Weekend Picks: ‘Diesel Heart’ at the History Theatre; celebrating young artists; a live recording of ‘Island of Discarded Women’
Plus: HER STORY IS; a play about time; and more.
Arts & Culture
Covering Minnesota’s theater, music, dance, literature and visual arts.
Minneapolis Institute of Art exhibit uses storytelling to evoke ritual of ancient Chinese bronzes
“Eternal Offerings: Chinese Ritual Bronzes” runs through May 21 at the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
Dred Scott and Harriet Robinson Scott lived at Fort Snelling in the 1830s as enslaved people
Both the Northwest Ordinance and the Missouri Compromise prohibited slavery in the area, but slavery existed there even so.
Weekend Picks: Moody Nordic music; reimagining ‘Beowulf’; a cabaret and variety show
Plus: Pipa plus orchestra; Unpredictable Drawings; Jill Bernard in a one-person show.
Hennepin History Museum highlights ‘Hidden Gems’ after cataloguing its art collection
Many of the pieces in the exhibition have never been on view at the museum, or haven’t been shown in many years. Other pieces were re-framed in order to properly preserve them.
‘The Cello Still Sings’ tells of former Minnesota Orchestra cellist’s family connection to the Holocaust
Janet Horvath’s late father George had once played cello in an orchestra at a displaced persons camp in Germany after World War II. He told her the story of when Leonard Bernstein guest conducted.
Nellie Francis: suffragist, organizer, singer, civil rights worker and more
Francis pressed the limits of what an African American woman was permitted to achieve in early 20th century Minnesota.
Weekend Picks: Celebrate Black History Month in song and essays; a night in Havana; and more
A world of Twin Cities art and culture awaits this weekend after the snowstorm.
‘Ogresse: Envisioned’ is an immersive outsider tale about regeneration, survival
“Out There: Cécile McLorin Salvant, Ogresse: Envisioned” peforms Friday and Saturday, Feb. 24 and 25, at the Walker Art Center.
The ground-breaking acting career of Hilda Simms
Raised in a large Catholic family in north Minneapolis, Simms became a national celebrity for her leading role in the first all-Black performance of the Broadway show “Anna Lucasta.”
Chairman of the washboard: Mikkel Beckman builds community around music
Beckman is an anomaly on the Minnesota music landscape: a one-man rhythm section and big-hearted and genial host who has carved out a distinct scene with his regular appearances at Twin Cities bars.
Weekend Picks: Riot Act Reading Series; reconnecting through art; Southern California style
Plus: New music via the Cedar Commissions; U of M apparel design showcase; play takes on the pandemic era; and more.
Exploring ‘North’ in sights, sounds and more in new installation at Red Wing’s Anderson Center
Composer Mary Ellen Childs’ “North” runs Wednesdays to Saturdays at the Anderson Center in Red Wing through April 22. The piece recognizes the awe and majesty of nature and portrays — through sensory channels — the existential threat of climate change.
The repeal of capital punishment in Minnesota
On Feb. 13, 1906, William Williams was the last person legally executed by the state of Minnesota.
On bass and sax, Chris Bates and Nathan Hanson capture a moment in time on new album
On Sunday at 4 p.m., Bates and Hanson will celebrate the release of “Weights and Measures” with a performance in the space where it was recorded: Christ Lutheran Church on Capitol Hill.
Weekend Picks: Exploring jazz in Radiohead; messages from Earth at the Weisman; sad singalong
Plus: “A Soldier’s Play” at the Fitzgerald; the art of Ron Mosman; eclectic sounds and video art curated by Pieta Brown and Liz Draper; and more.
Minnesota author David Mura’s new book explores how racism infects the past and present
Poet, writer, critic and playwright David Mura takes on systemic racism in America in his new book, “The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself: Racial Myths and Our American Narratives.” The impetus for the book came after Philando Castile was shot by a police officer at a traffic stop in Falcon Heights.
The 1967 Minnesota State Act Against Discrimination
Minnesota enacted its first major human rights law in 1967. That statute made it unlawful to discriminate against people based on race, color, creed, and national origin in unions, employment, education, public services, and public accommodations.
Weekend Picks: Step outside yourself with graffiti art, photographic stories
Plus: ‘Cold Air Rises’; a Peyton Scott Russell retrospective; a Minnesota Center for Book Arts open house; and more.
‘Whose North is this?’: Inuvialuk artist Kablusiak in Twin Cities residency
During a three-week residency in the Twin Cities, Kablusiak will give talks and participate in several events. Their art on display at Bockley Gallery in Kenwood.
