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Check it out // 'Hot Off the Press'
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By Sarah McKenzie and Dylan Thomas
The Highpoint Printshop Cooperative is unveiling “Hot Off the Press” on July 31 — an exhibit featuring work by 21 local printmakers with a wide mix of experiences and interests.
The exhibit will showcase a variety of prints, including original lithographs, relief prints, intaglio (a technique in which an image is carved into a surface) and screenprints.
There will be an opening reception July 31 for visitors interested in meeting the artists and checking out the co-op’s new-and-improved printshop facility.
Featured artists include: Roberta Allen, Florence Brammer, Pamela Carberry, Nate Christopherson, Mike Elko, Lisl Gaal, Sally Gordon, Marty Harris, Brian Hartley Sago, Patrick Higgins, Frances Lloyd-Baynes, Joanne Price, Kurt Seaberg, Kristoffer Shideman, Jan Shoger, Justin Terlecki, Anna Tsantir, Clara Ueland, Dale Vanden Houten, Jon Vogt and Johanna Winters.
When: July 31–Sept. 19
Where: Highpoint Center for Printmaking, 912 W. Lake St.
More info: highpointprintmaking.org
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Soundbar? Sounds good
It was less than a year ago that things were looking pretty grim for Lyn-Lake.
The Southwest hub suffered a string of business closings. Heading south down Lyndale Avenue, passersby encountered a series of shuttered storefronts: first Vera’s Café, then JP American Bistro, Machu Picchu and, just across Lake Street, La Bodega Tapas Bar.
The reopening in July of that last space, at 3001 Lyndale Ave. S., is the latest sign a Lyn-Lake revival is in full swing.
After hosting several private events, Sauce Spirits & Soundbar finally opened its doors to the public. With the Alarmists headlining July 18 the new nightclub was, if not packed, then something close to it.
La Bodega and its sister space, Liola, expressed a kind of bipolar personality: the former a neighborhood bistro and the latter an ultra-modern spaceship that just happened to serve Italian food.
Sauce’s sleek, minimal elegance finds a comfortable middle ground. The white walls and low, warm lighting were an appropriate stage for the well-dressed hipster crowd ordering from the surprisingly affordable drink menu.
Sauce is arguably filling a niche, too. For all of the restaurants and nightclubs on Uptown’s Lake Street corridor, there are few music venues — just the Uptown Bar and, to a lesser extent, Bryant Lake-Bowl, only an occasional host to local bands.
The Hennepin-Lake intersection has long been ground zero for Uptown nightlife. But, when combined with the proven magnetism of sake brew-pub moto-i, Sauce Spirits & Soundbar threatens to pull the center several blocks east.
When: Open daily, 11:30 a.m.–2 a.m.
Where: 3001 Lyndale Ave. S.
More info: spiritsandsound.com
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‘Fringey Awards’
If you want a sneak peak at this year’s Fringe Festival shows, head to fringeyawards.com.
The first-ever “Fringey Awards” contest gives people a chance to check out excerpts or teasers of Minnesota Fringe festival performances. People have until July 28 to vote for their top three videos.
The winner of the best Fringey video submission will be announced at the Fringe Festival’s closing party on Aug. 9 at Sea Change at the Guthrie Theater, 818 2nd St. S. They will get $500 in cash and a year of free Web hosting service from local service provider VISI, the contest’s sponsor.
“VISI is proud to launch the first annual ‘Fringey Awards’ to offer Fringe artists a new, viral way to promote their performances through online video,” said Gary Elfert, director of products and marketing for VISI. “All Fringey video submissions will live on www.fringeyawards.com and YouTube, so contestants can send video links to their networks by e-mail, Facebook, Twitter and other digital channels. VISI is brining the power of technology and social media networking to the Minnesota Fringe Festival.”
When: Contest ends July 28.
