EVENTS

"Green Scare" Author to Speak
February 12, 7 pm.
Cowles Auditorium Humphrey Institute
301 19th Ave. S.
(West Bank of the U of M Campus)
The Animal Rights Coalition is hosting a lecture by award-winning, independent journalist Will Potter titled: " The Green Scare: Using Terrorism Laws to Silence Political Activists." Potter, based in Wash-ington, D.C., is a leading authority on the erosion of civil liberties, post 9/11, and how terrorism laws are being exploited to push a political and corporate agenda. Specifically, Potter focuses on how animal and environmental advocates are being branded "eco-terrorists," in what many are calling "The Green Scare." "The entire animal rights and environmental movements, perhaps more than any other social movements, directly threaten corporate profits," Potter states on the website he created, GreenIsTheNewRed.com, where he blogs about the Green Scare and history repeating itself. His reporting on the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act has been recognized by Project Censored for outstanding investigative journalism, as one of the top 25 “stories that didn't make the news” in 2007. This event is free to the public. For more information (www.animalrightscoalition.com).

Pianist Lydia Artymiw Performs Mozart in Free Minnesota Sinfonia concert
February 13, 7 pm.
Metropolitan State University
700 E. Seventh St., St. Paul
February 14, 2 pm.
Basilica of St Mary
16th Street and Hennepin, Mpls.
The first part of the program is orchestra-only, with works by Aaron Copeland, Gabriel Faure and Edward Elgar. The grand finale will be piano virtuoso Lydia Artymiw’s performance of “Piano Concerto # 21 in C Major, K. 467” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (the theme song used in “Elvira Madigan”). Ms. Artymiw has appeared with over 100 orchestras throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and the Far East. The Ukrainian-American pianist was called “important” by The Los Angeles Times because “she combines so many diverse qualities: she wields power and delicacy with equal ease; she is securely equipped with technique, and she feels deeply and knows how to communicate her feelings. She stirred her audience repeatedly.”

The Great Winter Festival, now in its twentieth season, is a series of classical concerts offered free to the public by Jay Fishman and the Minnesota Sinfonia in some of the most beautiful venues in Minnesota. Everyone is encouraged to attend and enjoy the casual atmosphere and great music. Children are welcome. All events are free. The Minnesota Sinfonia is perhaps the only professional orchestra in the country to give all of its concerts free of admission charges. Its mission is to serve all of the citizens of Minnesota. For more information call 612-871-1701.

The 9th Annual Women’s Prison Book Project Pancake Breakfast
February 14, 8 to noon
Walker Church
3104 16th Ave. S.
The breakfast features all you can eat buttermilk and vegan pancakes, southern style grits, fruit salad and beverages. The Women’s Prison Book Project is a 12-year-old volunteer- run organization that sends free books and resources to women in prison all over the country. All donations benefit women in prison directly. For more information visit wpbp.org.

Life: A Journey Through Time”
February 14 through April 12
University of Minnesota’s Bell Museum of Natural History
10 Church St. SE.
The internationally acclaimed exhibit that traces the evolution of life on Earth through photos by Frans Lanting, makes its North American premiere. Lanting’s photos interpret Earth’s history from the beginnings of primordial life to the ascent of mammals through otherworldly landscapes and breathtakingly intimate portraits of animals and plants engaged in million-year-old rituals. Many of the exhibit’s 62 photographs are matched with real animal, fossil and plant specimens from the Bell Museum’s collection. Lanting, whose work has appeared in National Geographic, frequently portrays wild creatures as ambassadors for the preservation of complete ecosystems. Born in the Netherlands, Lanting serves on the National Council of the World Wildlife Fund, is a columnist for Outdoor Photographer and has received the BBC Wild-life Magazine’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award and the Sierra Club’s Ansel Adams Award for Conservation Photography. The exhibit’s opening reception, coinciding with the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birthday, is scheduled for 7 pm. Thursday, February 12. The opening event will feature top university biologists, each giving a rapid-fire, six-minute-and-40-second multimedia presentation relating their newest research on evolution to Lanting’s breathtaking photographs. Tickets to the event are $10; admission is free for museum members and university students.

Community Discussion on Race,Equity and Children’s Academic Success
February 17, 6 to 8 pm.
Burroughs Community
School
1601 W. 50th St.
Minneapolis Public Schools has scheduled the fourth in a series of community meetings. The discussion will focus on how race and equity pertain to the academic
success of children. “We are concerned that too many low-income and minority children are falling behind their peers in school,” says Eleanor Coleman, executive director of Corporate and Comm-unity Partnerships. “In an increasingly competitive global arena, the widening achievement gap is a looming priority of our Strategic Plan. We believe that parent and community participation is critical to our efforts to create a plan that reflects the realities and hopes of the community we serve.” MPS has scheduled dialogues designed to provide equitable as well as culturally and linguistically responsive opportunities for families to share their perspectives on this critical topic. Board members and district leadership intend to use the collective voice of these meetings to inform our efforts to develop a District Equity Plan. The meeting runs from 6 to 8 pm.; food will be served from 5:30 to 6 pm. Limited childcare will also be available. For more information, call 668-0105.

