Theater Latté Da announces 2021-22 season; Green Roof Poetry at the Walker
ALSO: The 2021 Minneapolis Aquatennial; Minnesota Sinfonia at Gibbs Farm; and more.
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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.
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.
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.
Southern Theater reopens with BRKFST Dance; Choreographers’ Evening at the Walker
ALSO: Minneapolis Sculpture Garden summer tours begin; “5 Black Poets Call for Social Justice One Year After George Floyd’s Murder”; and more.
Virtual Art in Bloom at Mia; Crooners to open 150-seat tented outdoor venue The Belvedere
ALSO: “This Is a Robbery: The World’s Biggest Art Heist” on Netflix; start reaping benefits of upcoming Independent Bookstore Week now; and more.
The Bakken chooses bird-safe glass; PEN America awards go virtual
ALSO: Virtual Exhibition Exploration: “Designs for Different Futures” at the Walker; Northrop presents RUBBERBAND’s online premiere of “Vic’s Mix”; and more.
Alexs Pate receives 2021 Kay Sexton Award; Heather Dewey-Hagborg and Chelsea Manning in conversation
ALSO: “Never Too Late: The Doc Severinsen Story” on TPT 2; Schubert Club presents Clara Osowski and Jeffrey Van in a Courtroom Concert; and more.
When can the arts reopen? Dr. Fauci says, ‘If we are careful … sometime in the fall’
ALSO: VocalEssence’s “Call of the North” features Minnesota composers and poets; Davina and the Vagabonds to livestream from the Dakota; and more.
Statewide book club reading ‘Slider’; Walker presents Danez Smith and Dark Noise Collective
ALSO: Ragamala will dance to a new home in Kingfield; Talking Volumes presents Talking Race with Naima Coster; and more.
Golden Globe winner Chloé Zhao to speak at Walker Dialogue; Wanted: Minnesota’s next poet laureate
ALSO: Minnesota Orchestra: “Soaring Strings” livestream; poet Nikky Finney in livestreamed conversation with U of M poet and professor Douglas Kearney; and more.
Powerful theater for two, by phone; MNspin is open for submissions
ALSO: “Extraordinary Women” to open at the Minnesota History Center; the New Standards to livestream from the Dakota; and more.
A song for Michael Osterholm; Minnesota’s two new U.S. Artists Fellows
ALSO: Streaming on demand: “Our Right to Gaze: Black Film Identities”; the Jake Baldwin Quartet at Crooners; and more.
Marking Black History month, J.D. Steele makes a film about racism
ALSO: “21 Extremely Bad Breakups” streaming now; the Walker reopens; and more.
Guthrie reports financial stability, plans a new ‘Christmas Carol’
ALSO: Alec Soth & Dave King livestreamed from The Parkway; the SPCO’s Piano Quartets with Stewart Goodyear; and more.
Some museums reopen, some move toward reopening (it’s complicated)
ALSO: Catching up with Sheila Smith on the state of the arts.
Minnesota Orchestra’s joyous New Year’s Eve; Charlie Parr’s Sunday residency at First Avenue
ALSO: Virtual Studio Visit: Piotr Szyhalski and Russ White at the Weisman; Ephraim Asili’s “The Inheritance” at the Walker’s Virtual Cinema; and more.
British Arrows tradition lives on; Midori to perform a virtual concert from the Ordway
ALSO: On the Children’s Theatre website: “Last Stop on Market Street”; Eddie Glaude Jr. on “James Baldwin’s Lessons on Race in America” at a virtual Westminster Town Hall Forum; and more.
Talking Volumes finalized; ‘A Breath for George’ to stream online
ALSO: “Behind the March”: A Live Play Reading; the 21st Annual Minnesota Children’s Book Festival; “Designs for Different Futures” at the Walker; and more.
Walker Moving Image; a weekend at Franconia Sculpture Park
ALSO: Peter Geye presents “Northernmost” on Zoom; the Met’s “Porgy and Bess,” streamed; and more.
