Miracle Mass fuses music, faith, gay identity
Miracle Mass starring renowned pianist and composer Stephen Hough (who’s also a MacArthur Genius Grant recipient!) and local acclaimed choral group VocalEssence bring classical music and modern...
View ArticlePrometheus Bound Brings Stunning Visuals and Lots of Heart to the Phoenix
Uprising Theatre Company, who I’ve previously covered at The Column here and here, have primarily produced new work with often silenced voices at the helm. I was intrigued when I heard they would be...
View Article‘We Are the Levinsons’ misses the mark on much, including transgender...
Several months ago, I was very excited to hear that the Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company had selected a show about “love and acceptance” featuring a trans woman of color as a character. The company...
View ArticleQueering the Tarot: the King of Wands
In the first deck I ever truly learned tarot on, the King of Wands sits on his throne looking excited, determined, and kind. This kindness, which is actually not as common in other decks, has colored...
View Article20% Theatre Company’s Q-Stages is bringing queerness, quirk, and…otters? to...
20% Theatre Company is back starting this weekend with their annual Q-Stage performances, four shows over two weekends that allow emerging queer artists and well-known LGBTQ+ names alike to create...
View ArticleDeviance Shines a Spotlight On Trans and Masculine Performers
The Twin Cities LGBTQ+ arts scene is so full of vibrant talent and is so varied in it’s performers that it’s easy to forget that our larger LGBTQ+ community is even more varied and that there are...
View ArticleTwin Cities Queer Arts Must-Sees: June 1st -16th
Given the plethora of amazing art in the Twin Cities (and often, surrounding suburbs) and ongoing events, The Column is cranking our Queer Arts Round-up back up. Obviously this can’t be a comprehensive...
View ArticleQueering the Tarot: The Two Through Four of Swords
Before the Suit of Wands came in and swept me up for this Queering the Tarot series, we discussed the Swords as a Suit: this is a group of cards that are concerned with balance, mental clarity, and...
View ArticleTwin Cities Queer Arts Must-Sees Pride Edition, June 16th -30th
Welcome back to the Queer Arts Calendar, our awesome round up of great Twin Cities arts events being produced, performed, or otherwise directly created by or of interest to LGBTQ+ artists and audiences...
View ArticleQueertopia 2017 brings queer underground to light
It’s a beautiful thing to enter an era when queer art has seemingly gone mainstream. Every single weekend without fail you can catch drag queens, queer burlesque artists, and music for LGBTQ+ people...
View ArticleTwin Cities Queer Arts Must-Sees for July
Welcome back to the Queer Arts Must Sees, The Column’s awesome monthly round up of great Twin Cities arts events being produced, performed, or directly created by or for LGBTQ+ artists and audiences....
View ArticleQueering the Tarot: The Five and Seven of Wands
Today here at “Queering the Tarot,” we’ve reached two of the hardest cards to face in the deck. The Five and Seven of Swords represent oppression both large scale and personal. They represent pain,...
View ArticleSpotlight on the Arts: Lyssa Sparrow
Storytelling is an incredibly underrated, almost underground artistic medium, and the storytelling community here in the Twin Cities is overflowing with LGBTQ+ artists aching to provide laughter and...
View ArticleDaddy: A Queer Variety Show and Dance Night
It would seem that Minneapolis is not lacking in inclusive queer night life; we have some of the best LGBTQ+ bars I have ever been too. We have several monthly dance nights like Grrrl Scout and Soul...
View ArticleTwin Cities Queer Arts Must-Sees for August 2017
Welcome back to the Queer Arts Must Sees, The Column’s awesome monthly round up of great Twin Cities arts events being produced, performed, or directly created by or for LGBTQ+ artists and audiences....
View ArticleQueering the Tarot: The Six of Swords
Last month’s inquiry into the Five and Seven of Swords got a little (necessarily) heavy. We touched on mental health, medically transitioning as a transgender person, and fighting intense battles in...
View ArticleNavigating the 2017 Minnesota Fringe Festival as a queer person
The Minnesota Fringe Festival is, in short, 167 plays, storytelling, dance, and variety shows that are an hour long or less stretched out over 13 days across multiple venues in the Twin Cities. It’s a...
View ArticleInnovative student group reimagines gay classic “Bent” by Martin Sherman
As our world descends slowly into chaos, I am continuously impressed by the progressive youth in their advocacy, activism, and their art. Few people can claim the dedication and heart that the youth of...
View ArticlePatrick’s Cabaret and charity foundation settle anti-LGBTQ discrimination...
Patrick’s Cabaret, a queer-led Twin Cities art organization, settled with the Laura Jane Musser Fund after Patrick’s Cabaret filed a complaint with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights alleging...
View ArticleQueering the Tarot: The Eight through Ten of Swords
The Swords are not our kindest suit, but they represent something even darker that a lot of us have trouble facing: our own shadow selves. This is apparent throughout the whole suit. Yes the Five and...
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