Guthrie Theater

Concert promoter Sue McLean has died

Sue McLean, an independent Twin Cities concert promoter, passed Friday afternoon after a battle with cancer. Any regular show-goer in the region has attended countless shows booked by McLean over the past four decades. McLean is responsible for booking the Basilica Block Party since it began in 1995 ... More >>

The best Twin Cities concerts this week : 3/13-3/19

A good chunk of the Minneapolis music scene has gallivanted away to South By Southwest in Austin, Texas, but that doesn't stop the music! Total Trash release their latest cassette tape in the 7th Street Entry Thursday. Friday, Davina & the Vagabonds swank up Patrick's Cabaret while Chanhassen Di ... More >>

My Thrifty Valentine

Seven suggestions for a romantic date night in the Twin Cities under $50

The best concerts in the Twin Cities this week: 1/30-2/5

The Twin Cities is starting to thaw out as January comes to an end. Friday night is especially busy. Retribution Gospel Choir plays the Turf Club while Minneapolis pays tribute to Joe Strummer in the First Avenue Mainroom. Semisonic songwriter Dan Wilson and brother Matt Wilson play a set at Pantage ... More >>

RIP Steve Kramer of the Wallets (1953-2013)

Steve Kramer, frontman for the genre-defying Twin Cities group the Wallets, has died. He was found in his hotel room Saturday while attending the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. He was 59.Kramer and the Wallets released two original albums via Twin/Tone in the mid-'80s, including the cele ... More >>

Director Joe Dowling muses about the Guthrie's monumental 50th year

End of the Rainbow

Open Table and the cost of making reservations

How much does booking online cost restaurants? You'd be surprised.

Randy Newman at the Guthrie Theater, 2/21/11

Photos by Stacy Schwartz​Randy NewmanFebruary 21, 2011The Guthrie TheaterIn his recorded work, Randy Newman is a fractious figure. The top-flight composer working on commission rarely shares a sheet with the bright political satirist, and the vulnerable autobiographer never shares his regrets with ... More >>

Critics' Picks: Sims, Blue Sky Blackout, Old 97's, and more

Two Door Cinema Club, the Dandy Warhols, and more

LCD Soundsystem, Deerhunter, and more

Gasthof's unveils a 39.4-inch wiener this Week in Food

Enzian44The mighty meterwurst.​We have to admit--St. Paul is gaining an edge. On Tuesday chef Lenny Russo opens up Heartland's Farm Direct Market, where patrons can buy the restaurant's house-made charcuterie, jams, and jellies. It also will offer locally raised meats and poultry. But you'll have ... More >>

Mates of State, Idle Hands, and more

Critics' Picks for this week

Dollhouse: Theater Spotlight

M. Butterfly (Theater spotlight)

Loud & Rich, Dark Dark Dark, and more

Survey finds big opposition to taxpayer-funded Vikings stadium

Vikings vice president Lester Bagley says he wasn't surprised by the findings.

Stuart Pimsler Dance & Theater: Ways to Be Hold

Stuart Pimsler Dance & Theater: The Ends of Love

Theater Spotlight

Riot at the Bedlam

Do You Dare Enter the World of ‘Idigaragua’?

Healthy Choice

Café Brenda's new sister restaurant offers a virtuous take on fine dining

River City Rebirth

Minneapolis's restaurant scene is reborn—again!—This time with big money and farm-positive ideals.

She Bop

It Didn't Start with Babes in Toyland: A Short and Eccentric History of Women in Local Music, 1931-Present

Take Me Out

Two hundred years of history as experienced in Minnesota's bars and restaurants

The Year in Theater

Last year my boss sent me to sit in a dark room for 150 nights. Here's what I took away from the ordeal.

Walking on Thin Ice

Why is Governor Tim Pawlenty leaving Minnesota film out in the cold?

The Crucifix

Arthur Miller's 'Resurrection Blues' nails society's sins

The Best Things In Life Aren't Free

Figuring out how to finance the future of art at SooVAC

Stage Protest

With demolition all but assured, preservationists aim to take their fight to court

Off Beat

Off Beat

Newton's Laws

A one-man show captures the complications Huey P. Newton faced in trying to walk like a Panther

Dramatis Personae

Next Stop, Obscurity

The master of hats. The scrivener of sheet music. The literary litigator. Seven people whose contributions to the arts win them utter invisibility.

The Woodchopper's Bawl

We Don't Need No Education

The Guthrie tries to act the part of class clown with a straight rendition of The School for Scandal

This Old House

Call it sleep: Ned and Lina (Matt Sciple and Carolyn Pool) in a moment of repose from Three Days of Rain

The Wilde One

The Importance of Being Oscar

Aesthete Oscar Wilde is the talk of the town again as the Guthrie Lab mounts a play about his trials

Mom Knows Best

Motorcycles and lesbian parenthood mingle in The Gene Pool

Timing Is Everything

As songwriter Ann Reed and her audiences have matured, so has her work. Perhaps that's the reason for her loyal, widespread following

Talking Book

Word Up: KTCA's Daniel Bergin documents African American letters in Literature & Life.

Mending Fences

The Twin Cities' most celebrated playwright and their most prominent theater finally meet--under questionable circumstances.

The Weight of the Past

The Guthrie revives Arthur Miller's The Price.

On The Porch

Music Notes

Loss Leader

Music-wise, this weekend's Mill City Festival looks like a winner. Business-wise, it's a $1.7 million gamble.

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