NEWS: The Puppet Lab Returns (Open Eye Theatre) Arts Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - March 29, 2022 The latest leadership and residency artist cohort for Open Eye Theatre's Puppet Lab. Clockwise from left: Rebekah Crisanta de Ybarra, Dominique Herskind, Mary Plaster, Amoke Awele Kubat, Liping Vong, and Oanh Vu. Rain and snow may be making their return on Wednesday, but Open Eye Theatre has something better: the return
NEWS: Emerging Curators Institute Announces New Cohort Arts Visual Arts by Twin Cities Arts Reader - March 27, 2022 A collage showing the 2022-2023 Emerging Curators Institute Fellows. The Emerging Curators Institute (ECI) has announced the recipients of its latest cohort of early-career fellowships. Recipients receive in-depth research support, professional development, and presentation training to prepare them for careers as museum and other curators. Unusually, the five recipients include two artist-curators
BREAKING NEWS: SPCO Cancels Neighborhood Series Concerts Arts Music by Twin Cities Arts Reader - January 25, 2022 The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra in concert. Photo by Chelsea Tischler. With Omicron cases besieging the public in all 50 U.S. states and most of U.S. territories, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra has decided to cancel all of its Neighborhood Series concerts through March 13. Concerts at the Ordway Concert Hall
BREAKING NEWS: Guthrie Theater Reschedules Raisin, Destiny Arts Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - January 10, 2022 The Guthrie Theater has adjusted its 2021–2022 performance calendar due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After catching emergent COVID-19 cases among vaccinated members in its forthcoming production of A Raisin in the Sun, the company has decided to temporarily shelve the production. Another forthcoming play, Destiny of Desire, is also being cancelled. The celebrated A Raisin
BREAKING NEWS: SPCO Cancels Week’s Concerts, Implements New COVID-19 Test Regimen Arts Music by Twin Cities Arts Reader - January 4, 2022January 4, 2022 The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra is one of several organizations to revisit internal procedures for COVID-19 testing in light of recent increases in breakthrough infections. The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra has cancelled its January 5-7 concerts. With COVID-19 numbers spiking across the world, the ensemble announced today that it will implement
BREAKING NEWS: COVID-19 Cancels Remaining Summer: The Donna Summer Musical Performances Arts Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - December 31, 2021December 31, 2021 The cast of the national touring company of Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, whose run at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in Saint Paul, MN has been interrupted due to COVID-19. As the Queen of Disco, Donna Summer smashed records and amassed an impressive 42 Top 40 hits, but
NEWS: First Avenue Reschedules End-of-Year Shows Arts Music by Twin Cities Arts Reader - December 28, 2021December 28, 2021 Graphic: New Year's Eve Cancellation Notice. With COVID-19 numbers rising steeply in the United States, performing arts organizations everywhere are taking stock of how to end the year. In a spirit of caution, First Avenue in Minneapolis has rescheduled several end-of-year concerts:The Suburbs @ Palace Theatre (New Date: Saturday, February 12, 2022) The
PREVIEW: JazzMN’s Holiday Show (Chanhassen Dinner Theatres) Arts Music by Twin Cities Arts Reader - November 22, 2021November 22, 2021 The JazzMN Orchestra will play its annual holiday concert at Chanhassen Dinner Theatres on December 13. Around the Twin Cities, households are stocking up on turkeys, stuffing, cranberries, pumpkin, and other fall foods. Thanksgiving feasts are just around the corner, which by all predictions will bring many long-separated families back together.
FEATURE: The Children’s Theatre Company’s Bet on Warbucks – Annie Warbucks Arts Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - November 13, 2021November 13, 2021 The cast of the musical Annie, now playing at the Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Lola Ronning (center) alternates as the titular little redheaded girl. Photo by Glen Stubbe Photography. Doors are open again at The Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota. After many long months of morphing content online
PREVIEW: ARENA DANCES Returns for 26th Season (Southern Theater) Arts Dance by Twin Cities Arts Reader - October 5, 2021October 5, 2021 A promotional for run with me, ARENA DANCES' return to the interior stage, which runs October 28-29 at the Southern Theater in Minneapolis, MN. Dancers are not known for their professional longevity. The average professional dancer retires from the stage between 35 and 40 years of age. Many do not make