The Twin Cities Youth Media Network is looking for filmmakers under the age of 18 to submit their videos for the All City Youth Film Festival happening at the Walker on Thursday, October 25th. If you are interested click on the image below, fill out the application and send your video to: All City Youth Film Festival, Walker Teen Programs, 1750 Hennepin Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55403.

Spark24 is organizing a prank for this Friday at the IDS building. Check out the info below.

WE’RE REPLICATING A STUNT THAT TOOK PLACE IN GRAND CENTRAL STATION IN NYC, AS A PR STUNT FOR SPARK24.

WE NEED YOUR HELP, IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW WOULD BE INTERESTED SHOOT ME AN E-MAIL AT MITCHRKELLY@GMAIL.COM OR CALL 651.271.3333.

WE WILL MEET AT THE FORMER WILLIAM SONOMA SPACE ON THE 2ND LEVEL OF THE IDS CENTER’S CRYSTAL COURT AT NOON ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 15. WE WILL REHEARSE THE CUE AND THEN FREEZE FOR 3 MINUTES DOWN ON THE MAIN LEVEL.

YOU NEEDN’T WEAR ANYTHING SPECIAL, DRESS AS YOU NORMALLY WOULD. THIS WILL ONLY TAKE ABOUT 20 MINUTES OF YOUR LUNCH BREAK.

WILL BE LOTS OF FUN— THE STAR TRIBUNE AND KARE11 WILL BE COVERING THE STUNT. HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU! (thanks for the link Bri)

On Sunday August 24th at the 7th Street Entry artists from across Minnesota, the Midwest, and California will come together for performances, workshops, a B-Boy/Popping Exhibition, a Krump dance exhibition, Hip-Hop karaoke, and more. Support your scene and do your part to see the Twin Cities Celebration of Hip-Hop return in full capacity next year.

Workshop (FREE): 12-4PM – Deconstruct the Police: What real role of the police? Where do they fit in a society maintaining the marginalization of its citizens? Join Yo! The Movement in a workshop about our relationship with the police. Help in creating the youth agenda for how to safely and effectively interact with our law enforcers.

All Ages Showcase ($6): 4:30-8:30PM - Maria Isa, Mr. Wright (Toki Wright), Trama, St. Paul Slim, B-Boys exhibition, Asian Hip-Hop Summit (Los Angeles), Krumpers, Tou Saik Lee and Friends, Young Son, Chantz, Yakub, Fres (Milwaukee), Poetik Assasinz, Naadirah, Profit, Hip-Hop Karoke.

Excuse my sophmoric humor. Humour if you’re from England, or as they say “The U.K.”

Anways, excuse my excitement, but I have recently been turned on to one of the only true beauties left on the internet. I’m sick of most of last year’s fascinations. All that thrills me now is Netflix, funny Youtube videos, my email, google images, you know, the most basic human needs… But I’ve recently been introduced to spice, the salt and pepper to add to my meat-and-potatoes internet diet. The names on the tag reads Pandora, and in tiny letters “streaming radio awesomeness.”…
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I make a point of not leaving my house unless absolutely necessary (see: reasons).

Up until moments ago, I’d avoid going to places I thought where everyone stretched their ego to the limits like a spandex jumpsuit from American Apparel, but recently I’ve had those few helping hands pull me out from under the covers and remove the worn and overplayed discs of Roseanne from out of my dvd player to bring me out into the real world (see below)

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Dutch artist Theo Jansen demonstrates his amazingly lifelike kinetic sculptures, built from plastic tubes and lemonade bottles. His “Strandbeests” (Beach Creatures) are built to move and even survive on their own.

If you are interested in installation art projects, public protests, and environmental education, the National Park(ing) Day is a project that you should get involved in. National Park(ing) Day (September 29th) is an opportunity to celebrate parks in cities and to promote the need for more parks and green spaces by creating temporary public parks in public parking spaces.

Click here for more info or email Shanai Matteson at Miss.Matteson@gmail.com

Witt strapped me to a chair and took the electric cattle-prod to my back until I finished reading this essay on “Generation Y.” It is a good, well though-out essay, but I couldn’t help feeling that it was a very broad generalization about my friends and fellow artists. I wrote a terrible response, but I encourage anyone with more to say than ,”Hey, f*#k you man, I’m not disrespectful!” to get involved in the discussion. It is a secret window into what your mom and dad REALLY thought about all of those art projects you made them hang on the fridge.