Review: Pericles @ The Guthrie
Whatever doubts Twin Citians had about Guthrie artistic director Joe Haj’s ability to direct a play can be laid to rest now that his lovely, epic production of Pericles is up and running. A...
View ArticleThe U of M’s Corpse Flower: In Search of Some Serious Stink
Over the past few days, like so many of my fellow Minnesotans, I have been captivated by the drama of University of Minnesota’s so-called “corpse flower,” a plant that, when it blooms, emits an odor...
View ArticleThe Two Gentlemen of Verona @ The Jungle
The opening last weekend of Shakespeare’s The Two Gentlemen of Verona—incoming artistic director Sarah Rasmussen’s first full production after taking over from Jungle Theater founder Bain...
View ArticleState of the Art: Discovering American Art Now @ Mia
It is an inescapable fact that most artists in this country toil in relative anonymity, never getting the respect or attention they deserve. A few years ago, curators from the Crystal Bridges Museum...
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Ordinary Pictures @ Walker Art Center
Kodak Three Point Relection Guide, Christopher Williams The core idea behind the Walker Art Center’s new exhibit, Ordinary Pictures, couldn’t be more relevant. We live in a world saturated by images,...
View ArticleTheater Latte Da’s “C.” is a Charmer
Theater Latte Da is one of only a handful of arts organizations in the past 30 years that has made the leap from small, itinerant theater company on shoestring to established, mid-size theater with a...
View ArticleHating on the Vikings New Stadium
Now that our shiny new football arena is almost complete, hating on it has instantly become a favorite community sport. “It looks like the Death Star,” is a common observation—or a mountainous lump of...
View ArticleMinnesota Opera’s The Shining Has Yet to Gleam
On paper, Minnesota Opera’s adaptation of Stephen King’s The Shining sounds like a lot of fun. And the public has responded. All four performances of The Shining are sold out, bought by folks eager to...
View ArticleMaria Bamford’s Lady Dynamite Ignites
Instead of fleeing up to the lake cabin I don’t have or sipping cocktails on someone else’s veranda, I spent this past weekend’s sultry evenings in my air-conditioned living room binge-watching Lady...
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Microsoft Billionaire Paul Allen’s Show @ MIA
The Minneapolis Institute of Art’s summer show, Seeing Nature: Landscape Masterworks from the Paul G. Allen Family Collection, is an exhibit of 39 works collected by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen,...
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