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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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Art Hounds: A strike story, a tragicomedy, and scenes from nature

Art Hounds: A strike story, a tragicomedy, and scenes from nature

Art Hounds recommend the performances “Hungry Like the Wolf" and “The Yeoman of the Guard, Or The Merry and His Maid,” and the exhibit “Minnesota Neighbors.”
by Emily Bright

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Twin Cities theaters confront shrinking support from federal and private sources

Twin Cities theaters confront shrinking support from federal and private sources

Twin Cities theaters are losing key funding sources—from canceled grants to new federal restrictions — forcing organizations like the Playwrights’ Center and Jungle Theater to rethink how they operate and sustain their work.
by Jacob Aloi

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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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'For the girls': New film tells a coming-of-age story of Somali American women in Minneapolis

'For the girls': New film tells a coming-of-age story of Somali American women in Minneapolis

A new short film by Minneapolis filmmaker Yasmin Yassin follows two Somali American sisters running a social-media matchmaking business as they move through Lake Street, exploring friendship, femininity and the in-between world of first-generation Somali life.
by Alex V. Cipolle

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A puppet, a poet and a dreamscape: A new operetta at Open Eye Theatre

A puppet, a poet and a dreamscape: A new operetta at Open Eye Theatre

A new operetta at Minneapolis’ Open Eye Theatre reimagines the life and poetry of Pulitzer Prize–winning University of Minnesota professor John Berryman through a dreamlike staging that explores the writer’s inner world.
by Anika Besst

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Art Hounds: Textiles and timelines, tabletop fantasy and a gallery launch

Art Hounds: Textiles and timelines, tabletop fantasy and a gallery launch

Art Hounds recommend “Our What Ifs Became Real Life,” “Monsters Not Monoliths! A DnD Actual Play” and the grand opening this weekend of the Lowry Hill Gallery.
by Emily Bright

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Minnesota comedians respond to ICE presence, and aren't afraid to get political

Minnesota comedians respond to ICE presence, and aren't afraid to get political

Minneapolis comedians are responding to ICE’s presence in Minnesota by “punching up” through political comedy and fundraising roasts that channel fear and anger into community support, even as the immediate enforcement surge begins to recede.
by Gretchen Brown

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