State of the Arts Blog

State Fair in stop motion
This Sunday the Southern Theater premieres a new film that distills all twelve days of Great Minnesota Get-Together into just 25 minutes.
4 ways to celebrate community
See an operetta in a community garden, or a play in a neighbor's garage.
Art Hounds: Visual art meets poetry, Dark Dark Dark, and Oklahoma!
A classic American musical, a live silent film score from a Minneapolis chamber folk group and a group of visual artists interpreting a poem, have all captured the hounds' attention this week.
Lev Grossman: Fantasy literature came first
The author of the popular 'Magicians' series talks about repairing the rift between the fantasy genre and adult literature.
Kevin Kling begins three year residency with MPR
Kling will create original productions for the Fitzgerald stage, share commentaries on MPR and conduct storytelling workshops in St. Paul and Duluth.