John Beargrease: North Shore mail carrier
The John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon takes its name from an Ojibwe mail carrier named John Beargrease, who was born in 1858 and grew up in a wigwam on the edge of Beaver Bay.
Arts & Culture
Covering Minnesota’s theater, music, dance, literature and visual arts.
Northrop’s Kari Schloner: ‘My crystal ball is broken’
On Sept. 29, Northrop will host its first live performance in more than six months when Katelyn Emerson plays the refurbished Aeolian-Skinner organ for a limited-capacity audience of 250 or fewer.
The singular life of Dudley Riggs
Riggs, who went from childhood circus performer to satirist and founder of the Brave New Workshop, died Tuesday at age 88.
Chamber Music Society of Minnesota to premiere new work in memory of George Floyd
ALSO: Homes by Architects Tour goes virtual; Illusion Theater presents “Five Minutes of Heaven” on Zoom; and more.
Artist-led projects promote community healing; Pillsbury House to present ‘Flip the Script: The Great Divide IV’
ALSO: streaming live from the Dakota: Nachito Herrera; a (virtual) evening with Renée Fleming and Vanessa Williams; and more.
National Book Awards longlists include Minneapolis author and publishers; Minnesota Opera at CHS Field
ALSO: Theatre Pro Rata postpones “Top Girls”; fall pottery sales move (mostly) online; and more.
The bandshell at Lake Harriet is the fifth entertainment structure to occupy that space
The first structure, an 1888 “summer garden and amusement hall” built by Thomas Lowry, burned down after just three years.
Composer deVon Russell Gray: ‘My work is a mirror’
Gray, aka dVRG, is a classically trained composer, multi-instrumentalist and new-music performer who finds himself in a surprisingly good place, like the eye of a storm.
State Fair adds more Food Parades; Schubert Club opens 2020-21 season with Pacifica Quartet
ALSO: Theater Mu’s TwentyPho Hour (virtual) Playfest; Tommy Orange’s virtual Pen Pals appearance; and more.
Cowles announces 2020-21 season; Graywolf book is shortlisted for Booker Prize
ALSO: Natalie Diaz and Patricia Smith: 2020 McKnight Judges’ Reading (online); Jazz Fest Live presents Jon Weber; and more.
Swedish chef Magnus Nilsson to return to ASI – virtually
ALSO: UMN English Writers Series includes a MacArthur ‘genius’; photography show opens at Mia; and more.
Moorhead’s Prairie Home Cemetery inspired name for ‘A Prairie Home Companion’
At the time that Prairie Home Cemetery was founded, it was situated well out of town and surrounded by farmland. The first recorded burial there was typhoid victim Bernard Berg on May 19, 1875.
The American Swedish Institute’s Bruce Karstadt: ‘Adaptation, experimentation and creativity’
The American Swedish Institute reopens today. Timed tickets must be purchased in advance.
Talking Volumes finalized; ‘A Breath for George’ to stream online
ALSO: “Behind the March”: A Live Play Reading; the 21st Annual Minnesota Children’s Book Festival; “Designs for Different Futures” at the Walker; and more.
Minnesota Orchestra moves fall concerts to TV, radio and streaming; TPT presents ‘Hippocrates Café’
ALSO: Major shows of quilts by women of color; Delphia Cello Quartet at Icehouse’s courtyard; and more.
Mabeth Hurd Paige was one of the first four women elected to the Minnesota Legislature
Paige won the election for representative of Minnesota’s thirtieth district on November 7, 1922.
The Science Museum’s Alison Rempel Brown: ‘A whole series of things had to get pushed’
As the Science Museum of Minnesota reopens, MinnPost talked with President and CEO Alison Rempel Brown.
Walker Moving Image; a weekend at Franconia Sculpture Park
ALSO: Peter Geye presents “Northernmost” on Zoom; the Met’s “Porgy and Bess,” streamed; and more.
Bach Society of Minnesota, Cantus announce 2020-21 seasons; Davina and the Vagabonds at Crooners
ALSO: “CoroNation: A Film by Ai Weiwei” available online; Pavielle at Icehouse; and more.
Author events go virtual; History Theatre’s ‘Diesel Heart’ on Zoom
ALSO: Northern Clay Center’s virtual American Pottery Festival; a free screening of Justin Stephenson’s film “The Complete Works”; and more.
