What needs to change on the Minnesota arts scene? Artists and leaders weigh in
Here's what Twin Cities movers and makers told us.
Rob Dobi • Special to the Star Tribune
Rob Dobi • Special to the Star Tribune
Fall arts
The changemakers
Change is in the air as Minnesota arts troupes open the curtain on their 2019-20 season, and we’re not talking about the weather. Meet 10 women who are transforming what we’ll see this fall on stage, screen, bookshelves and gallery walls. Join a discussion about how our scene could be stronger. And fill up your own fall calendar with the 100-plus shows highlighted in these pages.
The changemakers
Change is in the air as Minnesota arts troupes open the curtain on their 2019-20 season, and we’re not talking about the weather. Meet 10 women who are transforming what we’ll see this fall on stage, screen, bookshelves and gallery walls. Join a discussion about how our scene could be stronger. And fill up your own fall calendar with the 100-plus shows highlighted in these pages.
Minneapolis team is changing museums from the inside out
A homegrown project at Minneapolis Institute of Art has spread nationwide — and beyond — as museums confront their colonial past.
Minnesota artist's novel about queer black teens is one of fall's hottest books
After puppets and poetry, theater and film, artist Junauda Petrus is releasing her first young adult novel about two queer, black teenagers.
Changing the color of opera is the goal of Minnesota Opera's new leader
A singer herself, Minnesota Opera's Priti Gandhi sees diversity as a way to "open people's imaginations" — not to mention a matter of survival.
Twin Cities curator Maia Maiden brings hip-hop dance to a bigger stage at the Ordway
With "Rooted," Maia Maiden sought to create a dance showcase for artists of color. Now it's the heart of a weekend-long fest at the Ordway.
10 great events for families in the Twin Cities this fall
The mother of all corn mazes just got bigger; plus visits from Elmo and Baby Shark, and a host of harvest-themed activities.
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Crystal theater wants to give more jobs to women, and pay them fairly
Theatre Elision specializes in offbeat musicals with female characters.
Why Tiffany Haddish and Tracy Morgan are singing the praises of former Minnesotan Tracey Ashley
Big names in entertainment are calling sitcom writer Tracey Ashley one of the smartest voices in comedy. But Minnesotans already knew that.
He's been dead 16 years but Mister Rogers remains force for change, director says
Mister Rogers is back in the neighborhood, with Tom Hanks in the role. Director Marielle Heller thinks we need the TV legend more than ever.