City of Lost Children screens this summer

The Walker Art Center recently released its schedule for its popular and free Summer Music & Movies. The series pairs local bands with film screenings on the green lawn of Loring Park in downtown Minneapolis. This year's theme is "In Dreams," and draws inspiration from the dark and mysterious works featured in the museum's ongoing "Midnight Party" exhibition. So, supplement your summer with some mind-bending flicks in between those big, dumb popcorn blockbusters.

The festival will culminate with a special party on the Walker's Open Lawn featuring a screening of the German Expressionist silent-film masterpiece, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.

Music each evening starts at 7 p.m. with films at dusk (approximately 8:45 p.m.). All events are free.

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​Another season, another casting call for the great social experiment known as The Real World. This Saturday, folks from Bumin/Murray will be at Burrito Loco in Minneapolis in hopes of finding people with big personalities who are ready to "get real."

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All this could be yours for about $11,000

​While businesses in Uptown can come and go with the changing of the seasons, the semi-recent opening of cb2 and the Calhoun Square's flagship Kitchen Window have attracted the attention of folks with money to burn. Soon, Uptown shoppers will be able to make their lives even more posh when modern pottery, furniture, and lifestyle store Jonathan Adler opens this month.

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Sing Your Song

​The Walker Art Center recently announced that Harry Belafonte will be the featured artist at this year's Regis Dialogue and Retrospective. The actor, singer, and activist can add filmmaker to his resume as well. He'll be in the Twin Cities next week to discuss his biographical documentary, Sing Your Song. It will be the work's area premiere.

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​Now in its third year, Minnesota Public Radio's Wits series takes lively banter, mixes it up with some musical guests, then throws in a little audience participation. The radio show, which is hosted by John Moe, invites comedians, actors, and authors to the Fitzerald Theater, and encourages them to riff on topics that range from hilarious to esoteric. Past guests have included Neil Gaiman, Susan Orlean, and Patton Oswalt.

The lineup for the 2012 spring season of Wits has been announced, and once again includes a solid group of performers, including Bobcat Goldthwait, Aimee Mann, and Tim Meadows. Check out the complete list after the jump.

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Photo by Claudia Danielson

​Common Good Books, the quaint St. Paul bookstore located at Selby and Western, owned by local luminary Garrison Keillor, has announced plans to open a new shop at Macalester College. The campus addition is surely a welcome one for students and neighbors as the area hasn't had an independent bookstore since Ruminator Books [at one point named the Hungry Mind] closed about seven years ago.

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​Eyebrows where raised when it was announced a few weeks ago that Frank Sonntag would be stepping down as executive director at the brand-new Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts -- a mere 10 months after his hiring and two months after its grand opening.

Fortunately, the venue has been quick to name his successor, as it has just announced today that Lynn A. Von Eschen will be taking over the position in January.

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Plush delights by Fantastic Toys

​Folks looking to shop locally this holiday season will have one more option as Thursday, November 17 marks the launch of MNARTISTS.MARKETPLACE a mini-shop curated by the arts organization, along with Walker Shop. More >>