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OCTOBER 2009

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Stop the FBI
Witch Hunt Free
Dinner!
July 21, 5:30 to 7 pm.
Walker Church
basement
3104 16th Ave. S.
Come enjoy a free dinner and get an update on the case. Vegan and gluten free options will be served. Stay for the MN Committee to Stop FBI Repress-ion meeting afterwards if you want to!

Nonviolent Peaceforce Pedal for Peace
July 23, 7 to 10 am. (registration); 8 am. (40-mile ride); 8:45 am. (40-mile ride for faster riders); 9:45 am. (20-mile ride); 10 am. (8-mile ride)
11 am. (live music, lunch and program)
Minnehaha Falls Park
The mission of Nonviolent Peace-force (NP) is to promote, develop and implement unarmed civilian peacekeeping as a tool for reducing violence and protecting civilians in situations of violent conflict. The NP is modeled on Gandhi’s idea for a peace army, or an unarmed brigade.
Jane Goodall, the pioneer student of primates, said, “I carry a photo of the [Nonviolent
Peaceforce] team of brave men and women in my briefcase to remind myself that,
however terrible things seem, there is a powerful source for good in a world gone mad … in the end, the indomitable hum-an spirit will prevail.”
Mairead Maguire, the Nobel Peace Laureate from Northern Ireland, said to NP, “What you are doing here is helping the very survival of the human family.”

Open Rehearsal of Tushaanal: Fires of Dry Grass
August 8, 6 pm.
Barbara Barker Center for Dance
University of Minnesota, Room 100
Ananya Dance Theatre (ADT), a singular company of women artists, primarily of color, who work at the intersection of artistic excellence and social justice, invites the public to see a rehearsal of its new work, which will premiere at the Southern Theater September 9-11. It is the second work in a series on women in global communities of color resisting violence. Internation-ally acclaimed musicians Pooja Goswami, Mankwe Ndosi and Greg Schutte are composing the score.
The dancers and founder/artistic director Ananya Chatterjea, 2011 winner of the prestigious Guggen-heim Fellowship for Choreography, will be available after the rehearsal to take comments and questions.
Tushaanal (the
word means “fires of dry grass” in Bengali) “revolves around stories of gold, a natural and extremely valuable element that’s mined and harnessed as capital in ways that have resulted in tremendous violence,” Chatterjea ex-plains. “Yet gold is also wrapped up in stories of desire, greed and beauty, in questions of value, and in craftsmanship and artistry (as in the fashioning of jewelry). Gold is also—conceptually, emotionally and spiritually—related to women’s sexuality and sensuality.”
RSVP by noon August 8 to 651-285-2287 or public.relations@ananyadancetheatre.org.

Recovery Bike Swap
July 30, 1 pm. to
5 pm.
2718 University
Ave. SE.
Contact Seth
Stattmiller at 612
876-5356 or Cutter@ReCycle.-com if you would like more information about the bike swap taking place at a new bike shop in Northeast Minneapolis at 26th and Central, the Recovery Bike Shop. It’s been open since January and holds bike swaps, which are free events, the last Saturday of the month.

ART

All My Relations Gallery
1414 E. Franklin Ave.
612-235-4970
nacdi.org
11 am. – 6 pm., Tue – Fri; 11 am. – 3 pm., Sat – Sun
THIS IS DISPLACEMENT: Native Artists Consider the Relationship Bet-ween Land and Identity
A group exhibit curated by visual artist Carolyn Lee Anderson (Diné) and dancemaker Emily Johnson (Yup’ik). The exhibit features the work of 46 contemporary Native American artists from 19 tribal nations across the United States, whose sculpture, painting, drawing, music, written work, short film and mixed media relate to experiences of displacemen—its effects, ills, joys, discomforts and never-ending complexities. The idea to curate and present a group art exhibit came from a desire to offer audiences multiple views of displacement from indigenous perspectives and to encourage dialogue and critical commentary on the intersections of art and identity.
The exhibit has been on tour since 2009. The show at All My Relations Gallery is the final run of the exhibit and will include artist talks, a film screening, and the launch of the exhibit catalogue.
Ends August 5

