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Dressing Room
10:33 am
Jun. 11, 2013
Minneapolis Art News
Bike Walk Week's Nick Ray Olson: "Take a walk or go for a ride around your neighborhood and you'll see it differently." Last Sunday, Twin Cities Bike Walk Week (BWW), an alternative-transportation extravaganza organized by the City of Minneapolis and supported by numerous non-profits, local businesses, community... More >>
Dressing Room
10:25 am
Jun. 11, 2013
Minneapolis Art News
Jim Denomie and The Creative Oven: Over 15 years in the making The Creative Oven, a new painting by Jim Denomie, has been in the works for over 15 years. The diptych, which is 12 feet tall and 7 feet wide, is about the creative process. Over the years, he ha... More >>
Dressing Room
9:20 am
Jun. 11, 2013
Minneapolis Art News
Human Combat Chess: Check, and en garde Ever thought chess was fine as a game, but needed a bit of real bloodletting to help it into the major leaguesAs a theater arts major at the University of Minnesota, Mike Lubke had that idea, a... More >>
Dressing Room
1:36 pm
Jun. 10, 2013
Minneapolis Art News
Voltage returns with an electrifying show at First Avenue After taking a year off, powerhouse fashion event Voltage came back to First Avenue last Saturday night with a bang. Presented by MNfashion, the event combines local music and fashion for an even... More >>
Dressing Room
10:09 am
Jun. 10, 2013
Minneapolis Art News
Paper Darts hosts a pop-up show at SooLOCAL What happens when art and literature collide? A lot, according to "A Storefront for Storytellers," a brand-new partnership between Paper Darts and SooLOCAL. For the ongoing event, Paper Darts has... More >>
Dressing Room
9:18 am
Jun. 10, 2013
Minneapolis Art News
Emilie: Love equals people times passion squared Throughout her life in the first half of the 18th century, Emilie du Chatelet thirsted for knowledge. Relentless in her pursuits, she knocked on the door of concepts more than a 100 years in the... More >>
Dressing Room
3:02 pm
Jun. 7, 2013
Minneapolis Art News
50 Reasons We Love Summer in Minnesota After the bitter-cold, never-ending winter, we've finally made it to summer. To celebrate this amazing season when the days get longer and filled with sun, the City Pages staff collected a few of... More >>
Dressing Room
1:00 pm
Jun. 7, 2013
Minneapolis Art News
Best of Dressing Room: June 3-7 --Hannibal Buress discusses his love for his Dessa T-shirt, and the possibility of gibberish rapping with John Moe's at Wits this Friday night.--Theatre Forever's The Brutes opens this weekend. W... More >>
Dressing Room
10:07 am
Jun. 7, 2013
Minneapolis Art News
The Jungle heads to Urinetown After a successful run of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at the Jungle in 2011, you could wonder what director John Command would do for an encore.He's going to Urinetown.Related... More >>
Dressing Room
8:19 am
Jun. 7, 2013
Minneapolis Art News
Northern Spark, Hot Pants, beer: Freeloader Friday The weekend is finally here. And with it comes lots of awesome free stuff to do. This installment of Freeloader Friday includes a handful of epic festivals, a high-speed fixed gear bike race, a... More >>
Dressing Room
11:46 am
Jun. 6, 2013
Minneapolis Art News
Ellie Hottinger: "The collection I created for Voltage uses a lot of upholstery textiles, because I love texture and sophistication they offer." After taking a year off, Voltage, one of MNFashion's biggest fashion shows, is back  for a night of local fashion and music at First Avenue. The event features 16 clothing and accessory des... More >>
Dressing Room
10:38 am
Jun. 6, 2013
Minneapolis Art News
Catch a Ride with car.sick. Need a ride to somewhere in Minneapolis or St. Paul sometime between now and the end of July? Performance artists Sam Johns and George McConnell might be able to help you out. In the tradition of ... More >>
Dressing Room
9:38 am
Jun. 6, 2013
Minneapolis Art News
Bain Boehlke directs show about the 'chronologically challenged' Bain Boehlke has been a busy man this spring. Not only has he designed the set for Urinetown at his longtime home, the Jungle Theater, but he has found time to direct two local productions. One,... More >>
Dressing Room
10:30 am
Jun. 5, 2013
Minneapolis Art News
Hannibal Buress on his Dessa shirt: "Whenever I wear it, people think I'm wearing Prince." For some performers, interviews are easy. They've been through enough media circuits to know how to handle any question thrown their way, slightly tweaking their answers enough to sound genuine a... More >>
Dressing Room
10:00 am
Jun. 5, 2013
Minneapolis Art News
Theatre Forever's The Brutes explores brutality and war An industrial space on Minnehaha Avenue has been transformed into an imaginary country for Theatre Forever's new production. The Brutes, conceived and directed by Jon Ferguson, investigates war an... More >>
Dressing Room
9:22 am
Jun. 5, 2013
Minneapolis Art News
Sunset Blvd.: Out of tune in more ways than one If the first rule of musical theater is to be on key, than Minneapolis Musical Theatre failed in its job opening night.Bum notes, mainly coming from the brass section, but also occasionally from... More >>
Theater
12:00 am
Jun. 5, 2013
Minneapolis Art News
International Falls combines laughs and pain A few minutes into International Falls last Saturday night, a youngish couple quietly moved their way to the exit of a packed Bryant-Lake Bowl.... More >>
Dressing Room
12:02 pm
Jun. 4, 2013
Minneapolis Art News
MN bike season 2013: Parties, festivals, rentals, paths, and more It's been a cold, rainy, snowy spring this year. That means that good biking days have been limited (unless you're a year-around road warrior, of course). Cycling events like the West Bank Ride ... More >>
Dressing Room
9:16 am
Jun. 4, 2013
Minneapolis Art News
Shanan Custer on Emilie: 'I should have paid more attention in science class' Actor Shanan Custer may be best known for her comic work -- including years with the Brave New Workshop, Minnesota Fringe Festival performances, and a hosting stint last year at the Ivey Awards ... More >>
Dressing Room
12:37 pm
Jun. 3, 2013
Minneapolis Art News
Roe Wolfe relocates to the North Loop this weekend The North Loop region of Minneapolis's Warehouse District is quickly shaping up as a major men's fashion destination for those who prefer to shop at unique and high-end boutiques. Businesses aroun... More >>
Dressing Room
10:30 am
Jun. 3, 2013
Minneapolis Art News
Sossy Mechanics perform 'Trick Boxing' to support the Southern Husband and wife team Brian Sostek and Megan McClellan of Sossy Mechanics are hoping to raise money for the Southern Theater by offering six free shows of "Trick Boxing" at the space. Audiences a... More >>

