August 2009

Fringe points of view

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The 2009 Fringe Festival. The Bryant-Lake Bowl. The lines began early. See more on Travis Anderson's photo blog.

The Minnesota Fringe Festival = 11 days of performing arts heaven. You can’t possibly see it all, so we’ve sent some of our favorite people into the fray to tell you more. Writers, directors, actors, videographer, photographer = 7 blogs to help you fringe better.

Articles

Fringe-chic

By Travis Anderson
Posted Saturday, August 1

Travis Anderson masterfully welds photo essays around the themes, trends, and schemes that emerge at the 2009 festival. Masterfully.

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Full-on Fringe

By Marya Hornbacher
Posted Sunday, August 9

Writer Marya Hornbacher attempted full-on immersion at the 2009 Fringe and comes out the other side transformed.

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Ignore This!

By John Middleton
Posted Monday, August 10

John tries to write about dance, stalks technicians, peeks into the guts of the Fringe, fixes its iniquities - all while making us laugh.

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Fringe Binge TV!

By Ben McGinley
Posted Monday, August 10

Filmmaker and actor Ben McGinley drags his camera and his unique sense of humor around the 2009 Fringe Festival, taking in dance, talking to birds, and more.

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The "Real" Thing

By Matt Sciple
Posted Monday, August 10

Matt Sciple uncovers a Unified Theatri-fringical Theory of Everything, and invents an art-making equation, while digging through 35+ shows at the Fringe.

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Anna stalks Quinton Skinner

By Anna Sundberg
Posted Tuesday, August 11

Anna stalks Quinton Skinner, Casebolt and Smith, boobs, and more. She shares her off-the-cuff obsessions and captures the wild spirit of 2009 Fringe.

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Love at first sight

By Alan M. Berks
Posted Wednesday, August 12

Over the course of eleven days of performance, I lose all critical perspective. The object of my idealistic love is a big, messy, erratic, many-headed monster.

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May 2010
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April 2010
The healing arts

March 2010
All the world's a stage. . .

February 2010
Reel live

January 2010
Feeling Minnesota

December 2009
Jingle blogs

November 2009
Making art, work

October 2009
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