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July 22, 2019
Sting

Sting to star in musical based on his childhood next spring at St. Paul's Ordway

Rock star will perform in his musical for two weeks in April at the Ord­way.
Music
July 21, 2019
The Parker Quartet performed to a packed room in Winona.

Grammy-winning quartet goes deep at Winona festival

REVIEW: The Parker Quartet confirmed its stellar reputation Thursday and Friday at the Minnesota Beethoven Festival.
Music
July 20, 2019
American rapper Cardi B performs during concert at Roskilde Festival's first evening on Wednesday 3 July 2019 in Roskilde, Denmark.

Best of the Week (July 21-28): Cardi B, Home Free, Mill City Opera, Khalid, more

Stage & Arts
July 19, 2019
Peter Christian Hansen and Audrey Park in "The Rats," one of a trio of Agatha Christie mysteries at Park Square Theatre.

Murder mysteries are a comforting summer staple at this St. Paul theater

Every summer, St. Paul's Park Square Theatre brings a murder mystery to the stage.
Music
July 18, 2019
German pianist Clara Schumann wrote little music after her marriage to composer Robert Schumann in 1840.

Minnesota Orchestra teams with theater troupe to tell one of music's great 'what-if' stories

Did Clara Schumann sacrifice her career as a composer for the sake of her family? Yes, but look at what she did achieve.
Stage & Arts
July 18, 2019
Tara Borman leads puzzle enthusiasts and theatergoers into Walking Shadow's "Cabal," ten people at a time.

Interactive experience in Minneapolis combines puzzle solving with theater

Stage & Arts
July 18, 2019
Jonathan Herrera Soto touched up the stenciled faces of slain Mexican journalists that are part of his show “In Between/Underneath (Entremedio/

Faces of murdered Mexican journalists haunt a show at Minneapolis Institute of Art

Faces of slain Mexican reporters occupy the Mpls. Institute of Art.
Stage & Arts
July 17, 2019
Paul LaNave and Wariboko Semenitari are "Samuel J. and K." at Gremlin Theatre.

St. Paul play with a basketball theme wobbles but actors keep it in bounds

Basketball-themed play is wobbly, but enlivened by strong acting.
Stage & Arts
July 16, 2019
Sarah Rasmussen, director of "Stinkers," gave feedback to actor Sally Winger, who plays Joyce, during a rehearsal Thursday at the Jungle Theater. ] Aa

Three Minnesota stars join forces for a world premiere theatrical comedy

Somebody asked somebody to write a comedy. It opens this weekend at the Jungle.
Music
July 15, 2019
"Cosi Fan Tutte" by Mill City Summer Opera.

Rain mars Mozart in the ruins by Mill City Summer Opera

REVIEW: Dodgy weather marred an intriguing update of "Così fan Tutte" at Mill City.
Stage & Arts
July 15, 2019
A view of the gallery for the "Foot in the Door 4" exhibition in 2010. The show was created in 1980 by the Artist Panel of the Minneapolis Artist Exhi

Once a decade, Minneapolis Institute of Art opens its gallery walls to all artists — with a catch

Stage & Arts
July 14, 2019

Dance duo Hijack juxtaposes stage design and choreography in 'Jealousy'

REVIEW: Lighting and visual elements are juxtaposed by choreography in Hijack performance.
Music
July 13, 2019
The Raconteurs (L-R): Brendan Benson, Patrick Keeler, Jack Lawrence, Jack White.

Best of the Week (July 14-21): Raconteurs, 'Guys and Dolls,' Black Pumas, Apollo anniversary

Stage & Arts
July 12, 2019
Attorney Jeff Anderson held up a cast photo of Laura Stearns, at left, when she was 13, a year before her sexual abuse started at the Children's Theat

Plaintiffs in sex abuse cases against the Children's Theatre to protest insurance company

Laura Stearns contends that jurors had no idea that insurance companies were on the hook, not CTC, for paying any damages in her case.
Inspired
July 12, 2019
Driveway Tour photo by Mark Vancleave

Twin Cities' theater brings magical, free, puppet shows to backyards and parks

For 17 summers, the driveway tour has been roving through the Twin Cities to perform.
Stage & Arts
July 11, 2019
Comedian Kate McCarthy

Minnesota grad is building a big career in comedy, one character at a time

Kate McCarthy is making an impact in comedy, one nutty character at a time.
Stage & Arts
July 11, 2019

Vietnam-born artist has a feel for big, empty Midwest landscapes

Stage & Arts
July 11, 2019
Greta Grosch gets "Ruthless" for Theatre Elision through July 21 in Crystal.

Theatre Elision presents 'Ruthless!'

Stage & Arts
July 11, 2019
Amudalat Ajasa, 18, and Rande Tomas, 64, danced during a rehearsal for "Holding On: Unexpected Stories of World War II" at the Episcopal Homes in St

From the atomic bomb to internment camps, stories of the last Minnesota veterans of World War II

Minnesota World War II veterans' experiences are told in a new play performed by a multigenerational cast.
Stage & Arts
July 10, 2019
Every object in one of Day Schildkret's mandalas comes from the area where he constructs it.

Minneapolis installation of temporary art honors permanent memories

Mandala artist turns grief into beauty.

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