Laughter, Falling Water and Time
Revisit America’s Finest Theatre! Upstairs Gallery of the Hennepin History Museum Exhibition Dates: February 5, 2020 – August 9, 2020 When the Terrace opened in Robbinsdale in 1951 it was called “America’s Finest Theatre.” The claim wasn’t just hype; early patrons of the cinema would assure you that it was one of our nation’s finest. … Read more
The New Arion Theater opened on Central Avenue near 23rd strteet in 1914. The venue made headlines in 1915 when the owners, Kaplan , Rubenstien and Goldman entered into a temporary business contract with a couple teachers of the younger grades at the Prescott School. The Arion began a series of children’s matinees . Teachers … Read more
The only way in which to justly and adequately describe the T. B. Walker Gallery at Minneapolis, is to say that it teems with great works of art, chosen with great discrimination from the field of paintings, ceramics, carved jades, porcelains, pottery, and Roman and Egyptian jewelry; the paintings alone, however, are considered in this … Read more
Sydney, William and Julius Volk arrived in Minneapolis by way of Lithuania at the dawn of the Jazz Age. When the Great Depression hit they took out loans, pooled their savings and went into the movie theater business. During the 1930’s, old silent movies houses were retrofitted for sound and new theaters opened all over … Read more
The City of Minneapolis, which turned the 300,000 mark ten years ago, has climbed to 380,000 in the new census. It is a fine increase in one of the youngest large cities in the world. There was no Minneapolis until after the civil war. The war had been over ten years when what is … Read more
There’s been a theater on the northeast corner of Lake and 15th for about 110 years now. The first was a one story wooden structure that was originally going to be called the Cort. In 1911, while the building was still under construction the city inspector said the walls would not do. The place was … Read more
When it was completed in 1936, the Minneapolis Armory was the most expensive Public Works Administration building in Minnesota. What an edifice! This stalwart fortress, built of reinforced concrete, brick, tile and steel is still one of the most impressive buildings in the city. The barrel roof, supported by three-hinged arch trusses has a pinpoint … Read more
The Uptown opened as the Lagoon Theater in 1913. After new sound equipment was installed, the theater’s name was changed on April 11, 1929. The Uptown was rebuilt and redesigned by the architectural firm of Liebenberg and Kaplan after a fire tore through the building in 1939. The theater was closed briefly in 1975 but … Read more
El Salamnu Aleikum! Alelkum Es Salem! See? “Most soltenly” as Happy Hooligan would say. It’s only the Murat temple of Indianapolis, making the points of interest between that benighted country and Minneapolis. It’s the noise they make in transit. Murat temple decided to have a good time between times. Therefore, the members arranged a charming … Read more