NEWS: Nominees Announced for 2024 Grammy Awards Arts Music by John Anderson - November 10, 2023November 10, 2023 The nominations for the 66th Annual GRAMMY Awards have been announced. These awards, selected by the Recording Academy's membership body of music makers, span a wide variety of genres. Voting for the GRAMMY Awards is performed by a diverse mix of industry participants including recording artists, songwriters, composers, producers, mixers,
NEWS: Minnesota State Arts Board Announces Arts Dance Music Opera Theatre Visual Arts by John Anderson - October 15, 2023October 17, 2023 Common Loons Taking Off (2023), an acrylic on canvas painting by Duluth-based artist Karl Bardon. Bardon is 1 of 99 artists to receive grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board in a recently announced set of awards. Blacksmithing, opera, ballet, novels, screenplays, podcasts, and more. These are just a few of
INTERVIEW: Jay Russell and The Girl from the North Country Arts Dance Music Theatre by John Anderson - October 9, 2023October 10, 2023 Singer-actor-director Jay Russell performs in the new Bob Dylan musical Girl from the North Country, which runs October 10-14 at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis, MN. Girl from the North Country, a musical with a book by Conor McPherson using the songs of Bob Dylan, opens tomorrow at the Orpheum Theatre in
PREVIEW: Jagged Little Pill Cuts Deep (Hennepin Theatre Trust/Orpheum Theatre) Arts Music Theatre by John Anderson - July 26, 2023July 26, 2023 Lauren Chanel and the company of the North American Tour of Jagged Little Pill. Photo by Evan Zimmerman and Matthew Murphy for MurphyMade. In July 1995, my 13-year-old daughter came home with a CD that I didn't know. The artist's name was Alanis Morissette, and the album was called Jagged Little
INTERVIEW: Opera on the Lake’s Anne Wieben and Redesigning Scandalous Stage Marriages Arts Music Opera Theatre by John Anderson - July 20, 2023July 20, 2023 A 2022 file photo of Opera on the Lake's summer operetta festival. If you're a fan of opera – or have been wanting to give it a try – you've probably heard of Opera on the Lake, the summer festival that brings Viennese operetta to St. Paul's Como Park. This year,
REVIEW: Down the Improv Tunnel in It’s Not the Heat, It’s the Stupidity (Brave New Workshop) Arts Theatre by John Anderson - June 23, 2023June 23, 2023 A promotional image for Brave New Workshop's current show, It's Not the Heat, It's the Stupidity, now playing at the Dudley Riggs Theatre in downtown Minneapolis. With HUGE Theater on the move, it's not terribly surprising that the improv is sneaking into more places. At Brave New Workshop, where pre-written sketches
REVIEW: Cantus/Really Spicy Opera Double-Header (Minneapolis Music in the Parks) Arts Music Opera Theatre by John Anderson - June 20, 2023June 23, 2023 A quintet of singers from Minneapolis-based Really Spicy Opera singing at the Lake Harriet Bandshell in Minneapolis on Sunday, June 18. The Lake Harriet Bandshell is back! The Minneapolis summer music scene's long-time anchor has been under renovation since warmer weather returned. When work is completed, the bandshell will have new