The 2012 Friday Kick-Off Party!

Check out the schedule this year’s kick-off. We promise it will be just as exciting as last year! Don’t forget to check our weekend activities list too.

FRIDAY, November 30, 2012

Kick-Off Party, 6:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Playwrights’ Center, 2301 E Franklin Ave., Minneapolis 55406
$15/person or $25/couple  requested donation for Seward Neighborhood Group
For tickets to the Kick-Off Party, call 612-338-6205 ext. 119.

Don’t miss this wonderful evening showcasing our local performance artists and neighborhood food! Enjoy Seward writers and performance artists, plus great food, beer & wine from Seward businesses.  The talented lineup includes  Seward writers Marne Zafar, Delaney Deer, and Bob Haddow and poet Mike Rollin.  Dance performances by Solist Sonjia Um-Siri of Caravan Dance and Musicand music by Jazz Pianist Jim Chenoweth. soloist Lily Badertscher and Dick and Jane’s Big Brass Band.

Schedule of the evening

Minneapolis Art on Wheels will be projecting live drawings and 2D puppetry – created inside Second Moon Cafe – onto the West wall of the Playwrights’ Center – just in time for the kickoff party. http://themaw.org/ Bear the cold and visit the projections outdoors or come inside and participate under the warmth of the Second Moon!

6:30-7:00 wine and food service music by the Dick and Jane’s Big Brass Band

[15 Minute Break]

7:15-7:25       Welcome by Robert Lilligren

7:25-7:35-      Eddie the Cowboy and Rusty Pan—Josie Winship and Roxy Bergeron

7:35-7:45–     Marne Zafar of TGI Frybread Native Writers

7:45-7:55–      Delaney Deer of TGI Frybread Native Writers

7:55-8:05–      Soloist Sonjia Um-Siri of Caravan Dance and Music

[15 minute break]

8:20-8:30–Jazz Pianist Jim Chenoweth

8:30-8:40–Mike Rollin

8:40-8:50–Bob Haddow

8:50-9:00–Soloist Lily Badertscher