State of the Arts Blog

Art Hounds: Fringe Spectacular!
There are 165 shows to see at the Minnesota Fringe Festival this year. Feeling overwhelmed? The Art Hounds are here to help.
Why didn’t Akram Khan’s Olympic dance piece air on NBC?
NBC chose to cut away from the opening ceremonies for a pre-taped interview with Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps just as choreographer Akram Khan was performing his tribute to the 52 victims of the July 2005 London bomb attacks.
Garrison Keillor’s mother Grace passed away this morning at age 97. Her passing was announced in this message from the A Prairie Home Companion office. Grace Keillor died Friday morning at her home in Brooklyn Park. She was 97. She was the mother of writer Garrison Keillor. “Mother had a good long life and was…