The theater scene in the Twin Cities is constantly expanding, with new theater companies emerging at a rapid pace. At least once per week I get an e-mail or phone call from an artistic director, publicist...

T By Jennifer Schneider and Brianna Riplinger hese upcoming concerts were handpicked to satisfy your musical cravings from now through winter break.Friday, Dec. 13, 5:00 p.m. A Tribute to Dave Ray, featuring...

Sure, you probably already have plans for your month away from the hectic drudgery that defines our lives as college students. I, for one, plan to spend oodles of time getting reacquainted with one of...

The Twin Cities' theater scene definitely has a future, and with any luck Nathan Keepers will stick around for it. The actor has made himself known for his adept physicality in multiple roles at Theatre...

In support of her seventh album, "Scarlet's Walk," piano maven Tori Amos captivated a full audience at Northrop Auditorium on Saturday night. Backed by bassist Jon Evans and Matt Chamberlain on drums,...

Although 65-year-old jazz composer Andrew Hill says he feels "blessed to have a continuation with music," it is his listeners who are truly blessed. Since learning to play the piano at age 13, Hill has...

For me, the most loathsome, manipulative, slimy industry of them all has always been advertising. Between the pesky commercial breaks, I grew up watching Samantha's mean-spirited husband Darren on "Bewitched"...

From the dramatic surprise entrance (which we will not ruin for you) to the final curtain call, Miss Richfield 1981's holiday extravaganza takes the audience virtually everywhere except the land where...

It's a sad world we live in, and author Irvine Welsh is exceptionally gifted at unlocking the puzzle of that melancholy. Of course, there's plenty of depravity in his novels as well. Welsh's breakthrough...

Widely deemed to be ballet's greatest living choreographer, Yuri Grigorovich originally planned to stage his interpretation of "Swan Lake" for Moscow's Bolshoi Ballet in 1969. But the Soviet Minister of...