Spring has sprung and Summer is beginning to dig it's hot heels in. Before it does, give your place and yourself a pre-summer over-haul! Whether that means a new beach-friendly 'do, re-arranging your living room or finally making that "less beer/more veggies" commitment - l'étoile is behind you 100%.
If sprucing up your abode or 'drobe is on the top of your list, make sure to pop by our Super Yard Sale this Saturday from 10am-5pm on the corner of 26th & Pleasant in Uptown! Just think what you might find!
xo-l'étoile
ILLUSTRATION BY AMAZING INTERN MOLLY BUTTERFOSS!
FRIDAY ART PICK: Michael Perry
You've seen and adored the work of Brooklyn-based Michael Perry... you just don't know it yet. Perry's hand-formed typography and cute teenage-diary-style illustrations have been seen on everything from album covers to magazine headlines. We're loving his new book, "Hand Job," which features his work, along with the work of other pioneers in the hand-drawn design movement.
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FRIDAY JUNE 1ST
Bike Art 2
@ Altered Esthetics
1224 Quincy St. NE
Minneapolis
7pm – 9pm / Free
Following up on last summer's wildly successful Bike Art Show, Altered Esthetics presents the sequel, with more than 40 artists and 100 works. This show helps bridge the narrow gap between the cycling and arts communities. Arrive to the show in two-wheeled style with the 2007 Northeast Arts District Bike Map, available through the gallery and online HERE!
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FRIDAY JUNE 1ST
Helvetica
@ Walker Cinema
1750 Hennepin Ave
Minneapolis
7:30pm / $8 ($6 Walker members)
A third screening has been added of Gary Hustwit's film Helvetica, which is making gigantic waves in the graphic design industry. (The other two sold out, so buy your tickets NOW!) The film looks at the ubiquitous Helvetica typeface (which turns 50 years old this year), and explores the ways in which type affects our lives.
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FRIDAY JUNE 1ST
Hey, Hey, Hey, Eighties
@ The VIP Room
701 First Avenue North
Minneapolis
9pm / 18+ / $6 door, $3 with 80’s costume, or free with college ID
Is that neon pink petticoat hanging in your closet, screaming to be worn out on the town? Have a skinny tie begging to bask in the strobelight? Slap on your grandest gear and cruise over to the First Ave VIP Room to party like it's 1985 with beat-masters Millions Billions. Three Washingtons and an 80's costume get you into the completely and utterly bitchin' party! (Your college ID works, too!)
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COOL LINK: Fuzz Design Workshop
The kids down (under!) at Fuzz Design Workshop are working the laser cuts and wowing us with their rock n' roll designs! Everything from necklaces to stationery to home accessories has a classically-inspired motif with a postmodern twist. We're particularly taking a shine to their fluorescent cameo pendants and plastic cuffs. Yum!
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SATURDAY JUNE 2ND
l'étoile Super Sale!
@ 2600 Pleasant Ave.
In the Yard
Uptown
10am-5pm
Snap up bargains on fancies, baubles, and trinkets straight from the creative (and crowded) closets of l'étoile staffers and friends this Saturday! We'll have good tunes, yummy treats, and awesome items such as books, mens and womens clothing, accessories, shoes, electronics, arts and crafts supplies, housewares and decorations, movie posters, dvd and vhs, lp's, cd's, designer fabric, shenanigans, and even some copies of l'étoile magazine!
After hitting OUR yard-party, head over to the SOO VAC yard sale, just mere blocks away on 28th & Lyndale where you'll be elbows deep in arty treasure!
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SATURDAY JUNE 2ND
DJ Bach
@ Picosa Restaurant
65 Main St. SE
Minneapolis
10pm / 21+ / Free
Join DJ Bach for dancing, cocktails and tasty caribbean fare at Picosa Restaurant, a brand new hot spot located in St.Anthony Main. Bach's eclectic and danceable buffet of beats will keep you coming back to the dance floor for more!
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SATURDAY JUNE 2ND
Red Hot Art
@ Stevens Square Park
18th St. and 2nd Av. S.
Minneapolis
11am / Free
The Stevens Square and Loring Heights neighborhoods will be ablaze with art this weekend at their annual Red Hot Art Festival! Witness burning creativity as neighborhood artists show their work, and hear the hottest bands on a double-stage, all-day bill.
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"Salvation" by Matt Wells
SATURDAY JUNE 2ND
Out on a Limb
@ Gallery 360
3011 W 50th St.
Minneapolis
7pm-10pm reception / Free
This show featuring the work of Jennifer Davis is a tasty cocktail with equal parts adorability, mystery, collage and melancholia. We just got a super-sneak peek at this show and it certainly quenched our thirst!
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SATURDAY JUNE 2ND
One on One
@ MN Center for Photography
165 13th Ave NE
Minneapolis
7-9pm / Free
The MN Center for Photography presents two bodies of work, Annabel Clark's "Journal" and Arlene Gottfried's "Midnight." Both document the relationship between artist and an individual experiencing extreme trauma: cancer in "Journal," mental illness in "Midnight." A very moving show, indeed.
