Stage & Arts
Ballet Co.Laboratory presents a steamy and stormy 'Midsummer Night's Dream'
Christian Warner's choreography deconstructs gender roles and questions social structures.
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The 14 best things to do and see in the Twin Cities this week
Critics' picks for entertainment in the week ahead.
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Review: Meme-ready 'Lion King' returns with thunderous family saga to Minneapolis
"Any story worth telling is worth telling twice," says medicine woman Rafiki. No lie there.
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Review: Theater Latte Da's 'Color Purple' marries brutality with artistry
Nubia Monks and Angela Wildflower shine in an elegant production slated to transfer to New York.
Stage & Arts
From Minnesota to Broadway: Here are 7 shows that launched in the land of 10,000 lights
The Twin Cities also has been a jumping-off point for noted national tours.
Obituaries
Richard Serra, who recast sculpture on a massive scale, dies at 85
Many people in the art world urged Serra to stop making sculpture after a rigger was crushed to death in 1975 when one plate of a piece being installed at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis accidentally came loose.
Stage & Arts
'The Lion King' roars back to its first Pride Rock at Minneapolis' Orpheum Theatre
Hear from some of the Minnesotans and other artists present at the creation of the Julie Taymor-led juggernaut that's become the biggest-selling show in Broadway history.
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The 12 best things to do and see in the Twin Cities this week
Critics' picks for entertainment in the week ahead.
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Looking for something fun this spring? 70 movies, concerts, exhibits and more
The season promises noteworthy concerts, blockbuster movies, curious oddities, world dance premieres and inspirational artworks.
Stage & Arts
Review: History Theatre's 'A Unique Assignment' salutes a Minnesotan hero in a segregation riot
Harrison David Rivers' play shines light on Henry Gallagher, who was in charge of James Meredith's security at Ole Miss.
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The 12 best things to do and see in the Twin Cities this week
Critics' picks for entertainment in the week ahead.
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Yuen: Spring came to Minnesota a while ago, but its official arrival won't be any less sweet
Got seasonal confusion? Talk to a gardener, a canary in the coalmine of climate change.
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Review: Five things that will keep kids engaged in CTC's 'Babble Lab'
Autumn Ness taps and isolates a battery of soupy sounds for this show about language development.
Stage & Arts
Review: Laughter is the real killer in 'Miz Martha Washington' at Mixed Blood
Backed by rap references and game show antics, James Ijames' satire is a riotous blast.
Stage & Arts
'Hamilton' resident director to stage 'Frozen' in Children's Theatre Company's new season
The 2024-25 roster includes a South African circus and the return of "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas."
Stage & Arts
6 Black art exhibitions in the Twin Cities highlight artists to know
From the Walker Art Center to the Minnesota African American History Museum and Gallery, Black history, culture and joy thrive.
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The 14 best things to do and see in the Twin Cities this week
Critics' picks for entertainment in the week ahead.
Stage & Arts
Review: 10 reasons why 'Beautiful' at Chanhassen Dinner Theatres makes the earth move under your feet
Monet Sabel personalizes Carole King in an interpretation that connects with the singer-songwriter's soul.
Stage & Arts
Twin Cities dance community presses for support ahead of Cowles Center going dark
At a town hall meeting, artists and administrators expressed their concerns and hopes.
Stage & Arts
'Cabaret,' 'Lehman Trilogy,' Broadway star Patrick Page are part of the Guthrie's 2024-25 season
The roster also includes the 50th "Christmas Carol" plus shows by Pearl Cleage and Lloyd Suh.
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Around the Region
- Frank Stella, artist renowned for blurring the lines between painting and sculpture, dies at 87
- 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
Most Read
- Native American Art curator departs Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Sculptor Zoran Mojsilov has rocked the Twin Cities for more than 40 years
- Broadway actor quits CTC's 'A Year With Frog and Toad' 2 days before opening night
- Review: 'Flex' brings hoops and dreams to life at Penumbra Theatre
- What would be lost if Intermedia closes? Twin Cities artists reflect
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