FRINGE FILE #10: INTERVIEW – Wesley Tilford on Being a Scab for Hire Arts Theatre by Basil Considine - July 26, 2026July 26, 2026 A promotional image for Budding Heads' production of Scab for Hire by Wesley Tilford, which plays at the Southern Theater in Minneapolis from August 8-15, as part of the 2026 Minnesota Fringe Festival. After God had finished the rattlesnake, the toad, and the vampire, He had some awful substance left with
FRINGE FILE #9: The Previews Arts Comedy Dance Music Theatre by Amy Donahue - July 26, 2026July 26, 2026 Trying to plan your Minnesota Fringe Festival experience and unsure of where to start? How about seeing a bunch of 3-minute show excerpts – live – before deciding to commit? If that floats your boat, then mark your calendar for July 27 and August 5 at 7:30 PM. That's when the two official
FRINGE FILE #8: INTERVIEW – Phillip Andrew Bennett Low on A Revolution Highly Favorable Arts Theatre by Basil Considine - July 25, 2026July 26, 2026 The official show image for A Revolution Highly Favorable, presented by Maximum Verbosity at the Strike Theater in Northeast Minneapolis from August 8-15, as part of the 2026 Minnesota Fringe Festival. The United States is currently two years into the America 250 anniversary of the American Revolution, an occasion that has
FRINGE Roundup 2026 Arts Comedy Dance Lifestyle Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - July 25, 2026July 26, 2026 A collage made from promotional show images from the 2026 Minnesota Fringe Festival. This landing page consolidates all of the Arts Reader's coverage for the 2026 Minnesota Fringe Festival. New interviews, features, previews, and reviews will appear here automatically when published. Readers may also be interested in: Cherry and Spoon's Minnesota Fringe
FRINGE FILE #7: INTERVIEW – Multidisciplinary Theatremaker Kyle Dekker and Witness Loudly Arts Theatre by Basil Considine - July 25, 2026July 25, 2026 The official show image for Kind Fool Theater's production of Witness Loudly by Kyle B. Dekker, which runs from August 7-16 at Strike Theater in Northeast Minneapolis as part of the 2026 Minnesota Fringe Festival. Critiquing recent and contemporary events is a hallowed tradition in the arts, ranging from epic poetry
FRINGE FILE #6: INTERVIEW – Actor Robin Carlisle on A Real Piece of Work and Falling Into Fringe Arts Theatre by Basil Considine - July 24, 2026July 25, 2026 The official Fringe photo for A Real Piece of Work, which runs at the Theatre in the Round from August 8-16 as part of the 2026 Minnesota Fringe Festival. Mocking theatre – gently, lovingly, acerbically, and more – is a long-established tradition going back to Classical Greece. The playwright Aristophanes, writing in
FRINGE FILE #5: INTERVIEW – Ariel Pinkerton, Mermaids, and The Importance of Living Arts Theatre by Basil Considine - July 21, 2026July 21, 2026 A promotional image of The Importance of Living, one of more than a hundred Minnesota Fringe shows coming to the Twin Cities from August 6-16, 2026. Solo storytelling is one of the most common forms of fringe festival shows. One performer, plus or minus a mic, and the audience. It could
FRINGE FILE #4: Touring Show Spotlight: Too Fat to Run Arts Comedy Theatre by Amy Donahue - July 19, 2026July 21, 2026 A promotional image for Fat Theatre Project's presentation of Too Fat to Run, one of more than a hundred original shows appearing at the 2026 Minnesota Fringe Festival. Many Fringe shows are ephemeral: a product of a particular time, place, and crazy and/or compelling idea, vanishing into the ether with festival's
Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board Programs and Facilities to Reopen Today Lifestyle by Twin Cities Arts Reader - July 17, 2026July 17, 2026 With air quality improving and returning to a more safe range Friday morning, most Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board outdoor programs, activities and events will resume at 11 am today. The following exceptions and adjusted opening times are in effect on July 17: Recreation centers without air conditioning will remain closed.
BREAKING NEWS: Minneapolis Parks & Recreation Cancels Friday Activities Lifestyle by Twin Cities Arts Reader - July 16, 2026 Due to very unhealthy air quality, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board has canceled all outdoor programs, activities and events for today, July 16. This includes outdoor pools, wading pools, nature camps, recreation programs, athletic activities, golf courses, events and other scheduled outdoor programming. Parks, trails and beaches will remain open; beaches