Whoa! Did someone get the license number of that theater festival that just hit us? Here in the labyrinthian halls of the Twin Cities Daily Planet world headquarters in the bustling heart of Seward, we’ve been running around furiously, cataloging blog entries and…okay, what it comes down to is that I’ve been at the Fringe, writing about the Fringe, and publishing our Fringe bloggers‘ work all week, so today’s edition of Arts Orbit Radar is abbreviated.
Check our calendar for all upcoming events submitted by our members—and if there’s a great event that you don’t see there, log in and submit it for our readers’ benefit! Notable events this weekend include:
• The Polish Pugilist, a new “postdramatic performance triptych” that’s Lamb Lays With Lion director Jeremey Catterton’s Twin Cities swan song before he heads east to the Big Fat Apple. It opens Thursday at 1419.
• Mnartists.org Field Day at the Walker on Thursday. It’s sponsored by the Wurteles, so there should be some good thrusting.
• A fun show at the Entry on Friday night with Phantom Tails, Retrospecs, and Honeystick.
• Emerson and Thoreau stroll through the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in a “walking play” called Nature. I have the feeling it’s going to be really awkward, but I’m going to go check it out at its Friday night opening. Watch for the review.
• The Minneapolis Indie Xpo at the Soap Factory on Saturday, showcasing edgy homegrown comic books. (If our energy companies and black-box theaters can be x-perimental, apparently so can our cons.)
• Also on Saturday, the Red Stag Block Party, the Nordeast Music Festival, and the West Bank Music Festival in Minneapolis; the Hmong Arts and Music Festival in St. Paul.
• Mos Def at the Guthrie (!) on Monday night, with Dessa opening.
• A Tuesday night perormance at the Southern Theater by Brooklyn Rider with 2 Foot Yard and Kojiro Umezako; the event also serves as a party celebrating the transition from one successful Southern season to what will surely be another.
• The latest edition of the brainy back-and-forth event Give & Take, at Intermedia Arts on Wednesday, featuring presentations on biomicry, webcomics, and online English.
Have an event you’d like to put on our readers’ radar? Submit it directly to our calendar.
Daily Planet arts roundup
• Kate Ledger to read from Remedies (feature by American Jewish World staff)
• Minnesota book groups against genocide around the world (feature by Ellen Kennedy)
• Reeling and rolling with the Feminist Film Festival in St. Paul (feature by Mary Treacy)
• Make it in Minnesota? Yes you can, says the Minnesota Film and TV Board (feature by Erik McClanahan)
• Stone Temple Pilots rock the Legendary Roy Wilkins Auditorium (photos by Jeff Rutherford)
• Rufus Wainwright and Martha Wainwright at Orchestra Hall: Squeezing your soul, in a good way (review by Natalie Gallagher)
• Showering with Hanson at the Minnesota Zoo (review and photos by Nicky Stein-Grohs)
• Chromeo at First Avenue (photos by Meredith Westin)
• Fringe 2010: A Standing Long Jump—3 stars (blog entry by Matthew A. Everett)
• Fringe 2010: Pants On Fire!—5 stars (blog entry by Matthew A. Everett)
• Fringe 2010: The Damn Audition—4 1/2 stars (blog entry by Matthew A. Everett)
• Fancy Ray McCloney, a “human chocolate orchid,” spreads his roots (interview by Dwight Hobbes)
• Superlatives of Excellence: Wonders upon blunders (blog entry by Jay Gabler)
• See You Next Tuesday: That spells trouble (blog entry by Jay Gabler)
• Ballad of the Pale Fisherman: It’s all right to blubber (blog entry by Jay Gabler)
• Fringe 2010: Drink Drank Drunk—5 stars (blog entry by Matthew A. Everett)
• Fringe 2010: Condoleeza’s Rites—5 stars (blog entry by Matthew A. Everett)
• Fringe 2010: I Remember You—3 1/2 stars (blog entry by Matthew A. Everett)