Christensen
Center/Gage Art
Gallery
Augsburg College
22nd Ave. at 7 1/2 St.
612-330-1524
augsburg.edu/galleries
Sentinels, Jason Pollen
New Tools and Ancient
Techniques, Teresa Paschke
These exhibitions are part of “Confluence,” the 2011 International Surface Design Conference in Minneapolis.
Through July 29

Franklin Art Works
1021 E. Franklin Ave.
612-872-7494
franklinartworks.org
McKnight Photographers Monica Haller, Paul Shambroom, Carrie Thompson, Lex Thompson
Through July 24

Intermedia Arts
2822 Lyndale Ave. S.
612-871-4444
intermediaarts.org
Whittier Cooperative: Healing and Transformation, Michele Spaise
Curated by Deanna Cummings.
A photographic work in progress, the continuing documentation of the 45-unit cooperative apartment building at 26th and Blaisdell.
$3 suggested donation.
Ends July 23

Walker Art Center
1750 Hennepin Ave.
612-375-7600
www.walkerart.org
Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance, and the Camera Since 1870
Through September 18
Absentee Landlord
Curated by John Waters.
Through March 4
Open Field: The Machine Project
Adam Overton, an artist, composer and performer of experimental action and music based in the Experimental Meditation Center of Los Angeles (EMCLA), will lead participants in meditation sessions in the James Turrell Sky Pesher for sessions at 1 and 4 pm. EMCLA is a frame[work], a magic circle, a safe space, a temporary autonomous zone, a performance space, … for the facilitation of artist-led meditations. Their definition of meditation is loose, areligious, and open to many gentle forms. They believe that the notion of ”experimental meditation” is redundant, in that all meditation is an experiment in shifting our perceptions.
Experimental meditations at EMCLA are often facilitated through some form of focused activity, engaged in by groups or individuals, in a variety of physical and non-physical locations. They approach each meditation with humility and the wisdom that its ultimate social and aesthetic purpose needn’t always be understood immediately, or ever.
Activities at EMCLA differ from session to session, each featuring new artist-facilitators and practices. they favor the playful, the experimental, and the temporary over the fanatical, dogmatic and proselytic, gentleness over violence or aggressiveness, and seek to reinforce the magical and connective undertakings we artists are already engaging with on a daily basis.
Mark your calendars for two weeks of performances, workshops and surprises throughout the campus.
Free and open to the public.
July 19 – 29

MUSIC

Memory Lanes
2520 26th Ave. S.
612-721-6211
http://www.memorylanesmpls.com/
“Punk Bowl Every Monday”
Moving Monuments
Gillespie Killings
& more
July 18
“Honky Tonk Bowl”
Bootstrap Family Band
Whiskey Jeff & the Beer Back Band
July 22
Sabby White & The Furnace
Goodbye Picasso (NYC)
July 23
“Punk Bowl Every Monday”
False (tour kick off show)
& more
July 25
O’Haste Annihilation (Reunion & CD Release)
Ogre Smash Death Boom
Sundowners
Del Cabo
July 29
Tomahawak Tassels & The Tribe of Tease
July 30
FREE
All shows at 10 pm.

