History Play: Alvin Karpis: The Last Public Enemy #1
2022-10-09 14:00 - 16:00, 2022-10-07 19:00 - 21:00, 2022-10-06 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago) | F. K. Weyerhaeuser Aud. – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Alvin “Creepy” Karpis was the last 1930’s gangster to be named Public Enemy #1 by the FBI; the last major gangster to be captured; the only person ever arrested by J. Edgar Hoover and the only gangster chained to a radiator “like an animal” in Landmark Center. The play explores the life of Alvin Karpis, the Barker-Karpis gang and infamous kidnappings, how corruption helped his gang to be so successful and how he was finally brought to face justice in the Federal Courthouse in St. Paul.
Landmark Center’s History Play performance series is a theater program designed to bring to life many of the trials, court decisions, legal ramifications, and other related events that were relevant to Landmark Center when it was the Federal Courts Building. Noted Twin Cities judges, legal practitioners, and academics often trade robes for costumes to bring the events to life.

Richard Cottle: Life in the Abstract Exhibit Opening Reception
2022-10-06 17:00 - 19:00 | North Gallery – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., St. Paul, MN, 55104, United States
Minnesota Landmarks is pleased to present the art of Richard Cottle. Cottle’s works are figure-based abstractions, influenced by the work of Abstract Expressionist Willem de Kooning. Cottle works from black and white figure sketches and, with the addition of a mixture of primary colors (red, yellow and blue), he creates vibrant energetic compositions. In his recent work, he has explored the concept of adding a second or third figure to create a visual and psychological tension between the figures and the viewer.

Sound Sculpture by Masary Studios – featuring Michelle Kinney, cello; STRONGmovement Dance Company; Alexei Casselle, spoken word
2022-09-25 19:30 - 21:00, 2022-09-25 17:00 - 18:30 | Musser Cortile – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Schubert Club’s historic 140th season kicks off with the multi-sensory installation Sound Sculpture, an interactive musical instrument made up of illuminated building blocks, at Landmark Center in downtown Saint Paul, created by Boston-based interdisciplinary MASARY Studios.
Sunday’s Schubert Club Mix performances include a new work entitled What is an Instrument?, which features Sound Sculpture in performance dialogue with cello, dance, poetry, and the audience.
“I am thrilled to be sharing space with this incredible team of Twin-City-based artists. They have joined me in this inquiry asking ‘what is an instrument’ as we look at both the most human answers to that question as well as those more technologically driven. I couldn’t ask for a more interesting, motivated, sincere and fun group of collaborators.” – Ryan Edwards, MASARY Studios
Collaborating artists include MASARY Studios, cellist Michelle Kinney, choreographer Darrius Strong/STRONG Movement, and spoken-word artist Alexei Moon Casselle, aka Crescent Moon. Family Friendly.

Sundays at Landmark: Schubert Club Presents Sound Sculpture
2022-09-25 13:00 - 15:00 | Musser Cortile – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
An interactive musical instrument made up of illuminated building blocks created by Boston-based interdisciplinary MASARY Studios. Space is limited and reservations are highly suggested to interact with the blocks. Reserve your spot here: Sundays at Landmark: Schubert Club Sound Sculpture Tickets in St Paul, MN, United States (ticketleap.com)
Sundays at Landmark series is supported by Ecolab, the Xcel Energy Foundation, Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation, Ramsey County and Travelers.

Sound Sculpture: Free Visiting Hours
2022-09-24 10:00 - 14:00 | Musser Cortile – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Schubert Club’s historic 140th season kicks off with the multi-sensory installation Sound Sculpture, a musical instrument made up of illuminated building blocks, at Landmark Center in downtown Saint Paul. On Saturday September 24, the dynamic site-specific sound and light environment will be open to the public in the Landmark Center Cortile from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. for visitors to explore, play, and create music.
Sound Sculpture uses 25 location-aware blocks, each cube representing a note in spatial dimension and time. The public’s interaction and placement of the cubes creates musical structures. Imagine walking onto the staff paper, picking up the notes and moving them around, thereby changing pitch, rhythm, melody and harmony. In this way, participants can create physical and sonic structures together with Sound Sculpture.

