Minneapolis Observer Quarterly - Arts Calendar

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Wed, 06 Jun 2007 22:51:59 -0500

Start: 06/25/2006 - 12:00

We are sorry that we cannot keep up with all the calendar notices that are sent to us, so this calendar is no longer maintained. We recommend www.mnartists.org for thorough and current news about local arts and art events. We also encourage you to visit our links page (see button above) for links to some of the arts sites around the city. Thank you for visiting the Minneapolis Observer. --Sharon Parker

TRILOGY (pear, cowboy, planet), at BLB

Mon, 30 Jan 2006 13:42:18 -0600

Start: 02/19/2006 - 15:00

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

Mon, 30 Jan 2006 13:40:03 -0600

Start: 02/18/2006 - 19:00

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

Mon, 30 Jan 2006 13:37:57 -0600

Start: 02/04/2006 - 19:00

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

Mon, 30 Jan 2006 13:32:01 -0600

Start: 02/04/2006 - 12:00

End: 02/04/2006 - 13:30

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

Mon, 30 Jan 2006 13:28:40 -0600

Start: 02/10/2006 - 19:00

End: 02/10/2006 - 22:00

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

Mon, 30 Jan 2006 00:50:17 -0600

Start: 02/19/2006 - 14:00

End: 02/19/2006 - 15:30

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

Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:44:32 -0600

Start: 02/11/2006 - 19:00

End: 02/11/2006 - 22:00

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

Mon, 30 Jan 2006 00:58:07 -0600

Start: 02/02/2006 - 14:00

End: 02/02/2006 - 19:00

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

Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:31:15 -0600

Start: 03/17/2006 - 20:00

End: 03/31/2006 - 20:00

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

Strangely Familiar: Photogravures by Lothar Osterburg

Fri, 20 Jan 2006 15:41:38 -0600

Start: 02/06/2006 - 10:00

End: 03/17/2006 - 17:00

New York-based artist and printmaker Lothar Osterburg presents a mysterious and magical world of fanciful bridges, shantytowns, and flying machines -- all actually small models he has built from found materials, which he then prints using the traditional photogravure process, bringing each scene to life with a range of subtle greys and rich dark tones. Through March 17; gallery hours Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Highpoint Center for Printmaking, 2638 Lyndale Ave. S., Minneapolis. 612/871-1326, www.highpointprintmaking.org

Strangely Familiar: Photogravures by Lothar Osterburg

Fri, 20 Jan 2006 15:39:09 -0600

Start: 02/03/2006 - 18:30

End: 02/03/2006 - 21:00

New York-based artist and printmaker Lothar Osterburg presents a mysterious and magical world of fanciful bridges, shantytowns, and flying machines -- all actually small models he has built from found materials, which he then prints using the traditional photogravure process, bringing each scene to life with a range of subtle greys and rich dark tones. Opening reception; show runs through March 17; gallery hours Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Highpoint Center for Printmaking, 2638 Lyndale Ave. S., Minneapolis. 612/871-1326, www.highpointprintmaking.org

24-Hour Play Project from Theatre Unbound

Fri, 20 Jan 2006 15:12:09 -0600

Start: 01/28/2006 - 20:00

Theatre Unbound presents its Fifth Annual Benefit Gala and 24-Hour Play Project; in addition to the 24-Hour Plays –- six new plays written, rehearsed and performed within 24 hours -– the gala will feature food, drink, a live auction, and emceeing by local comedy divas Greta Grosch (Church Basement Ladies) and Ahna Brandvik (Tony and Tina’s Wedding). $25 (cash or check). Avalon Theater, 1500 E. Lake St., Minneapolis. 612/721-1186, www.theatreunbound.com

Box Dreams, artwork by Paul Flick

Fri, 20 Jan 2006 15:05:52 -0600

Start: 01/20/2006 - 14:00

End: 01/29/2006 - 19:00

Paul Flick's Assemblage Boxes invoke the same spirit and mysticism of works created by the well-known artist Joseph Cornell. There are 57 Box works in this show, each box is a unique vision of the artist , born of dreams and life experience. Paul Flick collects and assembles elements of each work in the same fastidious way in which Cornell was know to work. Paul's work is unique, unusual art that embodies mystery a personal psychology. Open Thu. & Sun., 2 p.m.-7 p.m., Fri. & Sat., 2 p.m.-8 p.m., show closes January 29. Gallery 13, 302 NE 13th Ave., Minneapolis. 651/592-5503, www.gallery13.com

"About Baghdad" film screening

Fri, 20 Jan 2006 14:46:41 -0600

Start: 03/07/2006 - 19:00

In July 2003, Sinan Antoon, an exiled Iraqi writer and poet, returned to Baghdad to see what had become of his city after wars, sanctions, decades of oppression and violence, and now occupation. Antoon takes viewers on a journey exploring what Iraqis think and feel about the post-war situation and the complex relationship between the US and Iraq. Marshall Fields Performance Hall, 2nd Floor of Open Book, 1011 Washington Ave. S., Minneapolis. 612/215-2520, www.mnbookarts.org