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Friday
Nov192010

November 19, 2010, Friday - Book Arts Roundtable: Hamilton Wood Type Museum "Road Show" at MCBA

Time: 6:00pm

Location:  Minnesota Center for Book Arts, 1011 Washington Avenue South

Visit the Hamilton Wood Type Museum's expansive collection of wood type and antique advertising plates, without leaving town! A one-hour look at Hamilton's extraordinary past, present, and future. Free and open to the public.

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Friday
Nov192010

November 19, 2010, Friday - Zenon Dance Company at the Sourthern Theater

Time: 8:00pm

Location: The Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Avenue South

The peerless Zenon Dance Company opens its 28th season with world premieres by New York choreographer Colleen Thomas and the Uruguayan-born, Brooklyn based luciana achugar. Audiences and critics praised Thomas’ 2007 work for Zenon, Catching Her Tears (44 ºN, 93ºW), for its rich, sensuous imagery. The New York Times has lauded achugar’s “sensual, raw and intensely physical” choreography. Brought to life with the stylistic diversity and emotional intelligence of Zenon’s dancers, these powerful new works highlight another signature concert.
 
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Friday
Nov192010

November 19, 2010, Friday - Backstage Tour at the Guthrie

Time: 10:00am

Tickets:  $10 per person; $6 for subscribers, students and seniors.

Backstage tours offer a behind-the-scenes look at how Guthrie shows are taken from script to stage. In 45 minutes, you'll visit the Guthrie's signature thrust and proscenium stages; enter the expansive scene shop where sets are built and painted, and learn how they're transported to each stage; visit the shop where costumes are expertly stitched, fabrics dyed and wigs constructed; and explore the rehearsal rooms where company members prepare for performance.

Backstage tours are scheduled Friday, Saturday and Sundays.  Call the Box Office at 612-377-2224 or order online. The Box Office opens for backstage tours and in-person sales at 9:30am on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

Thursday
Nov182010

Novmeber 18, 2010, Thursday - Curious George Visits the Library

Time: 10:30am–11:30am

Location: Central Children's Library

Curious George Visits the Library

Preschool-Grade 2. Join Curious George and "The Man in the Yellow Hat" for monkeyshines and shenanigans. Enjoy stories, activities and games!

Thursday
Nov182010

November 18, 2010, Thursday - Baby Storytime at Minneapolis Central Library

Time: 10:00am

Location:  Children's Library at Minneapolis Central Library

Thursdays through November 18, 2010. For children from birth to 24 months. Delight and stimulate your baby's senses with books and music. Build brain power.

Thursday
Nov182010

November 18, 2010, Thursday - Zenon Dance Company at the Sourthern Theater

Time: 7:30pm

Location: The Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Avenue South

The peerless Zenon Dance Company opens its 28th season with world premieres by New York choreographer Colleen Thomas and the Uruguayan-born, Brooklyn based luciana achugar. Audiences and critics praised Thomas’ 2007 work for Zenon, Catching Her Tears (44 ºN, 93ºW), for its rich, sensuous imagery. The New York Times has lauded achugar’s “sensual, raw and intensely physical” choreography. Brought to life with the stylistic diversity and emotional intelligence of Zenon’s dancers, these powerful new works highlight another signature concert.
 
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Thursday
Nov182010

November 18, 2010, Thursday - Jazz Thursdays Series at the MacPhail Center for Music

Time: 8:00pm

Location:  MacPhail Center for Music, Antonello Hall, 501 South 2nd Street

Cost: Adults $10, Students $5

Time:
Q&A with artists 7:00pm–7:30pm
Concert begins at 8:00pm

Location:  MacPhail Center for Music, Antonello Hall, 501 South 2nd Street

Cost: Adults $10, Students $5

Jazz Thursdays: Meditations and Revelations, celebrating the works of jazz great Charles Mingus. “So Long Eric” featuring Mike Lewis, saxophone; Greg Lewis, trumpet; J.T. Bates, drums; Adam Linz, double bass; Bryan Nichols, piano.
 
Half politician, Half musician. Half New World explorer. Charles Mingus set the new standard for intensity in jazz. From wild highs to beautiful lows his music has shaped young musicians all over the world to ask, “Why is Governor Faubus so ridiculous?”

For more information call 612-321-0100.

Tuesday
Nov162010

November 16, 2010, Tuesday - Guthrie's "Give to the Max Day"

MAXIMIZE YOUR GIVING TO THE GUTHRIE ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16

How satisfying would it be to help the Guthrie Theater win $1,000 just by making a tax-deductible gift of $10 bucks or more?

How about turning your Guthrie donation into a $10,000 or even $20,000 award?

This is the power you have on Tuesday, November 16, on Give to the Max Day
By contributing to the Guthrie online at GiveMN.org on November 16, between 12am – 11:59pm, your gift will be matched and you may qualify the Guthrie to win more than $20,000 in additional funds provided by GiveMN. 
 
