Movies in the Park-ing Lot
Although I have lived in my share of cities, I am always impressed with the diversity and quirkiness of events being held in Minneapolis. Where else can you attend a community gathering over hundreds of hotdishes? A book club in a bowling alley? A town hall discussion in a vintage theater?
On Thursday, we’re in store for another of these great events. This time around, it’s a free, socially responsible film series held in the parking lot of Patrick’s colorful cabaret.
Movies in the Park-ing Lot is the creation of local filmmaker Mark Wojahn, best known for his documentary What America Needs.
Mark is a curator of underground micro-cinema. He shows thought-provoking documentary films throughout the year under two names. Casket Cinema is held in his studio space in the Casket building in Northeast. And Movies in the Park-ing Lot is held throughout the summer in the lot wedged between The Hub Bike Co-Op and Patrick’s Cabaret. Head over to facebook to sign up for each of these groups so you won’t miss these great opportunities.
This Thursday July 2 at 9:30 p.m. Mark is showing the movie Food Matters, a documentary about America’s industrialized food supply and largely unhealthy eating habits.
In grassroots fashion, Mark also asked a number of local experts to join in for the discussion and showing, which is sponsored by Seward Co-op. There’ll be a raffle for gift cards to the co-op. One of the guests is Adiel Tel-Orien (”Dr. T”), the owner of Ecopolitan raw foods restaurant. There will be also be short cartoon on food by local filmmaker John Akre.
Grab some lawnchairs, food, drinks, and your friends and RSVP here so that Mark knows you are coming.
Minnesota Public Radio recently reported on the “great harvest” of food movies being shown in Minneapolis. You can stay in the know by heading over to see Food Matters and, best of all, talk about food issues with your community on a wonderful summer night.
Carrie Obry
Carrie Obry is an editor, writer, and book developer with a deep, sometimes inexplicable love for food. She has a master's degree in literature from New York University and works in book publishing. She also writes at www.EdibleCities.com and started the Minneapolis-St Paul Ghetto Gourmet, where she plans and cooks five-course meals for 20 guests at a time. Contact her at carrie@dinemag.net.