Monday news and reviews
Art
Last fall, District 6 sent out a call to local artists to submit a design for a series of neighborhood landmarks-street markers or columns-that would identify the South Como area and the three streets intersecting Front Avenue where they would be located.
- Ruth Weleczki, Park Bugle
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Music
A high note in his vocal career
Next week, Tom Tipton will give what he considers "the biggest performance of my life."
That's an impressive claim for someone who has sung for millions of viewers on TV's "Hour of Power," soloed in jam-packed stadiums as part of Billy Graham's crusades and given command performances for two presidents.
- JEFF STRICKLER, Star Tribune
DeVotchKa at First Avenue, 4/1/11
If only from the film scores to which the band has contributed, it's apparent there's a theatrical streak that runs deeply in the group, but the results in a live setting weren't ostentatious--it's more vaudeville than summer blockbuster.
- Ian Traas, City Pages
Stage
Anton Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya," a meditation on wasted lives and frustration, gets a hopeful take in this fine staging.
- Graydon Royce, Star Tribune
Gremlin Theatre's update of Chekhov's 'Vanya' is potent
Local actor Johnson's adaptation makes dark tale of disillusionment more accessible for today
- Renee Valois, Pioneer Press
Original work, 'Oil! and The Jungle,' brings Upton Sinclair's classic novels to the stage
Created by University of Minnesota affiliate faculty Kym Longhi, and performed by 24 undergraduate theatre students, "Oil! and the Jungle" juxtaposes Sinclair's two novels and the worlds inhabited by workers and bosses.
- Steve Share, Minneapolis Labor Review