Sheila Regan is a Twin Cities-based arts journalist. She writes MinnPost’s twice-weekly Artscape column. She can be reached at sregan@minnpost.com.
Plus: Interpol at the Palace, Candy Box dance festival, the Baldwin sisters at the Nautilus, “contrapunctual :: Na Mira” in Midway Contemporary Art’s new space, and pianist Zlata Chochieva at Macalester.
“Liz Larner: Don’t Put it Back Like it Was” is co-organized with the Walker and the SculptureCenter in Queens, and many of the works in the exhibition draw you in to their dizzying patterns.
Plus: In the Spirit of May Day, Summer Cypher, Art in Bloom, Fashion Week Minnesota and John Raymond + the Kind Folk Quartet.
Aiken says the fellowship signifies a belief in his work, which allows him to continue to do his work in communities at large.
Plus: Global Poetry Celebration, “Housefuck*r” the play — an existential comedy about real estate, “Memphis” the musical, two exhibitions at SooVAC, and “Dear Lenny” at the Dakota.
After Tendler’s father died, he found out he’d be getting an inheritance. He sat with the money for a while, until he came up with a way to use it: He’d commission composers.
Plus: FAWK at the Ordway; jazz at the Granada and Jazz Central Studios; and a book (and discussion) about the origins of the Bell Museum.
Schaal’s “KLII” will be the first show in the festival, after being postponed from earlier this year.
Plus: The Illusion Theater brings back its poignant production of “A PLAY by Barb and Carl” and the Joyann Parker Band hits Crooners.
For 25 years, the Detroit-based Sphinx Organization has had a mission of “transforming lives through the power of diversity in the arts.”
Denomie, a beloved fixture in the Twin Cities arts community, died of cancer on March 1.
The concert will feature Gao’s celebrated compositions, a world premiere, and performances with guests that include the Minnesota Orchestra and Dessa.
Arts events that will take you places.
Tran Myhre’s latest, “Not a Lot of Reasons to Sing, but Enough,” is not exactly poetry, and not exactly prose.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor at First Ave., eclectic dance at American Swedish Institute, Legends at the Capri and a rock opera at Icehouse.
At this year’s festival, the punk-pop group is performing in an official showcase show at Austin’s Drafting Room.
The Twin Cities are popping right now.
The 90th birthday celebration at Orchestra Hall will feature Dominick Argento’s “I Hate and I Love” and folk music arrangements by Carol Barnett, Alf Houkom, and William Hawley.
There’s flamenco happening in St. Paul at Park Square, and gallery reception happening at Macalester with four really interesting artists that are looking at history and memory in unusual ways.
We have to transform our institutions. We have to think about what the work is, who it’s for. How is it advancing justice? What does justice-centered theater look like?
