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Tim Campbell

Senior Editor, Arts & Entertainment | Features
Phone: 612-673-4865

Tim Campbell is the senior arts & entertainment editor for the Star Tribune, supervising coverage of music, theater, movies, art and TV. In a four-decade career, he has worked in the news department, business, sports and graphics, and was part of a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative project.


Campbell's current job reflects a longstanding passion for the arts, having grown up on a steady diet of Guthrie Theater shows, and exhibitions and concerts at Walker Art Center and the Minneapolis Institute of Art. In his free time, he loves to kayak on Lake Superior and listen to jazz, rock and soul.
Recent content from Tim Campbell
Carly Rae Jepsen will perform for Twin Cities Pride at the Armory

The big gigs: 10 concerts to see in the Twin Cities this week

Concert highlights for June 24-29 include Carly Rae Jepsen and other Pride music, the TC Jazz and Blue Ox music fests, Wallows and Brandy Clark.
His son Jimmy Jam made it a doubly 'Happy Birthday' for Minneapolis music great Cornbread Harris

His son Jimmy Jam made it a doubly 'Happy Birthday' for Minneapolis music great Cornbread Harris

The newly anointed Rock Hall of Famer joined his bluesman dad for a 95th birthday bash.
Carlos Santana

The big gigs: 10 concerts to see in the Twin Cities this week

Concert highlights for April 7-13, including Santana, Arooj Aftab, Ukrainian group Dakha Brakha and Slipknot
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10 best things our critics are watching this week

From John Stamos' new Disney series to a Dolly Parton tribute, here's what we're tuning into.
Isabel Wilkerson during her Oct. 13 Talking Volumes interview.

Americans shouldn't be afraid to inspect our collective 'basement,' says famed author Isabel Wilkerson

She discusses her new book about the structural roots of racism for a Talking Volumes audience.
Sarah M. Broom during her Talking Volumes interview Oct. 6.

Pandemic affected how author Sarah M. Broom feels about home

The bestselling writer of "The Yellow House" discusses her "obsession" in a Talking Volumes interview.

Music takes to the streets via Bands on Vans

See how the live-music series works as Nur-D performs in northeast Minneapolis.
Helen Macdonald showed viewers her pet parrot Birdoole during the Talking Volumes event Sept. 30.

Meet beloved nature writer Helen Macdonald – and her pet parrot

Interviewed via Zoom from her English cottage, the author introduced Talking Volumes guests to her housemate.
Claudia Rankine during her Talking Volumes appearance Sept. 22, 2020.

Famed author Claudia Rankine brings her conversation about race to Minnesotans via Zoom

Watch the writer's appearance as she opened our Talking Volumes book series.

Looking back at Siah Armajani's 60-year career in Minnesota

Images of the artist and his work.
350 young musicians from the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies' 9 school-year orchestras participated in a virtual video to replace the show they u

Watch 350 young Minnesota musicians go virtual for Holst 'Jupiter' performance

A beloved springtime tradition comes to life online in the age of COVID-19.
Duluth cartoonist Chris Monroe's 'Monkey With a Tool Belt' gets Netflix debut

Duluth cartoonist Chris Monroe's 'Monkey With a Tool Belt' gets Netflix debut

A new animated series launches Friday, featuring the popular children's book character by Chris Monroe.
The woodwinds section of the SPCO rehearsed in January 2019.

St. Paul Chamber Orchestra cancels the rest of its season

Plans for the 2020-21 season will be announced in a few weeks.

King Princess plays the Palace

Flirty, funny and exuberant, the 21-year-old singer reigned over a St. Paul crowd with unpretentious cool.
Mill City Summer Opera plans its first non-Mill City season in St. Paul

Mill City Summer Opera plans its first non-Mill City season in St. Paul

The company will stage "Rigoletto" at Paikka, an events space in St. Paul's Vandalia Tower.

Scenes from the life of famed Twin Cities director Marion McClinton

McClinton was involved with countless Twin Cities stage productions over the decades, as actor, playwright and director. Here are images from a handful of them.
Stars come out as Minneapolis folk legend Spider John Koerner celebrates his '1,000th moon'

Stars come out as Minneapolis folk legend Spider John Koerner celebrates his '1,000th moon'

The 80-year-old musician came out of retirement to sing and tell jokes alongside a host of Twin Cities performers.
Bob Dylan with his ex-wife, Sara, and brother, David Zimmerman, on the lawn at Macalester College in 1983. The Dylans' daughter Maria was graduating a

Re-live the 1980s heyday of Minnesota music and comedy in a new photo book

Writer Martin Keller and photographer Greg Helgeson walked "the thin-grooved line between fandom and journalism," as chronicled in "Hijinx and Hearsay."

