The story behind ‘Walleye,’ the Minnesota fishing opener hit tune
You won’t find it on Spotify or Apple music, but the parody of “Rawhide” was a hit on North Country airwaves and jukeboxes.
Arts & Culture
Covering Minnesota’s theater, music, dance, literature and visual arts.
In ‘The Labyrinth and the Minotaur,’ producers lift up voices from Minnesota’s incarceration system
The play is layered with stories drawn from 230 real people who have been touched by the system in some way — whether as prisoners, workers, family members, policymakers, survivors, lawyers, activists and more.
How Gooseberry Falls became a ‘destination park’
One of Minnesota’s most popular nature areas, Gooseberry Falls was the first of eight state parks developed along Lake Superior’s North Shore.
Weekend picks: It’s May, which means the international film festival at St. Anthony Main
Plus: Interpol at the Palace, Candy Box dance festival, the Baldwin sisters at the Nautilus, “contrapunctual :: Na Mira” in Midway Contemporary Art’s new space, and pianist Zlata Chochieva at Macalester.
At the Walker, a broader and deeper view of Liz Larner’s work
“Liz Larner: Don’t Put it Back Like it Was” is co-organized with the Walker and the SculptureCenter in Queens, and many of the works in the exhibition draw you in to their dizzying patterns.
The wreck of the Hesper
On May 3, 1905, as she forged through a northeaster en route to Duluth, the crew lost its bearings and the ship was thrown against a reef near present-day Silver Bay.
Weekend picks: Hey hey, MayDay is back in south Minneapolis — as a festival
Plus: In the Spirit of May Day, Summer Cypher, Art in Bloom, Fashion Week Minnesota and John Raymond + the Kind Folk Quartet.
Ta-coumba T. Aiken wins a Guggenheim, recognizing decades of dynamic work
Aiken says the fellowship signifies a belief in his work, which allows him to continue to do his work in communities at large.
Dorsey William Willis and the Brownsville Texas Riot
On Nov. 6, 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt dishonorably discharged 167 Black infantrymen from their battalion at Fort Brown, Texas when they refused to falsely confess to participation in a Brownsville, Texas, riot three months earlier.
‘I feel like we are all Ukrainians now’: Minnesota musicians rally for Ukraine with a slew of benefit concerts
It’s a chance for musicians and storytellers from the diaspora and their allies to bring Ukrainian music and some humanity to what’s been going on since the invasion.
Weekend picks: Love your Earth by cleaning up Lake Hiawatha and partying with kiddos at First Avenue
Plus: Global Poetry Celebration, “Housefuck*r” the play — an existential comedy about real estate, “Memphis” the musical, two exhibitions at SooVAC, and “Dear Lenny” at the Dakota.
From grief to music: Adam Tendler and Liquid Music explore ‘inheritance,’ one piece at a time
After Tendler’s father died, he found out he’d be getting an inheritance. He sat with the money for a while, until he came up with a way to use it: He’d commission composers.
MinnPost Picks: on drone pilots, the Lakers dynasty, and why so many COVID predictions were wrong
Our weekly roundup of recommended reading, listening or viewing by MinnPost’s staff and contributing journalists.
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.
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.
