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Eyebrow Raisers
Via minnpost.com
May 19
The Walker’s just-announced 2012-13 Performing Arts Season is “like the Neiman Marcus Christmas Book,” writes Pamela Espeland. “You turn the pages, you see a lot of things you want and a few eyebrow-raisers.”
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Disco and Drone
Via wfmu.org
May 18
Remembering disco diva and multi-Grammy-winning singer Donna Summer, who died this week, Beware the Blog posts “The Old Victrola,” in which avant-garde musician Alan Licht adds drone guitar loops over Summer’s 1979 hit “Dim All the Lights.”
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Music and Magritte
Via brainpickings.org
May 17
Like Warhol after him, René Magritte paid his bills through commercial work early in his career. His stylized sheet music covers from the mid-1920—including one for Fernand Rousseau’s Marche des Snobs—predated album cover art by nearly two decades.
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Articles
The Walker Joins Minnesota’s Arts Community in Opposing Marriage Amendment
Olga Viso
May 15
As an institution committed to free expression and fairness, we stand behind couples—regardless of gender—who wish to express their love and commitment for each other through marriage. Because of these values, the Walker proudly joins organizations across our state in endorsing the Minnesotans United for All Families Campaign, which aims to defeat the marriage amendment in November.
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Cuban Metal
Via spin.com
May 15
With the embargo and restrictions on travel and citizen access to the internet, Cuba remains one of the hemisphere’s most isolated nations. “It’s no wonder,” writes David Peisner, “that the country is responsible for some of the angriest, most extreme metal on Earth.”
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Prewitt & Perry
Via pitchfork.com
May 7
In addition to his work with the Sea and Cake and musical side projects (which brought him to the Walker in 2005 and 2011), Archer Prewitt has other gigs—including one designing a new bobblehead in honor of dub/reggae great Lee “Scratch” Perry.
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Cat Break
Via youtube.com
May 4
Despite the cuteness of the scene—a DJ cat mixing the Beastie Boys!—today’s Cat Break comes with sincere sadness: Rest in peace, Adam Yauch (aka MCA), director, activist, and Beasties cofounder, who passed away at age 47 after a three-year battle with cancer.
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Glass Reflections
Via thefader.com
May 1
For its annual Icon Issue, The Fader focuses on Philip Glass by getting reflections on the 75-year-old composer—and his collaborations with filmmakers, dancers, and visual artists—from the likes of Chuck Close, Lucinda Childs, Nico Muhly, and Errol Morris.
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Le Petit Prince
Via thestranger.com
Apr 30
Almost as unique as Prince’s music is the Minneapolis native’s couture: frilly tops, paisley jackets, ruffled collars. Each of these details is exactingly recreated in miniature by Troy Gua, whose Thunderbirds-esque dolls even include cashmere-fluff chest hair.