BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10532 DTSTART:20120522T110000 DTEND:20120522T130000 DESCRIPTION:What do hip kids and their (possibly) cooler parents do to spa rk creativity? Attend Arty Pants: Your Tuesday Playdate\, featuring activi ties for adults and youngsters ages 3–5. Join us each month on the secon d and fourth Tuesdays for art projects\, films\, gallery activities\, and story time. \nMay and June: Poetic Nonsense\nCome for sing-alongs\, games\ , art-making\, and a film that celebrates the topsy-turvy world of art. Sp ecial guest Steve Sanders of Snapdragon Seeds Music will create songs abou t your child’s favorite artwork.\nArt-Making Activities\nStar Tribune Fo undation Art Lab\nJoin us each week for a new and exciting way to explore the nonsense nature of art.\nMay 8: Curious Company\nMay 22: Printing Pla y\nJune 12: Silly Strings\nJune 26: Grass Green\, Raspberry Red LOCATION:Walker Art Center\n SUMMARY:Arty Pants: Your Tuesday Playdate URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/arty-pants-your-tuesday-playdat e-2 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10407 DTSTART:20120530T100000 DTEND:20120530T113000 DESCRIPTION:Contemporary art becomes the catalyst for community building\, self-expression\, and appreciating the present in this program designed f or individuals with early- to middle-stage Alzheimer’s and other dementi as\, their care partners\, family\, and friends. Join us in January for a tour of the exhibition Absentee Landlord.\n\nRegistration\nPre-registratio n is required. To register an individual with memory loss and a care partn er\, family member\, or friend\, e-mail education.resources@walkerart.org or call 612.375.7609. Please register at least one week in advance of the program date.\n\nAssisted listening devices and wheel chairs available upo n request. Gallery stools are always available for tours.\n\nMonthly Progr am Information\nOn the last Wednesday of each month from 10 to 11:30 am th e Walker offers a Contemporary Journeys experience for which people can pr e-register. Experiences alternate each month between tours and art labs. LOCATION:Walker Art Center\n SUMMARY:Contemporary Journeys Tour URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/contemporary-journeys-tour-3 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10503 DTSTART:20120531T190000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120531 DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening celebrating Minouk Lim’s first in-dep th US solo exhibition\, which opens at 5 pm. For this special performance\ , the artist collaborates with Minneapolis choreographer Emily Johnson (Ca talyst) on a one-night-only presentation of Fire Cliff 3. The gallery will be transformed into a theatrical environment\, animating Lim’s wearable sculptures around themes of nature\, myth\, and civilization. LOCATION:Burnet Gallery\n SUMMARY:Minouk Lim and Emily Johnson: Fire Cliff 3 URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/minouk-lim-and-emily-johnson-fi re-cliff-3 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10511 DTSTART:20120531T170000 DTEND:20120531T210000 DESCRIPTION:You might hesitate to meet a stranger in a dark alley—but ho w about a dancer in an empty gallery? As part of their artist residency\, Minneapolis-based choreographers Olive Bieringa and Otto Ramstad\, who wor k together as the BodyCartography Project\, invite the public to join in a movement-based experiment in the Friedman Gallery. \n\nWithout speaking\ , individual participants and performers will meet for 10 minutes to “tr ansform the energy in the space\,” as Bieringa puts it. This research in “creating an empathetic connection between performers and audiences” will help inform choreography for a future work. Take part in these one-on -one experiments in empathy by visiting the gallery during one of the foll owing times. LOCATION:Friedman Gallery\n SUMMARY:Performance Installation: BodyCartography Project URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/performance-installation-bodyca rtography-proj END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10512 DTSTART:20120601T150000 DTEND:20120601T170000 DESCRIPTION:You might hesitate to meet a stranger in a dark alley—but ho w about a dancer in an empty gallery? As part of their artist residency\, Minneapolis-based choreographers Olive Bieringa and Otto Ramstad\, who wor k together as the BodyCartography Project\, invite the public to join in a movement-based experiment in the Friedman Gallery. \n\nWithout speaking\ , individual participants and performers will meet for 10 minutes to “tr ansform the energy in the space\,” as Bieringa puts it. This research in “creating an empathetic connection between performers and audiences” will help inform choreography for a future work. Take part in these one-on -one experiments in empathy by visiting the gallery during one of the foll owing times. LOCATION:Friedman Gallery\n SUMMARY:Performance Installation: BodyCartography Project URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/performance-installation-bodyca rtography-proj END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10523 DTSTART:20120602T100000 DTEND:20120602T150000 DESCRIPTION:Families join artist David Hamlow\, specialists from the Scien ce Museum of Minnesota\, and other partners to learn about bugs\, plants\, and art through hands-on activities and creative play. Guest curator Abig ail Anderson builds a day that investigates the act of observation. \n\nGa llery admission is free for everyone on the first Saturday of each month f rom 10 am to 5 pm\, with a variety of family activities scheduled from 10 am to 3 pm.\nWorkshop: Close Encounters\nMinneapolis Sculpture Garden\, 10 am–3 pm\nExplore the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden and see it as you'v e never seen it before with experts from the Science Museum of Minnesota. Use microscopes to examine\, observe\, and document what you find. Explore collecting with other activities from the Science Museum's Collectors Cor ner.\nWorkshop: Pondering the Pond\nMinneapolis Sculpture Garden\, 10 am –12 noon\nExplore life in the pond as we learn what lives in and around our water. A naturalist from Westwood Hills Nature Center will help you id entify critters while revealing fascinating information about them and the ir important role in the food chain. Use a dip net\, bowl\, and spoon to c atch and release these extraordinary creatures that call the pond home for at least part of their life cycle. Learn about dragonflies\, damselflies\ , and many other aquatic macroinvertebrates. \nFilm: Mondo’s Search for the Sun\nU.S. Bank Orientation Lounge\, 10 am–3 pm\nFollow Mondo on an a nimated adventure in his flying machine through surreal worlds and wonders to find the sun and restore his garden. Directed by Jana Prchalova\, 2010 .\nArt-Making Activity: Geodesic Domes\nOpen Field\, 10 am–3 pm\nJoin Da vid Hamlow to make geodesic domes out of post-consumer packaging. \nOpen P henology Garden Tour and Workshop\nMinneapolis Sculpture Garden\, 11 am– 2 pm\nTune in to nature with our resident amateur naturalist. Phenologists study the timing of natural phenomena such as plants flowering\, insects emerging\, and birds migrating. Join Abigail Anderson\, the Open Field phe nologist-in-residence\, for some outdoor exploring! LOCATION:Walker Open Field\n SUMMARY:Free First Saturday: Open Laboratory URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/free-first-saturday-open-labora tory END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10513 DTSTART:20120602T110000 DTEND:20120602T170000 DESCRIPTION:You might hesitate to meet a stranger in a dark alley—but ho w about a dancer in an empty gallery? As part of their artist residency\, Minneapolis-based choreographers Olive Bieringa and Otto Ramstad\, who wor k together as the BodyCartography Project\, invite the public to join in a movement-based experiment in the Friedman Gallery. \n\nWithout speaking\ , individual participants and performers will meet for 10 minutes to “tr ansform the energy in the space\,” as Bieringa puts it. This research in “creating an empathetic connection between performers and audiences” will help inform choreography for a future work. Take part in these one-on -one experiments in empathy by visiting the gallery during one of the foll owing times. LOCATION:Friedman Gallery\n SUMMARY:Performance Installation: BodyCartography Project URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/performance-installation-bodyca rtography-proj END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10521 DTSTART:20120602T170000 DTEND:20120602T190000 DESCRIPTION:Kick-off Open Field with a festive BBQ complete with food\, dr ink\, and activities celebrating the creative assets that make up Walker m embership. To attend this exclusive event for Walker members\, RSVP to 612 .375.7655 or membership@walkerart.org. LOCATION:Open Field\n SUMMARY:Members Night at Open Field URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/members-night-at-open-field END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10514 DTSTART:20120603T110000 DTEND:20120603T170000 DESCRIPTION:You might hesitate to meet a stranger in a dark alley—but ho w about a dancer in an empty gallery? As part of their artist residency\, Minneapolis-based choreographers Olive Bieringa and Otto Ramstad\, who wor k together as the BodyCartography Project\, invite the public to join in a movement-based experiment in the Friedman Gallery. \n\nWithout speaking\ , individual participants and performers will meet for 10 minutes to “tr ansform the energy in the space\,” as Bieringa puts it. This research in “creating an empathetic connection between performers and audiences” will help inform choreography for a future work. Take part in these one-on -one experiments in empathy by visiting the gallery during one of the foll owing times. LOCATION:Friedman Gallery\n SUMMARY:Performance Installation: BodyCartography Project URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/performance-installation-bodyca rtography-proj END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10540 DTSTART:20120607T170000 DTEND:20120607T210000 DESCRIPTION:In its first year\, Gather by D'Amico was named one of the Twi n Cities’ best new restaurants by both Minnesota Monthly and Mpls.St.Pau l magazines\, with the former touting Chef Josh Brown’s cooking as “ex quisitely developed.” Join him to taste two of his new\, special-edition small plates and commemorate an incredible first year. LOCATION:Gather by D’Amico\n SUMMARY:Gather's First Anniversary Celebration URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/gathers-first-anniversary-celeb ration END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10527 DTSTART:20120607T200000 DTEND:20120830T220000 DESCRIPTION:Close out the evening with local musicians performing intimate acoustic sets. Join in a sing-along or just take in the music while savor ing a summer sunset. LOCATION:Walker Art Center\n SUMMARY:Acoustic Campfire URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/acoustic-campfire-2 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10522 DTSTART:20120607T160000 DTEND:20120830T200000 DESCRIPTION:The first rule of Drawing Club: what’s made at Drawing Club stays at Drawing Club.\n\nHere’s how this collaborative drawing experime nt works. On each Thursday night throughout the summer\, the public is inv ited to doodle\, sketch\, or paint during sessions hosted by local artists to add to a pool of collectively created artworks. Art supplies are provi ded on large tables in shaded areas of the outdoor plaza. Start a new draw ing or select one in progress from the table. Slide it back into the pool\ , pass it around\, and alter\, edit\, or amend it until the group declares it complete. All ages welcome. \n\nThe finished works will be collected weekly and added to the Open Field Tumblr page as well as held for future display and exhibition. LOCATION:Open Field\n SUMMARY:Drawing Club URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/drawing-club-2 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10533 DTSTART:20120612T110000 DTEND:20120612T130000 DESCRIPTION:What do hip kids and their (possibly) cooler parents do to spa rk creativity? Attend Arty Pants: Your Tuesday Playdate\, featuring activi ties for adults and youngsters ages 3–5. Join us each month on the secon d and fourth Tuesdays for art projects\, films\, gallery activities\, and story time. \nMay and June: Poetic Nonsense\nCome for sing-alongs\, games\ , art-making\, and a film that celebrates the topsy-turvy world of art. Sp ecial guest Steve Sanders of Snapdragon Seeds Music will create songs abou t your child’s favorite artwork.\nArt-Making Activities\nStar Tribune Fo undation Art Lab\nJoin us each week for a new and exciting way to explore the nonsense nature of art.\nMay 8: Curious Company\nMay 22: Printing Pla y\nJune 12: Silly Strings\nJune 26: Grass Green\, Raspberry Red LOCATION:Walker Art Center\n SUMMARY:Arty Pants: Your Tuesday Playdate URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/arty-pants-your-tuesday-playdat e-2 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10535 DTSTART:20120616T160000 DTEND:20120616T223000 DESCRIPTION:Your summer soundtrack starts now. Rock the Garden returns wit h a five-band lineup of killer live music to jumpstart the season of sun a nd outdoor sounds. The day kicks off with the brash surf pop from local up starts Howler. Tune-Yards brings their "curious\, ingenious\, and often ir resistible" (New York Times) chart-topping antic art rock\, followed by lo cal supergroup Doomtree\, with their hyperliterate boundary-pushing hip-ho p and wall of beats. Trampled by Turtles unplugs and joins the party with their supercharged bluegrass at breakneck speed. The evening ends fists to the sky with the anthemic new classic rock of hometown heroes (by way of Brooklyn) the Hold Steady\, "one of the best live shows in rock" (Rolling Stone).