Arts Features

  • A few minutes into International Falls last Saturday night, a youngish couple quietly moved their way to the exit of a packed Bryant-Lake Bowl.... More >>

  • The first few minutes of Theatre Coup d'Etat's production of Hamlet promise much. In an almost completely dark American Swedish Institute's... More >>

  • In Daniel MacIvor's play, the cul-de-sac in question really is just the terminus of a dead-end road. It certainly was a dead end for Leonard, the... More >>

  • An Iliad opens with the quiet before the storm. It's clear something is up once you arrive on the ninth floor of the Guthrie Theater. The bay... More >>

  • Tennessee Williams's plays are rich concoctions that can easily go to your head like a liqueur — sweet, easy to drink in, and able to make... More >>

  • You can get a feel for how a show has gone by the debris left on stage at the end. What do we have following Out of the Pan into the Fire, the... More >>

  • Theatrical thrills come in many packages, and there is something particularly compelling when limited resources meet boundless imagination. With... More >>

  • In 1895, Oscar Wilde was charged with committing "gross indecencies" — i.e., he was gay — but it was his art and personality that... More >>

  • There's an amazing 80- to 90-minute show lurking in the heart of Nice Fish, the world premiere collaboration between Duluth poet Louis Jenkins... More >>

  • In the seconds between the darkness at the end of Misterman Saturday evening and the return of light for the curtain call, there was an... More >>

  • Ira Levin may be best known for his scary novels — from Rosemary's Baby to The Stepford Wives to The Boys From Brazil — but he also... More >>

  • Falling uneasily between a serious drama and a high school history report, Steven Dietz's Jackie and Me, based on one of the novels in Don... More >>

  • In a musical about secrets, The Light in the Piazza has a doozy right at its core. It's easy to think that the show, crafted by Craig Lucas and... More >>

  • After nearly a year off local stages — its last production was Amen Corner at the Guthrie last spring — the Penumbra Theatre Company... More >>

  • Near the end of Katie Ka Vang's one-woman show, she offers up a detail that is an apt metaphor for her world-premiere piece. Vang is discussing... More >>

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<i>International Falls</i> combines laughs and pain International Falls combines laughs and pain

A few minutes into International Falls last Saturday night, a youngish couple quietly moved their way to the exit of a packed Bryant-Lake Bowl. About midway through, another couple joined… More >>

<i>Hamlet</i>: &ldquo;It is too long&rdquo; Hamlet: “It is too long”

The first few minutes of Theatre Coup d'Etat's production of Hamlet promise much. In an almost completely dark American Swedish Institute's Turnblad Mansion ballroom, the first scene — in which… More >>

<i>Cul-de-Sac</i> reveals suburban darkness Cul-de-Sac reveals suburban darkness

In Daniel MacIvor's play, the cul-de-sac in question really is just the terminus of a dead-end road. It certainly was a dead end for Leonard, the central character in this… More >>

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