Marlaine Cox and Karen Kasel of low tech/high joy, the rabble-rousers behind the Sunflower Revolution. Photo courtesy of the artists Sculptor/metal-worker Marlaine Cox and painter Karen Kasel, the duo behind the collaborative art-making outfit low tech/high joy, are dear friends of mine. I’ve known both artists for years and am decidedly partial. But here’s the thing: meet […]

You may recall, a couple of weeks ago, I wrote here about “One Day in the Twin Cities,” part of a crowdsourced, nationwide documentary project that took place over a 24-hour period on April 26, 2014. It’s an ambitious undertaking launching from 11 major U.S. urban areas: Detroit, Boston, Atlanta, New York, L.A., San Francisco, […]

Photo by Holly Peterson. Courtesy of MN Daily Pangea World Theater and Teatro del Pueblo (both Knight Arts grantees) have been collaborating since 2010, co-presenting work in the annual Political Theatre Festivals and with productions like Luis Alfaro’s “Oedipus El Rey,” Sandra Cisneros’ “House On Mango Street,” and last year, with Nilo Cruz’s “Lorca in a Green Dress.” […]

Remember the crowdsourced film, “One Day on Earth,” that came out a few years ago? Billed as a global “participatory media experiment,” the project invited video entries from amateur and professional filmmakers – documentation of individual, day-to-day lives around the world – captured over a single 24-hour period, October 10, 2010. From the vast pool […]

“The Mountaintop” runs through April 19 at the Guthrie Theater. Photo: Tim Fuller “The Mountaintop” attempts to examine the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with fresh eyes: a man wrestling with his already larger-than-life historical footprint, seen through the lens of the last night of his life – April 3, 1968 – […]