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MN Shortlist

Minnesota Shortlist is your weekly curated roundup of recommended arts events from MPR News, highlighting standout theater and music performances, exhibits and gatherings around the region.

MN Shortlist May 15-21: Art-A-Whirl, myths in Winona and immersive theater in a mansion

MN Shortlist May 15-21: Art-A-Whirl, myths in Winona and immersive theater in a mansion

Here are our recommendations for what to see at one of the biggest Minneapolis art events of the year, as well as a look at theater, music, art exhibits and other events throughout the state.
by Alex V. Cipolle and Jacob Aloi

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MN Shortlist May 1-7: Musicals, a secret circus and an exhibition on Native American treaties

MN Shortlist May 1-7: Musicals, a secret circus and an exhibition on Native American treaties

A secret circus of puppets, lumberjack songs and a collection of stringed instruments that survived the Holocaust — find out more in this week’s MN Shortlist.
by Alex V. Cipolle, Jacob Aloi and Emily Bright

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MN Shortlist, April 24-30: Little Women, Fallout, accordions and more

MN Shortlist, April 24-30: Little Women, Fallout, accordions and more

This week’s MN Shortlist features a great American novel adapted for the stage, music from a video game-turned-TV show and Parisian cafes, a new rural arts space and the regional premiere of a play that recounts part of the European migrant crisis.
by Alex V. Cipolle and Jacob Aloi

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MN Shortlist, April 3–9: Artists rethink how stories are carried

MN Shortlist, April 3–9: Artists rethink how stories are carried

Artists across Minnesota use form itself — from ceramics and printmaking to captions and repertory film — to reinterpret history, place and collective experience as something active rather than fixed.
by Jacob Aloi, Anika Besst, Alex V. Cipolle and Max Sparber

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MN Shortlist, March 27-April 2: Art as record, witness and repair

MN Shortlist, March 27-April 2: Art as record, witness and repair

This week’s lineup leans less on spectacle than on structure—who gets to speak, who gets recorded and how stories move through time. Across stages, galleries and even Wikipedia pages, these events track the systems that shape cultural memory, from youth authorship to institutional visibility.
by Jacob Aloi, Anika Besst, Alex V. Cipolle and Max Sparber

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MN Shortlist, March 20–26: Crossing forms, holding histories

MN Shortlist, March 20–26: Crossing forms, holding histories

The throughline this week isn’t just performance, it’s transformation — artists moving across forms, histories surfacing in new contexts, and institutions quietly reshaping what they contain.
by Jacob Aloi, Anika Besst, Alex V. Cipolle and Max Sparber

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MN Shortlist, March 13–19: Films in Ely, orchestral favorites and a shamrock-themed rock lineup

MN Shortlist, March 13–19: Films in Ely, orchestral favorites and a shamrock-themed rock lineup

Across Minnesota this week, the arts appear in some unlikely settings — a restored North Woods movie palace, neighborhood churches, a Duluth theater and a club leaning into pre–St. Patrick’s Day energy.
by Jacob Aloi, Anika Besst and Max Sparber

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MN Shortlist, March 6–12: From Cuban cinema to circus spectacle

MN Shortlist, March 6–12: From Cuban cinema to circus spectacle

Early March brings a mix of international cinema, historical reflection and theater that asks pointed questions about power and perspective. From Cuban film and German modernism to puppeted insects and taiko drumming, this week’s lineup moves across forms and cultures — and repeatedly returns to the question of who gets to tell the story.
by Jacob Aloi, Anika Besst, Alex V. Cipolle and Max Sparber

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