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Walker, Mia cut ties with Minneapolis police; the Cedar launches new online programming
ALSO: Jazz for Justice at Gold Medal Park; Minnesota Opera’s next Digital Opera: “The Fix”; Patrick Stewart (streaming) as Macbeth; and more.
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Minnesota artist D.C. Ice: ‘It was scary to have shows canceling right and left’
Ice’s main medium is scratchboard, a white board with a black surface layer. She creates her highly detailed images by cutting into the black, like drawing in reverse, and adding paint.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
