At Museum of Russian Art, an exhibit that speaks to the continued plight of the Ukrainian people
Below Leon Hushcha’s “The Wounded,” hangs another painting called “Blue Sky on Golden Wheat Fields.” The painting recalls the Ukrainian flag.
Arts & Culture
Covering Minnesota’s theater, music, dance, literature and visual arts.
Lindbergh vs. Burnquist in the 1918 Republican primary election
The bitter, often violent campaign transformed Minnesota politics.
Weekend picks: a ‘New Standards Holiday Show’ at the State; ‘Stories of the Lesser’ with Fox & Beggar Theater; and a new work honoring Black artist John Biggers
Plus: Orkestar Bez Ime’s high-energy music at the Cedar; “A Melody of Kinship,” a photographic exhibit; and “Bde Psíŋ: Stories from the Water,” a documentary about Lake Hiawatha.
Artists respond to censorship and surveillance in Walker’s exhibit about experimental art in the Eastern Bloc
In one series, German artist Cornelia Schleime stages photographs of herself doing all of the outlandish things she was reported to have done, juxtaposed with the actual files she obtained from the Stasi.
Frank B. Kellogg wins the Nobel Peace Prize on Nov. 27, 1930
Kellogg rose from a small farm in Olmsted County to being the highest-ranking diplomat in the United States.
Weekend picks: Afghan Cultural Society anniversary celebration; ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ with Gabriel and Jeffrey Kahane; and artist Courtney M. Leonard at the Weisman
Plus: Nachito Herrera and Ginger Commodore at the Dakota; Urban Heat, Rare DM and Stranger Gallery at Hook & Ladder; and ‘Defying Imagination,’ an art exhibit by Mohamed Hersi.
Hazel Belvo reopens the Minnesota Museum of American Art with ‘For Love’
Belvo’s artistic practice is personal and spiritual, often drawing from her own life — whether drawings made on the day she gave birth to her son Briand, her experience watching her son Joe suffer terminal illness, or her 50-year exploration of a single tree.
Jeffers Petroglyphs, a Native American sacred site
Situated in Dakota homeland, it is sacred to multiple Native American nations, including the Cheyenne, Arapaho, Iowa, and Ojibwe.
Weekend picks: the BIPOC-led ‘ConFluence: A Cultured Multiverse’; Liz Phair and Patti LuPone come to town; and Roomful of Teeth at the Icehouse
Plus: “Off-Kilter Cabaret,” featuring artists with disabilities working in different mediums, at the Tek Box; and visual artist Pete Driessen’s river-themed installation in Rochester.
Prepare to be dazzled at the Cafesjian Art Trust, with ‘Fooling the Eye: Optics of Vasarely and Kuhn’
“What I’m hoping to do with this show is talk to people about how our brain thinks, and how we see things,” says Andy Schlauch, Cafesjian Art Trust’s executive director.
Métis people were bridges between white and Native American communities
The Métis cultural community of Pembina formed out of fur trade dynamics and influenced Minnesota during its territorial birth.
Weekend picks: Mary Mack at Acme Comedy; Adam Weiner at Sound Unseen’s festival of music and movies; and ‘Multiple Realities’ at Walker After Hours
Plus: Q-Stage 2023 at the Red Eye Theater; open studios in the Northeast Arts District; and the spontaneity of Steve Hirsh and Sparks Quartet at Walker West.
‘A really chill place to hang out’: The Zen Arcade opens as first Minneapolis ‘rock & roll cannabis lounge’
The Zen Arcade is located inside the same building as the Hook & Ladder Theater and Lounge and next door to the former Minneapolis Police Department Third Precinct.
In Full Circle’s “ANON(YMOUS),” Vision Loss advocate takes on first acting role
James Almen’s presence on stage marks a growing trend to cast characters written to have disabilities with actors who actually have those disabilities.
Lacrosse: One of North America’s oldest team sports
The sport was invented by Native American nations that played the game for social, political, and ceremonial purposes.
Weekend picks: ‘Dance Roots,’ a century of dance in Minnesota; Theon Cross’ genre-bending tuba work at the Dakota; and a grand opening for Huge Improv
Plus: “Transition”: A concert of queer and trans Pride and Wrath; Día de los Muertos Concert + Fandango; and “Tide / Pool,” a solo exhibit of portraits by artist Kristen Sanders.
‘In Our Hands’: an expansive display of overlooked Native photography at Mia
In some works, Native photographers flip the colonial gaze, like in “Indian Photographing Tourist Photographing Indians, Crow Agency, Montana,” by Zig Jackson (Rising Buffalo).
How Anoka became the Halloween Capital of the World
The title recognizes its status as one of the first cities to discourage Halloween tricks by hosting a city-wide party.
Weekend picks: Get your ghoul on at ‘The Haunted Avalon’ and with Sparkle Theatricals; get real-life scared contemplating a post-Roe world
Plus: VocalEssence performs with the St. Olaf Choir; a Hmong-American exhibit of art in different mediums in the east metro, and a Halloween puppet extravaganza on the Midtown Greenway.
Nacera Belaza, choreographer who seeks to meld stage and audience, brings ‘L’Onde’ to the Walker
Part of the work has to do with creating movement that’s experienced by more than just the eyes. “The movement is something that you listen to,” Belaza says.
