Indie artist Jillian Rae‘s music just gets better and better—and bolder and bolder thanks to the world’s current state of affairs. Ever eclectic, she officially releases the video her raucous new single “Stuck” with a show on Friday, July 22 at Icehouse with Cassandra Cole. DISPATCH is thrilled to be able to premiere the new…
Words by Sanaphay Rattanavong When John Bumstead of Minneapolis left corporate America to start his own laptop repair and refurbishment business, RDKL, Inc. (pronounced ‘Roadkill Incorporated’), he held no creative intentions. “I recycle trash is what I do,” he says. “Recycling is a failure to reuse … a lot [that]…
Yes, it’s finally time we get a gigantic Prince mural. But this is a town full of critical artists! Does the new tribute pass critical art review? It is, in some sense, wholly appropriate that Hiero Veiga’s new mural of Prince in downtown Minneapolis is enthroned upon a parking garage…
Words by Sanaphay Rattanavong UnderCurrentMPLS, the off-the-cuff experiment turned Twin Cities music culture depository, originated from its Founder Gravey’s very human desire to hold on to a fleeting cultural moment. “I got an iPhone for the first time that recorded somewhat decent video,” he says. “I was going to shows…
Words by Sanaphay Rattanavong Minotaur, Off-Leash Area’s (OLA) newest work that includes contemporary dance and mask performance, appears to be a highly complex creature indeed. According to OLA Co-Artistic Directors Jennifer Ilse and Paul Herwig, their shows typically start more from a visual image as opposed to a concept. Herwig…
by Ira Brooker Conventional wisdom holds that movie theaters are on their way out. As home theater systems have gotten more advanced and streaming services have brought a wider array of titles directly into consumers’ homes, a fair number of casual moviegoers have indeed opted for the comforts of home…
The agony, the joy, the suffering, the success . . . putting art out into the world is never an easy thing. But how is it after the fact, when what you make has been out there for awhile? On the one-year anniversary of the release of his lauded work…
by Patrick Strait Sometimes a joke can go a really long way. That’s what Daniel Henry and Annie Sparrows learned back in 2004 when they decided to take a break from their main band, The Soviettes, and started a side project that would become known as Awesome Snakes. “We’ve always…
While the rest of Minnesota spends the month celebrating 100 years of Judy Garland, on Friday and Saturday Minneapolis-St. Paul will celebrate another gem of cinema that hails from the Land of 10,000 Lakes. Roger Nygard is perhaps best known for his acclaimed documentary Trekkies, about the most obsessive fans…
by Erica Skarohlid Co-Directors Adlyn Carreras and Lelis Brito possess a passion for Real Women Have Curves, the current production from Teatro del Pueblo. Curves, a multi-generational story of five Latina women focused on immigration, body image, and gender expectations, explores the bonds created through survival, friendship, and family that…