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Culture in the Twin Cities

The Twin Cities are ranked second only to New York in total theater seats per capita, and the Saint Paul/East Metro area is home to some of the country’s finest arts and cultural organizations. Drawing visitors locally and from across the country, the arts community has a reputation for world-class performances by groups such as the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and the Steppingstone Theater. The Ordway Center for Performing Arts, Park Square and Penumbra Theaters offer a variety of educational and dramatic fare. Fun meets learning at the Minnesota Children’s Museum and the Science Museum of Minnesota, and many of the community’s outstanding artists open their studios to the public for the twice-yearly Saint Paul Art Crawl.

The revitalization of Saint Paul’s downtown district is attracting more theater groups and music venues to the area. More than 40 arts organizations produce more than 1,000 arts events, exhibits and performances. Saint Paul/East Metro area residents appreciate and recognize the contribution of the arts community to the area’s economic vitality.

GALLERIES & MUSEUMS
Minnesota Children’s Museum
10 West Seventh Street
Saint Paul, MN 55102
651.225.6000
www.mcm.org
Children and their adult guests can touch, climb, splash, crawl, push, pull, and press in six galleries packed with hands-on adventures.

Minnesota Museum of American Art
50 West Kellogg Boulevard, Suite 742
75 West Fifth Street
Saint Paul, MN 55102
651.292.4380
www.mmaa.org
Visual arts museum focuses on the diversity of American art. An accessible, informative and welcoming environment.

Saint Paul Art Crawl
651.292.4373
Members of the Saint Paul Art Collective in historic Lowertown district open their galleries and studios to the community each spring and fall.

Science Museum of Minnesota
120 West Kellogg Boulevard
Saint Paul, MN 55102
651.221.9444
www.smm.org
One of the most respected science institutions in the country, known for its world-class collection of dinosaurs, large-format Omnitheater, 3-D laser show and hands-on exhibits, presentations, science demonstrations and priceless artifacts.

MUSIC & THEATER
The Fitzgerald Theater
10 Exchange Street
Saint Paul, MN 55101
651.290.1221
The Fitzgerald Theater is the permanent home to Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion radio show (heard nationwide on National Public Radio). Also hosts Broadway musicals, vaudeville shows, film festivals, corporate events, concerts, lectures and productions from all over the world. Named for Saint Paul native F. Scott Fitzgerald, the theater is on theNational Register of Historic Places.

Great American History Theatre
30 East 10th Street
Saint Paul, MN 55101
651.292.4323
www.historytheatre.com
Creates and produces plays about Minnesota, the Midwest and the diverse American experience.

Heritage Theatre Company of Maplewood
Maplewood Community Center
2100 White Bear Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55109
651.773.1455
A nonprofit community theater that has served Maplewood and the surrounding area since 1981 with quality family productions.

Loading Dock Theatre
509 Sibley Street
Saint Paul, MN 55101
651.228.7008
One of Saint Paul’s newest and most exciting theaters, the Loading Dock is an intimate venue that’s home to Gremlin Theatre and features some of the best small performance companies in the Twin Cities.

Oops Theatre, Inc.
2594 East Seventh Avenue
North Saint Paul, MN 55109
651.777.4150
www.oopstheatre.com
A blend between the area’s Chanhassen Dinner Theaters and Hey City Theater, Oops is a small intimate dinner theater with a 99.4 percent overall customer satisfaction rate.

Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
345 Washington Street
Saint Paul, MN 55102
651.224.4222
www.ordway.org
Multipurpose performing arts center that serves as the primary performance venue of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Minnesota Opera and Schubert Club — as well as the primary Saint Paul venue for the Minnesota Orchestra. The 1,900-seat main concert hall and 306-seat theater/recital hall offer opera-house styling.

Park Square Theatre
20 West Seventh Place
Saint Paul, MN 55102
651.291.7005
www.parksquaretheatre.org
Founded in 1975, Park Square Theatre produces a broad range of theater — from premieres of contemporary plays to modern classics. Located in the historic Hamm Building, the theater seats 340 people.

Penumbra Theatre
Hallie Q Brown/
Martin Luther King Center
270 North Kent Street
Saint Paul, MN 55102
651.224.3180
Established in 1976, Penumbra Theatre features performances that showcase the experiences of African-Americans.

Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
408 Saint Peter Street, Suite 500
Saint Paul, MN 55119
651.291.1144
www.thespco.org
Hailed as America’s premier chamber orchestra, SPCO presents more than 150 concerts annually, is broadcast weekly on more than 160 radio stations nationwide and has released 56 commercial recordings. The ensemble has toured extensively in Europe, Asia and South America, and has performed at virtually every major concert hall in the United States. SPCO is proud to call the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts its home.

SteppingStone Theatre
314 Landmark Center
Saint Paul, MN 55102
651.225.9265
SteppingStone Theatre is the largest performing theatre for youth in the Saint Paul/East Metro area. Main stage season, classes and workshop programs are provided through school and corporate partnerships.