[via MPR NewsQ] The Walker Art Center announced today the Coen Brothers will return to their hometown for a retrospective to mark the 25th anniversary of their debut film “Blood Simple.” The Walker will show 13 Coen films: Blood Simple; Raising Arizona; Miller’s Crossing; Barton Fink; The Hudsucker Proxy; Fargo; The Big Lebowski; O Brother, Where Art Thou?; The Man Who Wasn’t There; The Ladykillers; Intolerable Cruelty; No Country for Old Men; and Burn After Reading. Joel and Ethan Coen will take part in a Regis Dialog on Friday September 25th. Tickets will cost $100.
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Start Spreading the News…
Jun 24 2008 — 2:00am
The New York Times is reporting today that the Walker’s (relatively recently appointed) Deputy Director and Chief Curator Philippe Vergne is New York-bound (to take over leadership of the Dia Art Foundation). Which is interesting, considering how strongly he trumpeted the virtues of the local arts offerings at a very recent panel discussion on the State of the Arts in Minneapolis.
I'm agreeing with Bartleby. The Whitney is kind of a mini-Walker, at least among contemporary art aficionados. Hard to see that perspective from ou...
Big season for Walker
Jun 20 2008 — 2:00am
The Walker Art Center’s 2008-09 Performing Arts season includes a quartet of world premieres amid seven works commissioned by the Minneapolis contemporary art museum in a slate that includes opera, dance, theater, music and plenty of hybrids.
I hate to be implicated in coercion with the arts, but I think the occasional self link is ok when relevant to the thread.
Rock the Garden’s a joke
May 7 2008 — 2:00am
This one goes out to Taylor, who’s hoping to score tickets to Rock the Garden (Andrew Bird, New Pornographers, Cloud Cult, Bon Iver): The Walker’s hosting a contest, in honor of artist Richard Prince’s joke paintings, in which they’re soliciting the best one-line jokes. Winner gets two tickets to the June 21 outdoor concert plus a pair of admissions to “Adventures in Mating” by Joseph Scrimshaw. Curiously, not many entries yet.
I wanted to do a play on words but the cover of a book is such a small stage.
What the heck is going on at the Walker
Dec 13 2007 — 2:00am
They won’t tell us, except that it’s super secret:
Volunteers needed at Walker Art Center on January 19-26, 2008. Be part of an unforgettable performance event/workshop with a national performing artist. All are welcome – no experience needed. Contact natalie.bowers@walkerart.org or 612-375-7695 for details.
The Walker 2007-08 Performing Arts schedule has Claude Wampler/ PERFORMACE (career ender) for Jan. 24-26. Based on a review of the show in The Bro...
Media shuffle
Sep 20 2007 — 2:00am
Rob Nelson: City Pages lost him, the Walker Art Center’s got him. (As a guest blogger)
Deborah Rybak: The Strib lost her, Lambert’s’s got her (as a guest blogger).
I an simply shocked, SHOCKED, to be so aggressively pursued by such a here to fore demure yet hyphenated media scribe. What'd I say?
Summer music and movies
Jul 16 2007 — 2:00am
Walker’s annual free outdoor film festival (31 years and counting!) begins tonight with All That Heaven Allows, Douglas Sirk’s 1955 romance starring Rock Hudson as the victim of small-town gossip. The deejay tonight should be familiar to MnSpeakers: Sarah Askari. Anyone else going?
my husband will be there. i have too much to do at home here to attend. that's my excuse and i'm stickin' to it. ross, "Touch of Evil" is one o...
Chuck Olsen & Kids @ The Walker
Feb 2 2007 — 2:00am
Videoblogger and occasional MNSpeaker Chuck Olsen, yes that Chuck Olsen will be @ The Walker Tomorrow as part of Free First Saturday…bring the whole family!
Mooninite.
wacTV
Oct 26 2006 — 2:00am
The Walker + WCCO + Fischerspooner + stop-motion photography = Strange (But Kinda Good) PSA. [via]
Actually, this is a new spot, Jason, but it does use some of the same intro footage from the first WCC0 grand-opening spot. My favorite part is how...
Latest comment — jstone: As long as the Walker uses quality projectors (HD level) seeing the movies there would be fine and I'm sure a great time .... The last movie event ...