Garner is a butterhead It's great that "A Serious Man" was set and shot in St. Louis Park, but that's become a rarity, as states with strong production incentives siphon off movies that ought to have been made here. "Juno" was set in the Twin Cities but shot in British Columbia. "Gran Torino" was originally set in St. Paul but shot in Detroit. "Jennifer's Body" was set in Minnesota ... well, let's let that one slide. Now, the latest insult. The new Jennifer Garner comedy "Butter" is about competitive Midwestern butter sculptors, so it's essentially set at the Minnesota State Fair. And where is Garner's production company going to film it? Louisiana, a state where a Popsicle would last about 20 seconds. Since Garner also co-starred in "Juno," she is clearly an Enemy Of Minnesota.

COLIN COVERT

Stewart-Pohlad threepeat Bill Pohlad hearts Kristen Stewart, apparently. She stars in the Minneapolis producer's new "The Runaways," and had a supporting role in his 2007 film "Into the Wild." Now comes word that Pohlad's company Apparition has snapped up distribution rights to "Welcome to the Rileys," in which Stewart plays an underage stripper taken in by good Samaritans James Gandolfini and Melissa Leo. A fall release is expected, prompting some to speculate about an Oscar campaign hyping the "Twilight" star's against-type performance.

COLIN COVERT

It's a 'Jennefit' Minneapolis has its share of photo pit junkies who manage to post galleries of the previous night's shows on Flickr before the rest of us have had our coffee. One of them, Jenn Barnett, has suddenly found herself with a camera broken beyond repair. Luckily, Twin Cities musicians including the Honeydogs, Molly Maher and Ryan Paul & The Ardent have teamed up for a benefit Friday at the Turf Club (9 p.m., $10). Check her work at JennBarnett.com.

REBECCA LANG

Red turning green Pre-St. Paddy's Day drinkers weren't the only ones checking out the new Kieran's Irish Pub's on Block E Tuesday. Turns out the flying tomato himself made an appearance. Yeah, we're talking about Olympic gold medal snowboarder Shaun White. After performing for Target's annual managers meeting at Target Center -- along with Lady Antebellum, Nick Jonas & the Adminstration, Michael Bublé, Norah Jones and Pearl Jam -- White must have felt he deserved a pint or two.

REBECCA LANG

The rest are noise Holy hyperbole, Batman! Have you seen Alex Ross's latest column in that definitively Gotham tattler, The New Yorker? Ross, among the most respected music critics in America, stopped by Carnegie Hall last month to watch orchestras from around the world. And guess who got the highest praise? That's right. After politely complimenting the other ensembles, Ross paused and spent four full paragraphs extolling the Minnesota Orchestra, which performed Beethoven's "Grosse Fuge" and Sibelius' "Kullervo." He said of Osmo Vänskä's group: "The Minnesota Orchestra sounded, to my ears, like the greatest orchestra in the world."

GRAYDON ROYCE

Scratch that date A much-anticipated St. Paul Chamber Orchestra debut by young British composer and conductor Thomas Adès has been scratched. Adès alerted the SPCO late last week that he had to cancel "for personal reasons." The SPCO quickly drafted San Francisco-based Donato Cabrera to conduct April 2-3 at Ordway Center. The program, including Adès' Chamber Symphony and his "Three Studies After Couperin," is unchanged. Adès, who has been called every variation of brilliant, doesn't appear to be ill, as he gave a recital March 14 in Vancouver, winning yet more critical raves.

CLAUDE PECK

Class actor Estelle Parsons' starring turn in "August: Osage County" at the Ordway brought back fond memories for Judy Dayton, the prominent arts supporter and collector. She and Parsons were classmates at Connecticut College. Dayton, a history major, hosted Parsons and some friends for dinner earlier this week. "She's such a peppy lady," said Dayton. "It's fun to reconnect after all these years."

ROHAN PRESTON

Sharpen your stencils Broken Crow -- Twin Cities stencil artists John Grider and Mike Fitzsimmons -- have brought their colorful, animal-filled murals to the land of South by Southwest, leaving behind a trail of screaming gorillas, giraffe-phonographs and their newest, a big lion carrying a broken-down home on its shoulders. Their buddies, design team Burlesque of North America, are releasing Crow's work at several SXSW events this week.

REBECCA LANG