STEPPING STONE THEATRE’S “RAINBOW CROW” (original episode October 24): SteppingStone Theatre, a youth company with a long history and new space in St. Paul, in October premiered Rainbow Crow, an original work created by former Playwrights’ Center fellow Rhiana Yazzie. The Albuquerque native came here by way of Los Angeles just two years ago, but Rainbow Crow is just the first of four commissioned works from Yazzie local companies are producing in the next year (look for her work soon on the stages of Teatro del Pueblo, Mixed Blood and Pangea World Theatre). 3-Minute Egg talked with Yazzie and SteppingStone’s artistic director, Richard Hitchler, during final run-throughs.
Archive for December, 2008
HEIRUSPECS (original date December 15): St. Paul hip-hoppers Heiruspecs drew an enthusiastic crowd full of smiles to First Avenue to celebrate its new, self-titled CD. The band built a name early in its life as much by backing Atmosphere and Brother Ali as through its own shows. 3-Minute Egg puts you on stage and backstage, where chief vocalist and lyricist Felix talked about the band’s evolution and ties to St. Paul.
MATTHEW SMITH “ADMITTANCE” (original episode December 1): Matthew Smith was in the midst of a thriving painting career when he made a sharp detour to musical composition. He’s now a multidisciplinary artist, threading film, visual art and experimental theater and movement. Admittance, performed at the Ritz Theater, was an ambitious and deeply personal work created in collaboration with local choreographers Cathy Wright and Deborah Jinza Thayer. 3-Minute Egg peeked into a dress rehearsal at Thayer’s studio and spoke with Smith about his artistic evolution.
28
Dec
08
This Week: The Top-5 of 2008
All this week, beginning Monday, 3-Minute Egg counts down the top five most-viewed Eggs of the year (well, of the quarter … we launched September 15). We’re also experimenting this week with advertising embedded in each Egg by our video host, blip.tv. Please take a moment to let us know your reactions to the advertisements (Are they appropriate to the video content? Acceptable? Intrusive?, etc.) This will help us determine how/where to use advertising in 2009.
We’ll be back with fresh Eggs on Monday, January 5. And keep your eyes peeled for our first 3-Minute Egg DVD — all 67 episodes from 2008 wrapped into one high-def disc — on sale in mid-January!
See you in the New Year!
- matt
22
Dec
08
Breaking Eggs
3-Minute Egg is taking this week off to celebrate the Festival of Lights (and some other holiday people seem to care about this time of year). Tune in the week of December 29 through January 2 to count down and watch the Top 5 most-viewed Eggs of 2008. We’ll be back January 5 with all-new fresh Eggs.
In the meantime, please consider making a tax-deductible donation to 3-Minute Egg and buying shirts, caps, clocks and more from the Egg shop. Your support is vital for 3-Minute Egg to continue its unique support of the Twin Cities’ arts communities.
Thank you for tuning in, subscribing and passing the Egg onto others in your circle. The Egg & I will see you in 2009!
- matt
19
Dec
08
Winter Book
For 20 years, the Minnesota Center for Book Arts has brought light and warmth to Minnesota winters with the annual Winter Book — a piece of book art merging text with illustration, unique design and other visual elements. Bryan Thao Worra, a Laotian-American who just earned a literature fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, was tabbed as the author for the 2008 book, Winter Ink, which received a warm reception at a launch party inside Open Book. 3-Minute Egg was there.
Theater students at Southwest High School work each year with mentors associated with Pangea World Theater to write and produce their own piece of theater. This year, through a program called Diverse Stages, Pangea placed the students’ show on their regular season calendar for the first time. 3-Minute Egg captured the show and talked with students and mentors about their process.
17
Dec
08
Ramsey Art Fair
In a land with several high-profile art fairs, the Ramsey Art Fair has existed below the radar for 14 years. 3-Minute Egg went to the most recent rendition in search of real art and artists amid the artisans and crafters.
16
Dec
08
Fiction on a Stick
The Loft Literary Center and Milkweed Editions celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Loft Mentor Series with the release of the new anthology, Fiction on a Stick. 3-Minute Egg dropped into the reading this past Saturday and spoke with insiders about the mentorship series and the anthology.
15
Dec
08
Heiruspecs
St. Paul hip-hoppers Heiruspecs drew an enthusiastic crowd full of smiles Saturday to First Avenue to celebrate the band’s new, self-titled CD. The band built a name early in its life as much by backing Atmosphere and Brother Ali as through its own shows. 3-Minute Egg puts you on stage and backstage, where chief vocalist and lyricist Felix talked about the band’s evolution and ties to St. Paul.