Why give to the Guthrie on give to the max day:

  • Your Donations Will Be Doubled.
  • To inspire your support on November 16, Joe Dowling & Siobhan Cleary joined with Guthrie Board Member Polly Grose and several anonymous donors to match all contributions, dollar for dollar, up to $100,000. Your gift of $50 becomes $100. Your gift of $500 becomes $1,000.
  • You Could Be The Guthrie’s “Golden Ticket”.
    Throughout the 24-hour Give to the Max Day event, one donor will be chosen at random every hour to have $1,000 added to their charitable donation. This could be you. Hint: If you’re a night owl or an early bird, give between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m. to further increase your chances of earning a $1,000 award for the Guthrie!
  • You Can Win The Guthrie The Grand Prize.
    A $20,000 and $10,000 grant will be awarded to the two Twin Cities nonprofits that attract the most donors on November 16. Every donation counts. You can help the Guthrie make it to the top by making your own donation and encouraging others to give just $10 or more at GiveMN.org. 
  • Your Giving Matters To The Guthrie. A Lot.
    Your gift, combined with the support of other donors and these potential additional funds, will go a long way in sustaining the high-quality theater you and nearly half a million others enjoy at the Guthrie each year. You will also help provide the Guthrie with resources necessary for exploring new artistic and educational opportunities, assuring that the Guthrie’s work is continually compelling, innovative and of national significance.
Monday
Nov152010

Novmeber 15, 2010, Monday - Live Telecast of JAY-Z at Central Library

Time: 6:00pm

Location: Central Library, Pohlad Hall
 
A live telecast of one of the most prolific artists of our time being interviewed by Cornel West, direct from the New York Public Library, discussing his first book, "Decoded," -- a narrative journey through the lyrics and his life. A limited number of autographed books will be available for purchase.

Visit or call 952.847.8107 for more information.

Presented in partnership with the Presented by the Library Foundation of Hennepin County and Magers and Quinn Booksellers.

Monday
Nov152010

November 15, 2010, Monday - American Red Cross Blood Donor Center Open

Location: American Red Cross Minneapolis Blood Dononation Center, 1201 West River Parkway

Time: 10:45am-5:15pm

Donation Types: Blood

Phone: 800-448-3543

Monday
Nov152010

November 15, 2010, Monday - Stuart D’Rozario at the Guthrie

Time: 7:30pm

Location: McGuire Proscenium Stage at the Guthrie

With Special Guest: Lynhurst

Critics have called Stuart D’Rozario “hands-down one of the best songwriters in the Twin Cities.” Now he returns to the Guthrie to promote and release his third album The Radio In My Head. Stuart D’Rozario will bring along his allstar Minneapolis band which includes Tommy Barbarella, Jim Anton, George McKelvey, Peter Schimke, Ken Chastain and Noah Levy. “The Radio In My Head is a celebration so lush and joyous it just might burst.” – Andrea Swensson, music editor, City Pages. Artist proceeds from the concert will benefit Free Arts Minnesota – a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing the healing powers of artistic expression into the lives of abused, neglected and at-risk children.

www.songsaboutnow.net

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Sunday
Nov142010

November 14, 2010, Sunday - Jazz Off the Charts at MacPhail Center for Music

Time: 7:00pm 

Location:  MacPhail Center for Music, 501 2nd Street South

Join the Copper Street Brass Quintet and the Bryan Nichols Quintet as they walk the line between planned charts and improvisation, performing many original compositions and new takes on classics. This jazz will flow from melodic to moody and adventurous, as the musicians embrace the risks
of making improvised music.

Copper Street Brass Quintet: Allison Hall, trumpet; Corbin Dillon, trumpet; Timothy Bradley, French horn; Alex Wolff, trombone; Stefan Kac, tuba.

Bryan Nichols Quintet: Bryan Nichols, piano; Sean Carey, drums; Brandon Wozniak, saxophones; Mike Lewis, saxophones; James Buckley, bass.

Saturday
Nov132010

November 13, 2010, Saturday - Discover Saturday: Minnesota Black Bears at the Children's Library

Time: 2–4 p.m.

Location:  Children's Library at Minneapolis Central Library
 
For kids in kindergarten and up. Black bears roar to life as Bell Museum of Natural History interpreters demonstrate winter survival techniques, bear behavior and bear family structure. Museum educators will "transform" you into a bear with props that illustrate adaptations.

Funded by the Library Foundation of Hennepin County.

Saturday
Nov132010

November 13, 2010, Saturday - Cowboy Versus Samurai Opens at the Guthrie

In the Dowling Studio at the Guthrie, a Mu Performing Arts production of Cowboy Versus Samurai by Michael Golamco, directed by Randy Reyes.

