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WEDNESDAY PICK | A park pops up at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts
You shouldn't need an excuse to pay at least one seasonal visit to the Minneapolis Insitute of Arts—did you remember that it's free?—but for those who need an additional push, the MIA has transformed its central atrium into a "pop-up park": a lush little oasis of flora and fauna (the fauna being you). It's all fake, of course: this is art, not life. But in the grey days of February, sometimes an imitation of life is better than the real thing.
Minneapolis South High students protest Arizona law
South High students are taking a stand against Arizona’s controversial statute 15-112 by staging various actions that call attention to the ban on ethnic studies that was enacted at the beginning of this year. In what social studies teacher Rob Panning-Miller called one of the most meaningful learning experiences students have had this year.MORE »
Minnesota Court issues redistricting maps
A special election panel issued redistricting maps for Minnesota today. The court action is necessary because Minnesota’s Republican controlled legislature and Governor Mark Dayton (DFL) could not agree on how to draw the new lines.
The new maps are based on the last census and must make each congressional and legislative district approximately equal in population. MORE »
THEATER | "American Idiot" rages against the machine
"Every generation sends a hero up the pop charts," sang Paul Simon. And every generation, in due time, selects a couple dozen of its most agile young representatives to take to the stage and dramatize its defining struggles in the form of musical theater. The Baby Boomers had Hair, Gen X had Rent, and now the Millennials have their own generational pageant in the form of Green Day's American Idiot.MORE »
SATURDAY PICK | "Beautiful Thing" with the music of the Mamas and Papas
The plot of Theater Latté Da's newest production Beautiful Thing is nothing too scandalous these days: two teenage boys who unexpectedly fall in love. Still, the topic comes during an emotionally relevant time. It wouldn't be Theater Latté Da without music though, specifically that of the Mamas and Papas which is weaved throughout the story, with localite Emily Schwab singing Mama Cass. Beautiful Thing opens on Friday at The Lab Theater and runs through March 18. MORE »
Beauty and solidarity: Exhibit and presentation celebrate strength and culture of Oromo women
A new photography exhibit and cultural presentation at Augsburg College’s Foss Center on February 24 and 25 aims to show the strength, beauty and endurance of Ethiopian women who have joined in solidarity and peace despite many obstacles. Through photographs and talks by the artist and two Oromo women from Ethiopia, the presentation will shine light on both the deep challenges and strength of women in East Africa.MORE »
Rice County's struggle to provide food and health-care benefits for needy
On the heels of a recent MinnPost story about a statewide public information campaign to inform Minnesotans about who is eligible for Food Support benefits , I received an intriguing email from Janet Lewis Muth, who works with the poor in Rice County, just south of LakMORE »
THEATER | "Buzzer" hits it at Pillsbury House Theatre
Racist. That's what white people call black people who dare to mention race these days. At least that's what we see in the comment sections of Daily Planet articles and in response to our posts on social media. "There is no circumstance under which 'white' fill-in-the-blank would be acceptable," wrote one commenter on a Facebook post about a black art trivia competition. "Hypocrisy at its finest."MORE »
WEDNESDAY PICK | "The Sports Show" is in season at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts
These days, it's hard to imagine a sporting event as a "casual leisure activity," what with all the pain, angst, and drama that the competition breeds. The new exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts explores just how—through television, video, and digital technology—sports became the spectacle of mass participation it is today. And believe it or not, sports is more than just eating pork rinds, drinking beer, and burping on the couch; the works of art on display at the MIA "communicate a broader social, political and cultural significance."MORE »
Transitioning from dependency
What if we couldn’t rely on world-wide transportation to bring us our food, or fossil fuels for transport and heat? We have the tools right here.MORE »
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