An eye-opening show at Minnesota Center for Book Arts; Lyra Baroque’s Jacques Ogg streams a concert from the Netherlands
ALSO: Park Square’s “Riddle Puzzle Plot”; five arts-and-culture documentary films; and more.
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Pamela Espeland writes the Artscape column for MinnPost. She also writes for the Star Tribune, NPR and mnartists.org, blogs at bebopified.com, and is an Art Hound for Minnesota Public Radio. She can be reached at pespeland@minnpost.com.
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Ordway launches two streaming series; MNspin Virtual Fest at the Hook
ALSO: History Theatre’s “All the Way With LBJ”; “The Golden Ass,” a virtual opera screening; and more.
‘Some Kind of Heaven’ is one kind of retirement; ‘Bolerobolero, the Film’ to premiere
ALSO: VocalEssence’s “Believe” streaming now; Dominic Taylor’s “Cell Surface”; and more.
Fingers crossed for ‘Broadway on Hennepin’ dates; TPT launches ‘Racism Unveiled’
ALSO: The Fireside Reading Series goes virtual, with Kao Kalia Yang, Heid E. Erdrich and more.
Local artists’ work featured during IDS’ Crystal Court makeover
ALSO: Peyton Scott Russell solo show opens at the Reedy Gallery; Mizna’s Queer & Trans Voices Virtual Reading; and more.
Support for artists from Forecast Public Art and the Cedar; free screening of ‘MLK/FBI’
ALSO: Jeremy Denk plays Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto with SPCO; Peg Guilfoyle in conversation with Sally Wingert; and more.
Some museums reopen, some move toward reopening (it’s complicated)
ALSO: Catching up with Sheila Smith on the state of the arts.
‘Foot in the Door’ closes Sunday; Carlyle Brown’s ‘The African Company Presents Richard III’
ALSO: a “We Are Water MN” outdoor exhibit; your own private miniature puppet show; and more.
Icehouse releases live album of music from its first eight years; Film Society presents award-winning film about autism
ALSO: Walking Shadow’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”; Star Tribune Presents “Behind the Lens: 2020 Photos of the Year”; and more.
Minnesota Orchestra’s joyous New Year’s Eve; Charlie Parr’s Sunday residency at First Avenue
ALSO: Virtual Studio Visit: Piotr Szyhalski and Russ White at the Weisman; Ephraim Asili’s “The Inheritance” at the Walker’s Virtual Cinema; and more.
Catching up with Sheila Smith; celebrating composer Libby Larsen’s birthday
ALSO: A virtual Marcus Samuelsson book talk; “The Great Gatsby: A Graphic Novel Adaptation” book launch; and more.
Year in Review: Five highlights in a dark year for the arts
Amid sadness, uncertainty, frustration and fear, individuals and organizations found ways to do good work. Here are a few of the things that inspire hope.
More than a dozen ways to enjoy the holidays at home
There’s something for everyone, from the Guthrie’s “Dickens’ Holiday Classic” to the Blues Fest Live Year End Revue.
Four plays to watch online right now; and what about ‘The Stand’?
Screens are what we have these days, and we’re lucky to have them. Over the past several months, the choice for theaters has been to stream or go silent.
Remembering Debbie Duncan, our First Lady of Song
As grief, disbelief and gratitude flow on social media, five colleagues share their memories.
Knight Foundation invests $2.2 million in St. Paul arts; Minnesota Opera announces spring season
ALSO: Sounds of Blackness: “The Night Before Christmas: In Concert”; the Guthrie’s “Dickens’ Holiday Classic”; and more.
SPCO reports balanced budget, growing audience; a light show on the Cathedral of St. Paul
ALSO: Penumbra Theatre’s Celebration of the Soul virtual concert; “A Christmas Carole Peterson” podcast; and more.
Hearing Handel’s ‘Messiah’ mindfully; Kate DiCamillo at the Humphrey School
ALSO: “A Christmas Celebration with the Steeles,” livestreamed from the Dakota; holiday music presented by Minnesota jazz musicians; and more.
Minnesota Orchestra adds four more livestreams; Nachito Herrera’s ‘Cuban Holiday’
ALSO: Commonweal’s “A Driftless Christmas”; Jim Walsh book launch for “Fear and Loving in South Minneapolis”; and more.
Taylor Mac to perform ‘Holiday Sauce … Pandemic!’ live; ‘A Christmas Carol’ radio play from Park Square Theatre
ALSO: Pianist Jim Brickman: “Comfort & Joy at Home Live!”; Minnesota Opera’s “A Holiday Special – Live!”; and more.
