Northside Arts Collective » Events http://nacarts.org the ARTS have a home in north minneapolis Thu, 17 May 2012 14:18:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 This Month @ Homewood Studios http://nacarts.org/events/this-month-homewood-studios/ http://nacarts.org/events/this-month-homewood-studios/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 04:43:28 +0000 Northside Arts Collective http://nacarts.org/?p=1793 Show & Exhibitions

Daniel Kerkhoff: Sisid, Ecuador – Through the Eyes of Its Children
Tuesday, May 1 – Wednesday, May 16
Opening Reception: Friday, May 4th from 6:00 to 9:00 PM
Gallery Talk: Tuesday, May 8th beginning at 7:00 PM

Lin Lacy: The Conversation Continues
Friday, May 18 – Wednesday, May 30
Opening Reception – Saturday, May 19th from 1:00 to 4:00 PM
Gallery Talk – Tuesday, May 22nd beginning at 7:00 PM

Northside Reading with Sherry Quan Lee, Anya Achtenberg, and Christine Stark
Sunday, May 20
Three Northside writers, each viewing writing as an act of socialconsequence, visit Homewood Studios to read from their work. Reading begins at 3 p.m.

Improvised Music at Homewood Studios
Monday, May 14
Milo Fine (drum set [bowed cymbals], B flat/alto clarinets), Paul Metzger (stringed instruments), Elaine Evans (violin, pocket trumpet). This trio begins at 7:00 PM; suggested donation $5.

 

Regular Meetings & Groups

Northside Writers Group
Spring Reading: After the Tornado
Friday, May 11
Members of the NorthSide Writers Group decided to mark that one year anniversary of struggle and successes by offering their thoughts and insights on the devastating event.

NSWG regular meetings are on the second Thursday of the month, from 7 to 9pm. New members are always welcome. Any level of skill is acceptable. For information, please e-mail co-leaders Debra Stone at stone.debra@comcast.net or George Roberts at george@homewoodstudios.com.

Homewood Tai Chi — Saturdays, 8:30 to 10:30am
Questions, please call Beverly Roberts at 612 588-3723 or e-mail her at beverly@homewoodstudios.com.

]]> http://nacarts.org/events/this-month-homewood-studios/feed/ 0 News From the Goddess of Glass http://nacarts.org/nac-partner-information/news-from-the-goddess-of-glass-2/ http://nacarts.org/nac-partner-information/news-from-the-goddess-of-glass-2/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 04:17:59 +0000 Northside Arts Collective http://nacarts.org/?p=1790 @ THE SHOPPE
With spring holidays and new artful gifts being added, it’s time to rearrange and deep clean the shelves. This means a new look for the shoppe and showcasing some things you’ve never seen before! And did you know we do custom picture framing?!? Stop in with your piece to try out some mats and frames and get a free estimate. Our prices are competitive with and our expert framer is a Northsider. NAC Members are invited to save 35% on your first custom picture framing order. Northside artists with handmade works are invited to contact The Goddess of Glass about consigning your artwork and having a show at The Lowry Café.

SAVE THE DATE
The Goddess of Glass & Friends 2nd Anniversary Celebration – Wed, June 6th!

@ THE STUDIO
The next Introduction to Stained Glass begins Tuesday May 8th for four weeks. This is a great opportunity to try your hand at Tiffany stained glass. You will make two projects using my tools, patterns and glass so your financial risk or investment is minimal. If you want to go further, there are additional classes to help build your skills until you can make your own custom windows.

If you don’t want to take the years to develop your skills, let the Goddess make your stained glass windows!

Visit our website for fused glass classes. NAC members are invited to take any glass fusing workshop for half-price. Simply enter NACMember in the voucher code space

NOMI CSArt
NOMI CSArt shares are now available for purchase at far less than the estimated value for a new collection of 10 unique pieces of art. And the artists are all residents of North Minneapolis! Visit www.goddessofglass.com/nomi-csart for more details and to make your secure purchase via PayPal. Visit The Shoppe to see the wonderful boxes Bill Moore is making to hold your art shares!

