Hank Williams III When: Nov. 29, 8 p.m. Where: First Ave. Mainroom, 701 First Ave. N. Cost: $20, 18+ If Hank Williams is the grandfather of country music, Hank Williams III is its mutinous grandson. While...

âÄúDriveâÄù Directed by: Nicolas Winding Refn Starring: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Christina Hendricks Rated: R Showing: Area theaters Yes, âÄúDrive,âÄù Nicolas Winding...

  Audio Perm Block Party When: 2-10 p.m., Aug. 27, Where: Shuga Records parking lot Who: Pac Div, Toki Wright, I Self Devine, others Cost: $10 advance;$15 at the door ItâÄôs no secret that...

  Twin Cities Polish Film Festival Where: St. Anthony Main Theater, 115 SE Main St., Minneapolis When: August 12-18 Cost: $8.50 General Admission, $5 members, $6 students/seniors When many Americans...

  "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" DIRECTED BY: Rupert Wyatt STARRING: James Franco, Andy Serkis, John Lithgow and Freida Pinto RATED: PG-13 SHOWING: Area Theaters This time of...

MacyâÄôs Passport presents âÄúGlamoramaâÄù Who: Bruno Mars, Far East Movement, socialites Where: Orpheum Theater, 910 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis When: 8 p.m., August 5 When people...

  âÄúBeats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called QuestâÄù Directed by: Michael Rapaport Starring: Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Jarobi White Rated: R Showing...

  A Splash of Summer Open Mic Who: Voices Merging Where: Northrop Plaza, 84 Church St. SE When: Fri. July 29, 7-9 p.m. Cost: Free As part of its summer concert series, Northrop welcomes student group...

It would be bad form for sports writers to walk out on a team that is simply having an off game, or for White House reporters to snub a failing president. But for music critics, this is the vocation. They...

  âÄúInvincible ForceâÄù Where: The Trylon Microcinema, 3258 S. Minnehaha Ave., Minneapolis When: Thursday, July 14, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Cost: $8 To understand âÄúInvincible...

  âÄú9 to 5 the MusicalâÄù When: Now through July 17, 7:30 p.m. with matinees at 2 p.m. Sat. and Sun. Where: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts (345 Washington St., St. Paul) Cost:...

  âÄúUntitled 8âÄù Where: Soo Visual Arts Center, 2638, S. Lyndale Ave. Minneapolis When: July 9 through August 21 âÄúUntitled 8,âÄù the upcoming exhibit at Soo Visual...

âÄúRejoice and ShoutâÄù Where: Edina Cinema Cinema, 3911 West 50th St, Edina When: Friday, Director introduction at 7 p.m., Q&A after the showing Making a film about gospel...

"The Harrow and the Harvest" Artist: Gillian Welch Label: Acony Records In this musical climate, there are plenty of bad guys. Party pop is often as thoughtful as a game of flip cup. Pop-country darlings...

  Film has always been dependent on other mediums of art. Without music, filmmakers would be unable to convey any emotion on the screen. "The Blaze," a local art "mission" led by local film director...

  âÄúThe Demon Barber of Fleet Street: The Melodrama of Sweeney ToddâÄù What: Minnesota Centennial Showboat When: Tuesday throughSaturday at 8 p.m. with matinees Tuesday, Thursday...

  What: âÄúIdentities Explored: A celebration of art from the GLBT communityâÄù Where: Hennes Art Company, 1607 Hennepin Ave. When: June 24 through July 30. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. If...

  Rock the Garden Who: My Morning Jacket, Neko Case, Booker T. Jones, Tapes âÄòn Tapes Where: Walker Art Center/Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, 1750 Hennepin Ave. When: Saturday, June 19, 3-10:30...

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. with EMA Where: 7th Street Entry, 701 First Ave. N. When: June 15, 8 p.m. Cost: $10-$12 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. is nothing that its bandname suggests. Their music is not fast-moving....

