Concert spotlights frequent MN Opera librettist Mark Campbell; Schubert Club presents Beatrice Rana
ALSO: Mia presents Nicole Havekost in a virtual artist talk; Kao Kalia Yang and Billy Thao to do a “Yang Warriors” virtual book event; and more.
Artscape
Artscape focuses on Twin Cities arts institutions, personalities, performances, money and politics, encompassing all forms of the arts. It appears on Tuesday through Friday.
Pamela Espeland has written about the arts for MinnPost since our launch in 2007.
Gallery shows at Northern Clay Center and the Weinstein Hammons
ALSO: A Paul Jacobs organ recital at Northrop; Club Book presents Abby Jimenez; Minnesota Dance Theatre’s “Exploring Enchantment”; and more.
‘Hamilton’ is postponed until 2023; Jungle Theater co-presents ‘The Catastrophist’
ALSO: Textile Center presents “Racism: In the Face of Hate We Resist”; Rain Taxi features Nate Powell; and more.
Westminster Forum to present speakers’ series tied to George Floyd’s death
ALSO: MPLSART Sketchbook Project show at Gamut Gallery; SPCO presents “Sounds From Home” in livestream; and more.
The Bakken chooses bird-safe glass; PEN America awards go virtual
ALSO: Virtual Exhibition Exploration: “Designs for Different Futures” at the Walker; Northrop presents RUBBERBAND’s online premiere of “Vic’s Mix”; and more.
Springboard starts a guaranteed income pilot program for artists; a good week for author events
ALSO: Faye M. Price to step down from Pillsbury House + Theatre; and more.
Small Oscar-nominated films tackle big topics; Rick Steves introduces Minnesota Orchestra’s musical journey
ALSO: The SPCO presents Bach’s Saint John Passion; “Hemingway” on TPT 2; and more.
‘Jazz Fest Live’ draws thousands of viewers to music made in Minnesota
The series began with streams from musicians’ homes and apartments. It has since streamed from Crooners, Walker West Music Academy and, starting in September, the stage at the Dakota.
Alexs Pate receives 2021 Kay Sexton Award; Heather Dewey-Hagborg and Chelsea Manning in conversation
ALSO: “Never Too Late: The Doc Severinsen Story” on TPT 2; Schubert Club presents Clara Osowski and Jeffrey Van in a Courtroom Concert; and more.
Wordplay will return for its second virtual year; St. Paul’s Patric Richardson debuts on Discovery+ as ‘The Laundry Guy’
ALSO: Guthrie Theater presents “Dining With the Ancestors”; Nachito Herrera: Tribute to Chick Corea at the Dakota; and more.
Ananya Chatterjea: ‘What a beautiful view it is to imagine a just world’
The 2021 A.P. Anderson Award honoree is dancer and choreographer Ananya Chatterjea, the founder of Ananya Dance Theatre.
When can the arts reopen? Dr. Fauci says, ‘If we are careful … sometime in the fall’
ALSO: VocalEssence’s “Call of the North” features Minnesota composers and poets; Davina and the Vagabonds to livestream from the Dakota; and more.
Statewide book club reading ‘Slider’; Walker presents Danez Smith and Dark Noise Collective
ALSO: Ragamala will dance to a new home in Kingfield; Talking Volumes presents Talking Race with Naima Coster; and more.
Northern Spark to return; a conversation with Claudia Rankine
ALSO: A video walk-through tour of the Gwen Westerman exhibition “From These Hands”; a livestream of The Broadway Cast Reunion series: “Dear Evan Hansen”; and more.
Tech entrepreneur Abraham Piper: ‘We wanted to try something different’
In 2019, Piper and Josh Sowin started a new company called Blue Kazoo. Separate from Brainjolt, Blue Kazoo makes premium jigsaw puzzles.
Theater Latté Da’s ‘Re-Cast’ is beautiful and personal; Rain Taxi presents Timothy Brennan and Nico Muhly
ALSO: Talking Volumes, Talking Race with Chang-rae Lee; pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet and the Minnesota Orchestra in livestream; and more.
The Hook & Ladder announces two months of outdoor concerts; the State Ballet of Georgia on film for Northrop
ALSO: CTC streaming “Seedfolks”; Open Eye @ Home offers “Diary of a Madman”; and more.
Minnesota Orchestra will offer in-person concerts in June; Maria Schneider wins two more Grammys
ALSO: Club Book presents Claire Lombardo: “The Most Fun We Ever Had”; “Before Vaccines: Art and the Plague in Italy” at Mia; and more.
North Shore artists Dan and Lee Ross: Untying time
Their latest show, “Untying Time,” opens Saturday, March 13, at Groveland Gallery. Dan and Lee Ross will be there from noon until 3 p.m.
‘Merges in March’ at the Cowles; N. Scott Momaday on ‘Talking Volumes: Talking Race’
ALSO: Mysterious Old Radio Listening Society: “Dreams of Death” from Park Square; Club Book presents Imbolo Mbue; and more.