The Goddess of Glass & Friends
unique gifts + fine art + custom framing
Connie M. Beckers, Proprietor
2205 Lowry Ave N, Mpls MN 55411
612.521.0399 | www.goddessofglass.com

Shoppe Hours
Thursday 11am-6pm + Friday Noon-7pm
Saturday 10am-6pm + Sunday 10am-4pm

The Funky Bungalow Glass Studio
3243 Girard Ave N, Mpls MN 55412
Open by Appointment Only
612.327.0283

]]> http://nacarts.org/nac-partner-information/news-from-the-goddess-of-glass-2/feed/ 0 Come Play This Spring and Summer at Camden Music School http://nacarts.org/events/come-play-this-spring-and-summer-at-camden-music-school/ http://nacarts.org/events/come-play-this-spring-and-summer-at-camden-music-school/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 03:58:34 +0000 Northside Arts Collective http://nacarts.org/?p=1787 Spring term at CMS runs through June 16
Register now. Tuition will be prorated.
Summer Term: June 25 – July 19 and July 23 – August 16.
Choose one of two four-week sessions or play for all eight weeks.
Lessons and new ensembles!  Summer scholarship applications due by 5pm Monday, June 18

Summer Camp: Camp Komoniwannarock is back!

Rockin’ good fun, great music and loads of learning.
Instructors Dave DeGennaro, Jeffrey Willkomm and Katy Hays.
July 23 – 26, July 30 – August 2 (8 half days, 9am – 1pm)
For: Just completed grades 5 – 8, or by special arrangement
At: Marcy Open School, 415 4th Ave. SE, Minneapolis
To register or for more information: 612-618-0219 or www.camdenmusicschool.com

]]> http://nacarts.org/events/come-play-this-spring-and-summer-at-camden-music-school/feed/ 0 Pavia Winds Premieres Kinetic at Camden Music School http://nacarts.org/events/pavia-winds-premieres-kinetic-at-camden-music-school/ http://nacarts.org/events/pavia-winds-premieres-kinetic-at-camden-music-school/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 03:50:50 +0000 Northside Arts Collective http://nacarts.org/?p=1785 4pm Saturday, May 26

Pavia Winds, a Minneapolis-based woodwind quintet, will premiere Kinetic, a piece by local composer Timothy C. Takach at Camden Music School on Saturday, May 26 at 4:00 pm.

The premiere of Kinetic will be part of Pavia’s spring concert at CMS. Pavia Winds is one of the Midwest’s most exciting young chamber music ensembles. Formed in 2005 by musicians from area colleges and universities, the Twin Cities-based group is interested in exploring a variety of repertoire for wind soloists with an increasing focus on contemporary music. The group presents concerts and workshops throughout Minnesota and especially enjoys working with students to encourage enthusiasm for chamber music of all kinds. Members of the ensemble include our very own Camden neighbor Justin Windschitl on bassoon; Erica Bennett, flute; Sarah Carmack, oboe; Ryan Golden, clarinet and Gina Monge, horn.

The concert will take place on Saturday, May 26th at 4:00 pm at Camden Music School, 3751 Sheridan Ave. N. in Minneapolis.

Coffee, good cookies and conversation will be served after the concert. Admission is free, though donations will be accepted for Camden Music School’s scholarship fund. For the complete program and more information, see www.camdenmusicschool.com, or call 612-618-0219.

]]> http://nacarts.org/events/pavia-winds-premieres-kinetic-at-camden-music-school/feed/ 0 It’s the BIG FIVE for Live on the Drive! http://nacarts.org/events/its-the-big-five-for-live-on-the-drive/ http://nacarts.org/events/its-the-big-five-for-live-on-the-drive/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 03:38:52 +0000 Northside Arts Collective http://nacarts.org/?p=1780  

“Live on the Drive” turns five this summer! Celebrate by packing a picnic, bringing your family and inviting your friends to our fabulous fifth anniversary summer concerts on June 14, July 12 and August 9. The free concerts are held from 6 to 8pm on Victory Memorial Drive at 34th Avenue North in Minneapolis, one of the most beautiful concert settings in the city.

