MPR's arts reporting goes online

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Does anybody remember MPR's arts show, Word of Mouth? How about State of the Arts? Remember when MPR even had dedicated arts reporting on any particular schedule? Yeah, it's been a while. Well it's back, and like everything else worth reading it seems, it's online. Under the revived State of the Arts moniker, Marianne Combs has a lovely new arts blog "covering everything from theater and dance to fashion and architecture." We'll miss Marianne's warm voice, but at least we didn't lose her to MidMorning.
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Leah Cooper

Leah Cooper is a freelance stage director, nonprofit administration consultant, co-founder of this here Web site, co-artistic director of Wonderlust Productions, and the Executive Director of the Minnesota Theater Alliance. She is also on the board of directors for Live Action Set and the California Institute of Contemporary Arts. From 2001 to 2006, she led the Minnesota Fringe Festival to annual attendance increases and financial stability. Up next, she is directing Shooting Star at Park Square Theatre and writing a play for Wonderlust's Adoption Play Project.