Yes, we know. It's subzero, arctic, icy, frigid, unbearable, scream-worthy and down right too damn cold to go outside. But let's be honest, when has that ever stopped you? Layer up and brave the chill because this weekend's bursting at the seams with hot, hot art, music and more. Would you expect anything less from the Twin Cities? We think not.
xo-l'étoile
Photo by Nic Marshall for l'etoile 2011
ALSO THIS WEEK ON L'ETOILE
We release our Winter 2011 editorial spread: The Knitting Factory
THURSDAY JANUARY 20TH
Third Thursday at the MIA
@ MIA
2400 3rd Ave S
Minneapolis
6 p.m. to 9 p.m. / Free
Head to the MIA tonight to "focus" in on some super cool art! This month's artcentric celebration revolves around photography, from "cutting edge to DIY." Check out the opening of Facing the Lens: Portraits of Photographers, take a mobile audio art tour using your cell phone, make your own cyanotype with Mpls Photo Center instructor (and former l'etoile contributor) Lacey Prpic Hedke. You can also make a colorful pinhole camera, sip some dranx at the cash bar, and listen to the saucy sounds of experimental jazz band, Jelloslave. Strike a pose!
Click HERE for the MIA site
THURSDAY JANUARY 20TH
SCENEaSOTA film screenings & Party
@ Nick and Eddie's
1612 Harmon Place
Minneapolis
9:30 p.m. / $5
Hey, remember how awesome the SCENEaSOTA fashion show was? Well, here's your chance to relive it just a little bit. The spectacular short films that were produced by Elijah Chhum and Wesley Meirick for the show are being screened tonight at reception and party at Nick and Eddie. The party is $5--and with good reason, since it will be featuring burlesque dancing by Tomahawk Tassels, vocal performances by songbird Faith Udeh and dancing beats by DJ Dr. Nemesis. The visually stunning films will be on loop. Come celebrate with the local fashion forward!
Click HERE for the Facebook event
C'est as nous (It is ours) from Elijah Chhum on Vimeo.
THURSDAY JANUARY 20TH
Mayda/Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles/Kasio & 8Track
@ 7th Street Entry
701 First Ave
Minneapolis
8 p.m. / 21+ / $5
Grab your dancing shoes: this Thursday the Entry welcomes local funk-pop fireball, Mayda. Produced by Michael Bland (who used to work for Prince!), this little lady has a larger-than-life stage presence and that rare, all-consuming charisma that makes you all but forget the drink in your hand. Joining her are the always-darling gypsy folk ensemble Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles and Kasio &8Track, the brand-spankin’ new dance pop project by Chris Koza and members of The New Congress.
Click HERE for the First Ave site
FRIDAY ART PICK: THE NEW GRAPHIC
What's l'etoile lookin' at on the web this week?
We're rather swoony towards just about anything that comes from the brilliant brain and talented paws of local visual mastermind and world-renowned graphic designer, Mike Cina. The multifaceted visual artist and typeface generator has been featured just about everywhere, shared his art direction skills to electronic music label, Ghostly International, and this year lends his creative chops to a dual exhibit for soon-to-be-opened San Francisco gallery, Artifact. So when our Cina-adoring ears got wind of a new blog launched by the artist and a few select contributors, we had to peep it. An art lover's visual panegyric, the blog is saturated with spectacular work of international and national artists, hand picked by the art-versed founders. From poster archives to vintage graphic design books, the blog celebrates design history in a refreshing, evolutionary way. Cina and the gang's esoteric, impeccable taste in graphic design make the blog a gem of a site for anyone looking to brush up on their design knowledge or anyone on the hunt for a little artistic eye candy.
Click HERE for the New Graphic site
FRIDAY JANUARY 21ST
Elsewhere
@ Burnet Gallery
Le Meridien Chambers
901 Hennepin Ave
Minneapolis
6 p.m. to 9 p.m. / Free
For her solo show, local artist Betsy Ruth Byers would like to take you on a trip through space, but in a very Twilight Zone way. Stopping somewhere between the edges of ethereal reality and the ambiguous pockets of time, memory and space, Byers' work blends abstract and undefined imagery with the majestically familiar and potent experiences of the body. Gaze into one of her vivid visuals and you might see sensual traces inside overlapping structures – “feet enveloped in the liquid embrace of a lake” – that Byers' describes as “encompassing movement, space, memory and time with no hierarchy.” Call us crazy, but we're guessing that Rod Serling would have loved Byers work. Fall into the nebulous void as you peep the opening reception for Elsewhere this Friday.
