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Alilia Z Loves Efterklang
The Green Room
Sep 2010
I’d like to introduce Alilia Z, internet sensation, self-help coach, and self-appointed renegade street team. Here’s a video she made at the State Fair about the Walker’s Efterklang showtomorrow: her insistence with passersby is a hilarious flirtation with the monomania of truth-and-lies fandom obsession.
Tickets still available! The show is tomorrow, September 11, 8 pm. Common Roots is providing…
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A Lively Discussion on the Field about What Makes Something Art
Field Guide
Sep 2010
When you work at the Walker on staff or as a volunteer you will, at least once during your tenure, be asked the following question: Why is this art? Depending on the person she or he may feel panicked or revved by this honest and valid inquiry.
A number of us gathered on Open Field in its final week to discuss our take on what is art and what, well, it maybe isn’t. The group: 4 tour guides, 1 college…
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Announcing Choreographers
The Green Room
Sep 2010
The line up for Choreographers’ Evening is official! Susana di Palma saw more that 60 pieces during the audition process and is thrilled to present this amazing group of artists.
Thank you to everyone who auditioned. It was so rewarding to see what you are all creating. The Twin Cities has an incredible dance community!
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Views from the Open Field: 10 Highlights from the Summer
Field Guide
Sep 2010
There are only three days left of Open Field, and I am sure that the events to comeare going to be quite memorable. Nevertheless, as the curtains draw to a close on our cultural commons, we are all becomming a bit nostalgic about our favorite Open Field events. It was incredibly difficult to choose, but let me share with you my top ten.
1. On the rainy First Free Saturday in June, Roma di Luna managed…
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Interview with Auctioneer, Glen Fladeboe
Field Guide
Aug 2010
Saturday, September 4th is the grand finale of Open Field summer programming and it’s also the conclusion of the month-long residency project, “A People Without a Voice Cannot Be Heard” led by the San Francisco-based art collective, Futurefarmers, and a core group of local art school students. Together they have been exploring the topic of “voice” in a myriad of ways. For their final project they have…
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Lessons Learned 3: Chris Kennedy
Field Guide
Aug 2010
Christopher Lee Kennedy spoke with me about School of the Future,on July 26, 2010,a collaborative experiment in unschooling that took place this summer at a park in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. They offered classes that ranged from guerrilla gardening and how to make your own biodiesel to a crash course in radical library sciences.
is the Director of the Institute for Applied Aesthetics an experimental…
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Catch Walker Jazz Radio Before It’s Gone
The Green Room
Aug 2010
To celebrate the final week of Open Field, Performing Arts at the Walker has a final Jazz playlist to share. This playlist was chosen by David Hill, Manager of the Whole Music Clubon the University of Minnesota campus. He’s also the producer of the Making Music series(occasionally presented at the Walker).
If you’re looking to buy, the tracks on this playlist can be found on Itunes or Emusic. And it…


