Weekend Best Bets

‘Priscilla’ at the Orpheum; Jewish Humor Festival

By Tim Gihring

Jan. 10, 2013

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

By Tim Gihring

Jan. 3, 2013

ALSO: Kelly Rossum Quartet at the Dakota; explorations of memory at Rosalux Gallery; and more.

Peter Ostroushko at Landmark Center; Penumbra’s ‘Black Nativity’

By Tim Gihring

Dec. 20, 2012

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

By Tim Gihring

Dec. 13, 2012

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

By Tim Gihring

Dec. 6, 2012

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

By Tim Gihring

Nov. 29, 2012

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

By Tim Gihring

Nov. 21, 2012

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

By Tim Gihring

Nov. 15, 2012

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

By Tim Gihring

Nov. 8, 2012

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

By Tim Gihring

Nov. 1, 2012

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

By Tim Gihring

Oct. 25, 2012

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

By Tim Gihring

Oct. 18, 2012

ALSO: Delfos Danza Contemporánea at the Ordway; Halloween puppets; ‘Beatnik Giselle’; and more.

Twin Cities Film Fest: 9 days, 60 films

By Tim Gihring

Oct. 11, 2012

ALSO: St. Paul Art Crawl expands; Sound Unseen at Trylon; and more.

Strong cast in deft ‘Next to Normal’ at Mixed Blood

By Tim Gihring

Oct. 4, 2012

ALSO: ‘Measure for Measure’ at Open Book; Cuban music at the Dakota; and more.

Kathleen Edwards at Varsity; So Percussion at the Walker

By Tim Gihring

Sept. 27, 2012

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

By Tim Gihring

Sept. 20, 2012

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’

By Tim Gihring

Sept. 13, 2012

ALSO: Rosy Simas Danse at the Southern; MN Orchestra musicians at Lake Harriet Bandshell; and more.

Dosh, Gary Louris, SPCO at Concrete & Grass Festival

By Tim Gihring

Sept. 6, 2012

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

By Tim Gihring

Aug. 30, 2012

ALSO: ‘The Philadelphia Story’ in Lanesboro; Edward S. Curtis photos at the Black Dog; Matt Moberg at Lake Harriet Bandshell; and more.

Fabulous Thunderbirds at the Fair; last chance for ‘Vampire’

By Tim Gihring

Aug. 23, 2012

ALSO: ‘Waiting for Godot’ at the Jungle; LoLa Art Crawl; S. Carey and ‘O Brother Where Art Thou’; and more.