Bill Corbett

John Hodgman

Scrimshaw brothers ready for a busy New Year's Eve

​As we usher out 2011, Saturday evening is our one last chance to celebrate the past year and, of course, bring in the possibly apocalyptic 2012. Or, in the case of the Scrimshaw brothers, Joseph and Joshua, there are four chances. The pair are part of a quartet of performances New Year's Eve at t ... More >>

CineMadness

​As we usher out 2011, Saturday evening is our one last chance to celebrate the past year and, of course, bring in the possibly apocalyptic 2012. Or, in the case of the Scrimshaw brothers, Joseph and Joshua, there are four chances. The pair are part of a quartet of performances New Year's Eve at t ... More >>

Super-Powered Revenge Christmas #1 at Minneapolis Theatre Garage

It's a comic-book holiday featuring a rocket-powered sled

Super-Powered Revenge Christmas #1

It's a comic-book holiday featuring a rocket-powered sled

'House on Haunted Hill' offers Halloween riffs aplenty

Photo courtesy Rifftrax.co​When Mystery Science Theater 3000 left the airwaves in 1999 it seemed like an era of bad-movie riffing had come to an end. Something funny happened on the way to the dust heap, however. Fans who had collected, taped, and traded episodes from practically day on ... More >>

RiffTrax Live features cult classic Reefer Madness

​Listening to people talk during a movie used to be an unpleasant experience, but the locally-produced Mystery Science Theater 3000 made it incredibly entertaining. The voices of Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy, and Bill Corbett were often the only thing that made the b-movies the show feature ... More >>

Twin Cities Limerick Contest at Kieran's Irish Pub

​(Photo by RJ Bejil) Forget haikus, freeform, and slam poetry for now. This contest will celebrate the limerick, one of the oldest forms of poetic expression.

W00tstock V2.3: 3 Hours of Geeks and Music

​(Photo by RJ Bejil) Forget haikus, freeform, and slam poetry for now. This contest will celebrate the limerick, one of the oldest forms of poetic expression.

IFP MN 20th Anniversary Gala

​(Photo by RJ Bejil) Forget haikus, freeform, and slam poetry for now. This contest will celebrate the limerick, one of the oldest forms of poetic expression.

Roky's Picture Show

​(Photo by RJ Bejil) Forget haikus, freeform, and slam poetry for now. This contest will celebrate the limerick, one of the oldest forms of poetic expression.

City of Sideshows

Amid all the carnival barking of the fringe, we tell you which tent shows deserve your ten bucks

The Year in Theater

Amid all the carnival barking of the fringe, we tell you which tent shows deserve your ten bucks

"Don't Ever Say (EXPLETIVE DELETED) Onstage Again!"

Audiences storm the stage. Actors suffer gastrointestinal distress. Backstage confessions of theater gone terribly, terribly wrong.

Off Beat

Audiences storm the stage. Actors suffer gastrointestinal distress. Backstage confessions of theater gone terribly, terribly wrong.

The Year in Theater

The best and worst of 150 nights spent in a dark room. Plus: Dramatic hypotheses, and thespians speak out.

The Adventures of Kira Obolensky

The author of the Adventures of Herculina may have stumbled upon her career, but the results are anything but awkward

Big Hands, Warped Minds

The creators of the erstwhile Mystery Science Theater 3000 find a new home on the Web

Righting the Play

A series of workshops at the Playwrights' Center strips the dramatic process down to author, script, actor, and audience

Love & Faxes

A series of workshops at the Playwrights' Center strips the dramatic process down to author, script, actor, and audience

The Bends

A series of workshops at the Playwrights' Center strips the dramatic process down to author, script, actor, and audience