This weekend is going to be a wild one, that's for sure. With collaborative extravaganzas poppin' off in all corners, you're destined to get your arts and culture served up sizzlin' on a silver platter. Not only do we have a plethora of amazing dance parties, fashion, art and theater events (150 of them, thank you very much Fringe Fest!) but we celebrate one of the Twin Cities' most respected Hip Hop crews, Doomtree, and the long-anticipated release of their sure-to-be-classic collaborative album.
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Photo by Eric Eul for l'étoile
THURSDAY JULY 31ST (THROUGH AUGUST 10TH)
Minnesota Fringe Festival
@ 18 venues all over town
Uptown, West Bank, North Loop, Northeast, Minneapolis
$10-150 + $3 admission button
You’ve heard it before and we’ll say it again: Minnesota is lucky to have the most theaters per capita outside of New York. We also have the BEST Fringe Festival. Bike, walk or ride the train to see about a million one-hour shows from performers from the far ends of the earth. With over 150 shows, you can pick a neighborhood, spend all day steeping in culture, and maybe even mingle with the thespians after the show. Through August 10th.
SHOUT OUT: Check out l'étoile pal Curt Lund and Laura Bidgood's play Boys Don't Make Passes at Girls Who Wear Glasses at the Rarig Center! Check their myspace page HERE for more info.
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THURSDAY JULY 31ST
Solutions for the Other 90%
@ Walker Art Center
Cinema
1750 Hennepin Ave
Minneapolis
7pm / Free
In conjunction with the outdoor Sculpture Garden exhibition of similar name, this evening of presentations on humanitarian design is filled with eco-stars. Designers talk sustainable solutions for education, health care, transportation, and water and energy for the other 90% of the population living with shortages. Stick around for the reception, enjoy a DJ and food and drinks, and get the chance to talk to the experts.
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THURSDAY JULY 31ST
Duffy
@ First Avenue
701 1st Ave N
Downtown Minneapolis
6pm / 18+ / $20 in advance, $22 at the door
Welch soul singer Duffy has pipes far more mature than her 24 years that have earned her numerous comparisons to Dusty Springfield and Amy Winehouse. Her vintage sounding vocals are both unique and charming, and will send you straight back to the soulful pop music of the 60’s doo-wop and Motown. She will be kicking off a string of US dates right here in Minneapolis, so get your tickets now before the backlash begins!
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FRIDAY ART PICK: SCULLY & OSTERMAN
France Scully Osterman and Mark Osterman are gods on the antiquated photo processes scene. They work in wet-plate collodion, which is one of the most complicated of all processes. While France portraits people sleeping, Mark ran a traveling medicine show and is now making work reminiscent of the era of elixirs and potions. They also run workshops, publish darkroom journals, and continue to amaze with their mysterious images.
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FRIDAY AUGUST 1ST
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
@ Altered Esthetics
1224 Quincy St. NE
Minneapolis
7pm-10pm/free
Global and socio-economic work takes it to the heavy this month at Altered Esthetics. Pull out your Chomsky, memorize a few insightful phrases, and get thee down to AE. With the RNC around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about the broader picture and our role in this corner of the earth. Over 100 works, ranging from performance, installation and sculpture respond to this ambitious topic. Through August 30th.
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FRIDAY AUGUST 1ST
Flow: For the Love of Water
@ Walker Art Center
1750 Hennepin Ave
Minneapolis
7:30pm / $8 or $6 for members
Flow: For Love of Water is an inspired yet disturbingly provocative wake-up call. The future of our planet is drying up rapidly. Focusing on pollution, human rights, politics and corruption, filmmaker Irena Salina constructs an articulate profile of the delicate relationship uniting human beings and water. While each community's challenges are unique, the message is universal--the time to turn the tide is now.
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FRIDAY AUGUST 1ST
Doomtree CD Release
@ First Avenue
701 1st Ave N
Downtown Minneapolis
8pm / 18+ / $8/$10
Hometown idols Doomtree will flood the Main Room on Friday night as they unleash their biggest project so far - the long-awaited Doomtree crew debut album. Expect the 2 DJs, 2 Producers, and 5 MCs to deliver sharp, thought-provoking content, rallying choruses and melancholy vocal lines over an expansive production of neck-snapping snares and killer hooks as the crew feeds off each others energy and yours. This is a momentous occasion for the troop, so be there to witness their most spectacular blowout of all.
