3-Minute Egg

01/31/2017

The Illusion Theater's "Miranda" stars veteran actress Carolyn Pool as an undercover CIA agent still seeking answers about the brother she lost on 9/11. In this Egg, we meet playwright James Still and watch some of rehearsal. Performances run through Feb. 18.

01/24/2017

Shari Aronson comes from a deep family of scientists, but translating physical science into a puppet show took some creative leaps. We’re at a rehearsal for "Cellula," the new show from Z Puppets Rosenschnoz, devoted to bringing color and life to the story of mitosis. In this Egg, we meet Shari and learn how she and her collaborators divided this cell. The show runs Jan. 27-Feb. 5, 2017, at In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre

01/17/2017

Dena Ann Adams is a late bloomer artistically. Chronic illness kept her from the public eye in her formative years, and she now says that benefitted her work. In this 3-Minute Egg, we drop into the opening reception at Gallery 360 for Dena’s most recent work, “The Heart is a Lovely Hunter”—a series of paintings mixing fairytale whimsy with threads of mystery and interactivity.

12/09/2016

We caught up with Bradley Greenwald to catch a glimpse of The Longest Night (Dec. 8 - 23), on stage at Open Eye Figure Theatre.

12/07/2016

In our latest Egg, three emerging artists—Magnolia Yang Sao Yia, Nadia Honary and Shante' Zenith—talk about and show glimpses of work made possible through Pillsbury House Theatre's Naked Stages: 2016. Performances run Dec. 8-17.

11/30/2016

We dropped into the Opening Reception: Dimensions of Indigenous and met with artists Rebekah Crisanta and Gordon C***s to talk about the identity politics behind their work. The exhibition runs through Feb. 4, 2017, at Intermedia Arts.

10/17/2016

3-MINUTE EGG fans: This week, I'm premiering "The Steering Committee," an arts talk show that happens entirely in my car, streamed over Facebook Live!

http://Facebook.com/SteeringComm

Want to be a guest? Tell me about your new play, album, exhibition, installation, dance production, book, poetry reading or other arts happening in the Twin Cities, and we'll put you in the passenger seat.

Matt Peiken gabs with local artists inside his car. Facebook Live stream noon-1p every Wednesday!

10/10/2016

Katie Ka Vang is an emerging playwright and performer who has battled back from non-Hodgkins Lymphoma and lived to write about it. Her new autobiographical solo show is called “Final Round,” and it premieres Oct. 13 for an eight-performance run at Dreamland Arts in St. Paul. Let’s meet Katie, watch a little rehearsal and learn about Katie’s creative sparks in and out of cancer.

08/25/2016

Wear your walking shoes to Flying Foot Forum presents "Passing Through Pig's Eye", the newest piece of immersive tap-dance theater from Joe Chvala and The Flying Foot Forum. This Egg brings you to a run-through just before this week's opening night. Performances run Wednesday-Sunday through Sept. 11 at St. Paul's Park Square Theatre.

08/10/2016

Josie Lewis made bright, layered collages before two miscarriages and a stillbirth turned her world and artwork to darkness. Her first personal and public expressions of those experiences have taken the form of "Dawn Be Dark," an exhibition on view through Sept. 25 in the Gorecki Gallery at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University, in St. Joseph, Minn. Let's step into Josie's home studio to get a glimpse in this 3-Minute Egg.

07/28/2016

Tamara Ober is known as a dancer—both as a longtime member of Zenon Dance Company and School and as an experimental solo artist through her Minnesota Fringe performances. But after suffering injuries in 2014, she began setting work on others. The result is "Of Something Human," premiering at the 2016 Fringe. Crack open this Egg for a glimpse.

06/30/2016

Mike Hazard sees his artistic life in three parts—writing, photography and documentary video—and all three merge in “Seeds of Change,” an exhibition of photography commissioned by the Hmong American Farmers Association, on view through July at the Minnesota Museum of American Art. Let’s meet Mike and learn a little through his lens about the lives and work of local Hmong-American farmers.