Arts & Entertainment – The Metropolitan

Metro Game Reviews: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Shredder’s Revenge

Post author:themetropolitan
Post published:September 3, 2022
Post category:Arts Opinion

(Dotemu) COWABUNGA! The turtles are back in the arcade-style beat-um-up “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge.” The game takes place during the 80s era of the Ninja Turtles and bridges…

NCAA hosts convention to overhaul college athletics

Post author:themetropolitan
Post published:January 20, 2022
Post category:Arts Home

Joseph Palumbo Arts and Entertainment Editor (Creative commons photo) After years of bitter controversy, the National Collegiate Athletic Association held a historic meeting on November 15, 2021, concerning the organization’s…

“Moved By Providence” moves onstage in Minneapolis

Post author:themetropolitan
Post published:November 10, 2021
Post category:Arts

Joseph Palumbo Arts and Entertainment Editor Over the course of the past year and a half, the Twin Cities has undergone a series of earth-shattering events: the spread of the…

OnStage Going Online to Tackle Redlining

Post author:themetropolitan
Post published:April 16, 2021
Post category:Arts

(Lucas Erickson / OnStage) Joseph Palumbo Reporter In the spirit of Chaplin and Orwell, Lucas Erikson was proud to introduce an old play brought to the stage last fall, written…

Graffiti art class tackles tagging ethics and techniques

Post author:Brandon General
Post published:August 27, 2019
Post category:Arts

Metro State students learn the finer points of aerosol art in summer pilot course.

John Lucking, Arcadia German, Emily Rose Duea and Mike Thurston put on a performance of Ms. Marvel’s Sandbox Circus on June 26. (Mandy Hathaway / The Metropolitan)

Open Eye Figure Theater captures attention and imaginations

Post author:Mandy Hathaway
Post published:August 7, 2019
Post category:Arts

Ms Marvel's Sandbox Circus brings bigtop fun to Metro State library grounds

Ed Bok Lee reads his latest book of poetry, “Mitochondrial Night,” at Plymouth Congregational Church in Minneapolis on March 16, 2019. His reading was part of Literary Witnesses, a series that features nationally recognized poets. The event was co-sponsored by Rain Taxi Review of Books and Korean Quarterly. The book launch opened with poets Saymoukda Vongsay and Donte Collins. DJ Nak provided music and sound. (Margot M. Barry / The Metropolitan)

Q&A: Professor Ed Bok Lee powers ‘Mitochondrial Night’

Post author:Margot Barry
Post published:April 12, 2019
Post category:Arts

The Metropolitan talked with Professor Ed Bok Lee as he launches his third book of poetry, “Mitochondrial Night."

Chile is announced as the guest of honor country for the 2019 festival at the awards and closing ceremony for the Guadalajara International Film Festival on March 16, 2018. Photo by Tonatiuh Figueroa / Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara

Screenwriting major to jury Guadalajara International Film Festival

Post author:Joseph Palumbo
Post published:March 8, 2019
Post category:Arts

Student wins opportunity to join the jury of an international film festival in Mexico.

The stage is set on opening night of “From Behind the Sun” at the Whitney Theater in Minneapolis on Friday, Feb. 21, 2019. The play is a co-production of Metropolitan State University and Minneapolis Community and Technical College. Photo by Margot Barry

Theater department premieres play revealing racist housing policies of the past

Post author:Margot Barry
Post published:March 8, 2019
Post category:Arts

A joint production of Metro State’s Theater Underground and MCTC puts the spotlight on the racist housing policy called redlining---and shares the playwright's remarkable family history. "Behind the Sun" premieres Feb. 21.

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Read it and weep: Wipe out winter woes with librarian reading recommendations

Post author:Margot Barry
Post published:March 2, 2019
Post category:Arts

Feeling weather-beaten? Metro State librarians endorse the best books to take your mind off meteorological conditions (and midterms).