Arts Orbit Radar / Barbershop conversations / Madison

Join us at First Cup Thursday afternoon for a how-to-use-the-Daily-Planet workshop, followed by an Arts Orbit Radar 2/24/11 By Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet What's happening this week Thursday, February 24 On the radar: Having won lots of fans locally (not, however, including Dwight Hobbes), Sophia Shorai made a splash on the national scene earlier this month by wowing the American Idol judges. Her gig tonight at the Dakota is likely to be packed.MORE » Under the radar: What would it sound like if Björk recorded an album with Beach House? The answer is Braids, and the answer sounds great. They're at the Entry tonight with Baths and Houses; apparently Beds and Beyonds weren't available. "Barbershop Conversations" offer unique effort to get African-American men to consider organ donations By Lisa Bryant By Cynthia Boyd, MinnPost So, a guy walks into a barber shop... Sounds like the setup for a joke. Instead, it's a serious first step toward getting more African-American men to consider organ and tissue donation. Really.MORE » OPINION | Madison is our Cairo By Peter Rachleff, Workday Minnesota With the Koch Brothers footing his campaign, Scott Walker assumed the governorship of Wisconsin on January 7, 2011.MORE » Bill seeks more power for cities in labor arbitration By Nick Busse, Session Weekly/Session Daily When "essential" public employees like police and firefighters disagree with their employers over how much they should get paid, arbitrators are called in to settle the disputes. At a time of recurring budget deficits, some feel the arbitrators are being too generous to the employees.MORE » Conference, play highlight Islam's Western legacy By Amanda Bankston, The Minnesota Daily With the recent uprisings in the Middle East, University of Minnesota anthropology professor William Beeman has been able to say a lot about the region he knows best.MORE » Unions rally in St. Paul to support Wisconsin workers By Sharon Rolenc, Minnesota News Connection Thousands rallied at the Minnesota State Capitol on Tuesday in support of Wisconsin public employees, who stand to lose their collective bargaining rights in that state under Gov. Scott Walker's budget plan. Such measures will not become law in neighboring Minnesota, says Gov. Mark Dayton, who addressed the crowd in St. Paul. MORE » Inside the Daily Planet THEATER | Mixed Blood Theatre's Agnes Under the Big Top: Six rings shy by Christopher Kehoe, TC Daily Planet Agnes Under the Big Top is, at times, a lot of fantastic adjectives: ambitious, confident, funny, provocative. But the end result winds up being notably less than the sum of its parts. STYLE | University of Minnesota fashion design senior spotlight: Kathryn Sterner by Jay Gabler and Katie Sisneros, TC Daily Planet If these clothes were in a movie, what would the movie be called? Fax Runner. MUSIC | Jeremy Walker of the Small City Trio: "There is always something to improve on and discover" by Dwight Hobbes, TC Daily Planet Small City Trio return to Minneapolis promoting their album Pumpkins' Reunion with a February 25th show at famed jazz club the Dakota. The band is led by composer-pianist-vocalist Jeremy Walker, with Jeff Brueske on bass and vocals and Tim Zhorne on drums. They played to a packed house for the Pumpkins' Reunion release event and are back with originals and a number or two by the legendary likes of Duke Ellington, Billy Strayorn, and Sam Rivers. Super sized: Dominium plans 125 rental units for Lehmann by Bruce Cochran, Uptown Neighborhood News The July issue of the UNN reported that the Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) would sell its Lehmann Education Center building at 1006 West Lake Street in order to use the funds for education because it was not a strategic education building. THEATER | Blank Slate's Pinocchio is a sterling page-to-stage adaptation by Sarah Rattanavong-Wash, TC Daily Planet Blank Slate Theatre's 14th full-length production, a page-to-stage adaptation of Pinocchio, would be artistically challenging even for a professional theater company. The fact that this brilliantly staged and beautifully performed play was put together by grade school and high school students and their twentysomething creative team (playwright, director, and producer) makes it a breathtaking achievement. NEW IN BLOGS WHO IS THAT? | Jon Davis, maker of strange sounds by Jay Gabler • "I like to dance." THE OPTIMISTIC PESSIMIST | Brutal Beauty and Zenith: New and not-to-miss on video by Jim Brunzell III • Two films released on DVD yesterday—the sci-fi noir Zenith and the sports documentary Brutal Beauty: Tales of the Rose City Rollers—didn't open in the Twin Cities, and both are certainly worth a look, even if it's on your home television or computer and not at your local theater. JOHNNY NORTHSIDE | NoMi bus stop bouquet is now complete! by John Hoff • This blog previously reported the installation of some spectacular bus stop art near the Five Points Building, but at that time not all the metal blooms were in place. In the midst of today's snow storm, I drove by and noticed the final flowers have been put in place and the installation appears complete. OPEN SECRETS MINNESOTA | How the legislature and the governor can engage the people about the budget by Rich Neumeister • The Governor and the GOP lead Legislature will fight, mix it up, or posture for the hearts and minds of the Minnesota people as to what their best approach is for the $6 billion state deficit. How the state leaders get out the information is important? The budget proposals have to be presented in an understandable way so it can be comprehended by the people and then allow them to come to their own conclusions. Hopefully, then the people will speak with their elected officials. BARATARIA | Snow daze by Erik Hare • How snowy is it? It's so snowy that ... I'm not in a mood to joke. The Midwest in general has seen more snow than any of us would like. As of today the official total for the season at the MSP Airport is over 72 inches, putting us on a pace as the second snowiest Winter ever (behind 1981-82 by just under 4 inches). That's six feet of snow, about two meters. Once it's taller than I am, I give up.
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