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In 1989, the Walker Art Center held what Andrew Blauvelt, the museum’s current curator of architecture and design, considers a game-changing museum exhibit of graphic design. “Then,” he recalled on Thursday morning, “you couldn’t even assume people knew what a font was.”
On the radar1. Back for fifths, the Twin Cities Literary Death Match returns to the Twin Cities Thursday night for a new round of fightin’ words that usually don’t end up in bloodshed. In the ring this time at the Nomad is Peter Bognanni, Rob Callahan, Cole “Inky” Sarar, and Becky Lang.2. The Australian Pink Floyd Show is like the Glee tour in its insane popularity and classic rock covers. This world tour features the use of 3D stereographic technology—whatever that is. 3. The largest of its kind since 1996, the Walker’s new exhibition, Graphic Design: Now in Production, explores the profession that’s become so much more than that since the turn of the century.4. In the new exhibit for the Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program, Jennifer Danos, Natasha Pestich, and Marcus Young take “three approaches that play with and disrupt the museum site” while investigating the concept of Semblances. You might just want to see for yourself, starting with the opening reception at the Minnesota Institute of the Arts on Thursday.5. Continue Reading
October 27 marks the first anniversary of the feature “Who is that?” The first person to be profiled was Rob Callahan, but he wasn’t the inspiration for the column: that was Jon Davis. The busy musician, with his unmissable beard and distinctive dance style, seems to show up at one venue or another almost every night, and I kept finding myself wondering, “Who is that guy?” Now I know–and so do you. Continue Reading
Friends, family and fashion lovers filled McNamara Alumni Center Friday for the Center for Hmong Arts & Talent’s (CHAT) annual fundraising-fashion show, Fresh Traditions V.
On Thursday night, Twin Cities Media Alliance executive director Jeremy Iggers and I were on hand at the Nina Bliese Gallery to accept a TOSCAR award from Exploring TOSCA publisher Gail Weber. TOSCA is an acronym for Theater, Opera, Shakespeare, Culture, and Art, and about every year, Weber chooses one individual or organization in each of those five categories for recognition with a TOSCAR. Continue Reading
On the radar1. Paper Darts has a new somethin’ somethin’ to show off at their launch party on Saturday. Expanding beyond being just a literary magazine, the way-cool grassroots organization is now a press, publishing John Jodzio’s newest book of illustrated short stories Get In If You Want to Live.2. The Twin Cities Book Festival is every word nerd’s dream date with literature. The yearly gathering celebrates anything and everything related to books, from the people who write them, the publishers who produce them, and the stores that sell them.3. Peace and love, man. Well, maybe life wasn’t really like that in the 60s. At the Minnesota History Center the 1968 Exhibit opens on Friday (with an opening party on Thursday), and gives patrons a glimpse into a historically packed year.4. He’s a little bit country…and a little bit rock ‘n roll. Continue Reading
On the radar1. The undead are stumbling into both Minneapolis and St. Paul this year for the seventh annual Zombie Pub Crawl. With a slew of national and local bands rising to the stage (Andrew WK, 4onthefloor, 2 Live Crew) and drink specials–and not to mention blood and guts–galore, it’ll be your zombie nightmare come true.2. The new Cowles Center is just a few weeks old, but just in time for the annual SAGE Awards for Dance (appropriately named for Sage Cowles). A public reception sponsored by Surly Beer to follow at the Red Stag Supperclub.3. Music and movies—can’t have one without the other. The two come together for Sound Unseen, and will feature guests like Patty Schemel (ex-drummer of Hole). Bonus: Twin Cities Daily Planet’s Jim Brunzell is a programmer of the festival.4. It’s been awhile (ahem, seven years) since Aretha Franklin belted it at Mystic Lake Casino. Continue Reading
Utku Fashion, inspired by the expression of ancient Peruvian textiles and their prestigious historical significance, aims to be a bridge for Latin American designers and to facilitate the entry of their designs into the US market for the first time in the Twin Cities on October 20 through an event called “Southern Touch.” At its first fashion show, Utku Fashion will present two designers, whose creations differ in style. One will show textiles hand-made from alpaca hair while the second will display jewelry pieces made from silver and with Incan motifs. The Peruvian-born founder Marian Sánchez, who has business and cultural experience in fashion, has always had a desire to import the distinctive artistic styles of her native country, and introduce them to the potential of the Minnesota market. “For me, the best way to appreciate a design has always been by seeing it worn. Continue Reading
On September 17, the Minneapolis College of Art and Design celebrated its 125th birthday with a gala celebration that concluded with a dance party.
On the radar1. After a two-year expansion project designed by its original architect Frank Gehry, the Weisman Art Museum reopens to the public on Sunday with an opening day celebration called WAMdemonium! and featuring such wild and crazy activities as…um, yoga?2. Yeppers, it’s Halloween season again, and that means the Soap Factory’s Haunted Basement—perhaps the only haunted house in America to be advertised as “conceptually unique”—is opening for business. Watch for Heidi Schatz’s report in the Daily Planet; I don’t care how many artists are involved, I’m not going down there.3. Continue Reading