by Glenn Gordon   December 14, 2003 By coincidence, there are two relatively new bandstands sitting less than a thousand yards apart near the river in downtown St. Paul. One, the Heilmaier Memorial Bandstand, is on Raspberry Island, a neglected little spit of land in the middle of the river below the Wabasha Street Bridge. The other, the Target Stage, is on the southern edge of the broad greensward of…

by Dean J. Seal   November 25, 2003 Dean Seal went to the closing party for Eye of the Storm, and his thoughts there turned to how companies can survive the heavy weather ahead. He’s got some good ideas. The party was happy and lively, nestled into the long lobby at Jeune Lune. Casey Stangl, director and vortex of the theater company�s work, was enjoying herself tremendously. So was her espousal unit, John…

by Andrew Knighton   November 23, 2003 St. Hubert was converted on a Good Friday toward the end of the seventh century. A playboy and a rogue � called a �worldling� in the Catholic Encyclopedia � Hubert was legendary for his love of hunting. On that Friday, afoot in the woods of northern Europe, a mighty stag appeared to him, between whose antlers glimmered a crucifix. A voice called to him: �Hubert, unless you…

by Glenn Gordon   September 27, 2003 Once a year on a Saturday in the middle of September, Franconia Sculpture Park throws a party. It goes on all day and on into the night, celebrating the park�s new sculpture and the artists who�ve made it. There are performances of music, dance, poetry, and puppet shows, and a dramatic iron pour and bonfire at the end. People stream in from all over, many with their…

by Kim Surkan and Jakki Spicer   August 2, 2003 Kim Surkan and Jakki Spicer will be providing their insights and opinions, their perceptions and raves and gripes, about a wide range of Fringe events. Stay tuned for daily coverage! Pieces are posted sequentially; scroll to the end for the latest from the Fringe! Fringe: The Buildup About this time every year bits of colored paper start floating around…

by Michael Fallon   July 21, 2003 First off, please say something about yourself and about your artistic practice. I went to MCAD and the Atelier. I now paint with my left hand—my work, complex psychological portraits—and with my right hand is how I make a living. I teach technical painting and I do technical portraits. I graduated from the U of M in 1995, with a BFA. I’m primarily a painter but…

by Green Man attendees   July 14, 2003 My friend is wearing my hat, don�t think it�s me. Silence is golden Music is silver Coins in the vendors� hands Ringing too We are all hypocrites in a world of everyone Trying to do what�s best. The only thing to fear is fear itself. We all have our strengths. Smile big! Green fog yesterday Sunshine and wet grass Dewdrops bounce the melodies Silence�a final dawn…

by Ann Klefstad / Jeffrey Kalstrom   July 13, 2003 Indoor Stage If Thousand�s twenty-minute pieces pursue the slow development of a raga, adding layers of complexity and volume until the hearer�s body is fully engaged. This layered harmonic moving sound has been honed by recent touring (with Low and Haley Bonar), and is now more sparse and directional. Easily the most abstract and experimental group of…

by Ann Klefstad / Jeffrey Kalstrom   July 12, 2003 Jeffrey Kalstrom of the Duluth Art Institute provided today’s capsule reviews of a few of Friday’s performers: Main Stage A band from Colorado that blends the down-home from Bill Monroe with the charming and seemingly endless improvisational song structure of the Dead. Never taking themselves too seriously, Leftover Salmon will hoot and holler and…