I went to see God of Carnage in the McGuire Proscenium at the Guthrie yesterday with my friend Milton. In addition to seeing Milton, which was wonderful, I got to sit in Row G of a famous theater and watch a brilliant performance of a superb play. As I was looking through the program, I read some of the selected credits for two of the actors and saw The Straight Story. Most people don't know what that is, but it is a film based on the true story of Alvin Straight who rode a tractor from Iowa to Wisconsin to see his sick brother when he was in his 70's. It is significant that two of the actors in my first Guthrie show were in this film because Alvin Straight is the uncle of my neighbor Walter back home. It really is a small world and I'm loving that fact more and more every day. Also, one of the actors was in Drop Dead Gorgeous, another great film that connects me to this place and these people.
And today, I'm going to the Public Theater of Minnesota to see A Midsummer Night's Dream, just one more thing that makes it feel like fate that I'm here.
I took a leisurely stroll around downtown Minneapolis yesterday after God of Carnage and snapped a few tourist photos for posterity. Downtown Minneapolis is beautiful; the perfect combination of history and modernity, factory and fantasy.
This is a view of the Pillsbury mill from across the river.
The Mill City Museum is right next to the Guthrie. Very cool.
The Guthrie as seen from the historic Stone Arch Bridge.
Hennepin Avenue Bridge
This isn't downtown. This is the Smith Douglas More House in Eden Prairie that is also a coffee shop. I go there every single day.
Gold Medal Flour mill right next to the Guthrie
And of course, the fabulous Guthrie Theater!
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