Stage & Arts
Must art gallery walls be white? Twin Cities exhibitors get colorful
"White walls equal modern art," says one museum designer. But some Twin Cities art spaces are challenging the norm.
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Charismatic Twin Cities actor Adam King dies at 63
Charismatic performer Adam King, 63, was known for his basso profundo and his dedication to theater.
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MSP Airport unveils concept for new gigantic, $750K artwork arriving in 2020
NY-based artist Jen Lewin's new concept was unveiled this week.
Stage & Arts
Anti-pipeline protesters cut short public policy theater performance
Theater of Public Policy hosted two public utilities commissioners but had to cancel event because of hecklers.
Music
Rap legend Kurtis Blow leads 'Hip Hop Nutcracker' in St. Paul: 'I am a Christmas rapper'
Kurtis Blow's dancing, rapping and preaching all come together in "Hip Hop Nutcracker" at the Ordway this week.
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With new magazine, Minnesota writer curates stories for global Somali diaspora
Safy-Hallan Farah launches a platform for young Somali writers and artists.
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Black playwrights command the stage in thrilling festival at Mixed Blood
Festival at Mixed Blood offers a trio of hyper-contemporary plays by black men.
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Backstage scramble suits this 'Tenor'
REVIEW: Old Log's well-oiled staging of the Tony-winning comedy steams on despite a mishap to its leading lady.
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Guthrie 'Christmas Carol' fuses modern sensibility with classic Dickens tale
Modern (but Victorian) take on the Dickens classic has sympathy for Scrooge.
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10-ton sculpture ready to swoop into Nicollet Mall
"Nimbus," a massive halo-like steel sculpture, will be the crowning touch of the remake of Nicollet Mall.
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It'll be a Holly Dolly Christmas in St. Paul as Parton premieres a new holiday musical
Music legend Dolly Parton borrows from Charles Dickens and her childhood for a holiday musical premiering at the Ordway.
Movies
6 great Twin Cities holiday entertainment options
Sure, you can't wait to see "The Nutcracker" and the Brian Setzer Orchestra. But what else is there to do this holiday season? Find movies and more don't-miss picks in our annual arts and entertainment preview.
Stage & Arts
A tale of two Scrooges – one male, one female – in Guthrie Theater's 'A Christmas Carol'
Nathaniel Fuller steps back into a signature role while Charity Jones takes an increased one — both as Ebenezer Scrooge.
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Walker Art Center hires New York curator as its new boss
Mary Ceruti has run the SculptureCenter, a haven for contemporary artists, for the past two decades.
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'Grinch' has grown as Children's Theatre raises the fun quotient
With new elements in dance and music, Children's Theatre Company's 2018 version is more fun, and also provides the warmth and reassurance of a good holiday show.
Music
War opera speaks powerfully in Minnesota Opera revival
Minnesota Opera performs Kevin Puts' Pulitzer Prize-winning "Silent Night" in searing Ordway revival.
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University of Minnesota takes a selfie: Photo show celebrates 150th anniversary
A photo show celebrates the College of Liberal Arts' 150th anniversary.
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Around the Region
- Iranian-French artist Marjane Satrapi wins Spanish Asturias award for communication
- Pope visits Venice to speak to the artists and inmates behind the Biennale's must-see prison show
- Repatriated South African apartheid-era artworks on display to celebrate 30 years of democracy
- A portrait by Gustav Klimt has been sold for $32 million at an auction in Vienna
- Venice Biennale titled 'Foreigners Everywhere' platforms LGBTQ+, outsider and Indigenous artists
- Maurizio Cattelan, Zoe Saldana join iconoclastic Vatican Biennale exhibition inside women's prison
- Choctaw artist Jeffrey Gibson confronts history at US pavilion as its first solo Indigenous artist
- Major Berlin show marks 250th anniversary of German Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich's birth
- A painting of Winston Churchill by an artist whose work he hated is up for auction
- Artist and curators refuse to open Israel pavilion at Venice Biennale until cease-fire, hostage deal
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- Native American Art curator departs Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Review: 'Flex' brings hoops and dreams to life at Penumbra Theatre
- Broadway actor quits CTC's 'A Year With Frog and Toad' 2 days before opening night
- Sculptor Zoran Mojsilov has rocked the Twin Cities for more than 40 years
- Walker Art Center debuts major exhibition by 1980s art star Keith Haring
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