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September ’24 Events
Arikara ProperThrough October 5All My Relations Arts1414 E Franklin AvenueFreeArikara Proper is a solo exhibition featuring a collection of paintings from artist J. White (Arikara). A self-taught painter, White shares and celebrates her Northern Plains culture through the lens of an urban Indian, relying on personal experience to feed her creativity and prescribe identity, and expressing passion on her canvas in a way that’s palpable. An Opening Reception will be held on Saturday, August 3rd from 6-9pm. For gallery hours and additional programming, visit allmyrelationsarts.org. 2024 BareBones Community Builds and WorkshopsSeptember 3 - October 26Various sites and venuesFreeThe BareBones Annual Halloween Outdoor Puppet Extravaganza is a community vehicle for collectively honoring and mourning the dead, and a cult favorite throughout the Twin Cities. You can participate in the Extravaganza by building puppets, co-creating, or being part of the show when you join in on BareBones’ [...]
Twisters
from the series Movie Corner... 4/5 Stars Action/Adventure/DramaUniversal Pictures By HOWARD MCQUITTER II Howard McQuitter II I had a wild dream shortly after I retired that turned into a storm (tornado) chaser dream. I thought a tornado chaser had to be a more fun, more dangerous and more frenzied job than an ambulance chaser. I haven’t seen a tornado touchdown since I was a kid growing up in Minneapolis. (I have seen the aftermath of that violent, twirling mass of nature, though.) Remembering that dream, I went to see director Lee Issac Chung’s, (director of Minari 2020, Munyurangabo 2007), Twisters - a spinoff of director Jan de Bont’s Twister (1996) starring Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Twisters is such a high octane affair at certain times, it leaves one hyperventilating from what’s up on the screen. (In the original Twister a cow floated across a truck’s windshield during a tornado.) Kate (Daisy Edgar-Jones), born and raised [...]
