MSPIFF or MSPFest 13 – MSP International Film Festival 2013

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Being at a film festival when you have a chance to settle into it and focus only on organizing your schedule and moving from one cinema to another, is a world of its own. Most people come for as many films as they can and join the lines in the foyers.  For filmmakers, guests, gold and silver pass holders the place to be when you have a little longer break is the lounge on the second floor. Munchies, coffee, a few sofas in an empty, freshly renovated room (last year it was a borrowed office) are the privileges you buy with the pass. The best part, however, are the recommendations you get from the other film fanatics (many profess to viewing up to 70 films in the two weeks. There is not kinder word than fanatic. Extreme fans, at the least) Continue Reading

Fixity’s one-stop shop in St. Paul: Fighting “disposable consumerism” one zipper at a time

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“It used to be a common occurrence that you would fix things,” says Katherine Hayes. “Joe down the street would fix your toaster, and Emma could mend your jeans.” At Fixity, she’s on a one-woman crusade against “disposable consumerism,” combining the talents and sensibilities of her artist mother and scientist father in a “one-stop shop.”  Continue Reading