Sunday, October 26 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.

“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.

A major exhibit of contemporary art from India, at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.

Daytons Bluff Fall Vacant Home Tour
Sunday, October 26, 2008
1:00 to 5:00 p.m.

Building on this spring’s success, District 4 is sponsoring a one-day tour of eight homes on Sunday, October 26 from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. Maps with home information and locations can be picked up at the Dayton’s Bluff Community Council office at 798 East 7th Street at the beginning of the tour. The District Council has more information.

Lecture: The Reflective Lens: Contemporary Indian Photography and Video Art
$5 (reserve tickets)
Pillsbury Auditorium

Walking Shadow’s new play dramatizing the life of Leni Riefenstahl. Read Rebecca Collins’s Daily Planet review here, and visit the Walking Shadow site for tickets and information here.

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?”