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Leo Enticknap
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posted 11-01-2004 01:58 PM

Next week I'm off to the Association of Moving Image Archivists' annual conference in Minneapolis. It ends on the Saturday night (13th), and my flight home doesn't leave until 6.45pm the following day (check-in at MSP by 4.45pm). So that leaves me with a morning and early afternoon in which to explore the city. Any suggestions as to where to go and what to see? And will any other Film-Techers be coming to AMIA this year?

Many thanks in advance.

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John Pytlak
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posted 11-01-2004 02:18 PM

Unfortunately, I will not be going to the AMIA conference this year. Maybe next year, when Kodak is invited to present the Film Technology Workshop again like last year in Vancouver.

I assume the Mall of America is one of the big attractions --- I think several here on Film-Tech work there.

http://minneapolis.about.com/library/weekly/aamplsfacts.htm

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Minneapolis is first in the nation in literacy and second in per capita theaters. It is also known for its orchestra, art museums, and the sculpture garden with the cherry spoon near Loring Park and the Walker Art Center.
Minneapolis is on the Mississippi River where you will find riverboats to ride on and by its banks, interesting walks. Minneapolis is also home to professional sports teams and many restaurants and bars with musical entertainment.

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Leo Enticknap
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posted 11-01-2004 03:46 PM

Thanks for the link and hope to see you at AMIA '05.

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Nate Lehrke
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posted 11-01-2004 04:11 PM

I would suggest seeing the Mall of America if you haven't before. The mall will keep you entertained for the afternoon at least.

In Minneapolis you have the Walker Art Center & the Sculpture Gardens. Nicollet Mall is a some-what entertaining street downtown to do some shopping or browsing.

If you could get to St. Paul, the Science Museum is quite cool.

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Joe Beres
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posted 11-01-2004 04:42 PM

Leo, I will be attending the conference this year, and i look forward to meeting you. the mall of America is a sight to see, especially for the strange and frightening people watching that can be done, but it is a mall. Unfortunately, the Walker Art Center is closed for expansion, but the sculpture garden is great if the weather is cooperating. However, if you enjoy art and architcture, I would recommend the Gehry designed Weisman Art Museum on the University of Minnesota Campus or the Minneapolis Institute of Arts .

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Steve Scott
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posted 11-01-2004 05:41 PM

Well, you oughta drive down I-35 and see a film at the Lakeville Theatre [Big Grin]

The nightlife around first avenue in Minneapolis is always fun. Check out the shops in Uptown Minneapolis, too. All up Hennepin Ave. & Lyndale Ave. there's coffeehouses and quaint little stores, as well as some chains. It gets packed with yuppies on the weekends, though. St. Anthony Main is another cool spot for stores and bars. The Walker Art Center has the "legendary" cherry and spoon sculpture that is supposedly iconic for the Twin Cities, as well as a bunch of other art. Head to the Electric Fetus if you wanna check out a cool record & old hippie store.

But I second that call on the Institute of Art. Free Parking & admission, and huge galleries.

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Michael Coate
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posted 11-01-2004 06:42 PM

I'd suggest seeing a movie at the Heights.

http://www.heightstheater.com

http://www.startribune.com/viewers/story.php?template=print_a&story=1648251

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Steve Scott
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posted 11-01-2004 07:07 PM

Michael's right, the Heights is pretty cool. I believe they've got a recently restored Wurlitzer organ, too.

The Uptown theater at Lake & Hennepin is the last theater in town with a balcony as part of the main auditorium. Expensive tickets, but cool motiff.

Just avoid Ikea. [Razz]

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Paul Mayer
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posted 11-01-2004 10:42 PM

Possibly catch a live broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion? There's a live broadcast performance scheduled for the 13th.

A Prairie Home Companion

Tickets & Schedule for the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul

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Leo Enticknap
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posted 11-02-2004 03:58 AM

Many thanks for all your suggestions. Joe - look forward to seeing you next week, assuming I survive the trip in Northwest's 'Douglas Death Tube' (with apologies to Daryl). Michael - I can go one better than seeing a picture at The Heights - we're actually going to be showing one there, as part of the AMIA screening night next Saturday (where about 20 member archives are given 'six minutes of fame' to show off a highlight from their collection). I'll print off some of the links on this thread and have a read on the plane. Thanks again.

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Daryl C. W. O'Shea
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posted 11-02-2004 04:23 AM

You're flying Northwest! You just cut your chance of survival (50% in the DDT) in half (now 25%). It was nice knowing you Dr. Enticknap! j/k [Big Grin]

What flight are you taking? I could make a call to your plane as it flies by me. [evil]

The range on my handheld ICOM is amazing.

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Paul Mayer
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posted 11-02-2004 11:17 AM

Or better your chances yet again Leo and skip MSP altogether for LAS instead. Bring the convention with you! We have new non-stop Manchester to Las Vegas service now on BMI. Though it is trading one poison for another on the equipment I suppose, swapping out a DDT (all the way from the UK?) for a Toulouse Tree Trimmer, aka Scarebus. [Big Grin]

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Leo Enticknap
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posted 11-02-2004 02:00 PM

It's Northwest flight 55 from Amsterdam next Tuesday afternoon - and according to NWA's website it is indeed a McDonnell Deathtrap (or should that be an 'Ermenonville Eraser'?). Even more fun will be the KLM Shittyhopper connection from Newcastle to join it. Last year it was a very unloved-looking Fokker F27. Now I know why the ticket was such good value!

That Manchester to Las Vegas flight sounds very tempting given the howling winds and sheeting rain in Yorkshire recently. [Cool]

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Paul Mayer
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posted 11-02-2004 07:46 PM

Ah, NWA55 AMS (Schiphol--Dutch for "grave of ships" [Razz]

) to MSP on a DC-10 (more than likely a Death Cruiser 10 series 40 with P&W engines). Not to worry Leo, only a few of those have come apart mid-flight over the years. [evil]

Look at it this way, at least you're not on a DDT (aka Long Beach Death Tube or Cajun Clipper) or MD-11 (aka More Death 2 or Scud since once you launch it you don't know where it will come down). Happy flying! [Big Grin]

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John Pytlak
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posted 11-03-2004 01:13 PM

quote: Paul Mayer
DC-10 (more than likely a Death Cruiser 10 series 40 with P&W engines). Not to worry Leo, only a few of those have come apart mid-flight over the years.

Unfortunately, a good friend and fellow Kodak motion-picture engineer was killed in the crash of American Airlines Flight 191 (DC-10 Series 10) at Chicago O'Hare Airport on May 25, 1979:

http://www.airdisaster.com/special/special-aa191.shtml

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May 25, 1979 remains the darkest day in American aviation. On that Friday before the Memorial Day Weekend, 270 passengers and crew aboard American Airlines Flight 191 lost their lives when their airplane literally fell out of the sky. To this day, the accident is the most deadly commercial airline crash in United States history. Here is the story of what happened on that blusterry Spring day in 1979.

He was flying back to Los Angeles after meetings in Rochester. I last saw him the morning before he died, as he left to catch his plane to Chicago. [Frown]

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