Our top art picks from the May Rimon e-guide

If you’re still not getting the Rimon e-guide, what are you waiting for?! The monthly newsletter from our local Jewish arts organization and Federation partner drops the first week of every month with pages and pages of Jewish (or Jewish-adjacent) Twin Cities arts opportunities. As the world opens up and in-person art events begin again, we’re even more excited to check out some of these events.

Here, a few Jewish art events in the twin cities that caught our eye this month:

Keren Or creative arts contest winners | Sunday, May 9, 2 pm

Discover the winners of Rimon’s 17th annual arts contest for local teens and enjoy the work of these 25 emerging poets, photographers, and creative prose writers. Featuring special guest speaker musician Peter Himmelman, speaking about the place of creativity in daily life. Register by e-mailing rimon@bfcampus.org

I once was a boy: on the edge with poet Anna Margolin | Thursday, May 13, 7 pm | Zoom

Rimon’s latest Artist Salon features the world premiere of newly commissioned songs by acclaimed composer/performer Anat Spiegel, inspired by the extraordinary poems of the late Yiddish writer, Anna Margolin. Vocalist Sarah Larsson joins Anat in conversation about the power of Yiddish and poetry and their passage into music. The commission is the first in a series funded by the BrinIngber Salon Commission program. Participation is free, but registration is required.

Jewish Women and Small Communities | Sunday, May 23, 2 pm | Zoom

Singer-songwriter Elisa Korenne leads a panel of Jewish women who grew up in small communities to explore their shared experiences in Jewish Women and Small Communities. Elisa is a city girl who moved from Brooklyn, New York to New York Mills, Minnesota, a nook of a town with a population of 1,197, where she is the only Jew. Register for the Zoom event here.

The Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company’s one woman show, A Pickle | starting Thursday, May 27

A series of outdoor performances of the one-woman show, A Pickle, running through June 13. Written by playwright Deborah Yarchun, the play presents a woman’s quest to uncover why her kosher pickles are not receiving their due ranking amongst the prize pickles at the Minnesota State Fair. Act fast--these shows are selling out fast! Learn more + purchase tickets

PS: If you want to support the Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company, they’re hosting a benefit at the Como Lakeside Pavillion on May 24th at 6 pm where a portion of A Pickle will be performed! More information

The Ararat Collective’s Map to Surviving a Pandemic | Through August 9

This web-zine is produced by The Ararat Collective, made up of eight artists including local artist Robyn Awend, who contributed the Pandemic Table of Elements. In this interactive piece, Robyn explores an alternate version of the traditional Periodic Table of Elements, documenting pandemic daily life; new rituals and routines, circumstances, and vocabulary. View the web-zine here.

Saul Steinberg at MIA | Through August 15

Saul Steinberg is widely known for his decades of drawings in The New Yorker magazine. He thought of himself as an author who drew—a conceptual artist. Whether studying the pulse of urban life, the limits of language, or the history of art, he had a knack for destabilizing his audience, gently reorienting them to his off-kilter point of view. The Minneapolis Institute of Art (2400-3rd Ave S, Mpls) presents a sampling of his work in Saul Steinberg: Visual Verse.

Don’t miss the rest of this month’s art events in the Rimon e-guide!