Click HERE for this art event and more at mplsart.com
FRIDAY JANUARY 21ST
Sticks in the Mind
@ MCAD
2501 Stevens Ave
Minneapolis
6 p.m. to 8 p.m. / Free
Installation artist Carole Fisher will be showcasing her latest work in “Lessons Learned from the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, 1989-Today”. After witnessing the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill that devastated Prince William Sound in Alaska, Fisher has dedicated much of her artistic endeavors to remembering the incident. She has interviewed over 100 citizens whose lives were disrupted by the oil spill. This exhibition is a collection of elements featured in over 25 of Fisher's installments over the years, and promises to be a deeply moving, intimate look at one of America's forgotten tragedies. Highly recommended.
Click HERE for this art event and more at mplsart.com
FRIDAY JANUARY 21ST
Drunk & Poor at 24
@ 1419
1419 Washington Ave. S.
Minneapolis
8 p.m. / $5
Yep, this event title pretty much sums up life as twenty-something. Which is exactly why you should spend your Friday night at 1419, where for a $5 entrance fee, you can party away all that still-lingering post-grad ennui and celebrate the twenty-fourth year of gal-about-town Sarah Ann Stanley-Ayre to the tunes of Chelsea Boys, G-Biz, The Goondas, Megachurch, Spyder Baybie Rawdog 3K & 2% Muck. And those are just the live performances; DJ Ess, Jackin Josef, Jobot, Nancy Cheng, and The Nightstalker will all be spinning DJ sets into the wee hours. Also check out art installations from Christopher Williams and Biafracaw and Dillon Bakke’s latest stop animation screening, which you can preview below. Here’s to another year just as crazy as this one, for Sarah and the rest of us.
Click HERE for the Facebook event
drunk and poor at 24 from Dillon Bakke on Vimeo.
FRIDAY JANUARY 21ST
Jenny Dalton
@ Turf Club
1601 University Ave
Saint Paul
10 p.m. / 21+ / $5
Who other than beloved local singer/songwriter Jenny Dalton could woo fans with an album influenced by Albert Camus, mermaids, Twin Peaks and the Morton Salt Girl? And that's just the start! For her latest full-length, Rusalka's Umbrella, Dalton pulls imagery from her first book, Daughters of the Dead Sea, symbolism, Slavic folklore and the overarching theme of water to produce a surreal, new-age-infused 14-track concept album featuring collaborations with members of Cloud Cult, Murzik, One for the Team, Askeleton, Ela and more. Join the indie folk sweetheart tonight as she performs tracks from her soulful tale of the seas album with sets from indie poppers, Canon Chorus, the Original Mark Edwards Band and Brianna Lane.
Click HERE for the Turf site
FRIDAY JANUARY 21ST
Maria Isa + Cecil Otter
@ Cabooze
917 Cedar Ave S
Minneapolis
9 p.m. / 18+ / $10
Not only are tonight's headliners the king and queens of local lyrical hip-hop, but they're pretty swoon-inducing as well! Tonight, join the sultry Maria Isa and Doomtree's indie hip hop cutie, Cecil Otter, for an epic word-spitting rap extravaganza complete with a full roster of hot local talent and audio gold. Tonight's power-packing hip-hop event includes live sets from Mnemosyne, The Blend, K. Raydio, Culture Cry Wolf, DJ Turtleneck, Toussaint Morrison and more.
Click HERE for the Cabooze site
FRIDAY JANUARY 21ST
Wants Vs Needs
@ Clubhouse Jager
923 Washington Ave N
Minneapolis
10 p.m. / 21+ / $3
For the third Friday of the month, the groovy peeps of Want Vs Needs have teamed up with Clubhouse Jager once more to bring back another round of their crazy monthly dance party. Hit the dance floor Friday to the funk, rap and dance beats from DJs Petey Wheatstraw, Anton, Espada, Booka B and So Gold. On top of the mind-blowing music, snag posters designed by The Pressure while the Clubhouse serves up glass upon glass of their tasty drinks to keep you happy the whole night through.
Click HERE for the Facebook event
COOL LINK: FASHION FOR WRITERS
What's l'etoile lookin' at on the web this week?
