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'State Fair Affair' in NYC: good will, beer -- and Franken

By Dylan Dawson | 03/21/11
NEW YORK — The celebration of all things deep-fried and dairy took place at the Bell House, a bar-and-music venue in Brooklyn.
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Minnesota Culture Club binds transplanted artists in NYC

By Dylan Dawson | 03/18/11
This Sunday in Brooklyn, a crowd of young Minnesotans who've relocated to New York will watch Sen. Al Franken judge the group's food-on-a-stick contest.
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Documentary filmmaking: from Joan Rivers to 'Burma Soldier'

By Dylan Dawson | 12/23/10
NEW YORK — Edina native Annie Sundberg says what connects her other films to "Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work" is the same thing that draws her to all of her work: "interesting characters who are in interesting circumstances."
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Longtime Guthrie actor, now in 'La Bête' on Broadway, waxes on Twin Cities' cultural/theatrical scene

By Dylan Dawson | 11/09/10
NEW YORK — Says Wingert: I think that we are the finest secret culturally, not just theatrically — music, dance, opera, art — certainly in the United States.
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At NYC's Public Theater, free Shakespeare -- and a goal of making all of its productions free

By Dylan Dawson | 07/15/10
NEW YORK —Artistic Director Oskar Eustis talks of this summer's Shakespeare in the Park — and remembers a mind-blowing 'West Side Story' and many second acts at the Guthrie during his youth in Minnesota.
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New Yorkers loving 'Cinematic Titanic' with reunited Satellite of Love crew

By Dylan Dawson | 05/17/10
If you're under 25 or over 40, these words might not mean anything to you, but to those of us in between who grew up watching "Mystery Science Theater 3000" on Comedy Central, news of Hodgson's return is nothing short of a miracle.
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Journalist? 'I don't like the word'

By Dylan Dawson | 04/16/10
NEW YORK — The New York Times media critic, former crack addict, cancer survivor and best-selling author, discusses his complicated relationship with the Twin Cities, why he relates to Sarah Palin and his latest addiction, the iPad.