Opens tonight (Friday, July 22) at the Guthrie: “Disgraced.” Directed by Marcela Lorca, Ayad Akhtar’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play about racial prejudices continues the Guthrie’s exploration of race that began with Alice Childress’ “Trouble in Mind,” continues in its staging of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “South Pacific” (through Aug. May 13: Country singing star Suzy Bogguss. May 2: Minneapolis-based, dreamy indie-roots band The Pines.

April 25: Bill Frisell, who might play jazz or might not. (By then, she’ll be an ancient 25.) March 21: Indie-American singer-songwriter Pieta Brown.Īpril 8: American folk musician, guitarist and singer-songwriter David Wilcox. March 11: Singer, mandolinist and former child prodigy Sierra Hull. 25, 2017: jazz guitarist Julian Lage and bluegrass guitarist Chris Eldridge, a member of the Punch Brothers with new “A Prairie Home Companion” host Chris Thile.

24, 2017: Minneapolis-based Americana group Rogue Valley. 10: American roots legends Asleep at the Wheel celebrate the holidays. 5: Twin Cities Americana/folk group Romantica and Erik Koskinen. Paul singer-songwriter Nicholas David (“The Voice”). Hopkins Center for the Arts has announced a 2016-17 concert season that leans heavily toward roots and Americana, with one surprising exception: the Jack DeJohnette, Ravi Coltrane, Matthew Garrison trio, due here Feb. Hopkins Center to host Jack DeJohnette Trio The CD will be officially out in Europe on July 31, just in time for the orchestra’s European tour. Irreplaceable.” Malcom Hayes of the BBC Music Magazine gave the recording five stars and called it “stellar league Sibelius.”

The Sunday Times’ Hugh Canning made it his Album of the Week and wrote, “With these recordings, Vänskä confirms his status as our greatest living Sibelian. 3, 6, 7,” the final disc in the Sibelius Cycle from Osmo Vänskä and the Minnesota Orchestra, recorded at Orchestra Hall in mid-2015 by the Swedish label BIS. 14 (no fair!), but British reviewers are already raving about “Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. It won’t be released in the States until Oct. Praise for the Minnesota Orchestra’s new Sibelius Cycle recording Reservations are available online, or call the box office: 61, toll-free 877-44-STAGE. in the Dowling Studio (the Level Nine theater). Haj said in a statement, “In a gathering as a staff to discuss how we might be most useful to our community in these uncertain times, Carlyle’s performance quickly rose to the surface.”Īug. A performance that riffs on the roots of American racism and its consequences for all of us.” Brown, a core writer at the Playwrights’ Center, described the 60-minute piece as “part spoken word, part stand-up comedy, part TED Talk. In early August, the Guthrie will use some of its $1 million Mellon grant to hold two free public performances of Carlyle Brown’s solo project, “Acting Black,” each followed by a discussion with the audience.

The goal, in his words: to “create a safe place for our community to have a meaningful dialogue where we can heal and grow and understand.” Announcing the Guthrie’s new Level Nine Initiative in April, Artistic Director Joe Haj promised “happenings” – periodic events in response to events in Minnesota and the world.

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