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Panda Sandwich Presents: "Buckle Your Shoes!"
Panda Sandwich will be performing a new show, called "Buckle Your Shoes!" on Tuesday, November 17, 2009, as a part of their 2009 Season at Kieran's Irish Pub! The show will be an hour long and features sexy puritans, child detectives, and the very special Panda Sandwich American History Pageant, in which we present our nation's history in the only format we know how to: as bad teen movies.
FREE "Grand Curry" Dinner with the RNC 8
The secret is out! The next FREE Dinner prepared by the RNC 8 and friends is Tuesday, November 17.
This month: Bet you can't resist our "Grand Curry!"
Keith Mayes discusses his new book "Kwanzaa: Black Power and the Making of the African American Holiday Tradition"
Local author and University of Minnesota professor, Keith Mayes, will discuss his book, Kwanzaa: Black Power and the Making of the African American Holiday Tradition, on Tuesday, November 17 at 4:00 p.m. at the University of Minnesota Bookstore in Coffman Memorial Union, 300 Washington Ave. S.E. Minneapolis.
Talking Suitcases: Gathering Life Stories in a Diverse World
The Katherine E. Nash Gallery is honored to present Talking Suitcases: Gathering Life Stories in a Diverse World, an exhibition with performances and public/community events curated by Joyce Lyon and Susan Armington. The exhibition opens on November 17 and runs through December 17, 2009. A public reception has been scheduled for Friday, November 20, from 6-8:30 pm.
S. Catrin Magnusson Presents "Diverging Boundaries"
In "Diverging Boundaries," the new art exhibit opening at the Chambers Burnet Art Gallery on Sat, Nov 14, artist S.
Minnesota Opera: "Casanova's Homecoming"
After years in exile, the aging Casanova returns to Venice where old rivals trick him into seducing a castrato, who Casanova discovers is actually a woman in disguise. Together they hatch their own hilarious scheme to save his reputation and protect her identity.
"The Seafarer" at the Jungle Theater
It's Christmas Eve and Sharky has returned to Dublin to look after his irascible, aging brother who has recently gone blind. Old drinking buddies Ivan and Nicky are holed up at the house too, hoping to play some cards. But with the arrival of a stranger from the distant past, the stakes are raised ever higher.
Bruce Tapola at Art of This: "Au Naturel"
Art of This is privileged to present a new mixed media installation by St. Paul-based artist Bruce Tapola. This installation, AU NATUREL, combines two distinctive bodies of work recently exhibited separately at Occasional Gallery in St. Paul.
A Path Home: A Story of Thich Nhat Hanh
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.











