January 2008 - Minnesota Arts

In case you missed the show @ Oak St. Cinema last night here are a few of the videos you missed… The first video “Girl” by Pepe Deluxe (FINLAND) is fantastic. You must watch this. Anyone know where I can find a cheap auto-harp? They combine a perfect...

Approach Influenza as a series which serves to help give insight as to where music is born; these are the thoughts, influences and the inspirations directly from the mind of the artists. Here bassist Michael Tyler of Seattle’s The Hands discusses the concept of war and how the term’s disassociation impacted the band’s ultimate decision [...]

A lectures series on architectural masters kicks off Tuesday with historian Leon Satkowski's look at the villas of 16th century Italian architect Andrea Palladio. The nine lectures at the Minneapolis Central Library, which run on Tuesday nights through April, offer a rare chance to hear University of Minnesota architecture professors share their expertise. All lectures are free. The topics range from Sinan, classical Turkey's greatest architect, to Frank Gehry, designer of the U's Weisman...

Named after the seventeenth-century French king, San Diego's glam-punk rockers Louis XIV are back with their sophomore album "Slick Dogs and Ponies." They've decided that you will either love it or hate it.

Would you trust a black box with your presidential election vote? What if the black box was manufactured by a private company with close ties to the Republican Party and its presidential nominee in particular? What if the box contained a cheap lock to a side door through which its counting procedures could be easily reprogrammed or disabled? You don't have to be a conspiracy theorist — or a black box designer — to recognize that there were numerous and striking irregularities in the...

If you want to score front row tickets, or first choice of seats…. When tickets go on sale(tba), be waiting at the box office when they open and you will have much better chances @ choosing your seat. See you there. March 28 Philadelphia, PA First...