By DENNIS KEMPTON This. These images are sublime. An abandoned church being bathed in a painted mural. More cities should be doing this to their neighborhoods. Click on the images in the gallery for a closer look. Enjoy.
SHERYL JENSEN, editor of The Woman Today, is also a gifted director. Among her recent directing credits are Sweeney Todd, RENT, Man of La Mancha, Cabaret, and Side Show. Jensen has directed Cabaret and Side Show with Lundeen Productions and … Continue reading
by DENNIS KEMPTON Every week, our editors pick the best of books, technology for artists, and events for your consideration. Happy to be back. FICTION. Reconstructing Amelia. Author: Kimberly McCreight. When Kate, single mother and law firm partner, gets an … Continue reading
by DENNIS KEMPTON I walked into Symphony Hall Saturday night and was overwhelmed by the number of people attending something entirely new presented by the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra: a live orchestration of Bernard Herrmann’s score to the iconic Alfred … Continue reading
I was walking back through the skywalk toward downtown after Saturday’s concert of the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra and it gave me enough time to meditate on some things that I have been wondering about the city and symphonic music … Continue reading
Editor’s note: We’ve put out a call for essays, thoughts, and images about what marriage equality means to our readers. OEUVRE is a Minnesota-based publication operated by a Minnesota-based company by yours truly, a gay man. We support marriage equality. … Continue reading
Review by DENNIS KEMPTON Bernadette Peters said, “Stephen Sondheim told me that Oscar Hammerstein believed everything that he wrote. So there’s great truth in the songs and that’s what was so wonderful to find.” Sondheim’s respect for Hammerstein’s truth-writing in … Continue reading
Image by Steve Zimmerman, Minneapolis, Minnesota Zimmerman shoots with equipment dating from the 1860s to the 1960s. This is an image of the Third Avenue Bridge in Minneapolis.
Review by Dennis Kempton What struck me immediately about Side Show was the venue. Oddly enough, the interior of the Harbor City International Theater lends itself particularly well to the show. With its beams and intimate orientation, one feels, when … Continue reading