As some of Minneapolis’ resident fashion writers extraordinaire (if we do say so ourselves), l’etoile is always on the lookout for others, near and far, who share our love for words and pretty clothes, not necessarily in that order. Then we found Fashion For Writers, and almost didn’t share it because it’s just that blow-everyone-else-outta-the-water good. The ladies behind this blog – Jenny and Meggy – are putting their creative writing MFAs to use writing smart, witty, poignant vignettes about the politics of fashion, their daily lives and adventures, and the clothes they find, wear, and lose while going through them. We guarantee these posts will make you think – for hours – and then hunt down someone with whom share your thoughts – for hours. You’re welcome.
Click HERE for the Fashion for Writers site
SATURDAY JANUARY 22ND
Permalesque
@ CO Exhibitions
1101 Stinson Blvd
Minneapolis
7 p.m. / Free
Celebrity gossip, product guarantees, political messages and super values.Whether we like it or not, human beings take in an overwhelming amount of information every day. And the witty, oh-so creative folks of Permanent Art and Design Group and screenprinting stalwart Burlesque of North America have collaborated to talk about it. The show is Permalesque, and it opens Saturday at CO Exhibitions. Filling the space with design work, prints, objéts-d'art, videos, mixed messages, and more, all created by Burlesque and Permanent, the show is sure to not only stimulate your senses, but to make you think a little, too. Even better, Andrew Broder and Marijuana Deathsquads will be providing music.
Click HERE for the Facebook event
SATURDAY JANUARY 22ND
colorant, flesh
@ Umber Studio
3109 E 42nd St
Minneapolis
8 p.m. / Free
Art, glitter, dancing, cupcakes...honestly, you had us at art 'n' glitter. Tonight, don't miss a dual exhibit that pulses on the blurred line between the sublime and the sordid, colorant, flesh. Featuring evocative paintings by l'étoile's own Natalie Gallagher and photography by Sohail Akhavein, tonight's tag-teaming art show dishes out a fierce double-sided sword of electrifying images, revealing photographs and enigmatic incantation. Snack on complimentary cupcakes and sugary delights from Sweets Bakeshops and cold refreshments and Matty O'reilly as you browse art and prints for sale, kodak your night in a uberfun photobook and dance your pants off in an after hour dance party with haute beats provided by DJ Sergei Finch. Arty and party convene tonight at Umber!
Bonus: This is Gallagher's debut show, so don't forget to stop by, peep around and show her some epic l'étoile-style love.
Click HERE for the Facebook event
SATURDAY JANUARY 22ND
Monster Drawing Rally
@ Midway Contemporary Art
527 Second Ave SE
Minneapolis
5 p.m. to 9 p.m. / Free
So much better than a monster truck rally, tonight's highly anticipated, accessible and much-loved annual art fundraiser strikes again. Featuring a lineup of 50 talented Twin Cities-based artists drawing 'til their little hearts are content in every style, approach and reputaton. Peep as the artists create quick masterpieces – live – cheer on the artists, and then snag your fave for a mere $35 bones the minute it hits the wall. And to make its all the more rewarding, all proceeds from the sales will go directly toward Midway's programming and educational events in the 2011 year, meaning you can add to your personal collection while supporting local arts – a win, win! The 3rd annual drawing rally features work from Rob McBroom, A. Caillier & M. Mott, John Alspach, Andy Ducett, John Fleischer, Miles Mendenhall, Scott Stulen, John Vogt and oh-so more!
Click HERE for this art event and more at mplsart.com
Video from last year's Rally via 3-Minute Egg:
SATURDAY JANUARY 22ND
Lazerbeak with Marijuana Deathsquads
@ Turf Club
1601 University Ave
St. Paul
9 p.m. / 21+ / $7
Aaron Mader, a.k.a. Lazerbeak, has been well-versed in every diverse corner of Twin Cities music for the past decade and a half - from fronting the Fugazi-inspired pop punk of The Plastic Constellations to creating some of the hardest hitting beats for Doomtree and POS. His latest endeavor, a sprawling and textured pop album - and one of our faves of last year - has proven no less extraordinary. When the raw, battered rasp of his vocals march through the painstakingly fastidious production, he shows you just what a scene without borders is capable of coming up with. See for yourself this Saturday at the Turf, as he's joined by the future of music, Marijuana Deathsquads.
Click HERE for the Turf Club site
SATURDAY JANUARY 22ND
Alpha Consumer Record Release Show
@ 7th Street Entry
701 First Avenue
Minneapolis
9 p.m. / $8
The release of Kick Drugs Out of America, the third album by local lo-fi trio Alpha Consumer, has been postponed for a myriad of reasons over the last several years, and finally the wait is over. Twelve taut, wry-but-funny vignettes make up this album, which begins and ends in barely twenty minutes. But don’t let that deter you – this band has been known to hook, inspire, and otherwise rock audiences’ faces off. See what they’re all about Saturday at the album release show at the Entry, where they’ll be joined by Pink Mink and H.U.N.X.