\n\nWith the Current DJs hosting the live broadcast and spinning be tween bands\; local beer vendors and food trucks offering a wide range of choices\, and the best setting for an outdoor rock show in the upper Midwe st\, Rock the Garden brings the community together--rain or shine.\n$49 Ge neral Admission (SOLD OUT. Wait list full.)\nAccess to hillside and street vendors. Tickets are e-mailed and print-at-home.\n$175 VIP Skybox (SOLD O UT. Wait list available\, call 612.375.7600)\nVIP Skybox offers exclusive access to the Walker’s rooftop terraces throughout the event as well as complimentary hors d’oeuvres from Modern Events by D’Amico\, three fre e drink tickets and Skybox cash bar\, and complimentary water and soda. Fr ee parking in the underground ramp\, plus entry to the Grove and general a dmission areas are also included. To purchase\, call the box office at 612 .375.7600.\nTickets\nNo refunds\; all ticket sales are final. All General Admission tickets were sold through Etix and have been e-mailed (be sure t o check your junk inbox). Follow the link within the e-mail for your print -at-home ticket. No on-site printing will be available the day of the even t\, so be sure to print your ticket in advance! Didn’t receive your Etix e-mail and print-at-home ticket? Call the Walker Box office: 612.375.7600 . VIP Skybox tickets will be mailed in mid-May along with your information packet.\nGeneral Admission: Access to hillside and street vendors.\nVIP S kybox: VIP access to the Walker’s rooftop terraces with complimentary ho rs d’oeuvres by D’Amico\, three drink tickets\, and cash bar\, parking pass for the underground ramp\, plus entry to the Grove.\nNote: General A dmission opens at 3 pm\; VIP Skybox opens at 4 pm.\nSchedule\n\n\n3:00 pm - Gates open\n\n\n3:45 pm – Howler\n\n\n4:30 pm – Tune-Yards\n\n\n5:45 pm – Doomtree\n\n\n7:15 pm – Trampled by Turtles\n\n\n8:45 pm – The Hold Steady\n\n\n10:00 pm - Music ends \n\n\n10:30 pm - Gates close \n\n\ nWeather\nRock the Garden will be held rain or shine\; however\, staff res erves the right to cancel the event or part of the event due to severe wea ther. No umbrellas are allowed into the event. Check back for severe weath er updates.\nParking &\; Directions\nParking is limited in area lots an d on the street. Paid event parking is available in the Minneapolis Sculpt ure Garden lot. (The Vineland Place underground ramp is closed to the publ ic.) Parking is also available at St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral (starti ng at 3 pm) and Dunwoody Institute. If you live in the area\, please walk\ , bike\, or take public transportation (Metro Transit bus lines: 4\, 6\, 1 2\, and 25). For directions\, click here.\nBiking\nBike racks will be loca ted on Hennepin Avenue and will provide bike parking for 500+ bikes. \nEat s\nEnjoy cold beverages from Summit Brewing Company\, Prairie Organic Vodk a cocktails\, and Jerry’s Fresh Cherry Lemonade\, cool off with Häagen- Dazs ice cream\, and select from an array of food by Barrio Taco Truck\, J oe’s Garage\, Best Way Gyros\, Chef Shack\, Taulelle Concessions\, World Street Kitchen (operated by Saffron Restaurant) and Cupcake. Food and bev erages will be on sale from 3-10:15 pm. ID required to purchase alcohol. \ nSpecial Member Benefit\nWalker Art Center and Minnesota Public Radio memb ers: Bring your member card to receive a free water bottle. Thank you for your support! \nWalker Hours on Saturday\, June 16th\nDue to preparation f or Rock the Garden\, the Walker galleries\, Open Field\, the Open Field Ba r &\; Grill\, and the Garden Café by D’Amico will be closed. \nDurin g the concert\, stop by our tent for all the Rock the Garden and band merc handise. \nThis event will be filmed\, photographed\, or recorded by the W alker and/or The Current. Ticket holders consent to appear in this documen tation and its future use by the Walker and The Current.\nNo outside food or beverages allowed in the event. No lawn furniture\, coolers\, or pets. No professional photography or audio recording equipment allowed. No outsi de soliciting. No guns allowed. All bags subject to search.\nZero Waste Ef forts\nRock the Garden is proud to be a zero-waste event in partnership wi th Eureka Recycling. On average we have reduced the amount of waste-per-vi sitor to one ounce! Join us in our zero-waste effort to make Rock the Gard en 2012 even more successful! In the event of rain\, please leave your bla nkets at home or be prepared to take your wet blanket or poncho home with you as they sway our totals. \n\nWalker Membership: 612.375.7655 or member ship.walkerart.org \nMPR Membership: 1.800.228.7123 LOCATION:Walker Art Center\n SUMMARY:Rock the Garden 2012 URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/rock-the-garden-2012 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10478 DTSTART:20120616T150000 DTEND:20120616T223000 DESCRIPTION:Your summer soundtrack starts now. Rock the Garden returns wit h a five-band lineup of killer live music to jumpstart the season of sun a nd outdoor sounds. The day kicks off with the brash surf pop from local up starts Howler. Tune-Yards brings their "curious\, ingenious\, and often ir resistible" (New York Times) chart-topping antic art rock\, followed by lo cal supergroup Doomtree\, with their hyperliterate boundary-pushing hip-ho p and wall of beats. Trampled by Turtles unplugs and joins the party with their supercharged bluegrass at breakneck speed. The evening ends fists to the sky with the anthemic new classic rock of hometown heroes (by way of Brooklyn) the Hold Steady\, "one of the best live shows in rock" (Rolling Stone).\n\nWith the Current DJs hosting the live broadcast and spinning be tween bands\; local beer vendors and food trucks offering a wide range of choices\, and the best setting for an outdoor rock show in the upper Midwe st\, Rock the Garden brings the community together--rain or shine.\n$49 Ge neral Admission (SOLD OUT. Wait list full.)\nAccess to hillside and street vendors. Tickets are e-mailed and print-at-home.\n$175 VIP Skybox (SOLD O UT. Wait list available\, call 612.375.7600)\nVIP Skybox offers exclusive access to the Walker’s rooftop terraces throughout the event as well as complimentary hors d’oeuvres from Modern Events by D’Amico\, three fre e drink tickets and Skybox cash bar\, and complimentary water and soda. Fr ee parking in the underground ramp\, plus entry to the Grove and general a dmission areas are also included. To purchase\, call the box office at 612 .375.7600.\nTickets\nNo refunds\; all ticket sales are final. All General Admission tickets were sold through Etix and have been e-mailed (be sure t o check your junk inbox). Follow the link within the e-mail for your print -at-home ticket. No on-site printing will be available the day of the even t\, so be sure to print your ticket in advance! Didn’t receive your Etix e-mail and print-at-home ticket? Call the Walker Box office: 612.375.7600 . VIP Skybox tickets will be mailed in mid-May along with your information packet.\nGeneral Admission: Access to hillside and street vendors.\nVIP S kybox: VIP access to the Walker’s rooftop terraces with complimentary ho rs d’oeuvres by D’Amico\, three drink tickets\, and cash bar\, parking pass for the underground ramp\, plus entry to the Grove.\nNote: General A dmission opens at 3 pm\; VIP Skybox opens at 4 pm.\nSchedule\n\n\n3:00 pm - Gates open\n\n\n3:45 pm – Howler\n\n\n4:30 pm – Tune-Yards\n\n\n5:45 pm – Doomtree\n\n\n7:15 pm – Trampled by Turtles\n\n\n8:45 pm – The Hold Steady\n\n\n10:00 pm - Music ends \n\n\n10:30 pm - Gates close \n\n\ nWeather\nRock the Garden will be held rain or shine\; however\, staff res erves the right to cancel the event or part of the event due to severe wea ther. No umbrellas are allowed into the event. Check back for severe weath er updates.\nParking &\; Directions\nParking is limited in area lots an d on the street. Paid event parking is available in the Minneapolis Sculpt ure Garden lot. (The Vineland Place underground ramp is closed to the publ ic.) Parking is also available at St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral (starti ng at 3 pm) and Dunwoody Institute. If you live in the area\, please walk\ , bike\, or take public transportation (Metro Transit bus lines: 4\, 6\, 1 2\, and 25). For directions\, click here.\nBiking\nBike racks will be loca ted on Hennepin Avenue and will provide bike parking for 500+ bikes. \nEat s\nEnjoy cold beverages from Summit Brewing Company\, Prairie Organic Vodk a cocktails\, and Jerry’s Fresh Cherry Lemonade\, cool off with Häagen- Dazs ice cream\, and select from an array of food by Barrio Taco Truck\, J oe’s Garage\, Best Way Gyros\, Chef Shack\, Taulelle Concessions\, World Street Kitchen (operated by Saffron Restaurant) and Cupcake. Food and bev erages will be on sale from 3-10:15 pm. ID required to purchase alcohol. \ nSpecial Member Benefit\nWalker Art Center and Minnesota Public Radio memb ers: Bring your member card to receive a free water bottle. Thank you for your support! \nWalker Hours on Saturday\, June 16th\nDue to preparation f or Rock the Garden\, the Walker galleries\, Open Field\, the Open Field Ba r &\; Grill\, and the Garden Café by D’Amico will be closed. \nDurin g the concert\, stop by our tent for all the Rock the Garden and band merc handise. \nThis event will be filmed\, photographed\, or recorded by the W alker and/or The Current. Ticket holders consent to appear in this documen tation and its future use by the Walker and The Current.\nNo outside food or beverages allowed in the event. No lawn furniture\, coolers\, or pets. No professional photography or audio recording equipment allowed. No outsi de soliciting. No guns allowed. All bags subject to search.\nZero Waste Ef forts\nRock the Garden is proud to be a zero-waste event in partnership wi th Eureka Recycling. On average we have reduced the amount of waste-per-vi sitor to one ounce! Join us in our zero-waste effort to make Rock the Gard en 2012 even more successful! In the event of rain\, please leave your bla nkets at home or be prepared to take your wet blanket or poncho home with you as they sway our totals. \n\nWalker Membership: 612.375.7655 or member ship.walkerart.org \nMPR Membership: 1.800.228.7123 LOCATION:Walker Art Center\n SUMMARY:Rock the Garden 2012 URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/rock-the-garden-2012 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10536 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120616 DESCRIPTION:Your summer soundtrack starts now. Rock the Garden returns wit h a five-band lineup of killer live music to jumpstart the season of sun a nd outdoor sounds. The day kicks off with the brash surf pop from local up starts Howler. Tune-Yards brings their "curious\, ingenious\, and often ir resistible" (New York Times) chart-topping antic art rock\, followed by lo cal supergroup Doomtree\, with their hyperliterate boundary-pushing hip-ho p and wall of beats. Trampled by Turtles unplugs and joins the party with their supercharged bluegrass at breakneck speed. The evening ends fists to the sky with the anthemic new classic rock of hometown heroes (by way of Brooklyn) the Hold Steady\, "one of the best live shows in rock" (Rolling Stone).\n\nWith the Current DJs hosting the live broadcast and spinning be tween bands\; local beer vendors and food trucks offering a wide range of choices\, and the best setting for an outdoor rock show in the upper Midwe st\, Rock the Garden brings the community together--rain or shine.\nTicket s on Sale to Walker and MPR Members Only\nRemaining tickets on sale to the general public April 20 at 12 noon. Tickets are e-mailed and print-at-hom e.\n$49 General Admission\nAccess to hillside and street vendors. Tickets are e-mailed and print-at-home.\n$75 VIP Grove\nFor Walker Contemporaries members. This special access ticket offers premier viewing of the stage as well as complimentary hot dogs\, soda\, and water. As an extra perk\, the tree-lined Grove section features exclusive bar access for beer and vodka sales. General admission areas are also included. Limit of two Grove tick ets per membership. To purchase\, call 612.375.7642.\n$175 VIP Skybox\nVIP Skybox offers exclusive access to the Walker’s rooftop terraces through out the event as well as complimentary hors d’oeuvres from Modern Events by D’Amico\, three free drink tickets and Skybox cash bar\, and complim entary water and soda. Free parking in the underground ramp\, plus entry t o the Grove and general admission areas are also included. To purchase\, c all the box office at 612.375.7600.\n\nWalker Membership: 612.375.7655 or membership.walkerart.org \nMPR Membership: 1.800.228.7123 LOCATION:Walker Art Center\n SUMMARY:Rock the Garden 2012 To Switch at 5 pm TRANSP:TRANSPARENT URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/rock-the-garden-2012-to-switch- at-5-pm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10538 DTSTART:20120616T150000 DTEND:20120616T223000 DESCRIPTION:Your summer soundtrack starts now. Rock the Garden returns wit h a five-band lineup of killer live music to jumpstart the season of sun a nd outdoor sounds. The day kicks off with the brash surf pop from local up starts Howler. Tune-Yards brings their "curious\, ingenious\, and often ir resistible" (New York Times) chart-topping antic art rock\, followed by lo cal supergroup Doomtree\, with their hyperliterate boundary-pushing hip-ho p and wall of beats. Trampled by Turtles unplugs and joins the party with their supercharged bluegrass at breakneck speed. The evening ends fists to the sky with the anthemic new classic rock of hometown heroes (by way of Brooklyn) the Hold Steady\, "one of the best live shows in rock" (Rolling Stone).\n\nWith the Current DJs hosting the live broadcast and spinning be tween bands\; local beer vendors and food trucks offering a wide range of choices\, and the best setting for an outdoor rock show in the upper Midwe st\, Rock the Garden brings the community together--rain or shine.