Minnesota Arts

Art Hounds: Ice-fishing comedy, a forgotten founder and a new Moorhead play
This week’s Art Hounds recommend the queer comedy “Eelpout” in Lanesboro, a musical play about Finnish American founder John Morton and a staged reading in Moorhead.
Minnesota artists struggle to keep creating as costs rise
While wages statewide have largely kept pace with inflation, artists say rising material costs and cautious consumer spending are making already-uncertain careers even harder to sustain.
MN Shortlist Aug. 28-Sept. 3: Celebrations of Prince and Dolly, a new basketball court mural, spooky lakes and more
An album release party at Paisley Park, a memorial screening of “9 to 5,” the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe’s first basketball court mural and a new Minnesota Marine Art Museum exhibition are among this week’s picks.
If all the world’s a stage, Joseph Haj is directing
Eleven years and ten seasons into his run at the Guthrie Theater, Joseph Haj reflects on steering one of America’s leading regional theaters through artistic triumphs and turbulent times.
Art Hounds: 5 shows to catch at the Minnesota Fringe Festival
Local theater lovers recommend Minnesota Fringe Festival shows, from improv and musicals to creepy solo theater and charismatic comedy.