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Saturday December 27th 2025
Cinema in the Cemetery
Returns with Buster Keaton”'s, “The Navigator”, Memorial Day Weekend to Benefit the Pioneers and Soldiers Cemetery Fence Restoration Project
Film score to be played live by local music group Dreamland Faces
WHAT: On Saturday, May 23, at approximately 8:30 p.m., the Friends of the Cemetery in partnership with The Trylon Microcinema will show a special screening of Buster Keaton”'s film “The Navigator” accompanied with a live score by local music group Dreamland Faces at Minneapolis Pioneers and Soldiers Memorial Cemetery located at 2925 Cedar Avenue, Minneapolis. The proceeds from the Memorial Day weekend event will help support the Friends of the Cemetery”'s efforts to restore the limestone pier fence that serves as the border of the cemetery along Lake Street and Cedar Avenue.
Gates will open at 7:00 p.m. on May 23; moviegoers arriving early will have the opportunity to experience the historic cemetery and participate in a smart phone history hunt. Attendees are encouraged to bring blankets and lawn chairs. Taco Taxi will be there with their wonderful food available for purchase.
Tickets can be purchased online at Brown Paper Tickets (http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1423311) or at the gate the evening of the event (cash only). Tickets purchased on or before May 15 are $5.… Read the rest “Cinema in the Cemetery”
Levels of Consciousness
By Peter Molenaar
Let us recall that the realm of philosophy is divided into two camps. ”˜Philosophical Materialism”' asserts that the universe existed prior to consciousness, whereas “idealists” believe the universe was created from consciousness.
Curiously, the Buddhists among us avoid the mind-body question, choosing instead to seek liberation via introspective meditation. (Note: some degree of ascetic detachment is recommended.) “Complete enlightenment for the benefit of all sentient beings” is the noble goal of the Mahayana. However, more than two thousand years of this practice hasn”'t achieved very much.
So, we must agree with the Marxists that there is a material basis for human liberation”¦which is not to say that the “subjective factor” does not matter. When acted upon, ideas do become a material force.
On the subject of “levels of consciousness,” Lenin had much to say. In ascending order he elaborated: 1.) trade union consciousness 2.) class consciousness 3.) socialist consciousness.
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