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FRIDAY AUGUST 1ST
La Nouvelle Femme
@ Rogue Buddha Gallery
345 13th Avenue NE
Northeast Mpls
8:30pm / 18+ / $8
Get a glimpse of the latest wave of creativity conceptualized by emerging female talent in the Twin Cities. Enjoy an energetic evening of juxtaposition where fine art, music and fashion meet. Featuring the fresh fashions of Calpurnia Peach on live models styled by the nimble fingers of Eclecticoiffeur, plus an art exhibit and of course, hot, hot tunes. After the show, follow the well-heeled masses over to the 1st Ave VIP Room for the Get Cryphy after party - see official listing below!
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Photo by Nic Marshall, Styling by Eclecticoiffeur
FRIDAY AUGUST 1ST
Hotel
@ Kitty Cat Klub
315 14th Avenue SE
Dinkytown Minneapolis
10pm / 21+ / Free
Jonathan Ackerman’s always amazing and always free monthly dance affair known as Hotel continues get party people amped with special guests So Gold and Modern Radio Kingpin DJ TRL. Prepare for an audio spectacle that will get your weekend started proper!
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FRIDAY AUGUST 1ST
Get Cryphy!
@ 1st Ave VIP Room
701 1st Avenue N
Downtown Mpls
10pm / 18+ / $3
Join the Cryphaholics and sassy DJ duo Tendercakes for a dance-filled night at the VIP! Bop til you drop to rap, electro, clubby bangers, and more, but don't forget to dress to impress because tonight is all about dazzle! Sweaty dazzle, that is. And maybe sequined fanny packs.
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COOL LINK: YES WE CAN!
l'étoile fave Andy Sturdevant’s literary genius takes on art and design in these pre-election times. His latest article on The Rake connects campaign visual design, the WPA and artists with Obama’s visual lexicon. Here’s a taste: “I don't know if it is Obama's intention to suggest outright that he's the direct heir to FDR's high-minded hard-times liberalism (and his detractors would say he's hubristic enough to do just that). But there is something stirring about his campaign - yes we can! - that owes quite a bit to the outsized optimism of the 1930s, and a lot of that has to do with the aesthetic decisions Obama's campaign and his supporters have made.”
Andy Sturdevant is a regular blogger for The Vicious Circle on The Rake.
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Image courtesy of obeygiant.com
SATURDAY AUGUST 2ND (THROUGH SUNDAY)
Powderhorn/Loring/Uptown Art Fairs
Loring Park Art Festival
Sat: Aug. 2, 10 AM-6 PM
Sun: Aug. 3, 10 AM-5 PM
Powderhorn Art Fair
Sat: Aug. 2, 10 AM-6 PM
Sun: Aug. 3, 10 AM-5 PM
Uptown Art Fair
Fri: Noon-8:30 PM
Sat: Aug. 2, 10 AM-8:30 PM
Sun: Aug. 3, 10 AM-6 PM
It's Art Fair weekend in Minneapolis! Three Minneapolis neighborhoods will put on their annual art fairs showcasing of some of the best art, music, and food from around the world. The big daddy of art festivals, The Uptown Art Fair is the largest of its kind in Minnesota, with thousands of pieces in a mind-boggling number of mediums, not to mention stellar people watching.
Probably the most friendly and spirited of the three Minneapolis art fairs, the Powderhorn event goes to fund Minneapolis parks projects. Located in Powerderhorn Park, this fair boasts a Green Day full of green events and activities in addition to traveling and local artists displaying original works.
As if two fairs weren’t enough, there’s a third show - the Loring Park Art Festival- smaller and more accessible, with more local artists and less expensive works than the Uptown fair tends to attract.
Driving and parking at these occasions is a nightmare, so visit all 3 in air-conditioned comfort on the free Target Art Hop – a bus service connecting each of the fairs. Happy art-ing!
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SATURDAY AUGUST 2ND
Off Register
@ Umber Studios
3109 E 42nd St.
Minneapolis
8pm / Free
Described as a “traveling group exhibition of experimental printmaking," Off Register will prove to be an incredibly exciting show. Artists and graphic designers in the commercial print design profession but do not usually consider themselves printmakers show their take-and their daily works’ influence on fine art printmaking. Over twenty artists, including l’etoile bff’s WeWorkForThem, and more from across the globe are represented in this show organized in collaboration with LA-based Foundation Projects. Through September 1st.
