Playwright Harrison David Rivers wins national award; MN Orchestra and Dessa to do live recording
ALSO: Garth Brooks adds second show in Minneapolis; “Les Miserábles” at the Orpheum; “Nutcracker (not so) Suite” at the Cowles; and more.
Artscape
Soap Factory faces sheriff’s sale; Roy Hargrove tribute at the Dakota
ALSO: “Snaildartha” at the Turf Club; Readings by Writers at the University Club of St. Paul; and more.
SPCO reports a strong 2017-18; ‘Home for the Holidays’ at Orchestra Hall
ALSO: “Teen Idol: The Bobby Vee Story” at the History Theatre; SPCO to perform Bach’s “Brandenburg” Concertos; and more.
National Gallery lucky to get Kaywin Feldman
ALSO: David Harrower’s “Blackbird” at Grain Belt Warehouse; Yarnado 2018 at Rogue Buddha Gallery; and more.
Violinist Kopatchinskaja’s farewell SPCO concert: What an exit!
The violinist addressed the audience, explaining that while the first part of the concert had been about “joy and youthfulness, drinking songs and fireworks,” the second part would be about “love and farewells.”
Arts accessibility nonprofit to close in 2019; VocalEssence’s Welcome Christmas 2018
ALSO: No Coast Craft-O-Rama at Midtown Global Market; Lisa Gutkin: The Music and Musicians of “Indecent” at the Cedar; and more.
The Jungle’s ‘The Wickhams’ is delightful; Holidazzle in full swing
ALSO: Bach’s Christmas Oratorio at Orchestra Hall; Kevin Kling’s “Tales from the Charred Underbelly of the Yule Log” at the Guthrie; and more.
‘West Side Story’ success helps Guthrie log revenue at historic season high
ALSO: ‘Public Love’ at the Walker; Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Polina Leschenko perform with the SPCO; and more.
Penumbra’s ‘Black Nativity’ has special resonance this year
ALSO: Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus at Ted Mann; “A Year With Frog & Toad” at Plymouth Congregational Church; and more.
The M to open its new St. Paul home; Ode to Navarathri at the Walker
ALSO: “Marie and Rosetta” at Park Square; Julmarknad: Christmas Market and Festival at ASI; a Northrop pipe-organ concert; and more.
On the eve of ‘The Wickhams,’ a talk with the Jungle’s Sarah Rasmussen
In the three years and change since Rasmussen arrived as artistic director, the Jungle has become noticeably and jubilantly more diverse.
British Arrows at the Walker; a new opera company makes its debut
ALSO: Fourth Annual Gingerbread Wonderland at Norway House; a Patricia Hampl reading at the Weisman; and more.
JT Bates ends Jazz Implosion; SPCO names new artistic partner
ALSO: Evan Christopher at Vieux Carré; Larry Millett to read from “Metropolitan Dreams” at Common Good Books; and more.
Coffee House’s ‘Indecency’ wins National Book Award; Katha Dance at the Cowles
Also: “How to Have Fun in a Civil War” at the History Center; Happening: Amber Sanctuary at Guthrie’s Level 9; and more.
A story of freedom, ‘Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes’ to screen at Sound Unseen
“Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes” screens just once during Sound Unseen: on Sunday, Nov. 18, at 3 p.m. at the Trylon.
‘Silent Night’ opera makes triumphant return; MCAD Annual Art Sale coming up
ALSO: “King David” at Plymouth Congregational; Gabriel Kahane at the Parkway; and more.
Springboard wins a big Bush Prize; Jon Meacham to speak at Northrop
ALSO: “Noises Off” at the Guthrie; Club Book: Deborah Blum in Apple Valley; “Maria by Callas” at Edina Cinema; and more.
Forecast turns 40; pianist Shai Wosner to perform at Macalester
ALSO: Thurston Moore: Moore at 60 at the Walker; presidential historian Michael Beschloss at Westminster Town Hall Forum; and more.
Mathew Janczewski looks at gun violence through dance; ‘Triple Espresso’ to open at Park Square
ALSO: Cirque du Soleil’s “Corteo” at Target Center; “Masters of the Keyboard” at MacPhail; and more.
Armistice 100th anniversary events at Northrop; ‘Not About Heroes’ at Off-Leash Art Box
ALSO: “The Great Gatsby” at the Ritz; Pittsburgh Ballet and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra at Northrop; Music and Poems in a Nordic Mood at ASI; and more.