The Dakota reopens, shiny and ready; Nachito Herrera to headline 20th annual Selby Avenue JazzFest
ALSO: Open Streets Minneapolis returns; “FAUCI” movie opens; Lauren Groff at Talking Volumes; 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.
Master bread baker and poet Klecko: ‘Nobody’s imagination is as interesting as my life’
On Wednesday, Sept. 15, at the University Club in St. Paul, the award-winning author of “Hitman-Baker-Casketmaker” will read from his latest, “Lincolnland,” and drop a brand-new book with his former mug shot on the cover.
Susan Albright retires from MinnPost; ‘The Alpinist’ may trigger your acrophobia
ALSO: “The Bias Inside Us” at St. Cloud State University; St. Paul Chamber Orchestra opening weekend; and more.
Theater Mu announces 2021-22 season; Chalkfest at Arbor Lakes
ALSO: Detroit Jazz Festival goes virtual; Tom Jones: “Strong Unrelenting Spirits” opening reception at Bockley Gallery; and more.
Walker’s Fall 2021 Performing Arts season; silent films with live music at the Trylon
ALSO: American Pottery Festival 2021 at Northern Clay; 7th Annual Film Score Fest at St. Paul’s Mears Park; and more.
Trombone Shorty joins Sue McLean lineup; Hopkins Center announces nine-concert season
ALSO: The Trademark Theater announces new season; SPCO offers livestreamed concerts free; and more.
Jungle announces 2021-22 mainstage season; New Native Theatre opens ‘The Unplugging’ outdoors
ALSO: Documentary “On Broadway” at St. Anthony Main; Lowertown Sounds: Tina Schlieske with the Sunken Lands at Mears Park; and more.
Westminster Town Hall Forum to focus on democracy; JazzMN Orchestra at Crooners
ALSO: “Red Hot Friday” at Stevens Square Park; Saturday Night Jazz at the Black Dog; and more.
Heartbreaking ‘Kindertransport’ at the American Swedish Institute; Happy Apple at Icehouse
ALSO: Minnesota Orchestra’s Summer Finale; “An Evening of Show Tunes with Tyler Michaels King and Friends” at Crooners; and more.
Secrets of the State Fair Fine Arts Show
Jim Clark is the man in charge. The fair’s fine arts superintendent made time for an in-person interview at the Fine Arts Building last week.
VocalEssence, Cantus return to live and in-person performance; Ragamala Dance at Lyndale Gardens
ALSO: Malamanya live at Lyndale Gardens; Teresa Mock presents “The Uncertainty Principle”; and August Green Roof Poetry at the Walker.
Jane Smiley, Prince biographer in Club Book’s Fall 2021 line-up; horror movie marathon at the Parkway
ALSO: The New Standards at Crooners; Black Forum presented by The Bureau at Mia; and more.
Ordway requires proof of COVID vax/negative test; The Bad Plus goes pianoless
ALSO: Collide announces 2021-22 season of five events; Lowertown Guitar Festival 2021 at Como Lakeside Pavilion; and more.
Go/don’t go to ‘Immersive Van Gogh’? That depends
This is art as entertainment, experience, distraction and relaxation. An escape from the daily news and the events of the past year and a half.
HOBT to sell its longtime home; the joy of hearing the Minnesota Orchestra
ALSO: Launch event for Patrick Nathan’s “Image Control” at Subtext Books; “Sounds for Silents” at the Walker Hillside; and more.
Mankwe Ndosi’s ‘Felt/not said’ album release; ‘COVID-19: Labor Camp Report’ book launch
ALSO: Free tickets to “Respect” at the Riverview; Food Truck Rally and Music at Franconia Sculpture Park; and more.
Yellow Tree Theatre’s 2021-22 season; JC Sanford’s CD release at Icehouse
ALSO: Minnesota Orchestra to perform Dvořák’s New World Symphony; Youth Jazz Showcase and Sophia Kickhofel Group at the Black Dog; and more.
The M launches search for new ED; Bach Roots Festival to begin
ALSO: Authors John Toren and Matt Schuth at SubText Books; Open Courtyard Family Days at Mill City Museum; and more.
Talking Volumes, Ten Thousand Things announce 2021-22 events
ALSO: The Adam Meckler Orchestra at Crooners; Guthrie adds “Destiny of Desire”; the CHS Field Cat Video Festival; and more.
Northrop announces 2021-22 ‘collage season’ of in-person performances, music and films
Among the nine in-person dance performances that will start in October are several dance films and a small series of concerts on Northrop’s restored Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ.
