A ‘Carmen’ for the Jazz Age

Dancers Rosa Prigan (above left) and Zoe Emilie Henrot (right) are featured in Ballet Co.Laboratory’s production of "Carmen in the 1920s." Pixel Dust Photography Ballet Co. transports Bizet’s heroine to 1920s Manhattan. Ballet Co.Laboratory will bring back Carmen in the…

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On the Town Briefly, May 17-June 4

Adam Qualls (foreground) stars as Jesse James in The Defeat of Jesse James. The time-warping, nail-biting, side-splitting musical tells of the courageous inhabitants of Northfield, Minnesota, who in 1876 stood up to the outlaw and his gang. Written by Jeffrey…

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The way we wore

Artist Olson’s life story is spun from the clothing that dressed her years.When Ramsey Hill artist Patricia Olson was going through her childhood home after the death of her parents, she found an unexpected gift. Her mother had carefully packed…

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On the Town Briefly, May 3, 2023

BooksNext Chapter Booksellers, 38 S. Snel­ling Ave., will host readings and discussions with author Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah and his debut novel, Chain-Gang All-Stars, at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 9; author Jim Landwehr and his memoir, At the Lake, 6 p.m.…

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Band of neighbors

Thirty years on, Lex-Ham ensemble is making beautiful music together. Music has a way of bringing people together, and playing music together in a band can take that relationship to a higher level. Those were Urban Landreman’s thoughts when he suggested…

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Art of engagement

Spring brings four weekends of open studio events in St. Paul. The Saint Paul Art Crawl has been a bridge between local artists and the community since 1991. Merriam Park artists Andrea Okeson and Anne Spooner and Highland Park artist…

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