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Saturday, November 7, 2:30 pm and 7:00 pm

Sunday, November 8, 2:30 pm and 7:00 pm

Art Attack is an annual open studio and gallery crawl at the Northrup King Building, in the heart of the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District. The weekend-long event features over 200 artists working in painting and drawing, sculpture, photography, architecture, custom furniture, fiber arts, metal, ceramics, glass, hand-crafted and custom jewelry, mixed media, mosaics, textiles, and more.

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.

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)

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.