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This June, Story Board's On-Location Academy (OLA) will offer a mini-film camp to students interested in film production. Students contemplating a college education in filmmaking, a career in the industry, or want to receive hands-on experience on a film set should apply for this unique opportunity.
Click here for more info or go to The Storyboard website.
All Ages
Substance presents...
Justice Jam Day long festival celebrating activism at the U and around the Twin Cities Saturday, May 3rd, 2008, 2pm-10pm Gateway Plaza, McNamara Alumni Center front plaza, U of M (outdoors, 200 Oak St. SE, Mpls, MN)
Featuring: Heiruspecs and White Light Riot With: Kanser w/More than Lights, Truthmaze (Tru Ruts), Indigo, St. Paul Slim, Muja Messiah, Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles, GENA, plus poetry by MN Spoken Word Association Street Skateboard demo by 3rd Lair and Cal Surf Concessions provided by Duffy's Pizza (Dinkytown) - Vegan options A "Green" Event Free and open to all Part of Actifest - www.actifest.org
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They will also be providing paint and assembling a free standing wall for YOU to come paint on! They are planning on putting up several 4×8 plywood panels(in a row), of which artists will be able to keep if they so wish.
If you’re at all interested, please e-mail ASAP info@livewithsubstance.org, so they know how big a wall and how much paint to buy.
LEMURIA // BOMB THE MUSIC INDUSTRY // ANDREW JACKSON JIHAD // KEPI
$10 ADV $12 DOS All Ages
Local young spoken-word and video artists present works they created during the residencies of poet/theater artist Marc Bamuthi Joseph and hip-hop filmmaker Eli Jacobs Fantauzzi, demonstrating how spoken word and media can serve as vehicles for personal
by wactac toMothlight is an animation of “found foliage” Stan Brakhage used insects,leaves, and sandwiched them between two strips of perforated tape to create this masterpiece.
See a complete version here
WHOSE PISS IS THIS?
Grand opening Saturday April 26, 7-10pm
Runs April 26 - May 20th at First Amendment Arts.
No cover / all ages
First Amendment Arts
1101 Stinson Blvd Basement A & B Minneapolis MN
(612) 379-4151
You’ll be asking “Whose piss is this?” when you see Aesthetic Apparatus urinate all over your idea of “art” and their professional careers in one fell swoop.
Minneapolis' very own, and very loved/ignored bestest graphic design buddies and printmaking powerhouse, Aesthetic Apparatus will be presenting “WHOSE PISS IS THIS?”, a collection of brand new prints, slightly-not-as-new prints, books and other crap, Saturday, April 26th at First Amendment Gallery. Plus crackers, cheese, grocery store cake and music provided by local rocksters Everybell and Whistle and Birmingham AL’s Wildcat Revival.
AESTHETIC APPARATUS BIO: Often considered Minneapolis’ best totally unknown design super team, Aesthetic Apparatus was founded around 1999 in Madison, Wisconsin by Dan Ibarra and Michael Byzewski as a fun side project from their “real” jobs. Over the years their limited edition, screen printed concert posters have secretly snuck into the hearts and minds of a small, rather silent group of socially awkward music and design nerds. Now, Aesthetic Apparatus is a full time, full-fledged, insanely unstoppable, and occasionally award winning design mega-studio. They will break your heart and drink your blood.
“Voltage melds bands and designers into a show unlike no other: runway and rock seamlessly combined. Artists and musicians collaborate and mutually inspire. Dedicated followers of fashion and darlings of the music industry appear in full force chic for the evening. And without question, the 2008 show again takes place at Minneapolis' historic rock epicenter First Avenue.
Besides uniquely showcasing our local artistic community, Voltage financially supports it as well. Proceeds from the 2008 event are earmarked for the Emergency Relief Fund (ERF), a program of Springboard for the Arts. The ERF delivers funds to artists who've suffered a catastrophic life event and require immediate financial support. Additionally the show brings recognition and financial support to MNfashion, an emerging non-profit. This organization is aimed at being a resource for our fashion community by providing professional development and resources so designers can establish a sustainable livelihood.
Voltage's audience includes buying and merchandising representatives from both small and large retailers. They rub elbows and hemlines with a stellar gathering of talented designers, musicians, artists and a flock of local media from City Pages to The Star Tribune to Minnesota Public radio's The Current. It makes for a professional, wickedly handsome sold-out crowd of local industry leaders in retail, music and fashion.
