Art Hounds
Each week three people from the Minnesota arts community talk about a performance, opening, or event they're excited to see or want others to check out.
Episodes
From MPR News, Art Hounds are members of the Minnesota arts community who look beyond their own work to highlight what’s exciting in local art.
Want to be an Art Hound? Submit here.
An ice-fishing comedy at Commonweal in Lanesboro
It's an all-theater Art Hounds this week. Let's start with Commonweal Theatre in Lanesboro, which opens "Eelpout," writ...
From MPR News, Art Hounds are members of the Minnesota arts community who look beyond their own work to highlight what’s exciting in local art. Their recommendations are lightly edited from the audio heard in the player above.
Want to be an Art Hound? Submit here.
A Teen Musical in the 4-H Building
Erik Ostrom of Minneapolis is an improviser, composer and musicia...
From MPR News, Art Hounds are members of the Minnesota arts community who look beyond their own work to highlight what’s exciting in local art.
Want to be an Art Hound? Submit here.
Austin ArtWorks Festival brings visual art, music, books and film downtown
Gretchen Ramlo has been involved with the Austin ArtWorks Festiva...
From MPR News, Art Hounds are members of the Minnesota arts community who look beyond their own work to highlight what’s exciting in local art.
Want to be an Art Hound? Submit here.
A twilight circus takes over Raspberry Island
Erinn Liebhard, artistic and executive director of Rhythmically Speaking, is looking forward to a one-night-only circus and cab...
This week, Art Hounds is devoted to the Minnesota Fringe Festival. More than 100 individual plays will run on stages across Minneapolis Thursday through August. Fringe is the largest non-juried theater festival in the U.S.; amateur and professional theater makers alike pitch shows that are chosen by lottery. Each show must be fewer than 60 minutes, and there are up to seven slots a day for shows to run.
For many, it's the wild ...
From MPR News, Art Hounds are members of the Minnesota arts community who look beyond their own work to highlight what’s exciting in local art.
Want to be an Art Hound? Submit here.
A world-class music festival in the Brainerd Lakes
Hedy Holmberg spends the summers by Bay Lake in the Brainerd Lakes Region. In the past five years, she's been attendi...
From MPR News, Art Hounds are members of the Minnesota arts community who look beyond their own work to highlight what’s exciting in local art.
Want to be an Art Hound? Submit here.
Wheel Appeal
Lorrie Kummeth of Maple Grove has been attending the Minnesota Pottery Festival in Hutchinson for the last five years and says it's always a fun event. The festival runs Saturday, July 25 from ...
'As You Like It’ puts Shakespeare to music in Grand Marais
Scotty Reynolds, producing artistic director of Mixed Precipitation, is shining a light on the Grand Marais Playhouse. The theater is staging a musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s “As You Like It" this summer.
Music and lyrics are by Shaina Taub, the creator of the...
From MPR News, Art Hounds are members of the Minnesota arts community who look beyond their own work to highlight what’s exciting in local art.
Want to be an Art Hound? Submit here.
Experience immersive audio story walks on the North Shore
Art enthusiast Erin Walsh of Minneapolis is looking forward to heading to the North Shore this weekend t...
From MPR News, Art Hounds are members of the Minnesota arts community who look beyond their own work to highlight what’s exciting in local art.
Want to be an Art Hound? Submit here.
A sprawling surrealist exhibit
Twin Cities painter David Amdur recommends seeing "The Internal Affairs of Mr. Invincible," an exhibition of more than 100 mixed-media drawings by Lou Ferre...
From MPR News, Art Hounds are members of the Minnesota arts community who look beyond their own work to highlight what’s exciting in local art. Their recommendations are lightly edited from the audio heard in the player above.
Want to be an Art Hound? Submit here.
1967: Summer of Love
“Summer of Love-In,” presented by Adventures in Hostessville at the Hive Collect...
From MPR News, Art Hounds are members of the Minnesota arts community who look beyond their own work to highlight what’s exciting in local art. Their recommendations are lightly edited from the audio heard in the player above.
Want to be an Art Hound? Submit here.
West African Drum & Dance Conference
Joshua Gillespie, a Minneapolis drummer and storyteller wh...
From MPR News, Art Hounds are members of the Minnesota arts community who look beyond their own work to highlight what’s exciting in local art. Their recommendations are lightly edited from the audio heard in the player above.
Want to be an Art Hound? Submit here.
Six new plays from Arab American Theaterworks
Deborah Copperud of Minneapolis hosts the podc...
From MPR News, Art Hounds are members of the Minnesota arts community who look beyond their own work to highlight what’s exciting in local art. Their recommendations are lightly edited from the audio heard in the player above.
Want to be an Art Hound? Submit here.
A new professional concert band
Ross Wolf of Minneapolis is a band director at Spring Lake Park High Schoo...
From MPR News, Art Hounds are members of the Minnesota arts community who look beyond their own work to highlight what’s exciting in local art. Their recommendations are lightly edited from the audio heard in the player above.
Want to be an Art Hound? Submit here.
Alight-a-Whirl
It’s Art-a-Whirl weekend! The Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association (NEMAA) puts on the annual celebr...
From MPR News, Art Hounds are members of the Minnesota arts community who look beyond their own work to highlight what’s exciting in local art. Their recommendations are lightly edited from the audio heard in the player above.
Want to be an Art Hound? Submit here.
WideSpot Performing Arts Center
Shaun Duvall of Wabasha recommends a great opportunity for live music in h...
From MPR News, Art Hounds are members of the Minnesota arts community who look beyond their own work to highlight what’s exciting in local art. Their recommendations are lightly edited from the audio heard in the player above.
Want to be an Art Hound? Submit here.
Strange Loop Project’s ‘Fresh Baked’
Anna Pinault is a danc...
From MPR News, Art Hounds are members of the Minnesota arts community who look beyond their own work to highlight what’s exciting in local art. Their recommendations are lightly edited from the audio heard in the player above.
Want to be an Art Hound? Submit here.
A classic story returns to the stage
Juanita Vang is co-executive director at the Southeast Asian Dia...
From MPR News, Art Hounds are members of the Minnesota arts community who look beyond their own work to highlight what’s exciting in local art. Their recommendations are lightly edited from the audio heard in the player above.
Want to be an Art Hound? Submit here.
A puppet rock opera returns
Azure Anderson of St. Paul is an artist, musician, and podcaster, and she’s ...
From MPR News, Art Hounds are members of the Minnesota arts community who look beyond their own work to highlight what’s exciting in local art. Their recommendations are lightly edited from the audio heard in the player above.
Want to be an Art Hound? Submit here.
A rarely staged musical comedy
Christine Sweet, a retired classical music radio host in St. Paul, is lookin...
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