Arts & Entertainment

Performing Arts - General

• Common Sense Media

  Non-profit organization that provides reviews and ratings for family movies, TV shows, websites, video games, books and music.

• Metacritic

  Collects movie, music, dvd, and video game reviews all in one place. Includes a scoring system and reviews from professionals and users.

• mnartists.org

  Online database of Minnesota artists and organizations from all disciplines. Includes artist information and searchable database of their work.

• Performing Arts Encyclopedia at Library of Congress

  Guide to performing arts resources at the Library of Congress. Provides information about the Library's unsurpassed collections of scores, sheet music, audio recordings, films, photographs, and other materials. 

Performing Arts - Movies

• Filmsite.org

  An award-winning, unique resource of film reference material for film buffs and others.  Includes film analysis, original content, information on the top films and most memorable movie scenes, "best of…" articles, and the most popular film quotes in all genres of film.

• Internet Archive Movie Archive

  Library of free movies, films, and videos. This library contains thousands of digital movies uploaded by Archive users which range from classic full-length films, to daily alternative news broadcasts, to cartoons and concerts.

• Internet Movie Database

  The biggest, best, most award-winning movie site on the planet.

• Rotten Tomatoes

  Includes movies, movie reviews, critic scores, showtimes and movie trailers.

• Screen It! Entertainment Reviews for Parents

  Comprehensive and detailed movie reviews for parents, with content in 15 categories including profanity, sex, violence and more.

Performing Arts - Music

• All Music Guide

  The source for music information. Read artist biographies and album reviews. Find the best of new and upcoming releases.

• International Music Score Library Project

  Music library that provides music scores free of charge to anyone with internet access.  Searchable by composer, melody, instrumentation or genre.

• Kreusch Sheet Music

  Printable PDFs of piano music, predominantly by classical composers. Searchable by composer or song title.

• Pollstar - The Concert Hotwire

  Website for live music fans covering the worldwide concert industry.  Contains a searchable index of over 5,000 music artists on tour.

• Twin Cities Classical Music Directory

  Schubert Club-maintained list of Twin Cities classical music organizations.

• Ultimate Band List

  Free music downloads, new music videos, recording artist photos, breaking international music news, and  ARTISTdirect network.

Performing Arts - Radio

• BBC Radio

  Find programmes, clips and best bets from the BBC's radio stations, including local and regional radio and World Service, podcasts and schedules.

• The Internet OTR Archive

  This archive of Old Time Radio digital recordings is part of the larger Internet Archive project. All radio programs are in the public domain and free to listen to or download. Popular radio programs, commercials, and news are all archived here. Uses Windows Media Player.

• The OTR Network Library *

  Has a collection of over 12,000 Old Time Radio programs listed by series. Uses RealPlayer.

  * RealPlayer is not available inside the Library

Performing Arts - Television

• Emmy Awards

  The Emmy® Awards recognize excellence within various areas of television and emerging media.

• Hulu

  Watch TV shows and movies free online. Enjoy current episodes of hit shows.

• TV Guide

  The online version of the magazine.

• TV Shows on DVD

  Information and reviews for TV shows released on DVD, with voting on desired future releases.
   

Performing Arts - Theatre & Dance

• American Ballet Theater - Ballet Dictionary

  A unique interactive resource designed to bring dance to the Web and make it accessible to everyone.  170 terms from the Technical Manual and Dictionary of Classical Ballet are then demonstrated by ABT Company dancers.  

• Internet Broadway Database

  Official database for Broadway theatre information. IBDB provides records of productions from the beginnings of New York theatre until today.

• Playbill

  he Broadway theatre source.

• The Tony Awards

  The American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards salute excellence in Broadway theatre. Presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing. 

Visual

• Artcyclopedia

  Index of online museums and image archives.  Find where the works of over 8,000 different fine artists can be viewed online.

• Contemporary Art - World Wide Arts Resources

  Offers daily international art news and a large art history site with over 22,000 art history artists, artwork, biographies and images.

• Minneapolis Institute of Arts

  Houses more than 100,000 objects from diverse cultural traditions spanning 5,000 years of world history.
   

• Smithsonian American Art Museum

  Find over 360,000 American artworks in museums worldwide and over 40,000 holdings of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and use their online reference service, Joan of Art, for information on American artists and artworks.

• Walker Art Center

  Minneapolis arts center which features contemporary visual and performing arts exhibits and programs.
   

• Weisman Art Museum

  Features the University of Minnesota's massive art collection. Special exhibits and programs in a Frank Gehry-designed building on the banks of the Mississippi River.