\nTicket s on Sale to Walker and MPR Members Only\nRemaining tickets on sale to the general public April 20 at 12 noon. Tickets are e-mailed and print-at-hom e.\n$49 General Admission\nAccess to hillside and street vendors. Tickets are e-mailed and print-at-home.\n$75 VIP Grove\nFor Walker Contemporaries members. This special access ticket offers premier viewing of the stage as well as complimentary hot dogs\, soda\, and water. As an extra perk\, the tree-lined Grove section features exclusive bar access for beer and vodka sales. General admission areas are also included. Limit of two Grove tick ets per membership. To purchase\, call 612.375.7642.\n$175 VIP Skybox\nVIP Skybox offers exclusive access to the Walker’s rooftop terraces through out the event as well as complimentary hors d’oeuvres from Modern Events by D’Amico\, three free drink tickets and Skybox cash bar\, and complim entary water and soda. Free parking in the underground ramp\, plus entry t o the Grove and general admission areas are also included. To purchase\, c all the box office at 612.375.7600.\n\nWalker Membership: 612.375.7655 or membership.walkerart.org \nMPR Membership: 1.800.228.7123 LOCATION:Walker Art Center\n SUMMARY:Rock the Garden 2012 To Switch at 5 pm URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/rock-the-garden-2012-to-switch- at-5-pm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10537 DTSTART:20120616T150000 DTEND:20120616T223000 DESCRIPTION:Your summer soundtrack starts now. Rock the Garden returns wit h a five-band lineup of killer live music to jumpstart the season of sun a nd outdoor sounds. The day kicks off with the brash surf pop from local up starts Howler. Tune-Yards brings their "curious\, ingenious\, and often ir resistible" (New York Times) chart-topping antic art rock\, followed by lo cal supergroup Doomtree\, with their hyperliterate boundary-pushing hip-ho p and wall of beats. Trampled by Turtles unplugs and joins the party with their supercharged bluegrass at breakneck speed. The evening ends fists to the sky with the anthemic new classic rock of hometown heroes (by way of Brooklyn) the Hold Steady\, "one of the best live shows in rock" (Rolling Stone).\n\nWith the Current DJs hosting the live broadcast and spinning be tween bands\; local beer vendors and food trucks offering a wide range of choices\, and the best setting for an outdoor rock show in the upper Midwe st\, Rock the Garden brings the community together--rain or shine.\nTicket s on Sale to Walker and MPR Members Only\nRemaining tickets on sale to the general public April 20 at 12 noon. Tickets are e-mailed and print-at-hom e.\n$49 General Admission\nAccess to hillside and street vendors. Tickets are e-mailed and print-at-home.\n$75 VIP Grove\nFor Walker Contemporaries members. This special access ticket offers premier viewing of the stage as well as complimentary hot dogs\, soda\, and water. As an extra perk\, the tree-lined Grove section features exclusive bar access for beer and vodka sales. General admission areas are also included. Limit of two Grove tick ets per membership. To purchase\, call 612.375.7642.\n$175 VIP Skybox\nVIP Skybox offers exclusive access to the Walker’s rooftop terraces through out the event as well as complimentary hors d’oeuvres from Modern Events by D’Amico\, three free drink tickets and Skybox cash bar\, and complim entary water and soda. Free parking in the underground ramp\, plus entry t o the Grove and general admission areas are also included. To purchase\, c all the box office at 612.375.7600.\n\nWalker Membership: 612.375.7655 or membership.walkerart.org \nMPR Membership: 1.800.228.7123 LOCATION:Walker Art Center\n SUMMARY:Rock the Garden 2012 To Switch at 5 pm URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/rock-the-garden-2012-to-switch- at-5-pm END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10515 DTSTART:20120621T160000 DTEND:20120621T200000 DESCRIPTION:Teen Art Lounge\, a monthly night for young artists to hang ou t\, make art\, and meet other artists\, moves outdoors this summer with Dr awing Club. Come doodle\, sketch\, or paint during weekly sessions hosted by local artists to add to a pool of collectively created artworks. Art su pplies are provided on large tables in shaded areas of the outdoor patio. Start a new drawing or select one in progress from the table. Slide it bac k into the pool\, pass it around\, and alter\, edit or amend it until the group declares it complete. All ages\, abilities\, and aesthetics welcome. For details\, visit facebook.com/walkerteens. LOCATION:Open Field\n SUMMARY:Drawing Club Hosts Teen Art Lounge URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/drawing-club-hosts-teen-art-lou nge END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10518 DTSTART:20120621T170000 DTEND:20120621T220000 DESCRIPTION:Over the centuries\, the kitchen has evolved from a fire pit a nd a flat stone into an elaborate place for storing\, making\, and eating food. But in recent years\, notwithstanding the rise of “the foodie\,” it has devolved for many to little more than a microwave and a sink. We e at out or on the run\, and when we do use kitchens\, prep work has been ou tsourced to backroom workers making convenience foods\, as science and tec hnology streamline food production from field to table. But go to any gath ering or party\, and you’ll know exactly where guests and hosts will be hanging out. \nThis June\, Open Field artists-in-residence Carl and Betsy DiSalvo (designers and researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technolog y) focus on reconceiving the kitchen: its ingredients\, structure\, and fu nctions. Teaming up with local experts and students\, they will consider t hat space from an array of vantage points: studio art\, landscape architec ture\, food systems\, urban planning\, design\, ceramics\, public health\, cultural studies\, theater\, engineering\, and more. Participants will de sign and build a new kind of kitchen—a modular\, multifaceted public “ lab” with tools for use on Open Field and in the city—that welcomes pe ople for experiences with food\, and in the process sparks new kinds of so cial interaction and civic engagement. \n\nOn June 21\, bring your favori te locally produced beverage\, produce\, meat\, or cheese\, which the DiSa lvos will incorporate into a playful presentation and discussion about ser ving and eating\, public engagement\, participatory design\, and informal learning. \n\nOn June 28\, join the core Kitchen Lab team—Rebecca Krinke \, Anna Bierbrauer\, Erin Garnaas-Holmes\, Derek Schilling\, and Emily Sto ver—for a food event using the new modular kitchen they designed and bui lt. What they’ll serve is bound to go beyond your average tuna surprise. LOCATION:Open Field\n SUMMARY:Kitchen Lab URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/kitchen-lab END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10504 DTSTART:20120622T193000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120622 DESCRIPTION:In a forgotten but defiant bayou community cut off from the re st of the world by a sprawling levee\, a six-year-old girl exists on the b rink of orphanhood. Buoyed by her childish optimism and extraordinary imag ination\, she believes that the natural world is in balance with the unive rse until a fierce storm changes her reality. \n\nBenh Zeitlin’s extra ordinary debut feature exhibits a rare magic and lyricism that is sure to make it one of the best films of the year. Shot on Super 16mm film and emp loying non-actors\, Beasts of the Southern Wild was the unequivocal darlin g of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival\, winning the Grand Jury Prize and ea rning instant critical acclaim. Manohla Dargis called it “among the best films to play at the festival in two decades” (New York Times)\, and To dd McCarthy simultaneously proclaimed it “one of the most striking films ever to debut at the Sundance Film Festival” (Hollywood Reporter). Sing ular in style and story\, this film is poised to make its mark on new Amer ican cinema for the 21st century. 2012\, DCP\, 91 minutes. LOCATION:Walker Cinema\n SUMMARY:Beasts of the Southern Wild URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/beasts-of-the-southern-wild END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10505 DTSTART:20120623T193000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120623 DESCRIPTION:Juxtaposed between the Persian New Year fireworks outside his window and the unfolding tragedy of the Japanese tsunami on his television \, Iranian master filmmaker Jafar Panahi\, under house arrest in Tehran\, reflects on his pending six-year prison sentence and 20-year ban on making movies. Although Panahi covertly avoids being the filmmaker\, the clear d anger of the situation necessitated that the coyly titled This Is Not a Fi lm be smuggled out of the country on a hidden zip drive. This in-the-mome nt diary is tinged with humor but also the very real urgency of a man cond emned and an artist silenced. 2011\, DCP\, 75 minutes. LOCATION:Walker Cinema\n SUMMARY:This Is Not a Film URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/this-is-not-a-film END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10506 DTSTART:20120624T150000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120624 DESCRIPTION:Before Fritz Lang’s Metropolis\, there was the dramatic sci- fi brilliance of Protazanov’s \nAelita: Queen of Mars. Wrought with subt le erotic tensions and national predilections of the moment\, the Martian adventure is known for its incredible leaps of fantasy running parallel to documentary-style depictions of 1920s Moscow. Love crosses light years in this popular Russian classic\, presented in a rare 35mm print from the Wa lker’s Ruben/Bentson Film and Video Collection. \n\nComposer Dennis Jam es returns to the Walker with collaborator Mark Goldstein\, known as the F ilmharmonia Duo\, performing with unusual historical instruments—includi ng a theatrical organ and a theremin—to accurately capture the essence o f the unique film for this rare event. 1924\, 35mm\, 105 minutes. LOCATION:Walker Cinema\n SUMMARY:Aelita: Queen of Mars URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/aelita-queen-of-mars END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10507 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120625 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121225 DESCRIPTION:This much-anticipated online piece from boundary-breaking dire ctor Apichatpong Weerasethakul makes its debut as the first artist commiss ion on the Walker Channel. The source for live and archived video of the W alker’s public programming\, the Walker Channel includes lectures\, dial ogues\, and performances involving artists\, scholars\, and critics of con temporary art and culture. \n\nWeerasethakul’s short video\, under disc ussion since he was the subject of a Regis Dialogue and Retrospective in 2 004\, has been created amid a packed schedule of projects—one that’s o nly grown more intense since his feature film Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives won the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 2010. The artist is also making work for documenta 13 in June and is completing his newest film\, Mekong Hotel. \nWalker film curator Sheryl Mousley calls Weerasethakul an ideal choice for the multidisciplinary institution's first Walker Channel commission: “His ability to mix genres—experimental\, narrative\, docu mentary—is only part of his distinctive vision\,” she says. “He’s also so accomplished in both old and new media: besides films\, he makes o bjects\, video installations\, and exhibitions\, and integrates his vision across those art forms\, always with amazing results.” \n\nWatch for n ews about the June launch date. LOCATION:Walker Channel SUMMARY:A New Work from Apichatpong Weerasethakul TRANSP:TRANSPARENT URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/a-new-work-from-apichatpong-wee rasethakul END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10534 DTSTART:20120626T110000 DTEND:20120626T130000 DESCRIPTION:What do hip kids and their (possibly) cooler parents do to spa rk creativity? Attend Arty Pants: Your Tuesday Playdate\, featuring activi ties for adults and youngsters ages 3–5. Join us each month on the secon d and fourth Tuesdays for art projects\, films\, gallery activities\, and story time. \nMay and June: Poetic Nonsense\nCome for sing-alongs\, games\ , art-making\, and a film that celebrates the topsy-turvy world of art. Sp ecial guest Steve Sanders of Snapdragon Seeds Music will create songs abou t your child’s favorite artwork.\nArt-Making Activities\nStar Tribune Fo undation Art Lab\nJoin us each week for a new and exciting way to explore the nonsense nature of art.