Wafaa Bilal—video/media artist named by the Chicago Tribune 2007 Artist of the Year for his installation Domestic Tension— is one of the special guests included in the 7th Annual SPARK Festival that showcases perfomers and scholars of new media arts, which runs February 17 through 22. Performances throughout the U of M Campus and the West Bank Arts Quarter. Most SPARK events are free and all are open to the public. For a full calendar and event descriptions visit www.sparkfestival.org.

ART

The American Swedish Institute
2600 Park Ave. S.
612-871-4907
americanswedishinst.
org
Radiant Knits: The Bohus Tradition
Jan. 23-Mar. 29

Ancient Traders Gallery
1113 E. Franklin Ave.
651-335-3014
States, Dates and Place
Dec. 5-Jan. 24
Impacted Nations
Feb. 24-Apr. 15

Art of This
3506 Nicollet Ave.
612-721-4105
artofthis.net
Art Shanty Project
Jan. 17-Feb. 14

Bohlander Arts Gallery
3011 36th Ave. S.
612-721-6438
Line Over Line
Jan. 12-Feb. 28

Christensen Center Art Gallery
Augsburg College
22nd Ave. at
7 1/2 St.
612-330-1524
augsburg.edu/galleries

Together and Alone
Jan. 16-Feb. 15
Abandoned Spaces—Vibrant Places
Feb. 20-Apr. 3

Gage Family Art Gallery
22nd Ave. S. (Riverside Ave.)
612-330-1524
augsburg.edu/galleries
Look Toward the Heavens
Jan.9-Feb 15
Spectrum ArtWorks presents “Out of the Blue”
Feb. 20-Mar. 27

Groveland Gallery
25 Groveland Terrace
612-377-7800
grovelandgallery.com
Rebecca Silus
Jan.23-Feb. 28

Highpoint Center for Printmaking
2638 Lyndale Ave. S.
612-871-1326
highpointprintmaking.org
Jerome Residency 2008-2009
Feb. 6-Feb. 28

Insideout Gallery
212 3rd Ave N.,
Suite. 140
612-339-5145
interactcenter.com
RE/vision
ongoing thru Mar.

Intermedia Arts
2822 Lyndale Ave. S
612-871-4444
intermediaarts.org
8th Annual Political Theater Festival
Feb. 19-Mar. 14

Jean Stephen Galleries
917 Nicollet Mall
612-338-4333
jeanstephengalleries.
com
New Works by Yuroz—Love, Hope, Healing, Peace
Jan. 1-Feb. 28

Minneapolis College of Art and Design
2501 Stevens Ave.
612-870-3131
mcad.edu
ParadigmShift:
MCAD Alumni and Friends Honor Prof. Kinji Akagawa
Jan. 16-Feb. 22

Minneapolis Institute of Arts
2400 3rd Ave. S.
1-800-MIA-ARTS
artsmia.org
Strange Ornament from the Renaissance Mind
Nov. 8-May. 3

Northern Clay
Center
2424 E. Franklin Ave.
612-339-8007
northernclaycenter.
org
Four Jerome Artists
Jan. 16-Mar. 1

Rosalux Gallery
1011 Washington
Ave. S.
rosaluxgallery.com
Mindful Meander
Feb. 4-Mar. 1

The Shoebox Gallery
2948 Chicago
Ave. S.
(display window in Roberts Shoe Store)
612-825-3833
mnartists.org/shoebox_gallery
David Everett
Jan. 10-Mar. 1

Susan Hensel Gallery
3441 Cedar Ave. S.
612-722-2324
Review=Reflect=
Recycle
Jan. 9-Feb. 21
Archipelago
Feb. 22-Mar. 1

Textile Center Joan Mondale Gallery
3000 University Ave. SE.
612-436-0464
textilecentermn.org
A Common Thread
Jan. 16-Feb.21

Vine Art Center
2637 S. 27th Ave.
612-728-5745
vineartscenter.com
Nature: Provocations, Reflections, Abstractions
Jan. 9-Feb. 28

Walker Art Center
1750 Hennepin Ave. S.
612-375-7600
walkerart.org
Text/Messages:
Books by Artists
Dec. 18-Apr. 19
Tetsumi Kudo Garden of Metamorphosis
Oct. 18-Mar. 22

MUSIC

Orchestra Hall
1111 Nicollet Mall
612-371-5656
minnesotaorchestra.com
Vänskä Conducts Sibelius
Feb. 12-Feb. 14
Kodo
Feb. 15
Joshua Bell Plays Barber
Feb. 18-Feb. 19
Lady Smith Black Mambazo
Feb. 20
The Puppini Sisters
Feb. 21
Trinity Irish Dance Company
Feb. 22
Minnesota Orchestra European Tour
Feb. 24- Feb. 28
The Second City Troupe—On Tour
Feb. 27
The Keys to New Orleans
Feb. 28

THEATER

20 % Theatre
Bedlam Theatre
1501 S. 6th St.
For tickets visit bedlamtheatre.org
The Naked I: Monologues from Beyond the Binary
Feb. 12-Feb. 15

