‘Arts’ Archives
Creating MAYDAY Welcome to April at the AVALON
On May 6th the 38th Annual MayDay Parade”'s Puppets, Bands, Floats, Stiltwalkers, & More will appear 5 Blocks north of Lake Street travel along Bloomington Avenue across Lake Street and 5 Blocks south of Lake Street turning toward and around Powderhorn Lake to the cheering admiration of thousands of people. That spectacle will be the “frosting on the cake.” The MIRACLE of MayDay in Minneapolis Right on Lake Street at 1500 East Lake Is the gathering of hundreds of people of all ages and levels of expertise during April to design and shape this remarkable Celebration of Spring and new life. In the Heart of the Beast Theatre”'s Avalon in April transforms into a giant studio where staff artists and volunteers create the MayDay Parade and Festival. Help build the puppets for the Mayday Parade! Workshops are free and open to the public. Workshop Times: April 7- May 3, 2012 Saturdays, 9-11am and 1-3 pm Tuesdays & Thursdays, 7-9 [...]
We Need To Talk about Kevin
We Need To Talk about Kevin ***** Drama/Suspense/Mystery  Oscilloscope Pictures Cast: Tilda Swinton (Eva), John C. Reilly (Franklin), Ezra Miller ((Teenage Kevin), Jasper Newell (Kevin at ages 6-8), Rock Duel (Kevin as a Toddler), Ashley Gerasimovich (Celia), Kenneth Franklin (Soweto), Ursula Parker (Lucy). (R) Running time: 112 minutes. Written by Lynne Ramsey, Rory Kinnaer, Lionel Shriver. Director: Lynne Ramsey. Tilda Swinton”'s character Eva”'s face is fraught with agony and dismay rarely letting a smile break the dark psychological remora with her taunting, sadist, warped son Kevin Ezra Miller), who it seems from birth to be an albatross on the proverbial back of Eva. From the time Kevin is born he doesn”'t develop like a “normal” child. He seems unresponsive to Eva when she tries to teach him to talk or rolls a ball towards him and doesn”'t reciprocate. At a tender age, Kevin spurts out expletives (on [...]
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
**** Cast: Tom Hanks (Thomas Schell), Thomas Horn (Oskar Schell), Sandra Bullock (Linda Schell), Zoe Caldwell (Oskar”'s Grandmother), Max von Sydow (The Renter), Stephen Henderson (Walt the Locksmith), Viola Davis (Abby Black), Jeffrey Wright (William Black), Hazelle Goodman (Hazelle Black, Jim Norton (Old Mr. Black), Ryka Dottavio (Maris Black), Carmen M. Herlihy (Dennis Black), Adrian Martinez (Hector Black), Gregory Korostishevsky), (Boris Black), Marco Verna (E.S. Black). (PG-13) Running time:129 minutes. Director: Stephen Daldry. The title of this movie “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” is probably the most insidious title for a movie in 2011. Full of emotion”“without being mawkish”“full story”“without resorting to soap opera”“Stephen Daldry”'s “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” tells a story through a boy”'s eyes of tragedy, turmoil and redemption. Thomas Schell (Thomas Hanks) and his son [...]
