Every year I visit the Walker Art Center’s annual Out There series…  And every year I leave with a plethora of exciting new ideas about performance art. The avant garde festival can be really intimidating for those who don’t see a lot of theater or prefer explicitly traditional forms of performance, but that’s exactly

This disaster minded drama features impeccable acting and a thoughtful plot   Photo by Dan Norman Art is supposed to reflect and explain the world around us, right? That said, with the political world in chaos these days it seems only natural that dystopian fiction and high drama should make

It’s a good thing I love being a Minnesotan, because I’m really becoming an expert in activities to do here.   Photo courtesy of Thrillist Close on the heels of my Thrillist roundup on best non-holiday related Minnesota activities, I’ve compiled a new roundup of more active hobbies to undertake

Representation has been an increasingly important theme in arts around the world lately. Uche Iroegbu Whether it’s melanizing the lily white world of superhero universes (here’s looking at you Black Panther) or shaking up the stale genre of rom coms (Crazy Rich Asians ruled the game this summer), groups that

What can I say about a show that’s been touring the country steadily for over 25 years? Photo by Matthew Murphy Probably simply that things haven’t changed all that much in the 150+ years since Les Miserables was first published. Photo by Matthew Murphy Anyone who isn’t familiar with Les

Whenever someone not from Minnesota comes to visit, I hear the pity in their voice when they talk about living here through the winter. Photo courtesy of Thrillist Inevitably something along the lines of “bUt HOW dO yoU sUrvIvE iT?!?” comes out of their mouths, and all I can do

Doesn’t #23 seem a little low on the ranking?   Photo courtesy of Thrillist How do the Twin Cities stack up when compared with our fellow American metropoles? Let me count the ways. Thrillist asked me to send in some suggestions for cliched sights in the Twin Cities worth their

How can you find a new way to indulge your love for Jane Austen?   Photo by Rich Ryan You took all the Buzzfeed quizzes about “Which Bennet are you?” and watched every Austen remake to be found thousands of times (here’s looking at you, Clueless). What’s left at this

Sometimes things are even better the second time around.   Photo by Dan Norman Anyone who knows me even mildly well knows that I am not a re-visitor of pretty much anything. Movies, books, plays – I am almost always a one and done. There are so many new-to-me pieces

I hate it when I’m late to the party…   Photo Courtesy of Genesia Williams But that was definitely the case at Waafrika last week. Unfortunately this little gem of a show is already closed – it was only on stage for a two week span – and I went