The O'Shaughnessy presents Raisin' Cane: A Harlem Renaissance Odyssey
raisincane_sized.jpgFri, 03/06/2015 - 7:30pmInspired by the classic 1923 Jean Toomer novel "Cane" and works by the musicians, composers, poets, and actors of the Harlem RenaissanceIn the American Black...
View ArticleThe Trylon
POINT(-93.230819 44.9431952) The Trylon Microcinema, a classic and independent movie theater located in Minneapolis' Longfellow neighborhood.3258 Minnehaha AvenueMinneapolis, MN 55406 (612) 424-5468...
View ArticleChart of the Day: Twin Cities Population (Age and Race) by 2040
Bill LindekeHere are some pie charts from the Met Council's 2040 plan, via this long Minnesota Monthly article on the future.Some of the highlights of the piece include more bikes, more old people,...
View ArticleHaptic Image Exhibition
smallwhiteeyegmk_web_377.jpgFri, 02/06/2015 (All day) - Sat, 03/14/2015 (All day)Waiting Room is pleased to announce Haptic Image, a group exhibition of recent work by Hartmut Austen, Katelyn Farstad,...
View Article"Best to Laugh" Book Reading & Author Signing
image.jpgWed, 02/11/2015 - 7:00pmNo one steps up to life’s banquet, holds out her tray, and orders, “Grief, please!” But as a child, Candy Pekkala was served a heaping helping of it. Every buffet line...
View ArticleHelp for working parents unites CDF-MN head Peggy Flanagan & Rep. Mary Franson
Sally Jo SorensenThat headline isn't clickbait satire.Rather, it's a reflection of the way in which the needs of working parents in Minnesota are drawing together one of the most progressive...
View ArticleLa Cage aux Folles
1417054948-la_cage_aux_folles_tickets.jpgp1 A boisterous and uplifting portrait of love in a nontraditional family, Tony Award-winning La Cage aux Folles has been one of Broadway's biggest hits for 30...
View ArticleMinnesota Magicians NAHL Hockey
1416425972-nhl_minnesota_magicians_tickets.jpgp1 The Minnesota Magicians are underway in their second year of action at Richfield Ice Arena. The Magicians are one of the most exciting junior hockey...
View ArticleThese Old Shoes
1415132040-these_old_shoes_tickets_temp.jpgp1 Fringe Festival favorites, the theater company known as Transatlantic Love Affair lands back at the Illusion Theater with its latest movement-based...
View ArticleJesters Comedy Improv
jesters-comedy-improv-920.jpgp1 In the same vein as the hit TV show Whose Line Is It Anyway? Jesters Comedy Improv features a hilarious troupe of off-the-cuff performers who'll do just about anything...
View ArticleF.O.B.
1421447492-freshofftheboat_tickets.jpgp1 Minneapolis' Mixed Blood Theatre transforms into a lively Chinese restaurant as Mu Performing Arts presents the Obie Award-winning Asian-American classic,...
View ArticleJared Sherlock: Magic-Comedy-Variety
1420769144-jared_sherlock_tickets.jpgp1 Never one to be stingy with the razzle-dazzle (much less the hocus-pocus), magician Jared Sherlock holds back nothing during an all-out evening of magic, comedy,...
View ArticleI and You by Lauren Gunderson
1422319839-i_and_you_tickets.jpgp1 Despite its reputation for yielding little more than sloppy lab reports and weird-looking poster projects, high school "group work" actually inspires meaningful -- if...
View ArticleShrek The Musical
1421106874-shrek_the_musical_tickets_2_.jpgp1 A jolly green giant sings a lot more than "Ho Ho Ho" in Shrek The Musical, the sensational stage adaptation of the Oscar-winning DreamWorks movie that's...
View ArticleTwerking Around the Christmas Tree
1412984923-twerking_around_the_christmas_tree_tickets.jpgp1 A holiday revue for those who tend to end up on the "naughty" list, Twerking Around the Christmas Tree is Brave New Workshop's 2014 edition...
View ArticleNoel Coward's Private Lives
1422318143-noel_cowards_private_lives_tickets.jpgp1 It only makes sense that Noel Coward saved his zestiest zingers and sharpest one-liners for Private Lives -- he always intended to star in the...
View Article"I Love Lucy: Live on Stage" at the State Theatre: It's Not That I Don't Love...
Maxwell Singer Even for all the cynicism that I can muster, I must say that I never expected to see a sitcom adapted to the stage. Perhaps a webcomic, snapchat or hour long television drama (CSI: Dead...
View ArticleResidents get on board for Penn Avenue redevelopment
Camden News As reported by the Camden News last summer, the Penn Avenue Community Works Project has a collaborative team comprised of Hennepin County, City of Minneapolis, and Metro Transit employees....
View ArticleSexual Violence Center heals wounds of ‘a rape culture’
Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder Small, quaint, intimate, private, relatable — words to describe the space and the open house held by the Sexual Violence Center in North Minneapolis. Annex Teen Clinic,...
View ArticleWho protects the protectors?
Minnesota Women’s Press A man and woman are in the car ahead, and the car has a veteran's license plate. Which one is the veteran?Most people would identify the man. But maybe this time it's the...
View Article