NEWS: Illusion Theater Shakes the Inkwell Arts Theatre by Amy Donahue - July 29, 2020July 29, 2020 "Fresh ink is the opposite of stale ink" – an old printer's proverb. The Illusion Theater's Fresh Ink Series has been going for a long time. How long? 33 years young, pivoting periodically to align itself with the needs of the time and the changing populations that it serves. After all, the
NEWS: Minnesota Opera Cancels Traditional 2020-2021 Season, Plans Outdoor and Digital Fall 2020 Arts Music Opera Theatre by Amy Donahue - July 28, 2020July 28, 2020 The operatic adaptation of Stephen King's The Shining is one of several productions missing in Minnesota Opera's recently retooled 2020-2021 season plans. Photo by Theresa Murray. Minnesota Opera announced today that the company is discarding its 2020-2021 season plans in favor of a retooled outdoor/digital fall season and a still-to-be-announced slate
NEWS: No More Broadway in 2020, Cirque du Soleil Bankruptcy Hits VStar Arts Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - June 29, 2020August 12, 2020 A promotional photo of the Wheel of Death in Cirque du Soleil's KOOZA show. It's official: Broadway theatres are closed through the new year. The Great White Way will continue to be the Great Dark Way for at least six months, with producers bowing to the ongoing pandemic and refunding
BREAKING NEWS: Ordway CEO Jamie Grant to Depart for Palm Desert Arts by Twin Cities Arts Reader - June 21, 2020June 28, 2020 When fall comes, Jamie Grant will be in the desert. You might even say that he's going to Coachella, although not to the festival of that name. The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts announced today that its President and CEO Jamie Grant will be leaving August 31. Grant will take
FEATURE: A Monument Falls in St. Paul Arts Visual Arts by Basil Considine - June 11, 2020June 28, 2020 A statue of Christopher Columbus lies face-down on the ground after protestors pulled it from its pedestal near the Minnesota State House on June 10, 2020. Photo by Tony Webster (CC BY 2.0). A giant statue's head on the ground. Another larger-than-life statue, bound with rope, being pulled to the ground
INTERVIEW: Amber Bjork on the Winding Sheet Outfit and Cooking through a Pandemic Arts Theatre by Basil Considine - May 7, 2020May 7, 2020 Veni, vidi, workspace. A 3D arrangement of notes used by Amber Bjork when working on the 2019 theatrical show You Are Cordially Invited to the Life and Death of Edward Lear. Mention the name Amber in a Twin Cities theatre and the theatre people will know exactly who you mean. Outside
INTERVIEW: Crystal Manich on Opera, Interrupted Arts Music Opera Theatre by Basil Considine - May 5, 2020May 5, 2020 Tenor Daniel Montenegro in Opera Santa Barbara's March 2020 production of Il Postino (The Postman), which featured projections, lighting, and set design by Tláloc López-Watermann and was directed Crystal Manich. Photo by Zach Medez. There's not normally time for moss to grow in Crystal Manich's schedule. Since taking the reins at
NEWS: Doors Open Minneapolis Photo Contest Arts Lifestyle Visual Arts by Amy Donahue - May 4, 2020May 5, 2020 An excerpt from the Doors Open Minneapolis virtual tour of historic buildings. It's not just the weather that's getting changing. After weeks of self-isolation and streets even emptier than the dead of winter, the Twin Cities are visibly filling with people outside. Masks, yes, and socially distanced, yes, but the springtime
WATCH: The 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Music Winner, Angel’s Bone Arts Music Opera Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - April 30, 2020May 5, 2020 A still from a 2018 production of Angel's Bone, an opera that won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Music. Next week, the Pulitzer Prize committee will announce the winners of some of the most prestigious prizes in music, drama, journalism, and fiction. While you are waiting, however, you can watch a
INTERVIEW: Leslie Vincent on Debut Albums, Making It Through Quarantine, and Puzzle Rooms Arts Music by Basil Considine - April 25, 2020April 25, 2020 Art for Minneapolis vocalist Leslie Vincent's debut album. Design by Brittany Ottum. International quarantines and self-isolation directives have brought many things to a halt across the globe. For Minnesotans, however, being forced to stay at home is a seasonal event. Even in these extraordinary times, the urge to create art and