How Minneapolis got itself in a public-art pickle
Following the money reveals a tug-of-war over art that threatens to pull apart Minneapolis’ ambitious bid for creative city-hood.
Tim Gihring
‘Priscilla’ at the Orpheum; Jewish Humor Festival
ALSO: ‘Out There 25: Reality/Identity/Myth’ at the Walker;’ The Terra-Gatto Warriors’ at Flanders Gallery; and more.
Lorna Landvik at BLB; images of Africa at the Weisman
ALSO: Kelly Rossum Quartet at the Dakota; explorations of memory at Rosalux Gallery; and more.
Peter Ostroushko at Landmark Center; Penumbra’s ‘Black Nativity’
ALSO: SPCO musicians’ ‘Messiah’; ‘All Is Calm’ at the Pantages; Alexander O’Neal at the Dakota; and more.
‘A John Waters Christmas’ monologue; ‘Catch Me If You Can’ at the Orpheum
ALSO: The Chastity Brown Band and Sophia Shorai at the Dakota; ‘Eat: An Exhibition by Wing Young Huie’ at Third Place Gallery; and more.
‘Servant’ at the Guthrie; ‘Santaland’ at the Southern
ALSO: ‘Madame Josette’s Naughty and Nice Cabaret’; a reading of ‘A Stone Thrown at the Guilty’; and more.
British ads at the Walker; Miss Richfield 1981 at Illusion
ALSO: Os Mutantes at the Cedar; thriller ‘Barbara’ at Film Society fundraiser; ‘A Tuna Christmas’; and more.
Replacements tribute at First Avenue; Shakespeare at Park Square
ALSO: ‘Miracle on Christmas Lake II’ in Osseo; Rogue Valley with Joey Ryan & The Inks at the Cedar; and more.
MCAD art sale; Zenon Dance at the Cowles Center
ALSO: SooVAC’s holiday pop-up shop; Leslie Jordan’s ‘Fruit Fly’; TU Dance in St. Paul; and more.
Cindy Sherman show at the Walker; ‘Untitled 9’ at SooVAC
ALSO: New Native Theatre’s ‘2012: The Musical’; Andy DuCett’s installation at the Soap Factory; and more.
Art Attack at Northrup King; ‘Company’ at the Ordway
ALSO: Laurie Anderson workshop for kids; MST3K creator Joel Hodgson’s one-man show; and more.
Dave Pirner, Chris Kluwe playing ‘vote no’ rally at Triple Rock Social Club
ALSO: The BodyCartography Project’s ‘Super Nature’ at the Walker; China’s terracotta warriors at MIA; and more.
Stonesfest at the Parkway; ‘King Lear’ at Park Square
ALSO: Delfos Danza Contemporánea at the Ordway; Halloween puppets; ‘Beatnik Giselle’; and more.
Twin Cities Film Fest: 9 days, 60 films
ALSO: St. Paul Art Crawl expands; Sound Unseen at Trylon; and more.
Strong cast in deft ‘Next to Normal’ at Mixed Blood
ALSO: ‘Measure for Measure’ at Open Book; Cuban music at the Dakota; and more.
Kathleen Edwards at Varsity; So Percussion at the Walker
ALSO: an ‘I Puritani’ concert opera at the Cowles; Esperanza Spalding’s Radio Music Society; and more.
‘Nabucco’ at Minnesota Opera; Festa Italiana at Harriet Island
ALSO: Nanci Griffith brings her “folkabilly” to the Dakota; ‘A Hole’ at Open Eye; and more.
Plays aplenty: ‘RED,’ ‘Tales of Hollywood,’ ‘The Way of Water’
ALSO: Rosy Simas Danse at the Southern; MN Orchestra musicians at Lake Harriet Bandshell; and more.
Dosh, Gary Louris, SPCO at Concrete & Grass Festival
ALSO: ‘Why We Do This’ at Soap Factory; ‘The Brothers Size’ at the Guthrie; Kramarczuk’s Kielbasa Festival; and more.
Jayhawks, Dessa, Semisonic at the Fair
ALSO: ‘The Philadelphia Story’ in Lanesboro; Edward S. Curtis photos at the Black Dog; Matt Moberg at Lake Harriet Bandshell; and more.