May 2021
CHRIS BOHJALIAN
Please join us for a special event with Chris Bohjalian, the New York Times bestselling author of Midwives (a selection of Oprah’s Book Club), Trans-Sister Radio (a finalist for the…
Find out more »StoryFest 2021
If you ever wanted to learn how to create your own podcast or to write in rhyme, to shape a well-loved tale to its telling or collect community stories, Story…
Find out more »StoryFest 2021
If you ever wanted to learn how to create your own podcast or to write in rhyme, to shape a well-loved tale to its telling or collect community stories, Story…
Find out more »StoryFest 2021
If you ever wanted to learn how to create your own podcast or to write in rhyme, to shape a well-loved tale to its telling or collect community stories, Story…
Find out more »Jamie Barton, mezzo-soprano & Jake Heggie, piano – Virtual Concert
Schubert Club is proud to present critically acclaimed mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton in her International Artist series debut with nationally awarded composer and pianist Jake Heggie. Together, they will perform works…
Find out more »StoryFest 2021
If you ever wanted to learn how to create your own podcast or to write in rhyme, to shape a well-loved tale to its telling or collect community stories, Story…
Find out more »Contact Tracing: A Virtual Ritual
ABOUT THE RITUAL Stories and rituals help us through life’s most difficult moments. CONTACT TRACING is a new, interactive story-based ceremony that attempts to cross the distances between us and…
Find out more »Virtual Event: Musicians on the Rise – 2021 Winners Recital
Join us for the 2021 Virtual Winners Recital: Musicians on the Rise, celebrating the winners of the 98th Annual Schubert Club Bruce P. Carlson Student Scholarship Competition. This year’s competition…
Find out more »World Premiere – Short Film “Awakening” MSPIFF
MRAC Next Step Fund 2020 recipient Julie Koehnen's short film "Awakening" is set to premiere at the 40th Edition of the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival 2021. This year's…
Find out more »StoryFest 2021
If you ever wanted to learn how to create your own podcast or to write in rhyme, to shape a well-loved tale to its telling or collect community stories, Story…
Find out more »StoryFest 2021
If you ever wanted to learn how to create your own podcast or to write in rhyme, to shape a well-loved tale to its telling or collect community stories, Story…
Find out more »It Is Burning./ It Is Dreaming./ It Is Waking Up/: Poetry And Environmental Justice
Saturday, May 15 at 6pm CST, Zoom + Facebook Live Mizna is proud to present a reading exploring poetry and environmental justice featuring the powerful poets Samiya Bashir, Leila Chatti,…
Find out more »Monkey Mind Pirates: Quest for Calm
Turn your “Arghs” into “Oms” with this musical mindfulness adventure! Sail along with this epic tale of a sea captain navigating the stormy seas of stress in search of the…
Find out more »CHARLES BERNSTEIN with TONYA M. FOSTER
Join us for a conversation and reading with Charles Bernstein, to celebrate his new collection Topsy-Turvy (University of Chicago Press) —a book that speaks to our time of “covidity” in…
Find out more »The Garden: A Refuge – the Film, Free Opening Night Event
Join Storydance Theatre for the Opening Night of it's filmed version of The Garden: A Refuge. This Zoom Event will be a "Garden Party," so bring a drink of choice,…
Find out more »Cow Tipping Press, Xochi de La Luna, and Hammer Inc. present “Ya Mo Da La Va”: world premier of new writing and animations by artists with developmental disabilities!
