A collision of recordings from the borders. Yodels, anthems, ambient sounds & fringe broadcasts are layered in perfect lockstep with seven performers. With myopic precision, musical Americana is reconstructed one town at a time.
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Chimera in MPLS, or, Wow. That Happened.
We had an amazing time in Minneapolis. We worked for three weeks and performed the piece four times for audiences and held talkbacks after each performance. Folks stayed and talked about science, about idenitity, about mothers and sons, and about...
Postcards from the Edge
This iconic picture of Frances Densmore recording Mountain Chief (a Blackfoot chief) took place at the Smithsonian. As famous as the image is, it’s probably posed. Densmore did most of her recording work for the Bureau of Ethnology in the...
Corridor of Power?
Today I watched the Minneapolis City Council regular meeting, which lasted about an hour. It was almost entirely procedural, including moments when council members had to check with each other about what procedure for voting a certain item in was...
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Nick Brooke discusses his upcoming show BORDER TOWNS
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The Fortune Teller (teaser)
An eerily comic story of fate and fortune. Back by Popular Demand.
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Audio Postcard from a Border Town [Ocean Grove]
Sleeping Beauty
At her birth they call her “Princess.” Her fate is sealed. Left to her own devices and brilliant imagination, this modern day Princess pays off her debts and takes her skeletons out of the cupboard once and for all.
HARP Work-in-Progress
Free & open to the public, these informal “WIPs” are a testing ground for the artists to show anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes of their projects in development. The Sept 13th WIP will feature an excerpt from A Marriage: 1; Epyllion; and Lush Valley.
Struck
In Naples, Ohio, the cult-rock superstar and divine survivor of a lightning strike and her band are stranded her hometown after a supernatural storm crashes their plane.
One Arm and a Leg
“One Arm and a Leg” begins with a woman giving her man to arm. There is no reason or explanation; that’s just the way it happens. PEGLEG uses this event as the basis for a sprawling investigation into the role of loss in modern life.
The Fortune Teller
Seven strangers’ twisted tales are brought to life in this marionette play and woven with haunting music to tell an eerily comic story of fate and fortune.
The Woman I’m Afraid of Turning Into
First showing of Brand NEW Photos by Anya Garrett, with insight by Self-Proclaimed Psychotherapist Dr Lisa Levy.
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Art is a platform where ideas can be discussed freely outside of the mainstream. Street theater, public interventions, online performance, and community-run spaces are some of the ways these artists express their citizenship without having to ask someone in a corner office for the time, space, and resources they need.
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20 Questions with HEREstaff: Karina Mangu-Ward, Associate Producer
1.What's on your desktop wallpaper?
Earth. I haven't changed it since the install three years ago.
2. favorite childhood toy?
A pink stuffed animal named Softie Bear. When i was 8 years old, Softie was lost on a family vacation and replaced by a brown twin bear. A year later, Sofite Bear was found squished in the pocket of a suitcase and resurrected, much to the chagrin of the replacement bear. I also collected beavers as a kid.
3. What food do you eat too much of?
Chips (I'm eating BBQ Baked Lays right now, actually)
4.What is on the shirt you're wearing right now?
The color forest green
5.What kind of salad dressing do you like?
Balsamic Vinaigrette
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