A ‘Carmen’ for the Jazz Age

Dancers Rosa Prigan (above left) and Zoe Emilie Henrot (right) are featured in Ballet Co.Laboratory’s production of "Carmen in the 1920s." Pixel Dust Photography Ballet Co. transports Bizet’s heroine to 1920s Manhattan. Ballet Co.Laboratory will bring back Carmen in the…

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The way we wore

Artist Olson’s life story is spun from the clothing that dressed her years.When Ramsey Hill artist Patricia Olson was going through her childhood home after the death of her parents, she found an unexpected gift. Her mother had carefully packed…

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Band of neighbors

Thirty years on, Lex-Ham ensemble is making beautiful music together. Music has a way of bringing people together, and playing music together in a band can take that relationship to a higher level. Those were Urban Landreman’s thoughts when he suggested…

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Art of engagement

Spring brings four weekends of open studio events in St. Paul. The Saint Paul Art Crawl has been a bridge between local artists and the community since 1991. Merriam Park artists Andrea Okeson and Anne Spooner and Highland Park artist…

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Liberté, egalité, sororité

In time of revolution, four French women find surprising alliesPark Square Theatre has waited three years to stage The Revolutionists. Playwright Lauren Gunderson’s irreverent comedy about four women caught up in the French Revolution was originally scheduled to be performed…

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St. Paul salutes its Irish roots

St. Patrick's Day celebration for all ages marks its 40th anniversarySaint Paul’s Saint Patrick’s Day parade has always been a family event, with the city’s various Irish clans marching behind banners emblazoned with the families’ names. “When the parade was…

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Have shoes, will tap

Seniors discover the joys of percussive dance. Stroll by the northeast corner of University Avenue and Vandalia Street and you may hear the clicking of tap shoes emanating from the studio at Keane Sense of Rhythm. Ellen Keane moved her…

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