Jazz bassist Chris Bates is a whirlwind of energy on stage, and increasingly in the recording studio. A member the Atlantis Quartet, Red Planet, Framework and other modern jazz ensembles, Bates is a vibrant collaborator. He’s also emerging as a leader, as anyone who has seen his group Red 5, would surely testify. For his Read more →
After 19 years as artistic director at the Guthrie Theater Joe Dowling is leaving with a splash. In his farewell season, he will both survey some of the best of his tenure, while also presenting his vision of what the Guthrie is capable of in its three-stage complex on the banks of the Mississippi. Sitting in Read more →
After serious problems with its website last fall, the Minnesota philanthropic website GiveMN has announced it’s changing technology partners. The organization began a competitive search for a new partner after its provider Razoo was unable to keep the site running during it’s annual “Give to the Max Day.” Razoo had just increased its processing fees Read more →
Faux conservative pundit Stephen Colbert is leaving “The Colbert Report” to take over “The Late Show” from the retiring David Letterman, CBS announced today. Read more →
The hounds are excited about an unsettling but beautiful exhibition about girls, an Open Eye Figure Theatre curated puppetry and performance series, and a one man band from Austin, Texas. Read more →
Tonight marked the 26th Minnesota Book Awards at St. Paul’s Union Depot. The annual ceremony celebrates some of the greatest new books by Minnesotans. The awards are divided into eight categories: children’s literature, general nonfiction, genre fiction, memoir and creative nonfiction, Minnesota, novel and short story, poetry, and young people’s literature. And here they are, Read more →
Guthrie, Park Square theaters work out scheduling problems over “Mr. Burns.” Read more →
Katori Hall’s play “The Mountaintop” imagines what the final hours of King’s life might have been like, centering around his conversation with a hotel maid. Read more →
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra has announced its 2014-2015 season, and one of the highlights is not a performance but a move.
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