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An oral history of Dudley Riggs' Brave New Workshop
How Minneapolis' first espresso coffeehouse launched a nationally known comedy institution.
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Edina creates rubric to evaluate diversity of its art, decor
The criteria will be used to evaluate representation in the city's public decor.
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Follow Minnesota Orchestra's first-of-its-kind tour to South Africa
The orchestra is the first from the United States to play South Africa's biggest stages.
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Minneapolis quilting shows offer 'a soft place to land' on a hard topic – racism
Quilters tackle racism in a new series of Twin Cities exhibitions.
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As murals of George Floyd fade, Minnesotans are working to keep their message in the public eye
Grassroots effort has collected nearly 200 boards thus far.
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Dancer with James Sewell Ballet steps into a new role – executive director
Eve Schulte has been with the company since 2009.
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Museum exhibit illuminates the making of iconic Minneapolis artist Frank Gaard
Exhibit at Mia shines a light on the beginnings of Frank Gaard's manic, mystical style.
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New play tells the story of St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter's police-officer dad
History Theatre will stream a Zoom reading of the play "Diesel Heart."
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Staff shakeup at Walker Art Center aims to raise its 'public voice'
In a staff shakeup, the Minneapolis art center tries to refocus on "what matters to people."
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While State Fair was canceled, the show goes on at its Fine Arts hall
While the State Fair was canceled, its Fine Arts show is alive and well.
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Science Museum of Minnesota welcomes back visitors with big changes for safety
Hit hard by the pandemic, the St. Paul hands-on museum set to reopen.
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New diverse art replaces 1930s murals in St. Paul Council Chambers
The four new pieces replace 1930s murals.
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Twin Cities' first live theater in months is a comedy/drama about mothers
Review: Two-character "25 Questions for a Jewish Mother" is first major play since March.
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Twin Cities galleries cautiously open their doors: 'We have to be ready for anything'
The job is more janitorial than curatorial: "We have to be ready for anything."
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Restored classic film from the '50s is a dreamy essay about jazz and summer
It's partly a concert film, but the dreamy "Jazz on a Summer's Day" often veers offstage.
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Around the Region
- 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
- What Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse can tell us about the public domain and remix culture
- A judge blocks the demolition of a groundbreaking Iowa art installation
- Shuttered Met Opera to lock out stagehands
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- Italy halts loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art following dispute over 'Doryphoros' sculpture
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- A Twyla Tharp world premiere is part of Northrop's 2024-25 dance season
- Hidden Gem: 'Sky Pesher' behind the Walker Art Center, offers an 'ever-changing portal'
- What would be lost if Intermedia closes? Twin Cities artists reflect
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