Art: 'Paradise Lost: Climate Change in the North Woods'

Opens Saturday: Few any longer debate whether global warming is changing Earth's ecology. Now the discussion has moved to how it will affect the world and what can be done to preserve the things we value. To that discussion, the Bell Museum at the University of Minnesota offers "Paradise Lost: Climate Change in the North Woods," a show of 36 artworks -- paintings, photos, sculpture, weavings, ceramics -- that suggest the fragility of our northern climate. Joyce Koskenmaki's 2006 painting of a "Moose Running" is shown here. Accompanying the show is an extensive program of films, gallery talks with artists and ecology experts, a nationwide "teach-in" on climate-change solutions, poetry readings, Cafe Scientifique discussions of alternative fuels, climate policy and changing landscapes and lively events for kids. (Opening reception, 7 p.m. Sat. $10. 612-624-9050. Exhibit, free-$5. Bell Museum of Natural History, 10 SE. Church St., Mpls. Ends April 11. 612-624-4112 or www.bellmuseum.org.)