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Weekend Arts Roundup for 9/30-10/3

Posted at 11:28 AM on September 30, 2010 by Steve Seel

Marianne Combs, the Current's Ambassador for the Arts, checks in for the weekend:

Chocolate. Need I say more? Okay, fine: the Minnesota History Center is presenting an exhibition all about chocolate - it's history, how it's made, and why it makes our brains so happy! happy! happy! The exhibition opens this weekend with a big family day on Saturday from noon to 4pm, but the Twin Cities' Marathon is also this weekend, so plan your parking accordingly.

Love to collect art books, but don't have much room on the shelf? Jody Williams' creations are just right for you. Williams' books are often only a couple of inches tall, handmade, and often enclosed in equally cool miniature boxes. Many of her pieces are in the Walker Art Center's book collection, but you can see them up close this month at Form and Content Gallery in Minneapolis. Her current work features etchings of contemporary invertebrates and their fossil ancestors, and an accompanying series of specimen boxes.

Halloween is on the horizon, which means it's time to get creeped out at the Soap Factory's Haunted Basement in Minneapolis. It's the haunted house tour of your youth, but this particularly brand of scary has some real artistic flair. Be prepared to sign a waiver at the door saying you won't sue anybody for the horrors you are about to experience. What I want to know is - will there be creepy smells again this year?

Want to know what's really going on in Afghanistan? Then get thee to the Guthrie for an epic theatrical experience. Tricycle Theater presents Great Game: Afghanistan, in which key moments from the country's history are transformed into short plays. 12 plays are broken down into three evening's worth of entertainment, or if you wish, go on a Saturday or Sunday and immerse yourself in Afghani history and culture.

- Marianne Combs

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