A reemergence of Latin American films on the international scene in recent years has resulted in a wealth of vivid, groundbreaking work.

Due to overwhelming audience response The Children's Theatre Company (CTC) is bringing back the Twin Cities' smash hit If You Give a Mouse a Cookie for a limited summer run July 8 – 20, 2008.

She's as successful as Dr. Spock, has a dash of Miss Frizzle and part of Mary Poppins, topped of with a generous pinch of Nanny MacPhee. She's Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle and she's back by popular demand at the Children's Theatre Company (CTC)!

The Minnesota Orchestra concludes the inaugural season of its "Inside the Classics" series with an up-close look at Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring, a work synonymous with musical Americana.

In the first concert of its new jazz series highlighting the nation's finest jazz artists, the Minnesota Orchestra offers "A Tribute to Louis Armstrong," Thursday, April 17, at 7:30 p.m., featuring trombonist Delfeayo Marsalis, trumpeter Nicholas Payton and singer/trumpeter Kermit Ruffins, among other top musicians. Tickets are $45, with VIP seating at $65.

Twenty-six-year-old Latvian violinist Baiba Skride makes her Minnesota Orchestra debut in concerts on April 17 to 19, playing Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor under the baton of Music Director Osmo Vänskä.

Music Director Osmo Vänskä and the Minnesota Orchestra prepare for a trip to the Big Apple with concerts on April 10 and 11 featuring music by Mahler, Schumann and Sibelius.

Acclaimed world music artist Anoushka Shankar, accompanied by the Rise Ensemble, performs at Minneapolis' Orchestra Hall in a single concert slated for Thursday, April 10, at 7:30 p.m., playing works from her Grammy-nominated recording, Rise. Tickets range in price from $20-$35, with VIP seating at $55.

April tours at the Walker Art Center offer a chance to see the latest exhibition Trisha Brown: So That the Audience Does Not Know Whether I Have Stopped Dancing (opening April 18), providing an in-depth look at the visual arts practice of an artist recognized primarily for her work in dance and opera.

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts celebrates its twenty-fifth year of "Art in Bloom" in unprecedented style, from APRIL 30 to MAY 4, 2008. To mark this milestone, each of the seven curatorial departments at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA) will display artworks that include aspects of floral design.

On Tuesday, April 15, 7:30 pm, the Walker Art Center presents a special advance screening of Errol Morris' latest documentary Standard Operating Procedure, and the director will participate in a post-screening Q&A with the audience. Groundbreaking Academy Award–winning documentarian Errol Morris (The Thin Blue Line, The Fog of War) investigates what he calls "the mystery" behind the images that shocked the world, the torture of prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.

Poet Marc Bamuthi Joseph upends the phrase "think globally, act locally," striving to inject core community values into his work as an international hip-hop artist. He performs the world premiere of the Walker Art Center-commissioned the break/s Thursday–Saturday, April 10–12, at 8 pm in the William and Nadine McGuire Theater.