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Weekend what's what 7/17-7/20: Welcome to Hedonism, Minnesota
by l’etoile magazine staff • July 17, 2008 •
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Arts Orbit is a multisource blog about the local arts scene, featuring both original contributions by Daily Planet writers and entries reprinted from partner blogs and online publications.
THURSDAY JULY 17TH
Beer, Brats & Bribery
@ The Guthrie Theatre
818 S 2nd St.
Minneapolis
5:30pm-7:30pm, play at 7:30pm / $25
Summit beer and brats from Cue on the riverfront patio. Yes. Live summer in style, listen to DJ Andrew Heard, then head inside to watch hilarious mistaken identity pan out in The Government Inspector. Nikolai Gogol was a wily Russian writer, and Jeffrey Hatcher has adapted this play that seems to go perfectly with a big juicy pre-show brat, so there’s no reason you shouldn’t be sitting by the river, enjoying every bite.
CLICK HERE FOR THE GUTHRIE SITE
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Who knew seedling grass had so many artistic possibilities? This British artist duo’s specialty is working with grass…covering buildings with it, developing photos in it, and crafting it into coats. Focusing on growth and decay, their work is unstable and fleeting – if you’re lucky enough to see it in person, know that it only stays that way for a few days, then nature begins its part of the collaboration. Entirely innovative and always fresh, Ackroyd and Harvey’s 18-year partnership is reaching all-time highs.
CLICK HERE FOR THE ARTIST’S SITE
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Eric Carroll
@ The Christensen Center Art Gallery
Augsburg College
720 22nd Ave S
Minneapolis
5:30pm-7:30pm / Free
An art shows’ shadows forever captured as a blueprint. Antiquated photo processes live on in new transmutations. Eric Carroll shifts three dimensional spaces into the second dimension using the diazotype process. Want to be reminded why some thought photography was magical when it was invented? Stop by tonight and see for yourself. Through September 5th.
CLICK FOR THIS ART EVENT AND MORE AT MPLSART.COM
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Does your weather man/woman have knuckle tats and smoke a lot? Your new one does. Why listen to the usual stiff banter, when you could be sworn at by a disheveled man? Find out your daily forecast from Dutch, a crotchety self-taught meteorologist in his daily postings on The Rake’s Web site.
CLICK HERE FOR YOUR WEATHER FORECAST
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MAEP Community Meeting
@ The MIA
Pillsbury Auditorium
2400 3rd Avenue South
Minneapolis
10:30am-Noon / Free
As many of you already know, well-loved coordinator of The Minnesota Artist’s Exhibition Program, Stewart Turnquist, who held his post for the past 31 years, resigned unexpectedly this past week. Local artists are in an uproar, fearing the future of the program, which is designed to showcase the work of Minnesota artists through the support of the MIA. This is one hell of a good reason to get up early on Saturday morning – your input matters!
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Tromapalooza
@ Loring Alley, behind Nick & Eddie
1612 Harmon Place
Minneapolis
1pm both days / $10
Live music, famous celebrities, and horrid debauchery will ensue at this two-day music and film sideshow. Meet the President of Troma Entertainment, Lloyd Kaufman, hear live music and be in a video for local band Faggot as they headline this outrageous affair. Suck down a vodka sno-cone or three while enjoying magic tricks, flame eating, and burlesque dancers, and view the CLASS OF NUKE EM HIGH off an original 35mm print.
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By now, you couldn’t possibly have escaped the buzz surrounding local indie folk sensation Bon Iver. In just under a year, Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon went from hand-making 500 copies of their debut record For Emma, Forever Ago, to playing in front of a silently captivated sold-out crowd of 7000 at Rock the Garden earlier this summer. Bon Iver headline their first show in the mainroom at First Avenue on August 16th and will prove themselves worthy of the hype with their hauntingly climactic live performance. Save the date, and get your tickets now while you can, because they wont last!
CLICK HERE FOR THE BON IVER MYSPACE
Photo by Robyn Lewis
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The Big Slam
@ Parkway Theatre
4814 Chicago Ave S.
Minneapolis
8:30pm / 21+ / $7
The cities’ best poets will compete in the biggest slam of the summer in a poetic battle of words and wits. Pepito’s happy hour runs from 7-9, so bring your margarita with you! This event will also mark the beginning of the newest addition to the Twin Cities spoken word scene, the 48th Street Slam, held on the 3rd Sunday of every month. Free valet parking.
CLICK HERE FOR THE PARKWAY SITE
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