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“The Bridges of Madison County” Musical Brings Quiet Passion to Minneapolis
The beloved novel The Bridges of Madison County was written in 1992 by Robert James Waller, an Iowa college professor. Considered too short to be a novel and met with mixed reviews, it took word of mouth for the book to eventually rise to the bestseller list, where it stayed for 164 weeks. In 1994,…
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Magnus Nilsson’s Nordic: A Scandinavian Fantasia at the American Swedish Institute
I drank the aquavit wrong. I know this because text and a series of photos of chef Magnus Nilsson later made clear that “sipping is generally considered not good practice for enjoying aquavit.” Still, I felt compelled to sip, after standing in a line of a few dozen people on Wednesday for a taste of herb-infused aquavit from…
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“Me Before You”: Manic Pixie Dream Nurse
My girlfriend scoffed when someone offered her a sample pack of tissues as we walked into a preview of Me Before You. “What do they think this is,” she asked, “Inside Out?” No, it’s certainly not Inside Out. That movie — which, unlike Me Before You, actually made both of us cry — is a rich and imaginative…
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Wedding Vows Updated for Various Groups
Millennials: I, [Brooklyn], take you, [Jonas], to be my #mancrushmonday/wifey, to Snapchat and to swipe right on, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for bottomless mimosa brunch times, and for grad school debt times, in gluten-allergies and paleo diets, until YOLO turns to BAAAAIII. Yuppies: I, [Salix], take you, [Eleanor], to be my…
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An Update on Daytime TV for All You 9-5-ers
A few months ago, I decided to go freelance. Not trying to be all “I QUIT MY DAY JOB TO BE AN ARTISTE, BUT IT’S ACTUALLY WAY HARDER THAN WORKING, GUYS” here. It’s more like I saw people charging hourly and calling their cats their colleagues and I wanted in on that racket. Who knows if it will be forever,…
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“X-Men: Apocalypse” and the Saturation Point of Serial Comic Entertainment
I work in a comic book store. Like, full time, benefits, get sent to San Diego Comic Con, seriously-Mom-and-Dad-this-is-a-viable-life-choice, work in a comic book store. I hear a lot about comic book movies and we need to establish something about comic books. Comics are much weirder and dumber and more glorious than you think. When…