Laugh it out: Can humor ease tension in polarizing times?
Brandon Boat Brandon Boat

Laugh it out: Can humor ease tension in polarizing times?

From the sidewalk, the gathering at Winona’s Parlour Room on a recent Tuesday night looked like a big party.

Dozens of people drank wine, ate from heaping plates of pasta and chatted up and down long dinner tables inside the downtown storefront.

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The Danger zone: new UMN class hopes to spark creativity with improv
Ella Carlsson Ella Carlsson

The Danger zone: new UMN class hopes to spark creativity with improv

Design students are often put into the unenviable position of being asked, “Hey, I need you to be creative right now.”

Tane Danger, a University of Minnesota alumni and local improv comedian, promises to arm these students with the tools for spontaneous creativity by applying the principles of improvisational comedy.

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