Sick of winter much? Can you bear another cold day of having to bulk up? Me either! That’s why I’m checking out for Mexico, yo. Feast your eyes on this: the adorable, but nonetheless scanty, romper I procured for the occasion (as modeled by the much thinner-than-me office floor). The romper is by Michele … Read more
In case you haven’t noticed, we’ve had a few great guest bloggers lately in our Just Passing Through blog. Steve Hendrickson — an actor in Ten Thousand Things‘ latest play, Eurydice — will be finishing his week-and-a-half stint with with an opening night post tomorrow. And before that, local playwright Aditi Kapil shared her behind-the-scenes … Read more
The differences between the first dress and second dress are three: It’s our second dress rehearsal. We have moved from our cramped basement rehearsal space at the Quaker Meeting House to the spacious, bright, airy, and day-lit upstairs meeting room. We have a small audience of Michelle Hensley (again) and Michelle Woster (TTT Managing Director) … Read more
Please join us for dinner and jazz on Wednesday, February 27 at T’s Place, 2713 E. Lake St. Minneapolis. We stopped in the other night at T’s Place, the Ethiopian-Malaysian fusion restaurant a couple of doors down from the Town Talk Diner, to check out Yohannes Tona and his band. I’d read a piece in … Read more
Fishtank: n. a diffuse, silent comedy ostensibly done in the spirit of Buster Keaton and Jacques Tati. I couldn’t help but make comparisons to Play Time, my favorite Tati flick (I just re-watched the restaurant scene last week). This was Tati’s all-out screed on modernist architecture, if you’ll recall. In my mind, the physical acting … Read more
First dress rehearsal: As I mentioned earlier, TTT makes camp in all manner of places not designed for theatrical performance and uses whatever light is present in the room. Occasionally we perform someplace that has natural light from windows, but it’s mostly artificial lighting and mostly fluorescent. That means that, unlike sitting in a darkened … Read more
LECTUREJen Bekman American Photo‘s 2007 Innovator of the Year and famed New York gallery owner Jen Bekman packs up some photos and her affable lecturing style to pay the Minnesota Center for Photography a visit. The acclaimed artist, who makes frequent public appearances at portfolio reviews and seminars, charmingly refers to herself in the third … Read more
Today is one of those odd holidays. Some people have the day off, others must work. Restaurants are clearly open, but school is closed. There’s no real celebration or gift-giving or feast involved, but because it’s an election year, maybe we should spend some time thinking about President’s Day. Or maybe we should buy a … Read more
I hear other teenagers hang out on street corners and in pool halls. My son and his friends? Throughout all four years of high school, at every time of the day and night, they could be found clustered in the same place: the St. Louis Park Byerly’s. Until now. Tonight (February 18) at midnight, all … Read more
Here it is, practically the eve of the Oscars, and I’ve yet to see two of the five movies nominated for best picture. I didn’t care for No Country; I liked but did not absolutely love Juno. So far, my money’s on There Will Be Blood, which was not only a magnificent film but the … Read more