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Two playwrights receive Mellon grants; Minnesota Book Awards’ livestream ceremony
ALSO: Online Art of Possibilities Art Show and Sale; Arena Dances’ creative dinner and (Zoom) show; and more.
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Gao Hong on canceled concerts and improvisation: ‘Use your heart and the audience will hear you’
In pre-pandemic days, this would have been a joyous night for Gao Hong. She and Issam Rafea would have been together on stage at the Cedar, playing the CD release concert for their latest collaboration.
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Rasmussen is leaving the Jungle; ‘Anne Frank’ on Park Square website
ALSO: New online screenings from the MSP Film Society; a virtual Jazz Fest Live with Maud Hixson and Rick Carlson; and more.
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Patrick Scully on Patrick’s Pandemic Cabaret: ‘Maybe it’s a silver lining we can pull out of this cloud’
Patrick’s Pandemic Cabaret will take place Friday, April 24, at 7:30 p.m. via Zoom. Patrick Scully will emcee.
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Minnesota Orchestra’s full 2020-21 season; Pollen asks ‘Are You OK?’
ALSO: “Let’s Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince” on CBS; 13 Virtual Train Rides from Around the World; Curt Brown on the 1918 flu pandemic; and more.
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Ragamala Dance Company’s Ashwini Ramaswamy: ‘We have more dreams to achieve’
“I’ve come to terms with things and just have to hope that everything will work out for the field,” said Ashwini Ramaswamy. “That when we come out of this, people are really going to want to see live performances.”
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Minnesota Orchestra to resume playing Aug. 3; ‘Art Connects Us’ billboards offer hope and thanks
ALSO: New statewide book club to read ‘Because of Winn-Dixie’; watch Science Museum films at home; a drawing class via Zoom from the Walker; and more.
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The Cedar’s David Hamilton: ‘Our plan right now is to be very cautious’
“Our next phase,” Hamilton said, “is to figure out how we can continue to do some livestream programming, which will also be a campaign to help support musicians in the Twin Cities to present their music through us.”
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More about that NEA money for artists; ‘Minnesota Orchestra at Home’ helps keep us connected
ALSO: The Loft’s Virtual WordPlay Festival is under way; online screenings from the MSP Film Society; Edina Art Fair rescheduled; and more.
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Jazz Fest’s Steve Heckler: ‘We’re going to get through this, and jazz will go on’
For Steve Heckler, founder, executive director and CEO, the Twin Cities Jazz Festival is the gig closest to his heart.
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Meet MPR’s new president; National Theatre Live is on YouTube
ALSO: Cantus: The Covid-19 Session videos; #OperationReadAloud; NKB Art Sprawl (Virtual Edition #2); and more.
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Schubert Club’s Barry Kempton: ‘I am confident that we will survive these challenging times’
Each year, the St. Paul-based Schubert Club presents 55-60 concerts across several series: its flagship International Artist Series, Accordo, Music in the Park, Schubert Club Mix and Courtroom Concerts.
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Big summer events canceled or postponed; relief funds for artists and arts groups
ALSO: Online offerings from the MSP Film Society, The Moving Company (“Speechless”) and Ananya Dance Theatre; and more.
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T2P2’s Tane Danger: ‘If there was ever a time when we needed each other, it’s now’
Where can you go for advice in a crisis? Ask an improviser. No, really. Who is better at making things up on the fly? Who is most willing to try the untried?
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Crooners postpones streaming concert series; Jungle suspends season
ALSO: “First Avenue: Closer to the Stars,” a TPT-produced history; new streaming events from the SPCO; virtual tours of Taliesin and Glensheen; and more.
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The Minnesota State Art Board’s Sue Gens: ‘I’m so grateful to the arts community’
As a state agency and part of state government, MSAB provides financial support to keep the arts community strong and connect Minnesotans to the arts.
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Walking Shadow’s ‘Beowulf’ is powerful theater; Patrick Stewart is reading a Shakespeare sonnet every day
ALSO: Playwrights’ Center announces spring season, all online; The Vatican Museum is offering eye-popping virtual tours and videos; and more.
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Springboard’s Laura Zabel on COVID-19: ‘It feels like utterly new territory, and we feel like this is our purpose’
Over its 42 years – first as a program of United Arts, then as an independent nonprofit – Springboard has evolved into a wealth of programs and resources for artists in Minnesota and beyond.
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Live jazz is hurting, but there’s hope; Walking Shadow to present ‘Beowulf’ online
ALSO: Virtual performances by the Miró Quartet, Theatre Pro Rata, Theater Mu and more.
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Friends President Beth Burns on canceling the Minnesota Book Awards ceremony: ‘Out of adversity comes creativity’
While the ceremony won’t happen, there will be some sort of event on April 28. And it will be hosted by T. Mychael Rambo, a cause for celebration all by itself.
