Here’s the one-sentence recap: Music training is to the brain as weight training is to muscles.
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Stevie Wonder will be playing Minneapolis for the first time in 27 years. Tickets go on sale January 24th. Full details from the Star Tribune.
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The Viking’s new stadium is set to open in July of 2016, and the plans for decorating the facility are starting to take shape. Part of that process involves reaching out to local artists who may have something to contribute to the stadiums final appearance. Full story from the Star Tribune.
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The guy’s name is Michael Grab, and this post is perfect for the P.B.A.. There are more people who practice this art than you might realize, but I think there are still more who make a point of kicking them over.
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In science and religion, popular media has led us toward the idea that we must choose one or another. In Krista Tippet’s book, Einstein’s God, the reader is offered an alternative. If you don’t read the book, the review itself is well worth your time.
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With the events of Paris still fresh, here’s a Sunday morning contemplative comic that comes with some good advice. A couple warnings, if this offends you… you’ve missed the point, and be ready, there is some mildly explicit language.
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Martin Pistorius spent more than a decade unable to move or communicate, fearing he would be alone, trapped, forever. NPR’s new show Invisibilia tells how his mind helped him create a new life.
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Dish Network unveiled a plan for on demand video that will include ESPN. The price: $20 per month. It’s yet another step towards competition based marketplace for cable television. Chord cutters rejoice!
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Relocating from Las Vegas to Minot wasn’t enough to slow down Vanessa Melvin’s music ambitions. The Minot Air Force Base resident is a competitor on this season’s American Idol.
Read & Share sourced from: KMOT NewsIf you missed church this week… here’s some food for thought: If you fall down nine times, get up ten. Curious? There’s a dose of good thinking behind the link below.
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In one single release, the Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery have added more than 40,000 pieces of art to the public domain, and changed the nature of museums forever.
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And it’s not just kids playing them that’s on the decline, it’s people buying them too. It’s a cultural phenomenon that’s simply a sign of changing times.
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It’s the fictional story of a real world participant in Western North Dakota’s 1980’s oil boom.
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Over the last month all the news about the oil boom has centered around the price of oil, but it’s easy to forget that what’s happening in North Dakota right now is just as much a human story. Here’s a nice piece from the NY Times perfect for the Christmas season.
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The Dickens Festival fixture underwent quite a renovation over the last year, but the bus is ready and running just in time for this years festivities.
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High culture on the high plains can be hard to come by, but two venues in Sidney are putting the word out that they have open spots on the calendar and are looking for performers.
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