No cake for you Doug Padilla's shindig Saturday night will have all the usual hoopla that party animals expect from the Minneapolis artist's extravaganzas -- 80-some paintings, dancers, choreographers, scenesters, fashionistas and assorted hangers-on. But despite its billing as "Dougieland 60," there will be no birthday cake. "I turned 60 a year and a half ago," Padilla said during a break from pounding nails. "It took me three or four years to do it. I got morose and did the whole turning-60-cliché thing, but now I'm a happy man." That shows in the "completely new direction" of his art: "There's a Norwegian in me screaming to get out," he said. As for the party at California Gallery (7-11 p.m. Sat., 2205 NE. California St.), "I've been encouraging eccentric behavior. I just miss the '80s and the '60s, when people came to art openings in their own costumes, dressed up or down. I'm expecting 700."
MARY ABBE
Ra'mon recruits Robyne Minnesotans continue to make a fashion splash in Manhattan. "Project Runway" contestant Ra'mon-Lawrence Coleman will show his spring collection today as part of New York's Fashion Week -- with jewelry designed by Fox 9 news anchor Robyne Robinson. "Ra'mon and I know each other through L'Etoile magazine and [styling trio] Eclecticoiffeur," Robinson told I.W. "He contacted me on Facebook and said, 'If I ever need jewelry, could I use yours?'" The result: a collection of "chunky pieces that have a lot of three-dimension" in shades of pink, coral, jade, silver and amethyst, inspired by a trip to France. The team-up caught the eye of New York magazine's blog The Cut, which sent the Twin Cities fashion community rallying to her side after a snarky remark comparing Rox, Robinson's successful side project, to a rumored Al Roker fashion line. "It doesn't really matter; I get so much love from the Minneapolis fashionistas that it supersedes everything," said Robinson, who'll show Rox pieces in a show before Coleman's event. "I forgive [the writer]; my show is going to be great!"
KARA NESVIG
The little film that could Quentin Tarantino and Ang Lee, make way for Patrick Coyle. The Twin Cities writer/director's little Minne-made movie "Into Temptation" is outperforming both big-name directors at the Lagoon Cinema, which is holding the film over for a third week. It grossed a stunning $20,000-plus the first week. "We haven't seen numbers like that from a small film for a long, long time," an executive at First Look Studios told Coyle. The film, starring Jeremy Sisto and Kristin Chenoweth, opens next weekend in Omaha (Coyle's hometown). If it does well, he said it's "90 percent sure" to get a New York engagement before its DVD release Oct. 30.
TIM CAMPBELL
The forecast: Umbrellas Forecast Public Art hit upon just the right item when it invited artists to design and decorate umbrellas for a fundraiser at St. Paul's Union Depot next Thursday. Celebrity contributors include Claes Oldenburg and his late wife, Coosje van Bruggen, whose 37-foot steel umbrella, inspired by Robinson Crusoe's palm-frond shade, has graced a plaza in downtown Des Moines since 1979. They drew an umbrella, on chichi Beverly Hills Hotel stationery, that will be auctioned for Forecast's benefit. Christo and his wife, Jean Claude, who in 1991 planted 3,100 gigantic yellow and blue umbrellas in Japan and Southern California, contributed to the auction, along with 60 local talents. The $50 party promises belly dancing and drill-team performances, photo booth portraits, light projections by Ali Momeni, music by Nick Champeau and, of course, food and drink. Check it out at ForecastPublicArt.org or call 651-641-1128.
MARY ABBE
