3 posts tagged “beer”
That was the weather when I arrived at work this morning. It's beautiful and sunny, so overall it's an okay deal. I won't lie, though, I'm starting to get the wee spring fever. I want to feel sun on my limbs, not just the small amount of skin around my eyes. I want it to take less than fifteen minutes for me to scrounge up the right clothes for going outside. I would like to wear small amounts of fabric outside and feel happy about it! I want to go for leisurely bike rides.
In other news, I read this amazingly detailed and sourced Wikipedia article about Gelande Quaffing, and I want to know why we don't do this in Minnesota:
This week is National Dance Week! Maybe you should hug a dancer.
Alternatively, if you're in Minneapolis, you could come see Mad King Thomas in the latest (and greatest?) installment of Capture!: Capture!rama
Capture! is a dance film series curated by Catalyst Dance and Firetrunk Records (a.k.a. some awesome people). Normally, you show up, have a beer and watch some unique and hard-to-find dance films.
This time, you show up, have a beer, and watch five local dance artists make five dance films, live, on stage, in front of your very eyes! We finish our work, pass on the camera and suddenly the next group is making a new film.
We have an intermission, you order another beer, the dancers find a seat in the audience, and we pop in the tape to see what happened. Then we all talk about it afterwards in the post-show discussion.
I think this is about the coolest idea I've ever heard, and I'm so pleased to be part of it. Here are the details:
Wednesday, May 2nd
show at 8pm.
doors at 7:30pm.
$6 / $5 students
Bryant Lake Bowl Theater
We have no idea what will happen! It could be disaster! Plus, it's cheaper than a movie!
Hello!
I started Vox Minneapolis because I'm sure there are plenty of savvy Minneapolitans on Vox, but I don't know where to find them. I moved here from New Mexico five years ago, and even though it's not home, the city has grown on me. A lot.
Here are five cool things in Minneapolis that I love, or that I want to check out. Hopefully there's a little something here for everyone:
- The Minnesota Zen Center. It seems like a remarkable place, and here it is tucked away on the edge of Uptown.
- Lurid Thoughts and Lucid Visions, by Wicked Sister Dance Theater. I don't know them that well, but I do know some of the performers, who are very very skilled. It's at the Red Eye Theater and opens this Friday.
- The Bryant Lake Bowl Theater. Easily my favorite venue in this town of thousands of theater seats. Kristin Van Loon is the artistic director, and she sure knows how to pick 'em. Plus the food is great and you can have a beer. Plus you can bowl there.
- Surly Brewing Co. brews the beer that convinced me I really like beer. Bender and Darkness are my favorites, but lots of people go mad for Furious. Technically not in Minneapolis, but their beer can be found all over the place.
- Midtown Global Market. I love it there. United Noodle AND Holy Land in one magical place? This place strikes unerringly at my little foodie heart. I can get the best hummus in town, and lingonberry jam, and pretty little trinkets, and a pinata, and dance lessons, and fresh produce, all in one single trip. It is painful in its beauty.
What are your top 5 recommendations in Minneapolis?
