Arts Orbit

Two takes on Bedlam Theatre’s 10x10 Fest:

• Jay Gabler writes about the plays, and about reactions to his blog post discussing his decision not to bike to the Capri Theater in North Minneapolis on Wednesday night due to safety concerns.
• Margo Ashmore, editor of NorthNews and a co-star in one of the plays, describes the festival and her experiences.

“It wasn’t my plan to be writing this blog entry: I was planning to be at the Capri Theater in North Minneapolis, watching Bedlam Theatre’s 10x10 Fest. But my car died (permanently) this week, so I’m getting around largely via bike until I find an affordable replacement. Just before 7 p.m. Wednesday night, I made it a few blocks up Broadway onto the Northside before deciding that biking home alone through that neighborhood at 11 p.m. was not something I thought it would be a good idea to do.

“As I biked back to my house in Loring Heights, I thought about a lot of things.”