
A local instrumental and vocal ensemble loaded with talent, a one-of-a-kind Minneapolis comedienne, and immaculately clear images of urban decay, all were on the Art Hounds radar this week. Read more →
A local instrumental and vocal ensemble loaded with talent, a one-of-a-kind Minneapolis comedienne, and immaculately clear images of urban decay, all were on the Art Hounds radar this week. Read more →
This week, the emotional pull of puppetry in a Minneapolis garage, a revered Minnesota choreographer’s vision of hell, and the astonishing photographs of Vivian Maier. (Want to be an Art Hound? Sign up!) Minneapolis mosaicist Lisa Arnold explains why the photographs of Vivian Maier, a mid-20th century amateur artist whose voluminous body of work was Read more →
A deep, intimate, historical look at Siberia through photographs at the Weisman. Read more →
Hounds dig Theatre Latte Da’s “Cabaret”, a collection of meticulously stylized fashion photographs, and the majesty of the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra. Read more →
How many brilliant artists are lost to time, their work and talent never revealed to the public eye? Vivian Maier was almost one such artist. An introvert by nature who grew up partly in France and partly in the United States, Maier spent her adult life in Chicago as a nanny or “child nurse,” as Read more →
Steam rolls off the Mississippi River in the pale blue morning. A snowman is given a criminal air by the glare of car headlights. A Wallace Stevens poem struggles to emerge on the page of an under-inked typewriter. These are a few of the images — both photos and videos — that Minnesota photographer Alec Read more →
From Katie Kaufmann, actor and creator: My Favorite arts memory of 2013 was a play I saw at Pillsbury House and Theatre in Minneapolis: “The Road Weeps, The Well Runs Dry.” This show included all the things that make me love live theater. It was mythic, funny, educational, and heart-wrenching. Full of poetery and magic. Read more →
A one-man “Christmas Carol” in Mankato, a potent Minneapolis dance collaboration marks 20 years, and portraits and peace at the Southern Theater. Read more →
The hounds dig up Mall mysteries, Latino portraits and Mississippi River songs. Read more →
This week, a trilogy of plays casting Hindu gods into western culture, a group of emerging artists enraptured by human subjects, and a virtuoso klezmer clarinetist goes classical. Read more →