Art
Renegade Theater Company Grand Re-Opening
A new year, a new name, a new look. Renegade Comedy Theatre is changing its name to Renegade Theater Company. Please join us to celebrate! We’re having a party and silent auction fundraiser to coincide with the opening of our first show of our 2010 season, The Sparrow, on Thursday, Feb. 4. (more…)
Andrew Hudgins at St. Scholastica
The College of St. Scholastica’s Warner Reading Series presents:
Andrew Hudgins
Friday, Feb. 5, 7:30 p.m. – Free
Somers Lounge, College of St. Scholastica
Author of six collections of poetry, including the National Book Award finalist The Never Ending: New Poems and the Pulitzer Prize nominated Saints and Strangers, Andrew Hudgins is an indispensable voice in contemporary American letters. His awards and honors include the Witter Bynner Award for Poetry, the Hanes Poetry Prize, fellowships from the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, the Ingram Merrill Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Hudgins holds an M.F.A. from the Iowa Writer’s Workshop and teaches at Ohio State University.
Funding made possible by the Lee and Rose Warner Foundation.
Urban Explorers at Beaner’s
Tuesday, 7pm
Beaner’s Tuesday Film Night will feature “Urban Explorers” this week. The documentary, by Melody Gilbert, gives us a glimpse into an international subculture of fearless thrill-seekers who lurk beneath city streets and venture into long-abandoned buildings, defiantly searching for unseen treasures of modern civilization.
Get out of the house and join us for a free movie in a relaxing environment!
Free ticket to Cracked Egg Improv — Thursday, Jan. 28 only!
Free ticket! This Thursday, Jan. 28 only!
Mention this Super Secret Email and get TWO tickets for the price of ONE!
Cracked Egg Improv, a tiny wing of Rubber Chicken Theater, is back to making it up as they go along this Thursday at 7pm at Dubh Linn Comedy Pub, 109 W. Superior St. in downtown Duluth.
Five dollars gets you TWO tickets to this week’s shows. Plus, hold onto that ticket stub for a half price drink after the show.
See both you, and your friend, there!
Artists Consignment Available
Bashful Blooms is now seeking local artists interested in selling their items in the newly designed retail space. Very low consignment rates, and in the process of branding the business as a destination store. Seeking glass, textile, candles, cards, pottery, etc. If you or anyone you know is interested they can contact the store, or stop in any time during business hours with a sample of work.
Bashful Blooms inventory will not be from South America, China, Taiwan etc….
Bashful Blooms is the only gay owned and operated florist in the Twin Ports.
204 3rd Ave, Proctor, MN
218-624-3355
Women Stand Up and Shoot: A Comedic Film Competition
“Women Stand Up! A Comedy Cabaret” & IFP Minnesota are pleased to announce…Women Stand Up and Shoot: A Comedic Film Competition!
The purpose of Women Stand Up and Shoot is to promote and encourage women writers, actors and directors in film comedies. Send in your best woman-made, woman-starry short comedy films!
Films will be judged by our amazing panel of nationally-known funny Minnesota-bred women: Lizz Winstead, Jackie Kashian, and Mary Jo Pehl!
The submission deadline is April 21, 2010. Films will be screened at the Bryant Lake Bowl Theater in May 2010. Prizes will be awarded for the first, second and third place. (more…)
Barbarous Hospitality
Ellen Sandbeck’s new book “Green Barbarians” is having its book launch at the Spiritual Deli at 3 W. Superior St. It’s fine, bold foray that turns away from ecological no-saying into ecological yes-saying. It’s also illustrated with Sandbeck’s elegant black and white papercut images, and with her great little “barbarian” glyph–just made for a tattoo.
It’s a costume party: come as a Green Barbarian (or for you Avatar fans, a bluegreen barbarian) and Win Fabulous Prizes. It’s Fri., January 22 at 6 pm.
Eat, drink, and be merry in good barbarian style (you might even find out about “bread napkins”). Northern Lights Books will be there with copies of the book to buy.
Artist’s Way
Come Walk in this World
FREE ARTIST’S WAY GROUP
Starting January 30, 2010
2:30-4:30 pm
at Jitters
102 W. Superior St. (more…)
Creative Cello Flow with Kathy McTavish
What happens when an improv cello musician, a creative genius, and a yogi get together? Join Kathy McTavish, Kim Luedtke, and Jodi Christensen for Creative Cello Flow~The Web of Life at the Spiritual Deli, Friday the 15th, 6-8pm. Listen to beautiful, improvisational cello music as we glimpse, reacquaint ourselves with, reaffirm, embrace, or savor our oneness with all living things by creating a collective piece of art.
