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Tuesday news and reviews

Posted at 9:03 AM on March 8, 2011 by Marianne Combs
Filed under: News and reviews

Art

'Faces of the Dead' on display at Icebox Gallery
Christopherson's photography exhibition "Faces of the Dead" heightens the mysteriousness that emanates from gravestones in Cimitero Del Verano, a cemetery in Rome, Italy.
- Coco Mault, City Pages

Minneapolis-based U.S. Committee of the Blue Shield keeps close eye on museum looting in Egypt, Libya
Corine Wegener is kind of the Clark Kent of museum work.
- Jessica Lussenhop, City Pages

Books

John Sandford's 'Certain Prey' will be movie with Harmon
If you're a fan of John Sandford's "Prey" series, get ready. USA Network announced it's developing a two-hour movie starring Mark Harmon based on the series' 10th novel, "Certain Prey."
- Amy Carlson Gustafson, Pioneer Press

Movies

Replacements documentary 'Color Me Obsessed': music-free is okay with me
Through over 140 interviews, Gorman Bechard's Color Me Obsessed looks to unpack and contextualize The Replacements' legacy through the words and eyeballs of their most - and least - famous fans.
- Andrew Flanagan, City Pages

Music

Gayngs Affiliyated Showcase at First Avenue, 3/6/2011
The Gayngs and Gimme Noise Affiliyated Showcase at First Avenue was nothing short of epic -- so epic, in fact, that even the word doesn't seem big enough.
- Natalie Gallagher, City Pages

Gayngs Affiliyated Showcase leaves First Avenue happily exhausted
Well-played, Gayngs. That was epic.
- Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet

Telekinesis, The Love Language, and Red Pens throw a birthday party at the 7th Street Entry
Hopefully, for our sake, both bands will come back later this year, preferably when the temperature is a bit more inviting, so they can get the crowds they both deserve.
- Kyle Matteson, TC Daily Planet

It's carnival time: Jon Cleary and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band at the Dakota
- Max Sparber, MinnPost.com

Stage

Worlds collide gorgeously, in song
In Minnesota Opera's non-trendy "Traviata," vivid singing carries the sad story.
- LARRY FUCHSBERG, Star Tribune

Come to his 'Cabaret'
Bradley Greenwald sashays into our minds as the enigmatic Emcee who presides over Germany's descent into the Nazi nightmare.
- Graydon Royce, Star Tribune

Cabaret by Frank Theatre
Stripped down to its both smarmy and beautiful story, and set in a near-perfect environment at the Centennial Showboat on Harriet Island, this production immerses you in the tawdry world of Berlin's cabaret culture as the Nazi's rise to power begins.
- Janet Preus, Howwastheshow.com

Capriciousness of the gods
There is plenty of comedy in "Dido, Queen of Carthage," the rarely performed Christopher Marlowe "tragedy."
- WILLIAM RANDALL BEARD, Star Tribune

'Goats' chews its way to purpose
A young man finds a new approach to life by chasing goats up and down a hillside outside Jerusalem.
- Graydon Royce, Star Tribune

'Goats' A good yarn is told well in this one-person show
Despite an uninspiring title, Alan Berks' "Goats" is a pretty good story.
- Rob Hubbard, Pioneer Press