EXCELSIOR, MN – Old Log Theatre, which seats 385 in a picturesque timber-beam venue about 20 miles west of Minneapolis, continues to have a big impact on the theatre in its state. The oldest professional continuously running theatre in America, it has helped launch and advance many professional and amateur careers, including that of Academy […]

GLENDALE, AZ – Like a good chef looking to spice up a familiar dish, Carlyle Kramer wanted to create a new look for his longtime client Hormel Foods at their annual sales meeting. In the past at this event, Kramer and his team at Audio Visual & Video Resources (AVVR) had used a white 9’ […]

BLOOMINGTON, MN – Even those with only a passing interest in the performing arts are familiar with The Nutcracker. A holiday tradition with many families, the show accounts for some 40 percent of ticket sales for ballet companies in the US. Tchaikovsky’s iconic score, with its sprightly melody punctuated by occasional staccato cords, is instantly […]

COON RAPIDS, MN – Moisés Kaufman’s moving drama 33 Variations follows the transformative journey of a musicologist, who, after being diagnosed with ALS, sets out to learn why Beethoven felt compelled to write 33 variations of an otherwise unheralded Anton Diabelli waltz. Taking place in both Beethoven’s time and our own, the play raises profound […]

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – In the 1970s, the Skyway 6 was one of the biggest downtown multi-cineplexes in the US. Twenty years later, its glory days as a movie theater gone, it stood worn and neglected, before being reborn as the Skyway Theatre, one of the hottest electronic music venues anywhere. Virtually every major EDM artist […]