September Arts & Entertainment Picks

Arts editor Quinton Skinner picks this month's top cultural events

Why Belle Plaine’s Satanic Statue Got the Axe

A veterans’ monument proposed in the small town attracts picketing Christians, picnicking Satanists, and national attention

Baja Haus

Beachy, West Coast fare from the chef behind Sushi Fix

Should Boys Be Allowed to Participate in Dance Competitions?

They wouldn’t let him dance because of his gender. Now, this local teen’s fight poses big questions about arts participation

Novelist Richard Ford Comes to the Fitzgerald Theater

The novels of Richard Ford speak of hope and desolate places.

Guide to Twin Cities 2016 Holiday Shows

The best end-of-year performances encompassing local theater, song, dance, and comedy

Tee Time at Can Can Wonderland

Chris Pennington gives mini-golf an artful twist

The Weird World of Art Heists

Stolen sculptures, paintings, and public installations make for distressing, often unsolved crimes

Murder Mystery in Edina

Matt Goldman’s debut novel, Gone to Dust, sets a murder mystery in the tony first-ring suburb—spurring a ’hood-hopping investigation that brings the metro to life

Flannery O'Connor's “Wise Blood” at the Soap Factory

An art exhibit and play with a Southern Gothic spin