PLEASE NOTE: If you are unable to join us for the entire weekend please check out the Partial Weekend Registration form available at the link to your right.

Join Professor Ruth Weiner and exhibition director and curator Laurel Bradley for a glorious weekend exploring the Twin Cities art scene, including the new Guthrie Theater, the Theater de la Jeune Lune, the renovated Walker Art Center, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, and other galleries.

THEATERS

The Guthrie Theater’s new signature theater complex on the Mississippi River includes three stages: a 1,100-seat thrust stage for large-scale and classical plays, a 500-seat proscenium stage for intimate and contemporary plays and international productions, and a smaller black-box theater for new work in development. We will meet with directorial staff at the Guthrie and attend The Merchant of Venice and The Glass Menagerie.

Founded in France in 1978, Theatre de la Jeune Lune has received many awards for its productions, including the 1993 American Theater Critic’s Association New Play Award, an AT&T OnStage Award, and a First Bank Sally Ordway Irvine Award for Artistic Vision. We will see Don Juan Giovanni at the Jeune Lune.

ART GALLERIES

Paint meets pixels and anime meets matinee at the beautifully renovated Walker Art Center. With its new galleries, refurbished cinema, Wolfgang Puck restaurants, renovated shop and library, and state-of-the-art theater, the Walker is where art meets life. A multidisciplinary arts organization, it is recognized internationally for its innovative approaches. Go behind-the-scenes with Howard Oransky, project manager of this wonderfully remodeled and expanded museum. Other museums we will visit include the Museum of Russian Art, the Mill City Museum, and the Minnesota Center for Book Arts.

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts recently opened its new wing, increasing its gallery space by 40 percent. Laurel Bradley will lead our group through several of the exhibits.

FACULTY

Ruth Weiner, the Class of 1944 Professor of Theater and the Liberal Arts and chair of Carleton’s new Department of Theater and Dance, has taught at Carleton since 1975, has led three London Theater seminars, and has taught theater in an inter-arts program in Chicago. A director herself, Weiner teaches courses in directing, 20th-century American drama, and women’s theater. She has led or participated in alumni theater events in Atlanta, San Diego, Denver, and Spring Green, Wisconsin.

Laurel Bradley, director of exhibitions and curator of Carleton’s art collection since 1996, maintains an extensive network of art world contacts. She has led alumni adventures in Chicago, New York, and Greece.

SCHEDULE

For event schedule, please click on the link in the blue box in the upper right.

WEEKEND PACKAGE PRICE: $350 per person

Includes:

• Reception on Thursday
• Breakfast on Friday
• Breakfast and dinner on Saturday
• Tickets to the productions at the Guthrie and Theater de la Jeune Lune
• All lectures and tours
• Post-theater reception on Saturday evening

ACCOMMODATIONS

The Crowne Plaza Northstar, located at 618 Second Avenue South in downtown Minneapolis, has a block of rooms reservations for Carleton College at a rate of $109 per night You can make your reservations by calling them directly at 612-338-2288 and stating you wish to reserve a room under the Carleton College block.

QUESTIONS?

For more information about this trip, contact Merilyn Calcutt at 507-222-5602.