TWIN CITIES FINEST IN THEATER

IVEY AWARDS AT THE HISTORIC STATE THEATER

Much of Minneapolis's elite joined together on Monday night to look upon those being recognized for their outstanding work in theater performance. There are two categories that are always recognized; being the Lifetime Achievement and the Emerging Artist Award. The rest of the awards seem to change from change from year to year, as well as the basis of recognition. The Ivey Awards are a public event, and the place was packed ! 

The evening started at the New Century Theater for the pre-party to the awards show. I hung out with the Mayor, R.T. Rybak, for a while. He's holding a flyer for the "Take a Pic of L.A. Nik" photo contest here.

The evening followed at the State Theater where I was the red carpet host. Below are some photos from the event.

This was a great night for Minneapolis arts. There were a bunch of sponsors for the evening, but I'd like to point out two. 

Sun Country Airlines had an interesting presence there with flight attendant girls passing out Sun Country pizza at the after-party - Sun Country is also a major sponsor for Hennepin Theater Trust. 

Also FAME was a major sponsor that designed most of what you saw in the marketing and print materials for the evening, including the booklet that was handed out to guests. If you liked what you saw, then hire FAME for marketing and branding. Tell em' L.A. Nik sent you !

Many of the local media people were present. If you'd like to see there photos and stories, then check out these links:

- METRO Magazine
- City Pages
- Minneapolis2Night