Laughter, Falling Water and Time
The Calhoun theater, notable among neighborhood theaters of Minneapolis as the largest and best equipped reopened January 29th after being closed for a fortnight for enlargement. The enlarged house seats 1480 and is with a single exception the largest motion picture house in the city, the exception being the New Garrick, one of the downtown … Read more
There has been a pavilion on the north end of Lake Harriet since 1888. The first one was built by the Minneapolis Street Railway Company on a piece of property that belonged to trolley tycoon, Thomas Lowry. The grand pavilion served as a motor line station and featured a 1500 seat auditorium. Summer concerts, plays, … Read more
Completed in 1907 at a a cost of 450,000, the St. Paul Auditorium was located downtown between West Fifth and West Fourth Streets on the far side of Rice Park. Designed by architects, Charles Reed and Allen Stern, the West Fourth Street side had a 2nd, 3rd and 4th level rows of windows. The West … Read more
One of the radio industries outstanding and most complete staffs, each a top-notcher are in his field of endeavor in broadcasting, working under the guidance of Mr. Hubbard has made and will continue to keep KSTP the Northest’s leading radio station.
Almost 4 stories high and 400 feet around the Minneapolis Cyclorama was built to display a giant, painted spectacle of the Battle of Atlanta. Construction on the building, located at Fifth and Marquette began in 1885. The huge canvas was the project of German artist, William Wehner, who set out to create a series of … Read more
Announcement We take pleasure in announcing to the public the opening of the Pence Opera House under our new management which will conduct it on a new and practical plan enabling us to present the best dramatic productions at a cheaper price of admission then any other first class theater in the Northwest. The prices … Read more
Local author, Rick Shefchik will be signing his new University Of Minnesota Press book “Everybody’s Heard About the Bird” The True Story of 1960s Rock ‘n’ Roll in Minnesota on Saturday, February 6th at the Calhoun Village Barnes and Noble from 1:00-3:00pm If you didn’t experience rock and roll in Minnesota in the 1960s, this … Read more
Joseph Friedman already owned several small St. Paul movie houses when he opened the Tower Theatre 1921. The building designed by architectural firm of Toltz, King and Day, is remembered for an elegant facade and patterned brickwork. Inside a small marble lobby gave way to an enormous 1,100 seat auditorium containing a balcony, orchestra pit, … Read more
The big names played at Fifth and St.Peter back in the heyday of St. Paul’s Orpheum Theater. Sarah Bernhard, Lionel Barrymore, Eddie Cantor, Al Joson, W.C. Fields and Will Rogers all took a turn there on the vaudeville stage. The Orpheum opened in 1906 and played host to traveling acts for at least 17 years … Read more