's "Frozen" combines suspense with personal and Minnesota history

By Rhonda Weidling, TC Daily Planet

From the moment she wondered if she was just a bored teenager during the summer months (as true today as it was almost 100 years ago), through her quest for the truth, Sadie Rose’s story—as told in Mary Casanova's Frozen—was compelling. That said, I will say that even set during a time when women were struggling for the right to vote, I found it a stretch that she suddenly became independent enough at 16 to leave home and survive intact in Kettle Falls, even for a short time.

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Planet Taco: University of Minnesota's Dr. Jeffrey Pilcher discusses new book on global appetite for Mexican cuisine

By Dale Connelly, KFAI Radio

If you’ve had a burrito or a taco lately and are convinced that you love Mexican food even though you’ve never been to Mexico, you might be surprised to find out how much of what we think of as Mex

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Poet to Poet: Terry A. Garey

By Bryan Thao Worra

Ezra Pound once famously noted that "Poetry is news that stays news." This month we interview poet Terry A. Garey.

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