Saturday, November 29 2008

From l’etoile’s Weekend What’s What: “In the MPLS scene, you never have to choose between one cultural love or the other. If you know where to look, you can always find an event with the right blend of art, music, film and even dancing. The first installment of Project, Project is a perfect example. Tonight’s “multimedia playground” showcases the artwork and graphic designs of UK artist Miss Lotion and local artist J.R.

The annual choreography omnibus show by Zenon Dance Company.

Support: 10 Years, Snot, TBA
Price: $32 (GA)
Get your tickets at Ticketmaster or Myth Box Office
All Ages Event **For more info call 651-779-MYTH

The Old Friary adjacent to Guardian Angels Church in Chaska is, at 140 years old, one of the oldest buildings in Minnesota. On Saturdays in November, the church is opening the Friary for public tours. See John Behm’s photos of the Friary here.

Join author Eric Dregni for a slide show, reading, and book signing for In Cod We Trust: Living the Norwegian Dream, a vivid portrayal of modern Norway through the eyes of a fourth-generation Norwegian American from Minnesota. In this cross-cultural memoir, Eric Dregni tells the hair-raising, hilarious, and sometimes poignant stories of his family’s yearlong Norwegian experiment.

10% Off Most Items at Uncle Edgar’s and Uncle Hugo’s bookstores.

WHAT:
> Celebrating its first holiday season in Minnesota, Holiday Lights in
> the Park is a new community event that focuses on raising funds for
> local charities and providing an impressive and affordable means of
> holiday entertainment for people of all ages. Visitors will enjoy a
> spectacular array of holiday lights and animated displays as they take
> an evening drive through Phalen Park in Saint Paul. The delightful
> tour is approximately 0.6 miles in length along Lake Phalen and Phalen
> Golf course.

Andrea Carlson
EARTH DIVER

EARTH DIVER features new works from Andrea Carlson’s ongoing series that both challenges and champions issues of cultural appropriation, assimilation and consumption. Drawing heavily on contemporary museum studies, Carlson’s new paintings on paper reference cannibalism as a metaphor to describe the commodification of culture and cultural tourism in museums and on film.

Hours: Wednesday – Saturday, noon to 5 pm

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.

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.