Minnesota's Czech culture documented in movie 'Singin' in the Grain'

The film, by Al Milgrom and Dan Geiger, is premiering at the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival.

Minnesota governors' official portraits

Gov. Mark Dayton returned to an old tradition, choosing a Minnesota painter to do his official portrait after his two most recent predecessors picked artists from outside the state.
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A CAPITOL FOURTH puts viewers front and center for the greatest display of fireworks anywhere in the na

TV picks for July 4: Fireworks from New York and the nation's capital

Want to skip the bugs? Watch the fireworks on TV.
Women artists get amped up at this week's MN Music Summit

Women artists get amped up at this week's MN Music Summit

At its eighth annual conference, the Minnesota Music Coalition will highlight diverse voices across its workshops, panels and performances.
With new album 'Dirtball,' a Minnesota legend joins the crowdfunding crowd

With new album 'Dirtball,' a Minnesota legend joins the crowdfunding crowd

R&B/rock veteran Willie Murphy records a passionate love letter to Mother Earth.
Twin Cities poet Danez Smith contends for National Book Award

Twin Cities poet Danez Smith contends for National Book Award

Four books from Minnesota publishers — three from Graywolf and one from Carolrhoda — were among the 20 finalists announced Wednesday.
Piano legend McCoy Tyner to headline 2017 Twin Cities Jazz Festival

Piano legend McCoy Tyner to headline 2017 Twin Cities Jazz Festival

The former anchor of the John Coltrane Quartet will play St. Paul's Mears Park as part of the free outdoor summer event.

Dancers take over the Walker galleries for Merce Cunningham opening

As part of the opening celebration Wednesday and Thursday for Walker Art Center's new exhibition "Merce Cunningham: Common Time," four former dancers in Cunningham's troupe reunited to stage an "Event" -- a 30-minute assemblage of his moves. Meanwhile, New York-based choreographer Maria Hassabi presented her own "Staging," with eight dancers scattered throughout the Walker, doing slow-motion movements that echoed Cunningham's use of stillness in his work.
Mary Tyler Moore accepts her Lifetime Achievement Screen Actors Guild award during the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards show on Jan. 29, 2012 at

No 'Ordinary' life: Highlights from the career of Mary Tyler Moore

'Martin Luther' will stay in Minneapolis one more day – for free on Monday

'Martin Luther' will stay in Minneapolis one more day – for free on Monday

The exhibit at Minneapolis Institute of Art is sold out for its closing weekend, so museum officials decided to give crowds one last chance.
Timothy Mahr conducted the Roseville Area High School Symphonic Band in a rehearsal of his Symphony No. 1.

St. Olaf professor's symphony to get its world premiere at Roseville High School

St. Olaf professor Timothy Mahr praises the young musicians who are helping him fulfill a dream: "I'm a very lucky man."
'Roll Over Beethoven!' demands Minnesota Orchestra CEO

'Roll Over Beethoven!' demands Minnesota Orchestra CEO

Kevin Smith played piano as his musicians partied into the night Tuesday, following their European tour sendoff.

From Bon Iver to Badu, photos from the 2016 Eaux Claires fest

Labeled a "Return to the River," the festival led by Bon Iver frontman Justin Vernon took over a pastoral site overlooking the Chippewa River near Eau Claire, Wis., for the second year Aug. 12-13, 2016.
Last chance to see Prince's 'Purple Rain' coat

Last chance to see Prince's 'Purple Rain' coat

The Minnesota History Center is removing the display because of 'conservation concerns.'
Liquid Music series to flow with Poliça, Tunde Adebimpe in 2016-17

Liquid Music series to flow with Poliça, Tunde Adebimpe in 2016-17

Rock stars enter the chamber world in the SPCO's genre-bending new music showcase.
Ian Axel, left, and Chad King, of A Great Big World pose in the press room with the award for best pop duo/group performance for "Say Something" at th

A Great Big World, Billy Bob Thornton will headline State Fair free stages

As usual, oldies dominated the entertainment slate announced Tuesday.
Prince locations around the Twin Cities Illustration by Bart King, special to the Star Tribune

