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There’s no denying La Bohème is one of the world’s most famous operas. Giacomo Puccini’s 1896 opera is staged frequently across the globe and was the inspiration for the Tony-winning musical Rent, which ran for more than 12 years on Broadway and was just staged in an acclaimed Minneapolis production. One could argue it’s the love story at the center of the piece that’s contributed the most to the opera’s lasting resonance. And on that level, if not on all levels, the current Minnesota Opera production delivers.MORE »

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Teatro del Pueblo’s ninth annual Political Theatre Festival, which runs from February 25 through March 13, has the theme “Across the Divide.” An immigrant displaced in a new land considers a surgical change; would-be immigrants struggle for visa; Latino women face misconceptions about one another; a survivor of sex trafficking seeks justice; a multitude of characters live together on one block.MORE »

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The live hip-hop band Heiruspecs have never shied away from acknowledging their roots at St. Paul Central High School. Now they’re officially paying tribute to their alma mater by founding a new scholarship to provide opportunities for future students involved in the arts to go to college.MORE »

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The live hip-hop band Heiruspecs have never shied away from acknowledging their roots at St. Paul Central High School. Now they’re officially paying tribute to their alma mater by founding a new scholarship to provide opportunities for future students involved in the arts to go to college.MORE »

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It’s often said about old cars and old houses that you can maintain them, but you could never build them again. The same is true of classic Bel Canto operas: they don’t make ‘em like that any more. (That said, if any composer in the postmodern era were to sustain the concentrated sincerity necessary to write three hours of solid emoting, a reasonable pastiche might be hard to tell from the real thing.)MORE »

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Bruno Ribeiro with Brenda Harris (above) and Tamara Klividenko (below) in Roberto Devereux. Photos by Michal Daniel, courtesy Minnesota Opera.

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Blue Felix don’t play regular, run-of-the-mill metal rock. What they perform is metal fusion. At least, I’m told that’s what it’s called. What do I know? The closest I ever come to metal anything is opening a can. I know amazing music, though, when I hear it. It’s available on their tour de force CD In Line 2 Die, in spades.MORE »

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Blue Felix don’t play regular, run-of-the-mill metal rock. What they perform is metal fusion. At least, I’m told that’s what it’s called. What do I know? The closest I ever come to metal anything is opening a can. I know amazing music, though, when I hear it. It’s available on their tour de force CD In Line 2 Die, in spades.MORE »

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Thanks in large part to a decision earlier this month by the Federal Transit Administration, in which they altered their funding formula for transit projects, St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman announced today that funding had been secured for inclusion of Central Corridor Light Rail stations at Western Avenue, Hamline Avenue, and Victoria Street.  MORE »

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Thanks in large part to a decision earlier this month by the Federal Transit Administration, in which they altered their funding formula for transit projects, St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman announced today that funding had been secured for inclusion of Central Corridor Light Rail stations at Western Avenue, Hamline Avenue, and Victoria Street.  MORE »

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The Frogtown Farm proposal received overwhelming support by community leaders and residents at last Thursday’s meeting at the Rondo Library in St. Paul. More than 100 people poured into the library’s community room to hear long-term Frogtown residents Tony Schmitz , Seitu Jones, Patricia Ohmans and Soyini Guyton discuss their vision for the 12 acres of land on the corner of Victoria  Street and Van Buren Ave that is currently in limbo. The Wilder Foundation, a local non-profit, has recently demolished several buildings on the property and plans to sell it.MORE »

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