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State of the Arts Blog

Late night Murakami in St. Paul

Late night Murakami in St. Paul

Some 50 people wandered through the door for the first Late Night Lit event at Common Good Books in search of copies of Haruki Murakami's new novel "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and his years of pilgrimage."
by Euan Kerr

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Fringe Festival sets new ticket sales record in 2014

Fringe Festival sets new ticket sales record in 2014

The 21st annual Minnesota Fringe Festival, which closed last night, set a new record for ticket sales. Over its 11-day run, the festival issued 50,226 tickets to 878 performances of 169 different shows. The previous record, set in 2010, was 50,222 tickets. Last year the Fringe issued 50,007 tickets to 895 performances of 176 shows.…
by Marianne Combs

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Ragamala Dance charms audience at Lincoln Center

Ragamala Dance charms audience at Lincoln Center

 Ragamala Dance has again impressed critics on the East Coast with its both precise and inspired Bharatanatyam, the classical South Indian dance style. This past Thursday the Minneapolis dance company performed for the first time at Lincoln Center Out of Doors. New York Times critic Siobhan Burke found the piece “Song of the Jasmine” —…
by Marianne Combs

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MIA presents seldom-seen masterworks

MIA presents seldom-seen masterworks

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts has more than 2,600 watercolors, drawings and pastels and in its collection, but they don’t often get to see the light of day. “Marks of Genius,” a new exhibition at the MIA, is part of an effort to get more of those works on the walls and in front of…
by Marianne Combs

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10 reviews from Fringe Central

10 reviews from Fringe Central

In what’s becoming an annual tradition, I stopped by the Crooked Pint in downtown Minneapolis Friday night to find out what shows are getting some buzz in this year’s Minnesota Fringe Festival. Once again, the Fringe appears to have it all, from body hair to blood baths. And it seems this year in particular, people…
by Marianne Combs

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