Friday, November 7 2008

Little Red Ball is a new family-friendly event benefitting Children’s Home Society and Family Services (CHSFS). The event raises money to support more than 35,000 children and famillies served by CHSFS through adoption, early childhood education, child abuse and neglect prevention, and family support services. Sponsorships and volunteer opportunities are available. Purchase tickets in advance at www.chsfs.org/events, or call 651-255-2319.

Opening reception for the exhibit Level_13—art inspired by video games at the Altered Esthetics gallery.

Support: Prozak, Skatterman & Snug Brim, Krizz Kaliko, Kutt Calhoun, Grave Plot
Price: $27 ADV, $29 DOS
Get your tickets at Ticketmaster and Myth Box Office
All Ages Event
for more info call 651-779-MYTH

An exhibit of Polaroid photography by Sean Tubridy. Click here for details.

A retrospective exhibit celebrating 15 years of Kulture Klub Collaborative, a non-profit pairing artists with homeless youth. Click here for details, and here to read Sheila Regan’s feature on the exhibit.

By November 7, the campaigning will be over and the country will have a new president-elect. What does a new administration mean for our relationship with the rest of the world? Join IATP President Jim Harkness at a public forum to hear an international perspective on the new U.S. administration from IATP’s international board members, who are global leaders in fair trade, sustainable agriculture, local food, and human rights.

Jim will be joined by the international members of IATP’s board of directors:
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The annual fall open house at Northeast Minneapolis’s Northrup King Building. Read the Daily Planet profiles of Northrup King artists Sean Tubridy and André Salvadore.

The fourth annual birthday celebration of the Northside Arts Collective. Click here to read Lauretta Dawolo Towns’s article on the event.

Hamline poli sci prof Binnur Ozkecedi-Tanner speaks on “Multiculturalism and Ethic Politics in the Middle East and North Africa,”

Giddens Learning Center, room 1S, 1537 Hewitt Ave, St Paul.

http://www.hamline.edu/events/

basic level Alternatives to Violence Workshop,
Hennepin County Men’s Workhouse, 1145 Shenandoah Lane, Plymouth.

http://www.fnvw.blogspot.com

Partnership for the Education of Children in Afghanistan sponsors fundraiser “Extra’vaghanistan” with Afghan dinner, Sarosha, the 10-year-old Ethnic Dance Theater, and recently returned Santwana Dasgupta

$35
Garden Room, City Hall, 8080 Mitchell Rd, Eden Prairie.

Artist Greg Lindquist will unveil a painting of the 35W bridge rebuilding when his exhibit “Remembrance of Things Present” opens at Bethel University’s 9th Street Entry Gallery on November 7. Details of the event are below.

Intermedia Arts presents
Naked Stages 2008
Bold New Performance Art for Adventurous Audiences
October 16-18 & November 6-8, 2008

WHAT:
This season’s Naked Stages series draws on the artists’ personal journeys of finding, nurturing, and celebrating their authenticity. Through the use of projected images, recorded music, scripted and improvisational text, the four performances explore the kaleidoscope of experiences that make up our lives.

Back by popular demand, The New York Times calls Wicked “Broadway’s biggest blockbuster,” and when it first played Minneapolis in 2006 it broke box office records and sold out in record time. Long before that girl from Kansas arrives in Munchkinland, two girls meet in the land of Oz. One—born with emerald green skin—is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. How these two grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch makes for “the most complete, and completely satisfying, new musical in a long time” (USA Today).

Explore the traditions associated with Saint Lucia, from her origins as a fourth-century martyr to the legends of her appearance in Sweden.

There are many legends associated with Lucia starting in fourth century Sicily. A young woman gave her dowry away to the poor and confessed herself a Christian. For this she was accused of witchcraft and put to death. Another legend tells of a famine in medieval days. A glowing figure dressed in white, Saint Lucia came across a great lake in the province of Värmland, Sweden.
She brought gifts of food to the starving people.

Class Title: Body + Identity: An Exploration
Dates: Tuesdays, Oct. 28, Nov. 4, 11, 18
Time: 6:30-8:30 pm
Location: Intermedia Arts
Instructor: Jila Nikpay
Fee: Based on a household-income based sliding-fee scale

This fall, look at yourself with new eyes in Body + Identity, a creative and cross-cultural approach to examining our perceptions of ourselves as women. Led by renowned photographer Jila Nikpay, this class will open our eyes to the ways in which we view our bodies, our selves, and the women around us.

series of 5 Monday evenings titled “My Truth and Your Truth: Absolutes and Openness in Our Religious Traditions”
in 5 different houses of worship, beginning with Dr Anant Rambachan (Hindu) at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church

http://www.spacc.org/spin or or 651-789-3840 or register
at http://www.interfaithings.org

A major exhibit of contemporary art from India, at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.

“Irreplaceable: Wildlife in a Warming World” is a national campaign and travelling photo exhibit that raises awareness about plants and animals threatened by global warming. Featuring work by award-winning wildlife conservation photographers, the 40-print exhibit brings the public face-to-face with the wildlife most threatened by climate. Included in the exhibit are species that Earthjustice, the nation’s leading public interest environmental law organization, are fighting to protect from global warming.

NIcademus Art and Framing is proud to announce their first art opening. Local artist Booka B, aka Adam Booker, has been around the Twin Cities art scene for years and is excited to show. Paintings on canvas paper canvas and found objects exhibit a tribal feel mixed with an urban flair.Come and discover Saint Paul’‘s newest Art Gallery and meet the artist on opening night.

Bethel University’s Olson Gallery pleased to present new works by Bethel University Associate Professor of Art Jeff Wetzig.

Jeff Wetzig’s collection of prints transform their traditional roots in Japanese woodblock prints to explore the medium as a means of installation. He investigates the idea of boundaries and borders as they relate to themes such as mass communication, repetition, and fear. The delicate nature of line and color in his woodblock prints are an interesting contrast to their subject matter.

The UnConventional Gathering Place
August 31st – November 7th, 2008
Intermedia Arts
2822 Lyndale Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN 55408

Intermedia Arts presents
The UnConventional Gathering Place!
Intermedia Arts Becomes Hangout for Artists, Educators, Alternative Journalists During the 2008 Republican National Convention

Gallery hours: Monday- Friday 12pm-7pm, Saturday 12pm-5pm
Suggested $5 donation

Main Gallery
Landing In America
By John Obrien
A multi-media installation reflecting on the compelling experiences with or related challenges to our basic liberties.