Three picks for celebrating Juneteenth, a summer-long plein air art competition begins in Otter Tail County, “Come From Away” at the Guthrie, the Great River Shakespeare Festival in Winona and more in this week’s MN Shortlist.
‘Every(body) Wants to Be a Showgirl’ at Rose Academy of Burlesque in Minneapolis — Through June 21
This nationally touring exhibition – self-described as the “largest global celebration of Black burlesque artists – began in February in Washington D.C. and has arrived in Minneapolis for a special Juneteenth Jubilee Edition. The exhibition features a burlesque archive of costumes, photography, archival footage of Josephine Baker and stories of more than 100 “performers who have shaped American performance culture without institutional recognition,” including Minnesota performers like Red Bone, Foxy Tann, and Tré Da Marc…