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November 3rd, 2011 - 8:23 am § in Art

RENTING ART: TurningArt applies the Netflix model to art for your home or office

Okay, so I have a confession. I clicked on a banner ad today. I’m not proud of it. There was a sponsored ad on Facebook tonight that so perfectly aligned with my interests I had no choice but to click on it. And now I’m writing a post about it. Darn you, Zuckerberg. Surely I’m [...[...]

April 7th, 2011 - 8:15 am § in Art, Local: Minneapolis, Music - News

Are you a MN musician, artist or creative supporter? Be counted!

The MN Arts Count is being conducted by the Minnesota State Arts Board to ensure funds from the Minnesota Legacy Amendment are invested wisely. The amendment provides an estimated $50 million each year for arts, arts education, history and cultural heritage. In a year of cut-backs and cost-cutting, [...]

May 25th, 2010 - 7:51 am § in Album Reviews, Art, MP3s

I love it when I discover music like SodaCan's

Stephen Chopek (aka SodaCan) is a musician and artist in Jersey City, NJ. His art, especially his art on paper, is a pop culture milieu. But the music — the music! SodaCan’s music is a grounded psych-freakout bordering on straightjacket pop. This is my kind of music right here: SodaCan :[...]

May 14th, 2010 - 7:56 am § in Art, Local: Minneapolis, Show Highlights

Probably the best Art-A-Whirl flyer I've ever seen

Update: some other good ones…[...]

May 6th, 2010 - 7:00 am § in Art, Local: Minneapolis, Music - News

Scion Installation 6: May 7 at Pink Hobo

Artists in the 2010 “Scion Installation 6: Video” Tour hits the Pink Hobo Gallery in Minneapolis on May 7 and will include: Dust La Rock (aka Joshua Prince) is the co-founder and creative director of Fool’s Gold Records. Hailed as a “cult NYC designer” by Dazed and Conf[...]

February 27th, 2009 - 3:30 pm § in Art, Local: Minneapolis, Music - News

MPR's Arthounds searching for your hot tips

E-mail from Chris Roberts: Attention Minnesota artists, art advocates and art lovers, MPR News has developed a new weekly segment we want you to know about, and consider being a part of. It’s called “Arthounds.” Each weekly installment of “Arthounds” will feature three [...]

October 12th, 2008 - 12:38 pm § in Art, Film, Local: Minneapolis, Music - News

Sound Unseen Festival line-up announced

Here’s the event calendar: Tons of information about Sound Unseen film, music, art events here.[...]

July 11th, 2008 - 4:20 pm § in Art, Film, Local: Minneapolis, Show Highlights

TROMAPALOOZA Minneapolis July 18th and 19th

In conjunction with the Minnesota Film and television Board, The Independent Film Project, and Nick and Eddie, Troma Entertainment, Mike Etoll, and Evan Husney will be presenting “Tromapalooza Minneapolis 2008 and the Troma Films 35th Anniversary Celebration.” From the press release: The[...]

July 1st, 2008 - 9:00 am § in Art, Show Highlights

Ars Insurgo: Eddie Hamilton and Dan Young

Ars Insurgo New artwork of Eddie Hamilton and Dan Young Opening celebration/reception with the artists: Thursday, July 10th, 7 p.m. – 10 p.m Show runs: July 1st – July 31st Rosalux Gallery, 1011 Washington Ave. South, Minneapolis, MN Hours: Wednesday – Thursday, noon – 8pm, F[...]

June 16th, 2008 - 9:00 pm § in Art, Show Highlights

Angelo Brewer : Two Arts Shows are Better Than One

More info here.[...]