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| Arts and Culture |
The State Theatre on Hennepin Avenue |
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| Minneapolis claims to have the highest
per capita attendance at theater and arts events outside of
New York City, perhaps boosted by its famously harsh winters. |
The region is reportedly the third-largest
theater market in the country, attracting major performances.
The Guthrie Theater is the most famous theater in the city.
In order to help revitalize the downtown and warehouse district
areas of Minneapolis which had declined in the mid to late
20th century, the city purchased and renovated a few theaters
on Hennepin Avenue to create the Hennepin Theatre District,
including the State, Orpheum, and Pantages venues.
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| In 2004 with an attendance
of 50,197, Minneapolis's Minnesota Fringe Festival was the largest
non-juried performing arts festival in the United States and
the third largest Fringe festival in North America. In 2005,
the Minnesota Fringe runs 11 days, August 4-14. In 2004, 1,100
artists produced over 800 individual performances and events. |
| The most extensive museum in the city
is the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Modern art is displayed
in the Walker Art Center. The Walker includes an outdoor sculpture
garden with "Spoonbridge and Cherry," which has become
a symbol of the city. |
Minneapolis was home to the "Minneapolis
Sound" in pop music in the 1980s. Prince is Minneapolis's
most famous musical progeny. His 1980 album Dirty Mind, features
a song called "Uptown", dedicated to his favorite
neighborhood in the city, and several other songs include references
to the city. Arguably, producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis have
also been as or more influential as Prince in creating the Minneapolis
Sound.
The punk rock/pop groups such as Hüsker Dü and The
Replacements were a force in the late 1980s, and Paul Westerberg
(of the Replacements) still lives and works in Minneapolis.
Popular acts from the 1990s include Babes in Toyland, The Jayhawks,
and Soul Asylum. |
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