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Format: 12/01/2008

Sunday, September 7 2008

Speaking of Home - Public Art Project

Date: 
Aug 4 2008 8:00am - Oct 31 2008 9:00pm

Location(s)

IDS-Macy's Skyway
171 Nicollet Mall Between 7th and 8th Streets, above Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis, MN, 55402
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Event Description: 

Fantastically enlarged snapshot portrait images of Twin Cities immigrants are part of a temporary public art installation this summer in Minneapolis.

The UnConventional Gathering Place

Date: 
Aug 31 2008 7:00pm - Nov 7 2008 7:00pm

Location(s)

Intermedia Arts
2822 Lyndale Ave. S.
Minneapolis, MN, 55408
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Event Description: 

The UnConventional Gathering Place
August 31st – November 7th, 2008
Intermedia Arts
2822 Lyndale Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN 55408

Intermedia Arts presents
The UnConventional Gathering Place!
Intermedia Arts Becomes Hangout for Artists, Educators, Alternative Journalists During the 2008 Republican National Convention

Gallery hours: Monday- Friday 12pm-7pm, Saturday 12pm-5pm
Suggested $5 donation

Main Gallery
Landing In America
By John Obrien
A multi-media installation reflecting on the compelling experiences with or related challenges to our basic liberties.

Hands On: People at Work Art Exhibit

Date: 
Sep 1 2008 12:00pm - Sep 30 2008 12:00pm

Location(s)

Water and Oil Art Gallery
506 Kenny Road
St. Paul, 55130
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Event Description: 

Beginning on Labor Day, Water and Oil Art Gallery will host the exhibit “Hands On: People at Work.” Selected works will offer tribute to the sweat equity earned through hard work, artisanship and craftsmanship. Featured artist Judy Westergard will be displaying her series “A Show of Hands—Hands as Portraiture.” Evocative of their owners’ personal narratives, Westergard describes the inspiration that led to these works:

“I grew up in historic northeast Minneapolis in a blue-collar environment. I studied my mom’s hands as she hung clothes and rolled dough for pierogi.

"Minneatures" by Plasticgod

Date: 
Sep 2 2008 2:00pm - Oct 26 2008 5:00pm

Location(s)

Soo Visual Arts Center
2640 Lyndale Ave. S.
Minneapolis, MN, 55408
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Event Description: 

Celebrities portrayed as Lego figures: a show by the wannabe Warhol, Plasticgod. Click here for the official site and here to read Jay Gabler’s blog entry on the show.

Concrete and Grass Lowertown Music Festival

Date: 
Sep 5 2008 5:00pm - Sep 7 2008 8:00pm

Location(s)

Mears Park
221 E. 5th St
St. Paul, MN
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Event Description: 

Concrete and Grass: Lowertown Music Festival is a FREE public music festival, from Sept. 5-7 in Saint Paul’s Mears Park. Rooted in the vibrant and eclectic Twin Cities music scene, the festival intentionally spans a wide variety of music genres.
Headlining artists include Dosh, Chris Koza, Haley Bonar, and Vicious Vicious. Other artists include M.anifest, The Spaghetti Western String Co., Salsa del Soul, and Dan Israel and the Cultivators.