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MN Orchestra locks out musicians after they reject 34 percent pay cut

Today is the day classical music died in Minneapolis, at least through the end of November -- the Minnesota Orchestra has cancelled all concerts at least until December after management and musicians couldn't settle a dispute over their next collective bargaining agreement.SEE ALSO: Minnesota Orches ... More >>

Minnesota Orchestra shares Orchestra Hall renovation plans

One of Minneapolis's most stately music venues, Orchestra Hall, is currently getting a much needed modern face-lift, as the exterior of the hall is undergoing a major $50 million renovation that should be finished sometime in 2013. While the changes to the interior and the glorious auditorium itself ... More >>

Sunday's Big Gig has been canceled

This Sunday's Big Gig at the Ted Man Concert Hall has been canceled. The event, sponsored by the Minnesota Orchestra and the Current, was to feature performances from Solid Gold, Jeremy Messersmith, Halloween, Alaska, Charlie Parr and others, both indoors and outside the U of M's Ted Mann Concert Ha ... More >>

Preservation Hall Jazz Band & New Orleans Jazz Orchestra

This Sunday's Big Gig at the Ted Man Concert Hall has been canceled. The event, sponsored by the Minnesota Orchestra and the Current, was to feature performances from Solid Gold, Jeremy Messersmith, Halloween, Alaska, Charlie Parr and others, both indoors and outside the U of M's Ted Mann Concert Ha ... More >>

Critics' Picks: Lucero, Thomas Dolby, White Rabbits, and more

This Sunday's Big Gig at the Ted Man Concert Hall has been canceled. The event, sponsored by the Minnesota Orchestra and the Current, was to feature performances from Solid Gold, Jeremy Messersmith, Halloween, Alaska, Charlie Parr and others, both indoors and outside the U of M's Ted Mann Concert Ha ... More >>

Irvin Mayfield Quintet: A Love Letter to New Orleans

This Sunday's Big Gig at the Ted Man Concert Hall has been canceled. The event, sponsored by the Minnesota Orchestra and the Current, was to feature performances from Solid Gold, Jeremy Messersmith, Halloween, Alaska, Charlie Parr and others, both indoors and outside the U of M's Ted Mann Concert Ha ... More >>

Hansel & Gretel

This Sunday's Big Gig at the Ted Man Concert Hall has been canceled. The event, sponsored by the Minnesota Orchestra and the Current, was to feature performances from Solid Gold, Jeremy Messersmith, Halloween, Alaska, Charlie Parr and others, both indoors and outside the U of M's Ted Mann Concert Ha ... More >>

Critics' Picks: M83, Roseanne Cash, Red Daughters, and more

This Sunday's Big Gig at the Ted Man Concert Hall has been canceled. The event, sponsored by the Minnesota Orchestra and the Current, was to feature performances from Solid Gold, Jeremy Messersmith, Halloween, Alaska, Charlie Parr and others, both indoors and outside the U of M's Ted Mann Concert Ha ... More >>

The Rapture, Girls, James Blake, and more

This Sunday's Big Gig at the Ted Man Concert Hall has been canceled. The event, sponsored by the Minnesota Orchestra and the Current, was to feature performances from Solid Gold, Jeremy Messersmith, Halloween, Alaska, Charlie Parr and others, both indoors and outside the U of M's Ted Mann Concert Ha ... More >>

MN Orchestra: Vänskä Opens the Season

This Sunday's Big Gig at the Ted Man Concert Hall has been canceled. The event, sponsored by the Minnesota Orchestra and the Current, was to feature performances from Solid Gold, Jeremy Messersmith, Halloween, Alaska, Charlie Parr and others, both indoors and outside the U of M's Ted Mann Concert Ha ... More >>

Josh Ritter & the Royal City Band

This Sunday's Big Gig at the Ted Man Concert Hall has been canceled. The event, sponsored by the Minnesota Orchestra and the Current, was to feature performances from Solid Gold, Jeremy Messersmith, Halloween, Alaska, Charlie Parr and others, both indoors and outside the U of M's Ted Mann Concert Ha ... More >>

Dee Dee Bridgewater & Irvin Mayfield: Yuletide Jazz

This Sunday's Big Gig at the Ted Man Concert Hall has been canceled. The event, sponsored by the Minnesota Orchestra and the Current, was to feature performances from Solid Gold, Jeremy Messersmith, Halloween, Alaska, Charlie Parr and others, both indoors and outside the U of M's Ted Mann Concert Ha ... More >>

Orchestra Hall goes 'Psycho'

​Those stabbing violin notes that play during the famous shower scene of Alfred Hitchcock's thriller Psycho were kind of an accident. Hitchcock didn't want any music to play during that gruesome moment, but the movie's composer, Bernard Herrmann, composed something anyway and Hitchcock immedia ... More >>

Autolux, Blondie, Nordeast Music Festival, and more

​Those stabbing violin notes that play during the famous shower scene of Alfred Hitchcock's thriller Psycho were kind of an accident. Hitchcock didn't want any music to play during that gruesome moment, but the movie's composer, Bernard Herrmann, composed something anyway and Hitchcock immedia ... More >>