Summer Nights in Rice: International Reggae All Stars
2022-09-22 16:00 - 19:00 | Rice Park, 109 W 4th St, Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
A free concert series on select Thursdays, 4-7 pm, from July through September. Grab a drink or a bite to eat at a local restaurant then stop by for live music, dancing, and community connections in Rice Park!
July 14 – Pete Whitman Quartet
Traditional & contemporary jazz
July 28 – Will Kjeer Quartet
Original new contemporary compositions and classic jazz
August 11 – Twin Cities Latin Band
Latin inspired music
August 25 – Everett Smithson Band
Blues band with Zydeco
September 8 – Pete Whitman & Mississippi
Contemporary jazz
September 22 – International Reggae All Stars
Reggae, dancehall, and Bob Marley classics
Summer Nights in Rice is presented by the Rice Park Association and Twin Cities Mobile Jazz Project, with additional support from Landmark Center, Minnesota Wild, The Saint Paul Hotel and Grill, Clinton and Diane Blaiser, and Saint Paul Star Program.

Sundays at Landmark: Mid-Autumn Moon Festival
2022-09-18 13:00 - 15:00 | Musser Cortile – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Celebrate this Southeast Asian tradition with crafts, music, dance, food, storytelling, a lion dance, and lantern parade in Rice Park. Co-presented with the Vietnamese community of Minnesota.
Sundays at Landmark series is supported by Ecolab, the Xcel Energy Foundation, Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation, Ramsey County and Travelers.

Landmark Live: Ray Bonneville
2022-09-16 20:00 - 22:00 | F. K. Weyerhaeuser Aud. – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Landmark Center presents “Landmark Live” in the F.K. Weyerhaeuser Auditorium. Presented with support from Minnesota Music Coalition, KFAI Radio, and the Pioneer Press these concerts begin at 8 pm and are preceded by a cocktail hour at 7 pm, giving audiences an opportunity to enjoy complimentary refreshments and a cash bar.
Tickets are $20 in advance/$25 at the door and $70 for full season tickets. Tickets include admission to the cocktail hour from 7-8 pm.
7pm – Cocktail hour // 7:30 pm – seating opens // 8 pm – Concert
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Acclaimed raconteur Ray Bonneville strips his bluesy Americana down to its essentials and steeps it in the humid grooves of the South, creating a compelling poetry of hard living and deep feeling. His ninth release, At King Electric, delivers more than his trademark grit and groove. Songs such as “The Next Card to Fall” and “Codeine” gleam with intimate narratives of characters reaching for hope and wrestling with despair. Rich guitar and harmonica lines resonate over spare but spunky rhythms, while Bonneville’s deep, evocative voice confesses life’s harsh realities.
Jim Withers (Montreal Gazette) describes his sound as “folk-roots gumbo… a languid Mississippi Delta groove, seasoned with smooth, weathered vocals and a propulsive harmonica wheeze.” Whether performing solo or fronting a band, playing electric or acoustic guitar, Bonneville allows space between notes that adds potency to every chord, lick, and lyric. Thom Jurek (Allmusic.com) remarks, “With darkness and light fighting for dominance… he’s stripped away every musical excess to let the songs speak for themselves.”

Paul Nelson's Author Talk
2022-09-13 12:00 - 13:00 | North Gallery – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., St. Paul, MN, 55104, United States
Author Paul Nelson discusses the current North Gallery exhibit Robert “Bob” Brown: Painting Ramsey County.

Summer Nights in Rice: Pete Whitman & Mississippi
2022-09-08 16:00 - 19:00 | Rice Park, 109 W 4th St, Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States

North Gallery: Robert "Bob" Brown Exhibit Opening Reception
2022-08-25 17:00 - 19:00 | North Gallery – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., St. Paul, MN, 55104, United States
Ramsey County Historical Society, in partnership with Landmark Center, will premiere an exhibition featuring local artist Robert Brown (1893-1954). While there are few known details of his life, we do know he studied briefly in Europe and New York City before settling in St. Paul, where he worked as an artist in the 1930s and ’40s. He painted, mostly watercolors, in the regionalist style promoted by the Federal Art Project (FAP). The FAP provided work and a basic income to a few thousand American artists and artisans during the Great Depression. Most of Brown’s known works are St. Paul urban scenes and landscapes.
Additional exhibition programming will include a walkthrough with local historian, Paul Nelson, who has written a retrospective of Brown and discovered images of many artworks that have not been seen in nearly 100 years. Look for the article “Bob Brown: Paint What You See” in the upcoming Summer 2022 issue of Ramsey County History magazine in late mid-late August.

