One often hears it said that Cindy Sherman is one of the most influential and important artists working today. But until you see her work en totale—as it is being shown at the Walker Art Center in an extraordinary retrospective spanning 30 years of the artist’s career—it’s difficult to appreciate how much work Sherman…
One of the great things about crazy art installations is that they stretch your imagination more than your wallet. As in: Yeah, I could have thought of that, but even if I had, I wouldn’t have done it, because it would have been too time-consuming, expensive, difficult, aggravating, dangerous, or ridiculous (take…
An epic battle is being waged in Appomattox, Christopher Hampton’s new Civil War/civil-rights play, currently receiving its world premiere at The Guthrie Theater —but it’s not a fight between Yankee and Confederate soldiers.
No, the monumental struggle on display here is between the page and the stage, idea and execution, the desire for drama and the…
So, management at the Minnesota Orchestra has decided not to pay its musicians and to cancel concerts through Nov. 25 because the musicians will not accept a rather drastic reduction in pay, from an average of $135,000 down to $89,000—this while $50 million is going toward a redesign of Orchestra Hall and Peavey Plaza. Meanwhile, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra is playing under protest as…
The Guthrie Theater’s seven-week celebration of British playwright Christopher Hampton got off to a good-humored start on Friday night, what with both Twin Cities mayors—Rybak and Coleman—officially declaring Sept. 21 “Christopher Hampton Day,” and the first play of three, Tales of Hollywood, opening on the Wurtele Thrust stage.
If the name and play don’t ring a bell, rest assured that your cultural radar isn’t on…
Local environmental journalist William Souder’s latest book, On a Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson, was officially released yesterday (Tuesday, September 4.). To celebrate, a capacity crowd gathered at Open Book on Washington Avenue to hear Souder talk about Carson, his research, and the toxic cloud of fear, hysteria, and disinformation…
The last of the great 1970s bands—Crosby, Stills, and Nash—gave it their all for three hours at the Orpheum Monday, proving that it’s still possible to rock if your hair is white and most of the drugs—other than glucosamine and Celebrex— have been flushed from your system.
These days, David Crosby doesn’t look like a rock god; with his white mane and Wilford Brimley mustache…
Inside the L.A. offices of AEG, owners of The Brick, the Twin Cities’ newest and most disparaged concert venue, the mood was dark—as dark as Marilyn Manson’s lipstick. After a disastrous opening and an embarrassing run of shows that had to be outsourced to other clubs, the time had come to set things right—to do what needed to be done to salvage the company’s multi-million-dollar…
Ah, the 1980s. With so much going on during this tumultuous decade—dangerously big hair, Rubik’s Cube mania, the Milli Vanilli lip-synching scandal, the Cabbage Patch Doll craze—who knew there were so many serious artists thinking serious things and making art to address the utter artlessness of the 1980s?
Yet there they are, over at the Walker Art Center, more than 100 of them, in…
Congratulations to Live Nation for successfully pulling off (and putting on) the first-ever River’s Edge Music Festival this weekend. The headliners, Tool and Dave Matthews Band, were great. Getting to and from site was easy. And it was a picture-perfect weekend to boot—so here are some pictures:
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