NEWS: The O’Shaughnessy’s 2024-2025 Season Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - July 24, 2024 A promotional image for Ananya Dance Theater's ANTARANGA: Between You and Me, one of 13 events in the O'Shaugnessy's just-announced 2024-2025 season. Photo by Canaan Mattson. The O’Shaughnessy at St. Catherine's University has announced its 2024-2025 season. The 13 new events include a wholly free program and anchor performances such as
NEWS: Performance Today’s Fred Child to Step Down Next Year Arts by Twin Cities Arts Reader - July 24, 2024 American Public Media announced yesterday that Fred Child - the Host and Senior Editor of YourClassical’s Performance Today® – will step down in October 2025. Child will step down at the completion of an extraordinary 25-year run as host of America’s most popular classical music radio show. Performance Today is broadcast
NEWS: First Look at Purple Rain Musical on Saturday, June 22 Arts Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - June 21, 2024 The stage musical adaptation of Prince's legendary film and album Purple Rain is taking shape. The musical, scheduled to run April 10-May 11, 2025 at the historic State Theatre in Minneapolis, is filling out its creative team with new members, and will receive a "first look" preview and discussion tomorrow. This stage
NEWS: Expanding Board at the Stevens Square Foundation Lifestyle by Twin Cities Arts Reader - June 14, 2024 The Stevens Square Foundation (SSF), whose multifaceted mission nurtures community-based programs and addresses the complex needs of diverse elders in Minneapolis, has expanded its board with five new faces: Anne Johnson, Jonathan Lips, Jennifer Lundblad, Rajean Moone, and Jane Newman. “Our Board of Directors is comprised of a dedicated group of
NEWS: MN Orchestra’s Season Finale Meets Pride Arts by Twin Cities Arts Reader - May 23, 2024May 25, 2024 Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis. Photo by George Heinrich Photography. The Minnesota Orchestra will close out its 2023-2024 season with a series of performances June 20-22 of music by LGBTQ+ composers. Works by Ethel Smyth, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and Karol Szymanowski will round it the season. The middle concert, on Friday, June 21,
PREVIEW: HUGE Improv Theater’s Summer Season Arts Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - May 4, 2024May 5, 2024 HUGE Improv Theater's still new-to-it space at 2728 Lyndale Ave in Minneapolis. The nonprofit has been an anchor tenant bringing patrons to other area businesses in Uptown for 14 years. HUGE Improv Theater – the Twin Cities' only venue devoted exclusively to both teaching and presenting long-form improv – has announced
NEWS: New Building-Sized Portraits, Coming to Downtown Minneapolis (Hennepin Theatre Trust) Arts Visual Arts by Twin Cities Arts Reader - April 13, 2024April 15, 2024 The Orpheum Theatre in Downtown Minneapolis, one of several historic theatres managed by the Hennepin Theatre Trust. The Hennepin Theatre Trust has announced the latest photographers for It's the People exposition of large-scale public art, highlighting the unique inspirations of humanity. Eight fine art portrait photographers will create portraits that will
PREVIEW: zAmya Theater Project’s Locked In: Care-Fully Breaking Free (Plymouth Congregational Church) Arts Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - April 7, 2024April 7, 2024 A collage of photos from zAmya's Locked In: Carefully Breaking Free, which will be presented at Plymouth Congregational Church in Minneapolis, MN on May 28 at 6 PM. zAmya Theater Project – a transformational, social justice-driven theatre organization in Minneapolis – will present its latest work, Locked In: Care-Fully Breaking Free. This play
NEWS: Old Log Theatre to Close March 2 Arts Lifestyle Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - February 20, 2024 Edvard Munch's 1893 painting The Scream. The Old Log Theatre, one of Minnesota's oldest theatrical establishments, will close permanently on March 2. The Cast & Cru Restaurant that shares the theatre lobby will also close The news was communicated today by the Old Log Theatre in an electronic communication THE OLD LOG THEATRE
NEWS: Pop Culture Stars in MN-DOT’s Snowplow Class of 2024 Arts by Twin Cities Arts Reader - January 30, 2024January 30, 2024 A word collage showing the names of the Minnesota Department of Transportation's newest snowplows, as decided by a public vote with more than 32,500 respondents. The Minnesota Department of Transportation has announced its Class of 2024 snowplow-naming contest winners. In characteristic fashion, the winners of this public voting contest are a