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Arts & Culture

Arts & Culture

1,000 Words: The videographers

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 15, 2016, 2:37 PM Jan 15, 2016
2

Remember when people made fun of foreign tourists for constantly viewing the world through their video cameras?

This tweet from a Christian pop duo aboard a Southwest Airlines flight today proves — again — that those tourists were ahead of their time. Read more →

Arts & Culture

Orchestra to allow iPad use during concerts

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 15, 2016, 7:45 AM Jan 15, 2016
16

The venerable Boston Symphony Orchestra has acknowledged that young people can’t sit through a concert without being connected to their iPads. Read more →

Arts & Culture

Snow sculpture unveiled

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 8, 2016, 6:50 PM Jan 8, 2016
2

The giant snow sculpture in New Brighton has been completed. The Bartz Brothers build a sculpture on their front yard every winter. It looked like this a couple of days ago. The brothers invited people to guess what it would be. If you guessed “octopus” you made a good guess. People who visit this year’s Read more →

Arts & Culture · People doing good

For photojournalists, a question of when to get involved, when to take a picture

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 7, 2016, 3:30 PM Jan 7, 2016
11

When should someone abandon the job he’s paid to do — documenting events, in this case — and put the camera down to pitch in to help? Read more →

Arts & Culture

How not to write an obituary

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 7, 2016, 12:39 PM Jan 7, 2016
42

I don’t really know where to begin in assessing this obituary of a woman in North Carolina who died last month at 94. There’s a little bit in there about the life of Wilma Black, but it seems much more aimed at her son.
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Arts & Culture

The fiery end of Stickwork

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 7, 2016, 9:05 AM Jan 7, 2016
0

Art, especially art from wood, isn’t always meant to be forever.
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Arts & Culture

Rare bird drawing fans to Duluth

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 7, 2016, 7:50 AM Jan 7, 2016
5

A gull, native to the Arctic, makes a mysterious appearance in Duluth and fans migrate to the the city to watch it. Read more →

Arts & Culture · Weather

A setback for the Ice Man of Superior

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 6, 2016, 6:43 AM Jan 6, 2016
0

Roger Hanson, the Big Lake, Minn., man who builds giant ice towers, is having a bit of a time in his second season in Superior, Wisc.
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Arts & Culture · Politics

Oh, America. Lighten up!

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 31, 2015, 10:02 AM Dec 31, 2015
25

Seinfeld fairly nails it when he notes that when the ’63 Stingray came out, America did things without having a reason to do it and a knowledge how.

That was back in the day when it could also have an occasional chuckle.
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Arts & Culture

Vatican no fan of Star Wars

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 23, 2015, 3:34 PM Dec 23, 2015
4

It’s not every day that a Vatican entity longs for more evil in the world. Read more →

Arts & Culture · Education

The rules of English and why we observe them (or not)

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 22, 2015, 8:35 AM Dec 22, 2015
22

The more pages I read in Mary Norris’ book (Mary would insist I add an ‘s’ to that, but I refuse, in deference to the Taylor sisters), the more I want to ask the people who made up all of these rules of our language one question: Who hurt you? Read more →

Arts & Culture · Politics

Presidents in cars getting coffee

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 21, 2015, 3:37 PM Dec 21, 2015
13

It’s hard to imagine anyone will still want to be president once the new season of Jerry Seinfeld’s Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee debuts. Read more →

Arts & Culture

Star Wars proves ‘final nail in coffin of originality’

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 18, 2015, 6:46 AM Dec 18, 2015
16

We are required by law, apparently, to throw some Star Wars content at you.
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Arts & Culture

St. Paul tickets in hand, Adele ‘fans’ seek a payday

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 17, 2015, 12:32 PM Dec 17, 2015
5

Ouch. How badly do you want to see Adele when she kicks off her tour this summer in St. Paul? On StubHub this morning, asking prices were starting at about $550 and running to $9,000. Each. Read more →

Arts & Culture

1,000 Words: Somalis in Minnesota

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 16, 2015, 12:04 PM Dec 16, 2015
6

Photographer Arthur Nazaryan documents life in this photo essay. Read more →

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