Leslie Granbeck is a teaching artist and felt maker in her own right, leading many classes year-round in the metro area including at the Edina Art...
Arts
This Edina High School Grad is an Opera Wunderkind
Edina alumnus Thomas Glass was a Metropolitan Opera finalist. Edina resident and Edina High School alumnus Thomas Glass represented one of five...
‘App Dancing’: Local Photographer Dee Kotaska Explains Her Unique Technique
Dee Kotaska was a speech therapist for 30 years before realizing photography, her 40-year-long hobby, has always been her passion. With classes for...
Edina High School Student Travels to Carnegie Hall for National Writing Competition
Sophomore Dedeepya Guthikonda won a gold medal in the National Scholastic Art and Writing Competition this past year. Sophomore Dedeepya Guthikonda...
Edina Art Center Offers New Classes for Curious Creatives
The Edina Art Center offers new courses like photography, felting and meditative art. Since 1977, the Edina Art Center has been quite a discovery...
Edina Art Center Teacher Holly Stone Combines Meditation and Art for ‘More Peaceful’ Process
Holly Stone has taught at the Edina Art Center for the past 15 years, but just recently she started incorporating meditation into her classes. With...
Edina’s Most Musical Couple Finds Success with Carpenters Tribute Show
Aimee and Boyd Lee's Rainy Days & Mondays–Music of the Carpenters is performed during a three-show weekend twice a year at the Chanhassen Dinner...
Local Jazz Artist Cade Bittner’s First Album Will Support Charity
In September, local recording artist Cade Bittner will release his first full-length album titled I’ve Gotta Be Me. As you’ve likely read about...
Twin Cities Theater Scene Offers Plenty of Places to See a Show
There are more than 200 theater venues in the Twin Cities featuring plays, musicals, comedy, improv and more. In our opinion, Thalia and Melpomene...
Have You Been to These Twin Cities Art Museums?
The Twin Cities offer a broad stroke selection of art museums. The Twin Cities loves to show its outdoorsy side. Don’t be fooled—it can pull off its...
Community Theater Camp Makes ‘Sheer Magic’ in a Church Basement
How a neighborhood theater camp helps kids grow. “A pinch and an ouch,” says Jane Williams, a founder of the Morningside Theatre Company (MTC), is...
New Art Display at 50th & France Celebrates Edina’s Diversity
Public art at 50th and France displays history and unity. Among the many updates happening at 50th and France is a new public art installation on...
Edina Mom’s Play Humorously Combines Cultures While Sending a Message
Mollywood Productions' "Saree-ously Speaking" uses humor to help people understand each other. Bollywood dancers in their orange and pink colored...
See ‘Chicago’ at Edina High School
Don’t miss Edina High School’s production of Chicago. The second longest-running Broadway musical in history is set in roaring twenties Chicago...
Art Curating Sisters-in-Law Connect Buyers With the Best Artists Around
Sisters-in-law create an art curating business. Art-obsessed duo Hollie Blanchard and Kelly Netishen started out as family and friends. These...
Haute House Studio Keeps Roots Local While Growing Community
Edina floral business expands to offer experiential events. “Flowers are a way to celebrate, a way to tie people together. They’re such a unifying...
Local Artist’s Felt Floral Arrangements Make Perfect Keepsakes
Felt floral artist Misty Higgins designs beautiful keepsakes. When Misty Higgins was preparing for a milestone birthday, she came across an image of...
Edina High School Concert Band Headed to Hong Kong
The Edina band has traveled to Hong Kong before, but it has been nearly two decades since the last trip. This year the Edina Concert Band will spend...
Your Life Before Your Eyes
Edina filmmaker creates documentaries to preserve family histories. Helen Abdo sits on a couch in a wood-paneled room, her white hair is elegantly...
Dream Job
Meet the Edina Art Center's new general manager Susan Tarnowski. A new general manager has been hired for the Edina Art Center, our place to see the...