\nMay 8: Curious Company\nMay 22: Printing Pla y\nJune 12: Silly Strings\nJune 26: Grass Green\, Raspberry Red LOCATION:Walker Art Center\n SUMMARY:Arty Pants: Your Tuesday Playdate URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/arty-pants-your-tuesday-playdat e-2 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10519 DTSTART:20120628T170000 DTEND:20120628T220000 DESCRIPTION:Over the centuries\, the kitchen has evolved from a fire pit a nd a flat stone into an elaborate place for storing\, making\, and eating food. But in recent years\, notwithstanding the rise of “the foodie\,” it has devolved for many to little more than a microwave and a sink. We e at out or on the run\, and when we do use kitchens\, prep work has been ou tsourced to backroom workers making convenience foods\, as science and tec hnology streamline food production from field to table. But go to any gath ering or party\, and you’ll know exactly where guests and hosts will be hanging out. \nThis June\, Open Field artists-in-residence Carl and Betsy DiSalvo (designers and researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technolog y) focus on reconceiving the kitchen: its ingredients\, structure\, and fu nctions. Teaming up with local experts and students\, they will consider t hat space from an array of vantage points: studio art\, landscape architec ture\, food systems\, urban planning\, design\, ceramics\, public health\, cultural studies\, theater\, engineering\, and more. Participants will de sign and build a new kind of kitchen—a modular\, multifaceted public “ lab” with tools for use on Open Field and in the city—that welcomes pe ople for experiences with food\, and in the process sparks new kinds of so cial interaction and civic engagement. \n\nOn June 21\, bring your favori te locally produced beverage\, produce\, meat\, or cheese\, which the DiSa lvos will incorporate into a playful presentation and discussion about ser ving and eating\, public engagement\, participatory design\, and informal learning. \n\nOn June 28\, join the core Kitchen Lab team—Rebecca Krinke \, Anna Bierbrauer\, Erin Garnaas-Holmes\, Derek Schilling\, and Emily Sto ver—for a food event using the new modular kitchen they designed and bui lt. What they’ll serve is bound to go beyond your average tuna surprise. LOCATION:Open Field\n SUMMARY:Kitchen Lab URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/kitchen-lab END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10508 DTSTART:20120630T140000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120630 DESCRIPTION:Helen Molesworth\, guest exhibition curator for the MCA Chicag o and chief curator of the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston\, conve rses with the artists about the aesthetic milieu of the 1980s and its lega cy for the art and culture of our time. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition This Will Have Been: Art\, Love &\; Politics in the 1980s\, a major new survey of art from an era when the political sphere was domina ted by the ideas of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher\; the music scene was transformed by punk\, MTV\, and the birth of hip-hop\; and our everyda y lives were radically altered by a host of technological developments\, f rom the Sony Walkman and the ATM to the first personal computers. LOCATION:Walker Cinema\n SUMMARY:Opening-Day Talk: Helen Molesworth with Artists Lorraine O’Gr ady and Donald Moffett URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/opening-day-talk-helen-moleswor th-with-artist END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10524 DTSTART:20120707T100000 DTEND:20120707T150000 DESCRIPTION:For the summer season\, the Walker’s monthly family day gets some fresh air and invigorating ideas. Enjoy outdoor adventures designed by practitioners\, thinkers\, and makers from a variety of disciplines. \n \nGallery admission is free for everyone on the first Saturday of each mon th from 10 am to 5 pm\, with a variety of family activities scheduled from 10 am to 3 pm. \n\nActivity: Oh Wow\, Special!\nOpen Field\, 10 am–3 p m \nInspired by the Occupy Wall Street movements\, kids and adults exper iment with the power of words and drawings. Mark important days in Minneso ta’s civic past and present on this 2012–2013 monthly calendar. This p roject was designed by father-son team Sam Gould and Louis Baldwin-Gould\, with collaborator Sarah Peters\, to share experiences of parents talking to their kids about real-world issues.\nActivity: capitol HILL\nOpen Field \, 10 am–3 pm \nLawmakers and rule breakers are invited to celebrate t he crazy in democrazy! To serve the public better\, capitol HILL is made u p of units that offer some of the finest examples of government in action —the Department of Mustachery\, the Department of Departmenthood and Dep artmentality\, and the Department of Memorial Memorability! These are all to be occupied and enjoyed\, as long as you can make it through the maze o f red tape. LOCATION:Walker Open Field\n SUMMARY:Free First Saturday: Kids' Democracy Day URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/free-first-saturday-kids-democr acy-day END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10516 DTSTART:20120719T160000 DTEND:20120719T200000 DESCRIPTION:Teen Art Lounge\, a monthly night for young artists to hang ou t\, make art\, and meet other artists\, moves outdoors this summer with Dr awing Club. Come doodle\, sketch\, or paint during weekly sessions hosted by local artists to add to a pool of collectively created artworks. Art su pplies are provided on large tables in shaded areas of the outdoor patio. Start a new drawing or select one in progress from the table. Slide it bac k into the pool\, pass it around\, and alter\, edit or amend it until the group declares it complete. All ages\, abilities\, and aesthetics welcome. For details\, visit facebook.com/walkerteens. LOCATION:Open Field\n SUMMARY:Drawing Club Hosts Teen Art Lounge URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/drawing-club-hosts-teen-art-lou nge END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10525 DTSTART:20120804T100000 DTEND:20120804T150000 DESCRIPTION:For the summer season\, the Walker’s monthly family day gets some fresh air and invigorating ideas. Enjoy outdoor adventures designed by practitioners\, thinkers\, and makers from a variety of disciplines. \n \nGallery admission is free for everyone on the first Saturday of each mon th from 10 am to 5 pm\, with a variety of family activities scheduled from 10 am to 3 pm. LOCATION:Walker Open Field\n SUMMARY:Free First Saturday: Garden Quest URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/free-first-saturday-garden-ques t END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10434 DTSTART:20120807T193000 DESCRIPTION:After nearly a decade of pursuing these remarkable artists\, t he Walker (and partners the Cedar and Sue McLean &\; Associates) bring African music superstars Amadou &\; Mariam to Minnesota for the first t ime for a rare and intimate concert experience. The blind husband and wife duo along with full band deliver their signature mix of Malian blues\, ro ck\, pop\, and traditional West African music. \nIn recent years\, their c ollaborations with Damon Albarn (Gorillaz)\, Paris-based music provocateur Manu Chao\, and stadium tours opening for Coldplay and U2 have spread the ir infectious\, innovative music far and wide. Their collaborative spirit also imbues their newest recording Folila (out in March on Nonesuch Record s)\, which features guest appearances by Santigold\; TV on the Radio\; Nic k Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs\; Theophilus London\, and Bassekou Kouyate (who the Walker and the Cedar introduced in 2010). \nDoors open at 7 pm. This all-ages show is standing room only and is sure to sell out. Copresen ted with the Cedar. LOCATION:Cedar Cultural Center\n SUMMARY:Amadou &\; Mariam URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/amadou-mariam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10517 DTSTART:20120816T160000 DTEND:20120816T200000 DESCRIPTION:Teen Art Lounge\, a monthly night for young artists to hang ou t\, make art\, and meet other artists\, moves outdoors this summer with Dr awing Club. Come doodle\, sketch\, or paint during weekly sessions hosted by local artists to add to a pool of collectively created artworks. Art su pplies are provided on large tables in shaded areas of the outdoor patio. Start a new drawing or select one in progress from the table. Slide it bac k into the pool\, pass it around\, and alter\, edit or amend it until the group declares it complete. All ages\, abilities\, and aesthetics welcome. For details\, visit facebook.com/walkerteens. LOCATION:Open Field\n SUMMARY:Drawing Club Hosts Teen Art Lounge URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/drawing-club-hosts-teen-art-lou nge END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10526 DTSTART:20120901T100000 DTEND:20120901T150000 DESCRIPTION:For the summer season\, the Walker’s monthly family day gets some fresh air and invigorating ideas. Enjoy outdoor adventures designed by practitioners\, thinkers\, and makers from a variety of disciplines. \n \nGallery admission is free for everyone on the first Saturday of each mon th from 10 am to 5 pm\, with a variety of family activities scheduled from 10 am to 3 pm. LOCATION:Walker Open Field\n SUMMARY:Free First Saturday: Get Up and Read URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/free-first-saturday-get-up-and- read END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10493 DTSTART:20120908T203000 DTEND:20120908T230000 DESCRIPTION:Before summer slips away\, the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden is transformed for the season's crowning event. \nYou're invited to unlock t he secrets of the garden and enjoy art\, music\, dancing\, gourmet fare\, cocktails\, and more at this stylish affair. \n\nProceeds from Avant Garde n support the Walker's award-winning artistic and educational programming. \n\nFor more information\, please call 612.375.7642. \n\nAfter Party hosted by Le Méridien Chambers and D’Amico Kitchen\nSaturday\, Septembe r 8\, 11 pm–2 am \nExclusive access to the After Party in the Eden Co urtyard. Private bar with specialty drink offers and complimentary appetiz ers.\nMake a night of it!\nSpend the night at Le Méridien Chambers for a special Avant Garden keyholder rate of $149. Keyholders can also stay at W Minneapolis–The Foshay for $159. All rates subject to availability\, ta xes\, and fees. \n\nTo book\, reserve your tickets for Avant Garden and y ou’ll receive instructions for booking with your event confirmation. \n \nAvant Garden 2012 Committee\n\nLisa Denzer and Monica Nassif\, co-chairs \n\n\nAuction Committee\n\nTrissa Garvis and Laura Taft\, co-chairs \n\n\ nSponsorship Committee\n\nAmy Kern and Wim Stocks\, co-chairs \n\n\nGold K ey Host Committee\n\n\nSally Blanks and Michelle Fitzgerald\, co-chairs \n \n\n\nCarol Bemis \n\n\nDebby Christakos \n\nKaren Heithoff \n\nAnne La bovitz \n\nSearcy Lillehei \n\nMuffy MacMillan \n\nDean and Karin Phill ips \n\nDonna Pohlad \n\nAngie Wicka \n\nSue Zelickson \n\n\nSilver Ke y Host Committee\n\n\nJori Miller and Lindsay Pohlad\, co-chairs \n\n\n\nE mma Berg \n\n\nLeslie Hammons \n\nCalla Nassif \n\nFred Rappaport \n\n Zach Robins \n\nAlyssa Vance \n\nJohnny Whitaker \n\nBrian Woolsey \n\ n LOCATION:Minneapolis Sculpture Garden\n SUMMARY:Avant Garden URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/avant-garden END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10492 DTSTART:20120908T180000 DTEND:20120908T230000 DESCRIPTION:Before summer slips away\, the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden is transformed for the season's crowning event. \nYou're invited to unlock t he secrets of the garden and enjoy art\, music\, dancing\, gourmet fare\, cocktails\, and more at this stylish affair. \n\nProceeds from Avant Garde n support the Walker's award-winning artistic and educational programming. \n\nFor more information\, please call 612.375.7642. \n\nAfter Party hosted by Le Méridien Chambers and D’Amico Kitchen\nSaturday\, Septembe r 8\, 11 pm–2 am \nExclusive access to the After Party in the Eden Co urtyard. Private bar with specialty drink offers and complimentary appetiz ers.\nMake a night of it!\nSpend the night at Le Méridien Chambers for a special Avant Garden keyholder rate of $149. Keyholders can also stay at W Minneapolis–The Foshay for $159. All rates subject to availability\, ta xes\, and fees. \n\nTo book\, reserve your tickets for Avant Garden and y ou’ll receive instructions for booking with your event confirmation. \n \nAvant Garden 2012 Committee\n\nLisa Denzer and Monica Nassif\, co-chairs \n\n\nAuction Committee\n\nTrissa Garvis and Laura Taft\, co-chairs \n\n\ nSponsorship Committee\n\nAmy Kern and Wim Stocks\, co-chairs \n\n\nGold K ey Host Committee\n\n\nSally Blanks and Michelle Fitzgerald\, co-chairs \n \n\n\nCarol Bemis \n\n\nDebby Christakos \n\nKaren Heithoff \n\nAnne La bovitz \n\nSearcy Lillehei \n\nMuffy MacMillan \n\nDean and Karin Phill ips \n\nDonna Pohlad \n\nAngie Wicka \n\nSue Zelickson \n\n\nSilver Ke y Host Committee\n\n\nJori Miller and Lindsay Pohlad\, co-chairs \n\n\n\nE mma Berg \n\n\nLeslie Hammons \n\nCalla Nassif \n\nFred Rappaport \n\n Zach Robins \n\nAlyssa Vance \n\nJohnny Whitaker \n\nBrian Woolsey \n\ n LOCATION:Minneapolis Sculpture Garden\n SUMMARY:Avant Garden URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/avant-garden END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10582 DTSTART:20120919T200000 DESCRIPTION:\n“His political and creative restlessness—his refusal to settle and to settle down—makes him one of our most provocative and nece ssary artistic voices.” —Dance Magazine\n\nA provocateur known for per formances “that are things themselves\,” Miguel Gutierrez premieres a major work to open the Walker’s new season. Inspired by discoveries in n euroscience and paranormal phenomena\, Gutierrez delves into the wonder of living with an ephemeral body in the here and now\, and into the beyond. This wry\, playfully perplexing piece draws on the mysterious logic of imp rovisation among a star-studded cast that includes Gutierrez\, Michelle Bo ulé\, Hilary Clark\, Luke George\, K. J. Holmes\, and Ishmael Houston-Jon es. And lose the name of action features sound design by Neal Medlyn\, lig hting by Lenore Doxsee\, and visuals and writing by Boru O’Brien O’Con nell.\n LOCATION:McGuire Theater\n SUMMARY:Miguel Gutierrez and the Powerful People URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/miguel-gutierrez-and-the-powerf ul-people-3 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10583 DTSTART:20120920T200000 DESCRIPTION:\n“His political and creative restlessness—his refusal to settle and to settle down—makes him one of our most provocative and nece ssary artistic voices.” —Dance Magazine\n\nA provocateur known for per formances “that are things themselves\,” Miguel Gutierrez premieres a major work to open the Walker’s new season. Inspired by discoveries in n euroscience and paranormal phenomena\, Gutierrez delves into the wonder of living with an ephemeral body in the here and now\, and into the beyond. This wry\, playfully perplexing piece draws on the mysterious logic of imp rovisation among a star-studded cast that includes Gutierrez\, Michelle Bo ulé\, Hilary Clark\, Luke George\, K. J. Holmes\, and Ishmael Houston-Jon es. And lose the name of action features sound design by Neal Medlyn\, lig hting by Lenore Doxsee\, and visuals and writing by Boru O’Brien O’Con nell.