State of the Arts Blog

Art Hounds: Andy Ducett, Salon Saloon, and the mystery of Jandek
An interesting thread organically emerged in this week's installment. All the hounds' submissions are connected by a cult theme; a cultish musician, cults as phenomenons, and the cult of Minnesota's personality.
SPCO poised to lock out musicians
Management of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra today told its musicians that unless there is a contract agreement by 6 p.m. Sunday it will lock them out.
Duluth Festival Opera leaves Duluth
According to Artistic Director Craig Fields, the DFO simply is not receiving the kind of community financial support it needs to survive, so he's going to move it to the Twin Cities.