myron | April 28, 2011
There is a lot going on here this week. I highly recommend seeing Zenons concert (closes this weekend) if you have not seen it. Amazing! The dancers blew me away and the choreography is intriguing and artistic. Hard tickets to get so get em fast. Besides that, in the studio, Off-Leash Area has turned the [...]
myron | April 18, 2011
We just finished “Fashion Ball” and it was so much fun and a tremendous success, thanks to so many people. If you were here “wasn’t it fun?” if you were not here “so sorry you missed out”. Minneapolis has not been so fashion forward since the Golden (Purple) days of the 90′s.
So now, here are [...]
admin | April 12, 2011
An event to save the Michaels-Flaherty Homestead
Presented lovingly by family and friends
Afternoon Acoustic Show
1pm Joy Mudgett “Joyful Trumpets”
1:30pm Jim Layer/Specializing in the gentle vocal stylings of our past
2:30 Mary Stoyke and Will Agar
3:00 Drunk and Stupid (a duet)
Guest performances by: Mariah & Cheyanna Flaherty, Gretchen Christianson & Casey Jay
The Evening Performance
5:30 The Hun Yuckers and [...]
admin | April 6, 2011
Golden Nights on the Silver Screen
coming September 22 – October 2, 2011
presented by Cassandra and Jawaahir Dance Company
In the 1930s and ’40s, Cairo was the Hollywood of the Middle East. Join Cassandra and Jawaahir Dance Company as they transport you to Egypt’s glamorous golden age of cinema. Revel in all-new dances [...]
admin | March 15, 2011
Performing in the Ritz Studio
A collaboration creation of Zachary Crockett and Vanessa Voskuil, VOCA::Omni (Ritual #1) is an evening of live performances, dance, music, and visual splendor that explores themes of light and dark.
Nature hums with beauty and chaos.
Composed by Zachary Crockett
Choreography and Performances by Vanessa Voskuil
Sculptural Set Designs by David Mehrer
Music performed by Zachary Crockett, [...]
admin | January 19, 2011
Off-Leash Area presents Now Eye See You, Now Eye Don’t performing in the Ritz Studio
Sage and Ivey Award-winning dance and theatre company Off-Leash Area takes over the Ritz’s back studio and turns it into a multi-dimensional visual feast in a moving story about a painter who goes blind.
With a cast of thirteen dancers and actors, [...]
admin | September 20, 2010
Zenon Dance Company presents its 28th Spring Season!
BUY TICKETS>>
“Zenon Dance Company is a regional treasure. Elegant and assured…immensely versatile but inherently comic…intelligent and true.” City Pages
Zenon Dance Company, the modern- and jazz-dance repertory company renowned for its artistic virtuosity, emotional intelligence and inspired excellence, celebrates its 28th Spring Season for two weekends April 22-May 1 [...]
admin | September 20, 2010
Tom Thumb
By Hans Werner Henze
BUY TICKETS>>
This opera tells the story of Tom Thumb and how he leads his brothers out of the forest to find food and shelter, after being driven of their home by their poor parents and avoiding a series of mishaps. Referred to as “fairy tale music” by [...]
admin | June 30, 2010
BUY TICKETS>>
The Fashion Dolls’ second annual extravaganza. Fashion. Dance. Theater. A supermodel’s adventure. This springtime bash features styles from local tastemakers, saucy live dancing by the Dolls, and couture cocktails.
As the night kicks off, guests partake in signature cocktails, fabulous food and a unique silent auction in the charming lobby of the historic Ritz Theater. [...]
admin | May 6, 2010
Mu Performing Arts presents Little Shop of Horrors
book and lyrics by Howard Ashman, music by Alan Menken
based on the film by Roger Corman, screenplay by Charles Griffith
BUY TICKETS >>
Love, deception, murder, and aliens! The classic musical comedy has it all, and Mu serves it up with a new twist: an all Asian American cast. Down-and-out [...]
