Euan Kerr

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Poet Robert Bly, anti-war activist and 'men's movement' leader, dies at 94

Monday, November 22, 2021

Bly won a National Book Award and was a tireless advocate for poetry. But he knew he could rub people the wrong way. "I do remember people wanting to kill me," he said, "but that's not unusual."

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Dakota artist's piece stands where controversial sculpture sparked protests

Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Four years after the Walker Arts Center in Minneapolis was rocked by protests over a sculpture that inflamed the indigenous community, a new structure by artist Angela Two Stars helps to make amends.

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Job Opening: Seeking Historian With Tolerance For Harsh Weather, The Occasional Bear

Friday, April 12, 2019

Lee Radzak is retiring this month after 36 years as manager of an iconic northern Minnesota lighthouse. Split Rock on Lake Superior attracts about 2,500 visitors a day during the summer.

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Minnesota Has An Opening For A Historian To Manage Iconic Lighthouse

Monday, April 08, 2019

Lee Radzak is retiring as the Split Rock lighthouse keeper after 36 years — welcoming 160,000 visitors a year. The Minnesota Historical Society is launching a search for a replacement.

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Kate DiCamillo, Chronicler Of The Hard Truths Of Youth

Monday, November 26, 2018

She's hugely popular and comes across as something of a smart aleck, but the children's author says she retains the timidity of her youth. She says that helps her connect to her young readers.

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Minnesota Orchestra Honors Nelson Mandela By Bringing Music To South Africa

Thursday, August 16, 2018

The Minnesota Orchestra will be the first major U.S. orchestra to play in Soweto, South Africa. The orchestra's tour of the country grew out of its conductor's work with youth orchestras there.

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MPR Cutting Ties With Longtime Business Partner Garrison Keillor

Thursday, December 07, 2017

Last week, Minnesota Public Radio announced it was severing ties with Prairie Home Companion host Garrison Keillor. Separating long-term business arrangements also carries emotional baggage.

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After Outcry, Sculpture Depicting Dakota Tragedy To Be Dismantled, Burned

Thursday, June 01, 2017

Sam Durant's sculpture Scaffold is a commentary on capital punishment in the U.S. But it depicted the mass hanging of 38 members of the Dakota Nation and the community was outraged.

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A Haunting '60s Film About Mental Illness And Incarceration Becomes A Ballet

Friday, April 28, 2017

Frederick Wiseman's controversial 1967 documentary Titicut Follies exposed conditions at Bridgewater State Hospital in Massachusetts. Fifty years later, the filmmaker, now 87, has adapted it to dance.

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Exhibition Celebrates Merce Cunningham And His Choreography Of Chance

Saturday, February 18, 2017

Cunningham was always looking for new ways to move — that's why he used "chance operations" (rolling dice or tossing coins) to put a piece together.

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Even Scarier Than The Book Or Movie: 'The Shining' Is Now An Opera

Thursday, May 12, 2016

"Stephen King's original novel is all about love, death and power," says Pulitzer-winning composer Paul Moravec. "And those are the three foundational components for an opera."

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After Thaw, Minnesota Orchestra Returns To Cuba

Sunday, May 17, 2015

The Minnesota Orchestra plays Havana this weekend. It's the first professional U.S. orchestra to perform in Cuba since the United States and the island nation began the process of normalization last December. For the musicians, this trip is about healing — both diplomatically and for themselves.

The trip is also ...

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