Weekend Picks: Edina Art Fair, smooth jazz, and giant french fries
Plus: A play from “Succession” actor Arian Moayed; Hmong Arts Festival; live music in Loring Park; and more.
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Appreciate the Mississippi this summer with events on and near the river
The mighty Mississippi often gets overlooked. It’s something we pass over on a highway or a street, but often isn’t used as a place for recreation and rejuvenation. Here are some ways MinnPost readers might find ways to connect to the river this summer.
Weekend Picks: Oedipus in Seattle, art in Rochester, and Patrick’s Cabaret
Plus: A “bring your own art” event; a night of groovy music at the Turf Club; and an open dialogue among emerging curators.
Teens address racial health disparities through art in Mia exhibit
“I was struck by how aware these young people are about this issue– not only in their lives, but in the lives of folks they know,” said Bukata Hayes, vice president of racial and health equity and chief equity officer at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota.
Weekend Picks: Art-A-Whirl, puppets, and an opera that goes to hell and back
Plus: AAPI Generations Conference; Tammy Ortegon’s 30years Reflect Back/30years Inspired Forward exhibit.
Minnesota Orchestra premieres ‘brea(d)th,’ a work commissioned in the wake of George Floyd’s murder
The title references the notion of bread as a commodity (and it’s use in vernacular language as a synonym for money), breath, especially in the wake of the pandemic when the act of breathing was dangerous, and the breadth of work that needs to be done toward healing from racial injustice.
Weekend Picks: Samantha Bee, No Coast Craft-o-rama, music of Douglas Ewart
Plus: “Three Decembers,” an opera about family, chosen family and secrets; The Isles Ensemble explores the challenges of mental illness; Kaleena Miller’s “Quartet.”
A night of reinvented folk tunes with Sam Amidon and the Winona Symphony Orchestra
“Driftless: Sam Amidon and the Winona Symphony Orchestra” takes place Saturday, May 20 at 7 p.m. at the Riverwalk Gardens of the Minnesota Marine Art Museum in Winona.
Weekend Picks: South Indian violin duo, Groveland Gallery turns 50, exhibitions at the Marine Art Museum
Plus: Bagatelles, Maksimal and Piano Quintet, emerging choreographers in Tapestries 7.0, “Emilia.”
Northern Clay Center celebrates its history by showing off permanent collection
“Light of Day,” and “In Plain Sight” both open May 6 and run through June 25, with a reception Friday, May 5.
Weekend Picks: A powerful exhibit on gun violence, An American Tail the Musical, Skinny Puppy
Plus: Black Dance Improvisation Festival; “The Wanderers”; Russ White: Harder Not Smarter.
Inspired by world travel, Pacita Abad’s work is now on display at the Walker Art Center
Pacita Abad is known for her signature trapunto technique, a process that involved stitching fabric onto canvas. The exhibition runs through Sept. 3 at the Walker Art Center.
Weekend Picks: Visit Milan through art; music from Mali; an award-winning play
Plus: The art of Cameron Patricia Downey; “Returning to Haifa”; Mayumi Amada; and more.
Circus sets up at Mall of America with trapeze, high wire, motorcycle acts — and international flair
Set up in a giant red and yellow tent in the parking lot north of the Mall of America, the Royal Canadian International Circus boasts an international cast of performers defying gravity.
Weekend Picks: Third Precinct projections; MSP International Film Fest; mixing baroque and hip hop
Plus: Bakken Ensemble season finale; In a Family Way and Intend at SooVAC; documentary-style dance with Li Chiao-Ping Dance Company.
Heart of the Beast is spiffing up — not selling — the art deco Avalon Theatre, its longtime home
The Avalon’s signature curved towers with neon light boxes that make up its facade have made the venue a landmark of Lake Street, where Heart of the Beast has been based for over 35 years.
Weekend Picks: Giant Japanese monsters; a soulful Easter brunch at the Dakota; Tommy Stinson at the Turf Club
Plus: Junauda Petrus in conversation with Valerie Castile; Melissa Borman’s [Re]collections & Earthly Artifacts; Tressa Sularz’s weaving; and more.
The Trylon screens three cult classic, made-in-Minnesota films
Minnesota-based filmmakers David Burton Morris and Victoria Wozniak recall filming in Mickey’s Diner, First Avenue (then Uncle Sam’s) and getting pulled over during a shoot on Interstate 35.
Weekend Picks: New Yorker cartoonist’s exhibition; elevating incarcerated women’s voices; murals
Plus: Swing Sisterhood Big Band with Tammy Robinson; New Arab American Theater Works: Playwright Showcase; the work of Elizabeth Erickson; and more.
In Katie Ka Vang’s musical, ‘Again,’ friends navigate moving forward through cancer diagnoses
Katie Ka Vang’s first musical, “Again,” is a story about a Hmong American memoirist and cancer survivor named Mai See, and an unlikely friendship. “It’s really about what do we need to feel whole,” Vang said.
