Lightsey Darst reviews two dance shows, the seductive and provocative Dim All the Lights at Bryant Lake Bowl and unauthorized performances of Pina Bausch, Deborah Hay, and Richard Bull at Ivy Studio 206.

Work and leisure are at the heart of this month’s You Are Hear podcast, which features poet, photographer, and performer Jeffrey Skemp, plus music by J. G. Everest and Matt Monsour.

Ananya Dance Theatre’s new social-justice inspired dance—layered with complex theatrical elements and based in Indian classical dance—is a moving work, and Lightsey Darst tries to sort out why.

A few thoughts on the Minnesota State Fair this year: life and art, commodity and value, plastic bags knitted into fish and all that money just can’t buy.

Kathryn Kysar writes eloquently about the 21st century juggle of creative work and motherhood in an essay about running away from home, the need for peeling away the responsibilities of domesticity to reveal the artist within.

After 22 years as a graphic designer, Duluth-based Marian Lansky decided to become her own client—and birthed an alter ego, artist Shy Nimitta.

Acclaimed dancers talk candidly about what it means to “carry your whole life in your body,” coping with the risk of serious injury and the inevitable consequences of age on the pursuit of their craft over time.

A dog days playlist, classic records that deserve a fresh listen and a handful of new artists in this eclectic mix in honor of summer’s end: Beethoven, Jaki Byard, Duke Ellington, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, Dylan, Radiohead and more.

In this month’s edition of the You Are Hear podcast, hip hop artist and two-time National Poetry Slam champ Guante offers twin pieces—on basketball and life, and love in a time of zombies.