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.
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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.
Mankwe Ndosi’s ‘Felt/not said’ album release; ‘COVID-19: Labor Camp Report’ book launch
ALSO: Free tickets to “Respect” at the Riverview; Food Truck Rally and Music at Franconia Sculpture Park; and more.
Yellow Tree Theatre’s 2021-22 season; JC Sanford’s CD release at Icehouse
ALSO: Minnesota Orchestra to perform Dvořák’s New World Symphony; Youth Jazz Showcase and Sophia Kickhofel Group at the Black Dog; and more.
The M launches search for new ED; Bach Roots Festival to begin
ALSO: Authors John Toren and Matt Schuth at SubText Books; Open Courtyard Family Days at Mill City Museum; and more.
Talking Volumes, Ten Thousand Things announce 2021-22 events
ALSO: The Adam Meckler Orchestra at Crooners; Guthrie adds “Destiny of Desire”; the CHS Field Cat Video Festival; and more.
Northrop announces 2021-22 ‘collage season’ of in-person performances, music and films
Among the nine in-person dance performances that will start in October are several dance films and a small series of concerts on Northrop’s restored Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ.
Jazzman Steve Kenny: ‘The pandemic did not destroy me. It made me stronger.’
On Saturday night at a café in Lowertown, Steve Kenny will stand before a crowd and proclaim, “Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Saturday Night Jazz at the Black Dog!”
Bon Iver to headline ‘Stop Line 3’ protest concert in Duluth; tons of things to do today, this weekend and beyond
ALSO: The FLOW Northside Arts Crawl 2021; Patrick’s Nicollet Island Cabaret; the Loring Park Art Festival; and more.
Schubert Club reveals Accordo, Mix concerts for 2021-22; Wes Anderson’s Kingdom at the Heights
ALSO: A Jungle Theater costume sale; Charlie Parr at the Electric Fetus; and more.
History Theatre returns to the stage; Jim Denomie book signing at Bockley Gallery
ALSO: Operetta Under the Stars at Como Lakeside Pavilion;
NEA names 2022 Jazz Masters; and more.
Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company announces new season – and new name
ALSO: A sneak peek at the LAB in transition; “CatVideoFest 2021”; and more.
Kevin Cannon on creating the State Fair’s commemorative art for 2020 – and 2021
The original is a 22½ x 30″ painting done in ink and watercolor. Cannon’s intent from the start was to create something aspirational, a representation that transcended any specific year.
Chopin Society to present five formidable young pianists; a new director for MCA
ALSO: Out of the Box Opera presents: “Night at the Opera/Night on the Town”; Anderson Center at Tower View’s 25th Anniversary celebration in Red Wing; and more.
Theater Latté Da announces 2021-22 season; Green Roof Poetry at the Walker
ALSO: The 2021 Minneapolis Aquatennial; Minnesota Sinfonia at Gibbs Farm; and more.
Minnesota Orchestra’s 2021-22 season honors outgoing Music Director Osmo Vänskä
From the season opener in September with violinist Joshua Bell to the season finale in June 2022, Mahler’s “Symphony of a Thousand,” the Minnesota Orchestra will present 82 concerts at Orchestra Hall.
‘Roadrunner: A Film about Anthony Bourdain’ examines a life cut short
ALSO: The 49th Annual Twin Cities Pride Festival in Loring Park; “Hair: The Concert Experience” at Caponi Art Park Amphitheater; and more.
Beauty at Lakewood in response to grief and loss; ‘Eurydice’ (with fire) at Harriet Island
ALSO: Stockholm Art Fair on Lake Pepin; Minnesota Orchestra’s summer opening; and more.
A magical night of ballet at the Arboretum; Illusion Theater launches outdoor summer series
ALSO: “Eleven McKnight Artists” exhibition at Northern Clay; Jay Young & the Lyric Factory; and more.
