Mike Cloud, “Leibovitz Orange #28,” 2008, Collage on paper. Courtesy of Bethel University Gallery There’s a compelling exhibition, “Paper Quilts” by Brooklyn-based artist Mike Cloud, on view now at Bethel University’s Olson Gallery. The centerpieces of the show, three doubled-sided “paper quilts,” are surrounded by a series of smaller collage works, all of which are […]
Article · October 13, 2014 by Susannah Schouweiler
The forecast couldn’t be more promising for the fall Saint Paul Art Crawl this weekend. Hundreds of artist studios and galleries will be open to the public; in fact, many of the Crawl’s venues will offer programming of their own – meet-and-greet receptions with artists, live performance, art-making activities, and the like. Lowertown St. Paul […]
Article · October 9, 2014 by Susannah Schouweiler
The 2014 Twin Cities Book Festival is October 11, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds If you’re a book lover, you are likely already familiar with Rain Taxi’s annual Twin Cities Book Festival. This one-day event at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds is the largest literary festival in the Upper Midwest – and […]
Article · October 6, 2014 by Susannah Schouweiler
Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven by Joseph Karl Stieler, 1820. Classical music fans, you’re in for a treat: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (a Knight Arts grantee) is performing one of Beethoven’s most famous works this weekend, Symphony No. 5., for which conductor John Storgårds is returning to the Ordway to lead them. Before Beethoven’s 5th, […]
Article · October 1, 2014 by Susannah Schouweiler
Sha Cage. Photo courtesy of Penumbra Theatre Tonight, Penumbra Theatre’s co-artistic director, Sarah Bellamy, will host a “Womansong” showcase curated by actor, playwright and poet Sha Cage, “which celebrates the poetry and musicality of black women artists in the Twin Cities.” The evening will center on Cage’s work spotlighting talented women and girls in the […]
Article · September 29, 2014 by Susannah Schouweiler
The giant parachute in action at last year’s Field Trip in Silverwood Park The weather will be mild in the Twin Cities this Saturday, a lovely early fall sort of day perfect for a Field Trip. In Twin Cities’ Silverwood Park, visitors will find a full afternoon in store: more than 20 artist-led activities, a […]
Article · September 17, 2014 by Susannah Schouweiler
Minnesota Opera (a Knight Arts grantee) will celebrate the start of the 2014-2015 season with a free, outdoor simulcast of its opening production, Puccini’s La fanciulla del West. Beginning at 6 p.m. on Saturday, in downtown St. Paul’s Rice Park (just across from the Ordway), a number of food trucks and beverage purveyors will be on hand […]
Article · September 16, 2014 by Susannah Schouweiler
The world premiere of “Test Pilot” is September 12 and 13 at O’Shaughnessy Auditorium. For the latest in their Women of Substance series, St. Kate’s O’Shaughnessy Auditorium is presenting a world premiere dance opera, “Test Pilot,” which offers a lens onto the Wright Brothers’ historic experiments with flight, as seen through the eyes of their […]
Article · September 11, 2014 by Susannah Schouweiler
Halloween, Alaska closing out the 2013 iteration of the festival in Mears Park. Photo courtesy of Concrete and Grass Lowertown Music Festival After the record-breaking crowds at the Minnesota State Fair and the crush at Walker Art Center’s popular Internet Cat Video Festival, Concrete and Grass Lowertown Music Festival in Mears Park later this week is going […]
Article · September 3, 2014 by Susannah Schouweiler
The cast of “The Tempest” on site at the park. Courtesy of Franconia Sculpture Park The fall theater season is set to hit full swing in the coming weeks but before these last warm nights of summer give way to fall, I’d recommend catching the collaborative, open-air production of “The Tempest” this weekend at Franconia Sculpture Park. Two big […]
Article · September 2, 2014 by Susannah Schouweiler
Twin Cities Public Television’s Rewire (a Knight Arts grantee) is bringing back its charming YouTube video series this fall. “Are you MN Enough” is in the midst of a call for entries, in fact. They’re seeking original shorts “on a quintessentially Minnesota topic,” two to six minutes in length, from Twin Cities video-makers (amateurs and professionals, […]
Article · August 27, 2014 by Susannah Schouweiler