Month: March 2004

In France, Mary Beach has a place in the pantheon of major living Surrealists, and frequently collaborated with the likes of Allen Ginsberg and Robert Mapplethorpe. However, she’s not so well known here, in the land of her birth; in fact, Speedboat’s putting on her first-ever Twin Cities show. Her fascinating life includes a stint…

A night of wide-ranging new choreography and structured improv from one of our state’s most venerable dance troupes. Artistic director Heidi Hauser Jasmin loves to mix things up, and the kinetic pyrotechnics on display will be as varied in mood as the accompanying music. The movement piece “Tongues” jerks with the wild swagger of Screamin’…

Minnesota’s own Frances Gumm practically wrote the book on a particular strain of tragic Hollywood irony, living (and dying) unhappily in private, but bringing joy and inspiration to millions as Judy Garland. One of those she changed forever was iconoclastic local choreographer Danny Buraczeski of Jazzdance, whose 2003 debut of this Garland celebration produced some…

This is why we need to spend more time online. Here are two of the most exciting rock shows of the year, and both sold out within microseconds, thanks to Internet ticketing and fan-club Web connections. Though some might complain that the Strokes’ sophomore Room On Fire is a carbon-copy of the debut that got…

Locksley Wellington “Slide” Hampton may have started in the biz because his dad’s band was short a trombonist, but from that humble beginning he’s become a living legend with forty years’ mastery of the instrument and the kind of original sound you can only get from, er, tooting your own horn. Last year’s live CD…

Considering his status as one of West Africa’s most important and compelling musicians, it’s ironic that Baaba Maal wasn’t born into the traditional griot musician’s caste of his native Senegal. But he’s earned his fame as both a preserver of traditional music and a leading force in its evolution and fusion with styles from the…