THEATER

The Guthrie
818 2nd Ave. S.
612-377-2224
guthrietheater.org
McGuire Proscenium Stage
The God of Carnage
By Yasmina Reza. Directed by John Miller-Stephany.
The Tony Award-winning comedy of grown-ups behaving badly.
May 28 – August 7
Wurtele Thrust Stage
H.M.S. Pinafore
Additional material by Jeffrey Hatcher and directed by Joe Dowling.
Gilbert and Sullivan’s first blockbuster is among the most crowd-pleasing comic musicals in history. The captain’s daughter is in love with an ordinary sailor but her father has a more sophisticated suitor in mind. Will she and her beloved defy convention and set sail for love?
June 18 - August 28

Jungle Theater
2951 Lyndale Ave. S.
612-822-7063
jungletheater.com
A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum
Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim based on a book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart. Directed by John Command.
According to The New York Times it’s “A glorious, old-fashioned farce … almost as timeless as comedy itself.”
The Jungle takes comedy back to its roots, combining the time-tested 2,000-year-old comedies of Roman playwright Plautus with the infectious energy of classic vaudeville. A crafty slave (Pseudolus) struggles to win the hand of a beautiful but slow-witted courtesan (Philia) for his young master (Hero), in exchange for freedom.
Ends July 24
Mixed Blood Theatre
1501 S 4th St.
612-338-6131
mixedblood.com
The Kids Are All Right
By, about, for and with the East African residents of the West Bank.
A production of Mixed Blood and Bedlam Theatre presented by Voices of Cedar Riverside at the Cedar Cultural Center.
July 23 & 24

Open Eye Figure Theatre
506 E. 24th St.
612-874-6338
openeyetheatre.org
Conceived by Susan Haas; written by Jason Ballweber, Elise Langer, Liz Schachterle and Rachael Davies; performed by Liz Schachterle and Elise Langer; and directed by Jason Ballweber.
They’re back!
Liz Schachterle and Elise Langer are the beloved duo of
Milly and Tillie, two silly sisters who are having a lovely time
at home when a phone call sparks a day filled with
adventure and mishaps!
Quirky, funny performers, the duo bring a playfulness to the stage that entertains children as well as parents and grandparents
in a delightful 30-minute performance. Plus, enjoy a free ice cream cone with your show!
Reservations highly recommended!
Suggested donation $5 and $1 for children 12 & under
Thu. – Sat, 7 pm., Sun. 4 pm.
Through July 24

Theatre in the
Round Players
245 Cedar Ave. S.
612-333-3010
TheatreintheRound.org
The Fantasticks
By Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt.
The longest-running musical in the world returns to the arena with its whimsical, poignant and universal story of two young lovers and their warring families.
Weekends July 8 - 31

COMMUNITY

Mined Arts
Mondays, 7 to 9 pm., & Saturdays
Walker Community Church
3104 16 Ave. S.
MINED ARTS is an arts organization of, by and for those who have experienced mental illness/emotional disturbances (self-described). Who hasn’t?!
Classes meet in the L’Orange Gallery until the end of 2011 to prepare, share and critique participants’ work in writing and visual arts. The writing group meets the first, third and fifth Mondays and second Saturdays. Drawing/art meets the second and fourth Mondays. Groups are free.
A magazine (32 pages) will be published in December. The deadline for submissions is October 31, 2011. A maximum of 3 8x10 pages of 12 point Times New Roman type (WORD) and/or drawings/photographs (JPEG) or less can be accepted from each contributor for the magazine. Accepted work earns $10/page.
Visual works may be submitted to the Powderhorn Art Fair. For more information contact James.Livingston_less_mined-arts@hotmail.com.

Whittier Cooperative: Healing and Transformation, Michele Spaise
Curated by Deanna Cummings.
A photographic work in progress, the continuing documentation of the 45-unit cooperative apartment building at 26th and Blaisdell.
$3 suggested donation.
Ends July 23

