Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Sufjan Stevens, Andrew Bird, Punch Brothers, and more

Tim Sparks

Zenon Dance Company: The Nutcracker According to Mother Goose

New York City Ballet MOVES

Twin Cities Ballet of Minnesota: Wizard of Oz

Zenon Dance Company's The Nutcracker According to Mother Goose

The Nutcracker According to Mother Goose

Natalie Portman in Black Swan

The most riotous backstage movie since Showgirls

Ballet of the Dolls presents 'Whatever Happened to...Swan Lake?' this weekend

Photo by Mike Grogan​Lately, it seems you can't go 24 hours without hearing about a slew of new movies in 3D. Instead of wearing (and paying extra) for those 3D glasses to see films that probably shouldn't be in 3D in the first place (Jackass), why not just cut out the middleman and go see some li ... More >>

'The Art of Vasili Nechitailo' featured at TMORA

Vasili Nechitailo (1915 - 1980)Portrait in the Shawl, 1968, Oil on canvas (left); Wheat for the Motherland, 1954, Oil on canvas (right) ​The Museum of Russian Art (TMORA) in Minneapolis kicked off the second installment of its "Discovering 20th Century Russian Masters" series with "The Art of Vasi ... More >>

Ballet of the Dolls: Nutcracker?! (not so) Suite

Zenon Dance Company : The Nutcracker According to Mother Goose

The Metropolitan Ballet: Nutcracker, The Rat King

Ode to Joy

Looking for an independent station on the FM dial where passionate DJs pick all their own songs? Guess what: It's been around for 82 years.

Can't Pee Straight

Graham Robb uncovers the many mysteries of being gay in the 19th century

On the Blade

Dead Beats for Live Girls

The Russian futurists fashion a new woman out of old sounds

Nobody's Ugly Duckling

A postmodern choreographer gooses 'Swan Lake'

Do-Me Thespianism

Can a rock band-cum-theater company turn its audience into enlightened perverts?

The Good, the Bad, and the Sleepy

A tale of two CDs

Little Orphan Orchestra

Why the Minnesota Orchestra can't find a summer home

Queering the Culture

Oscar Wilde on Broadway, Lesbian Opera at Lincoln Center, Sparky the Gay Dog on TV. Be Careful What You Wish For.

The Suburbs, the Replacements, Soul Asylum--Twin/Tone Records

Minneapolis label's proprietor, Paul Stark, is making a play for the future

David Leavitt: The Page Turner

DJ/ELECTRONICA '96

Rock It To Russia

Like many things in the former Soviet Union, rock & roll ain't what it used to be.