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Film

Special morning showings of “What Would Jesus Buy?” over biggest shopping weekend of the year.

Fri, 2009-11-27 10:30 - 12:00
Sat, 2009-11-28 10:30 - 12:00

 Buy-local believers are bringing the movie, What Would Jesus Buy?  to the Riverview Theater in Minneapolis on Friday and Saturday, Nov.  27 and 28. Doors open at 10 a.m.; movie starts at 10:30a.m. 


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Minnesota TransRacial Film Festival

Sat, 2009-11-14 14:15 - 21:00

With one of the largest transracial and transcultural adopted communities being in MN, the festival was started in order to showcase both the community and its rich diversity, as well as some of the emerging voices telling their point of view through film, words, and music.

The MNTRFF is presented by AdopSource and sponsored by the Consortium for the Study of the Asias.

 

Oak Street Cinema
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Two documentaries on John L. Kube

Wed, 2009-10-28 19:30

Cherifa Keita will present his two documentaries: Oberlin-Inanda: The Life and Times of John L. Dube, and Cemetery Stories: A Rebel Missionary in South Africa with a Q & A after each.

Oak Street Cinema
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Non Consensual Post Dada Constructivist Cerebral Warts

Thu, 2009-10-22 (All day) - Sun, 2009-10-25 (All day)

SooVAC explodes into its neighboring space for this extravaganza. The main gallery will feature a major retrospective of two hometown Minneapolis heroes of the international flatstock design and printing world: Burlesque of North America and Aesthetic Apparatus.

Soo Visual Arts Center
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STRAIGHTLACED documentary premiere

Mon, 2009-11-16 19:30 - 21:30

What:
Regional premiere of STRAIGHTLACED: How Gender’s Got Us All Tied Up,
the new film from academy award-winning director Debra Chasnoff.

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Motion Poems Screening

Tue, 2009-10-20 19:00

Screening of 12 animated poems by poets Marvin Bell, Robert Bly, Todd Boss, Jane Hirshfield, Major Jackson, Freya Manfred, and Tim Nolan. Panel discussion with some of the poets and artists. Reception to follow at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts. RSVP to Angella Kassube at angella@hdmg.com or 612-588-1316. Free and open to the public.

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Kinoabend with Live Music Accompaniment

Fri, 2009-10-16 19:00

Before the creation of synchronized sound, screenings of silent films almost always featured live music; it was recognized as essential, contributing to the atmosphere and

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"inspire": A Tribute to Michael Jackson

Thu, 2009-10-15 22:00
Fri, 2009-10-16 22:00

A group of Michael Jackson inspired performers come together to honor the king of pop through energetic performances including dance, live vocal performances, impersonations, video and creative music editing from Jackson's career, which spanned the late 1960s - 2009. This show proves Michael Jackson's wish to inspire will continue generation after generation.

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News Day

NEWS DAY | Homes at risk in Minnesota / Dragons, dinosaurs and Quist / Students vs. superintendent candidate

By Mary Turck, News Day

Minnesotans losing homes A record 92,500 Minnesota homes are either in foreclosure or in danger of foreclosure, reports the Star Tribune. Altogether, that's just over ten percent of the 900,000 home loan mortages in the state.  Some 62,000 mortgage holders were behind don their mortgages during the third quarter. MORE

• Minnesotans losing homes Foreclosure and delinquency rates at record levels
• Dragons, dinosaurs and Quist Allen Quist is back, as a far-right First District candidate
• SPPS superintendent candidate sees no relation between race, achievement gap

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News you can use

NEWS YOU CAN USE | Click for food shelves!

By Mary Turck, TC Daily Planet

My friend Ken writes "I know that food shelves are really hurting this year," and then passes along a painless way to send donations:MORE »

KARE 11 & Land O'Lakes are donating $1 for every person who clicks on their web site.   Go to the website listed below and on the right side of the screen (at the top) there is the green area where it says:   You Click, We Donate.   It's that easy. Please pass to all of your friends.

Thanks, Ken!

THEATER | Barbara Berlovitz's "Stories as Told in a Bed": An intimate and sublimely humorous journey

By Dwight Hobbes, TC Daily Planet

It is tricky business reviewing a work in progress, putting the writer in a barely tenable position. How can you be fair to the playwright, casting comment on a script that's still in development? Critique the weaknesses and you're a villain for kicking the play's legs out from under it before it's had a chance to actually stand on them. Praise the strengths and you're a cheerleader clapping the author on the back before the job's finished being done.MORE »

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Stories we are working on

These are some of the stories we are working on. If you would like to contribute information or opinions, please e-mail the writers!

• Emerald ash borer Ramsey and Hennepin Counties are under quarantine for Emerald Ash Borer.  Have you been affected? Email sheila@tcdailyplanet.net

• Thanksgiving recipes No - not the turkey and the pumpkin pie. We're looking for your favorite non-traditional recipe, like Aunt Harriet's vegetarian non-meat loaf. Send them to editor@tcdailyplanet.net

• What's your story? Is there a story you'd like to write? Or a story you think we should be covering? Email editor@tcdailyplanet.netMORE »