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Arts Orbit Radar 11/18/10 What's happening this week On the radar: Sol LeWitt is to visual art what John Cage is to music—someone who seemed very clever in his day, but whose stature has posthumously risen to twentieth-century titan. When Sol LeWitt: 2D+3D opens alongside Yves Klein: With the Void, Full Powers, the Walker will be holding two master keys to contemporary art. Under the radar: It's a big night for dance in Minneapolis. First, watch the Zenon performers zing through their fall season (a tribute to women choreographers), then head to the Varsity for the debut of Anthem Heart's new monthly dance night, called Recess; with Playatta on v-jay duty, there will be a lot more to look at than just your neighbors shaking their rumps to Estate's DJ set. On the radar: Expect the Entry to be stuffed like a turkey tonight for a show by Military Special that functions as both an EP release and a final show—they're calling it quits, at least for now. Also on the bill are Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles, Phantom Tails, Estate, and Dada Trash Collage. Only $5! Under the radar: Partisans of adventurous contemporary dance have been quickly purchasing the relatively few tickets available for The Thank-You Bar, a new "performance installation" by Emily Johnson. On the radar: It's still six days from Black Friday, but local artists and artisans are getting a jump on holiday shopping traffic with a trio of locally-sourced gift sales today. There's the MCAD Art Sale, the Green Gifts Fair at Midtown Global Market (complete with low-carbon cookoff and "eco fashion show"), and a Handmade Holiday Sale featuring local Etsy artists at the Uptown VFW. For the traditionally-minded, St. Mark's Lutheran Church on West 7th in St. Paul hosts a holiday boutique with that third item in the Holy Trinity of Church Basement Foods. Not hotdish, not lefse...that's right, it's the overnight soup, booya! Under the radar: For those who'd like a dose of Wonderful-Life-style small-town life this holiday season, there's the 14th annual Lighted Snowflake Parade in Cambridge, Minnesota. If you want to join in, "Walkers are welcome and can make creative use of flashlights, lanterns, and battery packs," but "no Santas, please! Our 'official' Santa will make his seasonal debut at the end of the parade." Macy's, eat your heart out.
On the radar: The Twin Cities know how to do radio right, and tonight the BLB hosts the broadcast of 2010's final episode of The Entertainment Machine, a raucous variety show hosted by Rockstar Storyteller Dave Mondy. Under the radar: "Cheering, clapping pandemonium" is how Dwight Hobbes described fans' reactions to Jimmy Lyback's (relatively) new band July Fighter. Join the throng tonight at Honey, as the band headline a benefit raising funds to fight anti-gay bullying. On the radar: If you were going to carve a Minnesotan Mount Rushmore, there would be a long list of candidates to consider, but maybe the only two who would actually agree to be included are at the Fitzgerald Theater tonight, as Garrison Keillor interviews Walter Mondale about the former veep's new book The Good Fight: A Life in Liberal Politics. Under the radar: Firmly back in action at its new Lowertown location, Play By Play Theatre Bookstore inaugurates "a new works salon" for the informal debut of scripts by local playwrights. On the radar: "Is there a 'huge backlash' against the meaningful indie film boom of the 2k0s?" So asks the blog Hipster Runoff, declaring Royal Tenenbaums costumes "the dead end of Halloween civilization." It's true—the most relevant Halloween costume of 2010 was Phil Collins. But this isn't Halloween, it's Thanksgiving, and MN Film Arts will probably sell plenty of tickets to this week's Royal Tenenbaums screenings without Brooklyn's help. Under the radar: If you enjoyed Sheila Regan's report on Native writers in Minnesota, you'll want to consider attending tonight's showcase Beyond the Pure: sounds of (r)evolution. On the radar: He "throws juicy cuts of roots rock around like he's John Mellencamp, snarls sardonically like he's Warren Zevon, vamps like he's Neil Diamond, and grabs his crotch like he's Michael Jackson." Who is he? He's the legendary Ike Reilly, and he's at First Ave tonight for his annual Thanksgiving Eve show, which for many local music buffs is a holiday tradition more sacred than turkey and cranberries. Expect a raucous time, and unexpectedly revealing stage banter. ("This song is about a Croatian who beat the shit out of me, and also about a gay woman I've come to love.") Under the radar: The kind of venue that First Ave becomes on Thanksgiving Eve is the kind of venue that Palmer's is year-round. Tonight at the Last Dive Standing: a music video release show by Crankshaft, with Boom Boom Belam and Hastings 3000.
