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Theater Review: The Birth Play Project’s “Aquelarres” Brings Strange Magic to the Open Air
Though uneven, “Aquelarres” marks a welcome stage in the gradual return of live independent theater in all its wonderful weirdness.
Theater Review: Theatre Elision Finds Safe Harbor With “Islander”
In one of Minnesota’s first indoor productions since the pandemic struck, Theatre Elision presents an atmospheric a capella musical.
British Arrows Greatest Hits bring welcome warmth via the Walker Art Center
If anyone knows how to make good use of screen time, it’s the people who have to pay £1,000 a second for it.
My Grandmother, New Ulm, and the Life of a Community
My grandmother’s life in this community has ended, but the life of the community, the spirit of my mother and her mother, continues to flow.
“An Art of Changes” Brings a Lifetime of Jasper Johns Prints Back to the Walker Art Center
“An Art of Changes” traces the artist’s career from epochal early works through to his most recent work. It’s art a student of visual perception can love.
With “Assembly Hall” at the Walker Art Center, Theaster Gates Creates a Space to Contemplate Culture
“Assembly Hall” is the first major U.S. exhibition by artist Theaster Gates, acclaimed for using distinctive collections to animate spaces.
“Spamlot” Explained for (and Recommended to) Monty Python Neophytes
I have never seen any Monty Python work, but knew to expect irreverent humor. Could the search be for a can of Spam? Who was Monty Python anyway?
Look Inside the Science Museum of Minnesota’s New Video Games Exhibit
At the Science Museum of Minnesota, Game Changers highlights four decades of video game history by spotlighting the games’ remarkable creators.
Egypt’s Sunken Cities Surface at Minneapolis Institute of Art
If you thought archaeology had lost its magic in this age of satellite and drone photography, Mostaf Waziry would like to disabuse you of ..
“Mamma Mia!”: Thank you for the music, Ordway
Picture a warm summer day on a lovely island surrounded by beautiful shimmering water with a small hotel serving up hospitality. Now add i..
Emagine Plays Moneyball with Twin Cities Movie Theater Scene
At Thursday night’s grand opening of the remodeled Emagine Willow Creek movie theater, I ordered a martini from the lobby bar. They didn’t..
“Common Time”: In Making a Case for Merce Cunningham, the Walker Art Center Makes a Case for Itself
Merce Cunningham: Common Time is an enormously ambitious program mounted by the Walker Art Center in collaboration with the Museum of Cont..