Click HERE for the Facebook event
SATURDAY JANUARY 22ND
Sleazy & Eazy
@Clubhouse Jager
923 Washington Ave North
Minneapolis
10 p.m. / 21+ / Free
Clubhouse Jager is gettin' real buck wyld this weekend with night after night of crazy dancing chaos. Stop to Club Jag tonight to get crazy with local music man Mark Mallman (Sleazy) and Jager honcho Angie Heitz (Easy) to tons of top tunes from Gaga, Peaches, Justice, Lil Kim, George Michael and everything else your body wants to move to. On top of the bumpin' jams, all of you party people can expect free Jell-O shots from the Jager bar as soon as the clock strikes 12.
Click HERE for the Facebook event
SATURDAY JANUARY 22ND
Everybody Gets Laid: The Greatest Dance Party in the World
@ Nick and Eddie (back warehouse space)
1612 Harmon Place
Minneapolis
10 p.m. / $5
Let’s be honest, here. Would you really pass up an event called “Everybody Gets Laid?” Didn’t think so. But just so you know what you’re getting yourself into (no pun intended), here’s the lowdown: dress as a robot or a vampire and dance your titanium, pale, robed, or otherwise costumed you-know-whats off. There may or may not be nudity, but there will be a whole lot of raunchy awesomeness either way - with all the bells and whistles! It's guaranteed that the DJ lineup of Slamdunkapher, Special Youg Bill, Log Jammin Ackerman, and Famuel will get you movin’. Don't miss out, but be sure to practice safe...dance moves.
Click HERE for the Facebook event
SUNDAY MUSIC PICK: BROADCAST AND THE FOCUS GROUP
What's l'etoile listening to this week?
Electronic pop fans were crushed to hear the tragic news last week that the ethereal-voiced singer/songwriter of experimental indie Brit-band, Broadcast, Trish Keenan had passed away due to pneumonia complications. For the last 15 years, Keenan and fellow Broadcast members have produced some of the most beautiful, wistful, beguiling and bewitching music to come out of the indie scene, idealized by a love of ephemera, psych-rock, Phil Spector-esque pop and dreamy electronica. A beacon of lazy French pop flavor, Keenan and her detached, haunting demeanor and vocal stylings recalled the iconoclast brilliance of Nico and the retro-futurism of Stereolab. In anticipation of their full-length album – which was set to be released next year – Broadcast recently released a side project mini-album titled, Broadcast & The Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age, a collaboration with long-time friend, co-founder of the Ghost Box label and renowned artwork designer, Julian House, that combined the band's esoterica aesthetic for film, library music and electronics with psych-pop colour, with House's obsession with English folklore and the eerie feel of vintage programs for schools and colleges.
Bonus: As a tragically cool, last parting gift and further proof of her impeccably music taste, give a listen this mysterious mix tape, so-called the “Mind Bending Motorway Mix” Keenan sent to a friend before she died. There's no track list on Soundcloud's page, but Transmission DJ, music buff and long-time Broadcast fan, Jake Rudh claims to have the track list to these great little audio obscurities. Hit him up on Facebook!
Click HERE for the Broadcast Myspace
SUNDAY JANUARY 23RD
Dessa Club Commissions
@ The Cedar
416 Cedar Ave. S.
Minneapolis
7:30 p.m. / $5
If we’ve said it once, we’ll say it a thousand more times: the quality of music pumping through this city is beyond stellar. But where would our darling artists be without a community to back them up? That’s exactly what the 416 Commissions have been, and will continue to do through February: spotlighting artists and challenging them to compose, practice, and perform new pieces in collaboration with other local musicians. Sunday’s performance is perhaps our most darling: Doomtree’s Dessa, who will perform her project “Laws and Appetites” in collaboration with bassist Sean McPherson, pianist Kahlil Queen, and a quartet of flamenco percussionists. Short opening sets will also be performed by Crescent Moon is in Big Trouble and Mankwe. Be there, or be so out of the loop.
Click HERE for the Cedar site
L'ETOILE NEWSWIRE
3 Courses for $30 at Sea Change
Through the month of January, Sea Change is offering an amazing fine dining deal: A prix fixe menu featuring three courses for $30!
Appetizer choices include two raw bar favorites – Alpine Bay oysters and tuna poke – along
Click HERE for the Sea Change site
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