Things to do on Earth Day; NEA Jazz Masters tribute concert to stream live
ALSO: The “Afrofuturism: Blackness Revisualized” Film Festival; UMN English Writers Series: Celebrating Creative Writing Faculty Books; 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.
Virtual Art in Bloom at Mia; Crooners to open 150-seat tented outdoor venue The Belvedere
ALSO: “This Is a Robbery: The World’s Biggest Art Heist” on Netflix; start reaping benefits of upcoming Independent Bookstore Week now; and more.
Book promotion in the time of COVID: How Minneapolis author Jonathan Slaght has made the best of a bad situation
His “Owls of the Eastern Ice: The Quest to Find and Save the World’s Largest Owl” won the $10,000 PEN America/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award.
Intermedia Arts will give $1 million to Public Functionary; Children’s Theatre offers help to families and teachers
ALSO: Minnesota Opera presents “Apart Together: A MN Opera Artist Showcase”; Club Book features Lawrence Wright; and more.
Concert spotlights frequent MN Opera librettist Mark Campbell; Schubert Club presents Beatrice Rana
ALSO: Mia presents Nicole Havekost in a virtual artist talk; Kao Kalia Yang and Billy Thao to do a “Yang Warriors” virtual book event; and more.
Gallery shows at Northern Clay Center and the Weinstein Hammons
ALSO: A Paul Jacobs organ recital at Northrop; Club Book presents Abby Jimenez; Minnesota Dance Theatre’s “Exploring Enchantment”; and more.
‘Hamilton’ is postponed until 2023; Jungle Theater co-presents ‘The Catastrophist’
ALSO: Textile Center presents “Racism: In the Face of Hate We Resist”; Rain Taxi features Nate Powell; and more.
Westminster Forum to present speakers’ series tied to George Floyd’s death
ALSO: MPLSART Sketchbook Project show at Gamut Gallery; SPCO presents “Sounds From Home” in livestream; and more.
The Bakken chooses bird-safe glass; PEN America awards go virtual
ALSO: Virtual Exhibition Exploration: “Designs for Different Futures” at the Walker; Northrop presents RUBBERBAND’s online premiere of “Vic’s Mix”; and more.
Springboard starts a guaranteed income pilot program for artists; a good week for author events
ALSO: Faye M. Price to step down from Pillsbury House + Theatre; and more.
Small Oscar-nominated films tackle big topics; Rick Steves introduces Minnesota Orchestra’s musical journey
ALSO: The SPCO presents Bach’s Saint John Passion; “Hemingway” on TPT 2; and more.
‘Jazz Fest Live’ draws thousands of viewers to music made in Minnesota
The series began with streams from musicians’ homes and apartments. It has since streamed from Crooners, Walker West Music Academy and, starting in September, the stage at the Dakota.
Alexs Pate receives 2021 Kay Sexton Award; Heather Dewey-Hagborg and Chelsea Manning in conversation
ALSO: “Never Too Late: The Doc Severinsen Story” on TPT 2; Schubert Club presents Clara Osowski and Jeffrey Van in a Courtroom Concert; and more.
Wordplay will return for its second virtual year; St. Paul’s Patric Richardson debuts on Discovery+ as ‘The Laundry Guy’
ALSO: Guthrie Theater presents “Dining With the Ancestors”; Nachito Herrera: Tribute to Chick Corea at the Dakota; and more.
Ananya Chatterjea: ‘What a beautiful view it is to imagine a just world’
The 2021 A.P. Anderson Award honoree is dancer and choreographer Ananya Chatterjea, the founder of Ananya Dance Theatre.
When can the arts reopen? Dr. Fauci says, ‘If we are careful … sometime in the fall’
ALSO: VocalEssence’s “Call of the North” features Minnesota composers and poets; Davina and the Vagabonds to livestream from the Dakota; and more.
Statewide book club reading ‘Slider’; Walker presents Danez Smith and Dark Noise Collective
ALSO: Ragamala will dance to a new home in Kingfield; Talking Volumes presents Talking Race with Naima Coster; and more.
Northern Spark to return; a conversation with Claudia Rankine
ALSO: A video walk-through tour of the Gwen Westerman exhibition “From These Hands”; a livestream of The Broadway Cast Reunion series: “Dear Evan Hansen”; and more.
Tech entrepreneur Abraham Piper: ‘We wanted to try something different’
In 2019, Piper and Josh Sowin started a new company called Blue Kazoo. Separate from Brainjolt, Blue Kazoo makes premium jigsaw puzzles.
Theater Latté Da’s ‘Re-Cast’ is beautiful and personal; Rain Taxi presents Timothy Brennan and Nico Muhly
ALSO: Talking Volumes, Talking Race with Chang-rae Lee; pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet and the Minnesota Orchestra in livestream; and more.
