Laughter, Falling Water and Time
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts. An imposing building of classical design on East Twenty-Fourth Street, between Stephens and Third Avenues houses a splendid collection of paintings, both ancient and modern, sculpture, period furniture, tapestries, prints and other objects of art. These are known throughout the country for their high quality. The Institute is open everyday … Read more
Theodore Wirth Pool is the scene each year of the beautiful water show “Aqua Follies,” featured Minneapolis Aquatennial attraction. This spectacle combines precision routine of the water ballet with stars of stage, concert and sport’s world. The Aqua Follies were a City of Lakes tradition for almost 25 years, making their big debut at the … Read more
The Saint Paul Pop Concerts are a regular summer series of unique entertainment, consisting of music by a symphony orchestra, soloists and choruses. and figure skating revues on an artificial ice rink. Performed in the arena of the Saint Paul Municipal Auditorium. Hot. Boy. it’s hot. A real scorcher. Worst summer in 20 years. You … Read more
In a nation noted for the number and the size of its auditoriums, Minneapolis today boasts the second largest completed auditorium in the United States. Minneapolis’ new civic center has a seating capacity of 10,545. The Cleveland auditorium, the largest completed structure of its kind in point of seating capacity, seats 11,200. A new auditorium … Read more
A story that stretches across the year I was born, wondering recklessly between historical fiction and psychedelic fantasy, populated with Rolling Stones, Syd Barrett, the Grateful Dead, David Bowie, Allen Ginsberg, an ancient soul and members of a somewhat supernatural sect of do-gooders. Utopia Avenue is the daydream of an unlikely rock band trying keep … Read more
Folks have been telling me to read this for years! Not that I’d try and sell you a book or anything, but have you picked this one up? One of the best works of American history I’ve ever encountered! Wilkerson not only explores the mess of our past, she weaves personal stories into a narrative … Read more
The finest dance hall on that side of the river was the Prom Ballroom. The St. Paul institution got off to a good start when it opened with a performance by Glenn Miller in 1941. The Prom played host to all sorts over the years. Count Basie, Buddy Holly, Lawrence Welk, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Cash … Read more
May Day Wishes by Lisa Bergin In Memory of Janet Johnson and all the times she told us she loved us. The world is quiet The world is bare. And all the creatures have all gone home They cannot come out and play But we will rise like blades of grass And we will … Read more
Levi, Samuel, and Jacob Shubert burst on to the New York theater scene at the turn of the century. Over the next twenty years the Shubert Brothers grew into the biggest theater owning and producing business in the nation. After Samuel Shubert was killed in a train wreck, the remaining brothers paid their respects by … Read more