Vine Arts Center
2637 27th Ave. S.
612-728-5745
vineartscenter.com
Dan Wing
Retrospective of an Invisible Artist
Opening Reception June 25, 6 – 10 pm.
June 25 – July 30
Up Against the Wall: A Photo-Documentation Exhibit and Installation, Flo Razowsky
The show will include the participation of Twin Cities activist groups also concerned with barriers, such as Avenue’s GLBT Host Home, Mizna, Oyate Nipi Kte, Twin Cities Anti Sexual Violence Workers; International Jewish anti-Zionist Network, Twin Cities; 2 Spirit First Nations Coll-ective; and Chicano Studies & The Borderlands.
Opens August 12, 7 – 11 pm.
Ends September 17, 2 – 5 pm.
Walker Art Center
1750 Hennepin Ave.
612-375-7600
www.walkerart.org
Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance, and the Camera Since 1870
Through September 18
Absentee Landlord
Curated by John Waters.
Through March 4
Open Field: The Machine Project
Adam Overton, an artist, composer and performer of experimental act-ion and music based in the Experimental Med-itation Center of Los Angeles (EMCLA), will lead participants in meditation sessions in the James Turrell Sky Pesher for sessions at 1 and 4 pm. EMCLA is a frame[work], a magic circle, a safe space, a temporary autonomous zone, a performance space, … for the facilitation of artist-led meditations. Their definition of meditation is loose, areligious, and open to many gentle forms. They believe that the notion of ”experimental meditation” is redundant, in that all meditation is an experiment in shifting our perceptions.
Experimental meditations at EMCLA are often facilitated through some form of focused activity, engaged in by groups or individuals, in a variety of physical and non-physical locations. They approach each meditation with humility and the wisdom that its ultimate social and aesthetic purpose needn’t always be understood immediately, or ever.
Activities at EMCLA differ from session to session, each featuring new artist-facilitators and practices. they favor the playful, the experimental, and the temporary over the fanatical, dogmatic and proselytic, gentleness over violence or aggressiveness, and seek to reinforce the magical and connective undertakings we artists are already engaging with on a daily basis.
Mark your calendars for two weeks of performances, workshops and surprises throughout the campus.
Free and open to the public.
July 19 – 29

The Guthrie
818 2nd Ave. S.
612-377-2224
guthrietheater.org
McGuire Proscenium Stage
The God of Carnage
By Yasmina Reza. Directed by John Miller-Stephany.
The Tony Award-winning comedy of grown-ups behaving badly.
May 28 – August 7
Wurtele Thrust Stage H.M.S. Pinafore
Additional material by Jeffrey Hatcher and directed by Joe Dowling.
Gilbert and Sullivan’s first blockbuster is among the most crowd-pleasing comic musicals in history. The captain’s daughter is in love with an ordinary sailor but her father has a more sophisticated suitor in mind. Will she and her beloved defy convention and set sail for love?
June 18 - August 28

Mixed Blood Theatre
1501 S 4th St.
612-338-6131
mixedblood.com
The Kids Are All Right
By, about, for and with the East African residents of the West Bank.
A production of Mixed Blood and Bedlam Theatre presented by Voices of Cedar Riverside at the Cedar Cultural Center.
July 23 & 24

Open Eye Figure Theatre
506 E. 24th St.
612-874-6338
openeyetheatre.org
Conceived by Susan Haas; written by Jason Ballweber, Elise Langer, Liz Schachterle and Rachael Davies; performed by Liz Schachterle and Elise Langer; and directed by Jason Ballweber.
They’re back!
Liz Schachterle and Elise Langer are the beloved duo of Milly and Tillie, two silly sisters who are having a lovely time at home when a phone call sparks a day filled with adventure and mishaps!
Quirky, funny performers, the duo bring a playfulness to the stage that entertains children as well as parents and grandparents
in a delightful 30-minute performance. Plus, enjoy a free ice cream cone with your show!
Reservations highly recommended!
Suggested donation $5 and $1 for children 12 & under
Thu. – Sat, 7 pm., Sun. 4 pm.
Through July 24

Theatre in the
Round Players
245 Cedar Ave. S.
612-333-3010
TheatreintheRound.-org
The Fantasticks
By Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt.
The longest-running musical in the world returns to the arena with its whimsical, poignant and universal story of two young lovers and their warring families.
Weekends July 8 - 31

COMMUNITY