Category: So Little Time

Shambroom, our fellow Minneapolitan, is not a trendy name in contemporary photography, but he’s revered by insiders: In one recent book surveying 121 heavy hitters in this medium, more space is devoted to him than to any other. One reason for that might be his dedication. Shambroom doesn’t just address a topic, be it nuclear…

Just as the Ash Can School turned to burgeoning cities for subject matter in the early twentieth century, suburbia has proven captivating to artists over the past few decades. But while many of them have tended to look outside city limits with a skeptical, ironic, or even condemning eye, this exhibit, organized around homes, stores,…

Don’t let the title fool you. This exhibit showcases innovative, contemporary takes on traditional American Indian art forms. It’s a chance to see work by Kevin Pourier and Dwayne Wilcox, whose horn carvings and ledger drawings garnered attention at two earlier, similarly themed exhibits, Impacted Nations and Changing Hands II: Art Without Reservation; included as…

If you want to piss people off, claim that Dave Grohl has written and performed more great music than Kurt Cobain. It’s true: While his stuff may never be as transcendent as Cobain’s, the Foo frontman and ex-Nirvana drummer has soldiered on in superior fashion since Cobain’s ’94 suicide, delivering a remarkably consistent string of…

The co-founder of Los Hombres Calientes, young Irvin Mayfield has over the years abetted the impeccable precision of his trumpet lines with increasingly emotional long-form compositions. How Passion Falls in 2001 was his personal response to the first time his heart was broken, and Strange Fruit, recorded four years later, is an incendiary tale of…

Last time Charlyn Marshall played Minneapolis, her set was half songs and half nervous chatter, owing to the notorious self- consciousness that occasionally overshadows the subtle beauty in her music. But her 2006 triumph, The Greatest, has given the shy and sad kid a renewed sense of confidence that will only be further buttressed by…