\n LOCATION:McGuire Theater\n SUMMARY:Miguel Gutierrez and the Powerful People URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/miguel-gutierrez-and-the-powerf ul-people-3 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10584 DTSTART:20120921T200000 DESCRIPTION:\n“His political and creative restlessness—his refusal to settle and to settle down—makes him one of our most provocative and nece ssary artistic voices.” —Dance Magazine\n\nA provocateur known for per formances “that are things themselves\,” Miguel Gutierrez premieres a major work to open the Walker’s new season. Inspired by discoveries in n euroscience and paranormal phenomena\, Gutierrez delves into the wonder of living with an ephemeral body in the here and now\, and into the beyond. This wry\, playfully perplexing piece draws on the mysterious logic of imp rovisation among a star-studded cast that includes Gutierrez\, Michelle Bo ulé\, Hilary Clark\, Luke George\, K. J. Holmes\, and Ishmael Houston-Jon es. And lose the name of action features sound design by Neal Medlyn\, lig hting by Lenore Doxsee\, and visuals and writing by Boru O’Brien O’Con nell.\n LOCATION:McGuire Theater\n SUMMARY:Miguel Gutierrez and the Powerful People URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/miguel-gutierrez-and-the-powerf ul-people-3 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10586 DTSTART:20120922T200000 DESCRIPTION:\n“His political and creative restlessness—his refusal to settle and to settle down—makes him one of our most provocative and nece ssary artistic voices.” —Dance Magazine\n\nA provocateur known for per formances “that are things themselves\,” Miguel Gutierrez premieres a major work to open the Walker’s new season. Inspired by discoveries in n euroscience and paranormal phenomena\, Gutierrez delves into the wonder of living with an ephemeral body in the here and now\, and into the beyond. This wry\, playfully perplexing piece draws on the mysterious logic of imp rovisation among a star-studded cast that includes Gutierrez\, Michelle Bo ulé\, Hilary Clark\, Luke George\, K. J. Holmes\, and Ishmael Houston-Jon es. And lose the name of action features sound design by Neal Medlyn\, lig hting by Lenore Doxsee\, and visuals and writing by Boru O’Brien O’Con nell.\n LOCATION:McGuire Theater\n SUMMARY:Miguel Gutierrez and the Powerful People URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/miguel-gutierrez-and-the-powerf ul-people-3 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10585 DTSTART:20120922T150000 DESCRIPTION:\n“His political and creative restlessness—his refusal to settle and to settle down—makes him one of our most provocative and nece ssary artistic voices.” —Dance Magazine\n\nA provocateur known for per formances “that are things themselves\,” Miguel Gutierrez premieres a major work to open the Walker’s new season. Inspired by discoveries in n euroscience and paranormal phenomena\, Gutierrez delves into the wonder of living with an ephemeral body in the here and now\, and into the beyond. This wry\, playfully perplexing piece draws on the mysterious logic of imp rovisation among a star-studded cast that includes Gutierrez\, Michelle Bo ulé\, Hilary Clark\, Luke George\, K. J. Holmes\, and Ishmael Houston-Jon es. And lose the name of action features sound design by Neal Medlyn\, lig hting by Lenore Doxsee\, and visuals and writing by Boru O’Brien O’Con nell.\n LOCATION:McGuire Theater\n SUMMARY:Miguel Gutierrez and the Powerful People URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/miguel-gutierrez-and-the-powerf ul-people-3 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10587 DTSTART:20120928T200000 DESCRIPTION:\n“Time and again ... you found yourself smiling in a quiet amazement that could verge on disbelief.” —New York Times\n\nExperimen tal powerhouse So Percussion enlists a fresh mix of collaborators for the premiere of a potent\, poetic new work. Swirling together movement and vid eo projections amid So’s exacting\, exhilarating percussive scores where (we) live explores the many meanings of home\, tapping emotions embedded in places both physical and symbolic. \n\nCollaborators include Minneap olis-based director/choreographer Emily Johnson\, electronic music/video a rtist Martin Schmidt (experimental pop duo Matmos)\, Brooklyn-based indie- rock guitarist/composer Grey McMurray\, and a special Twin Cities guest ar tist each night. \n\nCopresented with the National Performance Network (N PN). LOCATION:McGuire Theater\n SUMMARY:Sō Percussion URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/so-percussion END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10588 DTSTART:20120929T200000 DESCRIPTION:\n“Time and again ... you found yourself smiling in a quiet amazement that could verge on disbelief.” —New York Times\n\nExperimen tal powerhouse So Percussion enlists a fresh mix of collaborators for the premiere of a potent\, poetic new work. Swirling together movement and vid eo projections amid So’s exacting\, exhilarating percussive scores where (we) live explores the many meanings of home\, tapping emotions embedded in places both physical and symbolic. \n\nCollaborators include Minneap olis-based director/choreographer Emily Johnson\, electronic music/video a rtist Martin Schmidt (experimental pop duo Matmos)\, Brooklyn-based indie- rock guitarist/composer Grey McMurray\, and a special Twin Cities guest ar tist each night. \n\nCopresented with the National Performance Network (N PN). LOCATION:McGuire Theater\n SUMMARY:Sō Percussion URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/so-percussion END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10598 DTSTART:20121010T200000 DESCRIPTION:Correspondances—Kettly Noël (Mali &\; Haiti) and Nelisiw e Xaba (South Africa)\nEqual parts theater\, dance\, and storytelling\, th is raucous yet intimate duet explores race\, culture\, and gender and is “nothing less than mesmerizing” (NYTheatre.com). \nSombra—Maria Hele na Pinto (Mozambique)\nIn a stirring and stark solo performed with a bucke t atop her head\, Maria Helena Pinto illuminates the lives of “invisible ” task women: necessary in our society\, yet existing only in shadows. LOCATION:McGuire Theater\n SUMMARY:Voices of Strength: Program I URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/voices-of-strength-program-i END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10601 DTSTART:20121011T200000 DESCRIPTION:Madame Plaza—Bouchra Ouizguen (Morocco)\nBodies and song mer ge in a folkloric yet profoundly contemporary piece featuring three Aïta vocalists\, whose traditional technique includes guttural wailing and inca ntation.\nQuartiers Libres—Nadia Beugré (Côte d’Ivoire)\nNadia Beugr é (formerly with the stunning Compagnie TchéTché) offers a commanding s olo with interactive sound design illuminating the struggle between cultur al boundaries and personal freedom. LOCATION:McGuire Theater\n SUMMARY:Voices of Strength: Program II URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/voices-of-strength-program-ii END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10599 DTSTART:20121012T200000 DESCRIPTION:Correspondances—Kettly Noël (Mali &\; Haiti) and Nelisiw e Xaba (South Africa)\nEqual parts theater\, dance\, and storytelling\, th is raucous yet intimate duet explores race\, culture\, and gender and is “nothing less than mesmerizing” (NYTheatre.com). \nSombra—Maria Hele na Pinto (Mozambique)\nIn a stirring and stark solo performed with a bucke t atop her head\, Maria Helena Pinto illuminates the lives of “invisible ” task women: necessary in our society\, yet existing only in shadows. LOCATION:McGuire Theater\n SUMMARY:Voices of Strength: Program I URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/voices-of-strength-program-i END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10602 DTSTART:20121013T200000 DESCRIPTION:Madame Plaza—Bouchra Ouizguen (Morocco)\nBodies and song mer ge in a folkloric yet profoundly contemporary piece featuring three Aïta vocalists\, whose traditional technique includes guttural wailing and inca ntation.\nQuartiers Libres—Nadia Beugré (Côte d’Ivoire)\nNadia Beugr é (formerly with the stunning Compagnie TchéTché) offers a commanding s olo with interactive sound design illuminating the struggle between cultur al boundaries and personal freedom. LOCATION:McGuire Theater\n SUMMARY:Voices of Strength: Program II URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/voices-of-strength-program-ii END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10589 DTSTART:20121025T200000 DESCRIPTION:\n“The BodyCartography Project is a group with a rare and wo nderfully powerful gift to offer us.” —Twin Cities Daily Planet\n\nBor ne out of the restless imaginations of Olive Bieringa and Otto Ramstad\, t his radical ecological melodrama is replete with artifice and animal appet ites. The dance/performance/installation duo engages the wild and civilize d aspects of human nature with idiosyncratic movements drawn from bodily i mpulses and social interactions. \n\nBessie Award–winning composer Ze ena Parkins performs a live score within an elaborate scenic installation by visual artist Emmett Ramstad\; dancers include Justin Jones\, Timmy Wag ner\, Emily Johnson\, Anna Shogren\, Otto Ramstad\, and 20 other local mov ers\, with special guests from the Lyon Opera Ballet. \nCopresented with t he National Performance Network (NPN). LOCATION:McGuire Theater\n SUMMARY:The BodyCartography Project URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/the-bodycartography-project END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10590 DTSTART:20121026T200000 DESCRIPTION:\n“The BodyCartography Project is a group with a rare and wo nderfully powerful gift to offer us.” —Twin Cities Daily Planet\n\nBor ne out of the restless imaginations of Olive Bieringa and Otto Ramstad\, t his radical ecological melodrama is replete with artifice and animal appet ites. The dance/performance/installation duo engages the wild and civilize d aspects of human nature with idiosyncratic movements drawn from bodily i mpulses and social interactions. \n\nBessie Award–winning composer Ze ena Parkins performs a live score within an elaborate scenic installation by visual artist Emmett Ramstad\; dancers include Justin Jones\, Timmy Wag ner\, Emily Johnson\, Anna Shogren\, Otto Ramstad\, and 20 other local mov ers\, with special guests from the Lyon Opera Ballet. \nCopresented with t he National Performance Network (NPN). LOCATION:McGuire Theater\n SUMMARY:The BodyCartography Project URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/the-bodycartography-project END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10591 DTSTART:20121027T200000 DESCRIPTION:\n“The BodyCartography Project is a group with a rare and wo nderfully powerful gift to offer us.” —Twin Cities Daily Planet\n\nBor ne out of the restless imaginations of Olive Bieringa and Otto Ramstad\, t his radical ecological melodrama is replete with artifice and animal appet ites. The dance/performance/installation duo engages the wild and civilize d aspects of human nature with idiosyncratic movements drawn from bodily i mpulses and social interactions. \n\nBessie Award–winning composer Ze ena Parkins performs a live score within an elaborate scenic installation by visual artist Emmett Ramstad\; dancers include Justin Jones\, Timmy Wag ner\, Emily Johnson\, Anna Shogren\, Otto Ramstad\, and 20 other local mov ers\, with special guests from the Lyon Opera Ballet. \nCopresented with t he National Performance Network (NPN). LOCATION:McGuire Theater\n SUMMARY:The BodyCartography Project URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/the-bodycartography-project END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10613 DTSTART:20121101T190000 LOCATION:UBS Forum at Minnesota Public Radio\, 480 Cedar Street\, St. Paul SUMMARY:Composer Conversation with Laurie Anderson URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/composer-conversation-series-fe aturing-laurie END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10541 DTSTART:20121102T200000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121102 DESCRIPTION:\n“Politicians are essentially storytellers. They describe t he world as it is and also as they think it should be. As a fellow storyte ller\, it seems like a really good time to think about how words can liter ally create a world.” —Laurie Anderson \n\n\nAs election day loom s\, Laurie Anderson has a few things to tell us—things concerning Darwin ism\, feminism\, The Tibetan Book of the Dead\, Willie Nelson\, alien pope s. Infused with her hallucinatory language\, this intimate snapshot of the United States takes form as a collection of songs and stories both witty and soulful. Delving into politics\, desire\, and portraits of people and cities\, Anderson weaves in eloquent leitmotifs and brilliantly conceived tangents to create a uniquely satisfying meta-narrative. A lush sonic land scape of violin and electronics rounds out this poignant picture of our co ntemporary American moment.