Best of Dressing Room: May 13-17

Categories: Weekly Wrap-up
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Photo by Ward Rubrecht
Shirts of every color at Arrow
Folks in the Twin Cities are always up to something exciting. Here are some of Dressing Room's top stories from last week:

-- Mother Nature is pretty weird. Last weekend, ice was doing incredibly strange things up in northern Minnesota.

-- Arrow's Mike Basham share his thoughts on the state of men's fashion here in Minnesota.

-- May is Minnesota Museum Month, and Saturday is International Museum Day. Our top 10 list of museums in the Twin Cities may give you some ideas of places to check out.

-- Looking for ideas as to what to do at Art-A-Whirl? We've got some suggestions.

-- Psyched about the latest Star Trek? Patrick Stephenson reflects on the best, the worst, and the delicious cheesiest flicks in the franchise.

Walker Art Center announces its 2013-14 performing arts season

Categories: Announcements
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Nature Theater of Oklahoma, "Life and Times: Episode 1"
If one thing is guaranteed each year, it's that the Walker Art Center will bring an eclectic and challenging variety of performances to its space. This morning, the modern-art museum announced its upcoming schedule, and it looks like 2013 and 2014 will be no exception to this precedent.

Highlights of the schedule include three Walker-commissioned projects pairing local artists -- Aparna Ramaswamy, Zenon Dance Company, Channy Leaneagh (Polica) -- with national and international artists. Innovative dance duo HIJACK will be celebrating 20 years of entertaining, strange, and DIY performances, while the Trisha Brown Dance Company will reflect on 40 years of dance before disbanding.

Check out some other cool things scheduled -- including Choreographers' Evenings and Out There 2014 -- below.

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Top life lessons learned from The Sandlot

Categories: Film
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Whether you love or hate baseball, summer, or growing up, one thing goes without saying: The Sandlot is one of the greatest movies ever made.

The coming-of-age tale about a group of young bros playing baseball, fighting dogs, and becoming super besties resonates with people of all ages, and still holds up as one of the best baseball-related movies ever made, even 20 years later.

This Sunday, following the Twins versus Red Sox game, Target Field will screen the film on the giant outdoor scoreboard. The evening will also include special guests: director David Mickey Evans, Chauncey Leopardi (Squints), and Patrick Renna (Ham).

YOU GUYS. Read that last part again and explain why you don't have your tickets yet.

But just in case you still don't realize why you must get to Target Field this Sunday, we went back and found the top three life lessons every person can learn from The Sandlot. 

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The 12 best things about gay marriage in Minnesota

Categories: Lists

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Tony Nelson
On May 13, 2013, Minnesota became the 12th state to legalize same-sex marriage, and we couldn't be prouder of the people of Minnesota who helped make this historic day possible. To celebrate this huge step forward for Minnesota, we compiled our 12 favorite things about gay marriage in the Land of 10,000 Lakes.


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Puppies, yoga, Como Ave. Jug Band: Freeloader Friday

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Linnea M. Doyle, Air Traffic at Art-A-Whirl
Thanks to Art-A-Whirl, there are tons of gallery happenings this weekend. But there are also many other things to do, including a Hmong storytelling/film fest, a handful of street festivals, outdoor concerts, and a party honoring the greatest weed of them all, the dandelion.

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Star Trek: A film-by-film primer

Categories: Nerdery
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In a sci-fi scene overrun with pessimistic -- often apocalyptic -- visions of humanity's future, Star Trek has illuminated the dystopic darkness for almost 50 years.

Created by Gene Roddenberry, Star Trek is about a space-faring future where humanity has united to explore the universe. Rather than warring over patches of land and squabbling about celebs in internet talkbacks, humanity has devoted ourselves to exploring strange worlds and seeking out new life and civilizations.

Because of that optimism, Star Trek has risen above its cheesier qualities (like alien races distinguished only by their forehead ridges, or Captain Kirk battling a Gorn lizard man) and become a pop-cultural touchstone for people who believe that humanity should aspire to more -- and can achieve amazing things through teamwork.

On Wednesday, director J.J. Abrams's highly anticipated Star Trek: Into Darkness beamed into theaters (in 3-D, the film opens nationwide this Friday), after an ad campaign that highlighted its edgy action and moody color palette. It also disguised its villain's true identity (what a CON!).

As a pre-show Star Trek primer, we've reviewed the new flick's cinematic forebears for you. Classic characters only. Sorry, Picard.

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Art-A-Whirl: 7 things not to be missed

Categories: Art
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Dzine at Public Functionary
It's that time of year when northeast Minneapolis goes nuts with art, music, and activities as studios and buildings open their doors. There's always fun stuff to see and do at Art-A-Whirl, and you're sure to find something you'll like. While the Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association has listings of different demonstrations and events on its website, as well as a directory guide to help you map your trip, we've got some favorites to recommend as well. The following list features some of the events and studios that we are particularly excited about.

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Elevator Repair Service gets contemporary in latest work

Categories: Theater
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Photo by Ariana Smart Truman
The company of Fondly, Collette Richland.
For its latest project, experimental theater company Elevator Repair Service chose to do something that is pretty standard for most ensembles.

"We wanted to shake things up and push our boundaries. There were things we hadn't done. One of those was work on a play," says director John Collins, who helms ERS's latest piece, Fondly, Collette Richland. "There is nothing groundbreaking about a theater company doing that, but it was something that would challenge our accepted practices." The show runs Thursday through Saturday at the Walker Art Center.

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Retrorama's Sarah M. Holm: "I make clothing for tough cookies who relish in their feminism."

Categories: Fashion
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Local designer Sarah M. Holm's work goes from drawing to reality
This Friday, RetroRama is once again at the Minnesota History Center for a night of fashion, music, games, drinks, and vintage fun. The highlight of the evening is a runway show featuring five local designers, with collections by Danielle Everine, Laura Fulk, Sarah M. Holm, Max Lohrbach, and Kerry Riley.

Before the big night, Dressing Room caught up with Sarah M. Holm. The designer says she is influenced by modern art and architecture, mid-century vintage, oldies, rock 'n' roll, punk music, and D.I.Y. culture.

"I make clothing for tough cookies who relish in their feminism," Holm says. "I like to make women look and feel good, so I'm drawn to classic silhouettes that flatter the female figure."

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Alice in Wonderland: Whimsy on top of whimsy

Categories: Theater
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Photo by Dan Norman
Brandon Brooks and Autumn Ness.
You usually know what you're going to get with a production of Alice in Wonderland: a young girl, a late rabbit, and lots of imagery that would fit in well on a Syd-Barrett-era Pink Floyd album.

The Children's Theatre Company's adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass has all that, along with a driving visual style that brings the madcap magic of the book to full life on the stage.

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