Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts (Minnesota Shubert Center) - In the News
"Dancers fill stage at Cowles Center"
Rohan Preston
StarTribune | stage + arts, September 10, 2011
VIPs from across the Twin Cities and the nation walked one block from a gala dinner Friday at the Graves Hotel in Minneapolis to the ribbon-cutting of the $42 million Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts.
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"Cowles Center's opening performances are appropriately celebratory"
Caroline Palmer, Special to the Star Tribune
StarTribune | stage + arts, September 10, 2011
The joyful looks on the faces of Zenon Dance Company's members during their rip-roaring performance of Daniel Charon's "Storm" said it all: They loved being onstage Friday night at the Cowles Center. Read more...
"Cowles Center is Twin Cities' new 'world-class' home for dance"
Chris Roberts
Minnesota Public Radio, September 9, 2011
A mixture of elation, disbelief and doubt from members of the Twin Cities dance scene will greet the opening of the $42 million Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts Friday night in downtown Minneapolis.
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"Cowles Center Opens in Downtown Minneapolis"
KSTP Eyewitness News, September 9, 2011
The lights were shining bright for opening night on the stage at the Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts. Watch video of news coverage
Venue Highlight: "Cowles Center Grand Opening"
Ellie M. Bayrd
Meetings: Minnesota's Hospitality Journal, September 6, 2011
he Twin Cities rank fifth among U.S. cities for dance, with more than 15 dance companies. And now these dance companies will have a central home for performance. This weekend, the Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts opens on Hennepin Avenue. Read more...
"Cowles Center: Big leap for Twin Cities arts"
Rohan Preston
StarTribune | stage + arts, September 8, 2011
The $42 million Cowles Center, which opens Friday, could do for dance what the Guthrie did for theater.
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"The Cowles Center is aptly named"
Graydon Royce
StarTribune | stage + arts, September 7, 2011
John and Sage Cowles resisted when Artspace Projects first asked for permission to rename the Shubert Center for Dance. "They insisted the whole effort needed to be re-branded, and the question was, what name do you use?" said John Cowles. "They kept coming back to us and said, 'We want to use your name.'"
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Editorial: "A new civic treasure"
StarTribune, August 9, 2011
The name Cowles -- linked with this newspaper and its antecedents for 63 years -- is about to acquire another positive association in the Twin Cities. The long-awaited Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts will open with a gala weekend Sept. 9-11. Read more...
"Works in progress: Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts"
Finance and Commerce, July 18, 2011
The $42 million Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts in Minneapolis is scheduled for a Sept. 9-11 grand opening, a milestone long in coming. Read more...
"Temps in the 80s, let's talk Nutcracker"
Claude Peck
StarTribune, June 29, 2011
With the solstice behind us and Christmas just around the corner, it's not too soon to plan for your holiday performances of "The Nutcracker." And you may choose from two versions at the soon-to-open Cowles Center in downtown Minneapolis. Read more...
"Introducing the Cowles Center"
MeetingsBlog, Minnesota's Hospitality Journal
Last Thursday, I took a hard hat tour (video from City Pages) of the Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts, which is set to open this fall. Read more....
"Cowles Center readies for its grand opening"
Shelia Regan
City Pages/Dressing Room, June 24, 2011
The Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts may have a forklift parked outside, scaffolding all around the inside of the main theater, and dust everywhere, but the new dance complex, consisting of three buildings on Hennepin Avenue and 6th Street, is gearing up for the premiere of its first season. Read more....
"Dancing with the Cowles Center"
Naomi Yaeger
Duluth News Tribune Budgeteer, June 17, 2011
Lincoln/Piedmont Elementary School physical education teacher Amy Kaiser is getting her third-grade students moving through dance. Using grant money, she was able to have a professional dance instructor teach her students dance techniques through video streaming. Read more...
Graydon Royce
Star Tribune, May 13, 2011
Can it really be true? After 13 years of sometimes-skeptical waiting and wondering, the Cowles Center for Dance has announced that it will open with a full season in its refurbished theater on Hennepin Avenue in downtown Minneapolis. Read more...
"Minneapolis theater is named after key donors"
Graydon Royce
Star Tribune, March 29, 2011
The Shubert Theater, a 1910 historic structure in downtown Minneapolis being renovated as a dance venue, will be renamed in honor of Katherine and Robert Goodale. Read more...
"Minneapolis: Big dance town"
Caroline Palmer, Special to the Star Tribune
Star Tribune, March 29, 2011
Dancers in the Twin Cities are leaping and turning. They also are kicking butt. The metro area, 15th-largest by population, is among the top five places for dance in the United States. Read more...
"Frank L. Sonntag appointed executive director of Cowles Center"
Euan Kerr
Minnesota Public Radio, February 15, 2011
Frank L. Sonntag took a tour of his new home today and he admits it was both exciting and emotional. The recently named executive director of the Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts says he was stopped short by the sight of a class underway at the Minnesota Dance Theater School. Read more...
Cowles Center Names New Executive Director: Frank L. Sonntag Appointed to Leadership Post Download press release
Graydon Royce
StarTribune, November 20, 2009
A groundbreaking ceremony marks the culmination of a 12-year effort to create a home for dance at the Shubert. Read more...
"New Shubert Center to finally break ground"
Chris Roberts
Minnesota Public Radio, November 18, 2009After 10 years of non-stop lobbying and fundraising, the Minneapolis group Artspace will finally break ground Thursday on the new Minnesota Shubert Center in downtown Minneapolis. Read more...
