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CategoryWith “Question the Wall Itself,” the Walker Art Center Examines Image and Context in a Fragmenting World
The concept of Question the Wall Itself sounds like a skit from Portlandia. “As artists, we just really think that it’s time to question t..
“We Are Baseball”: Hall of Fame comes to Mall of America
The Hall of Fame has brought its new interactive traveling exhibit We Are Baseball to the lot adjacent to the Mall of America for a two-we..
“Rise Up, O Men”: Plymouth Playhouse’s Church Basement Ladies Give the Fellas a Turn
The Church Basement Ladies franchise began in 2005 with the original Church Basement Ladies play, set in 1964. After serving up A Second ..
Minnesota Whites: Start Seeing Color
Last year, I was at a meeting where a group of community leaders were grappling with some of the challenges facing Minnesota and the Minne..
“The Lion King” Roars Again at the Orpheum Theatre
Disney’s The Lion King has returned to Minnesota for a fifth time, following its world premiere at the Orpheum Theatre in 1997 with return..
“Seeing Nature”: Minneapolis Institute of Art Celebrates Landscapes
Let’s be honest: landscape painting isn’t exactly the sexiest subject for an exhibit. It sounds like something you’d bring your 903-year-o..
Guthrie Theater’s “South Pacific” Soars
I walked into the Guthrie’s new production of South Pacific perhaps a little sadistically eager to measure it against the national tour of..
“The Bridges of Madison County” Musical Brings Quiet Passion to Minneapolis
The beloved novel The Bridges of Madison County was written in 1992 by Robert James Waller, an Iowa college professor. Considered too shor..
Magnus Nilsson’s Nordic: A Scandinavian Fantasia at the American Swedish Institute
I drank the aquavit wrong. I know this because text and a series of photos of chef Magnus Nilsson later made clear that “sipping is genera..
Major Laser: Science Museum of Minnesota Prepares to Take Its Omnitheater Digital
I don’t believe I’m saying this, but I attended a presentation at the Science Museum of Minnesota, and they spoke poorly of prisms.
No,..
Remember When the St. Thomas Academy Crack Drill Squad Was On Ed Sullivan?
My dad, a graduate of St. Thomas Academy — then called St. Thomas Military Academy, and located on the college campus — sent this video he..
“Less Than One”: Walker Art Center turns a timely lens on its collection
The title of the Walker Art Center’s new show Less Than One might cause you to think that at least we’re making progress from Less Than Ze..