Northern Spark: Out with Friends

Meet Shelby and Kara!

They were thoroughly enjoying the evening.  

Thanks Shelby and Kara!

Northern Spark: Even the Animals Enjoyed the Evening

Meet Jake!

Jake was riding along with his owners in a small bag.  It was a bit warm.  But they stopped to rest and to give him some water.  I think he was enjoying the evening just fine!

Northern Spark: Keeping the Games Going

Meet Katie!

Katie works for a company called Glitch.  They built the games that were on display.  Thanks Katie!  It was lovely chatting with you!   You were busy keeping everything going!   Well done!

Playing a Role

Meet Richard!

He was in period costume and was playing William de la Barre.   William, an Austrian, arrived in Minneapolis in June 1878, just a few days after a flour mill explosion.   He was an engineer.   And, he came up with an idea to clean the dust out of the air of flour mills.

He did very well in Minnesota after that!

Thanks Richard!  You were awesome!

Working the Crowd

Meet Michael!

He was one of a few people inside who were carrying around an electronic game on their backs.  They would stop and chat with people and let them play the game.

Thanks Michael!

Friends Watching the Puppetter!

Meet Merrie

And meet Merrie's very good friend, Gloria!

They have been friends for a long time and decided that it was a nice night to be out and take in the various artists exhibits.

And, Gloria does have a sense of humor!

My sincere thanks to you both!!

Members of the audience and some of the band

The Northern Spark was very culturally inclusive.   The people below were part of a band that played before the puppeteer performed.

Puppeteer

This was rather fun to watch.   This shows a bright light cast against a white screen.  The other side of the screen, shows the shadows of the characters below.

The audience is on the other side of the white screen and they are observing the puppet show of shadows as the puppeteer moves the characters with sticks.

Here was the puppeteer!

He was plenty busy with the various characters moving on and off the screen as well as doing the dialog!

Lighting the Way: Continued.

Here are a few more images taken of the Lighting the Way exhibit.

I did notice that many people had the same, small backpack.  But, that wasn't universally true for everyone.

The photos were fun to do in this case.  Very dark.   I didn't want to use the flash and preferred to use the ambient light.  But, there wasn't much of that. 

And, I had to hand hold the camera.   All in all, I think they came out OK. 

Lighting the Way

One of the artists exhibits at Northern Spark was simply a long line of light bulbs with people standing next to them.  Below are two of the participants.

I rather liked this exhibit.  But, I am not certain what is was supposed to represent.  And, I am not certain how long people stood in the lines.

But, they were trying to be nearly motionless when I was there.