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State of the Arts Blog

’12 Years a Slave’ is the movie of the year so far: Three reasons why

’12 Years a Slave’ is the movie of the year so far: Three reasons why

If you want to take part in important cultural conversations in the United States, this is the one movie to see this year. It’s also terrific entertainment. Here are three reasons why. The English director Steve McQueen, who is black, had never before seen a movie about slavery in the United States that was told Read more →
by Chris Roberts

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Art Hounds: ReelAbilities, Katha Dance, and a painful family reunion

Art Hounds: ReelAbilities, Katha Dance, and a painful family reunion

This week, dancers moving to a mix of old and still older traditions, a film fest illuminates the lives of people with disabilities, and a play about how childhood memories cloud the future of a family.
by Chris Roberts

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5 ways to put a howl in Halloween

5 ways to put a howl in Halloween

Looking for something different this Halloween? Check out these options: 1.Twin Cities Horror Festival Southern Theater in Minneapolis hosts this second annual festival celebrating all things spooky and scary. 7 p.m. — The Harty Boys (Comedy Suitcase) 8:30 p.m. — Edgar Allan (The Coldharts) 10 p.m. — The Murderer Did It! (Four Humors) 11:30 p.m. Read more →
by Marianne Combs

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Cube Critics: Redford doesn’t need words to impress in ‘All is Lost’

Cube Critics: Redford doesn’t need words to impress in ‘All is Lost’

Robert Redford’s quiet performance in ‘All is Lost’ left Stephanie Curtis speechless this week: And on the radio, Euan navigates the darkness of “The Counselor,” starring Penelope Cruz, Michael Fassbender, Javier Bardem, Cameron Diaz and Brad Pitt. “Cube Critics” was created and produced by Chris Roberts. “The Cube Critics” theme was written by Chris Roberts Read more →
by Chris Roberts

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The ‘P’ in Patches stands for…

The ‘P’ in Patches stands for…

Productive. “Who the Hell is Richard Manuel?,” is the second full length album from Patches & Gretchen in less than a year, a fact that makes frontwoman Gretchen Seichrist not apologetic or even self conscious, but proud. Since Seichrist started collaborating with songwriting partner and multi-instrumentalist Danny Viper, her malleable troupe of accompanying musicians known Read more →
by Chris Roberts

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The refurbished Cathedral of St. Paul pipe organs come to life

The refurbished Cathedral of St. Paul pipe organs come to life

As you may have heard on MPR’s Morning Edition, there was a standing room only crowd inside the Cathedral of St. Paul Thursday night at the inaugural recital for the Cathedral’s two refurbished pipe organs. Over the last three years, those organs were taken completely apart and cleaned, the leather windchests were replaced and more Read more →
by Molly Bloom

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Art Hounds: Jonathan Dove, evocative landscapes, and kung fu zombies

Art Hounds: Jonathan Dove, evocative landscapes, and kung fu zombies

On the agenda this week: Four gifted landscape painters, a celebrated composer’s Minnesota premiere and a play that has it all — zombies, cannibals and a Buddhist backbone. (Want to be an Art Hound? Sign up!) It wasn’t the martial arts action that Twin Cities arts writer Stephanie Xenos found most interesting about Theater Mu’s Read more →
by Chris Roberts

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