The Morning After . . .

The Walker Arts Center Announces its 2012-13 Performing Arts Season

The Walker Art Center announced its 2012-13 performing arts season on Thursday, and it looks to be another good one. Highlights include a new solo work by performance artist Laurie Anderson, an experimental multimedia/music piece by Wilco guitarist Nels Cline and several of his friends, and a day-long 60th birthday bash for composer/musician/producer John Zorn.

In all there are six commissioned works, three world premieres,…

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The Grand Opening of Garrison Keillor’s Common Good Books

A standing-room only crowd gathered at Common Good Books in St. Paul last night to hear Garrison Keillor and his radio crew perform scenes from Keillor’s novel, Guy Noir and the Straight Skinny. It was the second event in a three-day celebration of the re-location/re-opening of his bookstore at the intersection of Snelling Ave. and Grand Ave. (Tuesday night was devoted to poetry, and…

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