Okay, so the majority of our musical geniuses are off partying and rockin' out at SXSW in Austin, Texas. However, there's no need to despair! This weekend, while not too heavy on the music, is filled with a grip of cool, artsy events plus a very special rock n' roll reunion show AND the debut of a soon-to-be super hot new musical duo that will totally make up for the absence our musical brethren. Get out this weekend and see the sights, celebrate the impending Spring flowers, and take this weekend as an excuse to party double time -- you know our friends in Austin are!
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THIS WEEK ON L'ETOILE
Jahna Peloquin updates our Shopping & Sales Guide
Juleana Enright interviews Voltage designer Danielle Everine
If you haven't checked out our "Winter's Last Breath" photo shoot, do it now!
THURSDAY MARCH 18TH
XVI: 16th Annual Juried Student Exhibit
@ Denler Art Gallery
Northwestern College
3003 Snelling Ave N
St. Paul
6pm-8pm / Free
It’s amazing what will sneak up on you when you least expect it. In this instance, it’s art by 23 young artists. In this show at Northwestern College juried by Natasha Pestich, Assistant Professor at MCAD, a wide range of mediums are represented, from photography to painting. Be there for the opening reception and awards ceremony and stake your claim to an undiscovered artist. Runs through April 2nd.
Click HERE for the Denler Gallery site
THURSDAY MARCH 18TH
PCRF Benefit featuring Guante, E.G. Baily and more
@ Fine Line Music Cafe
318 1st Avenue N
Minneapolis
7pm / 21+ / $10
Local hip hoppers come together this evening to benefit a great cause! Tonight's event includes talented, good-hearted artists Guante, E.G. Baily, West of Aldine, and Sha Cage who will be on hand to rock the Fine Line for The Palestine Children's Relief Fund (PCRF). PCRF is a non-profit non-political organization that seeks to provide children in the Middle East with medical treatment and specialized surgery. Before the concert at the Fine Line, head to nearby contemporary Indian restaurant, Om, for a bite to eat - a portion of those proceeds will be donated to the charity as well.
Click HERE for the Fine Line site
THURSDAY MARCH 18TH
History Books
@ Sauce
3001Lyndale Ave S
Minneapolis
9:30 p.m. / $3
After perusing the entries on Vita.mn’s best new band contest recently, we stumbled across this lovely new band. Fronted by singer-songwriter Seth McGaha, the melody-rich songs get a boost from the lush instrumentation of his band (think Broken Social Scene or Elliott Smith in his XO era). Despite the upbeat sound, the lyrics focus on nostalgia and include references to death and religion, tinged with occasional bouts of regret. But we can’t help but love the very Minnesotan references to Minnesota snow and summertime swimming, not to mention the hand-stamped CD packaging. Dada Trash Collage (another l’etoile favorite) and Ultrachorus round out the evening.
Click HERE for the History Books myspace
FRIDAY ART PICK: MNIMAL
This week's art pick is comprised of multiple art picks within one cool, cool website! Mnimal.com is the brainchild of curator/designer Joshua Serbus and web guru Andrew Hafferman who feature daily links to LOCAL artists, graphic designers, developers and more. We admit, we first came across this site via a Google alert for l'etoile that led us to the site where we discovered that l'etoile was a featured link (thanks guys)! After investigating further we discovered a plethora of featured artists that we know and love, as well as a number that we haven't yet discovered. Can you say "cool resource?" On the current front page alone -- which is a clean, well-designed grid of links with images -- we count some of our local faves including Jesse Draxler, Garrett Perry, Adam Brackney, Brock Davis and more. The site features close to 200 entries so far and they even take submissions. So whether you know an awesome artist, are one yourself, or are simply an appreciator, hit this website up asap. We could spend a whole afternoon browsing this fantastically curated selection of local "art picks." Love it!
Click HERE for the Mnimal site
FRIDAY MARCH 19TH
From the Mountain: Work by Drew Peterson
@XyandZ
3258 Minnehaha Ave S
Minneapolis
7-11pm / Free
Inspired by his recent printmaking residency at the Anderson Ranch Art Center in Snow Mass Colorado, the latest work from l'etoile fave and local artist Drew Peterson titled, From the Mountain, explores the process of layering and fragmenting using his signature style of abstract design, intaglio, screenprinting and mixed media. Reminiscent of a mountain, his works are a heavy mass of overlapping symbols, colliding images and acrylic formations done on gouache paper wall prints, large-scale installations, digital printing and canvas. Also on display tonight will be Peterson’s Pinwheel Series, ten correlating works never before shown in one exhibit. This eye-popping, valley-driven exhibit runs through April 24th, with an opening reception tonight!
Click HERE for this art event and more at mplsart.com
FRIDAY MARCH 19TH
“If You Lived Here You’d Already Be Home” Launch Party
@ Magers and Quinn
3038 Hennepin Ave S
Minneapolis
7:30-10:30pm/free
We’ll admit, we were never that keen on those obnoxious “If You Lived Here, You’d Already Be Home” billboards, but John Jodzio’s short story collection titled with the same tagline has us reconsidering our stance. Story contributor to The Rake, Minnesota Monthly and two time winner of mnartists.org’s miniStories fiction contest, MN author Jodzio has teamed up with the McKnight-Loft Fellowship to produce his first collection. If You Lived Here, You'd Already Be Home is 21 compact stories cloaked in clever wordsmithery and tinged with Jodizo's signature wit and a dose of dark humor. Set to officially release tonight, Jodzio’s book will be the first publication to herald in Replacement Press, St. Paul’s latest publishing venture devoted to the voices of the next literary generation. Join Magers and Quinn as they host the launch party for Jodzio – the thematic traditionalist – and his fresh batch of whipsmart tales. After party immediately following the reading at nearby Chaing Mai Thai Restaurant.