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SATURDAY AUGUST 2ND
Claudia Billy Baca Opening
@ Olive Salon and Gallery
1506 Nicollet Ave S
Minneapolis
8pm-1am / Free
Saint Sabrina’s tattoo artist meets hipster hair salon! Mexican folk art and religious icons intersect with the tattooing aesthetic to make one hell of an art show. Chowgirls are catering, so your night will be complete. Ashley Berg (photography) and Mike Ritter (mixed media) also show.
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SATURDAY AUGUST 2ND
The Melvins
@ Grumpy’s Bar
1111 Washington Ave S
Downtown Minneapolis
8:30pm / 21+ / $16 (Sold Out)
Ahhh, the Melvins: like Husker Du and Wire, one of “those bands” revered by music nerds and virtually ignored by everyone else. These guys have been rocking hard for almost 20 years (raise your hand if that makes you feel old!) and are back at Grumpy’s for their annual shake down that will surely bring you back to the days of grunge and flannel. Bring your earplugs.
UPDATE: This show is sold out, get resourceful!
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SATURDAY AUGUST 2ND
BLACK: Happy Birthday Aaron Bliss!
@ First Avenue VIP Room
701 1st Ave N
Downtown Minneapolis
10pm / 18+ / $5
Saturday is the new black! Bring your fancy footwork to the VIP room tonight for some bonafide lovin' from B-day boy Aaron Bliss along with special guests Easy Lee and Andrew Kevins as they help celebrate Aaron's birthday in style - with an impeccable selection of funk, soul, disco, and house. Not to mention, 2-4-1 Cocktails until Midnight. Happy Birthday Mr. Bliss, l'etoile hearts you!
BONUS: Don't forget to stop in for quick dance-off at Too Much Love featuring Soviet Panda and Mike the 2600 King!
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SUNDAY MUSIC PICK: THE MOODS
Trebly guitars, lush piano lines, and rich vocal harmonies lay the foundation for the Moods head-bopping, toe tapping tunes. These catchy pop vocals laced with powerful guitar licks and rolling rhythms evoke the New Pornographers and Belle & Sebastian. The buzzworthy LA-based band is currently touring in support of their debut album, Have Your Day, and their fan base keeps growing steadily by the day. Cross your fingers for a Minneapolis stop!
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SUNDAY AUGUST 3RD
Caffetto Craft Fair
@ Caffetto
708 W 22nd St. @ Lyndale Ave
Minneapolis
10 am to 5 pm/free
Completely overhauling your look is possible this weekend thanks to Caffetto’s first annual craft fair. Start with new bike accessories, outfit your feet with new shoes, strap on a backpack by one of many designers, and fill it with Roger Lootine’s comic books. Stop at The Fox Den hair salon to get a new style, and when you’re tired from all this excitement, massages will be on hand, along with a melodica trio!
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TUESDAY AUGUST 5TH
Silver + Gold
@ Clubhouse Jager
923 Washington Ave.
North Loop
Every Tuesday / 21+ / 10pm / Free
Join DJ Jonathan Ackerman and l’étoile magazine for an evening of sly winks and sideways glances every Tuesday at Clubhouse Jager. Create some mystery, sip 2-4-1 cocktails with pretty people, and dance the night away to electro, pop, and so much more.
BONUS: Flirt up a storm then visit letoilemagazine.com on Wednesdays for "missed connections" from the night before!
Sponsored by l'étoile magazine & Alphasuede
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TUESDAY AUGUST 5TH
Pine Hill Haints (Alabama), Chokecherry, The Knotwells
@ Big V’s
1567 University Ave
St. Paul
9pm/$5/21+
Why wait until Friday to hear a rockin’ show, when you could go out Tuesday? The Pine Hill Haints (K Records) are here all the way from Alabama, so let’s show them a good time, St. Paul-style. Described as ghost-country music with a washboard, accordion, and washtub bass, the possibility for washing your clothes on stage has tripled. Local favorites Chokecherry and The Knotwells get the whiskey flowing. Five bands for five dollars is quite a deal. With Bitch ‘n’ Brown, and El Truth Turtle (look! A palindrome)
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What's What Editor: Kate Iverson
Contributing Writers: Lacey Prpic Hedtke, Robyn Lewis
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