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“I used to be a lot cleaner and a lot nicer,” says Bryan Miller. One of the very best Twin Cities comics of the past decade is recording his very first solo album this weekend at Acme, and he’s not holding back. Despite having a Dry Bar Comedy special that…
By Mary Lucia This move has never felt like an ending, though. I’ve always been a good friend to Rock and Roll, and in turn, it has always been there for me. Hey Ho Let’s Go! Last April, after 28 years working in the cock-a-doodle-dude world of radio, I took…
Not all heroes wear capes. Take, for instance, Jordan Erickson, an intrepid movie-goer, smartly spent a big chunk of his summer at the cinema to fill up all of his punchcard for the Trylon’s massive Nic Cage: National Treasure series. DISPATCH checks in with Erickson after his envious achievement. DISPATCH:…
WORDS by Patrick Strait Well, he survived. Two weeks, DISPATCH talked with comedian Alex Jaffe who was preparing to perform at the annual Gathering of the Juggalos in Ohio. If you missed it, click here to read it now. As the first-ever Minnesota comedian to perform at the Gathering, Jaffe…
By Katie Dohman It’s 10 a.m. mountain time and frontwoman for the six-piece band Seratones, AJ Haynes, is in her hotel room in Denver, eating breakfast. She just played a fundraiser the night before as a stop on her band, the Seratones’ tour in support of their latest disco- and…
WORDS BY Isabelle Wattenberg•••Mae Simpson is a band leader, singer, and lyricist—but there’s no question that her favorite role is making music on stage, for a live audience. “It is truly a collective shared moment between audience, music, art, and energy,” she says. “Sometimes the best way to understand what…
WORDS BY Erica Skarohlid•••In preparation for the first Play Reading Festival at Six Points Theater last spring, festival director Robert Dorfman read more than 40 different plays to select three that were then presented virtually in March of 2022. Groupthink, by Mathew Goldstein, was one of them. Now, starting August…
WORDS BY Patrick Strait Minnesota comics have performed just about everywhere. Whether it’s headlining internationalfestivals, killing on late night TV, or starring in major Hollywood blockbusters, the comedy talent fromthe Twin Cities has seen and done it all. Almost. This month, comedian Alex Jaffe will go where no Minnesota comic…
With the massive Fringe Festival staging its final shows of the fest, we’ve heard amazing buzz around one show in particular—Changing the Narrative: Climate Stories for Justice, a performance that matches up personal stories about Climate Change from organizers who work in the space (don’t we all?) with music from…