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Lowertown First Fridays (LFF) is an association of artists who open their studios (or have a gallery arrangement) on the first Fridays of the month. Local businesses are also involved. We want to bring people downtown to have a good time, be part of the art scene, and of course to buy art.

 A Path Home: A Story of Thich Nhat Hanh at In the Heart of the Beast Theatre, November 6-22

IN THE HEART OF THE BEAST PUPPET AND MASK THEATRE
1500 E. Lake Street, Minneapolis
612.721.2535
www.hobt.org

The "Great Finds" Designer Home Sample Sale is Nov. 5-7, 2009 at International Market Square. Shoppers get deal discounts of 50%-80% on designer furniture, décor, and furnishings. New to this year's sale is a couture room, rug bazaar and designer's flea market-perfect for any savvy deal shopper looking to snazz up room. 

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.