"God of Carnage" Directed By: John Miller-Stephany Starring: Tracey Maloney, Bill McCallum, Jennifer Blagen, Chris Carlson Written by: Yasmina Rice Translated by: Christopher Hampton Where: Guthrie Theater,...

  Out Film Festival Where: St. Anthony Main Theater, 115 Main St. NE When: June 2-5 Cost: First day free to public, $10 per movie or event after that. $60 all-access festival passes available online 2011...

Art and practicality have had a strange affair over the years. Andy Warhol said that an artist is somebody who produces something that people donâÄôt need to have. While, technically, people donâÄôt...

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit with Maria Taylor Where: Turf Club, 1601 UNIVERSITY AVE. W. When: Sat., May 28, 8 p.m. Cost: $14 You canâÄôt really say anything about Jason Isbell without mentioning...

âÄúRangoâÄù Directed by: Gore Verbinski Starring: Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher and Abigail Breslin Rated: PG Showing at: Area theaters LOS ANGELES âÄî For two decades, Johnny Depp won...

Acclaimed hip-hop artist and actor Common came to Coffman Union on Friday, not to perform his unique brand of socially conscious hip-hop but to lecture to students and faculty on achieving oneâÄôs...

Thursday   Music âÄî Tapes âÄònâÄô Tapes, Leisure Birds and Tarlton   Surely, Tapes âÄònâÄô Tapes are on the shortlist of Minneapolis indie bands who have...

NatureâÄù A walking play. The mythic telling of Emerson and ThoreauâÄôs mutual love affair with the natural world. When: Aug. 19 âÄì Sept. 5; Thursday/Friday 6 p.m., Sat./Sun. 3...

In the Internet-sustained chaos of our times, one of the great relics that has been lost is the uniquely American art form of country music. Instead of the pride of ol' glory that it once was, it is now...

Chromeo with Holy Ghost Where: First Ave., 701 1st Ave. N. When: Aug. 7, 7 p.m. Cost: $20 2010 has sheltered an unspoken soul revival. ItâÄôs been subtle and itâÄôs been hushed, but everybody...

Rogue Valley with Communist Daughter and Total Babe What: CD release party Where: First Ave., 701 1st Ave. N. When: Aug. 13, 6 p.m. Cost: $9 advance, $12 at the door Local folk strummer Chris Koza sits...

ItâÄôs the great rock âÄònâÄô roll paradox that bands can break their necks in the name of rock âÄònâÄô roll while onlookers stand idly by, arms crossed, eyes scanning...

National Poetry Slam 2010 When: August 3-7 Where: Various venues in downtown St. Paul A little bit Allen Ginsberg , a little bit Tupac , a tad Ric Flair and a whole lot of freshness âÄî poetry...

In addition to reaffirming the flourishing state of independent music, Pitchfork 2010 displayed a movement finally comfortable in its own skin. The decade in which being labeled a âÄúhipsterâÄù...

When the Pitchfork 2010 lineup was unleashed, one name surged above the storms of hype surrounding Pavement's reunion and LCD Soundsystem's potentially career-ending victory lap. That name was Sir Lucious...

Last December Robyn Pecknold âÄî creative honcho of the best modern folk group, Fleet Foxes âÄî told Pitchfork âÄúthe world doesnâÄôt need another traditional folk record.âÄù...

Out of all the faces that emerged and survived from the quicksand of the blogosphere this past year, Best Coast âÄî the gloomy yet endearing creative project of L.A. songstress Bethany Cosentino...

âÄúA Streetcar Named DesireâÄù by Tennesse Williams Director: John Miller-Stephany Starring: Ricardo Antonio Chavira, Stacia Rice, Gretchen Egolf Where: The Guthrie Theater, Wurtele Thrust...

McKnight Visual Artists Fellowship Exhibition WHO: Michael Kareken, Aldo Moroni, Carolyn Swiszcz and Piotr Szyhalski WHERE: Minneapolis College of Art and Design WHEN: July 9 - August 13; Opening reception...

Phantom Tails CD Release Where: Hexagon Bar, 2600 27th Ave. S. When: July 9, 9:30 p.m. Cost: Free The name Phantom Tails is either a byproduct of a chin stroking and grass smoking "brainstorming" session...

