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Fifth Annual Literary Love Fest

submitted by Kristin Henning

Feb 8 2010 — 1:20am

cupid-valentines-day1Local literati read their own work or some of their faves as they riff on love, hate, community, family—whatever their hearts desire! The line-up includes Antay Bilgutay, Jill Breckenridge, Carol Connolly, Pat Dennis, David Grant, Heid Erdrich, Phebe Hanson, C.M. Harris, James Lenfestey, Ardie Medina, Tim Nolan, Jonathan Odell, Lynette Reini-Grandell, Faith Sullivan, Katrina Vandenberg, and Bryan Thao Worra. Guaranteed to be an evening full of mirth, meaning, and, yup, love.  This amusing look at love is the final Raking through Books event at the old Kieran’s location; in March they move to Block E. Presented by The Loft Literary Center and Secrets of the City, with support by KFAI Radio, the University of Minnesota Bookstore, and Kieran’s.

5:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 9, Kieran’s Irish Pub; 330 – 2nd Av. S., Minneapolis

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Yiddish Minnesota

submitted by Max Sparber

Jan 12 2009 — 3:59pm

So tomorrow Secrets of the City is sponsoring a talk with author Neal Karlen and comedian (and German scholar) Ari Hoptman on the subject of Yiddish, about which Karlen has written a book. This has got me thinking about Yiddish in Minnesota, so I decided to do a little digging. There isn’t a lot, but what’s out there is interesting. Garrison Keillor once joked about a Yiddish-Minnesotan dictionary. KFAI, unsuprisingly, can be counted on to occasionally play Yiddish music. According to this book, there was a brief, but failed, attempt at publishing a Yiddish weekly in 1921. Local girls made good The Andrew Sisters had some luck with Yiddish novelty numbers, and also helped create Yiddish swing. The locally originated show Gershwin the Klezmer investigated Geirge Gershwin’s roots in Yiddish music. And, of course, St. Louis Park’s own Coen Brothers will be filming The Yiddish Policeman’s Union as their next movie.

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Latest comment — Max Sparber: Will do!