LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!

PRESENTED FOR YOUR ENLIGHTENMENT:

THE AMERICAN POLITICS SIDESHOW

Thursday, September 4, 11:00 a.m.—9:00 p.m.
Weisman Art Museum, inside and outside

Taking place during the first week of fall semester at the University of Minnesota, the Weisman hosts a day-long sideshow of performances, films, free speech demonstrations, ethic media discussions, art exhibitions, contests, and more. View Luke DuBois’s exhibit “Hindsight is Always 20/20,” which muses on presidential vision and rhetoric by representing commonly used words in presidential State of the Union speeches throughout history. “Who is a Citizen ? What is Citizenship” examines this theme in American art of the last century. And partake in a beguiling series of special events including those listed below.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * SIDESHOW SCHEDULE * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

11:00 AM PLAZA
BRASS BAND, 15 FOOT GIANTS, and EXTRAORDINARILY DELICIOUS FOOD from the CHEF SHACK (serving til 2PM)

11:30 AM-1:00 PM PLAZA
Get on THE AMERICAN SOAPBOX and EXPOUND on any subject to a LIVE AUDIENCE & the BLOGOSPHERE

NOON-2:00 PM GALLERIES
US PRESIDENTS COME BACK TO LIFE to deliver STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESSES

1:00-2:00 PM PLAZA
FACE THE RIGORS of the CITIZENSHIP CONTEST!

1:00-3:30 PM SHEPHERD ROOM
ETHNIC MEDIA JOURNALISTS FROM FAR AND WIDE ASSESS THE CANDIDATES

2:00-3:00 PM PLAZA
An AMERICAN BARD rises again! Hear the voice of WALT WHITMAN

4:00-5:00 PM PLAZA
Drop a beat with ILL CHEMISTRY: DESDAMONA and partner in poetry and beatboxer CARNAGE

4:30-5:30 PM SHEPHERD ROOM
THE PARIS HILTON EFFECT: Professor JANE BLOCKER walks the tightrope between ART & POLITICS!

6:00-7:30 PM SHEPHERD ROOM
WHAT AMERICA NEEDS: As told to filmmaker MARK WOJAHN

7:00-8:00 PM PLAZA
BRASS MESSENGERS PERFORM SIDESHOW BALLADS

7:30-8:30 PM PLAZA
THE WORLD’S GREATEST balancing act: ART ON WHEELS! Projecting graffiti on the WEISMAN and making it DISAPPEAR

ONGOING ALL DAY

EXHIBITIONS: Hindsight is Always 20/20  & Who is a Citizen? What is Citizenship?

FILM SCREENINGS: What America Needs; War Made Easy: How Presidents and
Pundits Keep Spinning us to Death; Citizenship: Would you Pass?

YOUR VOTE COUNTS: Register to vote & Answer the political question of the day

+ PRIZES GALORE!