Laughter, Falling Water and Time
Company Called Finest In America Gives Spectacular Productions of Classics Twin Cities visitors are placing the Tyrone Guthrie Theatre first on their list of things to do these days. Called “the finest single theatre in America” by Show magazine, the company of more than 25 professional actors from across the country has won a reputation … Read more
Most of the items in this house are 100 years old or more and all of them are either salesmen’s samples. children’s toys. or personal keepsakes, some of them perhaps from the home of your own grandparents. The collection required thirty-three years to gather to make it ample for an entire house of ten rooms … Read more
NEW AUDITORIUM The Minneapolis Auditorium built at a cost of THREE MILLION DOLL HAIRS, seats 10,500 persons and is capable of housing National Conventions, Indoor Circuses, Sports events, Musical and Religious and Political assemblages of all kinds are held here.
ICE PALACE, St. Paul, Minn.—The jeweled, winter castle of King Boreas, ruler of the annual carnival that has earned Saint Paul the title of the “Winter Sports Capital of the Nation”. Five stories high, of modernistic design, it is composed of 30,000 blocks of ice, 3×2 feet in size, weighing 5,000 tons, separated by strips … Read more
It’s no wonder that the Casablanca, 408 Hennepin Ave. plays to a full house every night of the week, when we take into consideration the fact that they provide guests with more individual entertainers than any club in the northwest, on an average.The Casablanca, now under the management of William ‘Bill’ Donnelly, will continue to … Read more
Hennepin Show House Largest West of New York Seats 2,928 Persons The largest theater west of New York city, and that means the largest in the United States outside of Manhattan Isle, will be opened to Minneapolis playgoers tomorrow at 12:30. It is the New Hennepin Theater at Ninth street and Hennepin avenue, where the … Read more
In 1877, a Swedish immigrant named Peter Benson came to Minneapolis to seek his fortune. In 1891 went into business with Charles Eckstrom manufacturing and importing guitars, violins and other musical instruments. Benson was a skilled luthier, a player, and also a publisher of music. He took out patents on his designs. Benson made most … Read more
The University Theater operates the SHOW- BOAT on the Mississippi River every summer, during the months Of June, July, and August. Address: Showboat, University Of Minnesota, Minneapolis 14, Minnesota, U. S. A. All seats for all performances reserved—$2.OO. Tickets may be purchased at the Scott Hall Box Office, Minneapolis, Minn. 55455. Phone— 373-2337. Also Daytons … Read more
Built for the Finkelstein & Rubin circuit, the 2,400-seat New Palace Theater opened with several short films and a live performance by Ethel Barrymore on October 5, 1914. The building’s elaborate brick and terra-cotta facade and made it the talk of the town. Three story lit marquee letters out did everything else on Hennepin Avenue … Read more