On Facebook Live or at http://www.cowtippingpress.org Tune in for a world premier of live readings with Cow Tipping Press authors with developmental disabilities, featuring original neurodiverse animated shorts by Felix…
Find out more »An Evening with Composer-in-Residence deVon Russell Gray – Virtual Concert
This year’s Schubert Club Mix season will finish with a capstone performance from Schubert Club’s Composer-in-Residence, deVon Russell Gray. Program to be announced. Our virtual concerts are free to watch…
Find out more »Cassandra’s Zoom Dance Party
Cassandra is your DJ and dance inspiration for this Zoom Dance Party so grab your sparkly hip belt and join her for some at-home shimmy fun! Party begins on your…
Find out more »Accordo: Monday, May 24 – Virtual Concert
Accordo is a string ensemble composed of present and former principal string players of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and Minnesota Orchestra. The group has been named “Best Chamber Ensemble”…
Find out more »Artistic Directors Happy Hour
Artistic Directors of any performing arts organization are welcome to gather. No agenda; we’ll do a round of introductions at the top, and then open to conversation as initiated by…
Find out more »ADRIAN MATEJKA
Join us as we celebrate the launch of a new work by acclaimed poet Adrian Matejka! A collaboration of visual art and poetry inspired by two classic Funkadelic albums, Standing…
Find out more »ComMUSICation May Showcase
We would like to invite you all to an evening of music and art, featuring fabulous performances from our youth who, despite the challenges of being in choir during a…
Find out more »June 2021
CURTIS SITTENFELD
Join us for the book launch of the paperback edition of Rodham, the New York Times bestseller by Curtis Sittenfeld that the Washington Post called “fiction as therapy” and the…
Find out more »Cassandra’s Cabaret: Online June 12th
Cassandra's Cabaret LIVE on Zoom. Saturday, June 12, 2021 7:00pm CT Join Cassandra and fellow dancers Anjela, Emalee, Margo Abdo O'Dell, and Theresa for a fun night of dance, pretty…
Find out more »Cassandra’s Zoom Cabaret
Join Cassandra and fellow dancers Anjela, Emalee, Margo Abdo O’Dell, and Theresa for a fun night of dance, pretty costumes, and good music! Show begins on your screen at 7:00pm…
Find out more »ARTHUR SZE
Join us for a conversation and reading with Arthur Sze to celebrate his latest publication, a monumental New and Collected Poems called The Glass Constellation (Copper Canyon Press)—a triumph spanning…
Find out more »Trad Nation: an Author Talk and Panel Discussion with LGBTQ Musicians and Dancers
Join Dr. Tes Slominski for a discussion of her groundbreaking new book Trad Nation: Gender, Sexuality, and Race in Irish Traditional Music followed by a panel discussion with LGBTQ musicians…
Find out more »The Garden: A Refuge – the Film
STORYDANCE THEATRE PRESENTS: The Garden- A Refuge: The Film! Film available on Vimeo 6/26 -7/6 June 26, 7pm - film preview – virtual event A filmed play by Storydance theater…
Find out more »July 2021
Open Flow Virtual Meetup
Join fellow artists with and without disabilities at this monthly gathering to share art in an informal, supportive setting. Bring a sample of your writing, visual art, music, memoir, poetry,…
Find out more »The Garden: A Refuge – the Film, pay-as-able days
The Garden- A Refuge: The Film! A filmed play by Storydance theater Pay-as-able days July 4th and 5th The project is grounded in Earth-based creation, re-interpreting the story of Job…
Find out more »J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
Known for his groundbreaking work across television, comics, films, and more, award-winning and bestselling author J. Michael Straczynski joins us to celebrate the publication day of Together We Will Go…
Find out more »@ the Table: Disability Arts Feast
This summer, members of the AmeriCorps Community Technology Empowerment Project and the Minnesota Council on Disability are coming together to host a free, virtual, three day arts festival from July…
Find out more »2021 Virtual DisabiliTease Festival
The DisabiliTease Festival is a multi-day, multi-show festival that showcases burlesque, drag and cirque performers with both visible and invisible disabilities. Our second annual festival will take place virtually on…
Find out more »September 2021
The Place That Made You
The third play in our virtual 2021 play reading series The Place That Made You, by Darcy Parker Bruce, directed by Threshold’s Artistic Director Denzel Belin, available for streaming September…
Find out more »October 2021
Care Work Workshops
This Fall Heart of the Beast is launching free, virtual: Care Work Workshops based on Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha’s Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice. This dynamic book is illuminated by the…
Find out more »Kairos Alive! Dancing Heart™ Live
Dancing Heart Live™, is an engaging and inspiring research-based 2-way interactive “TV show.” It’s a mix between Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood, Reading Rainbow, Soul Train, Science Friday and Live From Lincoln…
Find out more »Care Work Workshops
This Fall Heart of the Beast is launching free, virtual: Care Work Workshops based on Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha’s Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice. This dynamic book is illuminated by the…
