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No matter what you think about all these new designer buildings in town, you can't help but give props to the frontrunner, Walker Art Center, for programming some pretty neat stuff since re-opening with their expansion. I'm not sure what to make of tonight's prom-themed fashion show, curated by local hat designer/Target employee Anna Lee. For grownups: there's also the behind-the-scenes look at Matthew Barney in a documentary by Alison Chernick called Matthew Barney: No Restraint--screening tonight as part of Free First Thursdays. Check Peter Schilling's take.

Worth noting: The very excellent prefab housing exhibition closes Sunday. Last weekend's New York Times Magazine shed some light on one of the houses featured in the exhibit though, the owners of "Turbulence House" being not entirely pleased with their architect's results. The magazine also featured a piece on Herzog & de Meuron (the guys who designed the Walker expansion), chronicling the plight of designing and building their bird's nest/national stadium for Beijing.