The New England Greek Revival architecture of Folsom House
Its owner, W. H. C. Folsom, designed it to be both modest and a showcase of his well-established wealth.
Arts & Culture
Covering Minnesota’s theater, music, dance, literature and visual arts.
Weekend picks: The art of place at Fresh Eye Gallery
Plus: FAWK at the Ordway; jazz at the Granada and Jazz Central Studios; and a book (and discussion) about the origins of the Bell Museum.
‘If you don’t know the history … you’re going to make the same mistake’: Debbie Reese on banning books, Native culture, and speaking to the Mary Ann Key Book Club
Reese, along with co-author Jean Mendoza, wrote “An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States for Young People” — an adaptation of Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz’s “An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States.”
MinnPost Picks: on Bruce Willis, plant people and ‘Slow Horses’
Our weekly roundup of recommended reading, listening or viewing by MinnPost’s staff and contributing journalists.
Return of Kaneza Schaal highlights the Walker’s reconstituted Out There 2022
Schaal’s “KLII” will be the first show in the festival, after being postponed from earlier this year.
The storied connection between the Ukrainian community and Northeast Minneapolis
Wards 1 and 3 in Northeast Minneapolis have been the center of the Twin Cities’ Ukrainian community since the late nineteenth century.
Weekend picks: Theater Mu’s New Eyes Festival and imagining a U.S. without racism at Mixed Blood
Plus: The Illusion Theater brings back its poignant production of “A PLAY by Barb and Carl” and the Joyann Parker Band hits Crooners.
Sphinx and the art of diversifying classical music
For 25 years, the Detroit-based Sphinx Organization has had a mission of “transforming lives through the power of diversity in the arts.”
MinnPost Picks: on the Amazon Labor Union, an Ivy League school that turned on a student and an endearing gay love story
Our weekly roundup of recommended reading, listening or viewing by MinnPost’s staff and contributing journalists.
The deaths of fishermen on Lake Superior led to the opening of Grand Marais’ North Superior Coast Guard Station
In 1918, Grand Marais was considered the center of the North Shore fishing industry, with 126 official licensed fishermen and an annual yield of 4,283,684 pounds of fish.
Weekend picks: Jim Denomie’s Sweet Dreams, Cyrille Aimée at the Dakota, and Black Violin at the Ordway
Denomie, a beloved fixture in the Twin Cities arts community, died of cancer on March 1.
MinnPost Picks: on the history of kitchens, Pluto’s ice volcanoes and the death spiral of an American family
Our weekly roundup of recommended reading, listening or viewing by MinnPost’s staff and contributing journalists.
With Ordway concert, Gao Hong celebrates 50 years of playing the pipa
The concert will feature Gao’s celebrated compositions, a world premiere, and performances with guests that include the Minnesota Orchestra and Dessa.
The European-American women who lived at Fort Snelling
Women and girls made up around 20 percent of the fort’s population from the time of the first census in 1849 until at least 1900.
The Ties that bind: Minneapolis club/lounge seeks to revitalize downtown, unite community
The lounge has four different levels to accommodate different experiences: a main level outfitted with a karaoke bar and food vendors like Joey Meatballs; a more private mezzanine with an “Instagram room” and an underground club.
Weekend Picks: Last chance to catch ‘The Big Blue River’; Eugene Onegin at TMORA
Arts events that will take you places.
How a battle over daylight saving time once made Minnesota the laughingstock of the nation
Minneapolis and St. Paul created separate start dates for daylight saving time in 1965.
Kyle Tran Myhre’s form-bending new book explores grief, community and resistance
Tran Myhre’s latest, “Not a Lot of Reasons to Sing, but Enough,” is not exactly poetry, and not exactly prose.
MinnPost Picks: on divining for corpses, the unstable future and an ice skating trail through the woods
Our weekly roundup of recommended reading, listening or viewing by MinnPost’s staff and contributing journalists.
St. Paul’s Nina Clifford: the ‘richest woman of the underworld’
Clifford was relatively upfront about the operations at 147 Washington Street, since she operated her brothel within the St. Paul’s vice districts.
