Some of the ‘monsters’ on display at Northern Clay Center’s ‘Contemporary Monsters,’ opening Friday, March 13

Photo by courtesy of Northern Clay Center

Public meetings on proposed school choice changes (high school)
March 11–12
Various dates, locations and times; see article
K–8 scenarios meetings scheduled for March 19–21

Longfellow Garden Club
Wed., March 11, 7–9 p.m.
Epworth United Methodist Church
3207 37th Ave. S.
Eleanor Wagner, herb cookbook author and owner of Eleanor’s Herbs, will talk about growing, harvesting, preserving and using herbs. Free and open to the public.

Washburn ‘A’ Mill Tour
Sat., March 14, 1 p.m.
Mill City Museum
704 S. Second St.
$8–$12, reservations required
Ongoing exhibit: From Mill to Museum: The Hidden History of the Washburn Complex, 1965–2003
Call 612-341-7555 or visit www.millcitymuseum.org for more information.

Saving Money, the Planet and Your Sanity” workshop
March 14, 2–4 p.m.
East Lake Library, 2727 E. Lake St.
Librarian Holly Jorgensen will tell how to both budget effectively and contribute to the environment. Reserve a place online (search event through link below) or call the library at (612) 630-6550.
Also at east Lake on March 14: Discover Saturday: Favorite Books With Legs, 2 p.m.

Find more Hennepin County Library events at www.hclib.org/pub/events.

Twin Cities Daily Planet: Citizen Journalism II
Wednesdays, March 4–25
6:30–8:30 p.m.
2600 E. Franklin Ave.
TCDP Editor Mary Turck will help bring those with some reporting experience to the next level, with a focus on picking topics and sources and eliciting citizen reaction, as well as interactive and multimedia story approaches. Register online at www.excotc.org.
Longfellow Garden Club

Family Storytime
Saturdays, March 7-28
Southeast Library, 1222 4th St.
10:30–11 a.m.
For children ages 2 and up. Share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement with your children. 612-630-6850

Van Cleve Seniors
Thursdays, 10 a.m.
Van Cleve Community Center
901 15th Ave. SE
Join other seniors for meals, movies, games, conversation and helpful things like blood pressure testing. For more information, call 612-370-4926.

Arts events

Koryo Saram film screening
Wed., March 11, 6–8:30 p.m.
Bell Museum of Natural History Auditorium
10 SE Church St.
David Chung, co-director of Koryo Saram, will introduce and partake in a post-screening discussion about the film, which tells the story of Koreans deported by Stalin to Central Asia, beginning in 1937. For more about the film, visit www.koryosaram.net.

By the Bog of Cats
March 12–April 5
Guthrie Theatre
818 S. Second St.
Frank Theatre Company presents Marina Carr’s portrayal of the life of a rural Irish woman, the daughter of gypsies, as she clings to the young lover on the brink of leaving her for a better life. Recommended for ages 16 and up. Call 612-377-2224 or visit www.guthrietheatre.org for tickets, $18–$30.
Also at the Guthrie:
A Raisin in the Sun
March 12–April 11
Penumbra Theatre celebrates the 50th anniversary of A Raisin in the Sun’s Broadway opening. Tickets are $24–$60.

Contemporary Monsters and College Bowl
March 13–May 3
Northern Clay Center
2424 Franklin Ave. E.
While ‘Contemporary Monsters’ exhibits “everyday monsters” in sculpture form, ‘College Bowl’ features the work of Minnesota ceramics professors and their students. Free opening reception Fri., March 13. Visit www.northernclaycenter.org for more info.

Of Web and Flow
March 6–April 18
Textile Center, Joan Mondale Gallery
3000 University Ave. SE
See the sculpture-like basketry of over 50 artists in this exhibit, free and open to the public. For gallery hours and more information, call 612-436-0464 or visit www.textilecentermn.org.

Three Days of Light
March 7–May 2
Vine Arts Center
2637 27th Ave. S.
This exhibit is a photographic representation of the artistic journeys three women have taken since meeting at a weekend retreat in 2007. For more information and gallery hours visit www.vineartscenter.com.

AIDS benefit — Amunot: Village Hope
Through March 20
Gallery 122 at Hang It
122 SE Eighth St.
Ugandan artist Eria ‘Sane’ Nsubuga’s artwork — a mix of cut and torn paper and canvas with acrylic, oil and watercolor — reflects the details of life that many ignore. The exhibit benefits Illume International, which provides education to children orphaned by AIDS. Visit www.hangitinc.com or www.illumeinternational.org.

Spectrum ArtWorks’ Out of the Blue
Through March 27
The Gage Family Art Gallery
2211 Riverside Ave. S.
Mixed media works exhibited are connected by a common theme of the blues as colors, music or states of mind. Spectrum ArtWorks provides studio space and community to artists living with mental illness. More info at www. augsburg.edu/galleries, or call 612-330-1524.

Abandoned Spaces — Vibrant Places
Through April 3, Christensen Center Art Gallery, 22nd Avenue South and Seventh Street
Kelly Povo’s pinhole photographs of thriving local businesses (pictured in color) and the vestiges of those that haven’t survived (in black and white), along with Seward resident Bruce Johansen’s commentary, examine the loss of unique businesses and the impact that has on local communities.

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April calendar deadline: March 16

last revised: March 9, 2009

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