\nCopresented with Liquid Music\, a new Saint P aul Chamber Orchestra concert series. LOCATION:McGuire Theater\n SUMMARY:Laurie Anderson URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/laurie-anderson END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10542 DTSTART:20121103T200000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121103 DESCRIPTION:\n“Politicians are essentially storytellers. They describe t he world as it is and also as they think it should be. As a fellow storyte ller\, it seems like a really good time to think about how words can liter ally create a world.” —Laurie Anderson \n\n\nAs election day loom s\, Laurie Anderson has a few things to tell us—things concerning Darwin ism\, feminism\, The Tibetan Book of the Dead\, Willie Nelson\, alien pope s. Infused with her hallucinatory language\, this intimate snapshot of the United States takes form as a collection of songs and stories both witty and soulful. Delving into politics\, desire\, and portraits of people and cities\, Anderson weaves in eloquent leitmotifs and brilliantly conceived tangents to create a uniquely satisfying meta-narrative. A lush sonic land scape of violin and electronics rounds out this poignant picture of our co ntemporary American moment.\nCopresented with Liquid Music\, a new Saint P aul Chamber Orchestra concert series. LOCATION:McGuire Theater\n SUMMARY:Laurie Anderson URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/laurie-anderson END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10592 DTSTART:20121110T200000 DESCRIPTION:\n“…the nimble\, the knotty\, the philosophical and the pe nsive… Mr. Zammuto likes his music stratified\, with different layers mo ving at different speeds\, nested mathematically.” —New York Times\n\n Alt-pop conjurer Nick Zammuto (formerly of the Books duo) returns to the W alker with his cerebral and hyper-catchy electro-pop defined by dexterous musicianship and jaw-dropping rhythmic density. Building up meticulous lay ers of found sound samples\, intricate rhythms\, and hooky vocals and sync ing his compositions with quick and expertly cut video sequencing\, Zammut o offers a slyly silly and entirely fresh aural feast.\nThe emotive and so nically subtle textures of Portland-based Eluvium open the evening with a “majestic balance between his ambient and quasi-classical styles” (Pit chfork).\nCopresented with the Cedar. LOCATION:McGuire Theater\n SUMMARY:Zammuto + Eluvium URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/zammuto-eluvium END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10593 DTSTART:20121113T193000 DESCRIPTION:\n“… as hair-prickingly exhilarating as modern dance gets. ” —Daily Telegraph (UK)\n\nThis tour de force from Britain’s fierces t choreographer\, Israeli-born Hofesh Shechter\, has garnered glowing prai se worldwide for its emotional tension\, gritty complexity\, and explosive collision of politics and movement. Channeling a roiling\, relentlessly p hysical version of Jewish folk dance\, 10 dancers unleash a rapid-fire cha in of surreal images\, propelled by a blistering eight-piece live band. Th e result is a gripping investigation of community and country\, service an d freedom\, and the pursuit of power. Warning: it might get loud.\nCoprese nted with Northrop Dance. LOCATION:Orpheum Theatre\, 910 Hennepin Avenue\, Minneapolis SUMMARY:Hofesh Shechter Company URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/hofesh-shechter-company END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10594 DTSTART:20121124T190000 DESCRIPTION:\n“A welcome—and very accessible—bouquet of performances showcasing some of the area’s many talented dancemakers.” —Twin Cit ies Daily Planet\n\nFrom established dancemakers playing with new ideas to the freshest emerging talent\, Choreographers’ Evening has\, over 40 ye ars\, become an honored rite of passage in Minnesota dance circles. Grab y our friends and get the lowdown on a thriving and diverse local scene thro ugh this snappy sampler of works lasting seven minutes or less. This year ’s guest curators bring an expansive view and unique generational twist to a program destined to celebrate\, spark debate\, and chart new directio ns in the art of movement. LOCATION:McGuire Theater\n SUMMARY:Choreographers’ Evening: 40th Anniversary URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/choreographers-evening-40th-ann iversary END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10595 DTSTART:20121124T213000 DESCRIPTION:\n“A welcome—and very accessible—bouquet of performances showcasing some of the area’s many talented dancemakers.” —Twin Cit ies Daily Planet\n\nFrom established dancemakers playing with new ideas to the freshest emerging talent\, Choreographers’ Evening has\, over 40 ye ars\, become an honored rite of passage in Minnesota dance circles. Grab y our friends and get the lowdown on a thriving and diverse local scene thro ugh this snappy sampler of works lasting seven minutes or less. This year ’s guest curators bring an expansive view and unique generational twist to a program destined to celebrate\, spark debate\, and chart new directio ns in the art of movement. LOCATION:McGuire Theater\n SUMMARY:Choreographers’ Evening: 40th Anniversary URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/choreographers-evening-40th-ann iversary END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10596 DTSTART:20121129T200000 DESCRIPTION:Conceived by Wilco guitar wizard Nels Cline and poet/producer David Breskin\, this gloriously unruly “trialogue” of music\, poetry\, and pictures is an absorbing multimedia work inspired by artist Ed Ruscha . Cline leads an ensemble of outstanding instrumentalists and improvisers from the Los Angeles scene through a program split into two distinct sides : orchestrated jazz and frenetic indie rock are complemented by Breskin’ s ghazals (a lyric and ancient Middle Eastern poetry form usually set to m usic) and large-scale projections of Ruscha’s Silhouettes and Cityscapes series. \n\nSupporting musicians include Yuka Honda of Cibo Matto (elect ric piano\, samples)\; Nels Cline Singers cohorts Scott Amendola (percussi on\, drums\, electronics) and Devin Hoff (bass) along with Devin Bill Barr ett (harmonica)\, Jeremy Drake (guitars)\, Danny Frankel (percussion)\, Wa yne Peet (organ)\, and Glenn Taylor (pedal steel). LOCATION:McGuire Theater\n SUMMARY:Dirty Baby: Nels Cline/David Breskin/Ed Ruscha URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/dirty-baby-nels-cline-david-bre skin-ed-ruscha END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10606 DTSTART:20121205T190000 DESCRIPTION:Find out why Dance Insider calls Deborah Hay “a national liv ing treasure.” Through readings and a video exploration of her solo work Beauty\, the legendary choreographer reveals her multilayered\, revolutio nary art practice and shares the ways that environment can profoundly chan ge outcome. LOCATION:McGuire Theater\n SUMMARY:Talking Dance: Deborah Hay URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/talking-dance-a-lecture-on-the- performance-of END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10607 DTSTART:20121207T200000 DESCRIPTION:After several years\, Deborah Hay returns to solo performance with this mesmerizing and intricate piece. Drawn in by her presence and Je nnifer Tipton’s stark yet lush lighting\, audiences quickly find their w ay in Hay’s world of nonlinear reality\, filled with humor and surprise . LOCATION:McGuire Theater\n SUMMARY:Deborah Hay: No Time to Fly URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/deborah-hay-no-time-to-fly END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10608 DTSTART:20121208T200000 DESCRIPTION:Meticulously reconstructed from the choreographic language of Deborah Hay’s solo work No Time to Fly\, this duet of uncanny beauty is directed by Hay and performed by New York–based dancer/choreographer Jea nine Durning and Australian dance star Ros Warby. LOCATION:McGuire Theater\n SUMMARY:Deborah Hay: As Holy Sites Go URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2012/as-holy-sites-go END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10543 DTSTART:20130110T200000 DESCRIPTION:\n“Immensely funny\, abruptly touching physical-theater work .... They keep taking perilous theatrical leaps\, but we are the ones to f eel sweaty-palmed\, nearly vertiginous exhilaration.” —Time Out New Yo rk\n\nA gleefully raucous piece about the ecstasy and excesses of performi ng\, The Method Gun uncovers the life of the fictional Stella Burden\, act or-training guru of the 1960s and ’70s. Burden’s technique\, “The Ap proach\,” was known as the most dangerous acting technique in the world\ , merging Western acting methods with risk-based rituals in order to infus e even the smallest role with sex\, death\, and violence. Set amid swingin g pendulums and talking tigers\, this daring\, absurd\, and heady explorat ion of the creative process is a tour de force by these Texas-based theate r rebels. LOCATION:McGuire Theater\n SUMMARY:Rude Mechs URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2013/out-there-25-rude-mechs END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10544 DTSTART:20130111T200000 DESCRIPTION:\n“Immensely funny\, abruptly touching physical-theater work .... They keep taking perilous theatrical leaps\, but we are the ones to f eel sweaty-palmed\, nearly vertiginous exhilaration.” —Time Out New Yo rk\n\nA gleefully raucous piece about the ecstasy and excesses of performi ng\, The Method Gun uncovers the life of the fictional Stella Burden\, act or-training guru of the 1960s and ’70s. Burden’s technique\, “The Ap proach\,” was known as the most dangerous acting technique in the world\ , merging Western acting methods with risk-based rituals in order to infus e even the smallest role with sex\, death\, and violence. Set amid swingin g pendulums and talking tigers\, this daring\, absurd\, and heady explorat ion of the creative process is a tour de force by these Texas-based theate r rebels. LOCATION:McGuire Theater\n SUMMARY:Rude Mechs URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2013/out-there-25-rude-mechs END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10545 DTSTART:20130112T200000 DESCRIPTION:\n“Immensely funny\, abruptly touching physical-theater work .... They keep taking perilous theatrical leaps\, but we are the ones to f eel sweaty-palmed\, nearly vertiginous exhilaration.” —Time Out New Yo rk\n\nA gleefully raucous piece about the ecstasy and excesses of performi ng\, The Method Gun uncovers the life of the fictional Stella Burden\, act or-training guru of the 1960s and ’70s. Burden’s technique\, “The Ap proach\,” was known as the most dangerous acting technique in the world\ , merging Western acting methods with risk-based rituals in order to infus e even the smallest role with sex\, death\, and violence. Set amid swingin g pendulums and talking tigers\, this daring\, absurd\, and heady explorat ion of the creative process is a tour de force by these Texas-based theate r rebels. LOCATION:McGuire Theater\n SUMMARY:Rude Mechs URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2013/out-there-25-rude-mechs END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10570 DTSTART:20130117T200000 DESCRIPTION:\n“Rarely do the great questions of life present themselves on stage so spirited and full of feeling\, so touching and allusive.... Ab solutely remarkable.” —New Zurich Times\n\nInternationally lauded Germ an performance collective She She Pop deconstructs Shakespeare’s incisiv e tragedy\, King Lear\, for modern times. Performing with their real-life fathers\, the collective exposes the funny\, tender\, and raw realities of generational conflict\, parenthood\, and love. Performed in German with E nglish supertitles\, this richly metaphorical and spontaneously absurd sen d-up of classic theater translates into a daringly honest work of reality performance that lays bare universal truths about us all. LOCATION:McGuire Theater\n SUMMARY:She She Pop URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2013/she-she-pop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10578 DTSTART:20130118T200000 DESCRIPTION:\n“Rarely do the great questions of life present themselves on stage so spirited and full of feeling\, so touching and allusive.... Ab solutely remarkable.” —New Zurich Times\n\nInternationally lauded Germ an performance collective She She Pop deconstructs Shakespeare’s incisiv e tragedy\, King Lear\, for modern times. Performing with their real-life fathers\, the collective exposes the funny\, tender\, and raw realities of generational conflict\, parenthood\, and love. Performed in German with E nglish supertitles\, this richly metaphorical and spontaneously absurd sen d-up of classic theater translates into a daringly honest work of reality performance that lays bare universal truths about us all. LOCATION:McGuire Theater\n SUMMARY:She She Pop URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2013/she-she-pop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10579 DTSTART:20130119T200000 DESCRIPTION:\n“Rarely do the great questions of life present themselves on stage so spirited and full of feeling\, so touching and allusive.... Ab solutely remarkable.” —New Zurich Times\n\nInternationally lauded Germ an performance collective She She Pop deconstructs Shakespeare’s incisiv e tragedy\, King Lear\, for modern times. Performing with their real-life fathers\, the collective exposes the funny\, tender\, and raw realities of generational conflict\, parenthood\, and love. Performed in German with E nglish supertitles\, this richly metaphorical and spontaneously absurd sen d-up of classic theater translates into a daringly honest work of reality performance that lays bare universal truths about us all. LOCATION:McGuire Theater\n SUMMARY:She She Pop URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2013/she-she-pop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10546 DTSTART:20130124T200000 DESCRIPTION:\n“They don’t make many artists like Mr. Harrell\; his sop histicated\, nuanced works are not to be missed.” —New York Times\n\n Provocative and outlandish? Riotous and fabulous? Absolutely! This mash-up of parallel dance histories—Judson and Voguing—is a frenetic free-for -all that bounces from soul music to sculptural acrobatics\, from elaborat e drag (including an eerily faithful rendition of Prince’s Darling Nikki ) to amazingly virtuosic movement\, all mixed as a gender-blender tribute to the power and pleasure of persona. \n\nThis collaboration with Paris -based