After nearly 5-year run, Cellular Cinema at Bryant Lake Bowl will come to a close
Godspeed You! Black Emperor at First Ave., eclectic dance at American Swedish Institute, Legends at the Capri and a rock opera at Icehouse.
Arts & Culture
Covering Minnesota’s theater, music, dance, literature and visual arts.
MinnPost Picks: on shrinkflation, reimagining the church parking lot and Brittney Griner’s detention in Russia
Our weekly roundup of recommended reading, listening or viewing by MinnPost’s staff and contributing journalists.
Gully Boys ready to take a step up as they head to SXSW
At this year’s festival, the punk-pop group is performing in an official showcase show at Austin’s Drafting Room.
The many scientific pursuits of University of Minnesota grad Laura Linton
Linton helped discover a new mineral, improved the process for manufacturing asphalt and later supervised the women’s ward at the Rochester state hospital.
‘Something that could be healing, like a remedy’: Brazilian singer Marisa Monte returns with first new solo album in a decade
Monte will appear at the State Theatre on Saturday night, part of her current tour with an eight-piece band in support of “Portas,” her first solo album in ten years.
Weekend Picks: New work at Open Eye Theatre; Lester Purry plays Thurgood Marshall
The Twin Cities are popping right now.
MinnPost Picks: On police surveillance in the Twin Cities, basic income for violence prevention and Blink-182’s accent
Our weekly roundup of recommended reading, listening or viewing by MinnPost’s staff and contributing journalists.
Celebrating ‘the consummate musician,’ choral legend Dale Warland
The 90th birthday celebration at Orchestra Hall will feature Dominick Argento’s “I Hate and I Love” and folk music arrangements by Carol Barnett, Alf Houkom, and William Hawley.
The U.S.-Dakota war of 1862 lasted just six weeks, but its effects are still felt today
The war devastated people throughout south-central Minnesota.
Funk, jazz and soul take flight with Khruangbin at the Palace
They will play a two-night stand at The Palace Thursday and Friday night, with saxophonist Nubya Garcia as the noteworthy opener.
‘Midwinter’ heats up with plethora of weekend events
There’s flamenco happening in St. Paul at Park Square, and gallery reception happening at Macalester with four really interesting artists that are looking at history and memory in unusual ways.
How Northeast Minneapolis came to be a center of the Ukrainian-American community
People from Ukraine have been settling in this part of Minneapolis for more than a century.
MinnPost Picks: on why Putin has already lost, an epic con and a sunken gold ship’s real treasure
Our weekly roundup of recommended reading, listening or viewing by MinnPost’s staff and contributing journalists.
A conversation with Mark Valdez, Mixed Blood’s new artistic director
We have to transform our institutions. We have to think about what the work is, who it’s for. How is it advancing justice? What does justice-centered theater look like?
Bertha Berglin Moller: one of Minnesota’s most passionate and fiery woman suffragists
Following passage of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920, Moller continued her activism by advocating for the Equal Rights Amendment and women’s labor rights.
Weekend picks: Italian films, empty spaces and Gang of Four
A few options for letting art, music, and film slow things down — and draw you in completely.
MinnPost Picks: on police reform, being a good relative and ‘Questlove Supreme’
Our weekly roundup of recommended reading, listening or viewing by MinnPost’s staff and contributing journalists.
Curt Pederson left his mark in latest exhibition at ASI
Pederson had been involved in the installation “Paper Dialogues: The Dragon and Our Stories” in the Turnblad mansion before his death from a heart attack earlier this month.
Attorney Samuel H. Morgan was the organizing force behind some of Minnesota’s most popular state and regional parks
In the 1950s, Minnesota communities — like others across the United States — began to expand beyond the boundaries of city centers into newly formed suburbs. Suburban sprawl led to a widespread interest in preserving open spaces.
Weekend picks: The Cedar Commissions, dragons and celebrating Black History Month
Minnesota’s support of new, innovative arts endeavors is evidenced in this week’s performance offerings.
