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SPECIAL EVENT
Opening Day Artist Talk: Haegue Yang

Correlating with the opening of Korean artist Haegue Yang's new exhibit Integrity of the Insider, curator Doryun Chong sits down with the artist for an intimate Q&A into her research process and techniques. Yang's first solo museum exhibition in the U.S. features the installation Yearning Melancholy Red, constructed out of non-traditional materials such as customized venetian blinds, lights, infrared heaters, scent emitters and fans -- a sensory experience that explores the real and metaphorical relationships between surroundings and emotions. Inspired by the life and work of revolutionary historical figures including French novelist and filmmaker, Marguerite Duras, underground Korean radical Kim San and American-journalist Nym Wales, this artist's nuanced installations are truly a sight (and sound and smell) to behold. Fresh off the 53rd Venice Biennale opening where she represented the Republic of Korea, Yang's work is not only provocative, but riveting and pertinent to modern pop culture. Come early and stay late to enjoy all the activities Target-Free Thursdays has to offer. -Juleana Enright

7 p.m. Walker Art Center Cinema, 1750 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, Free (complimentary tickets available in the Bazinet Garden Lobby from 6pm)

SPECIAL EVENT
Adorn

Twin Cities designers take over St. Paul for Adorn, Grand Avenue's dynamic fashion and beauty crawl, which includes trunk shows, runway collections, hair and make-up trends, dining deals and more at numerous locations. Featured designers include local heavy-hitters Kimberly Jurek, Robyne Robinson and Calpurnia Peach and so many more at the slew of cute businesses and boutiques that "adorn" the landscape of Grand Avenue. Be sure to stop by participating locations to take full advantage of all the fabulous discounts -- and plan your grand evening on Grand Avenue!

5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Various Locations, Grand Ave, St. Paul, Free

SPECIAL EVENT
FAME/ENVISION: Fall 2009 Designer Meet and Greet

Rub shoulders with your favorite local designers at Ignite Models' ENVISION: Fall 2009 Designer Meet and Greet and Interactive Trunk Show. This special edition of Ignite's monthly art/music/fashion soiree features couture pieces by local designers that you can try on and to purchase with the added bonus being assisted by the designers themselves! Participating designers include Amanda Christine, Renate Adjei,  Russell Bourrienne and many more. Food and drink will be provided by The Loop, while DJs Timmay and Shiek will be supplying the evening's soundtrack. A new art exhibit by Tony Gambucci and Val Carpender will brighten things up -- not that all the pretty people aren't enough! If you went last Friday, be sure to bring your ticket stub from the ENVISION: Fall 2009 fashion show for a 50% off discount for admission to the Meet and Greet.

7 p.m. to 10 p.m., Ignite Models Studio, Brin Building, 600 Washington Ave N Ste 101, North Loop, $10 ($5 with a ticket stub from ENVISION: Fall 2009)