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THEATER | Barbara Berlovitz's "Stories as Told in a Bed": An intimate and sublimely humorous journey
It is tricky business reviewing a work in progress, putting the writer in a barely tenable position. How can you be fair to the playwright, casting comment on a script that's still in development? Critique the weaknesses and you're a villain for kicking the play's legs out from under it before it's had a chance to actually stand on them. Praise the strengths and you're a cheerleader clapping the author on the back before the job's finished being done.MORE »
SECIA votes to allocate loan funds to stay open
For the past two decades, the Southeast Como Improvement Association (SECIA) has depended on funds from the Neighborhood Revitalization Program to fund community programs and improve the neighborhood's facilities. MORE »
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.
"Stories as Told in a Bed" by Barbara Berlovitz
Theatre de la Jeune Lune founding Artistic Director Barbra Berlovitz, creates a new performance work inpired by the experiences of her grandfather, an immigrant from Lithuania. Exploring the journey to a new world the piece asks what happens when you leave everything you know and find yourself in the complete unknown?
Multicultural barbershop opens in Dinkytown
Students on the University of Minnesota campus have had to search for a place that provided different hairstyles and hair treatment. Many people commuted across town to get their haircuts. But, a new multi-cultural barbershop located in Dinkytown, owned by U of M alumnus, PJ Hubbard, and Michael Ingram, means those days are finally over. They emphasize community and partnership at Cliques.MORE »
Retired sheet metal worker tells unique story of the "Greatest Generation"
At age 91, retired Sheet Metal Workers Local 34 member Butch Kumagai qualifies as a member of the "the Greatest Generation" - the name journalist Tom Brokaw gave to the generation which grew up during the Great Depression, fought in World War II, and then built post-war America. Kumagai's story is that of a man who was in turn farmer, soldier, and a union sheet metal worker.MORE »
DANCE | Martha Graham's cool "Clytemnestra" at Northrop
With the Church Street garage available only by prior reservation, people who cut it close getting to Northrop on Thursday night found themselves facing a multiblock trek from the Fourth Street ramp with only minutes to spare before the curtain rose on Martha Graham's Clytemnestra. My girlfriend, who parked in that ramp, reported that a few women there were so desperate they actually threw themselves at a passing car to beg a ride to the auditorium.MORE »
At the Varsity, political philosopher Michael Sandel prompts moral soul-searching
Political philosopher and author Michael Sandel stopped by the Varsity Theater last night to present his wildly popular presentation on justice for Policy and a Pint, the series presented by The Current and the Citizens League. Though Sandel admitted that it was the first time he ever presented his talk in a "beer hall," the Varsity's stage served as a fine pulpit in place of Harvard's lecture halls, where Sandel has for two decades been teaching the most popular course in the university's history.MORE »
MN VOICES | Minnesota's Peg Chemberlin heads National Council of Churches
Growing up in rural Carver County, Rev. Peg Chemberlin was steeped in a faith that's harder to find today.
"It's not a faith of fear, it's not a faith of judgment, it's not a faith that gets a lot of headlines. And yet it's the best part of the faith: the love, the acceptance, the justice and the community," said Chemberlin, 60.MORE »
