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2010 Stories by Sheila Regan

• BOMP NYE at Nick & Eddie

  published Dec 30, 2010

  Since Bedlam closed last summer BOMP, the alternative 18+ dance party, has been on the hunt for a new location. It's looking like Nick & Eddie is working out to be their new home. DJ Shannon Blowt... More >>

• The Works: A Writers' Salon

  published December 29, 2010

  Writing gets meta for Lightsey Darst's monthly series called "The Works: A Writers' Salon." Darst, a poet and arts journalist, has published the... More >>

• Paper Moose, Jumpsuit & Co: Making Space for Art to Happen

  published Dec 28, 2010

  On New Year's Day Paper Moose Jumpsuit & Co will not be hosting knife fights or throwing glitter about. Instead, for their first ever Hangover Show, which takes place at the Paper Moose studio in ... More >>

• Merce Cunningham performs 'Stillness'

  published Dec 27, 2010

  Two years before he died at the age of 90, Merce Cunningham agreed to perform for the camera a composition set to his longtime partner and collaborator John Cage's legendary work: 4'33''. Tacita Dean,... More >>

• Fashion from Mao to Now

  published Dec 22, 2010

  How do politics shape fashionr "In Mao to Now: Chinese Fashion from 1949 to the Present," curators Dr. Juanjuan Wu and Dr. Marilyn DeLong from the University of Minnesota's College of Design, and Minx... More >>

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  Emily Johnson on being photographed by Alec Soth

  published Dec 22, 2010

  Yup'ik choreographer, director, and curator Emily Johnson came to Minnesota 16 years ago from Sterling, Alaska. She now considers both places her home, often feeling pulled between them. Her connectio... More >>

• Funky Christmas

  published December 22, 2010

  After you've gone to all your obligatory family events on Christmas, be sure to head over to the Spring Street Tavern, where DJs Shannon Blowtorch... More >>

• Crafty Recycled Gifts for the Holidays

  published Dec 17, 2010

  rIf the idea of going to the mall and shopping for presents this year fills you with dread, one alternative is to make your own gifts. While craft and art supply stores can sometimes be a little price... More >>

• Dance Film Project artists talk process

  published Dec 16, 2010

  Dance film has come a long way since Baryshnikov wooed audiences in 1976 with his performance in Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker. Contemporary artists from dance, film, and other artistic disciplines are... More >>

• Fine art versus design explored at the MIA

  published Dec 15, 2010

  In the 1950s, the pop art explosion called into question the hierarchy between design made for mass culture versus fine art. From Marcel Duchamp's readymades to Andy Warhol's soup cans, artists (and t... More >>

• I Do Believe

  published December 15, 2010

  Can self-deprecation be something that is humbling and pretty at the same time? Photographer Tucker Gerrick and writer Amber Corteau try to answer... More >>

• U of M Dance students challenge stereotypes of "black dance"

  published Dec 10, 2010

  This fall, the University of Minnesota's dance department has been examining the stereotypes of what "black dance" means, and exploring the possibilities of the work of female African American choreog... More >>

• Laura Stack juxtaposes organic and synthetic at Rosalux Gallery

  published Dec 09, 2010

  "rInterior of the Exterior," the current exhibition at Rosalux Gallery, juxtaposes the organic with the synthetic in unsettling ways. Mixed media artist Laura Stack pulls from her background as a draw... More >>

• Rhiana Yazzie talks about New Native Theatre's debut

  published Dec 08, 2010

  New Native Theatre opens its first full production this weekend, The Dreaming Bundle: A play about dreams, at the Minneapolis American Indian Center. The play is the product of a series of workshops t... More >>

• The Purest Spiritual Pigs' The Swine Show

  published December 8, 2010

  In 2007, musician and visual artist Helena Thompson, founder of Purest Spiritual Pigs, had a bunch of leftover bits of music that hadn't become... More >>

• Naked Stages artists delve into the personal

  published Dec 03, 2010

  Artists from Naked Stages, the seven to nine month development program that provides support for performance artists, will show their work this weekend and next at the Pillsbury House Theatre. The pro... More >>

• 'Tree of Life Mural' by Spectrum Artworks unveiled at RESOURCE

  published Dec 02, 2010

  RESOURCE is a non-profit organization that assists people with employment, provides training to individuals with disabilities, helps those in need recover from chemical dependency, and aids others suf... More >>

• Smitten Kitten's Sexy Art and Craft Show opens tomorrow

  published Dec 01, 2010

  Smitten Kitten Sex Toys and Supplies, the erotic boutique located on Lyndale Avenue South, is getting crafty for the holidays. This Thursday, December 2 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. the store will celebrate ... More >>

• SWIM

  published December 1, 2010

  As Jen March constructed a chapbook of poetry she wrote between her 20th and 30th birthdays, she wondered how the images might look in someone's... More >>

• In the Heart of the Beast brings back 'La Befana'

  published Nov 24, 2010

  This holiday season In the Heart of the Beast (HOBT) Puppet and Mask Theatre revisits a favorite tradition with their production La Befana, based on an ancient legend of the Italian Gift Giver. The sh... More >>

• Minnesota's Identity and the Arts

  published November 24, 2010

  So what is a Minnesota artist? Is there such thing as a Minnesotan arts identity? In "Minnesota's Identity and the Arts," an event hosted by the... More >>

• Franconia Sculpture Park toasts to a successful year

  published Nov 23, 2010

  On Saturday, November 27, folks at the Franconia Sculpture Park will toast the artists, friends, and supporters who have worked hard throughout the year at their annual Franconia Pie and Wine Potluck ... More >>

• It's alive! 'Painting Zombies' challenges the death of painting

  published Nov 19, 2010

  "rPainting Zombies: Permanence/Impermanence," the new exhibit now up at the Katherine E. Nash Gallery at the University of Minnesota, doesn't actually have any zombies in it. Instead, a press release ... More >>

• Eiko and Koma transport into another world

  published Nov 18, 2010

  I have never seen or experienced anything quite like Eiko and Koma's Naked exhibit, now taking place at the Walker. It is something that goes beyond "art" or "performance" or any other word in my voca... More >>

• Pangea World Theater brings together artists of color

  published Nov 17, 2010

  This week Pangea World Theater presents their latest play, Curiosities, written by Ojibwe poet Heid Erdrich. The production is part of the larger work of the theater, which in many ways is about formi... More >>