Weekend Picks: New work at Open Eye Theatre; Lester Purry plays Thurgood Marshall
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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
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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.
MinnPost Picks: on buses vs. trains, the home-ownership gap and how the first people came to the Americas
Our weekly roundup of recommended reading, listening or viewing by MinnPost’s staff and contributing journalists.
How to eat like Will Steger
“The Steger Homestead Kitchen: Simple Recipes for an Abundant Life,” is a cookbook, yes, but one that addresses climate change and environmental problems by offering good food using local, organic ingredients that don’t create a lot of waste.
For forty years, Walker, Minnesota’s International Eelpout Festival celebrated the state’s ugliest fish
In January 1980, an estimated 800 people turned out on frozen Leech Lake for the first International Eelpout Festival to compete for the trophy awarded for the largest eelpout caught.
You’re absolutely going to believe what the most popular Girl Scout cookie in Minnesota is
Minnesota’s Girl Scouts River Valleys council was the top cookie-selling council nationwide last year.
Weekend picks: Valentine offerings for everything from date nights to solo outings
Including CABARAVE at Brother Justus Whiskey Company; Outpost at Hook & Ladder; dinner at the Dakota; and more.