Los Hombres Calientes

​Those stabbing violin notes that play during the famous shower scene of Alfred Hitchcock's thriller Psycho were kind of an accident. Hitchcock didn't want any music to play during that gruesome moment, but the movie's composer, Bernard Herrmann, composed something anyway and Hitchcock immedia ... More >>

Josh Ritter with the Minnesota Orchestra, 7/15/10

Photos by Alexa Jones​Josh Ritter and the Royal City Band with the Minnesota OrchestraJuly 15, 2010Orchestra HallOf all the Dylan acolytes to make their mark thus far in the aughts, Idaho native Josh Ritter would seem to have the inside track on best living up to the pride of Hibbing's lofty stand ... More >>

Elite Gymnastics, Whitesand/Badlands featured in this week's City Pages

Photo by Nick VlcekElite Gymnastics celebrate their newfound success at McDonald's​We've got a packed music section for you in this week's City Pages. Here's a preview of all the articles you'll find in today's print edition.Elite Gymnastics ride the chillwaveBy Jonathan GarrettThe local electro d ... More >>

Lizz Wright and Evan Christopher

Photo by Nick VlcekElite Gymnastics celebrate their newfound success at McDonald's​We've got a packed music section for you in this week's City Pages. Here's a preview of all the articles you'll find in today's print edition.Elite Gymnastics ride the chillwaveBy Jonathan GarrettThe local electro d ... More >>

Josh Ritter

Photo by Nick VlcekElite Gymnastics celebrate their newfound success at McDonald's​We've got a packed music section for you in this week's City Pages. Here's a preview of all the articles you'll find in today's print edition.Elite Gymnastics ride the chillwaveBy Jonathan GarrettThe local electro d ... More >>

The Southern Theater announces its 2010-11 season

​(Coming soon: Ananya Dance Theatre. Photo by V. Paul Virtucio)Now in its second century as an entertainment and performance space, the Southern Theater has released its full schedule for 2010 and 2011. According to the press release, this season will feature work by 27 choreographers and over ... More >>

Osmo Vanska orchestrates an international diet

Eric Moore​The Minnesota Orchestra recently announced a major European tour this summer, which comes on the heels of The New Yorker declaring them "the greatest orchestra in the world." Conductor Osmo Vänskä, a native of Finland, can be seen at Orchestra Hall this week conducting the symphon ... More >>

Minnesota Orchestra: Weekend rundown (classical edition)

​Saturday night is your last chance to catch the Minnesota Opera's production of Salome by Richard Strauss, the German Romantic composer's steamy take on the story of a young girl who performs an erotic dance for her step-father in order to wreak vengeance on a holy man who rebuffed her advances ( ... More >>

Frank Stone Gallery, Minnesota Opera and more: l'etoile's Picks of the Week

l'etoile runs down their top 5 events this weekend.

Preservation Hall Jazz Band

l'etoile runs down their top 5 events this weekend.

Dirty Projectors, Digable Planets, Little Dragon, and more

l'etoile runs down their top 5 events this weekend.

Evan Christopher & Henry Butler

l'etoile runs down their top 5 events this weekend.

Humankind snubbed on Seven Wonders of the World list

Man is something magical to write home about

Jazz at Orchestra Hall: the Irvin Mayfield Quintet

Man is something magical to write home about

A Minneapolis Mardi Gras

Man is something magical to write home about

Garrison Keillor comments on Metrodome sex, horny Midwesterners

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Jazz at the Movies: Terence Blanchard Quintet

Irish Chorus Brings Haunting, Eclectic Sound to Orchestra Hall

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James Lileks gets a new gig while other Stribbers get their walking papers

Minnesota Orchestra Performs Led Zeppelin: A Rock Symphony

James Lileks gets a new gig while other Stribbers get their walking papers

Milo Fine/Davu Seru/Elliot Fine: Percussion Music; Improvised

James Lileks gets a new gig while other Stribbers get their walking papers

My So-Called Band

Tiki Obmar compose the IDM soundtrack to your high school experience

A World Without Tutus

Civic boosters are proud of the Twin Cities' theaters, orchestras, museums, and literary centers. so what happened to the ballet?

My Many Colored Days

Richard Einhorn and the Minnesota Orchestra

Grand Teuton

Richard Einhorn and the Minnesota Orchestra

Orchestra improves benefits for same-sex couples

Richard Einhorn and the Minnesota Orchestra

Little Orphan Orchestra

Why the Minnesota Orchestra can't find a summer home

Money In, Art Out

Arts funding and the cost of free money

Tate-à-Tête

As the Minnesota Orchestra kicks off its annual Viennese Sommerfest concert series this month, Jeffrey Tate takes up the baton. But both dischord and harmony have passed over the celebrated conductor's road to the podium. Last fall, Tate talked with Q

New Music America

Plymouth Music Series' Phillip Brunelle

Kids on the Block

How the classical music industry devours its young

Squeal This CD

Sukpatch: A deal with Mo' Wax and a new hometown.

GREEN EGGS & WALTZES

Sukpatch: A deal with Mo' Wax and a new hometown.

Fast & Healthy

Sukpatch: A deal with Mo' Wax and a new hometown.