Visitors to the Walker Art Center may get a glimpse of what it’s like to be a "wannabe" (people who voluntarily want to get amputations) when a First Look premiere of the new film Quid Pro Quo screens on Friday, June 6. Hailed by Variety as "strikingly original and provocative" when it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, this darkly comic romantic thriller stars Nick Stahl as a wheelchair-bound radio personality who meets a mysterious woman (Vera Farmiga) while researching a story about the "wannabe" subculture. Producer Sarah Pillsbury will be present at the event, which will include a post-screening discussion. Tickets are $12 for the general public and $8 for Walker members.
Author: Andrew Newman
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Big Ideas for a Small Planet
"Going green" has almost become a fashion statement in this day and age, but finding the most effective ways to help the environment can often be tricky, and the impact we have on the world around us is often greater than we think. Throughout the summer, the Walker Art Center will present a series of documentaries created by the Sundance Channel that offers green solutions to some of today’s biggest environmental problems. Big Ideas for a Small Planet, which runs June 3 through August 31, is a series of five 30-minute programs that feature the designers, products, and processes that are at the forefront of environmental sustainability.
The first piece in the series, "Fashion and Decorate" begins June 3 and runs through June 22. "Live and Grow" runs June 24 to July 13. "Water" runs July 15 to 20. "Transport and Power" runs July 22 to August 10. The series concludes with "Recycling and Business," which runs August 12 to 31. Every showing is free and can be seen in the Walker Art Center Lecture Room beginning at noon and running through normal gallery hours.
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From Page to Screen: Free Outdoor Movies at the Saint Paul Central Library
One of Saint Paul’s most popular outdoor film series starts again this summer at the Central Library. The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library sponsors the page-to-screen themed series, which runs June 20 to July 25. The showings begin on June 20 with a screening of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1945 thriller Spellbound, starring Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck.
The series continues with a screening of the blockbuster classic Jaws on June 27. The superhero comedy Mystery Men will be screened on June 11. On July 18, visitors will see the 1996 adaptation of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, starring Helena Bonham Carter and Sir Ben Kingsley. The series closes July 25 with a screening of The Living Daylights, with Timothy Dalton in his first outing as James Bond.
All showings are free and open to the public. The movies start at dusk on the lawn of the Kellogg Boulevard Courtyard. The films will be cancelled in case of rain. Visit the Friends website or call 651-222-3242 for more information.
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Ambrosiatic Productions: Euphoria
People struggle to survive in the midst of crisis. Is hatred stronger
than love? What horrors are we capable of when our survival is at
stake? And what happens to the survival instinct when you no longer
have a reason to live? The Playwrights’ Center presents Euphoria, a new
play by University of Minnesota student Keith Hovis. Directed by 2007
BA graduate Jenna Papke, the play is an intense exploration of the dark
things people are capable of in dark times.