Music @ Franconia; Playwrights’ Center’s ‘Summer in Conversation’ series
ALSO: a Karrin Allyson Livestream Performance; Chanhassen Dinner Theatres to launch “Summer Concerts in the Main” series; and more.
Artscape
Ten Thousand Things’ Marcela Lorca: ‘Uncertainty is the name of the game’
The last live performance we saw pre-COVID was TTT’s “Thunder Knocking on the Door,” a Black musical about the blues. That was March 12. On March 13, nearly everything had closed or was about to.
Park Square to offer online serial Jeffrey Hatcher mystery, ‘Riddle Puzzle Plot’
ALSO: Walker Art Center, Bell Museum to reopen; Minnesota Zoo offering drive-through ‘Beastly Boulevard’ experience; and more.
Minnesota Orchestra cancels 16 full-orchestra concerts, will start phased reopening with smaller concerts outdoors
The chamber concerts are being offered as a complimentary thank you to those who currently hold tickets to the canceled August and early September performances. A small number of tickets will be available to the public through an online lottery system.
CTC postpones reopening until March, reduces staff; 25 MN groups to share $1.25 million in CARES funding
ALSO: Mellon Foundation announces new focus on social justice; Jazz Fest Live events will move to Crooners’ outdoor spaces; and more.
Mia’s Michael Lapthorn: ‘All of our friends have been waiting for us at the museum this whole time’
The museum will reopen on July 16. Lapthorn is among Mia staff charged with preparing the museum to receive visitors safely during a pandemic.
Lyndel King’s Weisman legacy; Museum of Russian Art reopens
ALSO: Como Conservatory reopens; new dates for Hennepin Theatre Trust’s “Cats” and “Tootsie”; an online anthology of 55+ Black MN voices; and more.
The Trylon Cinema’s Barry Kryshka: ‘Sometimes it’s kind of great to be small’
Like most of Minnesota, the Trylon closed its doors in March. It will reopen next Friday, July 3, with safety protocols in place.
More layoffs, this time at the Walker; Jazz Central Studios to host ‘Streamfest’
ALSO: ‘Prideland’ on PBS; Martha Graham Dance on YouTube; and more.
Black Label Movement’s Carl Flink: ‘How do we imagine what we make now, in a world like this?’
Much of the diversity, equity and inclusion work other arts organizations have vowed to do in the wake of George Floyd’s death has been part of Black Label Movement from the start.
CEO Jamie Grant to leave the Ordway; Mia cuts operating budget and staff
ALSO: Arts supporter Sen. Richard Cohen ends long career at the Legislature; a discussion about what should happen to protest art.
Minnesota Chorale’s Kathy Saltzman Romey: ‘The impact of COVID and the impact of George Floyd’s murder are inextricably linked’
Minnesota is Choral Country, the Land of 10,000 Choirs. So imagine the dismay when news broke earlier this spring about choirs and COVID-19.
Salary cuts for Minnesota Orchestra musicians and staff; ‘A Breath for George’ honors the life of George Floyd
ALSO: Celebrate ASI’s Midsommar at home; HookStreams live streaming concert series to launch; free virtual streaming of “Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am”; and more.
Go behind the scenes as Mia, our largest museum, prepares to reopen
Plans are to reopen on Thursday, July 16. At first, Mia and other museums will be able to operate at 25 percent capacity, not to exceed 250 people in a single self-contained space.
What should happen to the George Floyd protest art, and who should decide?
ALSO: “The Marriage of Figaro” online from Minnesota Opera; a Jeff Daniels Virtual Concert; and more.
Roque Diaz: Making music education more inclusive and diverse
A trumpeter, educator and scholar, Diaz wants to change how music is taught.
Schubert Club announces 2020-21 Accordo season; free ‘Whose Streets?’ screening from MSP Film Society
ALSO: Edina Art Fair and Music in the Zoo canceled; Jazz Fest Live: Aja Parham and Kavyesh Kaviraj on CrowdCast; and more.
Guitarist Matt Sowell and Minneapolis musicians create benefit album in record time
The 16 tracks on “Out of the Ashes” are all by Minneapolis-based musicians, most acoustic guitarists.
Michael Osterholm on COVID and the arts: ‘This is going to be a rough few years’
ALSO: Free reading from the U of M Press; Magers & Quinn is open for browsing; Frontline’s “Policing the Police” on PBS; and more.
Memories of and gratitude for jazz pianist and composer Carei Thomas
We lost Carei Thomas last Thursday, May 28, in the midst of a global pandemic and growing chaos after the death of George Floyd.
