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Polly Carl is one of those few people who loves to stay awake at night thinking about their job—in her case, producing artistic director at The Playwrights’ Center.
October 2008
by Max Sparber
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Inventive director Jon Ferguson is helping revitalize the Southern Theater after the controversial dismissal of the venue's longtime artistic leader last summer.
June 2009
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Daniel Slager left a high-powered position in New York publishing to become editor in chief of Milkweed Editions. Even his big-city colleagues agree it was a smart move.
May 2009
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Dessa Darling studies philosophy, raps in the acclaimed local music collective Doomtree, and teaches music composition at McNally Smith. But what she really wants to do is write essays—like the ones in her new book.
February 2009
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This Guthrie-audience favorite has become one of the busiest—and best—actors in town.
December 2008
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Tom Hoch has turned Hennepin Avenue into a hotspot of Broadway shows, big-name concerts, and nationally acclaimed comedians—and he's not done yet.
November 2008
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Ex-First Ave. booker Steve McClellan is back and giving new bands a leg up in the music industry.
August 2008
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George Slade’s “jack-of-many-institutions” approach has placed him in the center of the local photography boom.
June 2008
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Cultural fusion and fierce dancing help bring Ragamala Music and Dance Theater’s style to life.
May 2008
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For the past thirteen years, Barbara Brooks has transformed the Minnesota Jewish Theatre into one of the area's most reliably interesting small theater companies.
March 2008
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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.
February 2008
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The man responsible for
scouring the planet to find artists who are
sufficiently "out there" to merit an
invitation to Out There is Philip
Bither, William Nadine McGuire senior curator
for performing arts.
January 2008
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For Patricia Mitchell, new president and CEO of
the Ordway Center for
the Performing Arts, returning to Minnesota was something
of a
homecoming.
December 2007
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The busiest man in local theater is getting
busier.
November 2007
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Frank Theatre artistic director Wendy Knox has been doing things her way for eighteen years, and she isn’t about to stop now.
October 2007
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Eighteen years after the demise of Hüsker Dü,
bassist Greg Norton is back with a new band, a new sound, and the same old
mustache.
August 2007
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One man’s relentless effort to turn his entire life into a work of art.
July 2007
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St. Paul–based Mint Condition isn’t your
run-of-the-mill international
R & B superstar ensemble.
June 2007
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Northside
artists are giving kids tools to create art and craft their lives.
May 2007
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The
Cedar’s Bill Kubeczko provides a home away from home for the world’s music.
April 2007
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Rick
Shiomi has guided Mu Performing Arts from fledgling to foremost in the
Midwest.
March 2007
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