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    A first look at TU Dance’s eight season

    Published November 21, 2011 by

    By Julie Sand, TU Dance TU Dance's eighth season opens this weekend (Nov 18-20) at The O'Shaughnessy at St. Catherine University in Saint Paul, with a world premiere of Artistic Director/Choreographer Uri Sands' A Subconcious Plastic Nowhere, exploring the nature of a daydream - the potent and sometimes bizarre storytelling...
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    ‘Tis the season for good music

    Published November 21, 2011 by

    Hard to believe that Thanksgiving is this Thursday. In addition to the food consumption, it might mean you start humming Christmas tunes or other holiday music. There are so many ways to celebrate this season, but music is often a common shared experience. Memories associated with music around this time...
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    Everyday leaders recognize potential for Macon’s future

    Published November 21, 2011 by

    The College Hill Alliance recently released a report highlighting the alliance's first two years and the Knight Neighborhood Challenge. Beverly Blake, program director/Macon at Knight Foundation reflects on the challenge and the people behind it. From the time I moved to Macon seven years ago, I have heard over and over again how much “potential” Macon has.  But it seemed to me that no one was deliberately acting to realize that potential. That is, until in 2007 when a group of Mercer University students came up with an idea and plan to connect Mercer with historic downtown Macon and sold it to the president of the university and the mayor. As a result, through the College Hill Corridor effort and the Knight Neighborhood Challenge, together we are on our way to creating the future for Macon that we seek.
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    Literary Death Match ends in V for Hayden

    Published November 21, 2011 by

    Saturday night's Literary Death Match (LDM) at Bardot did not end in a bloodbath. Instead, it ended with big laughs, hoots and hollers and a linguistic tongue-twister of a spelling bee. Hosted by Literary Death Match founder Todd Zuniga and the Miami Book Fair International, Literary Death Match proved that...
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    Art All About

    Published November 18, 2011 by

    There is art all about through December, and, once again, listed here are just a few choice moments. First off, on Nov. 19, the Dorsch Gallery, which has consistently and solidly highlighted local art, will celebrate its 20th year. To honor...
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    Has the digital revolution intensified anxiety about democracy?

    Published November 18, 2011 by

    Above: Reed Hundt, former chairman, FCC and current chairman, IDEA. This post is part of "The Digital Revolution and Democracy" series. For more information on the series, read "Digital Democracy: A More Perfect Union." “In the early days of the Internet as a commercial and social phenomenon, the thought was that the Internet would be the global common medium... building a platform for the world to connect to each other," says Reed Hundt, former chairman of the FCC during the Clinton Administration. The pace in which it has connected people - 2 billion participants in 20 years - is "astounding," he said. However, as the Internet has exploded in growth, the commercial interests in it may have diverged from public interests.
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    “Oh, Canada”

    Published November 18, 2011 by

        Oh Canada! To be honest, occasionally I forget just how lucky I am to live so close to another country. I can practically see Canada...
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    The future is now in Derek Frech’s “Holodeck”

    Published November 17, 2011 by

    Rebekah Templeton Contemporary Art recently opened its newest solo show by Derek Frech, the Philadelphia-based artist and co-director of Extra Extra gallery. The exhibit is called “Holodeck,” named after the virtual reality environment of "Star Trek" fame. The work in the show hails from an imagined dystopian future where nature...
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    Creating a stronger nonprofit community for Minnesota

    Published November 17, 2011 by

    Wednesday was Give to the Max Day at www.GiveMN.org and Minnesotans did indeed give to the max! Almost $13.6 million was raised for 3,978 nonprofits through online giving from 47,540 donors. GiveMN.org is an innovative online resource seeking to change the way Minnesotans give and help create a stronger nonprofit community for Minnesota. It is a program of the Saint Paul Foundation/Minnesota Community Foundation.
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    Knight Arts grantees earn national recognition

    Published November 17, 2011 by

    Two Knight Arts grantees stepped onto the national stage this week as the New York Times profiled the Detroit Institute of Arts Museum and the Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC in a piece about art museums exploring new marketing avenues. DIA's commercial for its "Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus"...
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    How @documentcloud is turning documents into data

    Published November 17, 2011 by

    Ted Han, DocumentCloud, in a video by Jon Vidar Above, Ted Han describes how DocumentCloud, a 2011 Knight News Challenge winner, is developing a new feature allowing newsrooms to invite public participation in annotating and commenting on source documents. The tool will help newsrooms involve their readers in the news and improve DocumentCloud as a journalistic tool and investigative reporting resource. The site recently merged with Investigative Reporters and Editors. As a two-time Knight News Challenge winner (it won also in 2009 to launch), DocumentCloud already helps journalists analyze, annotate and publish original source documents. The site is used by more than 200 newsrooms nationwide.