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Metro State student Adam Sutcliffe, in the role of Ahmed, is consoled by actor Raul Arambula, in the role of Yousiff, following a rejected proposal from his girlfriend in the play KISS. The production was put on by Theater Underground and hosted by Metro State University and Minneapolis College. The production ran from Nov. 14 - 23. (Brandon General / The Metropolitan)

KISS: Metro State/MCTC production juxtaposes romance with the heartache of a nation

Post author:Brandon General
Post published:February 24, 2020
Post category:Arts Student Life

Metro State theater and Minneapolis Community and Technical College come together to produce a joint theater production at the Whitney Fine Arts Theater.

Dr. Shannon Gibney’s writings await students attending her talk in the Metropolitan State University Student Center on Dec. 6, 2018. Gibney is the author of the young adult novel “Dream Country,” published in 2018 by Dutton Books. She contributed the short story “Lonestar” to “Sky Blue Water,” an anthology of children’s literature by Minnesota authors and published by the University of Minnesota Press. Photo by April Carlson

MCTC professor brings novel discussion to Metro State

Post author:April Carlson
Post published:February 28, 2019
Post category:Arts

Dr. Shannon Gibney discussed her young adult novel “Dream Country” with philosophy students at Metro State on Dec. 6, 2018.

Cheryl Tefer, member of the Minnesota State board of trustees, left, with President Ginny Arthur at Metropolitan State University's spring commencement ceremony at the Minneapolis Convention Center on Saturday, April 28, 2018. Instead of a ceremonial academic mace, Arthur carried a dancing staff made by Wisconsin artist Dick Mindykowski of the Lac Courte Oreilles tribe. The staff was commissioned by former Metropolitan State President Sue K. Hammersmith in 2009. Photo courtesy of Metropolitan State University

Q+A with the President: Arthur talks textbooks, tuition freezes, winter weather

Post author:Kathryn Ganfield
Post published:February 26, 2019
Post category:News

The Metropolitan is catching up on past conversations with President Arthur. On April 24, 2018 she discussed legislative initiatives impacting campus. Plus other topics: spendy textbooks, the space study, tuition-setting, and Mayor Melvin Carter's plan to jump-start every college savings for St. Paul kids.

Image courtesy of Metro State Theater Department

‘Alienation’ brings sci-fi to the stage

Post author:C.T. Corum
Post published:February 2, 2018
Post category:News

You’re invited to a world of aluminum hats and hysteria. “Alienation,” a play conceived and directed by Professor Jonathan Beller, opens Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. The play will be staged at the Whitney Fine Arts Center at Minneapolis Community and Technical College (MCTC).

Photo courtesy of Theater Underground

Black box bulldozed, condos coming

Post author:C.T. Corum
Post published:December 15, 2017
Post category:News
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Metro State theater students mourn loss of performance venue on Minneapolis campus.