performance artists Cecilia Bengolea\, François Chaignaud\, and Ca pe Verdan–born dancer Marlene Monteiro Freitas was inspired by Paris Is Burning\, the landmark documentary film on voguing. Performance contains n udity. LOCATION:McGuire Theater\n SUMMARY:Trajal Harrell\, Cecilia Bengolea\, François Chaignaud\, and Marl ene Monteiro Freitas URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2013/trajal-harrell-cecilia-bengolea -francois-chai END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10547 DTSTART:20130125T200000 DESCRIPTION:\n“They don’t make many artists like Mr. Harrell\; his sop histicated\, nuanced works are not to be missed.” —New York Times\n\n Provocative and outlandish? Riotous and fabulous? Absolutely! This mash-up of parallel dance histories—Judson and Voguing—is a frenetic free-for -all that bounces from soul music to sculptural acrobatics\, from elaborat e drag (including an eerily faithful rendition of Prince’s Darling Nikki ) to amazingly virtuosic movement\, all mixed as a gender-blender tribute to the power and pleasure of persona. \n\nThis collaboration with Paris -based performance artists Cecilia Bengolea\, François Chaignaud\, and Ca pe Verdan–born dancer Marlene Monteiro Freitas was inspired by Paris Is Burning\, the landmark documentary film on voguing. Performance contains n udity. LOCATION:McGuire Theater\n SUMMARY:Trajal Harrell\, Cecilia Bengolea\, François Chaignaud\, and Marl ene Monteiro Freitas URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2013/trajal-harrell-cecilia-bengolea -francois-chai END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10548 DTSTART:20130126T200000 DESCRIPTION:\n“They don’t make many artists like Mr. Harrell\; his sop histicated\, nuanced works are not to be missed.” —New York Times\n\n Provocative and outlandish? Riotous and fabulous? Absolutely! This mash-up of parallel dance histories—Judson and Voguing—is a frenetic free-for -all that bounces from soul music to sculptural acrobatics\, from elaborat e drag (including an eerily faithful rendition of Prince’s Darling Nikki ) to amazingly virtuosic movement\, all mixed as a gender-blender tribute to the power and pleasure of persona. \n\nThis collaboration with Paris -based performance artists Cecilia Bengolea\, François Chaignaud\, and Ca pe Verdan–born dancer Marlene Monteiro Freitas was inspired by Paris Is Burning\, the landmark documentary film on voguing. Performance contains n udity. LOCATION:McGuire Theater\n SUMMARY:Trajal Harrell\, Cecilia Bengolea\, François Chaignaud\, and Marl ene Monteiro Freitas URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2013/trajal-harrell-cecilia-bengolea -francois-chai END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10549 DTSTART:20130131T200000 DESCRIPTION:\n“Courageous\, confronting\, intelligent and magisterially considered theatre (5 stars).” —The Age\n\nAustralia’s leading indep endent theater company returns to the Walker with a disarming investigatio n of theater itself—a humorous yet poignant work for the near future ful l of rich metaphor and sly transparency. This cleverly interwoven tale-wit hin-a-tale begins as the elephant-headed god Ganesh travels to Nazi German y to reclaim the Swastika\, an ancient Hindu symbol. This epic hero’s jo urney prompts questions about cultural appropriation\, exploitation\, and abuse of power (both within the world and on the stage) with unflinching h onesty. Conceived by Back to Back\, whose ensemble primarily features acto rs with perceived mental disabilities\, this deftly realized double narrat ive brims with striking visuals and surreal theatrical moments. LOCATION:McGuire Theater\n SUMMARY:Back to Back Theatre URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2013/out-there-25-back-to-back-theat re END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10550 DTSTART:20130201T200000 DESCRIPTION:\n“Courageous\, confronting\, intelligent and magisterially considered theatre (5 stars).” —The Age\n\nAustralia’s leading indep endent theater company returns to the Walker with a disarming investigatio n of theater itself—a humorous yet poignant work for the near future ful l of rich metaphor and sly transparency. This cleverly interwoven tale-wit hin-a-tale begins as the elephant-headed god Ganesh travels to Nazi German y to reclaim the Swastika\, an ancient Hindu symbol. This epic hero’s jo urney prompts questions about cultural appropriation\, exploitation\, and abuse of power (both within the world and on the stage) with unflinching h onesty. Conceived by Back to Back\, whose ensemble primarily features acto rs with perceived mental disabilities\, this deftly realized double narrat ive brims with striking visuals and surreal theatrical moments. LOCATION:McGuire Theater\n SUMMARY:Back to Back Theatre URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2013/out-there-25-back-to-back-theat re END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10551 DTSTART:20130202T200000 DESCRIPTION:\n“Courageous\, confronting\, intelligent and magisterially considered theatre (5 stars).” —The Age\n\nAustralia’s leading indep endent theater company returns to the Walker with a disarming investigatio n of theater itself—a humorous yet poignant work for the near future ful l of rich metaphor and sly transparency. This cleverly interwoven tale-wit hin-a-tale begins as the elephant-headed god Ganesh travels to Nazi German y to reclaim the Swastika\, an ancient Hindu symbol. This epic hero’s jo urney prompts questions about cultural appropriation\, exploitation\, and abuse of power (both within the world and on the stage) with unflinching h onesty. Conceived by Back to Back\, whose ensemble primarily features acto rs with perceived mental disabilities\, this deftly realized double narrat ive brims with striking visuals and surreal theatrical moments. LOCATION:McGuire Theater\n SUMMARY:Back to Back Theatre URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2013/out-there-25-back-to-back-theat re END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10566 DTSTART:20130209T200000 DESCRIPTION:\n“The emotional power of Frost’s music comes precisely fr om the stark contrast between extremely basic musical material and the dea dly virtual instruments he invents to perform it…. This is Arvo Pärt as arranged by Trent Reznor.” —Wire Magazine\n\nBen Frost’s music is a bout contrast\, influenced as much by classical minimalism as by punk rock and metal. It has a visceral presence\, felt as much as heard. Muscular y et cerebral\, ambient yet urgent\, Frost’s compositions merge guitar-bas ed textures\, musique concrète samples\, and building-shaking amplified e lectronics into sweeping digital soundscapes. Increasingly in demand for h is exorbitant electronic production work\, Frost has collaborated with Bj örk\, Brian Eno\, and celebrated Bedroom Community label mates Nico Muhly and Sam Amidon. \n\nCatch this rare appearance by “one of the most inte resting and groundbreaking producers in the world today ... showing us the future of electronic music” (Boomkat).\nCopresented with Liquid Music\, a new Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra concert series. LOCATION:Amsterdam Bar & Hall\, 6 West Sixth Street\, St. Paul SUMMARY:Ben Frost URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2013/ben-frost END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10552 DTSTART:20130216T200000 DESCRIPTION:\n“In the hands of a musician like Glenn\, the drum set is a one-man percussion orchestra.” —John Luther Adams\n\nRevered experime ntal percussionist\, composer\, and Wilco drummer Kotche takes on one of h is most ambitious projects to date: an epic percussion opera-as-solo perfo rmance combining 19 instruments\, live electronics\, and Alaskan field rec ordings. A richly layered new work by noted Alaska-based contemporary comp oser John Luther Adams and written expressly for Kotche\, Ilimaq (Inupiaq for "spirit journeys") melds the rigor of modern music with found sounds o f the natural world. Minneapolis percussionist/composer Martin Dosh (Fog\, Andrew Bird) then joins Kotche for a kindred collaboration that clicks to gether loops\, samples\, and a battery of instruments to create a one-of-a -kind sonic mélange. LOCATION:McGuire Theater\n SUMMARY:Glenn Kotche URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2013/glenn-kotche END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10567 DTSTART:20130226T200000 DESCRIPTION:\n“Worden is a creative chameleon with endless wells of tech nical skill ... one of the most astounding voices in all of indie rock.” —Pitchfork\n“A potent melding of classical poise and alt-pop punch\, this dreamy song cycle [Penelope] was the year’s most affecting creation .” —Time Out New York \n\n\nThis elegantly woven two-part program begi ns with the Midwest premiere of composer Sarah Kirkland Snider’s vivid s ong cycle Penelope\, performed by Shara Worden and New York’s most in-de mand new music ensemble\, yMusic. Inspired by Homer’s_Odyssey_—but dra wn from the perspective of Odysseus’ wife—this “gorgeous netherland between richly orchestrated indie rock and straight chamber music” (Pitc hfork) is a mesmerizing meditation on memory\, identity\, and what it mean s to come home. \n\nThe evening concludes with the versatile Worden joini ng conservatory-trained/pop-savvy yMusic for an intoxicating mix of cabare t\, opera\, chamber music\, and rock. Each program half will also feature several new works written by an eclectic mix of today’s leading composer s. \n\nCopresented with Liquid Music\, a new St. Paul Chamber Orchestra co ncert series. LOCATION:Music Room\, SPCO Center\n SUMMARY:Sarah Kirkland Snider and Shara Worden (My Brightest Diamond) with yMusic URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2013/sarah-kirkland-snider-and-shara -worden-ymusic END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10568 DTSTART:20130227T200000 DESCRIPTION:\n“Worden is a creative chameleon with endless wells of tech nical skill ... one of the most astounding voices in all of indie rock.” —Pitchfork\n“A potent melding of classical poise and alt-pop punch\, this dreamy song cycle [Penelope] was the year’s most affecting creation .” —Time Out New York \n\n\nThis elegantly woven two-part program begi ns with the Midwest premiere of composer Sarah Kirkland Snider’s vivid s ong cycle Penelope\, performed by Shara Worden and New York’s most in-de mand new music ensemble\, yMusic. Inspired by Homer’s_Odyssey_—but dra wn from the perspective of Odysseus’ wife—this “gorgeous netherland between richly orchestrated indie rock and straight chamber music” (Pitc hfork) is a mesmerizing meditation on memory\, identity\, and what it mean s to come home. \n\nThe evening concludes with the versatile Worden joini ng conservatory-trained/pop-savvy yMusic for an intoxicating mix of cabare t\, opera\, chamber music\, and rock. Each program half will also feature several new works written by an eclectic mix of today’s leading composer s. \n\nCopresented with Liquid Music\, a new St. Paul Chamber Orchestra co ncert series. LOCATION:Music Room\, SPCO Center\n SUMMARY:Sarah Kirkland Snider and Shara Worden (My Brightest Diamond) with yMusic URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2013/sarah-kirkland-snider-and-shara -worden-ymusic END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10556 DTSTART:20130307T200000 DESCRIPTION:\n“Cynthia Hopkins is the definition of postmodern artistry. Her work transcends single genres and mediums and defies definition.” —New York Press\n\nA purveyor of outlandishly theatrical fictions and or iginal avant-folk orchestral songs\, Cynthia Hopkins is an audaciously cha rismatic talent that fans will follow anywhere: from memoir\, murder\, and memory loss in the South to ’70s pop stardom\, the CIA\, and Moroccan S ufism to evolution in outer space—all have figured in her trilogy of pre vious works at the Walker. \n\nIn a new piece\, she grapples with the env ironmental crisis with her most expansive avant-folk rock orchestration to date. Presented as a live documentary film set in and out of the Arctic\, this skillfully crafted\, richly narrative performance questions how—or whether—one can act now to maintain a livable climate for generations o f people we will never meet. Tag along with Hopkins\; her longtime collabo rators\, director DJ Mendel and designer Jeff Sugg\; and a band of 12 sing ers and musicians on a voyage of discovery that’s global in scope\, play fully idiosyncratic\, and utterly necessary. LOCATION:McGuire Theater\n SUMMARY:Cynthia Hopkins URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2013/cynthia-hopkins-2 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10557 DTSTART:20130308T200000 DESCRIPTION:\n“Cynthia Hopkins is the definition of postmodern artistry. Her work transcends single genres and mediums and defies definition.” —New York Press\n\nA purveyor of outlandishly theatrical fictions and or iginal avant-folk orchestral songs\, Cynthia Hopkins is an audaciously cha rismatic talent that fans will follow anywhere: from memoir\, murder\, and memory loss in the South to ’70s pop stardom\, the CIA\, and Moroccan S ufism to evolution in outer space—all have figured in her trilogy of pre vious works at the Walker. \n\nIn a new piece\, she grapples with the env ironmental crisis with her most expansive avant-folk rock orchestration to date. Presented as a live documentary film set in and out of the Arctic\, this skillfully crafted\, richly narrative performance questions how—or whether—one can act now to maintain a livable climate for generations o f people we will never meet. Tag along with Hopkins\; her longtime collabo rators\, director DJ Mendel and designer Jeff Sugg\; and a band of 12 sing ers and musicians on a voyage of discovery that’s global in scope\, play fully idiosyncratic\, and utterly necessary. LOCATION:McGuire Theater\n SUMMARY:Cynthia Hopkins URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2013/cynthia-hopkins-2 