Martin Bresnick’s Pine Eyes whittles away at the saccharine Walt Disney version of Pinocchio, exposing a darker, unadorned version of the classic story. No lie.

A seminal Alvin Lucier sound installation triggers complaints of nausea by museum staffers.

In possession of a digital sample library that numbers in the tens of thousands, The Books create music with a distinct identity, formed, in a gratifying paradox, from other people’s voices.

The 2006 Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Art brings together digital artists of various stripes for a celebration of all things plugged in.

An overview of the improv scene in the Twin Cities reveals a diversity of artists, venues, and record labels.

The Renegade Ensemble’s enlists armature musicians into its ranks, cultivating a more community-first approach which attracts a favorable crowd to this relative newcomer to the Twin Cities music scene.

A look inside the 2005 Sight Unseen film festival reveals a wide range of diversity.

A look at the a new collaborative project introduced by the contemporary dance group Danceworks.