Summer Nights in Rice: Everett Smithson Band
2022-08-25 16:00 - 19:00 | Rice Park, 109 W 4th St, Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States

CARE: Light Up Landmark
2022-08-18 19:00 - 21:00 | Musser Cortile – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Andrew Young, Landmark Center’s 2021-2022 CARE Artist-in-Residence, invites you to explore Landmark Center like you never have before while answering the question:
What is beyond the five senses?
What stories can be told by a building? Using light and shadow puppets, come create and share those hopes, puppet them to life, and see them projected several stories high!
Sense explored: Wonder
This is the CARE 2022 culmination event, and refreshments will be served. Reservations encouraged, walk-ins welcome! Reserve your tickets here.

Saint Paul Walking Tour: Great River
2022-08-17 10:00 - 11:00, 2022-07-20 10:00 - 11:00 | Upper Landing Park, 206 Shepard Rd, Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Learn about Saint Paul’s start and its relationship with the Mississippi River. On this tour you will learn great information while observing the beautiful view of the river and its surrounding areas.
July tour date reservations will be open on June 1st, and August tour date reservations will be open on July 1st. Reservations required and available online at Great River Walking Tour Tickets in St Paul, MN, United States (ticketleap.com)

Summer Nights in Rice: Twin Cities Latin Band
2022-08-11 16:00 - 19:00 | Rice Park, 109 W 4th St, Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
A free concert series on select Thursdays, 4-7 pm, from July through September. Grab a drink or a bite to eat at a local restaurant then stop by for live music, dancing, and community connections in Rice Park!
July 14 – Pete Whitman Quartet
Traditional & contemporary jazz
July 28 – Will Kjeer Quartet
Original new contemporary compositions and classic jazz
August 11 – Twin Cities Latin Band
Latin inspired music
August 25 – Everett Smithson Band
Blues band with Zydeco
September 8 – Pete Whitman & Mississippi
Contemporary jazz
September 22 – International Reggae All Stars
Reggae, dancehall, and Bob Marley classics
Summer Nights in Rice is presented by the Rice Park Association and Twin Cities Mobile Jazz Project through a grant from the Saint Paul Cultural STAR Program and additional support from Rice Park neighbors: Clinton and Diane Blaiser, the Historic Hamm Building, Landmark Center, Minnesota Wild, Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, and The Saint Paul Hotel and Grill.

Saint Paul Walking Tour: Rice Park
2022-08-10 10:00 - 11:00, 2022-07-13 10:00 - 11:00 | Landmark Center, 75 5th St W, Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Stroll through one of St. Paul’s oldest public parks: Rice Park, located in the heart of the cultural district in downtown. Flanked by architectural and cultural giants: Landmark Center, the Saint Paul Hotel, the Central Library, and the Ordway, this park is beloved as an oasis of green space, beautiful landscaping, and as a site of public art.
July tour date reservations will be open on June 1st, and August tour date reservations will be open on July 1st. Reservations required and available online at Rice Park Walking Tour Tickets in Saint Paul, MN, United States (ticketleap.com)

Landmark Summer Art Popup - Public Reception
2022-08-04 17:00 - 19:00 | North Gallery – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., St. Paul, MN, 55104, United States
Public Reception: Thursday, August 4 – 5-7 pm – Free and open to the public.
Featuring an energetic mix of art from over 25 Twin Cities artists, the Landmark Summer Art Popup includes highly creative and accomplished artists from their 20’s to 90’s and all ages in between. The exhibition includes one artist-selected artwork from their own collections. Paintings, Drawings, Photography, Ceramics, Sculpture, Textiles, Mixed Media, Printmaking – a diverse range of creative works are on display.