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10558 DTSTART:20130309T200000 DESCRIPTION:\n“Cynthia Hopkins is the definition of postmodern artistry. Her work transcends single genres and mediums and defies definition.” —New York Press\n\nA purveyor of outlandishly theatrical fictions and or iginal avant-folk orchestral songs\, Cynthia Hopkins is an audaciously cha rismatic talent that fans will follow anywhere: from memoir\, murder\, and memory loss in the South to ’70s pop stardom\, the CIA\, and Moroccan S ufism to evolution in outer space—all have figured in her trilogy of pre vious works at the Walker. \n\nIn a new piece\, she grapples with the env ironmental crisis with her most expansive avant-folk rock orchestration to date. Presented as a live documentary film set in and out of the Arctic\, this skillfully crafted\, richly narrative performance questions how—or whether—one can act now to maintain a livable climate for generations o f people we will never meet. Tag along with Hopkins\; her longtime collabo rators\, director DJ Mendel and designer Jeff Sugg\; and a band of 12 sing ers and musicians on a voyage of discovery that’s global in scope\, play fully idiosyncratic\, and utterly necessary. LOCATION:McGuire Theater\n SUMMARY:Cynthia Hopkins URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2013/cynthia-hopkins-2 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10559 DTSTART:20130314T200000 DESCRIPTION:\n“Watched carefully\, Abraham’s group choreography displa ys an intensely naked understanding of humanity\; watching Abraham dance a lone is deeply moving.” —Boston Globe \n\nRiffing on the Pinocchio fab le in a search to become “real\,” choreographic chameleon and Bessie A ward–winner Kyle Abraham takes a darkly humorous approach to gender role s and masculinity in the black community and the quest for acceptance in t he world of hip-hop celebrity. Blending fast and furious contemporary danc e with athletic movement derived from the street\, this ensemble work pond ers the price of conformity and the ways that identity is formed. An eclec tic score includes sounds from Pan Sonic\, James Blake\, and Bill Evans. LOCATION:McGuire Theater\n SUMMARY:Kyle Abraham/ Abraham.In.Motion URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2013/kyle-abraham-abrahaminmotion END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10560 DTSTART:20130315T200000 DESCRIPTION:\n“Watched carefully\, Abraham’s group choreography displa ys an intensely naked understanding of humanity\; watching Abraham dance a lone is deeply moving.” —Boston Globe \n\nRiffing on the Pinocchio fab le in a search to become “real\,” choreographic chameleon and Bessie A ward–winner Kyle Abraham takes a darkly humorous approach to gender role s and masculinity in the black community and the quest for acceptance in t he world of hip-hop celebrity. Blending fast and furious contemporary danc e with athletic movement derived from the street\, this ensemble work pond ers the price of conformity and the ways that identity is formed. An eclec tic score includes sounds from Pan Sonic\, James Blake\, and Bill Evans. LOCATION:McGuire Theater\n SUMMARY:Kyle Abraham/ Abraham.In.Motion URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2013/kyle-abraham-abrahaminmotion END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10561 DTSTART:20130316T200000 DESCRIPTION:\n“Watched carefully\, Abraham’s group choreography displa ys an intensely naked understanding of humanity\; watching Abraham dance a lone is deeply moving.” —Boston Globe \n\nRiffing on the Pinocchio fab le in a search to become “real\,” choreographic chameleon and Bessie A ward–winner Kyle Abraham takes a darkly humorous approach to gender role s and masculinity in the black community and the quest for acceptance in t he world of hip-hop celebrity. Blending fast and furious contemporary danc e with athletic movement derived from the street\, this ensemble work pond ers the price of conformity and the ways that identity is formed. An eclec tic score includes sounds from Pan Sonic\, James Blake\, and Bill Evans. LOCATION:McGuire Theater\n SUMMARY:Kyle Abraham/ Abraham.In.Motion URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2013/kyle-abraham-abrahaminmotion END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10577 DTSTART:20130406T220000 DESCRIPTION:\n“Take King Crimson\, The Bad Plus\, and Mr. Bungle\, tie t hem all together and set them on fire\, and you’ll wind up with somethin g like John Zorn.” —The Wire\n\nJohn Zorn turns 60 and brings his birt hday party to the Walker—in the form of three killer gigs and one unforg ettable night with the protean\, influential yet inimitable composer/music ian/producer. This marathon of fresh composition and brilliant improvisati on features six of Zorn’s bands and a host of celebrated musicians\, inc luding keyboardist John Medeski (Medeski\, Martin and Wood)\, cellist Erik Friedlander\, guitar hero Mark Ribot (Elvis Costello\, Tom Waits)\, multi -percussionist Cyro Baptista\, drummer Joey Baron\, bassists Trevor Dunn a nd Greg Cohan\, violinist Mark Feldman\, saxophonist John Zorn\, and selec t Twin Cities improvisers.\nProgram I: Game Pieces\n4 pm\n\nMarc Ribot Sol o/Hockey Wet and Dry/Cobra\n\nProgram II: Radical Jewish Music\n7 pm\n\nEr ik Friedlander Solo/Masada String Trio/Bar Kokhba\n\nProgram III: Lounge/N oise/Beyond\n10 pm\n\nAleph Trio/Enigmata/Moonchild instrumentals and more \nPlus a Zorn @ 60 Blowout Finale \n LOCATION:McGuire Theater\n SUMMARY:John Zorn @ 60 URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2013/john-zorn-at-60 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10571 DTSTART:20130406T160000 DESCRIPTION:\n“Take King Crimson\, The Bad Plus\, and Mr. Bungle\, tie t hem all together and set them on fire\, and you’ll wind up with somethin g like John Zorn.” —The Wire\n\nJohn Zorn turns 60 and brings his birt hday party to the Walker—in the form of three killer gigs and one unforg ettable night with the protean\, influential yet inimitable composer/music ian/producer. This marathon of fresh composition and brilliant improvisati on features six of Zorn’s bands and a host of celebrated musicians\, inc luding keyboardist John Medeski (Medeski\, Martin and Wood)\, cellist Erik Friedlander\, guitar hero Mark Ribot (Elvis Costello\, Tom Waits)\, multi -percussionist Cyro Baptista\, drummer Joey Baron\, bassists Trevor Dunn a nd Greg Cohan\, violinist Mark Feldman\, saxophonist John Zorn\, and selec t Twin Cities improvisers.\nProgram I: Game Pieces\n4 pm\n\nMarc Ribot Sol o/Hockey Wet and Dry/Cobra\n\nProgram II: Radical Jewish Music\n7 pm\n\nEr ik Friedlander Solo/Masada String Trio/Bar Kokhba\n\nProgram III: Lounge/N oise/Beyond\n10 pm\n\nAleph Trio/Enigmata/Moonchild instrumentals and more \nPlus a Zorn @ 60 Blowout Finale \n LOCATION:McGuire Theater\n SUMMARY:John Zorn @ 60 URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2013/john-zorn-at-60 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10576 DTSTART:20130406T190000 DESCRIPTION:\n“Take King Crimson\, The Bad Plus\, and Mr. Bungle\, tie t hem all together and set them on fire\, and you’ll wind up with somethin g like John Zorn.” —The Wire\n\nJohn Zorn turns 60 and brings his birt hday party to the Walker—in the form of three killer gigs and one unforg ettable night with the protean\, influential yet inimitable composer/music ian/producer. This marathon of fresh composition and brilliant improvisati on features six of Zorn’s bands and a host of celebrated musicians\, inc luding keyboardist John Medeski (Medeski\, Martin and Wood)\, cellist Erik Friedlander\, guitar hero Mark Ribot (Elvis Costello\, Tom Waits)\, multi -percussionist Cyro Baptista\, drummer Joey Baron\, bassists Trevor Dunn a nd Greg Cohan\, violinist Mark Feldman\, saxophonist John Zorn\, and selec t Twin Cities improvisers.\nProgram I: Game Pieces\n4 pm\n\nMarc Ribot Sol o/Hockey Wet and Dry/Cobra\n\nProgram II: Radical Jewish Music\n7 pm\n\nEr ik Friedlander Solo/Masada String Trio/Bar Kokhba\n\nProgram III: Lounge/N oise/Beyond\n10 pm\n\nAleph Trio/Enigmata/Moonchild instrumentals and more \nPlus a Zorn @ 60 Blowout Finale \n LOCATION:McGuire Theater\n SUMMARY:John Zorn @ 60 URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2013/john-zorn-at-60 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10575 DTSTART:20130412T200000 DESCRIPTION:\n“The most beguiling talent to hit the world music scene in some time.” —Daily Telegraph (UK)\n\nCatch the Midwest debut by Mali ’s new music sensation\, who has been wooing critics and lighting up sta ges around the world with her radiant voice\, coolly infectious Afro-pop\, and smoking live band. Fatoumata Diawara\, aka Fatou\, spins elements of jazz and funk into an exquisitely spare yet sensual folk-rock\, inflecting it with the rhythms and melodies of Wassoulou\, her ancestral song form. Likened to her mentor\, Oumou Sangaré\, Fatou has been hailed as the next female African songwriter of significance\, one who “combines feminist social conscience with effortless melodic charm” (Financial Times).\nCop resented with the Cedar. LOCATION:Cedar Cultural Center\n SUMMARY:Fatoumata Diawara URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2013/fatoumata-diawara END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10565 DTSTART:20130426T200000 DESCRIPTION:\n“Mr. Taborn\, an unusually matter-of-fact virtuoso\, tease s out structural affinities among free jazz\, postimpressionist classical and electronic music\, forging something uniquely his own.” —New York Times \n\nThis joyous celebration welcomes home critically acclaimed jazz keyboardist/composer and former Golden Valley prodigy Craig Taborn\, who s howcases his omnivorous musical tastes and astonishing technical ability. The eclectic evening of new jazz\, improv-electronics\, and synth-funk is informed by Taborn’s early years in the ’80s music scene in Minneapoli s and his later decades as sideman and bandleader on international jazz ci rcuits. \n\nFeaturing Junk Magic (Dave King\, drums\, Erik Fratzke\, bas s\, Chris Speed\, tenor saxophone\, and Mat Maneri\, viola)\; Taborn’s T rio (Gerald Cleaver\, drums\, and Thomas Morgan\, bass)\; and austerely be autiful solo piano works from his lauded 2011 ECM release Avenging Angel. LOCATION:McGuire Theater\n SUMMARY:Heroic Frenzies: The Music of Craig Taborn URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2013/heroic-frenzies-the-music-of-cr aig-taborn END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10562 DTSTART:20130516T200000 DESCRIPTION:\n“ERS … stands out\, not only for its humor and intellige nce\, but for its defiant theatricality.” —Artforum\n\nElevator Repair Service\, creators of the six-hour GATZ sensation\, return to the Walker with a preview performance of their latest play\, an exciting large-scale production written by a rising star in the New York experimental theater s cene\, playwright Sibyl Kempson. As a serene domestic scene gradually unra vels\, mysterious offstage forces and an unexpected guest become entwined in a surreal homage to Jane Bowles\, Mary Shelley\, and a cadre of other i nfluences. \n\nThe company's signature physical/comic performance style and Kempson’s inimitable approach to writing are complemented by a live score played by longtime ERS member Mike Iveson. The result is a lush\, en gaging\, strange\, and beautiful trip into unknown mental and physical spa ces. LOCATION:McGuire Theater\n SUMMARY:Elevator Repair Service with a New Work Written by Sybil Kempson URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2013/elevator-repair-service-with-a- new-work-writt END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10563 DTSTART:20130517T200000 DESCRIPTION:\n“ERS … stands out\, not only for its humor and intellige nce\, but for its defiant theatricality.” —Artforum\n\nElevator Repair Service\, creators of the six-hour GATZ sensation\, return to the Walker with a preview performance of their latest play\, an exciting large-scale production written by a rising star in the New York experimental theater s cene\, playwright Sibyl Kempson. As a serene domestic scene gradually unra vels\, mysterious offstage forces and an unexpected guest become entwined in a surreal homage to Jane Bowles\, Mary Shelley\, and a cadre of other i nfluences. \n\nThe company's signature physical/comic performance style and Kempson’s inimitable approach to writing are complemented by a live score played by longtime ERS member Mike Iveson. The result is a lush\, en gaging\, strange\, and beautiful trip into unknown mental and physical spa ces. LOCATION:McGuire Theater\n SUMMARY:Elevator Repair Service with a New Work Written by Sybil Kempson URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2013/elevator-repair-service-with-a- new-work-writt END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10564 DTSTART:20130518T200000 DESCRIPTION:\n“ERS … stands out\, not only for its humor and intellige nce\, but for its defiant theatricality.” —Artforum\n\nElevator Repair Service\, creators of the six-hour GATZ sensation\, return to the Walker with a preview performance of their latest play\, an exciting large-scale production written by a rising star in the New York experimental theater s cene\, playwright Sibyl Kempson. As a serene domestic scene gradually unra vels\, mysterious offstage forces and an unexpected guest become entwined in a surreal homage to Jane Bowles\, Mary Shelley\, and a cadre of other i nfluences. \n\nThe company's signature physical/comic performance style and Kempson’s inimitable approach to writing are complemented by a live score played by longtime ERS member Mike Iveson. The result is a lush\, en gaging\, strange\, and beautiful trip into unknown mental and physical spa ces. LOCATION:McGuire Theater\n SUMMARY:Elevator Repair Service with a New Work Written by Sybil Kempson URL:http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2013/elevator-repair-service-with-a- new-work-writt END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR