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![Marva King left and Sueann Carwell and the New Power Soul band rehearsed at the Capri Theater Thursday January 26, 2017 in Minneapolis, MN] JERRY HOLT](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/HRIR5OTHXDQZW7K3IFCVNJ2AJE.jpg?h=91&w=145&fit=crop&bg=999&crop=faces)
Capri Theater expansion aims to boost North Side's cultural life
The theater that helped launch Prince has big plans to expand.
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Actor/writer brings 1800s abolitionist Frederick Douglass to modern life at Penumbra Theatre
Review: Writer/performer Roger Guenveur Smith brings Frederick Douglass into the present at Penumbra.
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Fine acting dusts off eight-decade-old 'Maids'
Review: With its themes of gender, class and sex, Jean Genet's role-swapping "Maids" feels very much of the moment.
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There are no words to describe the best Twin Cities play of 2017
Favorites range from brand-new work to timeless classics.
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Can 'the invisible' be pictured? Minnesota artist and astrophysicist team up to try
What do art and astrophysics have in common? A friendly dialogue leads to some intriguing answers.
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Music
Global opera hit 'Dead Man Walking' finally gets Minnesota premiere
After 60 productions across five continents, the popular piece finally lands in Minnesota this weekend.
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Park Square Theatre's 'accidental' leader to resign after 38 years at the helm
Richard Cook will leave office on the day he turns 70, and also leave his mark on Twin Cities theater.
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Twin Cities native Paris Bennett's long road from 'American Idol' to 'The Wiz'
The singer/actor has had a wild ride with TV stardom, early motherhood and, recently, health struggles.
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Ordway hires 'three-headed monster' as new administrator
New Yorker has experience as a theater director, producer and artistic administrator.
Vikings
![The north side of the Guthrie Theater, with the faces of George Bernard Shaw, left, and Eugene O'Neil, is pictured Wednesday night. ] (Aaron Lavinsky](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/T7GHZJPMVA7DGW3KWPBUDDE6LI.jpg?h=91&w=145&fit=crop&bg=999&crop=faces)
Twin Cities arts venues sidelined for VIP Super Bowl bookings
Minneapolis' most renowned music and arts venues blacked out their calendars for Super Bowl week, including First Avenue and the Guthrie. Will they see a big payoff?
Movies
We put the Google art selfie app to the test with Minnesota celebrities
Google recently rolled out a face scanner that matches users' faces with the works of art they resemble.
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Minnesota State Capitol is the star attraction of a new play
New play moves the audience around the Capitol, in part to get to some settings that are less distracting than the spectacular rotunda.
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Minnesota legend Mike Lynch: A portrait of the artist as blue-collar hero
Legendary Minnesota artist Mike Lynch is celebrated in a retrospective opening Saturday.
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New musical in Bloomington is one of the hottest tickets in town, with good reason
Smart storytelling and charismatic actors make this chamber piece sing.
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Minnesota's Bartz brothers unveil their annual snow sculpture, Diggs the Lobster
Three brothers have been sculpting enormous sea animals out of snow on their front lawn for 7 years.
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Jungle Theater turns 'Moby-Dick' into a one-man whale of a tale
Solo "Moby-Dick" adaptation "Ishmael" at the Jungle Theater offers seaborne campfire story.
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Children's Theatre keeps spreading seeds
CTC will takes its acclaimed "Seedfolks" on a tour to sites in Minnesota, Nebraska and New York.
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