Books
Walker director Olga Viso reveals the unseen Ana Mendieta, an artist who "gave permission" to transcend ethnic pigeonholing
“That was hard,” admits Olga Viso when asked how she found time to polish a 300-page scholarly tome while also juggling her many duties as director of the Walker Art Center. The book, Unseen Mendieta (Prestel, 2008), presents hundreds of images relating to the Cuban-American artist’s work, none of which have previously been available to the public. The book was a labor of love for Viso, who is regarded as the foremost expert on Mendieta. MORE »
Arts Orbit Radar: 6/25/09
This week’s picks
Thursday, June 25
On the radar: It’s already a festive weekend, and it’s not even the weekend yet! The Twin Cities Improv Festival kicks off at the Brave New Workshop, and Bedlam gets radical and raunchy with Queertopia.
Under the radar: Whoever decided that Stillwater needed an ice bar should get some kind of award. What kind of award, I don’t know.
Friday, June 26
On the radar: Uptowners don’t need any excuse to be proud (sometimes obnoxiously proud) of being Uptowners, but when Pride Week rolls around, it’s high time for the Uptown Pride Block Party. It’s also high time for a new Gospel Gossip record, which the band will be dropping with a show tonight at the Turf Club.
Under the radar: You’ll have to step out into the alley behind Art of This if you want a little high time at the ARP! release party, but then be sure to get back inside for a sweet taste of Tropical Ambrosia Salad. MORE »
BOOKS | Louise Erdrich's "The Plague of Doves": Sorrow, humor, horror, and joy
It is impossible to read a novel by local novelist Louise Erdrich only once, and her recent book, The Plague of Doves—winner of the 2009 Minnesota Book Award for best novel—is no exception. Erdrich’s writing is circular. When you reach the end you realize that it continues again at the beginning. MORE »
BOOKS | Poets Tim Nolan and Todd Boss ruminate on time, memory, marriage, and family
Though neither poet came away with a Minnesota Book Award, finalists Tim Nolan and Todd Boss have produced solid books of poetry unmistakably tinged with Midwestern sensibility and Minnesotan landscape. Tim Nolan’s The Sound of It (New Rivers Press, $13.95) is his first poetry collection—by profession, he is an attorney in Minneapolis—and Todd Boss’s Yellowrocket (Norton, $23.95) is his solo debut after a book of poems called On Marriage in collaboration with poet Katrina Vandenberg. MORE »
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