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This spring, Circus Juventas presented its annual series of performances allowing young students to show what they’ve learned to family and friends. The organization’s annual summer show, a much larger production, will this year be called Showdown. The summer show will be presented from August 2-19; tickets go on sale on July 5.
On Sunday, Nov. 13 at the Cedar Cultural Center, a group of local musicians gathered to perform to celebrate the release of MN Music 4 MN Kids, a CD that benefits Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota.
On Saturday, Oct. 29, They Might Be Giants performed at First Avenue in Minneapolis with Gold Motel as openers.
Prior to Thursday night, my experience with opera consisted of my grandmother’s ad naseum broadcasting of her Three Tenors cassette tape during our summer vacation visits, and seeing my sister perform part of Mozart’s Cosí fan tutte during her sophomore year of college. So, while it was technically just the final dress rehearsal, you could say that my attendance at the Minnesota Opera’s performance of Cosí fan tutte on September 22 was my first real opera experience. Continue Reading
I was plenty excited for the Bon Iver show on September 7th. Not because I was hoping it would be good, but because I knew it would be good—I’d attended the first Orpheum show the night before.
On Saturday afternoon, August 20, the Center for Hmong Arts and Talent (CHAT) hosted their 10th Annual Hmong Arts and Music Festival. The event was once again held in St. Paul’s Western Sculpture Park, nestled in the neighborhood just west of the State Capitol.The festival began at 11am and by noon had drawn an audience of all ages. Teens gathered in the Youth Tent for open mic sessions while younger kids lined up to have their faces painted and their hair sprayed colorfully. The Main Stage hosted musicians and performers as well as a singer/songwriter competition. Continue Reading
Had the Powers That Be at the Daily Planet known that photographers would be relegated to the sound board (akin to shooting from across the street) at the State Theatre on May 12, they might have instead opted to send a writer to fill the single press spot they were granted by Cake. However, as the sole TCDP representative, I will endeavor to share some of my observations with you.
On February 26, Yann Tiersen performed at the Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis. Opening was Breathe Owl Breathe.
On Wednesday, the Hold Steady played First Avenue. Opening were the Meat Puppets and Retribution Gospel Choir.
A brisk fall evening seems like a perfect time to cozy up to several hundred other people and be serenaded by Sufjan Stevens‘s characteristically bittersweet crooning and wistful banjo plucking—but this Saturday, Stevens had other plans.