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Fringe 2009: Review—"Food Shelf Follies," Five stars

by Matthew A. Everett | 8/3/09 • For Some People, There Is No Safety Net "Standing there, my hands full of fake money..." Lane McKiernan Food Shelf Follies I didn't realize just how much I took the simple act of eating for granted. The past year and a half I've been focused on things like losing weight and some changes in my diet.MORE »

Sunday: Perfection. Dinosaurs, a hanging, dumb jobs, talking dancers, real girls, and Irish songbirds

by Kate Hoff | 8/3/09 • I intentionally loaded Sunday with a show lineup I thought my sister, a first-time Fringer, might enjoy. We grabbed a little breakfast at Key’s Café and joined the line to see Jurassic Dork created and performed by John Skelley at Gremlin Theatre. After much contemplation, this is my analysis: John Skelley is a freaking genius and I love him. This show is straightforward.MORE »

Fringe 2009: Review—"Winnemucca (Three Days in the Belly)," Five stars

by Matthew A. Everett | 8/1/09 •

A Play So Good I Wish To Hell I'd Written It

"I was bad luck. Something dark about me. They knew it. I knew it."

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Can we build it? Yes, we can!

By Deb Pleasants, TC Daily Planet
A team of over 50 parents, teachers and even students worked together to build Phase II of Rondo's new playground. Thank you everyone who helped (you know who you are).MORE »

Opening weekend party

by Phillip Andrew Bennett Low | 8/1/09 • What is love? 'Tis not hereafter; present mirth hath present laughter --
what's to come is still unsure. In delay, there lies no plenty, so come and kiss me, sweet and twenty,
youth's a stuff will not endure. The after-party for Friday supposedly had a Mardi Gras theme, though I saw only a few beads and masks floating about.MORE »

Minneapolis women jailed in Israel

By Mary Turck, TC Daily Planet

Members of the Anti War Committee delegation were jailed upon their arrival in Israel.

UPDATE: Katrina Plotz and Sarah Martin are on a plane, en route to MSP, scheduled to arrive early afternoon.

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Saturday: Dance, discovery, hypnosis, Lieutenant Penguin, and one of the funniest guys around.

by Kate Hoff | 8/2/09 • Saturday, what a day…and I couldn’t get out of the house to save my life. The 1:00 time slot came and went, and then the 2:30…and after fueling up on an Anodyne bacon sandwich, I went to see You/Provoke/Me at the Rarig Proscenium, presented by Same Planet Different World Dance Theatre. I really loved this atmospheric, lush dance show of five different dances.MORE »

Hogg and the Humors

by Wendy Gennaula | 8/1/09 • Fringe Day 3, Part 1 We started our day at 1:00 with Hogg and the Humors. It might have been a tad too raunchy for my youngest who is 11(the promotional material said 12+). That said-he loved it. The show is part improv, part late night variety show, and part Fringe-for-All. It is like being a live studio audience member of an old time late night talk show. Hogg is a generous and natural host. MORE »

Friday show reviews

by Rachel Reiva | 8/1/09 • On Friday second day of the Fringe I saw three shows. Each show had its originality to it and overall it was a good evening of shows. Allegra Lingo: Crescendo Writer Allegra Lingo discovers that a small start can lead to a powerful end.MORE »

"Mansion of Dust" at the Southern—A view

by John Munger | 8/2/09 • Several weeks ago my annual Rabbit Show showcase at Bryant Lake Bowl featuring “Shows that Got Into The Fringe” was graced with the opening five minutes of Joseph and Sara Scrimshaw’s “Mansion of Dust.” Joseph does schtick in general, plus a phony French accent a bit better than Sara (whose accent is phony Swedish), and Sara dances quite a bit better than Joseph. But accents, schtick, and dancing aside, both move with extraordinary comedic skill and both are able to go over the topMORE »
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