Sixties Style at After Hours

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Sixties Style at After Hours

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The 1960s were alive and well at the Walker on a recent Saturday night as party-goers celebrated their way through giant stuffed slices of cake, fries, sliders, ice cream, and more to mark the opening of the exhibition Claes Oldenburg: The Sixties.

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Claes Oldenburg’s Floor Cake (1962)
Nicola Carpenter and Sean Donovan
Nicola Carpenter and Sean Donovan
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Mini-burgers and mock duck sliders
Kelsey Simpkins, Autumn Kovach, and all-you-can-eat Häagen-Dazs

There were rock ‘n’ rollers, groovy dudes, Twiggy-look-alikes, classy people, Mad Men enthusiasts and more.

Neal Tillotson and Gwyneth Dwyer
Neal Tillotson and Gwyneth Dwyer
Kevin Kirsch and Xena Huff
Kevin Kirsch and Xena Huff
Katy Corbin and DJ Nelson
Katy Corbin and DJ Nelson
Dan Jensen, Kevin Kunz, and Sandy Simmons
Shelly Ebnet and Emerson Gutierrez
Shelly Ebnet and Emerson Gutierrez

While the Anonymous Choir and the Ventures Cover Band gave a riveting live show of 60s soul music in the McGuire Theater, other revelers amped up the theme in the photo booth with psychedelic and oversized props, and the craftiest of guests sewed together clever stuffed protest signs out of burlap à la Oldenburg.

Anonymous Choir with the Ventures Cover Band
Anonymous Choir with the Ventures Cover Band
Karly Knutson, Ellora Parrington, and Leslie Olson show off their handiwork
Karly Knutson, Ellora Parrington, and Leslie Olson show off their handiwork
Twin Cities Photo Booth
Twin Cities Photo Booth

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