This traveling exhibition is comprised of selected photographs from Craig Blacklock’s book, ST. CROIX & NAMEKAGON RIVERS — The Enduring Gift, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, which gave protection to these rivers as part of our National Park System. The photographs, made from the water, shore and from a drone, depict the wild landscape, animals, and birds found along the river, and human use of the rivers. This project was done in partnership with the St. Croix River Association. All images from the project are being made available to the Association and to the National Park Service for lobbying and educational efforts. To see all book images, and a complete description of the project, please go to http://www.stcroixphotography.com/.

The exhibit will open April 12 and be available to view until June 24 at the Mill City Museum in Minneapolis. 

Reception at Mill City Museum, April 19 from 6-9 pm, free, but tickets required. Limited to 300 and nearly “sold out” as of today.

Arturo Ui is on its surface a Chicago gangster comedy–Keystone cops meet Al Capone. It is a parable however for the rise of Fascism in Germany in the 1930s. High-flown language from gangsters’ mouths is only one aspect of dramatic tension we will use. The acting style will be broad, presentational, “out front,” and funny, despite regular threats, fights, and murders. All 16 gangster scenes are followed by actors carrying signs that tell the audience what event in German history that scene parallels.
The technical elements too will provide tension. We’ll use a simple, grayish, versatile, Expressionistic set and put historically accurate but bright, gaudy or high-contrast costumes on the actors. We believe that the dazzle of the costumes will help the actors be comfortable with the over-the-top acting style, as well as heighten the dissonance between the comedy and the violence. We will have a 3-piece band in the pit doing interludes, sound effects, and “commenting” on the action.

Arturo Ui is on its surface a Chicago gangster comedy–Keystone cops meet Al Capone. It is a parable however for the rise of Fascism in Germany in the 1930s. High-flown language from gangsters’ mouths is only one aspect of dramatic tension we will use. The acting style will be broad, presentational, “out front,” and funny, despite regular threats, fights, and murders. All 16 gangster scenes are followed by actors carrying signs that tell the audience what event in German history that scene parallels.
The technical elements too will provide tension. We’ll use a simple, grayish, versatile, Expressionistic set and put historically accurate but bright, gaudy or high-contrast costumes on the actors. We believe that the dazzle of the costumes will help the actors be comfortable with the over-the-top acting style, as well as heighten the dissonance between the comedy and the violence. We will have a 3-piece band in the pit doing interludes, sound effects, and “commenting” on the action.