Find out more »Kairos Alive! Dancing Heart™ Live
Dancing Heart Live™, is an engaging and inspiring research-based 2-way interactive “TV show.” It’s a mix between Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood, Reading Rainbow, Soul Train, Science Friday and Live From Lincoln…
Find out more »Care Work Workshops
This Fall Heart of the Beast is launching free, virtual: Care Work Workshops based on Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha’s Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice. This dynamic book is illuminated by the…
Find out more »Kairos Alive! Dancing Heart™ Live
Dancing Heart Live™, is an engaging and inspiring research-based 2-way interactive “TV show.” It’s a mix between Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood, Reading Rainbow, Soul Train, Science Friday and Live From Lincoln…
Find out more »Care Work Workshops
This Fall Heart of the Beast is launching free, virtual: Care Work Workshops based on Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha’s Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice. This dynamic book is illuminated by the…
Find out more »Kairos Alive! Dancing Heart™ Live
Dancing Heart Live™, is an engaging and inspiring research-based 2-way interactive “TV show.” It’s a mix between Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood, Reading Rainbow, Soul Train, Science Friday and Live From Lincoln…
Find out more »November 2021
“Say It! Sing It! Play It! In Cherokee” Virtual Performance
How do you keep alive an endangered language? By singing it loud and proud with Turtle and Wabbit in this virtual performance, streaming on-demand Nov. 1-30. Grandmother Turtle is upside…
Find out more »Open Flow Virtual Meetup
Join fellow artists with and without disabilities at this monthly gathering to share art in an informal, supportive setting. Bring a sample of your writing, visual art, music, memoir, poetry,…
Find out more »Care Work Workshops
This Fall Heart of the Beast is launching free, virtual: Care Work Workshops based on Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha’s Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice. This dynamic book is illuminated by the…
Find out more »Kairos Alive! Dancing Heart™ Live
Dancing Heart Live™, is an engaging and inspiring research-based 2-way interactive “TV show.” It’s a mix between Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood, Reading Rainbow, Soul Train, Science Friday and Live From Lincoln…
Find out more »Kairos Alive! Dancing Heart™ Live
Dancing Heart Live™, is an engaging and inspiring research-based 2-way interactive “TV show.” It’s a mix between Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood, Reading Rainbow, Soul Train, Science Friday and Live From Lincoln…
Find out more »Next Step Fund Grant Webinar
The Next Step Fund grant information webinar is designed to help individuals prepare their Next Step Fund grant application. The webinar covers funding, eligibility, program scope, and the details of…
Find out more »Kairos Alive! Dancing Heart™ Live
Dancing Heart Live™, is an engaging and inspiring research-based 2-way interactive “TV show.” It’s a mix between Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood, Reading Rainbow, Soul Train, Science Friday and Live From Lincoln…
Find out more »Twin Cities Metro Arts & Disability Forum
The Metropolitan Regional Arts Council invites you to join a public conversation with four Twin Cities artists with disabilities. Panelists will explore how people with disabilities are making, sharing, and…
Find out more »Twin Cities Metro Arts & Disability Forum
The Metropolitan Regional Arts Council invites you to join the Twin Cities Metro Arts & Disability Forum, a public conversation with four Twin Cities artists with disabilities. Panelists Teighlor McGee, Nicole M…
Find out more »Kairos Alive! Dancing Heart™ Live
Dancing Heart Live™, is an engaging and inspiring research-based 2-way interactive “TV show.” It’s a mix between Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood, Reading Rainbow, Soul Train, Science Friday and Live From Lincoln…
Find out more »December 2021
Christmas on Copper Street: Home for the Holidays – Streaming Event
"Christmas on Copper Street: Home for the Holidays" is the concert event of the season as we bring the festive sounds of brass right to you! Stream the show from…
Find out more »Open Flow Virtual Meetup
Join fellow artists with and without disabilities at this monthly gathering to share art in an informal, supportive setting. Bring a sample of your writing, visual art, music, memoir, poetry,…
Find out more »MCAD MFA Public Research Presentations – Day 1
The MCAD MFA Program invites you to our public research presentations on December 2-3, 2021 from 9:30am – 12:30pm CT. Each student will present a ten-minute summary of their research…
Find out more »Kairos Alive! Dancing Heart™ Live
Dancing Heart Live™, is an engaging and inspiring research-based 2-way interactive “TV show.” It’s a mix between Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood, Reading Rainbow, Soul Train, Science Friday and Live From Lincoln…
Find out more »MCAD MFA Public Research Presentations – Day 2
