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State of the Arts Blog

Cowles Center executive director resigns

Cowles Center executive director resigns

Just two months after the long-awaited opening of the performing arts center in Minneapolis, Frank Sonntag says he's stepping down.
by Marianne Combs

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Betsy and Tacy are back

Betsy and Tacy are back

The popular children's books by Maud Hart Lovelace have been re-issued in a new volume called 'The Betsy-Tacy Treasury.'
by Marianne Combs

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Keillor retirement comment stirs the pot

Keillor retirement comment stirs the pot

A posting on an East Coast clarifies little
by Euan Kerr

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Improv Everywhere: teaching adults to play

Charlie Todd gets people to ride the subway in their boxers, and dance in public with strangers, all in the name of good fun.
by Marianne Combs

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3 ways to improve your weekend

These events promise to leave an impression in your mind, but not your wallet.
by Marianne Combs

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Students rally for their theater education

Students rally for their theater education

A group of U of M students hired local pro Dominique Serrand to teach them about physical comedy.
by Marianne Combs

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New Midwest poetry prize offers $10,000

Milkweed Editions and the Lindquist & Vennum Foundation want the prize to bring outstanding regional writers to a national stage.
by Marianne Combs

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Video break: Bon Iver’s ‘Holocene’

Video break: Bon Iver’s ‘Holocene’

Justin Vernon's haunting falsetto combines with Iceland's rocky landscape to provide a captivating music video.
by Marianne Combs

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