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• The dirt on the Walker's 'Naked' exhibit
  For the next month veteran Japanese artists Eiko and Koma will perform in the Walker Art Center galleries for six hours a day, six days a week -- completely nude.November 2, 2010
• Epic production explores history of Afghanistan
  The politics of Afghanistan have confounded the West for centuries. A new production opening tomorrow at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis is designed to provide some explanation. "The Great Game: Afghanistan" is an epic show, lasting seven and a half hours.September 28, 2010
• From the page to the stage
  The Guthrie Theater brings Louise Erdrich's novel "The Master Butchers Singing Club" to the stage this month. The show describes the intersecting lives of a German immigrant and butcher and a sideshow performer as they settle into the small town of Argus, North Dakota.Midmorning, September 16, 2010
• Multiple art fairs bring artists to Twin Cities
  More than 700 artists are in the Twin Cities this weekend for multiple art fairs. The Loring Park Art Festival, Powderhorn Art Fair and Uptwon Art Fair are all this weekend.August 7, 2010
• Civil rights history takes stage at Guthrie
  "The Scottsboro Boys," which opens Friday at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, tells the story of a pivotal civil rights case. John Kander, half of the Kander and Ebb team which wrote the musicals "Cabaret," and "Chicago," is in Minnesota working on the show.August 5, 2010
• Fringe Festival preview: Groundbreakers, the digestive tract, and losers on stage
  The 17th annual Minnesota Fringe Festival pulls up the curtains tomorrow at 15 venues in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Minnesota Public Radio's Arts Unit went to find out what's making this year's "Fringe" unique.August 4, 2010
• A history of theater in Minnesota
  Cathy Wurzer and historian Annette Atkins discuss theater's long history in Minnesota.July 28, 2010
• Dowling: Next five years will be challenging for the Guthrie
  Joe Dowling, who has agreed to remain artistic director of the Guthrie Theater for another five years, says the poor economy is hurting his theater and other arts organizations.July 20, 2010
• Dowling to remain at Guthrie for 5 more years
  The board of the Guthrie Theater has extended the contract of director Joe Dowling for another five years.July 19, 2010
• A theater's roof becomes part of the act
  When Jason Peterson and his wife, Jessica Lind, converted a furniture warehouse into a space for their theater company, they thought the space was perfect. And it was, except for one thing: the roof.April 26, 2010
• Guthrie's 'Tiny Kushner' to get London staging
  The Guthrie Theater's production of five short Tony Kushner plays will be staged at London's Tricycle Theatre in September.April 16, 2010
• Guthrie will premier Erdrich's "Master Butcher's Singing Club"
  The Guthrie Theater announced Wednesday it will open its next season with a world premier adaptation of Louise Erdrich's bestselling novel "The Master Butcher's Singing Club."April 7, 2010
• Theater companies form Minnesota Theater Alliance
  The Minnesota Theater Alliance will serve as an umbrella organization to serve the needs of individual companies, and promote the state's wide-ranging theater community.March 25, 2010
• Spalding Gray's stories live on through his wife
  When writer and performer Spalding Gray committed suicide in 2004, fans mourned both him and the loss of his monologues. Many believed only he could perform them. Now a new show, "Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell," proves that is not true.March 18, 2010
• Estelle Parsons delves into 'August, Osage County'
  Over the years Estelle Parsons has excelled at many different kinds of acting: she won an Oscar for her role in "Bonnie and Clyde." On TV she had regular roles in both "All in the Family" and on "Roseanne" as Roseanne Barr's acerbic mother. Now she's in St Paul where she is playing Violet Weston, the wasp-tongued, pill-popping matriarch of a dysfunctional family in the awardwinning play "August, Osage County."March 16, 2010

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