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| 2nd Annual Too Much Turkey Dinner First Avenue | Thu., November 27, 5:00pm | Minneapolis (Downtown) | |
 Out of all the candidates for ways a holiday can go sour, few of them are more miserable than the prospect of having Thanksgiving alone. Maybe you can't make the trip out of town to see the family -- at least, assuming you have a family you'd want to spend a turkey dinner with. And maybe you're... More >> |
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| Calexico Fine Line Music Cafe | Sat., November 22, 8:00pm | Minneapolis (Downtown) | |
 The town of Calexico takes its name from the state and country on whose border it lies: California and Mexico. You might guess that the band took their name from their hometown, but the rockers hail from Tucson. Instead, the town is a metaphor for their sound, which bow-leggedly straddles the... More >> |
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| Drinking With Ian First Avenue | Fri., November 28, 8:00pm | Minneapolis (Downtown) | |
 This local cable-access show has gained a cult following here in Minneapolis, and the program lives up to its name. A mix of sketch comedy, variety, and talk show, DWI also has a resident bartender, Ollie Stench, who alternately abuses the audience and plies it with potent shots during each... More >> |
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| Ike Reilly's Thanksgiving Eve Show & Fundraiser First Avenue | Wed., November 26, 7:30pm | Minneapolis (Downtown) | |
 There are few things in the Twin Cities that kick off the holiday season more emphatically than Ike Reilly's annual Thanksgiving show. Drunk dude-bros, drunk indie kids, and drunk gray-hairs alike pack sardine-like into First Ave, hollering along to every song with an unmatched sense of... More >> |
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| J.D. Souther The Cedar | Sun., November 23, 7:30pm | Minneapolis (Downtown) | |
 Singer/songwriter J.D. Souther played a key, if somewhat behind-the-scenes, role in the rise of Southern California country rock in the early 1970s. He was a running mate of Glen Frey's before the latter became a founding member of the Eagles, which made hits out of a number of songs co-written... More >> |
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| Kimya Dawson The Cedar | Fri., November 28 | Minneapolis (Downtown) | |
 An amazing, unexpected fate befell Kimya Dawson earlier this year: The squeak-lunged, anti-folkin' woman-child hit the big time. A fresh-faced crop of admirers may've gotten hip to Dawson's affectingly unvarnished warble recently by way of the Juno soundtrack--and body-slammed her with more... More >> |
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| M83; School of Seven Bells Triple Rock Social Club | Sat., November 22, 9:00pm | Minneapolis (Downtown) | |
 Sometimes hyperbole's not only called for, but demanded, and School of Seven Bells is such a case. Solely composed of indie-rock refugees—multi-instrumentalist Benjamin Curtis used to be in Secret Machines, and you may remember vocalists/twin sisters Alejandra and Claudia Deheza from On!... More >> |
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| Mavis Staples Guthrie Theater | Mon., February 2, 7:30pm | Minneapolis (Downtown) | |
 The powerful, gospel-drenched voice of Mavis Staples conjures up an encyclopedic array of gritty howls, soulful moans, striking melismas, urgent whispers, and fervent cries that originate in the depths of her soul. They're also fueled by a lifetime of singing songs that have provided hope and... More >> |
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| CD Release Party: Nation of Immigrants? The Loft Literary Center | Sat., November 22, 8:00pm | Minneapolis (Downtown) | |
 As ancient and universal as the smile, spoken word is an art form that simultaneously transcends the differences between cultures and serves to bring those differences into sharp relief. For many years now, Equilibrium has offered a space and a stage to the voices of a group as diverse in... More >> |
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| Nine Inch Nails Target Center | Tue., November 25, 6:30pm | Minneapolis (Downtown) | |
 Doctor's orders prevented Trent Reznor from taking the stage to play in Minneapolis this past summer, but Nine Inch Nails will attempt to make good as they return to the Target Center, playing a rescheduled show with Japanese drone-rockers Boris. It's increasingly difficult to know what to... More >> |
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| Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings Pantages Theatre | Tue., December 2, 7:30pm | Minneapolis (Downtown) | |
 A human dynamo who at age 50 has more electrifying energy than entire--hell, multiple--bands a fraction her age, Sharon Jones may not have Tina Turner's legs, as she says, but she's sure got the voice, the spirit, and the moves. Only in the last few years has Jones, after hooking up with the... More >> |
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| SOLD OUT: Red House Records 25th Anniversary Grand Finale Concert The Cedar | Sat., November 22, 7:00pm | Minneapolis (Downtown) | |
 St. Paul's Red House Records, the little folkie label that rose to international renown under the impassioned leadership of the late Bob Feldman, concludes its year-long silver anniversary celebration with this concert featuring three artists who represent its deep pool of talent: John Gorka,... More >> |
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| 1001 Mixed Blood Theatre |
Every week Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Thu., October 30 until Sat., November 22, 7:30pm more dates/times |
Minneapolis (Downtown) | |
