Molly BloomThis week, an avant garde classical oasis in a Lowertown loft, an artist who paints the hands of artists, and a little bit of Vegas from a state directly to our south that shall not be named. (Want to be an Art Hound? Sign up!) Doomtree rapper Dessa is an adventurous spirit when it comes Read more →
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By Molly Bloom
As you may have heard on MPR’s Morning Edition, there was a standing room only crowd inside the Cathedral of St. Paul Thursday night at the inaugural recital for the Cathedral’s two refurbished pipe organs. Over the last three years, those organs were taken completely apart and cleaned, the leather windchests were replaced and more Read more →
This week the hounds bid farewell to a revered Minneapolis-based Japanese punk band, gaze in admiration at the work of a prolific Minneapolis street artist, and prepare for an attack by Minnesota’s premier sketch comedy troupe. St. Paul songwriter and performer Mayda is paying tribute to the blazing punk rock of Birthday Suits. The celebrated Read more →
Art in tents, train stations and outdoors. Release the Hounds! Read more →
The Art Hounds this week turn us on to roots music, installations and puppetry. Read more →
Jessica Paxton is a radio host and show promoter/booker in Northfield. She’s excited to see Nick Sinclair’s new exhibit: This Saturday, Aug. 31 from 6-9 p.m., local artist Nick Sinclair will present “Lost Souls Found Art,” a new exhibit at High Noon Tattoos and Gallery in Northfield. In the exhibit, Sinclair (an established ‘hot rod’ Read more →
State Fair beauty;roving art in Lowertown, Read more →
Art Hounds turn us on to plays, prose and paint Read more →
Duluth sculptor and writer Ann Klefstad recommends “Thought Forms”: “Thought Forms” is a show of sculpture by Paul Higham, an English artist who takes brain wave signals and turns them into inputs for CNC routers and 3D printers. The forms that result are material evidence of thoughts — literally “thought forms.” Don’t miss this chance to see Read more →
Florence Brammer is a visual artist and occasional performance artist. She recommends a trip to the Museum of Russian Art: “The huge woman with a red bandana and black work boots? I won’t be forgetting her soon,” a friend recently exclaimed about The Museum of Russian Art’s “Women in Soviet Art” exhibit. In the Read more →