The MCAD MFA Program invites you to our public research presentations on December 2-3, 2021 from 9:30am – 12:30pm CT. Each student will present a ten-minute summary of their research…
Find out more »Kairos Alive! Dancing Heart™ Live
Dancing Heart Live™, is an engaging and inspiring research-based 2-way interactive “TV show.” It’s a mix between Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood, Reading Rainbow, Soul Train, Science Friday and Live From Lincoln…
Find out more »Kairos Alive! Dancing Heart™ Live
Dancing Heart Live™, is an engaging and inspiring research-based 2-way interactive “TV show.” It’s a mix between Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood, Reading Rainbow, Soul Train, Science Friday and Live From Lincoln…
Find out more »Kairos Alive! Dancing Heart™ Live
Dancing Heart Live™, is an engaging and inspiring research-based 2-way interactive “TV show.” It’s a mix between Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood, Reading Rainbow, Soul Train, Science Friday and Live From Lincoln…
Find out more »Kairos Alive! Dancing Heart™ Live
Dancing Heart Live™, is an engaging and inspiring research-based 2-way interactive “TV show.” It’s a mix between Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood, Reading Rainbow, Soul Train, Science Friday and Live From Lincoln…
Find out more »January 2022
Open Flow Virtual Meetup
Join fellow artists with and without disabilities at this monthly gathering to share art in an informal, supportive setting. Bring a sample of your writing, visual art, music, memoir, poetry,…
Find out more »The Art of Collaboration
The Art of Collaboration January 26, 6-7pm Central Time Register for the Webinar: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMlcuuoqD0uE9Bqg-kjSLefpD947DLXhvTB Eric Butler ‘23 and his long-time friend and collaborator, Alexander MacAlpine will be discussing how to…
Find out more »February 2022
Open Flow Virtual Meetup
Join fellow artists with and without disabilities at this monthly gathering to share art in an informal, supportive setting. Bring a sample of your writing, visual art, music, memoir, poetry,…
Find out more »Arts Impact for Groups application deadline
The deadline for Arts Impact for Groups applications is February 7, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. https://mrac.org/grants/arts-impact-groups/
Find out more »Documentary Comics with Camilo Aguirre
Join us as we hear from Camilo Aguirre '20 speaking on the topic of documentary comics. Online, Free, Public. Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87631752053?pwd=TUJGM1pTQ2ZmNWhSa0dpeEpodmRXdz09
Find out more »MRAC Flexible Support Q & A session 1
MRAC Flexible Support Q & A sessions Do you have questions about the Flexible Support grant? Get them answered during a Zoom session with program directors Scott Artley and Masami Kawazato. Scott…
Find out more »Rain Taxi presents BEN OKRI
Ben Okri, Booker Prize winning author, returns to the publishing world with two new publications for audiences across the spectrum of age and interest from Other Press. In a new…
Find out more »How-To: Conferences / Conventions / Book Fairs
Conferences / Conventions / Book Fairs February 23, 6-7pm Central Time Register for the Webinar: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAvceGqqT4sG9fA8gWAjoL2bCTYQqlxqRs8 Join the MCAD MFA Program as we hear from María José Castillo ’18, Molly…
Find out more »Rain Taxi presents JUDITH MARGOLIS and C.S. GISCOMBE
In Train Music: Writing/Pictures (Omnidawn), poet C.S. Giscombe and visual artist Judith Margolis take a train across the United States, creating and conversing along the way. This “tour de force…
Find out more »March 2022
MRAC Flexible Support Q & A session 2
MRAC Flexible Support Q & A sessions Do you have questions about the Flexible Support grant? Get them answered during a Zoom session with program directors Scott Artley and Masami Kawazato. Scott…
Find out more »Open Flow Virtual Meetup
Join fellow artists with and without disabilities at this monthly gathering to share art in an informal, supportive setting. Bring a sample of your writing, visual art, music, memoir, poetry,…
Find out more »Flexible Support Round 2 Deadline
The deadline for Flexible Support Round 2 applications is March 14, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. https://mrac.org/grants/flexible-support/
Find out more »Rain Taxi presents Samuel R. Delany
Rain Taxi is honored to celebrate one of the great writers of our time, Samuel R. Delany, with a special conversation broadcast live during the AWP Conference in Philadelphia! An…
Find out more »Mother Tongue: a reflective conversation on language
In the November issue of MRAC Evolve, our staff shared their thoughts on the relationship MRAC has with language. We want artists to express themselves authentically and that sometimes requires multiple…
Find out more »Rain Taxi presents Gregory Maguire & David Litchfield
Rain Taxi is pleased to present a delightful event for readers of all ages, as bestselling author Gregory Maguire (yes, of Wicked fame!) and award-winning British illustrator David Litchfield discuss…
Find out more »April 2022
Open Flow Virtual Meetup
Join fellow artists with and without disabilities at this monthly gathering to share art in an informal, supportive setting. Bring a sample of your writing, visual art, music, memoir, poetry,…
Find out more »zAmJam
