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.”
Arts & Culture
Covering Minnesota’s theater, music, dance, literature and visual arts.
MinnPost Picks: on the Amazon Labor Union, an Ivy League school that turned on a student and an endearing gay love story
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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
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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
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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.
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.
MinnPost Picks: on shrinkflation, reimagining the church parking lot and Brittney Griner’s detention in Russia
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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
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