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Once On This Island Heats Up the Ordway

And the gods heard her prayer…  Photo by Joan Marcus If you’re feeling “over” the Minnesota winter but don’t have the cash money for a beachside escape, you’re in luck – the next best thing has hit #tctheater stages at a fraction of the price. Photo by Joan Marcus First

Guthrie’s Noura is Unafraid to Ask Hard Questions

Can you fix a broken heart?  Photo by Dan Norman One of the unfortunate side effects of America’s broken educational system is that it completely prevents a nuanced understanding of the world. Take, for example, the average American’s cultural understanding of the Middle East. Do they understand the difference between

Best Books and Reads of 2019

It’s that time of year again…   It’s been a while since I did a reading roundup and it’s the last day of 2019, so I figured – why not? Long-time followers know that I am an avid reader. I try to hit at least 100 books read every year,

Thrillist: How to Volunteer in the Twin Cities This Holiday Season

Don’t be a Scrooge.   Photo courtesy of Thrillist The season of giving is upon us! While that most often means an exhausting list of shopping, wrapping, and gift giving and receiving, I also like to think that it’s a time to think even more than usual about giving back

Thrillist: How the East African Community Enriches Twin Cities Culture

This is a big one for me. Photo courtesy of Thrillist As long-time readers know, I’ve been writing for Thrillist for a couple of years now. Most of what I’ve had the chance to write has been listicle style roundups, but I was recently afforded the chance to write a

Aubergine is a Quiet Pleasure

“We’re always already dead – so why not live?”   Photo by Rich Ryan The culinary world has been having a good run in pop culture for the last decade or so. Beginning with the explosion of food TV pioneered by Emeril Lagasse, Anthony Bourdain and the Food Network, culinary

Autonomy Is In A Class All Its Own

I can truly promise that you will never see a show like this again.   You’ve heard of drive-in movie theaters, but have you heard of drive-in plays? No? You wouldn’t be alone! It’s a highly unusual concept, but a drive-in play (or maybe a drive-by play is more accurate)

The Brothers Paranormal is a Thrilling Nail-Biter

Although not my preferred genre, horror really seems to be having a moment these days. Thanks to brilliant filmmakers like Jordan Peele (Get Out, Us) and Ryan Murphy (American Horror Story), horror is becoming a nuanced, complex genre that many people share a love of. More than many genres it

The Jungle’s “School Girls” brings “Mean Girls” to Africa

Every time I see a show at The Jungle, I think “they can’t possibly top this…”   Photo by Dan Norman … and then I find myself to be all wrong a couple months later when a new show opens. Readers may remember my glowing review of the Jungle’s reprisal

Pangea World Theater’s “Mother Courage” is Worth Consideration

What makes a good mother?   *Correction: I unintentionally misspelled the name of Marcela Michelle as Marcella Mobama in my initial review; I apologize for the mistake and have corrected it here.  That’s always been a mercurial question, but it’s harder to answer than it seems. We live in an era of helicopter

The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotype is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. they make one story become the only story.

– chimamanda ngozi adichie

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