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The Music Room Got An Upgrade
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Hello!
Welcome to The Flying P, a weekly newsletter covering your Phipps Center for the Arts and anything else I might want to throw your way.
This issue hasā¦
š©° A New Dance Floor
for the dancināš¼ Some New Artwork
for the viewināšø New Team Members
for the workinā

FACILITIES
We got a space upgrade

whadda crew
Ever had so much dance that you didnāt know where to put it? Same!
Good thing for us, we have a Music Council that decided to come to the rescue. The councilās solution: letās add dance flooring to the Music Room so it can be used for dance when not being used for music. COUNCIL COOPERATION!
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Special flooring was needed because regular old tile flooring, although just fine for day-to-day use, is too hard for dancing. Dancers need something with a little more spring to help protect their joints.
The flooring installed has a [ahem] spongey [ahem] layer underneath it to help protect said joints (the black stuff).
Big ups to Tom and Carol Dahle, Greta Lewis, Anne and Leo Bachem, Mark Koski, and Gail OāConnor for dedicating part of their Friday to installing this new flooring. Not only does it look great, but it will feel great to dancer feet.
Click below to see the 841st and final piece being hammered into place.
[Mark with the hammer drop] š
PHIPPS TOP 10
best-selling upcoming events this season by tickets soldā¦
1. The Drowsy Chaperone (previously: 1)
2. Prancer (previously: 2)
3. I Am Womanā¦. presented by Lori Dokken (previously: 3)
4. Transyl-Mania (previously: 4)
5. Mysterious Old Radio Listening Society (previously: 5)
6. Colleen Rayeās NYE (previously: 8)
7. Silent Sky (previously: 9)
8. Underneath the Lintel, or: The Mystery of the Abandoned Trousers (previously: 6)
9. The Andrews Sisters Onstage: a Jen Burleigh-Bentz production (previously: 7)
10. A Brass & Organ Holiday (previously: 10)
BETTER HURRY LIST
best-selling upcoming events this season by percent sold
(i.e., closest to being sold out)ā¦
1. I Am Womanā¦. presented by Lori Dokken (SOLD OUT)
2. Underneath the Lintel, or: The Mystery of the Abandoned Trousers (SOLD OUT)
3. Mysterious Old Radio Listening Society (previously: 3)
4. The Drowsy Chaperone (previously: 4)
5. The Andrews Sisters Onstage: a Jen Burleigh-Bentz production (previously: 5)
PEOPLE
Goooooooo TEAM!
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Team Phipps grew just the tiniest bit over the past few weeks. Big, huge welcome to Kristin Prideaux, our new Team Assistant, and Heidi Tansom, our new Development Associate.
Kristin will be working part-time in our administrative office. Sheāll most likely be the friendly voice you hear when you call for tickets, or the friendly face you see when you swing by to grab some Phipps info. Sheās friendly. Did I mention that?
Heidi comes to us via an anonymous grant aimed at helping the Phipps with fundraising. Her task: RAISE ALL THE MONIES. She doesnāt like the title āDevelopment Associateā (I admit, itās stuffy); she prefers to be addressed as Queen of Development. If the gif below becomes Phipps reality, weāll go ahead and call her that. š


artist: Layne Kleinart
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my favorite gallery piece of the week
Looooove this piece. Water media on cement coated panel.
Donāt miss Layneās work. Itās really wonderful!
VISUAL ARTS
Cool art alert

If you werenāt able to attend last Fridayās opening reception for the new gallery exhibitions, you missed out on a fun night.
One particular exhibition will most likely appeal to you east-siders: āFrom Saint Paul to Hudson: Views along the Mississippi and Saint Croix Riversā ā work by Jeanne Ross.
Alongside some beautiful paintings of St. Paul, Jeanne has a section that focuses on whatās right outside the Phipps. Each piece is numbered and thereās a map in the center with the locations she used as her POV for each painting.
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Itās pretty fun. Iād swing by and check it out if I were you.

fashionable tee, fashionable bag
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(no online sales for tees. gotta come in. I know I know. sorry.)
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