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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: Arts

Field of Dreams for sale

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 13, 2010, 3:15 PM May 13, 2010
1

$5.4 million and it’s yours.

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The oil spill up close

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 12, 2010, 12:50 PM May 12, 2010
2

One might feel somewhat guilty noting the beauty in the disaster.

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Second takes on Gaiman’s fee

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 7, 2010, 2:45 PM May 7, 2010
14

The arts community has offered a little ‘pushback’ to the criticism of using sales tax money to pay a prominent author to speak.

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Ronald Reagan and James Dean: Together again

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 24, 2010, 9:07 AM Apr 24, 2010
1

Reliving the culture wars.

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Sports

Flash mob at the Twins game

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 15, 2010, 4:51 PM Apr 15, 2010
6

Let the record show that the Minnesota Twins are 0-1 whenever a flash mob appears at Target Field.

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Images that changed the world

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 13, 2010, 2:30 PM Apr 13, 2010
8

What one image comes to mind?

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What’s right with us? The harmonica man

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 27, 2010, 9:44 AM Mar 27, 2010

A week of simply awful news had us searching for some decency among us.

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Fresh Eye on the Radio: The ‘sorry’ state of love

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 19, 2010, 5:02 PM Jan 19, 2010

Erich Segal’s passing forces us to confront one of those worst lines about love ever written.

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Can musicians be replaced?

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 19, 2010, 12:09 PM Jan 19, 2010
3

The Cleveland Orchestra settles its strike. But…

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On Vic Chesnutt

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 7, 2010, 2:54 PM Jan 7, 2010

WHYY’s Fresh Air remembers an interview with musician Vic Chesnutt.

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Cam Waters, 1958-2009

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 22, 2009, 10:30 AM Dec 22, 2009
1

The local blues guitarist was an occasional MPR guest.

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Beyond the carousel

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 18, 2009, 1:07 PM Nov 18, 2009
4

Gerald Cafesjian’s legacy is a palatial building that’s now Town Square in St. Paul.

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Profile of an artist

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 26, 2009, 12:31 PM Oct 26, 2009

In New York, an artist took a short helicopter ride, and is spending the week sketching the entire city skyline from memory.

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History in sand art

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 21, 2009, 12:29 PM Oct 21, 2009
1

A history of the Ukraine in 9 minutes.

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Billboards as art

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 29, 2009, 10:37 AM Sep 29, 2009

Today’s eyesores might be tomorrow’s art.

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