Weekend Picks: Samantha Bee, No Coast Craft-o-rama, music of Douglas Ewart
Plus: “Three Decembers,” an opera about family, chosen family and secrets; The Isles Ensemble explores the challenges of mental illness; Kaleena Miller’s “Quartet.”
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A night of reinvented folk tunes with Sam Amidon and the Winona Symphony Orchestra
“Driftless: Sam Amidon and the Winona Symphony Orchestra” takes place Saturday, May 20 at 7 p.m. at the Riverwalk Gardens of the Minnesota Marine Art Museum in Winona.
Weekend Picks: South Indian violin duo, Groveland Gallery turns 50, exhibitions at the Marine Art Museum
Plus: Bagatelles, Maksimal and Piano Quintet, emerging choreographers in Tapestries 7.0, “Emilia.”
Northern Clay Center celebrates its history by showing off permanent collection
“Light of Day,” and “In Plain Sight” both open May 6 and run through June 25, with a reception Friday, May 5.
Weekend Picks: A powerful exhibit on gun violence, An American Tail the Musical, Skinny Puppy
Plus: Black Dance Improvisation Festival; “The Wanderers”; Russ White: Harder Not Smarter.
Inspired by world travel, Pacita Abad’s work is now on display at the Walker Art Center
Pacita Abad is known for her signature trapunto technique, a process that involved stitching fabric onto canvas. The exhibition runs through Sept. 3 at the Walker Art Center.
Weekend Picks: Visit Milan through art; music from Mali; an award-winning play
Plus: The art of Cameron Patricia Downey; “Returning to Haifa”; Mayumi Amada; and more.
Circus sets up at Mall of America with trapeze, high wire, motorcycle acts — and international flair
Set up in a giant red and yellow tent in the parking lot north of the Mall of America, the Royal Canadian International Circus boasts an international cast of performers defying gravity.
Weekend Picks: Third Precinct projections; MSP International Film Fest; mixing baroque and hip hop
Plus: Bakken Ensemble season finale; In a Family Way and Intend at SooVAC; documentary-style dance with Li Chiao-Ping Dance Company.
Heart of the Beast is spiffing up — not selling — the art deco Avalon Theatre, its longtime home
The Avalon’s signature curved towers with neon light boxes that make up its facade have made the venue a landmark of Lake Street, where Heart of the Beast has been based for over 35 years.
Weekend Picks: Giant Japanese monsters; a soulful Easter brunch at the Dakota; Tommy Stinson at the Turf Club
Plus: Junauda Petrus in conversation with Valerie Castile; Melissa Borman’s [Re]collections & Earthly Artifacts; Tressa Sularz’s weaving; and more.
The Trylon screens three cult classic, made-in-Minnesota films
Minnesota-based filmmakers David Burton Morris and Victoria Wozniak recall filming in Mickey’s Diner, First Avenue (then Uncle Sam’s) and getting pulled over during a shoot on Interstate 35.
Weekend Picks: New Yorker cartoonist’s exhibition; elevating incarcerated women’s voices; murals
Plus: Swing Sisterhood Big Band with Tammy Robinson; New Arab American Theater Works: Playwright Showcase; the work of Elizabeth Erickson; and more.
In Katie Ka Vang’s musical, ‘Again,’ friends navigate moving forward through cancer diagnoses
Katie Ka Vang’s first musical, “Again,” is a story about a Hmong American memoirist and cancer survivor named Mai See, and an unlikely friendship. “It’s really about what do we need to feel whole,” Vang said.
Weekend Picks: Celebrating female Vikings; Kimchi Hoang’s visual melodies; queer comedy night
Plus: ‘The Tails and Tales of Dr. Dolittle,’ Paul Metsa in Celebration of Alphabet Jazz; Annie and the Bang Bang at Palmer’s.
Q&A: In ‘Body//Weight,’ photographer Christopher Selleck reflects on masculinity, societal ideals and the male form
Working with models and also inserting his own body into the series, Christopher Selleck searches for a softer, more open understanding of the male form. “Body//Weight” is on display at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts from March 18 to June 25, 2023.
Weekend Picks: A Night of Native Documentaries; a play set in Ireland; and a chance to catch ¿Téo? before Coachella
Plus: Sarah Bellamy directs “Sugar in Our Wounds” at Penumbra; Flamenco with with Juan Pedro Jiménez; Jawny with Wallice; and more.
Minnesota artist Pete Driessen’s healing art is inspired by shuttered Fergus Falls mental hospital
Driessen’s project uses two beds that are reflective of the those used in the state hospital, where he also presents dried flowers that reflect the prairie. At the end of the project, Driessen intends to give away seed mixture of wildflowers and grass seeds.
Weekend Picks: ‘Diesel Heart’ at the History Theatre; celebrating young artists; a live recording of ‘Island of Discarded Women’
Plus: HER STORY IS; a play about time; and more.
Minneapolis Institute of Art exhibit uses storytelling to evoke ritual of ancient Chinese bronzes
“Eternal Offerings: Chinese Ritual Bronzes” runs through May 21 at the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