Click HERE for John Jodizo's site
Whet your appetite with an excerpt from the book’s short story The Barnacle:
FRIDAY MARCH 19TH
Dane Kuttler
@ Peach
Northwestern Building
275 East 4th Street
Suite b200
Lowertown St. Paul
7:30pm-11pm / Donations accepted
Head to Lowertown this evening for a rousing round of eclectic poetic ramblings and climactic spoken word performance. Hip art collective, Peach, hosts Seattle-based slam poet Dane Kuttler, who is fresh off the boat from the Women of the World Poetry Slam Championships in Columbus, OH. Kuttler, joined by a flock of local poets, will regale the audience with her lyrical and personal words that are often based around the themes of Jewish and queer identities.
Click HERE for the Peach website
FRIDAY MARCH 19TH
The Soviettes Reunion Show
@ Turf Club
1601 University Avenue
St. Paul
9pm / 21+ / $7
If you were into the local music scene, oh, say, six or seven years ago, you undoubtedly remember the feisty pop-punk stylings of girl-fueled group, The Soviettes. One of the best local bands to grace the scene (in our humble opinion) the Soviettes made a quick but memorable imprint on Minneapolis with their catchy anthems and sassy punk rock swagger. This reunion show comes with an extra added bonus too: the gang will be releasing LP IV, a fiery collection of b-sites and rarities. Also on the bill are Soviettes member's current projects including The Gateway District (featuring guitarist Maren Macosko), Awesome Snakes (Annie Holoien and Danny Henry), and That's Incredible (Susy Sharp). We're crossing our fingers that this reunion isn't just a one time thing, and that we'll be privy to new Soviettes material in the near future. Please?
Click HERE for the Turf Club site
FRIDAY MARCH 19TH
Nightmoves
@ Clubhouse Jager
923 Washington Ave N
Minneapolis
10pm / 21+ / Free
Show us what you’ve got! The dancefloor will be slick with specialty drinks and the dewey perspiration of the city’s most attractive dancers, getting down to the sounds of DJ Teikio Westmar. Club Jager is one of the coziest, happening bars in town, and now that it’s nice out (early spring!) their patio (which quadruples the size of the dance floor) will be the perfect spot for twilight socializing. Teikio's promised classics AND guilty pleasures, let’s take up the offer!
Click HERE for the Facebook event
VOLTAGE DESIGNER SPOTLIGHT: DANIELLE EVERINE
With Voltage: Fashion Amplified just weeks away, l'étoile returns to give you the skinny on the talented local designers involved with this year’s runway show. Each week, tune in for a new designer spotlight and get the lowdown on their design aesthetic, style and a sneak peek of their ’10 Voltage collection. Not to mention, l'étoile Culture Editor, Juleana Enright will let you in on an intimate Q&A sesh with each designer, where they'll dish on everything from their favorite local spots to how they sharpen their creative chops. This week’s spotlight features locally-bred designer, Danielle Everine; an artist and sculpturist with a drive for fashion.
Click HERE for Juleana's interview with Danielle Everine
SATURDAY MARCH 20TH
Obscura Day
@ House of Balls
212 3rd Avenue North
Suite 108
Minneapolis
Noon-4pm / Free
Happy Obscura Day! What the heck is Obscura Day, you ask? Well, according to the website, it's an "international celebration of wondrous, curious and esoteric places" that counts 80+ cities all over the world as its venue. So, in other words, a new holiday (one that we can fully get behind for once!). The Minneapolis installment of Obscura Day will bring you to the eccentric and rarely traversed confines of Allen Christian's "House of Balls" in the Minneapolis Warehouse District. A quiet but steady staple on the scene for nearly 20 years, this blink-and-you'll-miss-it shrouded storefront art gallery/fun house keeps odd hours and does few events, so today is the perfect opportunity to delve into the strange and wildly creative mind of "the Willy Wonka of Twin Cities art." Christian's own imaginative mixed media sculptures and installations overrun this cramped, fully-decked out art space -- a space that certainly doesn't lack a plethora of delightfully whimsical details. Obscure? Yes. Awesome? Totally.
Click HERE for more info on Obscura Day
SATURDAY MARCH 20TH
Green Gala
@ California Building Gallery
2205 California St NE
Minneapolis
7-10pm / $20
Tonight, one man’s trash is another man’s fashion show as the Bottineau Neighborhood Association presents their annual Green runway show and fundraiser. The family-friendly event will feature a glam array of vintage, recycled and reused wearables, plus stylish clothing designed with the environment and social responsibility in mind. Stephanie Ash (Powder Keg Live and Electric Arc Radio) emcees as models strut fashionable looks from local thrift stores, reuse shops and Green designers. Tonight’s Green Gala also features a trunk sale and a silent auction with items from the Modern Café, NE Social Club, Ginger Hop, and Live Fast Die Young Tattoo – among many others! Plus, tasty hors d’oeurves and a live jazz set from the Greg Schaefer Trio. Proceeds will go to benefit the annual Earth Day Watershed Clean Up project. Recycled attire encouraged!
Click HERE for the Facebook Event Page
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