On my cycle ride: Self-Made Man. Perched atop a parking garage in the Minneapolis Marcy-Holmes neighborhood, it’s easy to miss this sculpture.
Category: Arts
Playing with Fire
Thoughts were provoked at the Guthrie’s “Frankenstein—Playing with Fire.” The Frankenstein novel was published 200 years ago; applying technologies while ignoring morality damages our society today.
Unforgiven
Watched “Yurusarezaru mono” (“Unforgiven”) set in Japan’s brutal 19th century frontier, Hokkaido. It parallels America’s West: settlers (from Honshu), indigenous people (Ainu), and destitute Samurai rather than washed-up gunslingers. In 2013 I visited this 1870’s frontier home.
Art and Skyline
Viewed art and city skyline at the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
Two American Indian Galleries
Visited two American Indian galleries: All My Relations and Two Rivers. Relished a slow-cooked bison melt at Gatherings Cafe in the Minneapolis American Indian Center.
Russia in Minneapolis
Posted Russia in Minneapolis.
The Legend of Georgia McBride
At the Guthrie tonight: “The Legend of Georgia McBride.” Struggling Elvis impersonator finds his mojo as a drag queen
Quasi Public, Semi-Private
Perused an art show, “Quasi Public, Semi-Private,” in an all-gender toilet at Open Book, Minneapolis
West Side Story
Tonight, tonight: explored what it means to be American. West Side Story.
Speaking to Our Times
Every time I look up from my reading, I see rainbows rising up the Guthrie Theater marquee. We go there to escape, but also for plays that speak to our times from earlier times: themes of race (1968), the rise of fascism (1941), and a polluted water suppl