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Green Sky Blue Grass Cabooze	Thu., January 8, 8:30pm	Uptown/ Eat Street	Barhopping Music
Kalamazoo's Greensky is among a fleet of modern bluegrass outfits that essentially leap into the wide blue yonder from a solid traditional base. That means mastering the rudiments of bluegrass, becoming ace pickers, perfecting vocal harmonies, and then stirring in innovations and expanding the... More >>

Lusurfer Lee's Liquor Lounge	Thu., January 8, 9:00pm	Minneapolis (Downtown)	Barhopping Music
Referring to themselves as "The World's Most Satanic Surf Rock Band," Lusurfer combine the spirit of the devil with the water sport that inspired guitar heroes such as Dick Dale and Link Wray. The band's instrumental surf rock is spot-on, and to further their "satanic" persona, their gimmick... More >>

The Fray First Avenue	Thu., January 8, 6:00pm	Minneapolis (Downtown)	Barhopping Music
The Fray hit the big time with their 2005 major-label debut, How to Save a Life, with multimillion sales, several Grammy nominations, and a pair of hit singles: "Over My Head (Cable Car)" and the title track, the latter of which got big TV exposure on Grey's Anatomy. Their winning formula was a... More >>

32 X 4 Minneapolis Central Library	Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Fri., December 12 until Sun., March 1	Minneapolis (Downtown)	Art Galleries
The new photography exhibition, "32X4," at the Minneapolis Central Library proves the dusty cliché, "The more things change, the more they stay the same," to be true about Twin Cities neighborhoods. For the project, local photographers Michael Dvorak, Dusty Hoskovec, Sarah Stacke, and... More >>

All I Want for Christmas Is 700 Billion Dollars: Our 50th Noel Brave New Workshop Theatre	Every week Sunday from Sun., November 30 until Sun., January 4, 7:00pm more dates/times	Uptown/ Eat Street	Theater
While I can't speak for the entirety of humanity, in my experience a lot of things (daylight savings, income tax time, mortality) have a tendency to sneak up on a soul, and the holidays are a case in point. Travel by car or air, enforced proximity to loved ones, and a general air of taking... More >>

Avant-garde Artist's Books Minneapolis Institute Of Arts	Daily from Sat., December 6 until Sun., May 24	Uptown/ Eat Street	Art Museums
The cliché "don't judge a book by its cover" definitely doesn't belong at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts' new exhibit "Breaking with Convention: Avant-Garde Artist's Books." That's for a couple of reasons: first, because some of the books won't even have conventional covers, and of... More >>

Barhopping: TownTalk Diner Town Talk Diner	Daily	Seward/ Longfellow/ Minnehaha	Barhopping
Town Talk Diner, with its brightly lit sign recalling a '50s movie theater, offers classic diner food, fair-inspired food, and fancy meat dishes all on one menu. The shakes and malts are hardly the stuff of kiddie drinks and more innocent times: An Irish float is sweetly boozy with its pour of... More >>

Barhopping: Sapor Cafe & Restaurant Sapor Cafe And Bar	Daily	Minneapolis (Downtown)	Barhopping Food Events
When I first visited Sapor about five years ago, I thought that the restaurant would not be around too long. Not because the food was bad, or the wine list poor, or the service surly, but because the place was completely empty, and restaurants around the North Loop sometimes have a short shelf... More >>

Happy Hour at Pracna on Main Pracna On Main	Daily	University	Barhopping
Built in 1890, Pracna on Main Boasts quite an impressive history: It is the oldest restaurant on the oldest street in Minneapolis. Ye olde hotspot features excellent river views, a gorgeous patio (which is too cold to enjoy this month, alas), and close proximity to St. Anthony Main Movie... More >>

Chautauqua! Walker Art Center	Every week Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Thu., January 8 until Sat., January 10, 8:00pm	Minneapolis (Downtown)	Theater
The New York collective National Theater of the United States of America joins forces with In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre, the Brass Messengers, choreographer Karen Sherman, and Walker archivist Jill Vuchetich to re-imagine the Chautauqua Circuit (and kick off the Walker's... More >>

Holiday Traditions Minneapolis Institute Of Arts	Daily from Fri., November 28 until Sun., January 11	Uptown/ Eat Street	Art Museums
Believe it or not, there was a time when people didn't decorate their front yards with light-up, animatronic reindeer and giant inflatable Santa Clauses. In fact, once, long, long ago, there were no NASCAR or talking Star Trek Christmas tree ornaments. This might also come as a shock, but... More >>

Ice Skating at the Depot The Depot	Daily from Thu., December 11 until Sun., March 22		Sports - Participatory
Sure, there are tons of places to get your skate on in Minnesota, but those who know their outside edges from their inside know that the Depot is the caviar of the Minnesota skating rinks. Actually, as a rink, it ranks pretty high up nationally as well; USA Today and MSNBC have both included... More >>

INDIA: Public Places, Private Spaces Minneapolis Institute Of Arts	Daily from Sun., October 26 until Sun., January 18	Uptown/ Eat Street	Art Museums
When we think of art from India, most of us probably conjure images of Bollywood films or Hindu deities with four arms. This massive show of contemporary Indian photography and video art at MIA promises to be eye-opening, playing with some Indian traditions and stereotypes and exploding others.... More >>

