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Get your tickets for Wordplay; ‘The Hobbit’ opens at the Children’s Theatre

By Pamela Espeland | 03/13/2019

ALSO: “The Consul” at Ted Mann; Jonathan Biss plays Beethoven with the SPCO; and more.

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Richard Cook to retire from Park Square; ‘Frederick Douglass NOW’ to open at Penumbra

By Pamela Espeland | 01/24/2018

ALSO: “Race & Reality in the Cool Blue North”: a conversation at the Loft; Jeremy Siskind at Crooners; Hubbard Street Dance Chicago at Northrop; and more.

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Ordway names new producing artistic director; Art Shanty Project to open on Lake Harriet

By Pamela Espeland | 01/19/2018

ALSO: “A Pickle” at Sabes JCC; “Robert Mapplethorpe’s Minimalism” at Weinstein Hammons Gallery; The Bakken Trio: “Songs My Mother Taught Me” at MacPhail; and more.

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Arts forum has sober vibe; VocalEssence’s new season

By Pamela Espeland | 04/26/2017

ALSO: Wycliffe Gordon to open JazzMN Orchestra’s new season; Lesley Arimah Book Launch at the Loft; and more.

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‘Curious Incident’ is an immersive experience: See it if you can

By Pamela Espeland | 12/02/2016

ALSO: “What Fools These Mortals Be” at The Lab; Flying Forms presents A Baroque Christmas, at the Baroque Room; and more.

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Commonweal to offer ‘Elephant Man,’ ‘Steel Magnolias’; Johnny Mathis duets at the Capri

By Pamela Espeland | 11/17/2016

ALSO: TU Dance Fall Concert at the O’Shaughnessy; Chris Bates’ Good Vibes Trio at Studio Z; Margaret Hasse book launch; and more.

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Mia’s Year of Chinese Art to begin with ‘Ink Unbound’; Salsabrosa at Mill City Museum

By Pamela Espeland | 08/16/2016

ALSO: Loft Mentor Series winners announced; Cinema of Urgency: “Do Not Resist” is Thursday at the Walker; and more.

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2 win Doris Duke Artist Awards here; Guthrie’s Dowling Studio lineup

By Pamela Espeland | 05/04/2016

ALSO: Opening reception for “Would” at Gallery 71; Abdullah Ibrahim at the Dakota; Andrea Davis Pinkney at the Loft; and more.

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Zoll to lead HOBT; Loft matches 12 emerging writers with 6 mentors

By Pamela Espeland | 08/12/2015

ALSO: MNKINO Film Score Fest 2015 at Landmark Center; “Masterpiece in Focus: Raphael” at Mia through Sunday; and more.

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Britt Udesen to lead the Loft; Franzen, Irving in Talking Volumes lineup

By Pamela Espeland | 07/08/2015

ALSO: “A Poem Is a Naked Person” at the Trylon; highlights of Minnesota Orchestra’s Sommerfest; “Nature” at Washburn Fair Oaks Park; and more.