State of the Arts Blog

Art Hounds: Dances Made to Order, Jon Reischl and Common Room tours
This week the hounds are all about new ways of seeing. They offer a new way to bring dance performance into your home, a new perspective on the common spaces in the Twin Cities, and a new way to visualize elusive memories.
In the early 1950s Stratford, Ontario was on the verge of becoming a ghost town... until Sir Tyrone Guthrie came along.
The board of the Ramsey County Regional Railroad Authority has approved the selection of four public art commissions at Union Depot.
How well can you scare a crow?
The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum is looking for a few good scarecrows for a fall exhibition.
Photo of man and dog captures hearts, inspires charity
John Unger’s beloved dog is benefiting from some expensive medical treatment thanks to a photograph that went viral over the weekend.
One Minneapolis One Read chooses book for second round
This year's selection is Diane Wilson's 'Spirit Car: Journey to a Dakota Past,' a book of stories she wrote to honor her Dakota family
Lessons learned from “The Queen of Versailles”
When the American dream turned into a nightmare documentary director Lauren Greenfield had a ringside seat
MIA extends hours for Rembrandt exhibition
Due to the popularity of the Rembrandt in America exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, the museum has decided to extend the hours of the show in its final weeks.
MIX - Minneapolis Indie Xpo - will not make it to year three.