Pssst. Wanna hear a secret? How about 100,000 of them? PostSecret contains over 100,000 postcards from across the globe, each with some kind of secret — from the poetic to the perverse. And the man responsible for the site, Frank Warren, is in town today, promoting his new book — just what you’d expect: A Lifetime of Secrets: A PostSecret Book. This, I believe, is his fourth PostSecrets book; and if you go meet him this afternoon, you could be in the fifth. Pick up a PostSecret postcard at the event, and share your secrets with Warren (and perhaps the rest of the world). His latest collection “lays bare the confessions of people at every stage of life and ultimately offers a glimpse into our collective psyche, touching on the hopes, dreams and fears of our relationships and experiences.” A Lifetime of Secrets is a photo collection of 4×6 postcards from people revealing their deepest secrets — you know, all that stuff we’re not supposed to see.
I’ve been a David Sanchéz fan for years. The man is from my home town in Puerto Rico, and true to our culture, has the most musical of souls. Influenced a great deal by the legendary Charlie Parker, Sanchéz has played alongside greats like Eddie Palmieri and Dizzy Gillespie. But the man doesn’t need these big names to toot his horn. He’s a master of the tenor sax and a prolific composer, with numerous Grammy nominations under his belt and a perfect sound that can do no wrong.
Gilda is Rita Hayworth at her finest — the quintessential sultry redhead. “There NEVER was a woman like Gilda!” reads the movie poster. And there never was. Forget all these wannabe stripper-stars out there, like Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears; Rita is the real deal — without removing anything but her gloves. Yes, this is the film that gave us the now-so-familiar image of the stiptease kick-off with the long black satin gloves. Directed by Charles Vidor, this film noir plays on the post-war fear of Nazi war criminals escaping to South America.
Universities shape mind. Universities teach us to “think.” But do they teach us to think for ourselves, or simply to think like “they” do. And who are “they” anyhow? Do they really want diversity? Do they really want diversity of thought? These are some of the questions raised by Evan Coyne Maloney’s new documentary, Indoctrinate U. Interviews with students and members of academia, combined with live on-campus footage, illustrate a repressive political climate that transforms education into indoctrination and threatens our freedom of thought. Don’t expect the usual liberal film in which students complain that their radical ideologies are being suppressed. Maloney was once called the “conservative answer to Michael Moore” by The New York Sun.
7:15 & 9:15 p.m., Oak Street Cinema, 309 Oak St. S.E., Minneapolis; $8 (students $6, members/seniors $5).
Not the Fictional Amadeus
Amadeus may have been a good film — beautifully acted at least — but its fictional nature did a disservice to the Master, and to the millions of people who walked away from it thinking they now understood Mozart. If you’re one of these people, don’t worry. Tonight you have an opportunity to learn about the real deal. In Search of Mozart paints a picture of Mozart’s life and music, focusing on the parallels between the two. Framed as a detective story — with the mission of finding the real Mozart — this Phil Grabsky documentary follows a 25,000-mile journey “along every route Mozart every traveled.” While the music certainly takes center stage — as well it should — interviews, personal documents and letters, expert commentary, and English actress Juliet Stevenson’s narration come together to give a full picture of the beauty that was Mozart.
7 & 9:15 p.m., Bell Auditorium, 10 Church St. S.E., Minneapolis; $8 (students $6, members/seniors $5).
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