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Photo by Annabel Clark
SATURDAY JUNE 2ND
Too Much Love
@ First Ave
7th & 1st Ave.
Minneapolis
Get down, get down, meet us at the Disco! djTALKradio and Soviet Panda burn up The Ave for yet another dance-crazed evening! As usual, their sets will be crammed full of hot electro, new wave, funk, punk, krunk and everything in-between!
BONUS: djTALKradio just posted a bangin' new mix called "Into the AM" which you can download for FREE at the link below.
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SUNDAY MUSIC PICK: The Mood Swings
Just moments before their new album hits the shelves on June 12, we recommend you get acquainted with The Mood Swings if you aren't a die-hard fan already. Band members Ashley Prenzlow, Sallie Watson, Mike Reiter and Dan Boen mix punk and 60's garage rock with hard-driving melodies that will have you tapping your toes and bobbing your head.
Your new album "No Limit" is releasing on June 15th - how would you describe your sound and what are your inspirations?
Our inspirations range from Hawkwind, The Rolling Stones, Pandoras, Spirtualized and Oasis. 60's psyche, punk rock, classic rock and indie rock...Our main goal is to rock!
Minneapolis has an awesome history of hot girl rockers who are/were your favorites? Any fond memories of the 90's riot grrrl phenomenon?
The early 90's were an amazing time for music. It was inspiring to see so many bands with real people actually making a living doing indie rock! It's too bad that boy band and girl bands took over the late 90's (ah, Britney). Regardless, it was a time that inspired us to pick up guitars, learn how to play them, and start writing songs of our own! As for the local scene, there are many male and female musicians that we respect and are fortunate to have as our friends and mentors. We hope to see the local scene continue to grow and develop into an even stronger community of musicians and artists. We feel it's very important build networks and try to move this thing together. On this record, we made the choice to get 5 other local Dj's/Musicians involved to each remix one song from No Limit. We love the unexpected, yet organic feel this gives our record.
Describe your personal style - do your on-stage personas mesh with your everyday looks?
Yes and no. We generally try to be comfortable on stage because you can't really rock with guitar pedals while wearing 3 inch heels...and rock comes first. I'd say our style is sophisticated rock and roll. It's really more about developing our personal style vs. being trendy. We're both buyers at Macy's and thank god they haven't picked up on the business formal trend like other companies recently – power suit not required. Lucky for us we can have some creativity and let some of our 'night time style' merge into daytime. Buyers by day, rockers by night - haha. We really enjoyed wearing our outfits for Voltage! Our designer (Jenny O) partnered with us to come up with a look that was reflective of some of our favorite looks - 60's inspired shift dresses with military details! We loved them!!
Can you give us an official "Mood Swings" favorite summer cocktail recipe?
Who has time to make drinks? We don't make them, we buy them! Our current summer fave is the bonecrusher or the honey-dew-me from JP’s. And when we're in NYC for work, it's for sure the tangerine martini from Koi!
Join The Mood Swings on Friday for a special listening party at Brit's Pub @ 9pm and then for their CD Release party on June 15th at the Hex!
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SUNDAY JUNE 3RD
Grand Ol' Day
@ Grand Ave.
Saint Paul
Find miles and miles of smiles (and art, and music, and food!) at this St. Paul mainstay. You'll find us rocking out to our personal faves Tapes'n Tapes, The Alarmists, and The Melsmatics, who are making appearances along the Ave. A virtual treasure chest of fun events awaits your perusal behind the link below!
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COOL OPPORTUNITIES
Bike-In at the Bell: Gadget Contest & Fashion Show
As part of this year's Bike-In at the Bell the Hub Bike Co-op is sponsoring a bike gadget contest. Enter your original inventions or invention concepts to win gift certificates and other fabulous prizes courtesy of the Hub Bike Co-op and the Bell Museum.
Categories Include:
Best Bike Accessory or Apparel
Best Bike Component
Best Complete Bicycle
Gadgets will be displayed at this year's Bike-In at the Bell on Saturday, June 16th, 2007 at the Bell Museum of Natural History. **Bike accessories, apparel, and creatively imagined bike fashions will also be featured in a Bike Fashion Show beginning at 7:30pm
For more information or to enter the Great Bike Gadget Contest email joelc@thehubbikecoop.org
To feature your accessories or apparel in the Bike-In Fashion Show email shanai.matteson@bellmuseum.org
BONUS: l'étoile magazine is co-sponsoring this event and will be doing a general judging of everything in the gadget and fashion competition - the winner will receive an artists feature and interview in the following issue of the WHAT'S WHAT!
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If you would like your event, link, or opportunity to be featured in l'étoile magazine's WEEKEND WHAT'S WHAT please email info and image to kate@letoilemagazine.com for consideration.
