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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Burnsville Performing Arts Center Finds New ED

On Monday, BPAC officials announced that Brian Luther would take the helm starting by the end of the week.

This week, the Burnsville Performing Arts Center will welcome new Executive Director Brian Luther. Luther will be the third person to step into the role since 2010. Officials at the City of Burnsville and BPAC operator VenuWorks praised Luther's extensive experience. Luther has managed major entertainment facilities such as the U.S. Cellular Center and Paramount Theatre (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) and University of Wisconsin’s Kohl Center. He also garnered experience closer to home with Minnesota Sports & Entertainment, a St. Paul-based limited partnership that owns the Minnesota Wild, the Minnesota Swarm and the Saint Paul Arena Company. The latter operates the Xcel Energy Center, the Saint Paul RiverCentre and the Roy Wilkins Auditorium.  Prior…

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Week in Review: Black Dog, BPAC, Buzz and the Police Blotter

A weekly rundown of the stories that readers deemed most interesting over the past seven days

Week in Review is a rundown of the most popular stories on Burnsville Patch over the last seven days.   This week we covered the city council's response to a new electronic reader board at Alimagnet Park, the addition of a new company to the Burnsville business community, the work of Burnsville's state legislators and a local man convicted on charges of assault.  But the Week in Review is about what has most peaked the interest of the public. And with that, the list is limited to just the top five.  In order of descending popularity, the week's most popular stories are the following: 5. Black Dog Underwater Until Mid-May, Say Officials Burnsville's new public works director Steve Albrecht doesn't expect to see a significant change in water…

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