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This week’s picks

Thursday, November 20
Does Joe Dowling have the Guthrie logo tattooed on his arm? I haven’t checked, but I suspect not. Jeremey Catterton, artistic director of Lamb Lays With Lion, now literally wears his heart on his sleeve—specifically, on his inner forearm. The LLWL troupe will be at the Hexagon tonight performing The Little Skeleton That Could Not, a work of “info-tainment” about alcoholism, AIDS, and anorexia. Stick around afterwards for music by Fort Wilson Riot, Plastic Chord, and Speed’s The Name.

Friday, November 21
Last Christmas you gave your godparents a terra cotta garlic cooker…how are you ever going to top that?! Try a work of original art from a student at MCAD; the school’s annual art sale opens tonight. MORE »

I was having coffee with friends last weekend, and the conversation turned to which city was more livable: Minneapolis or St. Paul. One guy argued that St. Paul is a more pleasant city to walk around in because the architecture is more cohesive. “Sure,” replied another, “but name one building that’s gone up in St. Paul in the last 20 years that you’d look at and say, ‘Now that’s great architecture.’ Or 30 years—I’ll even give you 30 years!” MORE »

Suddenly, comic books are everywhere; and not only comic books but graphic novels, strips, web comics, minicomics, cartoonist sketch diaries lovingly scanned and uploaded to the Net, books on comic books, movies based on comic books, countless articles (including this one). You get the idea. MORE »

by Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet • 11/14/08 • Arts Partnership members to collectively receive $2.25 million.

by l’etoile magazine staff • 11/13/08 •

The always impressive and vibrant roster of events our hardworkin’ cities have to offer show no signs of diminishing, despite the growing chill.

by Patrick Coleman, Minnesota Historical Society • 10/9/08 •

Another one of those beautiful “must have” Minnesota books is:

Edward H. Bennett. Plan of Minneapolis: Prepared Under the Direction of the Civic Commission… Edited and written by Andrew Wright Crawford.

by Patrick Coleman, Minnesota Historical Society • 9/23/08 • The overwhelming response to our last post, admittedly one of the least significant of the best Minnesota books, makes me a little nervous about nominating one of the most significant books on our list.

A. T. Andreas. An Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Minnesota. Chicago: A. T.

by Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet • 11/7/08 •

The Minnesota Museum of American Art has just announced that it will be temporarily—but indefinitely—closing its public exhibition space as of January 4, 2009.