 The story of Scheherazade resonates on any number of levels, but it works just fine on the most straightforward: that storytelling can not only save our skins, it's the very fabric of life itself. Jason Grote's 1001 tackles the textures of love and politics with an onstage DJ, telling the tale... More >> |
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| Ahmad Jamal Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant | Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday from Mon., November 24 until Wed., November 26 | Minneapolis (Downtown) | |
 Influential jazz piano icon Ahmad Jamal continues showing off his impeccable technique and exploring fresh facets of his inimitable style on his latest recording, It's Magic (Dreyfus). But most of all he seems to be having lots of fun, showing off profound joy and impish humor in his abrupt... More >> |
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| Balls Southern Theater | Every week Saturday, 12:00am | Minneapolis (Downtown) | |
 The first time I went to Balls, the most memorable performance of about a dozen involved a man shouting atheist poetry from inside a refrigerator box. The second time I went, a musician who was in the midst of a small tour through the Midwest stopped by for a heartbreaking acoustic guitar... More >> |
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| Brent Weinbach Acme Comedy Co. |
Daily from Tue., November 18 until Sat., November 22, 8:00pm more dates/times |
Minneapolis (Downtown) | |
 Brent Weinbach does not laugh at his jokes. In fact, you might not, either. In a steely deadpan, he delivers stories that derive their humor from the narrative and from Weinbach's ability to say things in the most clinical way without so much as smiling. For example, he tells the story of... More >> |
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| C.J. Chenier Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant | Every week Friday, Saturday from Fri., November 21 until Sat., November 22, 8:00pm | Minneapolis (Downtown) | |
 Arriving late to zydeco after beginning his career playing top 40, multi-instrumentalist C.J. Chenier nonetheless managed to serve an apprenticeship with his father, zydeco king Clifton Chenier, picking up accordion and enough of the rudiments to seamlessly take over the Red Hot Louisiana Band... More >> |
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| Cosgrove Weekly Trivia Challenge Brit's Pub | Every week Thursday, 6:00pm | Minneapolis (Downtown) |
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 Held on the first Tuesday and Wednesday of the month, Brit's pub quiz, some say, is one of the best in town. Trivial knowledge mastermind Shane Higgins hosts the six-round challenge, asking questions about current events, pop culture, and music. The entry fee is $10, and teams are limited to... More >> |
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| Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future Walker Art Center | Daily from Sat., September 13 until Sun., January 4 | Minneapolis (Downtown) | |
 It might not be well known, but Minnesota is actually a hotbed for architecture by 20th- and 21st-century masters. Whether it's Frank Gehry's bendy-metal Weisman Art Museum, César Pelli's Wells Fargo Center and Minneapolis Central Library, or Frank Lloyd Wright's Lindholm service station... More >> |
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| III Kings Sound System Nomad World Pub | Every week Wednesday, 8:00pm | Minneapolis (Downtown) | |
 Anyone can throw on a red-green-and-gold ensemble, guzzle Red Stripe after Red Stripe and natter on about how they had a real deep experience getting zooted to a midnight showing of The Harder They Come, but to actually make your way as a Selector, well, that's another thing entirely. For over... More >> |
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| Open Mic Acme Comedy Co. | Every week Monday, 8:00pm | Minneapolis (Downtown) | |
 It's true, open-mic nights can be a dodgy venture. Performers can be erratic and lack stage presence; the embarrassment of a failed joke can be almost too much to bear. Fortunately, at this open-mic night, those moments are few and far between. Thanks to the three-minute time limit, if things... More >> |
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| Post Secret Minneapolis Central Library | Daily from Sat., October 4 until Sun., November 30 | Minneapolis (Downtown) | |
 If you don't know what Post Secret is, you've probably never been on the internet or to a bookstore. It's the website and art project started in 2004 by Frank Warren, a quiet family man living in Germantown, Maryland. Warren asks that people send him postcards that reveal their secret; he then... More >> |
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| Statements: Beuys, Flavin, Judd Walker Art Center | Daily from Thu., May 15 until Sun., July 12 | Minneapolis (Downtown) | |
 At first glance, it might be hard to find a common thread between these three artists, other than hastily applying a "Minimalism" tag to their work or noting that the bulk of their work came out of the 1960s and '70s. Joseph Bueys often worked with felt and manipulated found objects,... More >> |
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| Tetsumi Kudo: Garden of Metamorphosis Walker Art Center | Daily from Sat., October 18 until Sun., January 11 | Minneapolis (Downtown) | |
 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 >> |
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| The Weekly Triple Double Triple Rock Social Club | Every week Tuesday, 9:00pm | Minneapolis (Downtown) |
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 What softens a recession's bite as effectively as cheap booze? Nothing...except free entertainment. While "Triple Double"—the Triple Rock's freshly reinvented Tuesday bacchanal—offers both commodities by the truckload, the night's ever-changing DJ roster and floating-genre music... More >> |
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