Sunday, November 16 2008

A concert for the people, featuring Junkyard Empire. Click here for details, and here to read about this event in l’etoile‘s Weekend What’s What.

Sunday, 11/16, 4 pm, Hawkinson Foundation for Peace and Justice honors Rhoda Gilman, Betsy Raasch-Gilman and Arvid “Bud” Dixen for lives of peace activism

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 2730 E 31st St, Mpls.

Registration by Nov 5: http://action.sierraclub.org/mngala

Forty years ago, the Sierra Club North Star Chapter started organizing the bold action of citizens to protect and restore Minnesota’s natural heritage. The Chapter has achieved many notable successes in that time – from securing permanent protection for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness to holding the Global Warming Day of Action in 2007 – one of the largest environmental rallies in Minnesota’s history. It is now time to celebrate our successes, and inspire our guests to help us create thousands more.

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

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

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.