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By Abdo Sayegh Rodriguez, TU Dance Center TU Dance is getting ready for the closing of its ninth season at The O’Shaughnessy, May 31- June 2, in Saint Paul, MN. Two new works by Uri Sands: A triptych of duets titled No Middle Name, and Escapades– an adventurous full-company work exploring themes of vice and [...]
By Anna Lin, Minnesota Opera In appreciation for five decades of generous community support, Minnesota Opera presents three free outdoor concert performances of Puccini’s La bohème as an encore to its 50th anniversary season. These family-friendly events feature the Minnesota Opera Orchestra and Chorus and a cast of opera’s most beloved characters performing the heartwarming [...]
I’m going to swap my journalist’s hat for that of an advocate today, but it’s in the service of a good cause (and one, full disclosure, in which I’m a participant as part of my day job with mnartists.org): Northern Spark, the one-night-only, nuit blanche-style, public arts festival will be held in St. Paul’s Lowertown [...]
Today, ArtPlace America, a nationwide initiative that puts the arts at the heart of community revitalization, announced $15.2 million in funding for new projects in 44 communities across the United States. We’re excited to see that arts leaders in seven of the communities where Knight invests – Miami, Philadelphia, St. Paul, San Jose, Macon, Detroit and [...]
In my experience, local artists are pretty savvy about tapping Minnesota-based resources for funding, creating and showing work. And that’s for good reason: thanks to our taxpayer-funded Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and a bevy of independent foundations and arts-focused philanthropic programs with roots here, artists have relatively abundant opportunities for institutional and state-sponsored support. [...]
Minnesota History Center’s annual vintage dress-up party, RetroRama, is this week. This year’s shindig isn’t themed on a specific time period, but rather “classic” fashion: “a perfect pair of jeans, an heirloom hand knit sweater, a gorgeous belt burnished with age, or vintage khakis. …your grandmother’s little black cocktail dress, or [for him]… a great [...]
History Theatre’s musical take on the troubled marriage of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, “This Side of Paradise,” is well-timed to take advantage of the renewed interest in this 1920s and ’30s “it” couple ginned up by Baz Luhrman’s extravagant new silver-screen adaptation of “The Great Gatsby.” Like the movie, the play revels in Jazz [...]
By Kelly Belich, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra The SPCO returned to the stage on May 9 – 11 for the first time after a lengthy contract dispute. With multiple standing ovations, the musicians performed Mozart’s much-loved overture to The Marriage of Figaro, Schumann’s stunning Cello Concerto with guest cellist Steven Isserlis, Schoenberg’s Ten Early Waltzes, [...]
Three interesting newsy bits from St. Paul’s thriving craft scene have caught my attention recently that merit passing on. If you’re looking to shop: Andy and Jenna Krueger’s long-lived indie craft sale, Craftstravaganza, is on the docket for this weekend at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds. Now in its eighth year, this well-curated fair has become [...]
By Katherine Bergman, Zeitgeist Long known for its creative culture, the historic Northwestern Building in the heart of Lowertown St. Paul is host to Second Floor Live, a cluster of performance spaces with a variety of musical offerings, including classical, jazz, contemporary, musical theatre and more. Second Floor Live is comprised of Studio Z, a [...]
