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Small theater, big impact: zAmya Theater Project tells stories drawn from real lifetime of homeless

Kris Jackson believes everyone should take care of their neighbors, homeless or not. Jackson and her daughter, Swazi, participated in zAmya Theater Project’s “A Prairie Homeless Companion” two years in a row. The show was created for the stage in...

Veteran actress and playwright thrives in Twin Cities theater scene

When Greta Oglesby’s phone rang this past fall, she wasn’t expecting it to be a couple of role. Nonetheless, just two days from the start of rehearsals, the Guthrie lost an actor of their upcoming “A Christmas Carol” show...

This updated ‘Peter Pan’ will still delight Ordway Music Theater audiences

Can “Peter Pan” be saved? In fact, the “boy who wouldn’t grow up” from J.M. Barrie’s 1904 play will inevitably triumph, but could the story itself fade from view, a victim of outdated stereotypes about women and indigenous people? Could...

Weekend picks: a ‘Latest Standards Holiday Show’ on the State; ‘Stories of the Lesser’ with Fox & Beggar Theater; and a brand new work...

"VANAHEIMR: Stories of the Lesser" The Fox & Beggar Theater Join to get Artscape in your inbox every Friday afternoon. Haven’t caught on to the vacation cheer yet? It is likely to be difficult to muster up what with war, inflation...

Musical theater review: A lot flavor to savor in History Theatre’s ‘I Am Betty’

“Know that Betty Crocker believes in you.” Those words emerged from radios throughout America within the Twenties, offering support to women discouraged at the standard of their cooking and baking skills. With Betty Crocker’s helpful suggestions, often isolated homemakers got...

‘Capri-ciate’ this landmark North Minneapolis theater this summer

Have you ever been to the Capri recently? If the reply is yes, you then’re probably planning your next visit. If the reply isn't any, then it’s time to get out your calendar and make a plan. Since its grand...

Drag performance in Minnesota theater from the Eighties through the Nineteen Twenties

Members of a Minnesota Elks Club able to perform in drag because the Flora Dora Girls, 1908. Courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society The language used to debate drag performance was mutable on the turn of the Twentieth century. The more...

In her debut play, ‘Muyehpen,’ the state’s only Karen theater artist explores certainly one of her culture’s most vital folktales

Ehkhudah Zar is the one skilled theater artist within the state from the Karen ethnic group — maybe even the world — and her debut play based on a cultural folktale is premiering this month in St. Paul. The Karen...

On the market: Dreamland Arts theater in St. Paul in addition to adjoining house connected by underground tunnel

On the market in St. Paul’s Midway — the 40-seat Dreamland Arts theater, in addition to the present owners’ adjoining single-family home connected by underground tunnel. Kristin Pickering, a broker with Pickering Realty, listed the 2 properties on the market...

Theater Review: ‘Diesel Heart’ Melvin Carter Jr. bio needs less history, more his story

Melvin Carter Jr. is greater than just the St. Paul mayor’s father. This child of the Rondo neighborhood has led a really interesting life, a story of redemption that’s led a St. Paul kid with a propensity for stepping...
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U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum seeks thirteenth term in rematch with May Lor Xiong in 4th District

Longtime St. Paul Democratic U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum is in search of one other term in Minnesota’s Fourth Congressional...
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Believed to have been the oldest working nurse in Minnesota, Joyce Gimmestad retired at 88. She reflects on 7 many years in healthcare

Joyce Gimmestad hoped to succeed in 90 before retiring from being a nurse. Still, she retired on June 22, at 88, attributable to a...

Family of 83-year-old St. Paul man killed in hit-and-run: ‘We’ll forgive you. … Please turn yourself in’

For 30 years, John Bidon took each day runs around Lake Phalen near his St. Paul home. He’d stretch it out to 5 miles...

Alemar Cheese, longtime Minnesota producer of soppy French-style cheeses, moves to California

Alemar Cheese, an award-winning creamery that’s been positioned on the Food Constructing in Northeast Minneapolis since 2019, has packed up and moved west. Founder Keith...

Federal civil case against Minnesota State Trooper Ryan Londregan dismissed

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