Sheila Regan

3 weeks ago | minnpost.com | Sheila Regan

Theater Mu has a new artistic director, and her name is Fran de Leon. Hailing from Los Angeles, de Leon has already begun her transition period before taking the reins of the organization in full alongside Mu’s managing director, Anh Thu T. Pham. De Leon is Mu’s fifth artistic director, filling a role left by Lily Tung Crystal, who now leads East West Players in California.

3 weeks ago | twincities.com | Sheila Regan

Principal bassoon Fei Xie has a chance to shine with the Minnesota Orchestra, performing a concerto by 20th century French composer André Jolivet in a program that also features selections from Wynton Marsalis’ gorgeous “Blues Symphony,” and a symphony by Romanian composer George Enescu from the turn of the 20th century. Minnesota Orchestra principal bassoon Fei Xie will perform "Jolivet" with the orchestra at Orchestra Hall on June 5-6, 2025.

3 weeks ago | grandrapidsmn.com | Sheila Regan

I was 10 years old the first time I swam in Lake Superior. It was August in 1988, and Minneapolis was sweltering. My dad reached his breaking point and booked the family a stay at a place along the North Shore near Silver Bay. We stayed in a little cottage right on the lake, and I remember running into the lake with my sisters and feeling the ice-cold water against my skin. After suffering for many days in our air condition-less Minneapolis home, the water was a shock but also a delight.

3 weeks ago | minnpost.com | Sheila Regan

There’s an incredible courtroom scene in the 1933 film “I’m No Angel,” written by Mae West, which she starred in with Cary Grant. West’s character, Tira, tells her lawyer she wants to cross-examine all the witnesses herself. She brings her quick-quip banter to the proceedings, seductively eyes the judge, and charms not only the jury but the defendant she’s suing (played by Grant), who sheepishly agrees to pay up what she says he owes her.

3 weeks ago | twincities.com | Sheila Regan

Cantus Vocal Ensemble gets down with a funk-filled evening of music with their latest show, “Covers: Pure Funk,” now running at the Luminary Arts Center. Fittingly, they get the party started with “Give up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)” by Jerome Brailey, George Clinton and Bootsy Collins of the band Parliament. Right away, the concert is jubilant, the singers bursting with smiles and dancing along with the tunes.