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Ruff Love Dogs :
Sun., February 12, 4:00pm-7:00pm
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For many dog owners, their pups are part of the family. And while you may or may not have a human sweetie, your doggie is always more than happy to be your Valentine. In celebration of puppy love, Ruff Love Dogs will be hosting a benefit party welcoming both humans and canines. The space, which...
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Northeast Minneapolis
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Valentine's Day, Parties & Receptions, Benefits, Arts |
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First Avenue :
Sun., February 12, 7:30pm
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The Darkness stormed onto the music scene in 2003 with histrionic hair-metal that we'd confidently thought was left behind in the '80s. But the unabashed arena anthems of the English quartet certainly caught the fancy of music fans and critics who wanted to turn back the clocks while they...
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Minneapolis (Downtown)
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Producer Mark Johnson traversed the globe recording mainly street musicians singing verses of classic tunes that he spliced into melting-pot nuggets for a documentary and album. Most prominently, Ben E. King's "Stand By Me," anchored by street singers Roger Ridley in Santa Monica and Grandpa...
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St. Paul (Downtown)
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Looking for love on Valentine's Day can be a dicey venture. Sure, it never hurts to put yourself out there, but searching for romance on the industry-appointed most romantic day of year can set the bar too high. Fortunately, the environment will be chill at Nerds at Heart's First Annual Love...
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Minneapolis (Downtown)
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Valentine's Day, Barhopping |
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While letter writing may seem quaint these days, there's a certain elegence in handwritten love notes that is unmatched in this era. Will future generations fawn over old Twitter texts from celebrities as the paragon of bygone romance? That is a question to be answered many years in the future....
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St. Paul (Downtown)
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Valentine's Day, Poetry, Arts |
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There's something inherently mysterious about the Pines' dusky, timeless folk music—the way it sinks into the listener's bones like a deep winter chill, the way it only improves with time and age like a bottle of wine forgotten in the cellar for 50 years and then unearthed and uncorked....
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Minneapolis (Downtown)
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Music |
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The Sample Room is known for its impressive list of flights and tapas-sized plates ideal for sharing. And while it's highly recommended to indulge every once in a while, this is not the only way to enjoy the Northeast hotspot's menu. If you're a little strapped for cash, their daily happy hour...
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Northeast Minneapolis
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Barhopping |
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With a name like Spill the Wine you'd better have a killer wine list to back it up. Our verdict? Not too shabby. If you feel intimidated by the menu, let the prices and categories lead the way, or ask your server for a popular variety based on what you like. Those who enjoy wine know that...
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Minneapolis (Downtown)
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Barhopping |
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Don't try to order up a Surly at the Herkimer; this joint actually makes their own beers. And though some brews are better than others, most are pretty decent. You can try their best award-winning items easily during the 10 after 10 happy hour. For $10 after 10 p.m., barhoppers can enjoy five...
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Uptown/ Eat Street
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Barhopping |
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Walker Art Center :
Daily from Sat., June 11 until Sun., March 4
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It takes a special talent to be able to turn trash into art. Filmmaker, author, and artist John Waters has this skill in spades. Over the years Waters has produced brightly colored cinematic train wrecks filled with morbidly obese drag queens, animal feces, and heavy doses of camp. Yet his work...
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Minneapolis (Downtown)
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Arts, Art - Museums |
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Fans and residents of the Wedge neighborhood will remember Muddy Waters as the coffee shop mainstay at the corner of 24th Street and Lyndale Avenue. And while rent was one of the reasons the shop left the space, instead of shutting down completely it moved down the street and expanded its...
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Uptown/ Eat Street
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Barhopping |
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For more than 10 years Bar Abilene has served as a check-in point in Uptown Minneapolis. During the afternoon, people come in after a morning shopping at the nearby farmers' market and the Kitchen Window. In the evening, folks stop by for a beer before seeing a flick at the Lagoon or Uptown...
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Uptown/ Eat Street
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Barhopping |
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With its posh fireplace, leather seats for two, and dim lighting, it is easy to see the sexy appeal of this Foshay tower bar. And while it certainly looks expensive, during happy hour it isn't. From 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. each day guests can order from a special $5 menu. Bar bites to share include...
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Minneapolis (Downtown)
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Barhopping |
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Juxtaposition, often a key concept in art, will be an important factor in "Lace and Gunpowder." For the show, artists have been paired with other artists working in the same medium, but of a different gender. Their pieces will be presented side by side. Yet instead of presenting a trite battle...
