Saturday, October 25 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.

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 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.

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.”

October 24th & 25th: Kinetic Kitchen, at Patrick’s Cabaret
8:00 PM, 3010 Minnehaha Ave.
The Kinetic Kitchen returns. Featuring: Christopher Watson Dance
Company, Denise Armstead, Christopher Yaeger and the C Street Dancers, and Aurora Dance.

In joint cooperation, Century College and the Minnesota Renewable Energy Society developed, a new one-day introductory course for homeowners and people interested in learning the basics of how to design a solar hot water heating system for residential applications.

The essentials of creating domestic hot water from the solar radiation are covered. You will learn to evaluate solar site resource, when solar hot water is the right solution, the economics and incentives for solar hot water, and system design principles.

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.

10am-2pm: Trick or Treating
10am-8pm: Pumpkin Festival
At dusk: Family Movie and lighting of the Great Pumpkin Tower

Boo Bash on Grand is a day full of activities designed specifically to put the entire family in the Halloween spirit.

Teacher Workshop: Eero Saarinen – Teaching by Design
October 25, 2008, FREE (registration required), 10:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Contact susan.rotilie@walkerart.org for more information.

Please join us Saturday October, 25 at 10am for

“Human Rights in Chile: The Legacy of Londres,” presented by Lisa Hilbink.
Professor Hilbink will offer this talk following a two-week visit to Chile, where she participated in an international conference on the national and
international legacy of the Pinochet detention in London ten years ago.
The presentation will focus on changes and continuities in judicial responses to human rights claims in Chile since 1998.
Freewill offering of $4 for non-mebers and $3 for members of the RCTA.
3019 Minnehaha Ave. S. Mpls. (2 blocks E.

Puppet shows are held Saturdays from October 4 through March 22.

Show times: 10 AM & Noon
Make-n-Take workshops: 11:00am

$1-$3 suggested donation.

Come for the show and stay for the “Make-n-Take” workshop based on that day’s puppet show theme. Workshops are a family activity offered in our classroom at 11:00am each Saturday morning. Admission is $4/person.

For more info and show descriptions, visit:

http://www.hobt.org/outreach/sat_shows.html

This program is sponsored by Target with support from the Target Foundation.

“Irreplaceable: Wildlife in a Warming World” is a national campaign and travelling photo exhibit that raises awareness about plants and animals threatened by global warming. Featuring work by award-winning wildlife conservation photographers, the 40-print exhibit brings the public face-to-face with the wildlife most threatened by climate. Included in the exhibit are species that Earthjustice, the nation’s leading public interest environmental law organization, are fighting to protect from global warming.

Join author Eric Dregni for a talk, Q&A, book signing (In Cod We Trust), and lutefisk tasting!

October 25th: 2nd Annual Global Chili Cook-Off, at Midtown Global Market
12:00 – 3:00 PM, 920 East Lake Street
Sample 10+ unique kinds of chili created by Global Market chefs and
vote for your favorite. $3 donation requested, proceeds go to
Perspective Kids Cafe program.

October 25th: Kids Book Club, at East Lake Library
2:00 – 3:00 PM, 2727 East Lake Street
This month’s book is Dead Reckoning: a Pirate Voyage With Captain Drake by Laurie Lawlor. “Emmet, a fifteen-year-old orphan, learns hard lessons about survival when he sails from England in 1577 as a servant aboard the Golden Hind—the ship of his cousin, the explorer and pirate Francis Drake—on its three-year circumnavigation of the world.”

Minneapolis Institute of Arts Lecture:
How to Collect for Supper With Lynne Rossetto Kasper, food & antiques expert

October 25, 2008, Reservations Required (Form at www.artsmia.org), 2:00-3:00 p.m.
Zuhrah Shrine Center at the Harrington Mansion

Through October 26th: Stitch, Bitch N’ Die, at Bryant Lake Bowl
7:00 PM Saturdays & Sundays in October, 810 West Lake Street
“Murder! The newest member of the knitting group has been brutally
stabbed with a pair of knitting needles! Who is guilty? Who is
innocent? Who will finish their scarf first?”

The cult-favorite DVD show brings a live performance to the State Theatre. Click here for tickets and information.