The music:

June 14: Regina Marie Williams
“Regina Marie Williams sings with a world of feeling…”
Dwight Hobbes – Twin Cities Daily Planet

A world-class vocalist and phenomenal actor, Regina Marie Williams gets Live on the Drive off to a “sweet, sassy, soulful and theatrical” start. Don’t miss hearing this singer who consistently wows critics and leaves audiences enthralled at renowned Twin Cities venues like the Guthrie,Penumbra and Capri theaters and the Dakota Jazz Club where she released her latest CD, “When a Woman Loves a Man” this past March. Joining Regina on stage for this concert are Thom West on piano, Dave Karr, sax, Kevin Washington on drums and Jay Young on bass.

This really cool concert will be the hottest ticket in town on 6/14.

July 12: Tim Mahoney

A little over a year after his appearance on NBC’s hit reality show, THE VOICE, Tim Mahoney will be bringing his voice to Live on the Drive. Mahoney’s first formal training was on drums and by high school he had learned guitar and piano. Soon after he was playing in bands and performing in college bars, and the rest is Minnesota music history. Tim also has a long history of giving back to his community through his music, most recently with a new song, Believe, written for injured high school hockey player Jack Jablonski. Mahoney is putting the finishing touches on a new EP slated for release in June, just in time for Live on the Drive.

August 9: Ipso Facto

Ipso Facto is a Minneapolis-based reggae/funk/jazz band that has played for audiences around the world. They are “still rockin’ the body, still rockin’ the mind, and playin’ music about change.” Band members for the Live on the Drive gig include Wain McFarlane on guitar and vocals, Greg McFarlane, drums and percussion, Julian McFarlane on bass and vocals, Bruce Jackson on keys and vocals, Tommy Harsevort, guitar and vocals, Beth Ann Dodds, vocals, and Jose James on saxophone, percussion and vocals. – A nice, big seven piece band to help us celebrate five nice, big years of Live on the Drive!

“Live on the Drive” is presented by founding partner, North Memorial, with the Cleveland Neighborhood Association, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, the Northwest Minneapolis Business Association, Camden Music School and through a grant from the Metro Regional Arts Council. (Sponsors to date.)

Concert-goers say it best: “This is just a wonderful thing for our community. It really brings people together.”

Everyone is encouraged to save gas and walk or roll to the events.

Mark your calendars and plan to attend all three free “Live on the Drive” concerts. For further information, call 612-588-1155 or see www.clevelandneighborhood.org.

]]> http://nacarts.org/events/its-the-big-five-for-live-on-the-drive/feed/ 0 Mpls Photo Center http://nacarts.org/events/1776/ http://nacarts.org/events/1776/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 02:39:01 +0000 Northside Arts Collective http://nacarts.org/?p=1776 The Mpls Photo Center is where photo professionals and enthusiasts alike come  together to work and learn, to discover and experience, to create, exhibit and become members of this unique community dedicated to photography and all its media and processes.

Please visit mplsphotocenter.com for full details.

Ongoing Exhibitions

Michael Crouser: Mid-Career Retrospective
Little Known Days: Ben Heyer
Standing in the Sea: David McCauley

Opening Reception: May 18th, 7-10pm
On Exhibit: April 27th through June 16th

]]> http://nacarts.org/events/1776/feed/ 0 NAC Member Christine Stark Among Three Northside Authors to Read at Homewood Studios http://nacarts.org/events/nac-member-christine-stark-among-three-northside-authors-to-read-at-homewood-studios/ http://nacarts.org/events/nac-member-christine-stark-among-three-northside-authors-to-read-at-homewood-studios/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 02:26:16 +0000 Northside Arts Collective http://nacarts.org/?p=1773 Sherry Quan Lee, Anya Achtenberg, and Christine Stark will read from their books at Homewood Studios, 2400 Plymouth

Ave North, Minneapolis, on May 20th at 3:00pm. The three speak to the diversity of north Minneapolis through their multiple identities, including Jewish, African American, White, straight, lesbian, Chinese, and Native American. Sherry Quan Lee lived in north Minneapolis as a girl. Her groundbreaking poetry book, Chinese Blackbird, was lauded as “a small and powerful miracle” by poet David Mura. Her other book is How to Write a Suicide Note: Serial Essays that Saved a Woman’s Life.