• Fringe 2010: Sincerity Forever—3 stars (blog entry by Matthew A. Everett)
• Kevin Kling brings Folks and Heroes alive at Open Eye (review by Betsy Gabler)
• August 7: Garage Band, Other Than Tragedy, The Failed Voyage of the Failed Ororo, Alexander at Delphi (blog entry by Rachel Reiva)
• The rules (blog entry by Phillip Andrew Bennett Low)
• Eat My Zombie Shorts! (blog entry by Phillip Andrew Bennett Low)
• The Collectors (blog entry by Phillip Andrew Bennett Low)
• The Damn Audition (blog entry by Phillip Andrew Bennett Low)
• Wisdom: Part I (blog entry by Phillip Andrew Bennett Low)
• Digging a Hole: Two short absurd one-act plays (blog entry by Phillip Andrew Bennett Low)
• Entwined (blog entry by Phillip Andrew Bennett Low)
• Mike & Matt (blog entry by Phillip Andrew Bennett Low)
• Yvette (blog entry by Phillip Andrew Bennett Low)
• A Standing Long Jump (blog entry by Phillip Andrew Bennett Low)
• Can Michael Come Out and Play? (blog entry by Phillip Andrew Bennett Low)
• The Selkie (blog entry by Phillip Andrew Bennett Low)
• Couch Aliens vs. the False World (blog entry by Phillip Andrew Bennett Low)
• Idiosynchronicity (blog entry by Phillip Andrew Bennett Low)
• Bloddeuwedd (blog entry by Phillip Andrew Bennett Low)
• See You Next Tuesday (blog entry by Phillip Andrew Bennett Low)
• Flash mob (blog entry by Phillip Andrew Bennett Low)
• Fringe 2010: The Tragedy of Icarus—4 stars (blog entry by Matthew A. Everett)
• Fringe 2010: Prince & A Pauper—4 stars (blog entry by Matthew A. Everett)
• Show suggestions for the final weekend (blog entry by Kate Hoff)
• Fringe 2010: Semidarkness—5 stars (blog entry by Matthew A. Everett)
• Tommy’s 2010 Fringe Top 10 (blog entry by Kate Hoff)
• Fringe 2010: The Failed Voyage of the Failed Ororo—5 stars (blog entry by Matthew A. Everett)
• Fringe 2010: Indifferent—5 stars (blog entry by Matthew A. Everett)
• I love Fringe. (blog entry by Kate Hoff)
• You Are Not Paris: Ce n’est une parodie de Twilight (blog entry by Jay Gabler)
• Ananya Dance Theatre explores violence through music and sound (feature by Sheila Regan, photos by Brenda Karunya Peters)
• Women’s City Cabaret marks 90 years of voting (feature by Delma Francis)
• Do Not Kill Me, Killer Robots!: Theater to save your life (blog entry by Jay Gabler)
• Dance, deportment, and style on the North Side of Minneapolis (feature by Gail Olson)
• Wicked and Batmama: Brains, hearts, and courage (review by Jay Gabler)
• ROBO-homa!: The Great American Musical, with robots (blog entry by Jay Gabler)
• A Sad Carousel: He laughs best who’s laughed at last (blog entry by Jay Gabler)
• O(h): Casebolt and smith dance a dissertation (blog entry by Jay Gabler)
• An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein: The tree that keeps on giving (blog entry by Jay Gabler)
• The Damn Audition: Pushing the Joking Envelope at the 2010 Fringe (blog entry by Jay Gabler)
• Amaretti Angels: The Fringe on its best behavior (blog entry by Jay Gabler)
• Why I fell in love with the Fringe (blog entry by Jay Gabler)
• Farmers markets: Small is the new big (feature by Michael Scheidt)
• High summer treats (blog entry by Amy Doeun)
• The Fresh Girl’s Guide to Easy Canning and Preserving (blog entry by Amy Rea)
• Heat wave cooking (blog entry by Amy Doeun)
• Urban gardening: An economic development tool (feature by Joe Sheeran)
• More projects in the Northwoods (blog entry by Amy Doeun)
• Drama at Minneapolis Polish Festival on Saturday (feature by Mary Treacy)
• Parade of Community Gardens coming to Minneapolis and St. Paul (feature by Mary Treacy)
• For Minneapolis gardener, the floral is political (feature by Anne Hamre)
• Keeping cool in Minneapolis (feature by Margo Ashmore)
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