Adding up the damage to Twin Cities arts organizations
In a week filled with grief and rage at the death of yet another black man at the hands of police, several nonprofits and organizations that serve the community were damaged or destroyed.
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.
Where to find virtual cinema (and support local movie houses); Cuban pianist Jorge Pacheco on Jazz Fest Live
ALSO: Minnesota Opera’s Digital Opera: Massenet’s “Thaïs”; A Musical Three-Course Meal on the SPCO website; and more.
Music in the Parks going virtual through June; ‘Glensheen’ postponed
ALSO: Theater Mu’s “24 Hour Playfest”; Mia presents Susan Lanzoni: “Empathy: A History” online; and more.
DJ Jake Rudh: ‘My entire calendar’s been wiped out through September so far’
Like many artists whose lives were turned upside down by COVID, Rudh now works in a virtual world.
Changes in Broadway on Hennepin seasons; MSPIFF39 Redefined is big success
ALSO: National Sawdust Digital Discovery Festival: Vijay Iyer; Jazz Fest Live with Matthew Whitaker; and more.
Poet and author Bao Phi: ‘It felt like the hate was cranked up to 11’
Bao Phi has written at least one new poem in response to the pandemic, “Alternate Reality, or, A Narrow Opening.” You can read it at Unmargin, a collective website for Asian-Americans and their voices.
From Park Square, a virtual play festival; Crooners to offer drive-in concerts after all
ALSO: Online discussion with Kate DiCamillo; Minnesota Opera’s “The Shining” to stream; and more.
Dark & Stormy’s Sara Marsh: ‘To be ready is the key thing’
“Our industry is literally gone. It’s poof, it’s gone,” said Sara Marsh. “It’s hard to convey that it doesn’t exist right now. But that’s the truth of things at the moment.”
SPCO’s 2020-21 season is all about its own musicians; Minnesota Opera launches Digital Opera Series
ALSO: MSPIFF39 Redefined: A Virtual Film Festival; Art-A-Whirl goes online; a Prince concert from the Purple Rain Tour; and more.
Janis Lane-Ewart: ‘Tell someone that you’re thinking of them, whenever that crosses your brain’
Sally Award winner Janis Lane-Ewart is currently the development officer for KBEM, the jazz radio station based in North High School.
The Guthrie’s plans for 2021; Latté Da to focus on new work
ALSO: ASI’s online Cocktails at the Castle; Daniel Radcliffe reads the first chapter of “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”; and more.
Jazz guitarist Zacc Harris: ‘The thing I’ve worked on for my whole musical life is just not an option right now’
Quarantine Qoncert #1 will take place at 7 p.m. tonight (Friday, May 8) as a Zoom “house concert.” It will feature solo sets with drummer JT Bates, guitarist Zacc Harris, bassist Chris Bates and pianist Bryan Nichols.
The Loft’s virtual Wordplay draws crowds; a conversation with Roz Chast
ALSO: Free online screening of “Love Them First: Lessons From Lucy Laney Elementary”; Danish String Quartet: Last Leaf available for a week online; and more.
Minnesota potter Matthew Krousey: ‘As artists, not creating right now would be a big mistake’
Like many events that can’t be held in a time of physical distancing, the 28th Annual St. Croix Valley Pottery Tour has gone online.
MSPIFF announces 40+ films in virtual festival; 30 years of Walker Dialogues available
ALSO: Storytime From Space; a reading of “A Play by Barb and Carl”; “Rez Road 2000” online; and more.
The Dakota’s Lowell Pickett: ‘Music connects us as human beings’
“I see this as something we’re all experiencing, and we have to work together and support one another in order to get through this,” said Dakota owner Lowell Pickett.
Ordway announces Broadway season; three big online music festivals are coming
ALSO: Greta Oglesby reads from her memoir; Novel Stages crosses boundaries, challenges genres; and more.
The Fringe’s Dawn Bentley: ‘I’m not willing to experiment with all the folks it takes to make this festival happen’
The largest performing arts festival in the Upper Midwest won’t happen this year.
Two playwrights receive Mellon grants; Minnesota Book Awards’ livestream ceremony
ALSO: Online Art of Possibilities Art Show and Sale; Arena Dances’ creative dinner and (Zoom) show; and more.
Gao Hong on canceled concerts and improvisation: ‘Use your heart and the audience will hear you’
In pre-pandemic days, this would have been a joyous night for Gao Hong. She and Issam Rafea would have been together on stage at the Cedar, playing the CD release concert for their latest collaboration.