Daily Planet arts roundup • Minnesota's Hidden Alphabet (blog entry by Amy Rea) • Fresh Traditions IV celebrates Hmong designers (feature by Barb Teed, photos by Jeff Rutherford) • Sonny Syonesa film Am I Alone? to screen at Mall of America (feature by Tom Laventure) • At First Avenue, a community says good-bye to Mikey "Eyedea" Larsen (blog entry by Jay Gabler) • Talking with Tim and Eric for two minutes while they drive through Colorado (interview by Jay Gabler and Nalini Ramer) • Turtle River Pasties (blog entry by Amy Rea) • Sweeping changes, some closures ahead for St. Paul parks and recreation centers (feature by A.J. MacDonald) Not a subscriber? Click here to get Arts Orbit Radar in your inbox every Wednesday—and follow ArtsOrbit on Twitter or Tumblr for 24/7 updates on the local arts scene. For a new video on the local arts scene every weekday, bookmark the Daily Planet's 3-Minute Egg page.
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"; and the harrowing "Monsters" "The Horror, the horror." -Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness Although Halloween is over, two films opening this Friday continue to put the "heart of darkness" into men, women, and children. Opening everywhere, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 finds Harry, Hermione, and Ron in the thick of darkness looking to save their families, friends, and fellow Gryffindor professors against the almighty evil, Voldermort. Director David Yates and screenwriter Steve Kloves have taken some liberties with J.K. Rowling's source material, as one might imagine, considering not all our favorite characters can speak every word written in the novel. The first part leads viewers into what will be a thrilling conclusion to the magical series when the second part opens next July. The three young wizards, having grown into adults over the past nine years, search for more clues and find conflicts and revelations around every corner—including a fantastic animation sequence. Yates' latest offering will test some audiences' patience with some of the scenes going on longer than they should, or not pounding enough CGI magic into every scene, compared to its predecessors. To Yates's credit, he gives our three heroes each a moment of true awakening, searching for hope and reason and wondering whether they'll even make it to the end. I've always admired the Harry Potter series—books and films—for creating pure enjoyment throughout each adventure, and after the last 45 minutes of Part 1, I'm ready for Part 2 as soon as possible. A different kind of horror comes to the Lagoon in the form of Monsters, a low-budget sci-fi drama by British first-time writer, director, cinematographer, and visual effects artist, Gareth Edwards; it's a minor miracle. Monsters may draw strong comparisons to last year's other alien/monster film, District 9, and rightfully so, but Monsters has a different approach from D9, becoming more about the journey than the resolution. In Central America, an American freelance photographer has been ordered by his boss to bring his daughter back to America, while the Mexican military has started shutting down lines of transportation to get safely across the "Infected Zone," which has now become filled with aliens. Given unforeseen circumstances, the two must travel through the "Infected Zone" to reach the U.S, rather than take a boat. Monsters not only looks different, it feels different than most typical sci-fi movies. When we see each "monster" on screen, people are not screaming and trampling over one another to escape; humans have accepted that these creatures are probably here to stay. Monsters never has any frightening scare-tactic moments, but deep down, you'll starting thinking about the "what if?" possibilities of an unknown presence which, we can't communicate with, but we must find a way to co-exist with; that should be enough horror for anyone. Q: Who IS that? A: Chris Cloud, MPLS.TV personality Name: Chris Cloud What's your job? Other than your job, what are your claims to fame? What's your relationship status? Where are you most likely to be seen? Where are you most likely not to be seen? With what person or people are you most likely to be seen? Where were you born? What neighborhood do you live in now? What's your ride? What's the best way for someone to start a conversation with you? |  |
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