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The Public Recluse

A baby boomer who never wholeheartedly embraced political activism, yet always was leaning to the progressive causes. Unwilling to relinquish his country to the authoritarian conservatism that has risen to power over the last thirty years, he is taking on a more public presence to promote positive and truthful discourse. Less attempting to persuade ideologues, he hopes to encourage reasonable people to join in denouncing the falsehoods and misleading statements of any group or individual. He has faith that collectively the world has more decent people then corrupt souls, but the honest must not remain uninvolved.

So a misanthropic recluse is speaking out.

MayDay 2012 will try for the Second Sunday of May

By Alan Wilfahrt, The Public Recluse

The tradition is established that In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre MayDay celebration of spring happens on the First Sunday in May. You might be aware of the heavy rain fall of last Saturday night and the threatening skies of Sunday.MORE »

MayDay 2012 In motion

By Alan Wilfahrt, The Public Recluse

an experiment in media file format; a ShockWaveFile of images taken during some of the MayDay public workshops. Click on the link at the begining of this paragraph or the image belowMORE »

MayDay 2012, still time to lend a hand

By Alan Wilfahrt, The Public Recluse

It is getting near show time for the 2012 MayDay Parade and Ceremony. The activity level at In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre is charged with vibrancy. The deadline of the May 6th  MayDay has every parade section buzzing in many directions.MORE »

MayDay magic in Minneapolis — it's happening again!

By Alan Wilfahrt, The Public Recluse

MayDay Parade, Ceremony, and Festival, is a celebration coordinated by In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre of Minneapolis. Held on the fist Sunday in May since 1975, HOBT (Heart of the Beast Theatre) presents a parade of puppetry and imagination traveling approximately 11 blocks into Powderhorn Park in south Minneapolis.MORE »

Re:Occupy Minneapolis, April 7 2012

By Alan Wilfahrt, The Public Recluse

ReOccupy Minneapolis began on April 7 2012. The sites chosen were Loring Park and Peavey Plaza in Downtown Minneapolis. I took a bike ride on Saturday afternoon and was in the two areas between approximately  4:45 p.m. and 5:45 p.m.. Here is a collection of some of the messaging on display.MORE »

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