Arts Coverage of cool or newsworthy things geeks are doing in theatre, film, music, visual arts, and other artistic mediums with an emphasis of focus on the local MN scene.
Coverage of cool or newsworthy things geeks are doing in theatre, film, music, visual arts, and other artistic mediums with an emphasis of focus on the local MN scene.
Sep 30 2026
They Might Be Giants Are Playing Four Twin Cities Shows in a Row This Week
With a songbook that includes many geektastic classics—including “Particle Man,” “Why Does the Sun Shine? (The Sun Is a Mass of Incandescent Gas),” their memorable cover of “Istanbul (Not Constantinople),” and “Birdhouse in Your Soul”—They Might Be Giants’ upcoming shows should certainly…
Sep 23 2026
Exploring Vintage Worldbuilding in “Poster Art of the Soviet Era” at Minneapolis’s Museum of Russian Art
You expect a fine art museum to offer historical inspiration, but it’s an entirely different thrill to walk into a gallery and realize you are looking at the direct blueprint for modern graphic novels and interactive worldbuilding. Local geeks looking for a master class in visual storytelling need…
Sep 09 2026
“Pinocchio” Opens the Season at the Children’s Theatre Company
For the first show of its 2026–2027 season, the Children’s Theatre Company is bringing Pinocchio to the stage. Adapted by Greg Banks from the 1883 Carlo Collodi novel, Pinocchio tells the story of a living marionette puppet, carved from wood by the craftsman Geppetto, who goes on a series of…
Sep 05 2026
Minnesota Filmmaker Yasmin Yassin Bridges Science, Culture, and Art in “Woman Land”
If you attended the 2026 Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival, among the many films on offer—both short and feature-length, from a wide array of genres and perspectives—you may have encountered the locally made narrative short Woman Land. Prior to making its local debut at the festival,…
Aug 28 2026
Bizhiki Provides a Soundscape for the Natural World at the Walker Art Center
On August 20, the Walker Art Center presented the 2026 installment of its Sound for Silents film screening series. These events combine live musical performances with films from the Walker’s Ruben/Bentson Moving Image Collection as well as contemporary motion picture work. This edition featured…
Aug 13 2026
“Therapist Zero” Is a Father-Daughter Story About “Dysfunction and Trying to Fit In”
As part of the Minnesota Fringe Festival, the Southern Theater in Minneapolis is currently hosting Brian Leonard’s Therapist Zero, a one-man dark comedy show described as centering on “broken parents, failed therapists, and the art of getting it right.”
In Therapist Zero, Leonard…
Aug 10 2026
Comedian and Advocate Kaytlin Bailey Wants to Make the History of Sex Work “Willfully, Deliberately Accessible”
Kaytlin Bailey’s one-woman show, The Oldest Profession, is billed as “a mad dash through 10,000 years of history from a sex worker’s perspective.” Bailey’s experience as a sex worker and sex work advocate, and more recently as a podcaster and stand-up comic, has given her a well-rounded perspective…
Aug 08 2026
Joseph Scrimshaw on Bringing His Minnesota Indie Horror Film to the Masses
Dead Media, the debut feature from Minnesota-born writer/director Joseph Scrimshaw, premiered in October 2025 at Minneapolis’s Parkway Theater. Since then, it has secured a deal for distribution and is returning to Minnesota on August 18 as part of the Bonus Features Tour, a national roadshow…
Jul 22 2026
Boiled in Lead, Minneapolis Punk-Folk Icons, Are Playing a Halloween Show at Crooners
Editor’s note: This show was originally scheduled for July 26. The headline and the information below have been updated to reflect the new date.
Legendary Celtic punk band Boiled in Lead—who released their 12th album, King of the Dogwoods, in March—are coming to the Crooners Supper Club stage…
Jul 21 2026
Minneapolis Cartoonist Trung Le Nguyen on His Creative Process and the Power of Fairy Tales
Minneapolis-based comics creator Trung Le Nguyen (also known online as Trungles) loves a good story, both as a fan and as a creator. He works through them the way a watchmaker studies a timepiece: flipping it over, popping off the back, examining how the gears mesh, trying to understand precisely what…