by Lianna Matt | Nov 16, 2017 | Blog Posts, Events, Music & Performing Arts, Tales From the Road
HOLIDAY DANCE ROUNDUPSometimes you don’t need words to spread the holiday spirit Photo by Игорь Головнёв/Fotolia By Lianna Matt No holiday dance is more classic than “The Nutcracker.” As Taylor Huber, executive director of Ballet Minnesota says, “Once you hear...
by Lianna Matt | Nov 8, 2017 | Blog Posts, Music & Performing Arts, Tales From the Road
HOLIDAY CONCERTS IN THE TWIN CITIESClassical, jazz, rock and more fill the air to get the Twin Cities in the holiday spirit Photo by viperagp/Fotolia By Lianna Matt There’s a reason that the Grinch’s heart grows three sizes when he hears the Who’s in...
by Lianna Matt | Oct 11, 2017 | Blog Posts, Music & Performing Arts, Tales From the Road, Theater
WATCH ON THE RHINELillian Hellman’s 1941 drama rings soundly in modern times as a portrait of family and responses to an unjust world All photos courtesy of the Guthrie Theater By Lianna Matt “Watch on the Rhine” takes place in one room, and it’s a beautiful one...
by Lianna Matt | Oct 4, 2017 | Blog Posts, Itineraries, Music & Performing Arts, Tales From the Road
SWING THAT SONGFive of our favorite jazz venues in Minneapolis and St. Paul Photo by Igor Normann/Fotolia By Lianna Matt It’s hard to pick out the sound of the city—especially when our metro is really two cities, Minneapolis and St. Paul, and both are bursting with...
by Lianna Matt | Sep 27, 2017 | Blog Posts, Music & Performing Arts, Tales From the Road, Theater
FAMILY MAKES YOU LAUGH AND CRY IN "MALA"Even if you’re the best caretaker for your mother, you can’t stop time Photo courtesy of kristian192/Fotolia By Lianna Matt “Mala” is not 80 minutes of monologue. It is commiserating with your best friend over hot...
by Lianna Matt | Sep 21, 2017 | Blog Posts, Music & Performing Arts, Tales From the Road, Theater
"ROMEO AND JULIET" FINDS LOVE AT THE GUTHRIEA healthy dose of comedy and innocent love brings this classic out of cynicism Photo by olgatroy1/Fotolia By Lianna Matt Skeptics (and even enthusiasts) of William Shakespeare’s tragedy “Romeo and Juliet” offer it up as one...
