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Urban schools: Adults taking responsibility
On a lovely spring evening over 100 people stayed inside to listen to five educations experts talk about education policy in the Twin Cities schools. Participants did not give up the great weather for a dry policy wonk debate. Instead, they were treated to a spirited and civil panel discussion sponsored by the McKnight Foundation and the Urban Education Institute (UEI) at the University of Chicago.MORE »
"The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye": Twin Cities natives help to tell a remarkable story
Those familiar with musician and performance artist Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, one of the pioneers in the 1970s industrial music scene and in bands such as Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV, may want to check out the fascinating and surprisingly moving documentary The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye, which makes its Twin Cities debut Wednesday, April 4 at the Walker Art Center before opening at the Lagoon Cinema two days later. Those who are unfamiliar with Genesis or her story may want to come see the film anyway, as the documentary not only focuses on the history of her music, but a relationship and marriage with the Lady Jaye (Jacqueline Breyer) that would change their lives forever. It's a story that very few know about, one that has never been captured in film before.MORE »
VISUAL ARTS | "Lifelike" at the Walker Art Center: The strange in the familiar
Last Thursday at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, artist James Casebere was pressed to explain his relationship to the suburban landscapes he depicts in his work: photographs of models of pristine subdivisions on rolling hills. Casebere—an MCAD graduate—mentioned a flurry of thinkers and theories as he batted various ideas around, but he had no definitive answer. The post-modern incongruity of residential lanes featuring Tudors next to Greek Revivals is odd, he acknowledged, but it makes people happy, and he'd like that happiness—that "joy," he said—to come through in his work.MORE »
DESIGN | "Create, inspire, brand, and market": AIGA Minnesota honors the best in local design
The Minnesota chapter of AIGA, the professional association for design, will hold its 32nd annual Design Show this Friday, March 26, from 6-9 p.m. at the Walker Art Center. For this year's show, entrants were asked to "show your block." Christina Rimstad, Design Show chair, explained that "'Show Your Block' is a call to designers out there to display their genius, demonstrate their pride by showing us their best ‘blockbusting' work created over the past year."MORE »
Opening-Day Gallery Talk: 1964
A new exhibition homes in on the array of artistic developments under way in 1964-the same year that saw the Beatles' invasion of America, race riots erupting across the nation, the Civil Rights Act signed into law, and the first U.S. bombs dropped on North Vietnam.
MOVIES | At the Walker, Minnesota filmmakers are truly "Women With Vision"
The diversity of subject and style by the Minnesota filmmakers whose work is featured in the Walker Art Center's Women With Vision Film Festival really impressed me. Many of these directors are breaking new ground in what documentaries can do and how they do it.MORE »
Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell
"A breathing portrait . . . you feel the deep, lonely ache of something precious lost. Thank Heaven that Stories Left to Tell reminds you that something precious remains as well. " -New York Times
Thursday, March 18 with Louie Anderson
Friday, March 19 with Kerri Miller
Saturday, March 20 with Kevin Kling
MOVIES | From Runaways to pilgrims, the Walker showcases "Women With Vision"
The Walker Art Center's 17th annual Women With Vision Film Festival, March 12-27, reveals that education and drama are not mutually exclusive. History resonates in family histories. Iconic symbols reveal political, religious and personal values. At this year's festival, lines between factual and fiction film making seem to blur; often features having documentary-like elements and documentaries are as dramatic as fiction.MORE »
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