Momentum: Sachiko Nishiuchi / Megan Mayer

3-Minute Egg’s three-part series on the 2009 Momentum dance showcase continues by spotlighting the work of Japanese native and Flamenco dancer Sachiko Nishiuchi and post-modern mover Megan Mayer. Our series concludes tomorrow with a profile of Sally Rousse.

Momentum: Vanessa Voskuil

On the eve of the Walker’s Choreographers’ Evening, 3-Minute Egg spends the week profiling artists showcased in the Walker’s 2009 Momentum Series. Our series starts with a look at Vanessa Voskuil and her hypnotic work, En Masse.

Gallery Hop: Gage and McBroom

3-Minute Egg drops into Form+Content to check out angelic work from Camille Gage, who gets artistic contributions from Anders Nilsen and David Asher Everett, and Fox Tax Gallery for some pop culture paintings by Rob McBroom.

A Violent View of the City

James Vogel and Ezra Stead met as filmmaking students at Minneapolis Community and Technical College and have made a few short films together. Their first feature-length film, The City, is a hyper-violent psychological horror film featuring an all-local cast and setting. The filmmakers spoke with 3-Minute Egg on the eve of tonight’s 9:30 premiere screening at Oak Street Cinemas. The movie also screens December 6 at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

Homeless, not Voiceless

For six years, zAmya Theater has given voice and a stage to people who are or were homeless, casting them alongside more seasoned actors, in original theatrical works peppered with real stories. zAmya, now under the umbrella of St. Stephens Human Services, is touring its newest production to local schools, businesses, churches and traditional theater spaces. 3-Minute Egg caught up with zAmya Monday in a performance at St. Paul’s Central High School.

Visual Literature

Local writer Alison Morse annually gathers a handful of writers to create new work inspired by visual art. Her latest rendition of Talking Image Connection focused on an exhibition, Recipes from the Austerity Cookbook, at the Soap Factory. 3-Minute Egg went to an evening of readings.

Parking Spot on Wheels

Minneapolis Art on Wheels, a new media project based at the University of Minnesota, has found its first fixed locale — the West Bank Social Center — from where it beams art onto a nearby wall at 8 pm every Wednesday. 3-Minute Egg met with a couple of artists and a project insider on a recent Wednesday evening.

Two Bowls of Cereal

Mahmoud Hakima tells his story of growing up in an abusive household in rural Alabama in his one-man show, Two Bowls of Cereal and Some Bacon — an audience favorite at the 2009 Fringe and now on stage through Nov. 21 at St. Paul’s Dreamland Arts. 3-Minute Egg talks with the new playwright and performer at a rehearsal.

Weapon of Mass Instruction

3-Minute Egg documents the installation of Democracy Speaks!, a steel sculpture by John Hock and Andrew MacGuffie, at St. Paul’s Western Sculpture Park.

The Sense of What Should Be

Dominic Orlando is a native New Yorker who came to Minnesota several years ago with a Jerome Foundation playwrighting fellowship. Now Orlando is one of the Twin Cities’ most active and prolific playwrights, with work produced throughout the country. 3-Minute Egg caught up with Orlando at a dress rehearsal for his new super-hero vehicle, The Sense of What Should Be, a Workhaus Collective production running through November 22 at the Playwrights’ Center.