Voltage extends beyond one stylish evening. Coinciding events include a preview event in February, a CD listening party of the Voltage compilation CD that features tracks from each band, and Voltage: Fashion Weekend held at local boutiques and other various locations the weekend following the show.”
While many sub-events during fashion weekend are 18-21+, there are a smattering of events that are all ages. The fashion workshop on Sunday, for example, is just 16+, and many trunk shows are all ages.
Check it out here: http://www.voltagefashionamplified.com
The Bent Festival is an annual art and music festival celebrating DIY electronics, hardware hacking, and circuit bending. Each year we invite artists from across the country and around the globe to perform music with their home-made or circuit bent instru
by wactac toHello from St. Paul! This day is significant because it’s the second and last day of curating, and also the same for how many times I’ve been in St. Paul.
(Down at the St. Paul Space)
Well, last night we began hanging all the beautiful artwork for the 1st preliminary in St.Paul.
I am so excited about the show all of the work looks so amazing.
Come down on Saturday to be amazed and see and meet some amazing young artists!
This Saturday May 10th from Noon-7 Performance at 5
Northern WareHouse(Level 2,careful the elevator is broken)
308 Prince Street
w/ ALL SHALL PERISH//THE WARRIORS//SINCE THE FLOOD
All Ages $12.00
Victims
Trash Talk
Volunteers Needed: The G.A.M.E.
Graffiti Art Mentoring and Education
The G.A.M.E. is seeking volunteers for the 2008 summer mural production season. Volunteers will work with Program Coordinator/Artist-in-Residence JoJo throughout the summer to prepare and paint the walls, organize paint, promote the program as a street team member and maintain the Intermedia Arts' parking lot, walls and property. Volunteers can receive school credit and/or community service hours with proper paperwork. All volunteers will be on-call throughout the summer for up to 5 hours/week.
Contact thegame@intermediaarts.org for more information!
Visual artist Chris Johanson dodges the spotlight since being jettisoned to international art stardom when his site-specific installation was included in the 2002 Whitney Biennial. Spark follows Johanson and his neighborhood artist-friends as they install
by wactac toI know anything that has the word guerilla in it is for sure cool, so I decided it would be a major supplement to my Google page if I wrote about this new trend that is sweeping the world: guerilla gardening and moss graffiti.
As one website put it: “Armed with trowels, seeds, and vision, the idea is to garden everywhere. Anywhere.” Rock out with your…spout out? Ditches and Hoes? Sorry.
Now don’t think I’m sipping on the proverbial haterade, I really think guerilla gardening sounds like a great idea. For the most part it seems that its a lot of very horticulturally minded citizens (the Guerrilla Gardening website includes the scientific name for each plant) that feel like getting your ya yas out by putting old faithful lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) on a neglected highway. Basically its the Lupine Lady realized.
Who doesn’t need a little green wherever they go? Why is all the city gardening done by the city? Guerrilla gardening seems pretty easy and satisfying. One gardener says that whenever the cops stop him to ask what he’s doing, he just tells them “gardening” and gets left alone. I’m inspired, you’ll soon see the walker looking like this. If you are thinking about getting a green thumb here are some tips.
Adidas (of course) has also gotten into the mix and as part of their new grun line have a video of some guerilla gardeners in London:
I can’t believe I am recommending Cold Case, but you should watch it on Sunday. Check out the email from Lenne Klingaman, a former WACTAC member.
Hello to all, friends new, old, and soon to be!
So I'm sure you all thought I wouldn't actually remind you, but yes, I have suppressed my nervousness (long enough to compile this massive email list) and am tying the proverbial "string" 'round your fingers. My television debut (read: tiara, '80's prom dress, and running blue eyeliner) is indeed this Sunday, April 27th, 2008, on the good network of CBS.
The fine people at Cold Case gave me a job... where I act...and then get paid!
I play a nanny, a disgruntled, lonely, slightly off nanny. The experience was a delight.
So feel free to watch this Sunday, I believe at 9 pm, but "check your local listings" as they say. Enjoy. And thank you friends and family for being the best support group a girl could ever ask for.
XOXO,
Lenne
On Saturday, April 19, 2008, hundreds of independently owned music stores across the country will celebrate ?Record Store Day.?
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Starring: Colin Farrell’s eyebrows and Brendan Gleeson’s ears.
