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Weekend outlook: life's a cabaret

Posted at 3:06 PM on March 4, 2011 by Marianne Combs

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Bradley Greenwald is the Emcee in Frank Theatre's "Cabaret"

Here's just some of what you could be seeing this weekend:

Frank Theatre converts the Centennial Showboat into the Kit Kat Klub, the seedy cabaret where an aspiring American writer, Cliff Bradshaw, encounters British singer Sally Bowles. As they join in the pursuit of a life of pleasure in Weimar Berlin, the world outside the Klub begins to splinter as Hitler rises to power. Cabaret runs through March 27 (Note, Melissa Hart - who performed Sally Bowles in Hal Prince's original 1966 Broadway staging - plays the role of Frau Schneider).

ARENA Dances brings to the stage the world premiere of I hate myself. Will you please love me? It's a dark comedy and cautionary tale based on the lives of The Carpenters. For more information, check out Euan Kerr's story here. Performances run at the Southern Theater tonight, Saturday and Sunday.

Tamarind Institute, based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. is a haven for printmakers. It's also where Highpoint Center for Printmaking's Cole Rogers mastered his trade. So Highpoint is hosting a show of work from the Institute, curated by Tamarind's Director Marjorie Devon. Sincerely Yours: Personal Perspectives from Tamarind runs through April 9.

When we talk of extinction, usually we're talking about some odd species of insect or bird. But what if you're talking about your own family? Theater LatteDa presents "Song of Extinction" at the Guthrie Theater, a meditation on the fragility of life. Read the reviews here.

It's hard enough being a good daughter under the best of circumstances; now imagine that your mother has suffered brain damage and is drinking heavily. Table Salt Productions presents "Nest" at the Lowry Lab Theater in St. Paul. Performances run through March 12.

So what are you doing this weekend?

This week's Minnesota originals

Posted at 9:21 AM on March 4, 2011 by Marianne Combs
Filed under: Television


Didn't have time to tune in to last night's edition of MN Original? Here's what you missed:

Ten Thousand Things brings compelling theater to audiences who have limited access to the arts.

Custom font maker Chank Diesel spells out what it means to be an 'Alphabetician'.

World renowned jazz trio The Bad Plus performs at the Dakota Jazz Club.

And, installation artist Sonja Peterson.

How art can change the world

Posted at 12:54 PM on March 4, 2011 by Marianne Combs
Filed under: Photography, Public Art, Video

Looking at French street artist JR's work, it's hard not to think of Minnesota's own Wing Young Huie. Take a look at how this grafitti artist turned the street into a gallery, and advocated for peace in places like Palestine and Israel with not much more than a camera, some paper, and glue.

Friday news and reviews

Posted at 11:27 AM on March 4, 2011 by Marianne Combs
Filed under: News and reviews

Art

Face value
St. Paul painter Patricia Olson portrays St. Catherine University through the faces of its people.
- MARY ABBE, Star Tribune

Tim Sievert: 100 Creatives
In 2008 Sievert published his first graphic novel, That Salty Air, a quiet-yet-striking tale about a son who seeks vengeance from the sea after his mother drowns.
- Jessica Armbruster, City Pages

SooVAC showcases the trippy world of Eric Timothy Carlson
Probably the most satisfying way to experience the exhibition would be to do mushrooms beforehand, but if that's not possible, the best thing to do is just chill out at as much as possible and let the art take you for a ride.
- Sheila Regan


Books

Mark Harmon cast in film based on book by Stillwater's John Sandford
USA Network announced Thursday that it has secured the rights to develop the two-hour movie based on the book "Certain Prey," the 10th in Sandford's series of 20 bestselling "Prey" novels.
- PAUL WALSH, Star Tribune


General

This weekend: Mancini at the Trylon, 'La Traviata' and a HUGE Theater fundraiser
- Max Sparber, MinnPost.com


Movies

Leapin' lizards!
Johnny Depp teams up with "Pirates" director Gore Verbinski to create an animated hero with a special swagger of its own.
- Colin Covert, Pioneer Press

Review: Don't buy animated movies? Depp's chameleon is one great scalesman
Nothing about this witty, inventive film obeys the rules.
- Chris Hewitt, Pioneer Press

More romance than thriller
Matt Damon tries to choose between love and ambition in this Philip K. Dick-inspired film.
- Colin Covert, Star Tribune

This '80s comedy is on the money
Topher Grace evokes the decade in a good way.
- Colin Covert, Star Tribune


Music

Hey, hey, the blues is all right
An unlikely hero picks up the torch a century after the birth of the music's greatest legend.
- BRITT ROBSON, Special to the Star Tribune

Say Amen
Gospel scholar André Thomas headlines this year's annual Witness concert by conducting a choir of 400.
- ROHAN PRESTON, Star Tribune

One Lucky record store
Gayngs' keyboardist and his wife are enjoying being newly wed to Yeti Records in south Minneapolis.
- CHRIS RIEMENSCHNEIDER, Star Tribune

Opera pops up everywhere these days
Minnesota Opera's "La Traviata," opening Saturday, reminds us that we know more opera than we think we do.
- GRAYDON ROYCE, Star Tribune

Rapper Prof keeps the party hopping
Cocky Minneapolis MC ready to drop new album GAMPO
- Jack Spencer, City Pages

Nicole Atkins and the Black Sea at the Turf Club, 3/1/2011
Atkins was perfectly irresistible.
- Natalie Gallagher, City Pages

Rhymesayers mainstay Blueprint readies new full-length release
Fresh on the heals of the newest single from label stalwart Atmosphere comes another banger from fellow Rhymesayer Blueprint, "So Alive," from his upcoming Adventures in Counterculture (out April 5).
- Danny Sigelman, City Pages

Learning Curve Records celebrates 10 years
Learning Curve started in 2001 and has maintained a steady stream of almost exclusively Twin Cities-based releases in the new millennia.
- Loren Green, City Pages

Dead Man Winter at Turf Club, 3/3/2011
The newish band played at Turf last night, and while there was plenty of room, the club was still all a-buzz with a comfortable kind of energy that continued to improve upon itself as the night wore on.
- Natalie Gallagher


Stage

Savage Umbrella collaborates with South Korean theater group
- Sheila Regan, City Pages

Guthrie Theater launches nifty virtual tour
The Guthrie's new virtual tour invites visitors to explore many of its nooks and crannies in clear, glorious 360 degrees.
- Jessica Armbruster, City Pages

Review: The frailty of life lamented in Song of Extinction
Song of Extinction does attempt to equate the value of existence with its fleeting nature, but the play's oppressive mood makes it difficult for any hint of deliverance to break through.
- Brad Richason, Examiner.com

"Hair" at the Orpheum Theatre: Dicks and boobs everywhere
Being that the movie version of Hair essentially taught me everything I know about sex, war, and drugs, I was thrilled to finally the see the theatrical version.
- Becky Lang, TC Daily Planet

"Song of Extinction" by Theater Latté Da at the Guthrie Theater: Intelligently designed
The beginning is the end and the end is the beginning in Theater Latté Da's Song of Extinction.
- Christopher Kehoe, TC Daily Planet

Exit, pursued by infamy: The rise and decline of a ShakesBear
Growly McFurryPaws is the only bear to make an appearance in a Shakespeare play, in Act III scene iii of The Winter's Tale.
- Katie Sisneros, Arts Orbit

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