Friday news and reviews

Posted at 9:03 AM on December 31, 2010 by Marianne Combs (0 Comments)
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The end-of-year reviews continue, just under the deadline...

Art

Of museum wish lists and gifts
2010 gifts and purchases enhance the collections of three Minneapolis art museums.
- Mary Abbe, Star Tribune

Basel 2010: Mission Meta-Impossible
Sean Smuda returns to Art Basel Miami for a third year - read on for an extensive photo essay and his dispatch for mnartists.org on the aesthetics, theory and commercial circus that dominated this year's fairs.
- mnartists.org

Comedy

Home for the ha-ha-holidays
Old comedy buddies from the 1980s -- Louie Anderson, Lizz Winstead and Jeff Cesario -- talk about coming home for gigs on New Year's Eve.
- Tom Horgen, Star Tribune

Movies

Colin Covert's 10 best of '10
A look back includes films big and small, dramas and documentaries, and even "Toy Story 3."
- Colin Covert, Star Tribune

The best and worst movies of 2010
Lots of things were happening at the movies this year -- 3-D, tons of animation, a stake in the heart of the romantic comedy -- but, for me, the big trend was bigness.
- Chris Hewitt, Pioneer Press

The best films you never heard of
Non-blockbusters busted out in 2010, with these outstanding, overlooked movies worthy of your attention.
- Colin Covert, Star Tribune

Coming attractions: Here are some of the movies critic Chris Hewitt is looking forward to in 2011
The movies of 2010 are already soooo 2010. If you're a movie fan, you're probably already looking forward to the movies of 2011.
- Chris Hewitt, Pioneer Press

Music

The best local music of 2010
Jeremy Messersmith went 6 feet under and rose to the top spot in our annual poll to pick the year's best local CD.
- Chris Riemenschneider, Star Tribune

Andrew Broder talks about his new band, the Cloak Ox
Andrew Broder, Martin Dosh, Jeremy Ylvisaker, and Mark Erickson are now the Cloak Ox, a new band.
- Andrew Flanagan, City Pages

11 jazz picks for the first 11 weeks of 2011
- Pamela Espeland, MinnPost.com

Theater

Jill Bernard brings back 'Drum Machine'... without the machine
This Saturday Jill Bernard returns to the Twin Cities with her solo improv show Drum Machine for a run that continues through the month.
- Ed Huyck, City Pages

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