2 hitmen, Raymond (Colin Farrell) and Ken (Brendan Gleeson), are sent to Bruges, Belgium after Colin Farrell accidentally shoots a little boy. Dark humor ensues in Bruges until the boss calls and informs Ken that he wants Ray dead. However, this is not merely an action film. It’s set against the backdrop of a beautiful, renaissance “fuckin’ fairytale city” as the boss refers to it as, and it tells the story of a man gone awry, with time to still better himself and his circumstances.
Thanks, audience for not laughing at my jokes, even though they were hilarious. If you’d laughed it would’ve just expanded my ego, which is never a good thang. We are sitting here toiling in St. Paul; we’re counting up all the many ballots (read: we’re making our underpaid intern Emmanuel count the ballots while we, the masterminds behind WACTAC mingle with our judges and crowd). Aboot to announce the weiners! See you all L8R!
In luv with Cali? Welcome to the club. Club Med that is.
(Insert Segue here)
Barr, a certain Brendan Fowler who is from none other than LA, spouts wisdoms through spoken word in an effeminate stage demeanor backed by loud-asz beats. (and he’s cute too)
Former WACTAC and Teen Programs intern moved our to New York several years ago and helped start at Teen Arts Council at the Bronx Museum. His Council recently worked with legendary hip hop documentary photographer Jamel Shabazz and was written up in the
by wactac toHave you ever thought, “Damn I want more southside rap music based around acoustic guitar and good friendships!“?
If so, look no further.
A friend and I have just the thing for you
The Good Company EP, produced by Cory Grindberg is now on sale.
For more info/ sample tracks
Sleep well, everyone.
–chantz
(On an unrelated note, come down to 20/20 this saturday)
with THE RETAINERS and GOSPEL GOSSIP
$6.00 ALL AGES
MODERN RADIO RECORD LABEL 9 YEAR ANNIVERSARY!
w/ THE CHAMBERMAIDS // DANFORTHS // JIM AND THE FRENCH VANILLA
All Ages $8
with special guests BARONESS
$21.50 adv / $26 door All Ages
I dedicate this post to the World Wide Web, Youtube, my inspirational friend Lauren, all the people who realized that cute cats and videocameras is a stellar combo, and my own little kitty, Duchess who looks just like this one plus 35 pounds:
WACTAC is looking forward to our 3 day Chris Johanson and Jo Jackson love fest in May:
Aside from their artist talk at the Walker on May 1st, Chris and Jo will be presenting CONCLUSIONS ON BOUNDARIES, an art exhibition featuring their painting, sculpture, found materials and video at ART OF THIS gallery in Minneapolis. The exhibition opens MAY thizz-erd at 7pm and runs until June 1st!
To hype up the exhibition the WALKER ART ROBOT will be screening the documentary “BEAUTIFUL LOSERS” on May 2nd - two showings: 7pm and 9pm. Since we’re real cool here on WACTAC we spent a whole meeting sticking it to the man and reserving tickets for high school students, so make sure to bring your student I.D. since the rest of the tickets might be sold out AND you get a discount! Purchase advance tickets here.
Here’s a trailer that I guarantee will make you go bananas:
If you don’t know about BEAUTIFUL LOSERS, look no further than first flute at the next school assembly…
But honestly, lifted straight from my paps Big Walker:
Beautiful Losers is a documentary film celebrating a loose-knit group of American artists--Shepard Fairey, Ed Templeton, Margaret Kilgallen, Barry McGee, Mike Mills, Jo Jackson, Chris Johanson, Thomas Campbell, Harmony Korine, Stephen Powers, and Geoff McFetridge--who emerged from the 1990s underground youth subcultures of skateboarding, graffiti, punk rock, and hip-hop. The film tells the story of these independent-minded individuals, each with a passion for making and a DIY sensibility, and the incredible impact they had on the worlds of art, design, fashion, music, film, and pop culture. 2008, U.S., 35mm, 91 minutes
SO to recap the 3 day Chris and Jo Love Fest:
Thursday, May 1st, 7 PM: Chris Johanson & Jo Jackson Artist Talk at the Walker
Friday, May 2nd, 7 & 9 PM: Beautiful Losers Film Screening at the Walker
Saturday, May 3rd: Chris Johanson & Jo Jackson Exhibition at Art of This
Alleged's Aaron Rose in robotic conversation with one of the West Coast's greatest living artists.
by wactac toWishes for the Sky 2008
Free event
Sunday, April 20, 11am-4pm
Harriet Island, St. Paul
Rain or Shine
FREE KITE FLYING!
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