Queering the Tarot: King of Swords
Contrary to the Queen of Swords, the King is often seen as lacking compassion. This is is someone so intellectually driven, they can only see that their way is the right way. This is someone so eager...
View ArticleArt Shanties, a unique winter event with lots of queer artists
Twenty-one teams of visual artists, fifteen groups of performing artists and one frozen lake are teaming up for another great year of the Art Shanty Projects starting on January 20th at Bde Unma lake,...
View ArticleSpotlight on the Arts: Gabriela Santiago
On February 16th and 17th, Patrick’s Cabaret and Gabriela Santiago take over Strike Theater with Revolutionary Jetpacks: Reclaiming the Future(s), a guaranteed fabulous night of drag, hip-hop and...
View ArticleCardboard Piano brings story of gay Ugandans to the stage
Cardboard Piano by Hansol Jung at Park Square Theater has a lot going for it. Stellar performances make the theatre vibrate with emotion and energy as Ansa Akyea, Kiara Jovanne, Adelin Phelps, and...
View ArticleQueer Arts Calendar: Theatre, shanties, and pirates this February
We are jumping into month two of 2018 with plenty of great art to keep us company this February whether we are single, not single, or somewhere in between this Valentine’s Day season. February and...
View ArticleLast Chance: Don’t Miss Patrick’s Cabaret’s Sunset Season
In so many ways, Patrick’s Cabaret is the heart and soul of the queer arts community in the Twin Cities. This queer led organization consistently produces events by and for artists living on the edge...
View ArticleQueering the Tarot: Ace of Pentacles
As we continue journeying through the Tarot with the explicit purpose of queering it, we enter the Pentacles. I didn’t connect with Pentacles for a long time. It felt like this suit was so much about...
View ArticleGadfly Theatre presents the Children’s Play
Gadfly Theatre Productions is bringing the Children’s Play to the Phoenix Theater on Friday, March 2. Created by Sami Pfeffer, the play follows a being called Prince of Oceans and their interactions...
View ArticleThis March Don’t Miss Female Warriors & Writers (Among Countless Others!)
The ice is melting, and though it is Minnesota and it may come again, everyone is starting to feel hopeful that Spring is in the air and we are moving into warmer times. Helping us feel all warm and...
View ArticleQueering the Tarot: Two of Pentacles
This card of balance and fluctuation is a necessary evil in our Earthly journey. If the Ace promises news and growth, the Two reminds us that life is still life. That brilliant business adventure will...
View ArticleMother Goose’s Bedtime Stories: A Taste of What’s to Come
Queer artists in the Twin Cities are all too familiar with the critical dearth of affordable, accessible space to develop and showcase the radical work that is our trademark. As we are pushed to the...
View Article“Indecent” Brings Issues of Censorship and Anti-Semitism Center Stage
Paula Vogel’s Indecent is a very good play, and the Guthrie’s production is top notch. This Pulitzer Prize winning play is based on a true story about censorship and brilliantly ties together the way...
View ArticleLightning Rod is Back At Patrick’s Cabaret This March Only
Last year Patrick’s Cabaret took their already radical mission and added a unique spin on flash theatre to their mix, creating a night of pressing and important theater. Lightning Rod was a magical...
View ArticleApril Showers Bring…Mermaids! (Among Other Queer Arts Magic)
April is upon us and once again Spring’s sense of joy and renewal brings us some really, beautiful solid options for queer and queer led art and entertainment throughout the month. Plays about...
View ArticleQueering the Tarot: The Three of Pentacles
The Three of Pentacles is a tarot card that show up to assure us that step by step methods of gain pay off. It’s a card where collaboration is queen. It’s a card where slow and steady really, really...
View ArticleMinneapolist St. Paul International Film Festival Brings Queer Content to the...
The Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival (MSPIFF) does a wonderful job annually of bringing the best and brightest in independent and foreign film to the Twin Cities, right at St. Anthony...
View ArticleA Different Kind of Intimacy Comes to the Walker
Many of us remember the ‘80s and ‘90s as being a time of hilariously bad (but comforting) clothes, music, and TV shows. It’s easy to forget through rose colored nostalgia glasses that these were also...
View ArticleUprising Theatre Company’s Twisted Deaths Tackles Death Head-on
“I just want to live my life and die my death.” -Ryan Brown in Twisted Deaths In the interest of full disclosure, I’ll start by saying that I’m a deathworker. Part of my spiritual work is helping...
View ArticleQueering the Tarot: The Four of Pentacles
The Four of Pentacles denotes success, but it’s one I’ve always had a hard time connecting with. The figure pictured in a traditional Rider Waite tarot deck is holding on to his coins tightly, refusing...
View ArticlePolicy and Laughter Blend Beautifully With The Theater of Public Policy
If you’ve never been to a show at the Theater of Public Policy, you should go–soon. This part Town Hall, party comedy show brings conversations about government, policy, and reform to Bryant-Lake Bowl...
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