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Pop some popcorn, get in your “Slanket” and cozy up on the couch tonight to watch the premiere episode of the new Twin Cities Public Television arts show, MN Original, an new weekly series focusing on Minnesota artists and their creative processes.

For quite some time, the in-the-know team at MN Original (whose offices are based in St. Paul, btw!) have been quietly filming around the Twin Cities and beyond, interviewing musicians, visual artists, poets, writers, dancers, filmmakers, architects, designers and more (many of them based in ye olde Saint Paul!). Teaser promos have been circulating over the past couple of months, featuring enticing tastes of upcoming episodes that include everything from legendary local punk rockers to up and coming fashion designers.

Tonight’s kick off episode spotlights Photographer Alec Soth, metal sculptor Heather Doyle, Plein Air painter Joe Paquet, and the the musical talents of Twilight Hours and more. The show premieres at 7:30pm Thursday night on tpt2. It will repeat Saturday, April 24th at 6:30pm on the statewide MN Channel and on tptLIFE, Sunday, April 25th at 6pm and will then broadcast new half hour episodes at 7:30pm each Thursday going forward.

For more information and to watch teaser videos visit www.mnoriginal.org.