May 02, 2007
Town Ball
TOWN BALL: The Glory Days of Minnesota Amateur Baseball is a new book from the University of Minnesota Press about Minnesota’s town team baseball from 1945 to 1960.
This is a video trailer for the book - a novel idea, wouldn't you say?
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February 27, 2007
Electric Arc Radio
Imagine this: four writers living together in a little house on a city street, with Alan Greenspan (yeah, that Alan Greenspan) holed up in a back-yard treehouse and a punk poet next door. That's just the tip of the Electric Arc Radio story, which really must be seen+heard to be believed. Or, not believed.
Here's a behind-the-scenes peek at an Electric Arc rehearsal and performance with arts editor Claire Joubert from Mpls.St.Paul Magazine.
RELATED LINKS:
Electric Arc Radio: Upcoming Shows
MN Stories: Electric Arc's Hey California
More multimedia from mspmag.com
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June 22, 2006
Scott Lynch: Fantasy Author
You may recognize Scott Lynch from Night Gamers, a documentary about vampire role players wherein Scott plays "The Margrave." Now he's published his first novel, The Lies of Locke Lamora, which is already on it's way to new life as a Warner Brothers film.
This video comes to us from Juliah Rueckert, a Minnesota documentary filmmaker making her way in Los Angeles. Juliah promises more video dispatches about Minnesotans making good in Hollywood. Right here on Minnesota Stories, where everyone's a movie star.
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May 19, 2006
Minneapolis Central Library
Minneapolis is secretly becoming a world-class city. Behold the new Minneapolis Central Library, opening on May 20. The giant cantilever proudly juts over Hennepin Avenue, intersecting seasonal glass imagery. I think it just might be taunting the Walker Art Center.
Equally important as the aesthetics is its mission for Minnesota. Check out the New Americans Center, the 300 public access computers and wifi, and of course Teen Central. Did I mention you could walk around with Dunn Bro's coffee? Take that, Barnes & Noble.
Special thanks to Tom Bartel for arranging this sneak peek tour for local bloggers.
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May 01, 2006
Washaka, The Bear Dreamer
Washaka, The Bear Dreamer, written by Minnesota-born author Jamie Lee, is available today in your favorite local bookstore and online. Jamie and her husband, Rocketboom correspondent Milt Lee were in Stillwater for a reading at The Valley Bookseller as part of their "New Faces in the Valley" series.
The story of how the book came to be is remarkable. Jamie was sitting in a coffee shop writing in her notebook, wondering what her next project should be. Leon Hale, a Lakota man, approached her with the story of a powerful dream he had. He was seeking a writer to tell his story to the world, and knew Jamie was the one. As Jamie puts it, she recorded his dream in 11 sessions and then it was time to put her own creative spirit into the story. Washaka, The Bear Dreamer was born out of their collaboration.
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March 01, 2006
Electric Arc
Do you like to see rock shows and drink beer? Of course you do. Okay, now imagine this. Instead of rock music, you have "in-your-face, live-action storytelling" that has something to do with — oh, I dunno — Three's Company. And actually, there's music after all. Sweet, reverb-drenched nostlagia-pop that makes you yearn for slo-mo hard bodies running down California beaches.
That's how it went down at Electric Arc, a collaboration between The Lit 6 Project and Creative Electric Studios. There are plenty more experiments up their sleeve this spring, so check it out. Meanwhile, enjoy past installments of their radio show/podcast with a beer in the comfort of your very own living room.
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January 24, 2006
Another Night of Birth
Let's collide artforms again today. Michael K. Gause wrote a collection of poetry called The Tequila Chronicles. He challenged Starfire to translate his poetry into video. Here's the first. Enjoy.
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December 06, 2005
NaNoWriMo Wrapup
While some of us shopped for alcohol to spike our warm winter toddies, a few brave souls spent last month writing a novel for National Novel Writing Month, better known as NaNoWriMo. Here's a little taste of the wrapup party, including a few folks reading from their novels. Special thanks to Municipal Liason (i.e. volunteer organizer) Theresa Jarosz Alberti for explaining what the whole thing is about. And, congrats to everyone who stepped up to this supreme writing challenge.
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