7 Events for April
EVENT 1
(Courtesy of Chris Munger)
Sunday, April 15, 2007
11:00 AM—5:00 PM
FREE
museum-wide
Inspiring: Traditional and Contemporary Arts of Native America
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
2400 Third Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55404
The museum is located one mile south of downtown Minneapolis at the intersection of 3rd Avenue South and East 24th Street.
Celebrate traditional Native American culture with a performance of storytelling, music, and dance by Chickasaw/Choctaw M. Cochise Anderson. Examine the MIA’s permanent collection of Native American arts, and a special exhibition featuring the work of two contemporary artists working from the narratives of their Anishinabe ancestry. Free.
They also have a permanent exhibit that might be of interest -
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EVENT 2: speaker
Gerald Vizenor
University of New Mexico
will talk on "Survivance: Theory and Practice in Native American Narratives"
Monday, April 9
4:00pm
120 Nolte Center
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EVENT 3: Play reading and Talk/Discussion
Marcie Rendon, White Earth Ojibwe, playwright/writer
will visit the American Indian Theatre course
April 18
in Scott 4
2:30-3:45: play reading _SongCatcher: A Native Interpretation of the Story of Frances Densmore_
3:45-5:00: Marcie talks about her work.
Please know students and others can come sit in and or take part in the reading. The room is large and the theatre class is small, so there is plenty of room for visitors. We've divided up the class in two parts so that if someone can't come to the first part they can come to the second without a lot of interruption.
e-mail Prof. Coronado for more info
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EVENT 4: POWWOW
St. Paul Indian Education Traditional Powwow
April 13
6-8 PM
FREE
The American Indian Magnet
1075 E. Third St
St. Paul, MN
Info: 651-293-5191
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EVENT 5: Powwow
April 28:
Minneapolis Traditional Powwow
Grand Enteries at 2pm & at 6pm
Feast at 4:30pm
Indian Center
1530 East Franklin Ave.
Minneapolis, MN.
Info: Windy Downwind 612-455-2837
This is an opportunity for families to sing, dance, socialize and enjoy our cultural tradition. Head Dancers are Patrick and Rachel LeGarde. Children 11 and under MUST be accompanied by an adult or they will not be admitted.
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EVENT 6
Office of University Women
Reel Dames Film Series
*Thursday, April 19*
"Mohawk Girls"
Exuberant, intimate look at issues of American Indian identity, culture and family.
Discussion: Peggy Flanagan, White Earth Band of Ojibwe, Mpls. School Board member
*6:30 p.m.
Nicholson Hall 125*
FREE but Space Limited. RSVP Now.
612-625-9837 - OR - women@umn.edu
here's a link to the poster with other events
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EVENT 7
New Voices in Native Media
April 13 and 14
7:00-10:00 pm
Center for Independent Artists
4137 Bloomington Ave. S., at the Instituto de Cultrua Y Educacion.
For more info, call 612-724-8392.
New Voices in Native Media honors youth and new filmmakers. A special reception opens this two-night mini-film festival; the filmmakers and their families are invited to talk about their films. The juried selection of short films, videos, and animations are shown at local screening rooms around the Twin Cities. Free and open to the public. In collaboration with Independent Indigenous Film and Media. Hosted at the Center for Independent artists.