Afro-Atlantic Playwright Festival at Playwrights’ Center; Nicholas Payton at Crooners
ALSO: International Day of Music at Orchestra Hall; art festival at St. Kate’s; and more.
Artscape
New leader at Franconia Sculpture Park; Momentum: New Dance Works Festival
ALSO: Sommerfest continues at Orchestra Hall; 17th Annual Bastille Day Block Party at Barbette; and more.
Davina and the Vagabonds album release at the Guthrie; Red Hot Art Festival at Stevens Square Park
ALSO: Patrick Scully: “Leaves of Grass – Illuminated” at the Guthrie; “What Would Crazy Horse Do?” at Mixed Blood; and more.
Lumières Françaises film festival to open; 8 Frank Lloyd Wright buildings added to UNESCO list
Now in its fourth year, the Film Society’s annual toast to French films starts July 12 and continues through July 18.
‘Penelopiad’ to open Theatre Unbound season; Little Mekong Night Market in St. Paul
ALSO: The Great River Shakespeare Festival in Winona; “The Pillowman” at the SpringHouse Ministry Center; and more.
Ways to kickstart your Fourth; Meckler Family going away party at the Dakota
ALSO: “Glensheen” at History Theatre; National Theatre Live: “Small Island” at St. Anthony Main; and more.
Guthrie’s ‘Guys and Dolls’ rises above its outdated self; Minnesota Orchestra in Plymouth
ALSO: T2P2 at the Amsterdam; Wendy Lewis at Icehouse; “Moon” at the Trylon; and more.
British organist Kit Downes to play at St. Olaf Church
ALSO: Danez Smith: Loft Mentor Series reading; “Framing John DeLorean” at the Lagoon; last call at Vieux Carré.
Cowles’ rich season: From tap to ballet and flamenco
ALSO: Artist Talk: Julie Buffalohead at Mia; Lisa Fischer and Grand Baton at the Dakota; and more.
Theater Mu season to spotlight women playwrights; Cat Art Festival at A-Mill Artist Lofts
ALSO: Judy Olausen: “Mother” at Norway House; “Napoleon Dynamite”: A Conversation with Jon Heder, Efren Ramirez and Jon Gries at the Ordway; and more.
Classical music in the summertime; first Minneapolis Comedy Festival has begun
In Winona, the Minnesota Beethoven Festival, now in its 13th year, boasts a jaw-dropping lineup that will start with violinist Joshua Bell on June 30.
Save the weekend for the Twin Cities Jazz Festival
Each year in June, Steve Heckler, the founding executive director of the Twin Cities Jazz Festival, turns “Jazz is dead” into “If you play it, they will come.”
Northern Spark this weekend; ‘Dry Powder’ is wicked fun
ALSO: The inaugural Bach Roots Festival starts June 16 and continues through June 24 with concerts in breweries, a Vespers service, and two performances of the B Minor Mass.
‘Cosi’ to be last opera in Mill City Museum’s Ruin Courtyard; Haunted Basement heading to Rosedale
ALSO: Dominick Argento Memorial Concert coming up at Ted Mann; Juneteenth at Bethune Park; and more.
A big boost for SpringBOX; Stone Arch Bridge Festival is coming up
ALSO: Kathleen Spehar to leave the O’Shaughnessy; Vänskä Conducts Mahler’s Tenth in Minnesota Orchestra’s season finale; and more.
New artistic director at Theater Mu; Zenon Dance’s final performances
ALSO: Maceo Parker at the Dakota; Lowertown Sounds at Mears Park; and more.
Behind the scenes of the 2019 Minnesota State Fair commemorative art
R.J. Kern, whose art was unveiled Thursday at a special event on the fairgrounds, is the first photographer to be chosen as the fair’s official commemorative artist.
‘To Let Go and Fall’ is a love story across ages; ‘Remembering Rondo’ at the Weisman
ALSO: The 25th Annual Stone Arch Bridge Festival is this weekend; Acoustic Deathwish at Vieux Carré; and more.
Minnesota Humanities Center has new CEO; Aizuri Quartet returns to Sundin Hall
ALSO: ‘All Is Calm’ wins Drama Desk Award; Schubert Club announces new composer-in-residence; and more.
St. Paul music club Vieux Carré to close; ‘Magnificent Desolation’ sci-fi series at the Trylon
ALSO: Flying Foot Forum’s “Heaven” to open at Park Square; Print Matters 2019 at Hook and Ladder; and more.