Arts and entertainment team leader
Kathy Berdan
Kathy has been an arts journalist for more than 25 years. She loves Twin Cities theater, bicycling, reading good books in the screen porch, the St. Paul Winter Carnival and the Minnesota State Fair.
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The Broadway @ the Ordway season will feature four shows (including one locally produced). And the Ordway Presents Series features four concerts.
Today is my birthday. And time for the ultimate job change.
I got my first newspaper job at the Fergus Falls Daily Journal on my birthday in 1980.
Guthrie Theater goes for ‘big and ambitious’ 60th season in 2022-23
The 10 productions for 2022-23 include “Hamlet,” a Sondheim musical, two world premieres and – of course – “A Christmas Carol."
Klondike Kate celebrating 50 years with two shows on Saturday
Gold Rush and 1880s attire is suggested (but not required).
Ordway will drop COVID vaccination/test requirements and mask mandate for audiences on April 1
As of April 1, the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts will no longer require proof of COVID-19 vaccination or negative test results for audiences. Masks will also no longer...
St. Patrick’s Day 2022: In St. Paul, a parade and more
After it was canceled in 2020 and reimagined as a small, standstill parade in a parking lot in 2021, the St. Patrick’s Association’s annual parade is on the move again...
SPCO will resume Neighborhood Series concerts on March 25
The series of concerts are curated and led by St. Paul Chamber Orchestra musicians and will be performed in multiple venues across the Twin Cities.
Theater: ‘Parks’ is a snapshot of renowned photographer and visionary who grew up in St. Paul
Robin Hickman-Winfield has taken her “Uncle Gordon’s” story to galleries, to film, to students at St. Paul’s Gordon Parks High School – and now to the stage.
Maverick City Music and Kirk Franklin ‘Kingdom’ tour coming to the X in June
The "Kingdom" tour, featuring Maverick City Music and Kirk Franklin will stop at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul on June 25. Tickets (with prices not yet announced), go on...
Alan Jackson brings ‘Last Call’ tour to the X on July 29
Country Music Hall of Famer Alan Jackson is bringing his "Last Call: One More for the Road!" tour -- with more than 30 years of hits -- to St. Paul...