‘Arts’ Archives
MayDay Parade, Ceremony, and Festival Planning March 21st 7-9:30 PM
photo by Bruce Silcox By Naomi Campion The process of creating the MayDay Parade, Ceremony, and Festival begins in February and March with community meetings. We invite you to join with neighbors and MayDay artists in a conversation about where we are as a community right now: our hopes, concerns, and images that resonate and inspire as we look towards this new year. COMING UP: For the SECOND meeting, on March 21 from 7-9:30pm , the MayDay staff presents their ideas for a theme garnered from the ideas shared at the first community meeting. Meeting participants then give feedback””asking questions, offering ideas, and helping network possibilities for furthering the theme. ALL ARE WELCOME! Both meetings are held at In the Heart of the Beast Theatre”'s home base, the Avalon theatre: 1500 E Lake St , Mpls, Mn 55407 Phone: 612-721-2535 info@hobt.org
Tanya Lukin Linklater
First All My Relations Arts Artists-in-Residency Program ”¢ February 26 - March 5, 2017 By Karen Nelson In partnership with The Ordway Center For Performing Arts and Rosy Simas Danse, All My Relations Arts presentsTanya Lukin Tanya Lukin Linklater”'s performance collaborations, videos, photographs and installations have been exhibited nationally and internationally. She is compelled by relationships between bodies, histories, poetry, pedagogy, Indigenous conceptual spaces (languages), and institutions. Opening Reception: March 3rd, 2017 at 6 ”“ 8 pm Tanya Linklater Lukin”'s visual art installation on view: March 3rd ”“ April 7th, 2017 All My Relations Gallery 1414 Franklin Ave E. Minneapolis, MN 55404 Donations of 5 ”“ 10 dollars are not necessary but encouraged Contact: Taylor Rose Payer, Director of Arts and Cultural Engagement Native American Community Development [...]
La La Land
By Howard McQuitter II For March 2017, I refer to my highly recommended movie the highly touted musical/romance/drama “La La Land” (received 14 Oscar nominations) directed by Damien Chazelle (“Whiplash” ). Chazelle became the youngest Person (at age 32) to win the best director award at the Golden Globes. Only two other movies in Oscar history have received 14 nominations: “All About Eve” (1950) and “Titanic” (1997). Chilean director Pablo Larrain was fortunate to bring two films to the silver screen in 2016: “Jackie” (about Jackie Kennedy after President Kennedy”'s assassination) and “Neruda” (high ranking senator in Chile, famous poet, flees for his life because he”'s a Communist) (Spanish in English subtitles). And a must see film (I thought about putting it in my top 10 list), a true-to-life story about a young man during World War II who refused to carry a gun in battle but saved several dozen [...]
