The Music Room Got An Upgrade

and who's new at the PCA šŸ‘ø

Hello!

Welcome to The Flying P, a weekly newsletter covering your Phipps Center for the Arts and anything else I might want to throw your way.

This issue hasā€¦

  • šŸ©° A New Dance Floor
    for the dancinā€™

  • šŸ–¼ Some New Artwork
    for the viewinā€™

  • šŸ‘ø New Team Members
    for the workinā€™

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FACILITIES

We got a space upgrade

photo of a group of people installing the new dance floor

whadda crew

Ever had so much dance that you didnā€™t know where to put it? Same!

Good thing for us, we have a Music Council that decided to come to the rescue. The councilā€™s solution: letā€™s add dance flooring to the Music Room so it can be used for dance when not being used for music. COUNCIL COOPERATION!

photo of the dance floor being installed

the during

photo of the finished dance floor

the after

Special flooring was needed because regular old tile flooring, although just fine for day-to-day use, is too hard for dancing. Dancers need something with a little more spring to help protect their joints.

The flooring installed has a [ahem] spongey [ahem] layer underneath it to help protect said joints (the black stuff).

Big ups to Tom and Carol Dahle, Greta Lewis, Anne and Leo Bachem, Mark Koski, and Gail Oā€™Connor for dedicating part of their Friday to installing this new flooring. Not only does it look great, but it will feel great to dancer feet.

Click below to see the 841st and final piece being hammered into place.
[Mark with the hammer drop] šŸ˜Ž 

PHIPPS TOP 10
best-selling upcoming events this season by tickets soldā€¦

1. The Drowsy Chaperone (previously: 1)
2. Prancer (previously: 2)
3. I Am Womanā€¦. presented by Lori Dokken (previously: 3)
4. Transyl-Mania (previously: 4)
5. Mysterious Old Radio Listening Society (previously: 5)
6. Colleen Rayeā€™s NYE (previously: 8)
7. Silent Sky (previously: 9)
8. Underneath the Lintel, or: The Mystery of the Abandoned Trousers (previously: 6)
9. The Andrews Sisters Onstage: a Jen Burleigh-Bentz production (previously: 7)
10. A Brass & Organ Holiday (previously: 10)

BETTER HURRY LIST
best-selling upcoming events this season by percent sold
(i.e., closest to being sold out)ā€¦

1. I Am Womanā€¦. presented by Lori Dokken (SOLD OUT)
2. Underneath the Lintel, or: The Mystery of the Abandoned Trousers (SOLD OUT)
3. Mysterious Old Radio Listening Society (previously: 3)
4. The Drowsy Chaperone (previously: 4)
5. The Andrews Sisters Onstage: a Jen Burleigh-Bentz production (previously: 5)

as of 9/23/24
PEOPLE

Goooooooo TEAM!

headshot of Kristin Prideaux

hi, Kristin!

headshot of Heidi Tansom

hi, Heidi!

Team Phipps grew just the tiniest bit over the past few weeks. Big, huge welcome to Kristin Prideaux, our new Team Assistant, and Heidi Tansom, our new Development Associate.

Kristin will be working part-time in our administrative office. Sheā€™ll most likely be the friendly voice you hear when you call for tickets, or the friendly face you see when you swing by to grab some Phipps info. Sheā€™s friendly. Did I mention that?

Heidi comes to us via an anonymous grant aimed at helping the Phipps with fundraising. Her task: RAISE ALL THE MONIES. She doesnā€™t like the title ā€œDevelopment Associateā€ (I admit, itā€™s stuffy); she prefers to be addressed as Queen of Development. If the gif below becomes Phipps reality, weā€™ll go ahead and call her that. šŸ˜‰ 

Get Your Billion Back Make It Rain GIF by Billion Back Records
painting of a small boy with his dog

artist: Layne Kleinart

šŸ‘†
my favorite gallery piece of the week
Looooove this piece. Water media on cement coated panel.
Donā€™t miss Layneā€™s work. Itā€™s really wonderful!

VISUAL ARTS

Cool art alert

collection of small paintings hung around a larger map

If you werenā€™t able to attend last Fridayā€™s opening reception for the new gallery exhibitions, you missed out on a fun night.

One particular exhibition will most likely appeal to you east-siders: ā€œFrom Saint Paul to Hudson: Views along the Mississippi and Saint Croix Riversā€ ā€” work by Jeanne Ross.

Alongside some beautiful paintings of St. Paul, Jeanne has a section that focuses on whatā€™s right outside the Phipps. Each piece is numbered and thereā€™s a map in the center with the locations she used as her POV for each painting.

map of artwork
painting of the Hudson arch

Itā€™s pretty fun. Iā€™d swing by and check it out if I were you.

Phipps tee on a dress form

fashionable tee, fashionable bag

šŸ‘† New tees are in! Get ā€˜em while theyā€™re hot! šŸ‘†

(no online sales for tees. gotta come in. I know I know. sorry.)

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