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TRILOGY (pear, cowboy, planet), at BLB
Presented by T.S.K. Theatre (NYC/MPLS). A modern-vaudevillian, tragicomic triptych about the mysterious properties of addition and subtraction. Yarns are spun and unraveled, people are mourned and reinvented and worlds appear and disappear, in a seamless combination of dance, theatre and sketch comedy. $12, doors open at 2. Bryant-Lake Bowl, 810 W. Lake St., Minneapolis, 612/825-8949, www.bryantlakebowl.com
TRILOGY (pear, cowboy, planet), at BLB
Presented by T.S.K. Theatre (NYC/MPLS). A modern-vaudevillian, tragicomic triptych about the mysterious properties of addition and subtraction. Yarns are spun and unraveled, people are mourned and reinvented and worlds appear and disappear, in a seamless combination of dance, theatre and sketch comedy. $12, doors open at 6. Bryant-Lake Bowl, 810 W. Lake St., Minneapolis, 612/825-8949, www.bryantlakebowl.com
Open & Leashed: dance & performance at BLB
Welcome dance artist Jennifer Allen (NY) & former goaltender Deke Weaver (NY/MN) in their triumphant return to Planet Earth! Allen will amaze with do-it-yourself peanut butter & jelly sandwich making in her newest solo Rachel. Weaver will enthrall with a tale of parasitic enlightenment. $12, doors open at 6. Bryant-Lake Bowl, 810 W. Lake St., Minneapolis, 612/825-8949, www.bryantlakebowl.com
Norwegian Hardanger fiddle with Karen Torkelson Solgard
Performance is followed by a short hands-on fiddle workshop for anyone who brings their fiddle. Free. MacPhail Center for Music, in the auditorium, 1128 LaSalle Ave., Minneapolis (downtown). www.macphail.org
Jaron Childs photographs: Rupture, opening at Soo Visual Arts
Jaron Childs's subject matter derives from his extensive collection of found photographs, this show is based based on a series of photographs of people crying. Opening reception this evening, 7-10 p.m., show will be up through March 11. $2 suggested donation. Soo Visual Arts Center, 2640 Lyndale Ave. S., Minneapolis (handicapped accessible). Open W 12-6, Th 12-8, F 12-6, Sa 12-4. 612/871-2263, www.soovac.org
Tin Man: works by Lester Hoikka; artist talk and tea
Lester Hoikka's painted tin constructions embody a familiar and wonderful painting style reminiscent of art objects that are associated with Mexican Day of the Dead. Lester Hoikka's new work combines this passion for color with his interest in tin toys manufactured in 1920s to 1950s in the US and Asia. Show ends Feb. 19 with an artist talk and tea 2-3:30, call to RSVP. Gallery 13, 302 NE 13th Ave., Minneapolis. Open Thu. & Sun. 2-7 p.m., Fri. & Sat. 2-8 p.m. 651/592-5503, www.gallery13.com
Tin Man: works by Lester Hoikka; opening and artist reception
Lester Hoikka's painted tin constructions embody a familiar and wonderful painting style reminiscent of art objects that are associated with Mexican Day of the Dead. Lester Hoikka's new work combines this passion for color with his interest in tin toys manufactured in 1920s to 1950s in the US and Asia. Show runs through Feb. 19, when it closes with an artist talk and tea (see that date for info); artist reception and opening on Feb. 11. Gallery 13, 302 NE 13th Ave., Minneapolis. Open Thu. & Sun. 2-7 p.m., Fri. & Sat. 2-8 p.m. 651/592-5503, www.gallery13.com
Tin Man: works by Lester Hoikka
Lester Hoikka's painted tin constructions embody a familiar and wonderful painting style reminiscent of art objects that are associated with Mexican Day of the Dead. Lester Hoikka's new work combines this passion for color with his interest in tin toys manufactured in 1920s to 1950s in the US and Asia. Begins today; runs through Feb. 19, when it closes with an artist talk and tea (see that date for info); artist reception and opening on Feb. 11. Gallery 13, 302 NE 13th Ave., Minneapolis. Open Thu. & Sun. 2-7 p.m., Fri. & Sat. 2-8 p.m. 651/592-5503, www.gallery13.com
Tallgrass Gothic, from Emigrant Theater
Staged by producing director Jessica Finney, the play exposes the intersection of lust and passion, the clash of love and vengeance of six twenty-somethings in the Heartland. When Laura finds she loves a man other than her husband, a web of brutal deceit among friends and lovers is spun across an American Midwest prairie. $10. Tue.-Sat., 8 p.m. (no Thu.), Sun. 1 p.m., through March 31. 820 NE 18th Ave., Minneapolis (the warehouse space formerly occupied by Ballet of the Dolls). www.emigranttheater.org


