‘Washita Love Child’ remembers Indigenous guitarist Jesse Ed Davis’ prolific music career
Indigenous guitarist Jesse Ed Davis played alongside iconic musicians in the 1970s and 1980s. His life, career and ancestors are remembered in a recent book by author Douglas Miller.
Photos: Minnesota theater marquees shine with lights, neon, action
In towns large and small across Minnesota, the bright, ornate marquees of historic theaters still beckon passersby to purchase tickets for a movie, concert or play. Here’s a look at some of the remaining beauties.
‘Crime of the century’ exhibit at Little Falls museum explores impacts of Lindbergh kidnapping
War and healing, celebrating human creativity and a theatrical take on Virginia Woolf
Art hounds recommend a multimedia exhibition grappling with war and healing, an art-and-music night focused on human creativity over AI and a theatrical meditation on identity and gender, co-created by a Minneapolis father-daughter duo.
ARTS EVENTS
‘the oldest deer – the longest path – the highest bough’
May 30–31 — Off-Leash Area presents a supernatural play. In its 36th original work, the Minneapolis-based company tells the story of a ghostly herd of deer that emerges at the edge of a forest, leading to a mythical border-crossing.
The show fuses world mythology, immersive projection art and physical performance. It features an original score, live animated set design and integrated captions.
The piece will be performed twice at the Barbara B. Barker Center for Dance in Minneapolis.
‘Enmity and Empathy’
May 31 — A new book from the Minnesota Historical Society Press will celebrate its publication this Saturday “Enmity and Empathy: Japanese Americans in Minnesota” by Ka Wong, draws on interviews and archival records to explore wartime relocations to Minnesota. The book weaves personal interviews and archival sources to tell the story of relocating to Minnesota during wartime.
Not only is this book packed with intimate stories of community and identity, it is also incredibly timely as conversations around belonging come into focus. Wong includes the experiences of students, young people training at the Military Intelligence Service Language School (MISLS) and people who served in hospitals.
A poignant detail: the event takes place Saturday in the very building where some MISLS students once lived at Fort Snelling.
“It’s a long journey being an opera singer,” Swanson says. “The Met debut has been a dream come true.”
Swanson began singing at Trinity Lutheran Church in Stillwater. He credits high school voice teacher Obed Floan — now director of the St. Croix Valley Opera — for steering him toward opera.
The next performance is May 31, which will also be his debut for “The Met: Live in HD,” which means the opera will screen in cinemas nationwide, including in Minnesota. “I have a big group going to the Marcus Oakdale theater on Saturday,” Swanson says.
