Northern Minnesota is under a new alert until Friday at 7 p.m.

MPR News helps you turn down the noise and build shared understanding. Turn up your support for this public resource and keep trusted journalism accessible to all. 

Turn Up Your Support

Performer Maria Bartholdi can't stop thinking about Theater Latte Da's production of 

 Bartholdi says she was blown away by the performances, and completely caught up in the spectacle of this glam rock musical and gender-bending love story. The show runs through May 5 at the Ritz Theater in Minneapolis.


Dancer and choreographer Jim Lieberthal makes a point of seeing Threads Dance Project's annual 

 He says it's an opportunity to see fresh and dynamic work by up-and-coming choreographers who are finding their own voice. Performances take place Friday and Saturday at the Cowles Center for Dance. 


History professor Colette Hyman is looking forward to seeing Sharon Mansur's 

 The event combines dance, visual art, food and dialogue inspired by Mansur's first trip to her ancestral home of Lebanon. Hyman, who has seen previous iterations of the work, is inspired by how it immerses the senses while also building cultural understanding. "Dreaming Under a Cedar Tree" takes place at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Page Theatre on the campus of St. Mary's University in Winona, Minn.

Correction (April 25, 2019): Sharon Mansur's name was misspelled in an earlier version of this story.

Marianne Combs

Author

Plus, Art Hounds recommend Threads Dance Project's "Tapestries" and Sharon Mansur's "Dreaming Under a Cedar Tree."

Art Hounds: 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch' rocks the Ritz Theater

Tyler Michaels King is Hedwig in 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch'

Art Hounds: 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch' rocks the Ritz Theater

Go Deeper.

Like this?