Art Hounds

This week on Art Hounds: "Take the A-Train" presents jazz in the Duluth train museum, 60 queer plays in 90 queer minutes, and "The Gun Show."

Plus, Art Hounds recommend "Women's March" theater festival and a play about homelessness performed by people who've experienced it.

Former Fringe Festival artistic director Leah Cooper is excited to see the festival branching out in new ways. This weekend, the Fringe Festival presents "Women's March," a curated lineup of women-generated, woman-centric work. Cooper says it's a great way of spreading the spirit of the summer festival throughout the year. Performances run from Thursday through Sunday at the Minnsky Theatre in northeast Minneapolis.

Theater artist Scotty Reynolds is a big admirer of zAmya Theater, a company dedicated to tackling homelessness by creating shows with people who have experienced it. ZAmya's latest production is "Stories from the Book of Harbor Light," a collaboration with residents of the Salvation Army's Harbor Light Center. Reynolds says the shows always do a great job of humanizing a critical issue. Performances run from Friday through 15.

Photographer and filmmaker Farzan Navab recommends checking out "States of Matter" at Film North in St. Paul. The exhibition features the work of Lisa Nebenzahl and Keith Taylor. Navab says Taylor's photographs use a dark palette to explore the shadowy reaches of real and imagined landscapes. Meanwhile, Nebenzahl's prints explore fragility, resilience and the passage of time. Navab says there's a great dialog between the work of the two artists. The exhibition opens Saturday and runs through May 23 with an opening reception on March 16.

Correction (March 7, 2019): Lisa Nebenzahl's name was misspelled in an earlier version of this story.

This week on Art Hounds: "Women's March" theater festival, a play on homelessness by people who've experienced it, and an exhibition of photographic art.

Plus, young dancers perform to the music of Gaelynn Lea and a one-woman show looks at the life of Monica Lewinsky.

Dinesh Krishnajois, a volunteer at the Indian Music Society of Minnesota, is going to see "Sangam Stories" on Saturday. The performance features husband-wife duo A. Pavan and Pooja Goswami Pavan on tabla and vocals, along with Dean Magraw on guitar and Steven Hobert playing the piano. Krishnajois says the concert will bring together classical Hindustani music with jazz and blues; he says he particularly enjoys hearing harmonious improvisation that still allows you to distinguish the different musical traditions of the performers. "Sangam Stories" takes place at 7 p.m. on Saturday in the Premanand Fine Arts Theatre on the campus of Normandale Community College.

Theater maker Lisa Channer is interested in seeing "Double Bill: 'The Monica Meditations' and 'Brandi Alexander'" at Bryant-Lake Bowl, which pairs together two one-woman shows. Channer is particularly intrigued by "The Monica Meditations," which looks at the experiences of Monica Lewinsky, White House intern turned tabloid fodder in the wake of a sexual relationship with President Bill Clinton. Channer says compared to today's #MeToo era, the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal seems pretty tame, but the media coverage had a profound impact on Lewinsky's life. Performances run through Saturday at Bryant-Lake Bowl in Minneapolis.

Dancer and choreographer Eben Kowler recommends an evening of music and dance with Gaelynn Lea, presented by Young Dance. The dance company works with youth of all abilities to choreograph and perform new works. Kowler danced with Young Dance for 10 years and gives the company credit for igniting his passion for the art form. Lea is best known for winning NPR's Tiny Desk music competition in 2016 and for being an outspoken advocate for disability rights. Performances are at 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Saturday at the Cowles Center for Dance in Minneapolis.

This week on Art Hounds: Young dancers perform to the music of Gaelynn Lea, classical Hindustani music intertwines with blues and jazz, and a one-woman show explores the life of Monica Lewinsky.

Plus, Art Hounds recommend Bucket Brigade's marital comedy "Til Death" and musical brunches with drag queens.

This week on Art Hounds: strong women dance, couples perform together and drag queens do brunch.

Plus, Art Hounds recommend a jazz show in Carlton and the latest edition of Mizna Journal.