Email Author Jessica Armbruster

2008 Stories by Jessica Armbruster

• The Seven Deadly Sins Party: 4th Annual Halloween Costume Ball

  published October 29, 2008

  Are you more interested in being a devil this Friday night instead of running in fear from them? Indulge your sinful side at the Myth Nightclub,... More >>

• First Avenue's Halloween Party & Costume Contest

  published October 29, 2008

  Halloween thankfully falls on a Friday this year, so there are no worries if your zombie clown makeup stains your skin for the next few days.... More >>

• Trail of Terror

  published October 29, 2008

  Are you looking forsomething epic to do this Halloween? The Trail of Terror out at the Renaissance Festival Site ( More >>

• The Dead Hate the Living Halloween Bash

  published October 29, 2008

  So, you've done the tours and the horror movie screenings, and you've had enough candy to put yourself in diabetic shock. Perhaps it is time to... More >>

• Tonight We Abide: The Big Lebowski Party

  published October 29, 2008

  If the dude were a real person, I could see him digging Bryant-Lake Bowl. There's beer, good eats, old-school bowling (you score your rounds with... More >>

• Drink of the Week: The Yowza Yowza Yowza

  published Oct 24, 2008

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• I Can't Believe It's Not Paint Thinner: Christian Brothers Cream Sherry

  published Oct 24, 2008

  Like champagne, sherry refers to the region of production, or at least it did many years ago. Originally a fortified wine from Jerez, Spain, "sherry" is actually a bastardization of the town... More >>

• Cinematic Titanic: LIVE!

  published October 22, 2008

  It's hard to believe that two decades ago, if you had deliberately rented a movie with the sole intention of laughing at it, people would have... More >>

• The Zombie Carnival

  published October 22, 2008

  Zombies are perhaps the least glamorous of the monster characters out there. The rotting flesh prohibits them from the sexiness of vampires, their... More >>

• Found Footage Festival

  published October 22, 2008

  Training videos from the '80s, regional commercials for local food chains, and bizarre home videos: These are just a few of the things to be... More >>

• The Tiny Jumbo Jolly Grim Show

  published October 22, 2008

  It's been a while since puppets have been funny for adults. Much like clowns and sparkly ponies, puppets have been relegated to the "kids-only"... More >>

• Beakman LIVE!

  published October 22, 2008

  It's been a while since puppets have been funny for adults. Much like clowns and sparkly ponies, puppets have been relegated to the "kids-only"... More >>

• Barhopping: Happy Hour at Mortimer's

  published October 22, 2008

  There's something special about a bar that starts its happy hour at 11 a.m., especially one located in an area that's not particularly populated... More >>

• Regis Dialogue: Mike Leigh

  published October 15, 2008

  The Regis Dialogue, now in its 19th year, pairs well-known filmmakers with respected film critics. This year is the year of Mike Leigh and Scott... More >>

• Zombie Pub Crawl IV

  published October 15, 2008

  We all want brains. However, if the word "brains" makes you hungry rather than prompting intellectual discourse, chances are you are a zombie.... More >>

• City Pages' Iron Fork

  published October 15, 2008

  Thanks to shows like Iron Chef, with its color commentary approaching NFL-levels of gusto, or Hell's Kitchen, where Gordon Ramsey... More >>

• Happy Hour at Jasmine 26

  published October 15, 2008

  The Eat Street region of Nicollet Avenue is not for those with short attention spans. Stroll up the street on any given night in search of a bar... More >>

• Wear your kneepads: St. Paul art crawl is this weekend

  published Oct 10, 2008

  This weekend St. Paul gets creative with its annual art crawl. One of the largest of its kind, over 250 art studios and galleries will open their doors, giving live art demonstrations, theater perform... More >>

• SOLD OUT: Cold War Kids

  published October 8, 2008

  The Cold War Kids got their start in Fullerton, California, in 2004, quickly gaining popularity with bloggers, Pitchfork, and music heads who... More >>

• Radio K 15th Anniversary Party

  published October 8, 2008

  It was 1993 when the University of Minnesota decided to merge WMMR and KUOM into Radio K. Fifteen years later, the student-run station has proved... More >>

• Monster Mash

  published October 8, 2008

  Electricity has played a major role in countless horror movies and novels. It passed judgment on the killer child in The Bad Seed (1956),... More >>

• Second Annual West Bank Bash

  published October 8, 2008

  The West Bank School of music began in the '70s as a flexible way for people of all ages and skill levels to add a little music to their busy... More >>

• Boys to men: locally–filmed documentary explores masculinity

  published Oct 03, 2008

  This weekend marks the broadcast of the locally made film, Journeyman. The one–hour documentary explores the recent "masculine identity crisis", following two at–risk youth as th... More >>

• That's hott: the MMAA celebrates Minnesota comic artists

  published Oct 03, 2008

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• Citizen Cope

  published October 1, 2008

  You might recognize Citizen Cope's tunes from a recent Pontiac commercial ("Son's Gonna Rise"), you might have heard him play between angsty... More >>