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Jan 20, 2006
After the Flaw There Is the Living With It: "Have Gun Will Shoot"
Lightsey Darst

Lightsey Darst reviews “Have Gun, Will Shoot,” by Rosy Simas Dance Projects at the Red Eye. Her thoughts on if, and how, artists can influence the conduct of politics are arresting.
Jan 9, 2006
The Skin of the Page: Jennifer Nevitt at Front Room
Patricia Briggs

Patricia Briggs reviews Jennifer Nevitt's sensual little drawings at the Front Room Gallery at 2486 University Ave. in the Midway. Hurry over there--show's up til January 11.
Jan 3, 2006
Brand Spankin' New CD: Swimming with Nancy in a Stream of Consciousness
David Hopkins

David Hopkins, a musician from Duluth, writes reviews of music for the Reader there. Here he listens to a new eponymous CD from the band Swimming with Nancy.
Jan 1, 2006
Between Fire and Ice: Ragnarok at the McGuire
Dean Seal

Dean Seal went to Joe Chvala's "Mjollnir II" and was blown away; our favorite religion writer finds paganism interesting.
Dec 21, 2005
Photocentric: The Photography of the Upper Midwest
Alex Starace

Alex Starace visits the latest exhibition at the Minnesota Center for Photography and likes what he finds.
Dec 7, 2005
A Little Prince, an Arabian Night, and an Italian Grandmother: Holiday Drama
Ann Klefstad and Maja Kalstrom

Ann Klefstad and her eleven-year-old daughter Maja went to three plays in three days, seeing what the Cities have to offer in theater for kids (and grownups too) at holiday time. Read on for their conclusions.
Dec 6, 2005
The Living Art of the Crow: Running Rabbit by Kevin Red Star
Dean Seal

Dean Seal visits the Ancient Traders Gallery on Franklin, and finds a good show there. Visit Ancient Traders for the art of Kevin Red Star, and for the work of many other Native artists as well. It's a great place to find gifts full of heart.
Dec 2, 2005
Dorky is the New Cool: The Low- Fi High-Fi Sound of Melodious Owl
Jay Orff

Jay Orff writes on the high-school band Melodious Owl’s new CD. The Hopkins High denizens make him as spazzy as he wants ta be.
Dec 2, 2005
Chair, Sandbag, Rose: No Prescriptions
Lightsey Darst

Lightsey Darst saw the Stuart Pimsler company's performance at the Red Eye; there's more this weekend, Dec 2 - 4. The work is resonant, and a wecome respite from holiday fare.
Nov 25, 2005
Rising and Falling to the Occasion: New Photography, McKnight Fellows 2004-05
Glenn Gordon

Glenn Gordon went to the McKnight Fellows show just before it opened, and filed this review soon after.
Nov 11, 2005
Feeding on Human Beauty: Minnesota Dance Theater
Lightsey Darst

Lightsey Darst saw the Minnesota Dance Theatre performance featuring the choreography of Wynn Fricke: “Widening the Circle,” at the O’Shaughnessy Auditorium. Sometimes topical, always effective, it was a show worth seeing.
Nov 8, 2005
The Thirty Faces of Two Dimensions: 2DII at the Minnesota Museum
Susan Clayton

Susan Clayton visited the "Minnesota Biennial: 2D II," up through December 31 at the Minnesota Museum of American Art at 50 West Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul. This juried show winnowed 30 artists out of 500: the results were mixed and interesting.
Nov 7, 2005
Afrofuturism (Oops!) Drops the Science
Christopher Atkins

Chris Atkins visited the Soap Factory in time to catch the AfroFuturism show; here's his take on that quirky event.
Nov 6, 2005
Julie Snow Architects: High Modern Mediation
Camille LeFevre

Julie Snow is working on a surprising and innovative addition / transformation of the Soap Factory's venerable and mossy environs. Here's Camille LeFevre's review of the book recently published by Princeton Architectural Press on her work.
Oct 31, 2005
The Idea of an Age: "Movement in Stillness" at the Weisman
Lightsey Darst

Lightsey Darst saw "Movement in Stillness" (choreography by Penelope Freeh and Justin Leaf) at the Weisman Museum recently. This performance, part of the programming around the museum's current show of Russian art, was unusually revealing.
Oct 31, 2005
Beautiful Monsters: Chris Mars' "Subderma" and Tom Huck's "Bloody Bucket"
Mark Wojahn

Mark Wojahn reviews the work of Chris Mars and Tom Huck, related through the relentlessness of their dystopic visions. The work is at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and at Rogue Buddha Gallery.
Oct 28, 2005
"From the Horse's Mouth": 30 Odd Dancers at the Southern
Camille LeFevre

Camille LeFevre saw this much-buzzed-about survey of Minnesota dance; it's an idiosyncratic collection of dancers / storytellers. Did it work? Mostly. You can see for yourself, on Saturday and Sunday at the Southern Theater.
Oct 27, 2005
"Exercises": Merce Cunningham Draws!
Camille LeFevre

Camille LeFevre has some fascinating conversations about Merce Cunningham in Minnesota, and offers an interesting read on the show of his drawings currently at the Katherine Nash Gallery at the University of Minnesota.
Oct 26, 2005
Ambitious: "Zenith" at Washington Galleries
Suzanne Szucs

Suzanne Szucs reviews Jason Huntzinger's photo show "Zenith" at the Washington Galleries in Duluth through October 30. Gallery hours Saturday and Sunday, 1-5; Antenna Party October 29, 7 pm.
Oct 25, 2005
Reexamining the Rules: Tom Rose
Mason Riddle

Mason Riddle here writes a thoughtful essay on Tom Rose's work, exemplified by his recent show at Flanders Gallery, "Rules of the Game."
Oct 15, 2005
A Variety of Women (Who All Happen to Be Immigrants)
Alex Starace

Alex Starace points out that you don’t get exactly what you’re promised at the “Immigrant Status: Faith in Women” show at the Intermedia Arts building.
Oct 10, 2005
More Than One Black Act
Shannon Gibney

Shannon Gibney writes on Black Choreographers’ Evening 2005--it's Thursday and Friday, October 13 and 14 at 7 pm at the Varsity Theater, 1308 4th St. SE, in Minneapolis. The box office opens at 6 pm. For more information, write blackdance@peoplepc.com.
Oct 8, 2005
Cupboard Full of Hate: That Clutching Sensation
Lightsey Darst

Lightsey Darst reviews the marvelous “A Cupboard Full of Hate” by Off-Leash Area in Our Garage. Call 612-724-7372 to reserve. Oct 8-9.
Sep 30, 2005
"Vital Force": Collaboration, Generation
Suzanne Szucs

Suzanne Szucs reviews Laura Drabant and Pamela Belding’s “Vital Force: The Alchemy and Potential of the Egg & Seed” at Hemingway Ceramics, 229 13th Ave NE, Minneapolis.
Sep 21, 2005
Wordless Drama: Freeh at the Southern
Lightsey Darst

Lightsey Darst reads Penelope Freeh's "Witness and other dances" performed recently at the Southern Theater.

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