Spiritual Deli, 6-8pm, $15
“Robin Hood” at the Duluth Playhouse
A cast of 47 children takes over the Duluth Playhouse for two weekends in “Robin Hood.” (more…)
Heads up to Diorama enthusiasts…
Plug those glue guns in and start looking for the perfect box. The time has come again for the Diorama-rama! This year’s festivities will be held at Sacred Heart on Saturday, March 6. The Diorama-rama is a community art show of dioramas and is open to whoever wants to participate. Music and merriment will abound. The event will be 21+ If you have any questions/comments you can e-mail Sarah Heimer at caradiabolica @ hotmail.com
Manufactured Reality at Washington Gallery
Washington Gallery presents “Manufactured Reality,” a photo/video exhibit by Jacob Swanson.
Washington Studios Artist Co-op
315 N. Lake Ave. – Duluth
Showing Jan. 8-30 [fri 12-4] [sat 3-6]
Penguin at the Bar
Art by Adam Swanson at the Red Mug Gallery. Reception Friday, Jan 8th 6-8pm with music by Matt Ray. Penguins, bikes and various anachronisms of existence.
Actual Job in the Arts
Arrowhead Regional Arts Council
The Arrowhead Regional Arts Council is Hiring an Assistant Director
The Arrowhead Regional Arts Council is looking for an individual knowledgeable about the regional arts community, self motivated, computer literate and eager to be part of an organization serving artists and arts organizations in the Arrowhead. ARAC has an immediate opening for a full-time Assistant Director to assist the Executive Director, the Board of Directors and to oversee selected grant programs which will receive funding from the new Arts and Cultural Heritage Amendment passed in November, 2008.
Interested individuals need to submit a cover letter explaining their interest in the position and their skills and abilities along with a resume by January 15, 2010. The ARAC will fill this position by January 31, 2010. Application may be made by email or mail.
MPR Remembers Bill Holm
Minnesota poet, essayist, memoirist and musician Bill Holm died earlier this year. (See PDD post from Feb. 26.) This MPR program features highlights from a tribute held at the Fitzgerald Theater on April 14, with Robert Bly, Emilie Buchwald, Barton and Ross Sutter and so on. Also, many clips of the man himself.
Treasures of the Earth – Green Art & Goods Fair
Treasures of the Earth – Green Art & Goods Fair. Held at the Unitarian Church, 835 W. College St., Duluth – March 27, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
A variety of local artists will have booths showing what they are making out of local natural materials (wood, stone, bark, fiber) or recycled material. There will also be a nature photography and nature art section at the fair. These earth friendly and earth inspiring items make great additions to your home, cabin or as gifts throughout the year. Come shop. You will find many creative and unique items at this fair. Local made is the way to go. If you are a Twin Ports artist who uses recycled materials or natural materials in your work and would like to participate, contact [email protected].
For more information go to wendyupnorth.com.
Yoda hockey Christmas booze snow goon
Merry Christmas. Let’s have a contest. The person who posts the best snow goon before midnight Sunday wins two tickets to Wilco at the DECC on Feb. 19.
UPDATE: Or maybe the slushy snow will all freeze after this is posted, making it impossible to build a snow goon and forcing this contest to be scrapped.
Hell yeah
I was just wasting time following a twitter link to the Walker Art Center site, and saw this. Holy poop, my seagull is right there on the Walker site IN FRONT OF Joel and Ethan Cohen.
Take that you famous Hollywood / Minnesota guys.
Annual Grace Press Design Card Sale
Please stop by for Tea!
Grace Press Design Annual Card …and Gayle Friday’s Treasures….Sale
Friday Dec 11 and Sat Dec 12
9:00-6:00
4726 Pitt Street (Lakeside) Duluth
Children welcome! Bring A Friend!
Sara Curwin
A North Country Holiday
A few months ago in this post about Bob Dylan’s Christmas CD someone remembered an old radio show that I did called “A North Country Holiday.” It was never released as a CD but it was distributed to stations and a few other media outlets using CDs since neither of the stations I did it for (KAXE-Grand Rapids and KUMD-Duluth) had a satellite uplink. (more…)
Trailer for “The Main” – a documentary
Check out this short trailer for the upcoming documentary, The Main! It takes place in the Duluth/Superior area. The doc should be screened in Duluth in the spring.