Working for Peanuts: cartoonist Charles Schulz’s life in the Twin Cities
Born in Minneapolis, Schulz first published Li’l Folks, the predecessor to Peanuts, in the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Arts & Culture
Covering Minnesota’s theater, music, dance, literature and visual arts.
State Fair fine arts 2020: immediate, urgent, of-the-moment
ALSO: Author/historian Jon Meacham in Conversation With Wes Moore; a Flint Hills Virtual Family Festival; and more.
The SPCO hits the reset button again, with a fall concert series full of surprises – and free
The SPCO has announced a series of six live concert video streams to be broadcast in October and November from the Ordway Concert Hall. For safety reasons, there won’t be an audience.
State Fair fun, without the actual fair; Robert Robinson at Crooners
ALSO: 20% Theatre Company will close permanently; Joan Growe launching new book; Trademark Theater’s fourth season announced; and more.
McKnight Distinguished Artist Marcie Rendon on life as a very busy writer
Rendon is an enrolled member of the White Earth Nation and a writer for whom the word “prolific” is an understatement.
The short, grand life of St. Paul’s Grand Opera House
Built as a replacement for the original St. Paul Opera House, the Grand Opera House included new interior design features, electric lighting, and safety enhancements.
‘At least it’s something’: walleye cakes and weirdness at the Minnesota State Fair Food Parade
My streak of writing about the Minnesota State Fair for the last 40 years continues. Sort of.
Photographer, writer and projectionist Bill Cottman: ‘You can’t do anything with time except use it’
His latest book of photographs, “Presence,” came out in June.
An actual play, live and in person; ‘Coup 53’ at MSP Film Society’s virtual cinema
ALSO: “Fresh: A Summer Selection” at Burnet Fine Art & Advisory in Wayzata; Cedar Thoms at Icehouse; and more.
New funds for arts organizations; a conversation with Jonatha Brooke
ALSO: More changes for Momentum; outside the Jungle Theater: “Shine a Light”; and more.
Science Museum readies to reopen; a Tchaikovsky celebration in Maple Grove
ALSO: Dan Newton, “Daddy Squeeze,” on the “porch” at Landmark Center; “A Good Time for the Truth” author discussion on Zoom; and more.
A farmer and educator, Hannah Jensen Kempfer was the first woman elected to the state Legislature from rural Minnesota
After the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, Kempfer ran for a seat in the legislature representing House District 50. She had the support of suffragists as well as business leaders and local politicians.
MJTC’s Barbara Brooks: ‘I just felt like we should keep doing the work we do’
The first play of the theater’s 26th season, Kate Moira Ryan and Judy Gold’s “25 Questions for a Jewish Mother,” opens Aug. 15 in the backyard of a private home in St. Paul.
A roomful of art by women opens at the Walker
ALSO: Virtual Minnesota Guitar Society Concert to Benefit the Lake Street Council; Jazz Fest Live presents the Sofia Kickhofel Quartet (virtual and live); and more.
Park Square and SteppingStone partner to create ‘theatre for life’
ALSO: Carlyle Brown’s “Acting Black,” on Zoom; Michelle Kinney’s August Wednesdays Residency at Icehouse; and more.
Schubert Club, SPCO shuffle and cancel concerts; Pen Pals to present full hybrid season
The State Fair isn’t happening, but lots of State Fair events are, including four 2020 virtual showcases: for Cookie Decorating, Crop Art, K-12 Art and Photography and Quilt On-a-Stick.
Not asking for rights, demanding them: The National Woman’s Party in Minnesota’s more radical approach to suffrage
National Woman’s Party of Minnesota founder Sarah Tarleton Colvin called on women to abandon what she saw as the prevailing tactic of the day — gently guiding powerful men to support suffrage — and urged them instead to demand their rights.
Bryan Nichols: ‘The way forward isn’t at all knowable, but at least I can still play the piano’
For the next four Mondays in August, Bryan Nichols will be programming and playing on the Icehouse patio with a number of Twin Cities musicians.
Penumbra to broaden its focus; Mia’s ‘Foot in the Door’ goes virtual
ALSO: Open Eye @ Home: “Kevin Kling’s Greatest Hits & Juicy Bits”; Connie Evingson digs into the Peggy Lee songbook; and more.
With 2020-21 season, Northrop takes big leaps
It is offering a livestream option for every event, and it has commissioned new work from companies whose appearances were canceled in March.