Princely tour of the Twin Cities

Guide to the homes, hangouts and landmarks that Prince frequented and/or made famous.
Iggy Pop-Josh Homme tour coming to Northrop April 4

Iggy Pop-Josh Homme tour coming to Northrop April 4

Tickets go on sale Saturday following the punk godfather's surprise appearance on Colbert last week with the Queens of the Stone Age leader.
Celebrate India's Navarathri festival at Landmark Center this weekend

Celebrate India's Navarathri festival at Landmark Center this weekend

We visited Ragamala Dance's family-friendly event, which continues Saturday and Sunday.
Basilica Block Party 2015 blessed with Wilco and Weezer

Basilica Block Party 2015 blessed with Wilco and Weezer

Tickets go on sale May 2 for the July 10-11 church fundraiser, in its 21st year.
The Suicide Commandos Saturday at Turf Club.

KFAI raises $4,000 with a vintage lineup at Turf Club

Saturday's fundraiser featured a rare appearance by guitar wizard Michael Yonkers.
KFAI raises $4,000 with a vintage lineup at Turf Club

KFAI raises $4,000 with a vintage lineup at Turf Club

A rare appearance by guitar wizard Michael Yonkers and rousing sets by rock vets the Mighty Mofos, X-Boys and Flamin' Ohs packed the club.
MIA staff members got a close up look at Johannes Vermeer's Woman in Blue Reading a Letter at the staff unveiling of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Arts Institute unveils rare Vermeer painting for 100th birthday

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts had promised surprise masterpieces for its centennial celebration, and it delivered a big one Friday: one of only 34 known works by 17th-century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer.
MIA staff members got a close up look at Johannes Vermeer's Woman in Blue Reading a Letter at the staff unveiling of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts

MIA unveils rare Vermeer painting for 100th birthday

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts had promised surprise masterpieces for its centennial celebration, and it delivered a big one Friday: one of only 34 known works by 17th-century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer.

The Sonics, Suicide Commandos and more at First Avenue

Tacoma, Wash., garage rock legends the Sonics made their Minneapolis debut March 1 at First Avenue on a bill that included a host of fellow travelers, including local punk pioneers the Suicide Commandos and Curtiss A, and the long-overdue return of Florida-based but Minnesota-beloved roots-rocker Charlie Pickett. For a full report on the show, click here.
This photo released by Sony - Columbia Pictures shows Barkhad Abdi in a scene from the film, "Captain Phillips. Abdi was nominated for a Golden Globe

Barkhad Abdi scores an Oscar nomination but not Hanks

Also: Minneapolis' Adopt Films linked to nominee for best foreign film.
The cover of "Purple Snow" is a vintage photo of patrons at the Taste Show Lounge in downtown Minneapolis. (Photograph by Charles Chamblis, courtesy o

Listen to 'Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound'

Here's a free preview of a new compilation album that celebrates the talents of the pre-Prince Twin Cities funk scene – including Prince himself.
Jim Sundquist performed in 2011 with his Fendermen at the Rock Bend Folk Festival in St. Peter, Minn.

Obituary: Jim Sundquist, hitmaking guitarist with the Fendermen

L to R The two winners of $25,000 screenwriting prize from McKnight, radio personality Bob Yates, and a young Minneapolis man named Michael Starrbury

Sundance debut for Brooklyn Park's Starrbury

The Sundance Film Festival announced Monday that it will premiere "The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete," filmed last summer from an original script by Minnesota filmmaker Michael Starrbury.
Melissa Joan Hart in "Clarissa Explains it All"

TV critic's picks 8/3

Final six contestants on "So You Think You Can Dance," plus a Melissa Joan Hart moment.
Breckin Meyer and Mark-Paul Gosselaar in "Franklin & Bash."

TV critic's picks 7/31-8/4

"Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" and "Franklin & Bash".
Thundercats

TV critic's picks: Friday 7/29

"Thundercats," "X Games"

TV critic's picks: Wednesday

"Circus," "Tailgate Warriors With Guy Fieri" and "Cougar Town"
Ellen Page, left, plays a pregnant teen in "Jun," a comic drama scripted by Diablo Cody. Olivia Thirlby, right, co-stars.

Diablo Cody and Dylan movies top the Spirit Award list

"Juno" and "I'm Not There" lead nominations for Spirit Awards.