FILM
Standard Operations Procedures
How much of a story can be told by looking at a photograph? What is
considered fact and proof? Is seeing truly believing? The documentary
film Standard Operations Procedures breaks apart these questions by delving into the lives of soldiers stationed at Abu Ghraib prison, in Iraq. Academy Award winning director Errol Morris
used photographs and stories of American soldiers to depict the stained
and corrupt system within the interrogation centers in the Middle East.
We all remember the horrific photos
that leaked into the media, and as you may anticipate from the brief
synopsis, the documentary is far from a romantic comedy. Ironically,
the film opens with a photograph of a golden sunset in Iraq, which
stands in stark contrast to the rest of the film’s morbid and
disturbing tone. Within the first ten minutes my weak stomach got the
best of me, and I had no choice but to direct my eyes to the dim lights
positioned on the walls of the theater. —Hannah Simpson
7:30 p.m., Walker Art Center, 1750 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis; 612-375-7600; free with cost of gallery admission.
LECTURE
Minnesota’s Labor Movement
Learn all about Minnesota’s Labor Movement in the last two centuries. The 2008 David R. Noble Lecture, presented by the Minnesota Historical Society, features Professor Peter Rachleff tonight for a “The Making, Unmaking and Remaking of Minnesota’s Labor Movement in the 20th and 21st Centuries.” Rachleff, professor of History at Macalester College in St Paul, has long been active in labor solidarity.
7 p.m., Minnesota History Center, 345 Kellogg Boulevard.
BOOKS & AUTHORS
The God Strategy
David Domke, best-selling author and professor, will discuss his new book The God Strategy at the University of Minnesota Bookstore today. No, this isn’t a book on how to find god, or how to make peace with your god(s); it’s a book on how religion became a political weapon in America — far more interesting, no? "The God Strategy concludes that U.S. politics
today are defined by a calculated, deliberate and partisan use of faith
that is unprecedented in modern politics. Domke’s work documents how
this occurred, who has done it and why, and what it means for the
American experiment in democracy."
4 p.m., University of Minnesota Bookstore, Coffman Memorial Union, 300 Washington Ave. S.E., Minneapolis; 612-625-5549; free.
MUSIC
Ryan Montbleau
The 2007 Boston Music Award Best Local Male Vocalist winner Ryan
Montbleau will be in sharing his song with Minneapolis this evening. Montbleau serves up some jazzy vocals, stemming from a soulful of zydeco. The man can sing. And his guitarwork leaves nothing to be desired. Go check him out.
8 p.m., First Avenue, 701 First Avenue North, Minneapolis; 612-338-8388; $9.
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