stage & arts
Penumbra Theatre declared one of Ford Foundation's 'cultural treasures'
Ford Foundation declares theater an "American cultural treasure."
Guthrie will offer a virtual version of 'A Christmas Carol'
The Twin Cities will have its most-storied holiday tradition again in a new way.
Art exhibits at Gustavus College shed light on a gnarly topic – cancer
Grieving for Minneapolis, BareBones reinvents Halloween as an art event
Art installations take the place of its annual puppet show to mark this year of grieving.
A full weekend of Halloween entertainment, live and virtual
Twin Cities Horror FestivalThrough Saturday: For its virtual ninth edition, the TCHF is hosted by the Coldharts, aka founders Katie Hartman and Nick Ryan, known…
Playwright August Wilson's notes and papers being acquired by U of Pittsburgh
Notes the late August Wilson scrawled at places such as St. Paul's W.A. Frost restaurant have found a home at the University of Pittsburgh.The university's…
Ticket alert
10 A.M. MONDAY Circus Juventas’ “A Hygge Holiday,” Dec. 5-13 in St. Paul. $30-$40. ticketworks.com.
Dance goes to the drive-in for a ballet fundraiser in St. Paul
‘Drive-In Forward’ Saturday: Ballet Co.Laboratory brings ballet into the parking lot for its annual fundraiser. The 1950s-themed affair will showcase solos developed collaboratively by the…
Jungle Theater announces a season of virtual productions to stream
Virtual productions will feature a number of well-known Twin Cities actors.
Immigrant artist ponders American youth through portraits at the Weisman
A portrait show at the Weisman examines democracy and youth.
St. Paul theater group will use big boost from state bonding bill to double its space
With the state funding, the Playwrights' Center will more than double its footprint.
'Bug Girl' is a beautiful, creepy way to see theater under the stars
Review: The shadow play "Bug Girl" offers two kinds of shivers.
With a bold splash of color, Mpls. Institute of Art reimagines its South Asian galleries
MIA reinstalls its South and SE. Asian galleries, casting a bold new light on Asian art.
Virtual gigs this week: Peterson Family benefit, Lake Street Story Circles, Hippo Campus
The Peterson Family The pandemic won’t prevent Minnesota’s first family of jazz from staging a fundraiser for their Scholarship in Jazz Studies. Recorded last week…
Can opera still have an impact? That's literally this Minnesotan's job
Meet the Minnesota Opera's new V.P. of impact, Lee Bynum.
Audiences will climb to the roof of a Minneapolis museum for unsettling 'Bug Girl'
A creepy, witty shadow-puppet play will be performed on the roof of the Bakken.
Isabel Wilkerson says her new book 'Caste' is 'an X-ray of our country,' exposing what divides us
Author says her book reveals the "bones" underlying our nation's divisions.
An excerpt from Isabel Wilkerson's 'Caste'
A few years ago, a Nigerian-born playwright came to a talk that I gave at the British Library in London. She was intrigued by the…
This weekend's virtual entertainment: The Jayhawks, U's School of Music and flamenco dancers in quarantine
The Jayhawks Friday: With their cross-country tour plans behind this summer’s well-received 11th studio album “XOXO” indefinitely on hold, Minnesota’s jangly Americana pop-rockers have devised…
SooVAC gallery reopens with three new exhibitions about the Black experience, masculinity and abstraction
The Minneapolis gallery requires masks and is open at reduced capacity and hours.