Karaoke Night U Otter Stop Inn	Daily, 9:00pm	University	Barhopping Music
The outside of U Otter Stop Inn features a mural of a dapper otter decked out in a top hat, suit, and bow tie, his googly eyes and martini glass saluting patrons knowingly. Step inside and you will find a long bar filled with disco balls, giant football helmets, and electric rodents drinking... More >>

Looking Into Likeness: Portraits in the Weisman Collection Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum	Daily from Sat., November 22 until Sat., March 7	University	Art Museums
The Weisman's collection of portraits makes one thing very clear: The meaning of "portait" can be very flexible. Sure, the exhibit includes the museum's standard portraits on display, including Manet's painting of Edgar Allan Poe. And there's nothing wrong with time-honored techniques like... More >>

Minnesota Distance Running Association Running at the Dome Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	Tue., December 2, 5:00pm-8:00pm more dates/times	Minneapolis (Downtown)	Sports - Participatory
Hardcore runners, being the obsessed, possessed, driven, determined, and slightly nutty athletes they are, rarely let anything keep them from pounding the pavement. Winter's deathtrap-icy sidewalks and lung-punishing cold air, however, provide probably the least appealing environment in which... More >>

Mysteries of the Great Lakes Science Museum Of Minnesota	Daily from Mon., December 1 until Thu., January 8	St. Paul (Downtown)	Film Events Museums
This holiday season, when you're looking to take in a movie and get away from the hustle, bustle, and stress, forget holiday blockbusters like The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and The Spirit. Opt instead for The Mysteries of the Great Lakes, playing for just a few more days. The 45-minute... More >>

Open House: If These Walls Could Talk Minnesota History Center Library	Daily from Thu., October 23 until Mon., January 31	St. Paul (Downtown)	History/ Tours/ Landmarks
>"Open House: If These Walls Could Talk," is the recreation of a house that still exists in the Railroad Island neighborhood of St. Paul. The Minnesota History Museum is always bursting with hands-on exhibits, and "Open House" is no exception. Upon entering the house, every object in the... More >>

Robert Rauschenberg: Prints/Editions 1962-78 Minneapolis Institute Of Arts	Daily from Sat., October 4 until Sun., March 15	Uptown/ Eat Street	Art Museums
Forty or 50 years on, it's hard to imagine now the manic energy of the art world in the 1960s, or the way that Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns, in particular, blew the doors off of artistic sensibilities at the time. Their libertine experimentalism bridged abstract expressionism and pop... More >>

Sleeping in Style: Textiles for the Bedroom Minneapolis Institute Of Arts	Daily from Sat., December 6 until Sun., May 31	Uptown/ Eat Street	Art Museums
The way in which people sleep says a lot about their culture. The Minneapolis Institute of Arts' bedding exhibit, "Style: Textiles for the Bedroom," explores this concept. It compiles blankets, bedcovers, and bedroom items from nations and cultures across the globe to bring viewers new... More >>

Tetsumi Kudo: Garden of Metamorphosis Walker Art Center	Daily from Sat., October 18 until Sun., January 11	Minneapolis (Downtown)	Art Museums
Late Japanese artist Tetsumi Kudo is sort of like the pinball-ish game pachinko: While hugely popular in Japan and select other places on the map, he just never took off in America. Sure, some American art scholars can talk about his impact on postwar art movements. But despite the 18 years... More >>

Text/Messages: Books By Artists Walker Art Center	Daily from Thu., December 18 until Sun., April 19	Minneapolis (Downtown)	Art Museums
The definitions of "book" and "book arts" have changed drastically in the last 30 or 40 years. No longer is the art form limited to ornately constructed tomes made of leather and gold leaf. Modern books destined for museums demand the viewer to, pardon the pun, read between the lines. In fact,... More >>

Danny Saathoff: The Mechanical Alchemist Gallery 360	Daily from Sat., November 8 until Sun., January 11	Edina	Art Galleries
In the parlance of the art world, which seems to put a premium on stuffiness, Danny Saathoff's new show, "The Mechanical Alchemist," is a collection of "interactive assemblages." But don't let the terms fool you; the art is very anti-stuffy. You can think of the pieces as artistic Bop-Its.... More >>

The Art of Performance Altered Esthetics	Every week Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday from Thu., January 8 until Sat., January 31	Northeast	Art Galleries
Though we humans love to categorize art by genre, style, or performance type, art is a vague beast with lots of overlap. Take a dance performance, for example. Though we call it "dance," a dance performance is not simply a dance performance. Of course there are dancers who move and bend and... More >>

Vatican Splendors: From Saint Peter's Basilica, the Vatican Museums and Swiss Guard Minnesota History Center	Daily from Sat., September 27 until Sun., January 11	St. Paul (Downtown)	Art Museums
Remember that Onion headline a few years back when Pope John Paul II died? "Heaven Less Opulent Than Vatican, Reports Disappointed Pope." Zing. Everybody knows that the pope and his posse at the Vatican live surrounded by ornate and priceless treasures amid ancient buildings designed and... More >>