According to an article in the Huffington Post yesterday, Benedict Cumberbatch is scheduled to come to the Wizard World Minneapolis Comic Con in early May. It would be his first fan event appearance in the United States. Cumberbatch has enjoyed a sudden rise to celebrity status for his roles in Sherlock, Star Trek Into Darkness and Read more →
UPDATED at 5.30 with full management statement Save Our Symphony Minnesota, a group working to end the 15-month contract dispute that has brought the Minnesota Orchestra to a halt, is calling on the City of Minneapolis to assume control of the Orchestra Hall — and the Orchestra’s multi-million dollar endowment. In a letter to the Read more →
The Minneapolis band Greycoats just released a video for its song “Foshay,” dedicated to ‘the first skyscraper west of the Mississippi.’ Directed by local filmmaker Braden Lee, the video combines images of a ballet dancer in an abandoned warehouse, old film clips, and the signing of a ledger book. Greycoats’ Jon Reine sings the lyrics: Read more →
The Minneapolis City Council has approved a settlement agreement between the city, the Cultural Landscape Foundation and the Preservation Alliance of Minnesota over the fate of Peavey Plaza, the modernist public square situated next to Orchestra Hall. According to a statement released by the Preservation Alliance, the three parties “agree to work together on a Read more →
Six candidates for Minneapolis mayor recently sat down to share their views on making the arts a central part of community life — what artists call “creative placemaking.” They also spoke of the role of the arts in city leadership. Participating in the debate were: Hennepin County Board Chair Mark Andrew, former Minneapolis City Council Read more →
The new Orchestra Hall is ready for business — whenever that may be possible given the current lockout of musicians for the Minnesota Orchestra. Orchestra officials took media on a tour this morning to show off the results of the year-long $52 million renovation project. There’s a lot of change that is easy to see, Read more →
“The Argument” is Husker Du luminary Grant Hart’s latest project. Read more →
Have you ever had a day where it seemed everyone around you was in a bad mood? Or that the whole city was celebrating? Thanks to a new public art installation, Minneapolitans will be able to determine whether their hunch is correct. Meet MIMMI, a sort of illuminated “cloud” stationed over the Minneapolis Convention Center Read more →
Even an icon needs a little TLC every once in a while. Early birds walking around the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden this morning witnessed Tim Antilla giving a quick lick of paint to the spoon part of Claes Oldenburg’s iconic Spoonbridge and Cherry. According to our photographer Jennifer Simonson who took these pictures, you had to look quick Read more →
Joey the War Horse met the press this morning in the lobby of the Orpheum Theater in downtown Minneapolis. Joey is a full-sized horse made of cane and cloth who is controlled by three puppeteers who guide his every move. What is remarkable is that while those three humans are in plain sight, such is Read more →
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