New leadership for the Weisman; Joshua Bell at Orchestra Hall
ALSO: Chamber Music Society honors memory of Judy Dayton; MN Opera outdoors at Allianz Field; “Dear Evan Hanson,” the movie; and more.
Artscape
Artscape focuses on Twin Cities arts institutions, personalities, performances, money and politics, encompassing all forms of the arts.
The return of Liquid Music; ‘Sherwood’ opens at the Yellow Tree Theatre
ALSO: JXTA breaks ground on its new campus; Red Wing’s Anderson Center hosts children’s book festival; SOLO at the Cowles; and more.
The Twin Cities Jazz Festival returns to Mears Park
Enjoy it live and in person — or virtually from home.
Playwrights’ Center announces 2021-22 season; Crooners presents ‘Rondo ’56’: Remembering St. Paul’s Black Main Street’
ALSO: “E.A. Hoppé and the Ballets Russes” at TMORA; Brass Messengers at Lyndale Gardens; Fortune’s Fool Theatre’s new storytelling anthology; and more.
New leaders at the Ordway and Coffee House Press; new Minnesota poet laureate
ALSO: Green Card Voices launches new graphic novel anthology at Landmark Center; Ethan Iverson plays Bacharach at Crooners; and more.
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.
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.
