Deal will preserve 'crown jewel' of northeast Minneapolis arts scene
Nonprofit will purchase Northrup King complex, home to 350-plus artists.
One of the Twin Cities' finest actors gave up the stage for a new life in medicine
Lee Mark Nelson gave up a career as a leading man of the stage for a new life in medicine.
'90s musical 'Smokey Joe's Cafe' rises again at St Paul's Ordway Center
"Smokey Joe's Cafe" bows Tuesday at the Ordway with a cast of Twin Cities singers the creative team describes as "spectacular."
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10 great Twin Cities dance events for fall 2019
‘Cuatro’ Sachiko Nishiuchi, the flamenco dancer/choreographer known as “La Chayi,” teams up with Arts Nest to create her biggest production yet. Performing in the improvisational…
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What needs to change on the Minnesota arts scene? Artists and leaders weigh in
We posed this question to a variety of Twin Cities movers and makers. We also asked them: What has changed for the better on the…
Our theater and dance critics give you their takes on what's playing — good and bad — on Twin Cities stages.
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Tighten up your corset and get ready for the 'Downton' movie
It's been a while, so here's what you need to know about the movie version of the TV series.
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Best of the Week (Sept. 15-22): Brittany Howard, 'Queer Forms,' Jonas Brothers, Ananya Dance
Shaking free Fans of the soulful Southern-rock band Alabama Shakes won’t get to hear singer Brittany Howard’s first solo album, “Jaime,” until its release on…
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Crystal theater wants to give more jobs to women, and pay them fairly
Theatre Elision specializes in offbeat musicals with female characters.
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Twin Cities curator Maia Maiden brings hip-hop dance to a bigger stage at the Ordway
With "Rooted," Maia Maiden sought to create a dance showcase for artists of color. Now it's the heart of a weekend-long fest at the Ordway.
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The hits keep coming in Ordway tribute to songwriters Leiber and Stoller
Leiber and Stoller's songs, including "On Broadway," power musical revue.
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Minneapolis team is changing museums from the inside out
A homegrown project at Minneapolis Institute of Art has spread nationwide — and beyond — as museums confront their colonial past.
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In the spotlight: "Looney Lutherans"
The Looney Lutherans in Young(ish) at Heart Through Oct. 27: According to the title characters, Jell-O isn’t the only thing that jiggles in this comedy-with-music.…
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Minneapolis rapper Joe Horton turns artist, launching an experimental 'Vessel' at Mia
‘Vessel’ Joe Horton, current artist-in-residence at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, takes a trip with a mystical hero in this 30-minute, single-channel experimental…
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10 biggest art events in the Twin Cities this fall
Opening of Second Shift The struggle to make time for creativity inspired artist Chris Larson and his wife, Kriss Zulkosky, to open Second Shift…
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10 best stage productions to see this fall in the Twin Cities
‘Chicago’ The Ritz Theater becomes a 1920s speakeasy in Theatre Latté Da’s mounting of Kander & Ebb’s sexy killers classic. Britta Ollmann and Michelle de…
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Minneapolis actor/singer appears in her third Jungle Theater show in six months
Nonspeaking part in her first play at Jungle Theater has led to a big year for Becca Hart.
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A challenging trip through the 'Arab Imaginary' at St. Paul museum
Exhibition at Minnesota Museum of American Art aims to provoke dialogue.
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Minneapolis MayDay Parade will take a year off to regroup
A "redesign" is planned to make the event sustainable and bring in new voices.
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St. Paul's Swede Hollow plays host to an innovative theater/dance event
‘Swede Hollow Ghost Sonata’ What does August Strindberg’s 1907 work “The Ghost Sonata” — a dreamlike chamber play of ghosts, secrets and symbols — have…
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What's it like to die? Frank Theatre stages two Caryl Churchill one-acts
Frank Theatre stages two Caryl Churchill one-acts that wrestle with the grim oblivion that awaits us all.
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Double the sets, double the lines: Minneapolis theater puts on two classic plays at once
Witty music and a breezy setting update Shakespeare's classic rom-com.
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Artistry's 'Our Town' nods to the weirdness afoot
A revival of Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" shows that it's a carpe diem ancestor to the Netflix series "Stranger Things."
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Sting will be an Englishman in St. Paul when 'The Last Ship' plays the Ordway
The singer-songwriter was all charm at the Ordway as he previewed "The Last Ship," which he will headline in April.
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