SPCO expands Northside Celebration; Audubon Animated to open at the Bell Museum
ALSO: Jewish Humor Festival at Sabes JCC; Schubert Karaoke at the Black Dog; and more.
Artscape
‘Noura’ provides a window into Iraqi trauma; Mark Morris’ ‘Pepperland’ at Northrop
ALSO: “Love & Law: A Century of the ACLU” at the Dakota; Lyra Baroque: “Passaggi” in Rochester at at Hamline; and more.
M exhibition features photography of Gordon Parks and Jamel Shabazz
ALSO: William Kent Krueger to read at Hamline Midway Library; “Bloomsday” at Lyric Arts Main Street Stage; and more.
Theater Latté Da’s ‘Bernarda Alba’ is grim, dark and gorgeous
If you want a happy ending, look elsewhere. But if you want to be seduced and enthralled, “Bernarda Alba” is for you.
First authors for second Wordplay announced; Art Shanty Projects to open this weekend
ALSO: Atlantis Quartet at Studio Z; Naked Stages at Pillsbury House Theatre; and more.
NEA grants go to 45 Minnesota groups; ‘Carmina Burana’ at the Cowles
ALSO: Andrea Jenkins at Mixed Blood; Osmo Vänskä and Erin Keefe to play chamber music at Zion Lutheran; and more.
Twin Cities: now a nexus of new music
Since the calendar flipped on Jan. 1, the Twin Cities has been a nexus of new music. We can’t remember ever hearing as much new music as we have so far this year.
TPT names its first female leader; ‘Noura’ in previews at the Guthrie
ALSO: 39th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Tribute at Ted Mann; Poets and Writers and Musicians Against the War on the Earth at ASI; and more.
A virtual reality experience at Studio Z; ‘1917’ opening at the Lagoon
ALSO: Hamiltunes: An American Singalong at the Parkway; National Geographic Live: Kara Cooney at the Fitz; and more.
Outpost returns to the Hook; Puppet Lab moves to Open Eye
ALSO: Liquid Music: An Evening with Pekka Kuusisto and Nico Muhly; Theatre Unbound: 20th Annual 24:00:00 Xtreme Theatre Smackdown; and more.
Gloria Steinem to speak at Northrop; History Theatre to showcase new works
ALSO: Guthrie receives $50K Joyce Award to commission Native artists Ty Defoe and Larissa FastHorse to create a new theater production.
‘Becky Shaw’ has a wicked edge; MusicMakers at Orchestra Hall
ALSO: The Third Annual SongSlam at Icehouse; Katie Shireen Assef reads at Milkweed; and more.
Merce Cunningham film to open at the Uptown; Poland’s Atom String Quartet at the Dakota
ALSO: The Bakken Trio at MacPhail; “Becky Shaw” at the Gremlin Theatre; and more.
‘Theaster Gates: Assembly Hall’ at the Walker; ‘Intention’ at Circa Gallery
Also: Katha Dance Theatre at the Southern; 2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards coming up; and more.
A year in the arts: 25 of the best things we saw and heard in 2019
From “All Is Calm” to “What If”: Of the many arts events we attended in 2019, these rose to the top.
George Maurer Group at the Dakota; Liquid Music announces first event at the Parkway
ALSO: A Christmas Celebration with the Steeles at the Fitzgerald; Mankwe Ndosi Presents Great Black Music Mondays at Icehouse; and more.
The Bad Plus to return for Christmas; Winter Lights at the Arboretum
ALSO: A “Gingerbread Wonderland” display at Norway House; St. Paul poet Jim Bohen at the Jimmy Wilson Gallery; “American Art and the Vietnam War” closes soon at Mia; and more.
‘What If’ is two plays in one; Paul Metsa’s 40th Anniversary Concert at the Parkway
ALSO: Minnesota composers featured in holiday Courtroom Concerts; “The Ever and After” at the Crane Theater; and more.
Remembering Minnesota jazz legend Irv Williams, ‘Mr. Smooth’
“His playing was sweet, heart-on-your-sleeve,” said pianist Bill Carrothers. “Irv was all about storytelling. He had a very unhurried way of playing. He was the kind of player they don’t make anymore. It’s the end of an era.”
‘All Is Calm’ is filmed for PBS; ‘Dog Act’ at Gremlin Theatre
ALSO: “Welcome Christmas” by VocalEssence; Maud Hixson and Rick Carlson perform Irving Berlin songs at Crooners; and more.
