Stage & Arts
New interactive exhibit brings Sherlock Holmes home to Minnesota
History, science and artifacts from the University of Minnesota shine in this whodunit show.
Stage & Arts
Touring Broadway musical 'Cats' aims to help cats in Minnesota
An adoption awareness event will be a companion to the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical.
Stage & Arts
Review: 'Fire in the New World' features a femme who's not so fatale
A detective is at the center of the play but his female sidekicks are more compelling.
Stage & Arts
Here are five things you should know about 'Six,' coming to the Ordway
Henry VIII's ill-fated wives have their say in this Tudor theatrical concert.
Stage & Arts
Kyiv City Ballet comes to Northrop in pursuit of peace
It seeks to show the Ukrainian spirit and resilience through its contemporary and traditional pieces.
Obituaries
Peter Schjeldahl, New York art critic with a poet's voice, dies at 80
Few critics could match the Minnesota-raised Schjeldahl for his intimate knowledge of New York's art world, which he wrote about with undiminished enthusiasm for more than a half-century.
Stage & Arts
Arte povera artist Jannis Kounellis exhibition opens at Walker Art Center
It's the first major U.S. retrospective of the artist's work in more than 30 years.
Variety
Our Friday Best: Carrie Underwood, 'Bitcon,' Marcus Mumford and 'The Seven Deadly Sins'
Critics' picks for entertainment in the week ahead.
Stage & Arts
For actor J.C. Cutler, 'Uncle Philip's Coat' is a personal mountain
The solo show about immigration, history and survival opens Saturday at Six Points Theater in St. Paul.
Stage & Arts
Tough talk and Venetian blinds: Film noir meets theater in 'Fire in the New World'
St. Paul play sets a private eye against a ruthless developer.
Movies
Disney bringing its 'Immersive Experience' to northeast Minneapolis
Opening in March 2023, it follows in the footsteps of the popular Van Gogh touring exhibit.
Business
Hennepin Theatre Trust pays off $14M of city-backed debt
The move, made possible through refinancing, will give the nonprofit full title to three historic downtown theaters: the Orpheum, State and Pantages.
Stage & Arts
Review: Minnesota Dance Theatre pins down 2 choreographic voices and harmonic sounds
Elayna Waxse and Alexander Hille showcase how a lot can be done with little.
Stage & Arts
Review: 'Weathering' is a buoyant blast of joy at Penumbra Theatre
Harrison David Rivers' comedy-drama is a world premiere.
Stage & Arts
Works of Botticelli and other Renaissance artists visit Minneapolis Institute of Art
This special collaboration with Florence's Uffizi Gallery brings to the U.S. more than 45 works that rarely leave Italy.
Variety
Our Friday Best: They Might Be Giants, A.I.M. by Kyle Abraham, King Princess and Twin Cities Art Week
Critics' picks for entertainment in the week ahead.
Stage & Arts
Loss is wrapped up in love in new play 'Weathering' at Penumbra Theatre
Harrison David Rivers' play finally premieres at St. Paul's Penumbra after being delayed twice.
East Metro
Stillwater's Zephyr Theatre lays off staff, shutters productions
The group's haunted trolley tours will continue this season.
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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
Most Read
- Keith Haring, who said 'art is for everybody,' debuts major exhibition at Walker Art Center
- Broadway actor quits CTC's 'A Year With Frog and Toad' 2 days before opening night
- Review: CTC's 'A Year With Frog and Toad' doesn't miss a step despite actor's departure
- Italy halts loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art following dispute over 'Doryphoros' sculpture
- Sculptor Zoran Mojsilov has rocked the Twin Cities for more than 40 years
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