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City Spit Art Show Minneapolis

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My good friend Teken is putting together the City Spit Art Show Minneapolis to celebrate some amazing artists. Many of these artists I know personally and own their art. If you do one thing in March please go see this show and support our local art.

News Release
02/22/2016
CWA: CITY SPIT
March 4th through March 25th
Opening Friday, March 4th, 2016 – 6pm

Inspired by Times Square Show, the legendary 1980 group, CWA: CITY SPIT will be a monumental show exhibiting some of the Twin Cities’ most interesting, talked (or whispered) about known, and unknown artists.

With a focus on social and art diversity reflecting the values of City Wide Artists, we have assembled 50+ new and known artists – and project that some major ideas and names should emerge, thus offering a thoughtful representation of the state of Twin Cities art.

With our anniversary show, we are aiming for accessibility without compromise – presenting art works ranging not only in medium and content, but also in price. We are proud to be working with artists whose price points range in the few hundred dollars to a few thousand. The goal is to get art to everyone. The sharing of creative ideas is key, but we want to encourage our community to get behind local artists in order to stimulate their careers and practice. It is the sort of artistic and economic development model that we are dedicating our space to.
Please note the updated and finalized list of artists:
Elizabeth Abraha
Forest Bash
TXB
Erin Belfry
Felix Hampton Brown
Alida Carlson
Ryan Coit
Izzy Commers
Benjamin Currie
Nick Dahlen
Jose Dominguez
Luis Fitch
FLORA
John Foster
Stephanie Friest
Gabriel Garbow
Den’Zell Gilliard
Pr. Adetomiwa Gbadebo
Hepicat
IMPEACH
Alex Jaramillo
Jonny No Home
Taji Joseph
Igor Josifov
Nina Keim
Derrick Koch
Greta Kotz
Jacob Ladda
Patience Lekien
Turkeyes Laffity
Yazon Lo
Ifrah Mansour
Fabrik Marge
Shaina McCoy
Eponia Modron
Taylor Mund
Mona Negassi
Amber Newman
NSRGNTS CREW
Jeremy Nutzman
Fidelis Odozi
Rodrigo Oñate
Jamie Owens
KNZ Mackenzie Owens
Junauda Petrus
Peter Phung
Bobby Rogers
Madison Rubenstein
Justin James Sehorn
Christopher Selleck
Sarah Sequoia
Chris Sorenson
Alan de Leon Taverna
Jared Tuttle
Alex Uhrich
Water. Wasting.
Eric Yevak

These artists represent some of the various communities contributing to our local art scene. From wheat paste to fine painting, we will see a mix of ideas and mediums that from the street to the gallery inspire our mission for City Wide Artists.

Beer, Bikes, Basilica

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Mucca Pazza play the Tour De Fat this Saturday

New Belgium. the brewing company behind Fat Tire beer, are once again bringing the Tour De Fat by Minneapolis this weekend. The free bike-centric extravaganza is a parade, concert, and overall celebration of all things bicycle. The website details the 10 Commandments of the Tour De Fat, encouraging participation in the parade and costumes, highlighting the event’s non-profit orientation (all proceeds go to biking and environmental charities), and reminding you to get there early. The event begins in Loring Park at 9 am with a parade, with circus acts and music interspersed throughout, culminating in the symbolic gesture of changing attitudes towards transportation: One person will be awarded a brand new Fat Tire bike in exchange for the deed to their car. Chicago’s Mucca Pazza (pictured above) will be performing afterward: The 30 piece “circus punk marching band” are amazing live, putting on boisterous performances that makes you wish your high school marching band was anywhere near as awesome.

Weezer headlines the Basilica Block Party this weekend
Since the Tour De Fat is absolutely free, that should free up some money for you to attend the Basilica Block Party later in the evening. This annual event, now in its 16th year, is always something to look forward to, when Cities 97 brings big name national acts to come play in front of the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis. Alt-rock heavyweights like Weezer, Spoon, Barenaked Ladies and Guster are all on the bill this year, plus several other local and regional acts, filling three stages over the course of two days. The theme this year is “musical confessions”: The Block Party website invites you to confess your music-themed sins, such as wanting to date the Backstreet Boys when you were a preteen or knowing all the lyrics to Mr. Roboto. Absolve yourself by supporting great music, a sense of community, and contributing to the Basilica, with part of the proceeds going towards ongoing renovations. Tickets are $45 for a single night, $80 for both Friday and Saturday; the band schedules can be found here.