Bedlam Theatre
1501 S. 6th St.
612-338-9817
bedlamtheatre.org
SPARK Festival Nightlife
Feb. 18-Feb. 22

Brave New
Workshop
2605 Hennepin Ave. S
612-332-6620
bravenewworkshop.
com
How to Make Love Like a Minnesotan: Sleepless in Shakopee
Feb. 5-Apr. 25

Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater
810 W. Lake St.
612-825-8949
bryantlakebowl.com
Dykes Do Drag Celebrates 10 Years
Feb. 19- Feb. 21
Adventures in Mating
Mondays
(check website for a complete listing of events)

Chanhassen Dinner Theater
501 W. 78th St.
952-934-1525
chanhassendt.com
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Feb. 6-June 20
Altar Boyz
Ongoing

The Children’s Theatre Company
2400 3rd Ave. S.
612-874-0400
childrenstheatre.org
The Gruffalo
Jan. 13-Feb. 22

The Guthrie
818 2nd Ave. S.
612-333-9202
guthrietheater.org
A Delicate Balance
Jan. 10-Mar. 1
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Jan. 24-Mar. 29
Happy Days
Feb. 14-Mar. 8

In the Heart of the Beast
Puppet & Mask Theatre
1500 East Lake St., 612.721.2535
hobt.org
Beneath the Surface
Mar.3-Mar. 8
Puppet Show Saturdays
10 am. & 12 pm.
Make-n-Take workshops 11 am.

Mixed Blood Theatre
1501 S. 4th St.
612-338-6131
mixedblood.com
Mu Performing Arts Present: Ching Chong Chinaman
Feb. 14-Mar. 1
Sweet 15
Mar. 13-Mar. 22

The Jungle
Theater
2951 Lyndale Ave. S.
612-822-7063
jungletheater.com
Hitchcock Blonde
Jan. 30-Mar. 8

Old Log Theater
5185 Meadville St.
952-474-5951
oldlog.com
Unnecessary Farce
Oct. 3-Feb. 14
Alone Together
begins Feb. 20

The Ordway
345 Washington St.
651-224-4222
ordway.org
SPCO: Beethoven’s 1st & 2nd Piano Concertos
Feb. 14
Vocal Essence Witness
Feb. 15
SPCO: Haydn’s The Creation
Feb. 19-Feb. 21
MN Opera: The Adventures of Pinocchio
Feb. 28

Open Eye Figure Theatre
506 E. 24th St.
612-874-6338
openeyetheatre.org
A Snowman: New Work by Michael Sommers
Jan. 30-Mar. 7

Patrick’s Cabaret
3010 Minnehaha Ave.
612-724-6273
patrickscabaret.org
Hot Wax: An Evening of Burlesque and Cabaret, For Valentines Day
Feb. 14
Spirit in the House
Feb. 16-Feb. 17
Arturo Miles presents Elements in Translation Cabaret
Feb. 23-Feb. 24

The Playwrights’
Center
2301 Franklin Ave. E
612-332-7481x20
pwcenter.org
Bloom by Jamie
Hultgren: A Round Table Reading
Feb. 23
All That Melts Into Air
Feb. 24-Feb. 26

The Southern
Theater
1420 Washington Ave. S.
612-340-1725
southerntheater.org
Beyond Ballroom Dance Co. Presents: Book of Love
Feb. 6-Feb. 15
The Main Street School of Performing Arts
Feb. 19-Feb. 28

Theatre in the
Round Players
245 Cedar Ave. S.
612-333-3010
theatreintheround.org I AM A Camera
Feb. 13-Mar. 8

University of Minnesoata Theatre
Rarig Center’s Kilburn Arena Theater
330 21st Ave. S.
612-624-2345
theatre.umn.edu
Night Train to Bolina
Feb. 27-Mar. 7

FOOD ASSISTANCE

Minnehaha United Methodist Church
(3701 E. 50th St.)
The church gives away surplus perishables, such as produce and breads, the fourth Saturday of each month. The Minne- Harvest starts at 9 am. and closes at 10 am. The food shelf at MUMC is open Tues., Wed. and Thurs. from noon to 3 pm.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Urban Arts Academy, a nonprofit in South Minneapolis, is looking for volunteers to work in our arts-infused afterschool program (K-6) Tues., Wed., Thurs. Be a mentor in math, literacy and art. Call 612-827-1641.

Ebenezer Senior Housing Services is looking for volunteers. Several opportunities exist, including serving supper to seniors, delivering lunch, one to one visiting and more. Call Volunteer Director Sally Newberry at 612-872-8515 or e-mail snewbur1 @fairview.org.

Community Updates
Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board public meetings seek input on field sports activity plans where residents will get a chance to share their ideas on field sports in Minneapolis parks at a series of meetings in February. The MPRB will host public meetings on the Field Sports Activity Plan, one of the first activity plans to be initiated under the MPRB’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP). Meetings will be held at 6:30 pm. on: Feb. 10 at Pearl Park, 414 E. Diamond Lake Rd. and Feb. 11 at Northeast Park, 1615 Pierce St. NE.

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