Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts

The Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts is a performing arts center and flagship for dance in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.

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Type: Arts center
Description: performing arts center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Also known as: “Academy Theatre”, “Alvin Theatre”, “Goodale Theatre”, “Minnesota Shubert Performing Arts and Education Center”, and “Shubert Theatre”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Target Center and Hennepin Center for the Arts.

Target Center

Stadium

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Target Center is a multi-purpose arena located in Minneapolis that opened in 1990. It hosts major family shows, concerts, sporting events, graduations and private events. Target Center is situated 630 feet west of Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts.

Hennepin Center for the Arts

Historic building

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The Hennepin Center for the Arts is an art center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. It occupies a building on Hennepin Avenue constructed in 1888 as a Masonic Temple.

Warehouse District/Hennepin Avenue

Railway station

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The Warehouse District/Hennepin Avenue station is a light rail station on the Blue Line and Green Line in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This was the original northern terminus of the Blue Line until the new Target Field station opened on November 14, 2009 to provide access to the new Northstar Commuter Rail line.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downtown Minneapolis and North Loop.

Downtown Minneapolis

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Downtown is the central business district of Minneapolis. It is sprinkled with architecturally interesting skyscrapers, most of which are interconnected, mainly on the second level above the street level, by a growing web of skyways, now approaching eight miles in total length.

North Loop

Locality

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The North Loop is a neighborhood in the Central community of Minneapolis. Commonly referred to as The Warehouse District, the neighborhood was Minneapolis's main commercial district during the city's years as a midwestern shipping hub.