Tuesday, October 21 2008

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
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.

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.

Bethel University’s Olson Gallery pleased to present new works by Bethel University Associate Professor of Art Jeff Wetzig.

Jeff Wetzig’s collection of prints transform their traditional roots in Japanese woodblock prints to explore the medium as a means of installation. He investigates the idea of boundaries and borders as they relate to themes such as mass communication, repetition, and fear. The delicate nature of line and color in his woodblock prints are an interesting contrast to their subject matter.

Intermedia Arts
LITERARY READINGS AND EVENTS
October 2008

Don’t Miss This Event!
Beyond the Pure: Readings by Writers of Color
Returns Thursday, October 9 to Intermedia Arts!
7PM—Admission by Donation

Celebrate the re-launch of Beyond the Pure: Readings by Writers of Color as it moves to its new location at Intermedia Arts! Co-curated by Carolyn Holbrook and Julie Bates, and featuring IBé, BAO PHI, and SUN YUNG SHIN, this is guaranteed to be a night to remember!

Music! Food! Corn maze! An apple cannon! For more information, see applejackorchards.com.

“Cream of Wheat; 1913-1925”

Red Wing Framing Gallery exhibits original illustration advertising art from The Cream of Wheat Company.

Milling factories dominated the Minneapolis economy in the early 20th century and the Cream of Wheat company was a major influence in shaping this industry. From its founding in 1897, Cream of Wheat hot cereal achieved worldwide recognition for its full color, fine art illustrated advertising.

Emery Mapes, a demanding and eccentric marketing genius, shaped Cream of Wheat’s iconic campaign, and hired the best talent available to execute his vision.

The Twin Cities’ scariest basement…for real. Click here for details, and here to read about it in l’eotile‘s Weekend What’s What. Read Melissa Slachetka’s Daily Planet report from the basement here.

NIcademus Art and Framing is proud to announce their first art opening. Local artist Booka B, aka Adam Booker, has been around the Twin Cities art scene for years and is excited to show. Paintings on canvas paper canvas and found objects exhibit a tribal feel mixed with an urban flair.Come and discover Saint Paul’‘s newest Art Gallery and meet the artist on opening night.

Through October 26th: A Life In The Theatre, at Jungle Theater
2951 Lyndale Ave. S.
“David Mamet celebrates the love, admiration, humor, and sadness that accompanies the passing of the artistic torch from one generation to the next.”

Through November 2nd: archy and mehitabel, at Open Eye Figure Theatre, 506 E. 24th St.

This humorous poetic romp is created for the stage by two of the Twin Cities’ most comedic and loved performers. Cockroaches…Cleopatra…rubbish…royalty.

October 21st: Block Leader Training
6:30 – 8:30 PM, 3000 Minnehaha Ave. S. (Minneapolis 3rd Precinct)
Worried about crime or livability issues in your neighborhood? If you
live on a block that does not have an active block club, take
advantage of this opportunity! RSVP to 612-673-2856 to attend.

Upcoming programs by the Minneapolis Police Department (Please contact your Crime Prevention Specialist if you are interested in attending or have questions about the programs):

Block Club Training — Tuesday, October 21 at 6:00 p.m. at the 2nd
Precinct, 1911 Central Ave NE. This is an opportunity for you to
learn more about crime prevention and the tools which block clubs have available to decrease the opportunity on their block.

For more crime prevention information, contact your 2nd Precinct Crime Prevention Specialist:

North of Broadway: Carol Oosterhuis…....

“Call and Answer,” a panel discussion on the topic of poetry and politics featuring award-winning poets Ed Bok Lee, Anya Achtenberg, Tim Nolan, Wang Ping and Joyce Sutphen, with a special musical appearance by Prudence Johnson. October 21, 7 p.m., the Black Dog Cafe, 308 Prince St., at the corner of Broadway and Fourth in Lowertown, St. Paul.

What is the proper relationship — if any — between politics and poetry? Is it possible for poets to honor the imperatives of poetic inspiration and the insights of political consciousness to create poetry that is both relevant and artful?

10/4 to 11/11 (Tuesdays 7 to 9 pm or Saturdays 10 to noon), Conflict Competency for Everyday Life with Transformative Mediator and peace educator Carey Heart Borne, in South Mpls. $60 to 120 sliding scale.

Call 612-721-6787 to register or with questions.

Featuring:
Featured readers are contributors to COST OF FREEDOM: The Anthology of Peace & Activism from Howling Dog Press

HENRY BECHTHOLD, author of RIGHT WING POLITICS AND RELIGION: The Unholy Alliance Exposed, is founder of Inner City Outreach, which provides new clothing for the poor and homeless.

LEIGH HERRICK, poet, writer, and collaborator, has performed in the Minnesota Fringe Festival; Open Book’s Tellabration; and Spirit in the House Festival.

Tom Swift presents his book Chief Bender’s Burden, about Charles Albert Bender—a Minnesotan who is by common consensus the greatest Native American baseball player of all time. Click here for event details, here for Dwight Hobbes’s Daily Planet review of the book, and here for Hobbes’s interview with Swift.