Slanted Magazine Southern Minnesota Arts and Culture

The New Ulm Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a Car Hop & Shop Cruise-In on Thursday, September 10th, from 5:00-8:00pm. This informal Classic Car and Motorcycle Show will be will be held in historic downtown New Ulm. Parking will be along both sides of Minnesota St. from 1st South St. to 3rd North St. All Classic makes and models of cars and motorcycles are welcome. Spectators can view the cars, shop the unique stores, and grab a bite to eat at one of the many downtown restaurants and bars. This event will be held rain or shine.

Twin Rivers Council for the Arts is now accepting applications for the 2016 Emy Frentz Arts Guild Gallery Exhibition Schedule. The Arts Guild can accommodate a wide variety of works including paintings, photography, poetry, sculpture and installations. The application deadline is November 1, 2015. To request an application contact Joellen Preston at joellen.preston@gmail.com, call 507-387-1008 or stop in to Twin Rivers Council for the Arts at 523 S Second St, Mankato MN 56001.

In Victorian England, the independent and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak, a sheep farmer; Frank Troy, a handsome and reckless soldier; and William Boldwood, a prosperous, mature bachelor. Thomas Hardy’s literary classic, Far from the Madding Crowd, is a compelling and timeless tale that is much more than a love story. Although written almost 150 years ago, Bathsheba remains as fierce a character as ever - and she has been brought to life by Carey Mulligan in this dazzling new production.

Minnesota State University, Mankato will host fiction and creative nonfiction writer Roxane Gay on Thursday, Sept. 10 as the first of nine writers who will be on campus for this year’s Good Thunder Reading Series.

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The State Street Theater celebrates television, rock and roll, and teenagers at 7:30 pm, Friday, September 11, 2015. In the 1960′s when television and rock and roll were coming of age and when the biggest generation in American history was just about to enter its teens, it took a bit of originality to see the potential power in this now-obvious combination. The man who saw that potential more clearly than any other was a 26-year-old named Dick Clark. He would transform himself and a local television program into two of the most culturally significant forces of the rock-and-roll era!