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Sam Worthington has a tough decision to make in his latest film. In Wrath of the Titans, the sequel to Clash of the Titans (2010), Worthington’s character Perseus has to choose between his father and his son. Not a very fun position to be in. Continue Reading
With less than two weeks left, excitement is building for this year’s Northeast Middle School (NEMS) musical. The reason maybe that last year’s Alice in Wonderland, Jr.
Have Minnesota Democrats lost their sense of humor? Are DFLers too sanctimonious as the minority party in St. Paul? Well possums, you might judge for yourself after viewing this Timid Video Theater digitl sketch for Democratic Visions. Duluth native Doug Lind and the Young Democrats Club of Eden Prairie High School were taped “live” during a recent stand-up joke fest at the DFL Comedy Academy which, apparently, is in Hopkins.Democratic Visions is Minnesota’s top video venue for progressives. Continue Reading
An animated mystery-adventure-action film about a young journalist who stumbles into a frantic search for sunken treasure that was lost centuries ago during a pirate duel may sound like an original idea from the mind of director Steven Spielberg. But this story can’t claim to have been born amidst Spielberg’s neurons and frontal lobes. Continue Reading
When Poland is invaded by the Russians and then the Germans, pre-existing fears are heightened, extreme paranoia grows, and allegiances are misaligned over and over. In one small town, friends turn on friends, neighbors are pitted against neighbors, and school- yard bullying escalates into a horrific and unbelievable massacre.
A group calling itself “Eden Prairie School Board Accountability,” unsuccessfully opposed school boundary changes that will now be phased in. The locally controversial change will help our school district narrow the learning gap and continue meeting the challenge of fewer dollars and a large population of immigrants from Somalia.
L.K. Hanson’s satirical cartoons, Mozart and contemplation refresh burned-out Minnesota Democrats in the beautiful DFL Botanical Garden in the Minneapolis suburbs. This Timid Video Theater production for DFL Senate District 42’s public issues CableTV series, Democratic Visions, restores whimsy to the harsh sparks that characterize American Politics. L.K.Hanson is the Star Tribune’s celebrated social and political cartoonist. Hanson, a shy man with a liberal arts degree, does not appear in the video, but his marvelous sketches and cryptic appreciation of irony certainly do. Hanson’s cartoons are joined by Doug Lind (former joke writer for Jackie Vernon), “Two Putt” Tommy Johnson (former paratroop trainer) and Norb Gernes (former Catholic Priest).The four reference Mark Twain, Michele Bachmann, Vladimir Nabokov, Gertrude Stein, and J.P. Morgan. Continue Reading
What was it really like for Governor Dayton when he spent time on May 19th with the Republican Caucus? What really happens when fringe, right wingers smell a progressive’s blood in their own caucus redoubt? Timid Video Theater knows and will tell all on the new edition of Democratic Visions which launches next Sunday. Timid Video theater has been producing comedy videos since the late 1970’s with titles that include “Bowling for Tenure,” “The Bionic Governor,” and “Attack of the Burger Pods.” The troop is not very prolific and rarely has a budget but do surface from time to time when world events call for it.Free Speech ZoneThe Free Speech Zone offers a space for contributions from readers, without editing by the TC Daily Planet. Continue Reading
Block Club Leader Barbecue and National Night Out Planning
Wednesday July 13 6 – 8 p.m.
Looking for something different to do this month? Why not spend a July evening at the Hollywood Theater, viewing Theatre Pro Rata’s production of Waiting for Godot? The Hollywo