Fringe Festival
An 11-day free-for-all of more than 800 experimental performances. August 2–12, fringefestival.org
The Sunshine Boys
Neil Simon’s romp about a vaudeville duo that despises one another, at the Guthrie. July 7–September 2, guthrietheater.org
Waiting for Godot The Jungle tackles the most significant English-language play of the 20th Century. August 24–September 30, jungletheater.com Dan Savage: Savage Love Live The legendary sex-advice columnist performs at Pantages Theatre. June 22, hennepintheatretrust.org Roman Holiday The Guthrie’s take on the Audrey Hepburn classic. June 9–August 19, guthrietheater.org FELA! Direct-from-Broadway bio musical about Afro-beat legend Fela Anikulapo Kuti plays the Ordway. June 12–17, ordway.org Pippi Longstocking The Children’s Theatre Company’s uproarious tribute to the pig-tailed rabble-rouser. Through June 10, childrenstheatre.org Laughter on the 23rd Floor Neil Simon’s madcap play about a floundering 1950s comedy-variety television show, at Park Square. June 1–July 8, parksquaretheatre.org The Hollow Theatre in the Round tackles the quintessential Agatha Christie whodunit. Through June 24, theatreintheround.org Xanadu Chanhassen Dinner Theatre stages the roller disco epic. Opens June 1, chanhassendt.com Bonnie Raitt Country’s most famous redhead kicks off the State Fair’s Grand Stand series. August 23, mnstatefair.org Merle Haggard & Kris Kristofferson The elder statesmen of outlaw country bring the twang to the State Theatre. July 25, hennepintheatretrust.org The Shins James Mercer’s indie-rock outfit at the Orpheum. June 1, hennepintheatretrust.org Music in the Zoo The Minnesota Zoo welcomes huge names Feist, Jimmy Cliff, and Rufus Wainwright. June–August, mnzoo.com Twin Cities Jazz Festival Mears Park transforms into a haven for skit-skattin’ hepcats. June 28–30, hotsummerjazz.com River’s Edge Music Festival Tool and Dave Matthews Band headline the new Harriet Island fest. June 23–24, riversedgemusicfestival.com Basilica Block Party Train, Avett Brothers, and OAR headline Cities 97’s annual music fest. July 6–7, 2012 Bayfront Jam Music Festival Duluth hosts 90s throwback acts (Everclear, Sugar Ray, Gin Blossoms) and a Steve Martin bluegrass performance. August 4–5, bayfrontjam.com Aerosmith and Cheap Trick The classic-rock titans tag-team the Target Center. June 16, targetcenter.com Works for Words with Chris Koza Local lyricists Rogue Valley, Sims, and Caroline Smith examine the craft of songwriting. June 8, fitzgeraldtheater.publicradio.org Ten Second Film Festival The Soap Factory’s annual flash film fest. June 9, soapfactory.org Trylon Third Anniversary The third birthday features two Buster Keaton films and old-timey music by Dreamland Faces. July 20, take-up.org The Cabinet of Dr. CaligariThe Walker hosts an outdoor screening of the 1920 classic, with a live score. August 20, walkerart.org | Biff! Bam! Pow! Comic Book Movies! The Trylon dedicates two months to cult films based on comics. June–July, take-up.org Nights at The Heights The Heights Theatre presents monthly classics with live organ scores. June–July, heightstheater.com Ordway’s Summer Dance Series Free, open-to-all-dance lessons in Landmark Plaza. June–August, ordway.org/summerdance Gordon Parks: at 100 Weinstein Gallery celebrates the 100th birthday of the influential African American photographer. June 8, weinstein-gallery.com This Will Have Been: Art, Love & Politics in the 1980s A survey of Reagan-era art ruptures comes to the Walker. June 30, walkerart.org The Jealous Curator: Girl Crush Jennifer Davis helms this meet-up/tea party for female artists at Soo Visual Arts Center. June 23, soovac.org Rembrandt in America The MIA hosts the largest selection of Rembrandts ever assembled in America. June 24, artsmia.org Minouk Lim: Heat of Shadows Three large-scale video installations from under-the-radar Korean artist Minouk Lim. Opens May 31, walkerart.org FLOW Northside Arts Crawl A flurry of performance and installation art along West Broadway in North Minneapolis. July 28, flownorthside.org Triple Art Fair Weekend The Uptown, Powderhorn, and Loring art fairs open simultaneously. August 3–5 Drawings from the Bequest of Alfred Moir Rare Italian old-masters drawings at the MIA. Opens June 20, artsmia.org Stone Arch Bridge Festival |
