A farewell plus a shortlist of St. Paul arts organizations to be thankful for this holiday season

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A farewell plus a shortlist of St. Paul arts organizations to be thankful for this holiday season

Published November 26, 2014 by Susannah Schouweiler

George Morrison, "Spirit Path," pastel on paper, courtesy of MMAA. This touring show is coming to the Minnesota History Center on February 14, 2015 After more than three years covering the city’s cultural scene for Knight Arts, I’m moving on. Beginning in December, my friend and...

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A timely exhibition at Macalester College combines oral histories and printmaking to bring immigrant experiences to life

Published November 24, 2014 by Susannah Schouweiler

Raoul Deal, "DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals)," Immigration Series #10, woodcut, 2013. In light of President Obama’s executive actions on immigration, announced last week, Raoul Deal’s exhibition of new and recent work in Macalester College’s Law Warschaw Gallery seems especially timely. At the center of...

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Catch one of the last readings in the 2015 Saint Paul Almanac Lit Fest

Published November 19, 2014 by Susannah Schouweiler

The crew behind Saint Paul Almanac and Cracked Walnut have been busy since early October, hosting readings in venues all over the city – 16 in all – for the 2015 Saint Paul Almanac Literary Festival. The lit fest concludes this year with events on Thursday, Saturday and next Monday,...

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Watch and listen to the kinetically powered “Tri-Cycles” at the Schubert Club Museum

Published November 17, 2014 by Susannah Schouweiler

Here in St. Paul, new music has never been so accessible. Uninitiated listeners looking for inviting points of entry and seasoned fans alike need not look far to find a variety of offerings, thanks to the efforts of folks like Kate Nordstrum (curator of Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra’s fabulous Liquid...

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Warm up the cold winter’s night with some Flamenco guitar

Published November 12, 2014 by Susannah Schouweiler

Paco de Lucia (b. 1947 - d. 2014). Photo via the artist's website Forget Christmas music. This time of year, as the temps start to plunge, I’d rather listen to Latin music – takes the chill off, I guess. And we have a great variety of...

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Head over to Bedlam for a sampling of new dance by a West Coast-meets-Midwest assortment of emerging choreographers

Published November 10, 2014 by Susannah Schouweiler

This Saturday, 7 p.m. at Bedlam Lowertown If you follow contemporary dance, you need to be at Bedlam Lowertown this Saturday night. The collaborative duo Fire Drill (Billy Mullaney and Emily Gastineau) are presenting “an evening of pop-up experimental choreography,” bringing together dance-makers from Portland, Ore.,...

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Listen to the varied sounds of now at Zeitgeist’s annual New Music Cabaret

Published November 5, 2014 by Susannah Schouweiler

Zeitgeist's new music festival is this week, Thursday through Sunday, November 6, 7, 8 & 9. Zeitgeist’s annual New Music Cabaret is always well curated, but this year’s line-up is particularly intriguing. For four days at Studio Z this week, Thursday through Sunday, in-the-know audiences will...

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Cast your votes, then come together for an election day sing-along at City Hall

Published November 3, 2014 by Susannah Schouweiler

"I Vote, I Sing" happens over the lunch hour on Election Day, November 4, at City Hall. As the mid-term elections draw near, the rhetorical extremes of the campaign season are starting to get to me. There are some hotly contested, important seats up for vote...

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BareBones’ “Annual Halloween Outdoor Puppet Spectacular” marks the turn of the seasons

Published October 22, 2014 by Susannah Schouweiler

Photo from "Carry On!" 2013 by Farrington Starnes. Courtesy of BareBones Productions This weekend, BareBones Productions will open the first of five showings of “Metamorphosoup,” the 21st iteration of the performing arts nonprofit’s “Annual Halloween Outdoor Puppet Extravaganza.” Billed as a “community-created spectacle” the all-ages production...

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Creole Cuban Choir brings a fusion of Haitian and Afro-Caribbean beats to the Ordway

Published October 20, 2014 by Susannah Schouweiler

The Creole Choir of Cuba. Photo courtesy of the Ordway The Creole Cuban Choir is on stage at the Ordway (a Knight Arts grantee) for a one-night-only performance this week. The 10-person ensemble also goes by the moniker “the Desandann” (literally, “the descendants”), so named for...

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Catch a new play on the Green Line this weekend (literally)

Published October 15, 2014 by Susannah Schouweiler

Katherine Turczan, "Line" (detail), 2014, archival pigment prints, dimensions variable. Courtesy of MMAA This weekend, Minnesota Museum of American Art (a Knight Arts grantee) will close its public transportation-themed exhibition, “From There to Here,” with a “mobile theater” performance of a new, crowd-sourced play written for...