Jungle names first artistic cohort; Stages Theatre opens with ‘Charlie Brown’ outdoors
ALSO: The Twin Cities Antiquarian Book Fair; Film Society’s “Summer of Soul” at St. Anthony Main; and more.
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Uptown Art Fair is canceled; State Fair Grandstand schedule is complete
ALSO: A Native Music Series from the Cedar; the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community to exhibit at the State Fair; and more.
The Walker’s Hillside music eases us back into going out; American Ballet Theatre at the Arboretum
ALSO: “Fanfare for the Commons” at Excelsior Commons; “Mr. Tornado” on PBS; and more.
What’s up with the M? And good news for the Weisman
ALSO: 18 full concerts by the Minnesota Orchestra available virtually; where to find July 4 fireworks displays.
The M makes a major acquisition: the MPLSART 2020 sketchbooks
ALSO: First Avenue is back with a bang; Rain Taxi presents J. Michael Straczynski; and more.
Theatre Unbound bows out; NEA adds $80 million in pandemic relief
ALSO: Skyline Mini Golf at the Walker; a “Lakewood 101 Wednesday Night Walking Tour”; and more.
New work by Native artist to rise where ‘Scaffold’ stood
ALSO: Local theaters share in $1.5 million Mellon grant; “The Music Man” at Chanhassen Dinner Theatres; and more.
Leslie Barlow solo show to open at Mia in July; Great River Shakespeare Festival in Winona
ALSO: Minnesota Orchestra’s “Season Finale: A Summer Prelude”; Twin Cities Jazz Fest at Crooners; and more.
MSP Film Society returns to in-person screenings; Green Roof Poetry on the Walker’s hillside
ALSO: Meet a Musician/ACCENT: Osmo Vänskä and Erin Keefe, a virtual event; Al Franken: The Only Former U.S. Senator Currently on Tour Tour, Oct. 2 at the Pantages; and more.
Your guide to outdoor summer music in the cities
Is there more outdoor music now than there was pre-COVID? Or does it just seem that way because last summer was so quiet? Here’s our attempt at a roundup, minus the breweries.
Three premieres, a classic and a ‘Wimpy Kid’ to light up CTC’s 2021-22
ALSO: An evening with Stacey Abrams; the Minnesota Northwoods Writers Conference Reading Series goes viral; Rita Moreno documentary now showing locally; and more.
Penumbra’s Sarah Bellamy on MacKenzie Scott’s $5 million grant: ‘This is just a huge green light’
ALSO: “Alchemy & Intention: Summer Solstice Performance Arts Festival” at Franconia Sculpture Park; Minnesota Boychoir’s “Spring Sings”; and more.
Arts Midwest, Penumbra share in MacKenzie Scott grants; SPCO to perform with Joshua Bell in Vail
ALSO: “LOG JAM! A Paul Bunyan Musical Spectacular” at the Bakken Museum; the American Swedish Institute’s Midsommar Celebration 2021; and more.
The SPCO’s 2021-22 season: More than 70 concerts (so far), more input from musicians, and PaviElle’s second commission
Concerts will be shorter: 60-75 minutes, without intermission. Audiences will be limited to 50% at first, with the hope of returning to full capacity by January or sooner.
Pulitzers with Minnesota ties; Stone Arch Bridge Festival returns
ALSO: The Stone Arch Bridge Festival is back; Father’s Day With Cantus at Lake Harriet Bandshell; and more.
Minnesota Orchestra Music Director Osmo Vänskä: ‘It’s going to be emotional’
Vänskä will be at Orchestra Hall tonight, baton in hand, when the Minnesota Orchestra performs its first indoor concert to a live audience since March 7, 2020, 461 days ago.
A play becomes a graphic novel; Broadway @ the Ordway returns
Alan Berks and Leah Cooper have adapted “In My Heart: The Adoption Play Project,” into a graphic novel. A virtual book launch on Friday will feature members of the original cast in a reading from “In My Heart.”
Guthrie, Minnesota Opera announce 2021-22 seasons
“I wanted to come back robustly,” said Guthrie Theater Artistic Director Joseph Haj.
Artist Reggie LeFlore’s solo show; the Ordway to reopen in September
ALSO: Chamber Music Society of Minnesota has announced plans for a 2021-22 season at Hamline’s Sundin Hall; and more.
Poet Michael Kleber-Diggs: ‘I want to be understood by as many people as possible’
The St. Paul poet is the latest winner of the Max Ritvo Poetry Prize. His book, “Worldly Things,” will have its virtual launch on Tuesday, June 8.
