November 2011
The new Muddy Waters Bar & Eatery: Everything a...
The hottest new trend on the Twin Cities dining scene is the gastropub, which combines a big selection of craft beers on tap with a menu that’s several notches above traditional bar fare. In the past year or so, we’ve seen the arrival of Pat’s Tap at 36th and Nicollet, Republic on the West Bank, the new Muddy Waters Bar & Eatery at Lake & Lyndale, the Amsterdam Bar and...
Arts Orbit Radar 11/17/11
On the radar
1. Local, handmade, and independent—MCBA’s 10th Annual Book Arts Festival starts the consumer season off right, with demonstrations and activities scattered throughout the day.
2. If you’re looking for something to put on the wall rather than the shelf, make your way to MCAD’s annual art sale, the largest college art sale in the entire U.S. of A.
3. Zenon Dance...
"The Inland Sea" at Macalester College: A great...
I have to admit to a little shiver of pride every time something theatrically significant happens, not in some other big city like New York or Chicago or Los Angeles, but right here in Minneapolis/St. Paul instead. The most recent example—the U.S. premiere of a new play by Naomi Wallace,The Inland Sea, at our own Macalester College. “God’s world before you fiddled with it was never meant to...
"Genderf*ckation: A Gender Emancipation" comes to...
As part of Transgender Day of Remembrance, which is actually November 20, writer/director Chris Durant’s documentary film Genderf*kation: A Gender Emancipation will screen this Saturday, November 19 at All God’s Children church on Park Avenue in South Minneapolis. I had the chance to see Durant’s film last summer at its world premiere screening in mid-June, just a few weeks after the OUT Twin...
Spiderman yes, mud wrestling no: Speak Easy series...
I had the distinct pleasure on Saturday night of attending Allison Broeren’s newest storytelling to-do. Broeren, current co-managing-director of the Rockstar Storytellers, SlamMaster of the nationally ranked Poetry SlamMN!, and founder of the Story SlamMN! at Kieran’s Irish Pub, seems to already have the market cornered on storytelling events in the Twin Cities—yet she has recently cooked up a...
Isabel Wilkerson at the Minneapolis Club: We're...
Over the course of four years in this job, I thought I’d been to just about every venue in the Twin Cities—but invitations to events at the Minneapolis Club don’t come often. It’s the ivy-covered mansion at 8th Street South and 2nd Avenue South, and the interior of the exclusive club is just what you’d expect. A photo hangs inside the door as tribute to a faithful dog who...
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"Private Eyes" by Phoenix Theater Project: Is it...
One thing you can count on with a Steven Dietz play is funny, clever dialogue. I’m normally jotting down witty lines of dialogue like a crazy man during really good plays to help me write the reviews. This play was so good even the friend who came with me to the theater got out his program and started jotting things down so he could remember them later. There is an abundance of laughs in...
Q: Who IS that? A: Jahna Peloquin, stylish scribe
Name: Jahna Peloquin Twitter: @jahnapeloquin Websites: jahnapeloquin.com, letoilemagazine.com
What’s your job? “I’m a contributing writer and stylist for Vita.mn, fashion editor for l’étoile magazine, founder/contributor at LOL/OMG!, and I have an unfortunately-named local fashion blog.”
Other than your job, what are your claims to fame? “I tap dance. I...
Q: Who IS that? A: Scott Pakudaitis, the Twin...
Name: Scott Pakudaitis Twitter: @purplesquirrel1 Website: purplesquirrel.livejournal.com
What’s your job? “I work as an Institutional Research Analyst, a.k.a. ‘Data Oracle,’ at St. Catherine University.”
Other than your job, what are your claims to fame? “I’ve been volunteering in the squirrel nursery at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center since 2004...
Mac Miller shows love at First Avenue
About a year and a half ago, I came across a video titled “Kool Aid and Frozen Pizza.” My initial thought? “This can’t be a serious attempt at hip-hop.” But after I pressed play and soaked up the authentic lyrics, the neighborhood visual, and the jazzy old school beat, my annoyance changed to appreciation.
On October 18 the city of Pittsburgh—and clouds of marijuana smoke—invaded...
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Mystery man Benjamin Raye takes it away
Singer-songwriter Benjamin Raye didn’t kill himself packaging his EP, Benjamin Raye. The cover is a low-resolution image of Raye with guitar at a microphone and a list of the songs. Open the case and on the other side of the cover sheet are credits and a small photo (with better resolution) and the copyright notice along with, naturally, a website. At which there’s contact info, show schedule,...
Friends of the Hennepin County Library to young... →
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The Library Foundation of Hennepin County’s Pen Pals reading series this year includes appearances by five authors: Jhumpa Lahiri (Bengali-American woman, age 44), Michael Ondaatje (Sri Lankan-Canadian guy, age 68), Wallace Shawn (white guy, age 68), Brian Greene (white guy, age 48), and Arthur Phillips (white guy, age 42). The readings take place in Hopkins....
Minnesota Opera premieres an edgy "Silent Night"
It sounds like a heartwarming holiday story, all the more so because it’s true. On Christmas Eve 1914, soldiers facing each other on the Western Front laid down their arms and met as friends, sharing libations and holiday cheer. Silent Night, though—the new opera about the truce given its premiere Saturday night by the Minnesota Opera—is no Hallmark special. Composer Kevin Puts and...
Come Together: Tarnish & Gold gallery re-opens and...
After a summer without gallery space, Northeast Minneapolis newcomer Tarnish & Gold reopened on November 4 in a new location. The gallery moved a few blocks from its original location on Marshall St. to The Foundry on 13th Ave. NE after the rent was raised due to renovations according to gallery co-founder Caitlin LaFlash.
The Foundry, which once housed a different gallery and...
