Tad Simons

Tad Simons

tsimons@mspmag.com

Arts and entertainment editor Tad Simons is an award-winning journalist whose writing on the local arts scene has appeared in the Twin Cities Reader, City Pages, St. Paul Pioneer Press, American Theatre magazine, BackStage, Variety and the Washington Post. Over his twenty-five-year career, Tad has covered theater, books, music, visual arts, dance, film, and performance art (including politics). Tad’s articles and essays on these and other subjects have won more than thirty local and national awards for editorial excellence.

Recent Articles by Tad Simons

Hang Time

Two of the most notorious incidents in Minnesota history provide the backdrop for books that grapple with our collective shame in very different ways.

Japanese Art

Arts of Japan: The John C. Weber Collection

John C. Weber's collection of Japanese art and artifacts is believed to be the most complete collection outside of the archipelago. The entire collection will be showing at the MIA February 24–May 25.

Laureanos

The Laureano Legacy

When the Laureanos took over the Minnesota Youth Symphonies in 1988, the program had dropped from 300 in the early 1980s to a mere 56 students. Now, more than 400 kids participate in MYS.

The New Guard

The New Guard

This year, an unprecedented transfer of power will take place in the Twin Cities arts community. But just who are these new leaders?

Robert Robinson

Robert Robinson

Robert Robinson used to sing with pianist Lorie Line. This year, Robinson returns with a holiday show featuring a nine-piece orchestra, as well as a new CD, Spirit of the Season.

Osmo Vänskä

The Hardest-Working Orchestra in America . . . and soon the Best?

Osmo Vänskä has extended his commitment to the Minnesota Orchestra through 2011, so the next three years are the ones in which we will see how far up the ladder of orchestral greatness Vänskä can climb.

Yo-Yo, Maybe?

Violinist Mark O’Connor and Friends are playing Orchestra Hall on November 11. Might one of O’Connor’s “friends” that day be Yo-Yo Ma?

Wagging the Dog

Wagging the Dog

What do Minnesota writers Kevin Kling, Patricia Hampl, and Winona LaDuke have in common? A passion for four-legged critters that bark, lick, and heel.

Ruth MacKenzie

Ruth MacKenzie

As part of the Nordic Roots Festival, Ruth MacKenzie performs a concert version of her popular show, Kalevela: Dream of the Salmon Maiden.

Andres Prado

Andrés Prado

Prado is one of those rare players who combines technical virtuosity with passionate phrasing and eclectic source material.

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