A Super 8 film (in 4 parts) inspired by Seward neighborhood bumper stickers and shot on a cold November day in 2008. Ethan is featured as a dress-wearing politician, cigar-smoking director, and fur hat-wearing disco dancer.
The 2010 BareBones Halloween Show is dedicated to the loving memory of Ethan Johnson who, as we say, crossed from This World to the Other World on September 21st, the last day of Summer.
Thanks to all who attended and volunteered for the Celebration of Ethan on October 13. The love and labor of hundreds of Ethan’s relations and friends created a magical tribute to a magnificent man.
A collection of photos from the Ethan Johnson Memorial Procession as it made its way over the Mississippi River on the Washington Avenue Bridge to the Cedar Cultiral Center in Minneapolis on October 13, 2010.
Photos from the Ethan Johnson Memorial Procession, October 13, 2010 in Minneapolis. We received these photos from a University employee who was walking by. We’ll post his name when we discover it.
Video: In the Sweet Bye and Bye, as arranged by the Brass Messengers, and performed by the Yellow Hat Band (Seattle), in tribute to our friend, Ethan Johnson.
The Brass Messengers played as friends and family carried Ethan Johnson’s ashes to the Cedar Cultural Center for a celebration of his life. Video by Terry McBelle
The Brass Messengers play one more song before going into the Cedar for a gathering to celebrate Ethan’s live with friendship, stories, food and dance. Video by Terry McBelle.
Video: Kevin Kling wrote an inspiring story for Ethan Johnson and read it at his memorial celebration at the Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis on October 13, 2010.
Video: a tribute to Ethan as part of the opening ceremony of the Fifth HONK! Festival – October 9, 2010. For the tribute, the Second Line Social Aid and Pleasure Society Brass Band led a version of “I’ll Fly Away,” joined by all the participants at the Festival.
