Videoline: Dinkytown: Food, Music, and Books
Izak Leon and Adam Jacobs |
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Izak Leon and Adam Jacobs' video "Dinkytown: Food Music Books" is a a lively look at the semi-legendary neighborhood of cafes, bars, clubs, and bookstores adjacent to the University of Minnesota campus. The two
Perpich Center for Arts Education students portray a neighborhood that's moving toward the mainstream while still holding on to many of the values of its countercultural past.
Kristen Eide-Tollefson, proprietor of
The Book House, Dinkytown's venerable used book emporium, provides historical insight as we hear from a range of modern-day Dinkytowners about why they love the neighborhood and where they think it's headed.