Omss Art: August 4-16: Summer Music & Movies, Baby Marx, and LARPing at Free First Saturday

Blogs

Cold Storage and New Brightness: The Cunningham Acquisition Moves in at the Walker

Compositing Goshka Macuga's Lost Forty Tapestry (a Guide for Photoshop Geeks)

Looking at Exposed: Surveillance, Part One

Machine on the Field: Opera Listens to You

Chef-in-Residence:
Isaac Becker
Thursday, August 4, 5–9 pm

Join James Beard award winner Isaac Becker of 112 Eatery and Bar La Grassa as he introduces his exclusive dishes and shares samples. more >>

A Think and a Drink
August 4, 7–9 pm

Satisfy your taste for scandal on a tour of Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance, and the Camera Since 1870, then check out the scene in Gather--along with the new, limited edition small plates by chef Isaac Becker.

Free for Walker members. RSVP at 612.375.7655 or membership@walkerart.org. more >>

Walker Shop
Machine Project Posters

Suite of 19 hand-printed posters produced for last month's Summer Jubilee, Machine Project's artist residency at the Walker. (Limited edition of 12).

August 8 and 15 in Loring Park; August 22 at Walker Open Field

On August 8, the whip-smart hip-hop of No Bird Sing precedes Fritz Lang's 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse; August 15, the sun sets with Buffalo Moon's "South America meets South Dakota" beach pop, followed by Michelangelo Antonioni's Blow-Up. read more >>

Highlights: August 4-16

Family Program Free First Saturday: Prepare for a crazy day of live action role playing--aka LARPing--as an epic battle takes over Open Field. Jump into game yourself! The whole family is invited to create costumes, spell packets, and other LARP essentials. August 6, 10 am–3 pm more >>		New Exhibition Baby Marx: Get a whole new take on the economic crisis with Mexican artist Pedro Reyes' exhibition-as-edutainment. Reyes and political philosopher Michael Hardt discuss the ideas behind Baby Marx at an opening day talk, and two U of M professors host a lively Town Hall debate the following Saturday. Opens August 11 more >>
Target Free Thursday Night Karl Raschke and Baron von Raschke: Fame, Family, and Mayhem: Pro-wrestling legend Baron von Raschke, photographer Karl Raschke, and director Phil Harder discuss their film-in-progress on the Baron's career--and then set up to shoot a scene on Open Field. Dress in your best 70s wrestling-fan outfit and have a chance to get in on the action. August 4, 6–9 pm more >>		Exhibition: Closing Soon Goshka Macuga: It Broke from Within: Polish artist Goshka Macuga mines the Walker's history, as well as myths about the American landscape, in an exhibition anchored by a 48 x 14-foot tapestry depicting Minnesota's old-growth forest. Closes August 14 more >>