State of the Arts Blog

This weekend the MNOrch musicians will wear blue bracelets in a show of solidarity with their striking Detroit Orchestra colleagues.
The reviews are in for “Hair”
Reviews are decidedly mixed for this '60s-era musical.
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Art Hounds: Hamlet, Malena Handeen, and a new arts mag
The hounds are sweeping the state, uncovering a Duluth theater company specializing in Shakespeare, a songwriter in Milan (MN) who personifies creativity, and three artists in Minneapolis who are diving into the print publication business.
The Winter’s Tale revisited
The "problem play" inspires some soul-searching questions.
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Video break: “Pina” by Wim Wenders
A legendary cinematographer pays tribute to a legendary choreographer.