More info: fringeyawards.com
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Art beat // Closing and opening
By Dylan Thomas
Art of This leaving current space, but won’t cease to existLYNDALE — A few weeks before they planned to shutter their Nicollet Avenue art space for good, John Marks and David Petersen of Art of This Gallery reflected on “Open Summer,” their ongoing, open door, last blast summer project. A free-for-all residency program that eventually enrolled 80-some artists, the slowly percolating “Open Summer” was building steam as it headed into its, and the gallery’s, grand finale at the end of August. And for all the potential pitfalls in telling some seven dozen people where the gallery key is hidden, about the worst thing that happened all summer was when someone spilled salsa in the refrigerator and never cleaned it up.
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On the mat // Green yogis in Linden Hills
By Sarah McKenzie
Devanadi Yoga, a new studio near Lake Harriet, is a trailblazer in the local yoga community. The small 525-square-foot studio, tucked behind the Bruley Center on West 43rd Street in Linden Hills, is the first yoga studio in the state to be certified by the Green Yoga Association for its environmentally friendly efforts. The studio’s green practices include using non-VOC paint, controlling the thermostat to keep the building energy efficient and encouraging students to walk, bus or bike to class. Tanya Boigenzahn Sowards, studio director/owner of Devanadi Yoga, said being green is “core value of the studio and it ties back to the yogic philosophy of doing no harm.” “Minneapolis frequently ranks as one of the top green
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Everyday gardener // Q&A
By Meleah Maynard
Struggling tomatoes, rain barrels and rootbound plantsEven though spring started in earnest in March this year, it still seems like summer is going by too fast. So, fast, in fact, my inbox has been a bit stuffed with questions. As always, I’ve replied directly to people who asked for help with various things. But here in the column I’m going to cover some of the questions that seem likely to be of interest to a lot of gardeners. By far, the questions I’m getting most are about tomatoes, so I’ll start there. Q: My tomato plants look good and have a lot of flowers, but I’m not getting a lot of fruit this year. What’s going on?A: It’s been too hot for tomatoes to set fruit
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Flavor // A smokin’ sensation on Nicollet
By Carla Waldemar
If you’re wondering what caused the traffic stand-still on South Nicollet the other evening, let’s just say I should have kept my window shut. When passing cars got a whiff of possibly the best aroma in the galaxy — I’m talking about barbecue, of course — they halted to demand, “Where’d you get that?” At C&G’s, of course. Greg Alford launched C&G’s Smoking Barbecue exactly a year ago; the anniversary balloons in the otherwise-Spartan, clean-as-a-whistle hole in the wall provided the only touch of whimsy in this serious business. Greg was born in Louisiana, which may explain his superior taste in food. He grew up in Detroit, one of 12 kids whose mamma set him to cooking when he was 5, he
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Wild city // Eating the yard
By Mary Jean Port
I love August. It is so lush. All summer, as I nurse the garden along, I anticipate these eating days. We now have too much of everything: tomatoes, green beans, heat, humidity, and also thunder, for those of us who have a dog frightened by it. I have been working our piece of ground for 14 years, and have good soil to show for it. Back when we first started, my husband was more of a lawn guy. He liked the idea of a garden, but drew a line in the grass with his toe. Don’t dig up anything beyond here, he said. So I dug my first of what are now 10 beds, and planted the pumpkin right on his line. The vines ran out of the garden and took over the whole backyard. My husband good-naturedly threw up his hands. We started with vegetables, and
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Kid rock
By Sam Lane
Twin Town Guitars hosts a camp that gives young musicians a chance to play and perform in a bandMore than 60 excited, camera-toting fans packed Cause Spirits and Soundbar on a warm August afternoon waiting for two headline bands to take the stage. The hotly anticipated musicians weren’t well known. They weren’t 20-somethings trying to strike a record deal. They weren’t middle-aged men trying to relive their youth. They were kids, ages 8–17, who spent prior weeks at Twin Town Guitars, 3400 Lyndale Ave. S., preparing for their first concert. In an economy where budget cuts deal constant blows to public school music programs, the owners of Twin Town have spent the last three summers providing a haven for aspiring
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