Arts

Connect with our communities! The Daily Planet isn't just a news source—it's a tool you can use to connect with artists and audiences. Here's how:

1. Talk to us. E-mail jay [at] tcdailyplanet [dot] net (arts editor Jay Gabler) and artsorbit [at] gmail [dot] com (assistant arts editor Morgan Halaska) to let us know what you're up to. The more notice you can give us, the more likely we'll be able to cover your event. You can also meet with Jay in person at one of our Newsroom Cafe meetings—see our classes page for the current schedule.

2. Tell us what you need. Are you confused by social media? Need help writing a press release? Wondering how to make a great video related to your event? We can help—either with one of our regularly scheduled classes or, sometimes, with a special help session. Check our classes page for upcoming classes, clinics, and workshops; and jay [at] tcdailyplanet [dot] net (let Jay know) if you have a question or a need you don't see addressed there.

3. Put your event on our readers' radar. Our community calendar is open to all submissions. See the complete calendar here; instructions for adding an event are at the top of the page. Ask Jay about how you can help make your event a TCDP Top Pick.

4. Tell your story. Can you, or one of your artists or constituents, tell the story of your project in writing or video? We want to publish that story! jay [at] tcdailyplanet [dot] net (Ask Jay) how you can share your story on the Daily Planet.

5. Map your community assets. We have a page for every neighborhood in Minneapolis and St. Paul, with a map of neighborhood assets (public spaces) on each page. Do you see your venue, office, or favorite local restaurant on our neighborhood page? If not, sign in as a Daily Planet user and add it to our database! If your venue or business is in our database, we encourage you to take ownership of it and keep our readers up to date. jay [at] tcdailyplanet [dot] net (Ask Jay how).

6. Stay in touch! Follow our arts coverage on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and via e-mail. We're all ears via all these networks; let us know what you think, and what you want to see!

Arts coverage by section

Books

Design and Style

Movies

Music

Theater

Visual Arts

Dining and Food

Lifestyle

Arts Orbit Blog, a multi-writer blog about the local arts scene

Front Row Seat, a blog by Daily Planet arts editor Jay Gabler

Who IS That?, a column introducing local personalities

Sounding Off on Sound, Dwight Hobbes's music column

The Optimistic Pessimist, Jim Brunzell's movie column

Other local arts coverage

See our list of media partners for dozens of local independent arts publications that share content with the Twin Cities Daily Planet. Some, though not all, of these publications are mentioned below.

The Star Tribune is Minneapolis's daily newspaper, with reviews, previews, and features about the arts. The Star Tribune also publishes the semi-independent publication Vita.mn, a weekly guide to going out in the Twin Cities.

The Pioneer Press is St. Paul's daily newspaper, with coverage of arts news and events across the Twin Cities.

City Pages is the Twin Cities' major alt-weekly, with extensive coverage of the local arts scene.

MinnPost is a daily nonprofit news source, featuring arts blogging and reporting by Pamela Espeland and Andy Sturdevant, among others.

Mpls.St.Paul magazine is a monthly print magazine with additional online arts coverage from editor Tad Simons and his team. Mpls.St.Paul also presents Secrets of the City, a site with daily event recommendations.

Minnesota Monthly is another monthly magazine with extensive print and online coverage of the arts.

Mnartists.org is a nonprofit online publication, a joint project of the Walker Art Center and the McKnight Foundation, that provides a free forum for Minnesota artists in all disciplines to share their work and also publishes in-depth editorial coverage edited by Susannah Schouweiler—who also writes the Knight Foundation's St. Paul arts blog.

The Minnesota Daily is the student-run newspaper at the University of Minnesota, published daily during the school year with extensive arts and entertainment coverage in print and online.

L'etoile magazine is a daily local lifestyle blog that publishes, among other content, a weekly "What's What" event guide.