The lives of the only two Asian Americans in the tiny town of Breakneck, Wyoming, are turned upside down when the beautiful Veronica Lee, a Korean American teacher from New York City, moves to town. Cowboy Versus Samurai is a romantic comedy that re-imagines the Cyrano de Bergerac story in which the nose is race. This production features actors Sun Mee Chomet (Macbeth), Kurt Kwan (who played the father in last year's Yellow Face) and Sherwin Resurreccion (M. Butterfly).

Saturday
Nov132010

November 13, 2010, Saturday - Guest Chef: Shefzilla, Stewart Woodman at Mill City Museum

Time: 1:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum Baking Lab, 704 South 2nd Street

Acclaimed chef Stewart Woodman will visit the Baking Lab for a cooking demonstration of a recipe featured in his new book, "Shefzilla: Conquering Haute Cuisine at Home," newly published by MHS Press. Woodman trained under some of the world’s most celebrated chefs before striking out on his own in Minneapolis. In 2006, Food&Wine named him one of America’s “Best New Chefs," and this year he was named a semifinalist for Best Chef: Midwest by the prestigious James Beard Foundation. After the demonstration, the book will be available for purchase and Woodman will sign copies.

Cost: Program included with museum admission of $10 adults, $8 seniors and college students, $5 children ages 6-17; free for MHS members.

Saturday
Nov132010

November 13, 2010, Saturday - Volunteer Biennial: A Very Much More Opening Reception at the Soap Factory

Time: 7:00pm–11:00pm

Location: Soap Factory, 518 Second Street SE

The Soap Factory’s 2010 Volunteer Biennial, A Very Much More, opens on Saturday, November 13.  The show will feature a variety of exciting new artwork from emerging artists among the Soap Factory's large volunteer force.  52 individual artists and collaborative groups have responded to this year’s theme:  "New and old, everyday and exotic, scrapped together and manufactured, a beautiful mess of things collect and gather, swapping their pasts for new purpose."  A Very Much More will showcase over 60 selected works including installation, painting, video and sculpture.

The Soap Factory relies heavily on its volunteer force of over 300, many of whom are artists. Most Soap Factory initiatives and exhibitions, including the popular Haunted Basement, rely heavily on volunteer support, creativity, wit and sweat. The Volunteer Biennial is no exception, as it is curated, designed, organized and installed completely by a committee of volunteers.

The exhibit and opening reception are free and open to the public. The exhibit runs November 13 - December 5.

Saturday
Nov132010

November 13, 2010, Saturday - Lionel Popkin: There is an Elephant in This Dance at the Southern Theater

Time: 8:00pm

Location: The Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Avenue South

Featuring dancers Carolyn Hall, Ishmael Houston-Jones, Lionel Popkin and Morgan Thorson.

Vividly imagined and adroitly executed, There is an Elephant in This Dance abounds with choreographic eloquence, clever direction and thematic layering. By turns funny, uncanny and disquieting, the work plays off an overlarge elephant costume to suggest how an individual body can hold multiple histories and align itself with divergent cultural identities. Popkin is an alumnus of the Trisha Brown Dance Company. Original score by Robert Een.

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Saturday
Nov132010

November 13, 2010, Saturday - How'd They Do That Workshop: The 39 Steps at the Guthrie

Time: 9:00am

Location: McGuire Proscenium Stage at the Guthrie

What was the inspiration for the set? Was the play rewritten in rehearsals? Aren't those wigs itchy? Through these eye-opening workshops, you can learn how the Guthrie's artists and staff create a production - from early development and designs to rehearsal, costume fittings and staging of the play.

Panel guests include:
Amelia Cheever, The 39 Steps costume designer
Trevor Long, assistant production manager
Sean McArdle, interim associate prop manager
Joel Sass, The 39 Steps director
Jim Lichtscheidl, The 39 Steps cast member

Cost:  $15 per person

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Friday
Nov122010

November 12, 2010, Friday - Lionel Popkin: There is an Elephant in This Dance at the Southern Theater

Time: 8:00pm

Location: The Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Avenue South

Featuring dancers Carolyn Hall, Ishmael Houston-Jones, Lionel Popkin and Morgan Thorson.

Vividly imagined and adroitly executed, There is an Elephant in This Dance abounds with choreographic eloquence, clever direction and thematic layering. By turns funny, uncanny and disquieting, the work plays off an overlarge elephant costume to suggest how an individual body can hold multiple histories and align itself with divergent cultural identities. Popkin is an alumnus of the Trisha Brown Dance Company. Original score by Robert Een.

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Thursday
Nov112010

November 11, 2010, Thursday - Baby Storytime at Minneapolis Central Library

Time: 10:00am

Location:  Children's Library at Minneapolis Central Library

Thursdays through November 18, 2010. For children from birth to 24 months. Delight and stimulate your baby's senses with books and music. Build brain power.