Saint Paul Walking Tour - It Happened Right Here: Saint Paul's Origins
2022-08-03 10:00 - 11:00, 2022-07-06 10:00 - 11:00 | Kellogg Park
Stand where Saint Paul began and walk through its origin tales and historic towers into its anticipated future. Downtown shaped the state of Minnesota through its booming population, architecture, and businesses. Learn of Saint Paul’s first murder, first mystery, and many stories of the first settlers.
July tour date reservations will be open on June 1st, and August tour date reservations will be open on July 1st. Reservations required and available online at It Happened Right Here: Saint Paul’s Origins Tickets in Saint Paul, MN, United States (ticketleap.com).

Summer Nights in Rice: Will Kjeer Quartet
2022-07-28 16:00 - 19:00 | Rice Park, 109 W 4th St, Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States

Music on the Cortile: Trio Bossa Nova
2022-07-27 12:00 - 13:00 | Musser Cortile – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Music on the Cortile (formerly Music from the Porch and Music in the Café) hosts musicians on Landmark Center’s beautiful Musser Cortile for four Wednesday lunch hour performances. The concerts are a great opportunity to hear talented local musicians and are free and open to the public. Guests are invited to bring their lunch to enjoy during the concert.
Trio Bossa Nova offers a playlist of famous bossa nova classics blended with original and contemporary Brazilian material. Natania Kamin is a charismatic vocalist, songwriter, and dancer who is passionate about sharing the music of her native Brazil with American audiences. Pavel Jany is a contemporary jazz guitarist whose diversity and eclecticism have no boundaries, and whose long musical journey encompasses many various styles. Jacqueline Ultan is a singularly creative cellist and composer. Also a dedicated teacher, Ultan is on the faculty of MacPhail’s Center for Music and holds a Masters’s Degree in Performance from Yale University. Natania Kamin and Pavel Jany are also members of local Brazilian jazz project Ticket To Brasil.

CARE: Falls at Landmark
2022-07-21 19:00 - 21:00 | Musser Cortile – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Andrew Young is Landmark Center’s 2021-2022 CARE Artist-in-Residence and invites you to explore Landmark Center like you never have before while answering the question: What is beyond the five senses?
We live in a city built by water, which sustains us to this day. An indoor installation of a waterfall, created using fabric, will cascade down from the top of the cortile to the ground floor, honoring the river that built the city and the clean water we use every day. What stories do you have around water? Come learn to create shadow puppets and tell those stories. Using overhead projectors, you can share those stories and project them onto the falls. You can also add to the collaborative sculpture and learn to do simple lashing, in partnership with Urban Boatbuilders!
Sense: Exploration
Reservations encouraged, walk-ins welcome! Reserve your tickets here.

Summer Nights in Rice: Pete Whitman Quartet
2022-07-14 16:00 - 19:00 | Rice Park, 109 W 4th St, Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States

Music on the Cortile: Amanda Grace
2022-07-13 12:00 - 13:00 | Musser Cortile – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Music on the Cortile (formerly Music from the Porch and Music in the Café) hosts musicians on Landmark Center’s beautiful Musser Cortile for four Wednesday lunch hour performances. The concerts are a great opportunity to hear talented local musicians and are free and open to the public. Guests are invited to bring their lunch to enjoy during the concert.
Amanda performs as a solo artist, a member of a women’s contemporary folk band called Wildflower, and with her Amanda Grace band. Amanda does not claim a particular genre of music, and in doing so enjoys variety in her music and audiences. She has produced music drifting between folk and rock. With roots as a pianist, her writing is thematically varied with an emphasis on melody and ballads wrapped in warm vocals. She’s released 7 albums. In 2016 she received a “Front Of Line” pass from The Voice. She continues to fully enjoy songwriting, releasing & performing original music while raising a family in the beautiful Mississippi River valley.

CARE: Building Rhythms
2022-06-30 17:00 - 19:00 | Courtroom 317 – Landmark Center, 75 5th St. W., Saint Paul, MN, 55102, United States
Andrew Young is Landmark Center’s 2021-2022 CARE Artist-in-Residence and invites you to explore Landmark Center like you never have before while answering the question: What is beyond the five senses?
How often do you get to hear the sound of drums coming out of a courtroom? Today you will, and you can be part of it! Using simple wood frames and clear packing tape, come learn to make a tape drum that you can take home with you, and learn some simple rhythms you can play together with other people.
Sense explored: Sound, rhythm
Reservations encouraged, walk-ins welcome! Reserve your tickets here.
