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Dave Brubeck at the Dakota
Declared a "Living Legend" by the Library of Congress, Dave Brubeck is one of the most popular musicians working in jazz and classical fields today. Recognized the world over as the man who brought odd time signatures to jazz, his experiments with time, counterpoint, and polyphony are singular innovations.
My Monster
A screenwriter's pompous lecture spins out of control when he creates a new character live onstage! It's Frankenstein meets Mamet with fewer swear words in this comic exploration of the Hollywood machine! Created by Bill Corbett of Mystery Science Theater fame and "drop dead funny" (Pioneer Press) Joseph Scrimshaw!
Dave Brubeck at the Dakota
Declared a "Living Legend" by the Library of Congress, Dave Brubeck is one of the most popular musicians working in jazz and classical fields today. Recognized the world over as the man who brought odd time signatures to jazz, his experiments with time, counterpoint, and polyphony are singular innovations.
Author Eric Dregni discusses his book "Never Trust a Thin Cook"
Local author Eric Dregni, will discuss his new book, Never Trust a Thin Cook and Other Lessons from Italy's Culinary Capital , on Tuesday, November 3 at 4:00 p.m. at the University of Minnesota Bookstore in Coffman Memorial Union, 300 Washington Ave. S.E. Minneapolis.
Clay Rice, silhouette artist and author, at Creative Kidstuff November 2-4
Clay Rice is a modern day silhouette artist. For more than 30 years, Rice has cut stunningly accurate silhouettes of children across the United States. Clay simply positions a child in front of a screen and light, then skillfully cuts a likeness using the tiny pair of scissors that his grandfather purchased at a dime store in 1930.
Pasty Sale
Pasty sale at Epworth UMC, Minneapolis. Order meat or vegetarian pasty by Thursday, Nov. 5. Limited quantities. Cost is $4.50 each. Call 612-724-8942 or 612-724-0290 to place your order. Pick it up after 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at 3207 37th Ave. S., Minneapolis.
Lucia Hwang: "What's Up?"
Artist reception: Thursday, October 29, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Artist gallery talk: Thursday, October 29, 6 p.m.
Adeline Johnson Conference Room, Oren Gateway Center
Moonlight and Magnolias by Ron Hutchinson
When legendary producer David O. Selznick decides that the filming of "Gone with the Wind" is not working, he stops production, yanks esteemed director Vic Fleming from the set of "The Wizard of Oz", brings in famed screenwriter Ben Hecht, and locks himself with these two men behind closed doors for five days to rewrite the screenplay on a diet of bananas and peanuts.
Elijah's Wake
First created in 2003, Michael Sommers revisits this groundbreaking work to be staged in the Open Eye Theatre. Score by Anthony Gatto
"...a piece of art the stimulates through visual action, this is an extraordinary work." Star Tribune
"Much like the human journey it seeks to illuminate, Elijah's Wake is a beautiful piece of art." Pioneer Press
Ten Thousand Things' Othello
The show begins its tour to prisons, housing projects, and homeless shelters October 8 and ends with four weekends of public performances in Minneapolis October 23-November 8 at Open Book (1011 Washington Ave S, Mipls) and November 13-15 at Minnesota Opera Center (620 N 1st St, Mpls)
To Have It About You
New York art collectors Dorothy and Herbert Vogel have amassed a broad and important collection featuring minimalist, conceptual, and other work by innovative 20th century American artists.
Hanuman & the Girl Prince
World Premiere
Hanuman & The Girl Prince
by Aditi Brennan Kapil
Directed by Warren C. Bowles
Music by Gary Rue, Choreography by Rita Mustaphi
2009 Minneapolis Interfaith Forum: Come Pray With Us--An InterFaith Experience in Worship
2009 Minneapolis Interfaith Forum
Faith Healer
Guthrie Director Joe Dowling, known throughout the United States and Ireland as a preeminent director and scholar of Brian Friel's work, will return to his acting roots - making his American acting debut - to play the title role in this powerful play about Frank Hardy, his wife Grace and talent manager Teddy.
Othello
James A. Williams, Minneapolis Star Tribune's 2008 Artist of the Year, stars as Othello in Park Square Theatre's upcoming production of the Shakespeare tragedy, directed by Park Square's Artistic Director Richard Cook.
American Youth
American Youth features the work of 25 photographers represented by Redux Pictures, documenting the newest generation of 18 to 24-year-olds in unvarnished detail throughout the exhibit's 50 images. Included in the exhibit are NEA Fellow Marc Ashin's unexpected look at life in Lubavtich life in New York City, Guggenheim Fellow Darcy Padilla's grim glimpse at teenage homelessness, and W.
Shadows of Life: X-Ray Images of Plant and Marine Life
Shadows of Life: X-Ray Images of Plant and Marine Life is Macalester College's 2009-2010 "science-related" art exhibit featuring X-ray prints that offer an exciting peek beneath nature's surface. The artist Dr. Andre Bruwer, a Mayo-trained radiologist, was one of the first to use the X-ray machine as an artist's tool. The show opens Thursday, Sept. 24 in the James R.
Haegue Yang: Integrity of the Insider
Working with non-traditional materials such as customized venetian blinds and sensory devices including lights, infrared heaters, scent emitters, and fans, Haegue Yang (b. 1971; lives and works in Berlin and Seoul) constructs complex and nuanced installations that collapse the space between the concrete and the fleeting.
Matthew Bakkom's "Strange Victory"
Burnet Gallery at Chambers presents Minnesota native Matthew Bakkom's "Strange Victory" exhibition from 9/22 through 11/22 with a grand opening reception, open to the public, to be held on 10/2 from 6-9pm. Burnet Gallery at Chambers is open daily from 11am-9pm.
Spirit of the Southwest
The American Association of Woodturners Gallery of Wood Art is proud to present Spirit of the Southwest, opening to the public on September 15, 2009. Spirit of the Southwest features over 40 beautifully crafted and conceived sculptural pieces inspired by the cultures and landscape of the American Southwest.
Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition
