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State of the Arts: August 24, 2009 Archive

What makes us perform better? Not money.

Posted at 12:25 PM on August 24, 2009 by Marianne Combs
Filed under: Culture

While common belief in the business world supports giving bonuses to inspire better performance, science soundly refutes such thinking. In fact, monetary incentives often make us perform worse. So what to do if you want to inspire your minions?

In this TED talk, career analyst Dan Pink debunks performance bonuses and pushes instead for jobs that give people the ability to direct themselves in meaningful pursuits. Pink's three tenets for success are "autonomy, mastery and purpose." How many jobs can offer that?

St. Paul's Concrete and Grass festival line-up announced

Posted at 3:35 PM on August 24, 2009 by Marianne Combs
Filed under: Music

Concrete and Grass, Lowertown's music festival, is back for a third year, and this year's line-up is just as delightfully diverse as past years.

The music starts on the afternoon of Friday, September 11th in Mears Park and runs through the weekend. Over the course of 55 hours or so, folks can get a sampling of rock. pop, classical, and more. Here are the details:

Concrete and Grass Lowertown Music Festival Schedule

Friday, Sept 11th
Main Stage
3:30 to 4:30 Story City
5:00 to 6:00 The Warblers with Chris Osgood and Dave Ahl
6:30 to 7:30 Minnesota Opera
8:30 to 10:00 Freddy Fresh with Special Guest Mark Wheat

Acoustic Stage
6:00 to 6:30 Dan Newton
7:30 to 8:30 Papa John Kolstad w/ Clint Hover

Saturday, Sept 12th
Main Stage
12:00 to 12:45 McNally Smith Student Ensemble
1:00 to 2:00 Idle Hands
2:30 to 3:30 Aviette
4:00 to 5:00 Moore By Four
5:30 to 6:30 Desdamona
7:00 to 7:30 The Ordway
8:30 to 10:00 Romantica

Acoustic Stage
5:00 to 5:30 Alicia Renee
6:30 to 7:00 Spider John Koerner
7:30 to 8:30 Kid Dakota

Sunday, Sept 13th
Main Stage
12:00 to 1:00 Gospel with Ginger Commodore and Tanner Taylor
1:30 to 2:30: The Schubert Club
3:00 to 4:00 Jelloslave
5:00 to 6:00 Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
6:30 to 8:00 Heiruspecs.

Acoustic Stage
4:00 to 5:00 pm The Flatwheelers featuring Martin Devaney and Jake Hyer
6:00 to 6:30 Luke Wallrich

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