Saturday, November 15 2008

WHERE: Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater, 810 W. Lake St., Mpls


TICKETS: $14-$18 (pay what you can), $12 with Fringe button for reservations, call 612.825.8949 or visit www.bryantlakebowl.com

CONTACT: Ryan Ripley, Assistant Producer, ryan@hardcovertheater.org

Three demonstrations are planned this weekend to protest the passage of Prop 8 in California, which ended marriage rights for same-sex couples. Facebook page

In Minneapolis, protesters will meet at 12:30 pm at the Hennepin County Government Center (350 S 5th St). For more information, contact: dan.dimaggio@gmail.com / 617-599-3026.

In Duluth-Superior, protesters will meet at Minnesota Power Plaza at Lake Ave. and Superior St. For more information, contact: wainosunrise@yahoo.com, (715) 394-6660.

In St.

Do It Green! Minnesota offers our annual Green Gifts Fair right before Thanksgiving. The event is meant to introduce Twin Cities residents to green gift options over the holidays by bringing in local green and fair trade vendors and artists to sell gifts in one place.

• SHOP 65+ local retailers and artists for green, recycled, and organic gifts.
• LEARN about green holiday decorating, wrapping, and food and party ideas, and homemade gifts.

• EAT a local lunch at many of the restaurants at the market and sample local holiday foods with local chef demos.

Saturday, 11/15, 9:30 am to 4 pm, free workshop for teaching and
learning about genocide “Genocide and Gender-Based Violence: Darfur and the Holocaust,” with genocide scholar and Congressman Tim Walz, holocaust scholar Dr Elizabeth Baer and Genocide Intervention Network director Mark Hanis, at Gustavus
Adolphus College and Treaty Site History Center, St Paul.

Register at: http://chgs.umn.edu/news/darfur.html
(CEU and teacher clock-hours available)

Nicademus Art and Framing is proud to present MJ Heubach: A Collection of New Work. The event kicks-off on opening night November 15th, 2008 from 7pm to 11pm. Artist MartinJohn Heubach (aka MJ) has contributed to the Twin Cities art scene for years and his recent paintings, drawings and photo collages will be exhibited from November 15th through December 6, 2008.
Come and discover Saint Paul’s newest Art Gallery and meet the artist on opening night with special guest DJ Booka B.
Nicademus Art and Framing: 225 Snelling Ave N Saint Paul MN 55104, www.nicademusart.com, (651) 207-8322

PUPPET STARS ON FILM AT HOBT THEATRE

Puppets and film prove to be an evocative combination in special screenings of Handmade Puppet Dreams November 14 and 15 (Friday and Saturday) at In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre (HOBT). Ranging from thrilling to humorous to erotic, these selections of innovative puppet film shorts by independent artists showcase a new generation of puppeteers embracing film as a medium for their handmade craft.

With surreal beauty and deliberate ambiguity Megan Rye’s paintings encourage viewers to see the Iraqi War through the eyes of those who’ve witnessed it firsthand. Her works in “Long Night’s Journey into Day” explore her ongoing fascination with images taken primarily by her brother, Ryan Nosek, while stationed in Iraq as a U.S. Marine. Rye has based her work off her brother’s photographs since 2005, the year he returned from duty.

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.

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.

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.

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.