Cristina Córdova

Books Are Fashionable Too

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STYLE Minnesota Fashion Fall Fashion Weekend kicks off with a reception this evening, and the next four days are filled with runway events, trunk shows, and other ways to celebrate Minnesota’s small, but growing, clothing design “industry.” In fact, not only does the weekend offer a glimpse of what’s great about local fashion, but it … Read more

Odd Characters

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THEATER & PERFORMANCE A Sexy Twist on a Classic Tale On a dark and stormy night, after getting a flat tire, the innocent Brad and Janet are forced to take refuge in an old castle. What they find inside is perhaps in keeping with the expected mad-scientist scenario, but there’s a definite twist. Sure, you … Read more

Jane Austen Book Club

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by Danielle Kurtzleben You can’t blame a movie studio for wanting to get more butts in the seats. The posters for The Jane Austen Book Club have the tagline, “You don’t have to know the books to be in the club” above an open book, its pages curved into the shape of a heart — … Read more

Monday Monday

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THEATER & PERFORMANCE Inside the Gate In 1988, after twenty-one years of being governed by a hearing president and board of trustees, students and faculty of Gallaudet University — a campus specifically created for deaf people — protested the hypocrisy of maintaining a hearing “insider” at the helm. Their efforts and achievements — among them … Read more

Dylan Messaging

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This is one of the coolest things I’ve seen in a long time… and so simple, too. (Granted, you had to have seen the message I was sent to fully appreciate my enthusiasm.) Send your friends a message, “Subterranean Homesick Blues”-style.