Northrop Performing Arts Showcases Zimbabwean Artists and Film Screenings 4/27-5/1

Northrop Performing Arts at the University of Minnesota presents a performance featuring three Zimbabwean artists. Headlining the event is Nora Chipaumire on Thursday, April 29 at 7:30 pm. Nora Chipaumire is dedicated to the visual, aural, and kinesthetic equivalent of Africa's great cities. Self-exiled artist and Bessie Award winner, Chipaumire is known for her brave, transnational work that investigates contemporary African life. Chipaumire teams up with dancer Souleymane Badolo and master musician and poet Thomas Mapfumo with his band The Blacks Unlimited. In conjunction with the April 29 performance, screenings of the African films "Nora", "St. Louis Blues", and "1X2" will be presented April 27-28 and May 1.

Tickets for Nora Chipaumire are $20 - $40. To purchase tickets, call the Northrop Box Office at (612) 623-2345. For more information, visit http://northrop.umn.edu. The theatre is located at 84 Church Street Southeast, Minneapolis, MN.  

Film Screenings

"Nora" and "St. Louis Blues"

Tue, Apr 27, 3:15 pm and Wed, Apr 28, 6:55 pm at St. Anthony Main

African short films "Nora" and "Saint Louis Blues" offer a musical double-feature at the St. Anthony Main Theatre (115 Main St SE, Minneapolis, MN). www.stanthonymaintheatre.com.

"Solo: 1X2"

Sat, May 8, 7:30 pm at the Bell Museum of Natural History (10 Church Street Southeast, Minneapolis, MN) www.bellmuseum.org

A documentary film celebrating the intense partnership between six dancers and their choreographers as they work together to create six extraordinary solo dances.