Anya Achtenberg, a poet and fiction writer, is a current resident of north Minneapolis. She is the author of three books. Her forthcoming novel, Blue Earth, is due out in August. Blue Earth delves into Minnesota’s history, including white farmers, Dakota people, and the largest mass execution in the history of the U.S.–the hanging of 38 Dakota men in 1862 in Mankato.

Christine Stark is a writer and visual artist who also lives in north Minneapolis. Her recently released novel, Nickels: A Tale of Dissociation, is a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award. She has also co-edited an international anthology on sexual violence and penned a poem for a double CD manga recorded by Brooklyn-based Fred Ho and the Afro Asian Music Ensemble.

Homewood Studios is located at 24oo Plymouth Avenue North – www.homewoodstudios.com

]]> http://nacarts.org/events/nac-member-christine-stark-among-three-northside-authors-to-read-at-homewood-studios/feed/ 0 Johnna Morrow & Steve Sklar @ The Festival of Nations http://nacarts.org/events/johnna-morrow-steve-sklar-the-festival-of-nations/ http://nacarts.org/events/johnna-morrow-steve-sklar-the-festival-of-nations/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 02:18:31 +0000 Northside Arts Collective http://nacarts.org/?p=1768 Johnna and Steve will be performing 14 sets at this year’s Festival of Nations. They’ve been there for several years and it’s always a great time, highly recommended! We will be representing Australia and Tuva, so they’ll be playing and singing all sorts of cool original music with plenty of didgeridoo, throatsinging and other exotic coolness.

The 2012 Festival of Nations will be the 80th annual, May 3 – 6 at the St. Paul RiverCentre. Visit www.festivalofnations.com for complete information including date, times, tickets.

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It’s our annual community potluck and membership drive!

Make plans to attend the SPRING THING – Saturday, May 19 starting @ 6 PM
The Warren,4400 Osseo Rd (just west of the 44th and Penn intersection)
Join us! BLT and Sasha Mercedes will play and we’ll have performances from our members! Bring a dish to share – Entrance will be $5 with a dish or $10 without.
Plan for make this FUN evening!

]]> http://nacarts.org/events/join-us-for-spring-thing-2012/feed/ 0 Northside Arts News — May 2012 Edition http://nacarts.org/nac-partner-information/northside-arts-news-may-2012-edition/ http://nacarts.org/nac-partner-information/northside-arts-news-may-2012-edition/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 19:17:32 +0000 Northside Arts Collective http://nacarts.org/?p=1735 The May 2012 Edition of the Northside Arts News is now available to download, you must have Adobe’s Acrobat Reader to view it.

Click the link below to begin the download:
Northside Arts News — May 2012 Edition

If you have an item you’d like to place in the next issue of the Northside Arts News, please send it to jeanne.fish@nacarts.orgby the 27th of each month Read the latest news from our members as well as the numerous of offerings from our northside arts organizations. Make plans to attend our annual community potluck and membership drive!
Here are some of the highlights from this months newsletter:

  • SPRING THING! Our annual community potluck and membership drive on May 19th
  • May Artist Roundtable — Selling Online: Ebay & Etsy
  • Help us find a new home!
  • Malmborg plant fundraiser to benefit NAC
  • Exciting news from our members!
  • Many, many announcements from our northside arts organization & businesses
  • New opportunities on the back page – Stuart Pimsler Dance & Theater: opportunities to tell your tornado story
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