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April 26, 2002 - "The Rush" at the Red Eye Theater shows about how fast-paced life has become and how theater typically keeps the fast-pace out. LA-based Katherine Opi has been the Walker Arts Center's visual artist-in-residence and she is focused on skyways and ice houses. Charlotta Marie from Saint Paul sings chants she has written based on traditions around the world and has recorded CDs.
April 26, 2002 - It has been argued that technology is helping new artists, but it can also make things harder.
April 26, 2002 - The Minneapolis based Loft Literary Center announced today its launching a new bi-monthly national magazine. Speakeasy, will publish literary commentary, book reviews and original fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Loft Literary director Bart Schneider says it doesn't bother him that there are plenty of literary magazines already being published in the Twin Cities:
April 30, 2002 - James Lasdun's first novel "The Horned Man" builds on the tiny strange incidents we all experience in everyday life. A misplaced book mark, or someone who claims to know you although you don't remember the meeting. It's a sparse, literary, book, which has developed a big following among mystery fans. Lasdun told Minnesota Public Radio's Euan Kerr he didn't intend to write a novel, just a short story....
May 2, 2002 - All Things Considered’s Lorna Benson talks with Midori Gotō, one of the world's most accomplished violinists. She says she is looking forward to performing Barber's violin concerto with The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.
May 2, 2002 - (Music up, run under, lose under the first couple of sentences of her speaking ) Legendary sitar player Ravi Shankar (RAH-vee shan-KAR), now in his 80's, is in the middle of what he says will be his last tour. While some people know him purely because of his connections to the Beatles, fans of Indian music know him as a prolific composer and performer. Tomorrow night (Friday) he will appear at the Historic State Theater in Minneapolis with his daughter Anoushka Shankar, who is herself an acclaimed sitar player. She began performing in public when she was just a girl. She says she was aware of her fathers fame, but the music has always been more important.
May 3, 2002 - Paul Jacobs will play the complete organ works of Olivier Messaien at a recital at the Basilica of Saint Mary. The walls of Franklin Artworks became the canvas to Alexa Howahowski have ink drawings and paintings of Argentinian cowgirls in order to mythologize the cowgirls in a similar way as cowboys are. "Blue Room" is a play by David Hare features ten people from different ethnic groups. Father Hennepin will play homegrown music in Duluth.
May 3, 2002 - MPR’s Art Hughes reports on local Cinco de Mayo celebrations. What began as a Mexican national holiday to commemorate an important battle is now a way to share ethnic pride with Minnesota's exploding population of Latinos from many different countries.
May 3, 2002 - Glen Wolffe, an artist that sees the cosmos when looking down on a fish. Outword Spiral Theater and why it keeps going and going. The Eddies, a group that reads together and plays music together.