After months of badnews for local arts organizations, over the past few days we’ve gotten a flurry of emails with still more sad tidings, this time from the folks at Intermedia Arts. This 35-year-old multidisciplinary arts center—home to an array of beloved programs, from the popular B-Girl Be hip-hop festival to its acclaimed literary series, visual arts exhibitions and annual performance…

WACTAC just finished shooting their screen tests yesterday, inspired by Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests. We put together a little teaser of the footage we got on video. You’ll notice that there is a major element missing: a soundtrack. That is where you come in. We extended the deadline for high school musicians to score our film until Wednesday, December 17th. Send a link to your myspace or email your…

I received an excited call today from my friend Elizabeth about a record label courting her courter, Will Johnson aka Gordon Voidwell. Will and I met a few times out in NY, once he was dressed as Run from Run DMC, and once he was talking about our guidance counselor hitting on him at the gym. But what you really want to know is that he majored in Philosophy of music, and his tunes are a testament to…

I love monster anything…monster trucks, monster cookies, monster cables, muppets, dunnys and Nessie.  I often find myself drawing monsters. Maybe its the freedom to draw creatures completely from imagination, unbound by expectations, or perhaps it is the sense of whimsy and horror.  Most likely I never grew up and or cared to find proper subjects to draw… so now I draw furry white monsters holding freshly…

Downtown Minneapolis’ Peavey Plaza made news on Friday as a “Marvel of Modernism.” Designed in the early 70s by M. Paul Friedberg, it’s one of 12 urban spaces selected by the Cultural Landscape Foundation as part of its “Landslide 2008” campaign to draw attention to mid-20th century landscape design – and that fact that these highlighted “Marvels” are looking rather shabby. Indeed, the Preservation Alliance…