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Bloomington
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Valentine's Day, Arts, Art - Galleries |
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Trylon Microcinema :
Every week Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Fri., February 3 until Sun., February 26
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With her smoldering seductiveness and provocative, often gender-bending style, Marlene Dietrich stands as one of the most dangerously desired femme fatales to emerge from Hollywood's Golden Age. Of course, the crafting of Dietrich's iconic image must be credited in part to the era's filmmakers,...
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Seward/ Longfellow/ Minnehaha
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Film, Arts |
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History Theatre :
Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Thu., January 19 until Sun., February 19
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Though cultural transformations tend to possess a diaphanous quality, making it difficult to perceive evolving shifts in our social mindset, every so often a specific time period will be retrospectively recognized as an era of profound change. One year commonly singled out as a drastic turning...
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St. Paul (Downtown)
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AZ Gallery :
Daily from Fri., February 10 until Sun., February 26
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This Saturday, "A Midwinter Night's Dream" opens at the AZ Gallery. The show features a group of Minnesota women artists including jewelry designer Jennifer Merchant, who was last seen at the Walker's Jewelry Mart; designer/mixed-media artist Christy Johnson of redshoes26 design; and Karoline...
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St. Paul (Downtown)
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Arts, Art - Galleries |
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Intermedia Arts :
Daily from Fri., January 27 until Sat., March 3
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The Iraqi and American Reconciliation Project (IARP), which brought the powerful exhibits "The Art of Conflict" and "Navigating the Aftermath" to Minneapolis, is teaming up with Intermedia Arts in a new show featuring six prominent Iraqi women artists: Hayv Kahraman, Julie Adnan, Dena Al-Adeeb,...
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Uptown/ Eat Street
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Arts, Art - Galleries |
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Gallery 122 At Hang It :
Daily from Fri., January 13 until Sat., March 3
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For "Preoccupied," the latest show at Gallery 122 at Hang It, Edie Overturf and Lauren Schuppe will exhibit their wood-block prints and original wallpaper. Overturf's detailed prints include women picnicking, hanging out in bars with rabbits, riding in wheelbarrows, and enjoying rural farm...
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University
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Arts, Art - Galleries |
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Things are happening in the Kingfield neighborhood. A few years ago the area was considered more residential; if you wanted to barhop your best bet was to stay in the Lyn-Lake area just north of the region. However, thanks to places like King's Wine Bar, Patisserie 46, and Jack's (formerly Java...
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Kingfield
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Barhopping |
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Yes, Bad Waitress is an ironic title. No, you will not have a waitress this evening. Yes, you should tip the person who takes your order at the register. Here's how you do it: Pick a seat, peruse the menu, then pick up an order pad and write down what you want. Take it over to the register and...
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Uptown/ Eat Street
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Barhopping |
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Soo Visual Arts Center :
Daily from Sat., February 11 until Sun., March 25
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Soo Visual Arts Center's latest exhibition, "New Museal," features work from Jehra Patrick, an artist who takes inspiration from New Institutionalism, a theory that examines institutions through a sociological lens. The local talent, who is also project coordinator for mnartists.org, finds her...
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Uptown/ Eat Street
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Arts, Art - Galleries |
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The Gallery @ Fox Tax :
Daily from Sat., December 17 until Tue., April 17
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Collage is the medium of choice at the latest group exhibition at the Gallery @ Fox Tax. And while some folks have flashbacks to high school art projects at the mere mention of the word, the pieces featured in this show demonstrate a surprising variety of approaches and styles. Yes, some...
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Kingfield
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Arts, Art - Galleries |
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During his career, which has spanned over 50 years, costume and couture designer Jack Edwards has worked with many iconic heavy hitters. He dressed Katherine Hepburn in Coco, a Broadway musical about fashion powerhouse Coco Chanel. He worked with Bob Mackie on the Carol Burnett Show. He...
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Como
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Fashion & Style, Arts, Art - Museums |
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Walker Art Center :
Daily from Thu., January 26 until Sun., May 6
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"Panties and ponies," someone said to me. "That's what Frank Gaard's all about right now." Sure. Even Gaard, who has excited and incited the Twin Cities arts scene for decades (particularly during his Artpolice era), has said, "Monet had his water lilies, and I have my panties." Still, his...
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Minneapolis (Downtown)
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Arts, Art - Museums |
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