SATURDAY PICK | Art by architects at the 801 Gallery

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Architecture is, of course, an art—but sometimes architects like to try their hand at artworks that don’t need to be load-tested. Jan Elftmann, best known as the Twin Cities’ art car queen (that’s her you’ve seen waving from the back of her Cork Truck), is curating a show at the 801 Gallery featuring work by 801 Lofts architect Garth Rockcastle as well as architects Peter Brown and Mark Kritz. Also exhibiting work in the show will be Aldo Moroni, Keith Holmes, and Laura Migliorino—a photographer who was hired by Rockcastle 10 years ago to photograph the building, and will be showing her images from that shoot.

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TUESDAY PICK | Satan goes to school at Clubhouse Jäger

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Though they never exactly went away, Clubhouse Jäger’s Sci-Fi Tuesdays have recently been infused with new life and purpose—at the very least, there’s once again a public schedule of upcoming films for the weekly events that start with Rob Callahan’s pub trivia at 8 p.m. and continue with screenings of cult-classic sci-fi films. Slated for June 8 is Satan’s School for Girls, a justly unsung flick brought to you by Aaron Spelling and his producing partner Leonard Goldberg in 1973. The plot concerns a shocking suicide, which may or may not have actually been a suicide given that the victim was a student at the Salem Academy for Women. On this grading curve, 66.6% definitely counts as a B.

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African American boys pushed into the disciplinary gap, panelists attribute stereotyping for high suspension rates

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The African American Males in Education Advisory (AAMEA), a Minnesota Minority Education Partnership committee, is exploring ways to address disproportionate discipline and suspension rates for Black male students.“It’s a group of 10 educators, community members and student advisory groups — all under the Minnesota Minority Education Partnership,” explained Brandon Royce-Diop, who facilitated a May 19 day-long forum at the Urban Research and Outreach Engagement Center (UROC) in North Minneapolis.He points out that the “disciplinary gap” is as much a problem as other more discussed educational disparities. “We want to bring the community together…to figure out how we can corroborate and actually come up with some action steps to start to resolve this issue,” proclaimed Royce-Diop. He added that accountability must exist to ensure that “policy and practice” are consistent.“We can’t keep shying away from race-specific conversations and race-specific programming. When you have a problem, you address the problem directly and head on, and not through diagnostic applications.”Royce-Diop expressed his concerns that his group discovered an 11-to-one suspension disparity between Black males and White males. As a result, a new system is needed to better identify those teachers who seemingly don’t work well with Black students, he advocates.“There are those who have the propensity for referring students for disciplinary measures, and there are those that don’t,” Royce-Diop said. Continue Reading