The Southern Theater and Weisman Art Museum Present Bryce Dessner, Aaron Dessner & Clogs

Brothers Bryce and Aaron Dessner of international indie rock acclaim The National have a penchant for bringing together disparate musicians, musical styles, and artistic genres. This February they present two uniquely programmed evenings of music featuring work from various side- and not-so-side-projects.

The first night will feature Clogs and songs from their new album (with special guests Aaron Dessner and Shara Worden); their powerful and nuanced chamber compositions leaving "no question that the classical and indie realms can share a border where music turns pensive, knotty, and otherworldly" (New York Times). Night two brings fresh works from both Bryce and Aaron with special performances by frequent collaborator Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond and Rachael Elliott, Thomas Kozumplik, and Padma Newsome of Clogs. Additional artist and program details to be announced.

Performance dates: February 19 & 20, 2010
Fri. & Sat. at 8pm
Pre-show reception at 7pm each night sponsored by The Red Stag Supperclub
Tickets: $22
Southern Theater box office: 612.340.1725
1420 Washington Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55454
http://www.southerntheater.org/2010_02-19_bryce-aaron_dessner.htm

Auxiliary events at Weisman Art Museum

Sat. February 20, 5:30-6:30pm -
A discussion with Bryce & Aaron Dessner of The National/Clogs, Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond, Weisman Art Museum curator Diane Mullin and 89.3 The Current's Steve Seel

Free. Advance RSVP to rsvp@southerntheater.org or 612.340.0155 ext.310.

This discussion with members of The National and Clogs, along with My Brightest Diamond's Shara Worden, explores parallels between the musicians' work and the Weisman exhibition Common Sense: Art and the Quotidian. The problem of "the everyday" is central to much of the most enduring and challenging twentieth century art, design, and craft. The exhibition features works from the Weisman collection that reveal how this period engaged, celebrated, and investigated ideas of the everyday and The Common. In a conversation with the musicians about their philosophies, practices, and resulting music, the discussion will examine connections between the rarified and the everyday and between high and low culture in both music and art.

Saturday Feb. 20, following the performance -
Meet the artists at a casual post-show reception at the Weisman Art Museum. View the exhibition Common Sense: Art and the Quotidian, and enjoy complimentary refreshments while listening to tunes from the Dessners' self-selected playlist.

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