Life is full of drama. Come to a zAmJam. zAmJams are a fun space for folks looking to learn about performance, working together, and creative play. People who’ve experienced homelessness…
Find out more »zAmJam
Life is full of drama. Come to a zAmJam. zAmJams are a fun space for folks looking to learn about performance, working together, and creative play. People who’ve experienced homelessness…
Find out more »zAmJam
Life is full of drama. Come to a zAmJam. zAmJams are a fun space for folks looking to learn about performance, working together, and creative play. People who’ve experienced homelessness…
Find out more »Rain Taxi presents Jonathan Galassi
Rain Taxi is pleased to welcome acclaimed poet and publisher Jonathan Galassi to talk about his latest novel School Days (Other Press). This timely and probing new work of fiction…
Find out more »Picture Book Publishing for Aspiring Illustrators: A Librarian’s Perspective
Picture Book Publishing for Aspiring Illustrators: A Librarian’s Perspective April 20, 6-7pm Central Time Register for the Webinar (this event will not be recorded): https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0lcO-vrTMjGNLh6YypfE9QqFVvGGnlMr_N Join the MCAD MFA Program…
Find out more »zAmJam
Life is full of drama. Come to a zAmJam. zAmJams are a fun space for folks looking to learn about performance, working together, and creative play. People who’ve experienced homelessness…
Find out more »Rain Taxi presents Harmony Holiday
Rain Taxi is pleased to celebrate the release of the new book Maafa (Fence Books) by Harmony Holiday. Titled after the Swahili word for Catastrophe, Maafa is an epic poem…
Find out more »May 2022
Open Flow Virtual Meetup
Join fellow artists with and without disabilities at this monthly gathering to share art in an informal, supportive setting. Bring a sample of your writing, visual art, music, memoir, poetry,…
Find out more »zAmJam
Life is full of drama. Come to a zAmJam. zAmJams are a fun space for folks looking to learn about performance, working together, and creative play. People who’ve experienced homelessness…
Find out more »zAmJam
Life is full of drama. Come to a zAmJam. zAmJams are a fun space for folks looking to learn about performance, working together, and creative play. People who’ve experienced homelessness…
Find out more »zAmJam
Life is full of drama. Come to a zAmJam. zAmJams are a fun space for folks looking to learn about performance, working together, and creative play. People who’ve experienced homelessness…
Find out more »zAmJam
Life is full of drama. Come to a zAmJam. zAmJams are a fun space for folks looking to learn about performance, working together, and creative play. People who’ve experienced homelessness…
Find out more »Arts and Disability Forum: Disability in Power
The Metropolitan Regional Arts Council invites you to join the Arts & Disability Forum: Disability in Power on Tuesday, May 24th from 6-7pm. Join MRAC, Mai Thor, Jes Reyes, and…
Find out more »zAmJam
Life is full of drama. Come to a zAmJam. zAmJams are a fun space for folks looking to learn about performance, working together, and creative play. People who’ve experienced homelessness…
Find out more »June 2022
Open Flow Virtual Meetup
Join fellow artists with and without disabilities at this monthly gathering to share art in an informal, supportive setting. Bring a sample of your writing, visual art, music, memoir, poetry,…
Find out more »zAmJam
Life is full of drama. Come to a zAmJam. zAmJams are a fun space for folks looking to learn about performance, working together, and creative play. People who’ve experienced homelessness…
Find out more »zAmJam
Life is full of drama. Come to a zAmJam. zAmJams are a fun space for folks looking to learn about performance, working together, and creative play. People who’ve experienced homelessness…
Find out more »zAmJam
Life is full of drama. Come to a zAmJam. zAmJams are a fun space for folks looking to learn about performance, working together, and creative play. People who’ve experienced homelessness…
Find out more »zAmJam
Life is full of drama. Come to a zAmJam. zAmJams are a fun space for folks looking to learn about performance, working together, and creative play. People who’ve experienced homelessness…
Find out more »October 2022
Keeping Alive Endangered Indigenous Languages
Join Z Puppets for the launch of STAR TURTLE, a musical adventure with a Turtle & Wabbit into the Cherokee language. View the first episode of this family-friendly Cherokee futurism…
Find out more »November 2022
Christmas on Copper Street: Home for the Holidays – Streaming Event
"Christmas on Copper Street: Home for the Holidays" is the concert event of the season as we bring the festive sounds of brass right to you! Stream the show from…
Find out more »January 2023
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFQ): Playwrights’ Center’s New Home
Playwrights’ Center (PWC) is looking to commission an artist or artist team who live, work, or have an ongoing residency in Minnesota to create permanent public art for PWC’s new…
Find out more »September 2023
NEMAA 10×10 Art Fundraiser
10×10 is back and with a twist! Join us and discover original art from local emerging artists and seasoned professionals. This year, we're hosting our online sale of member artwork…
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