Every golden boy of every decade has seen the kind of rock-bottom despair that Eminem beats to death in his new LP âÄúRecovery .âÄù Elvis Presley faded out in sloppy humiliation. John Lennon...

TC Pride Festival When: June 26-27, Parade on June 27 Where: Loring Park, 1382 Willow St. Who: Village People, CeCe Peniston, DJ Shiek, Ellis and Electric Avenue Imagine if a relic from early pioneer America...

Rock the Garden Who: MGMT, OK Go, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings and Retribution Gospel Choir Where: The Walker Art Center / Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, 1750 Hennepin Ave. When: Sat., June 19, 3:00 p.m....

Famed poet and longtime University of Minnesota professor Michael Dennis Browne once likened song lyrics devoid of their musical buoyancy to âÄúa boat without water.âÄù Those of local punk...

Zoo Animal Album: âÄúZoo AnimalâÄù Label: Rest + Easy Minneapolis trio Zoo Animal encompasses all of the indie trends that defined the colorful culmination of the decade that was: rough-and-pretty...

WHAT: Cult Sisters 5 with live music from The Great Confinement WHEN: June 12, 7 p.m. WHERE: Cult Status Gallery, 2913 Harriet Ave. S. COST: Free ItâÄôs midmorning and Erin Sayer is spraying âÄúCult...

WHAT: Queer Takes: Alt Families WHEN: âÄúBeautiful Darling: The Life and Times of Candy Darling, Andy Warhol Superstar,âÄù June 4, 7:30 p.m. âÄúEdie and Thea: A Very Long Engagement,âÄù...

WHAT: Hunting Club CD Release WHO: Hunting Club, These Modern Socks, Satellite Voices, SpeedâÄôs the Name WHEN: Friday, June 4, 9 p.m. WHERE: Sauce Spirits and Soundbar, 3001 Lyndale Ave. S., Mpls....

Friday Art âÄî ART MATters Amy Rice and Jennifer Davis (two of MinneapolisâÄô best illustrators) and more are making artful yoga mats to make your yoga experience even pertier. The event,...

Here in the Midwest, summer is all about making a buck. ItâÄôs about the high sun ripping up your tired back and sweating it out until break time âÄî all for a paycheck that ends up in...

WHO: Dessa and friends WHAT: Cadence WHEN: May 5-7 WHERE: The Guthrie Theater, 818 2nd St. S., Mpls. How much: $15 - $17 MinneapolisâÄô own Dessa Darling has taken such titles as emcee, author,...

Thursday Literature âÄî Michael Chabon The author of such literary paragons as âÄúThe Mysteries of Pittsburgh,âÄù âÄúWonder BoysâÄù and âÄúThe Amazing Adventures...

Art and the economy have always maintained a symbiotic relationship, where a Warhol print could keep a swinging art collector surrounded in glitzy, white powder excess until the next came along. But in...

What: âÄúThe Elaborate Entrance of Chad DeityâÄù Where: Mixed Blood, 1501 4th St. S. When: April 9 - May 2 Tickets: $10 - $28 Sports and theater do not usually pursue much of a relationship....

Who: Chris Koza, Joanna James, Jeremy Messersmith and more What: Rogue Valley Where: The Fitzgerald Theater, 10 Exchange St. E., St. Paul When: 8 p.m., Saturday Price: $25 (MPR member discount available)...

WHO: Dosh WHAT: CD-release Shows WHEN/WHERE: April 9, 9 p.m., Seventh St. Entry 701 First Ave. N., Mpls. April 10, 7:30 p.m, MacPhail Center for Music, 501 2nd St. S., Mpls. April 11, 8 p.m., Bedlam Theatre...

WHAT: Mayer Hawthorne, opening for Passion Pit WHEN: April 4, 8 p.m. WHERE: First Avenue, 710 First Ave. N., Minneapolis. Andrew Mayer CohenâÄôs chosen pseudonym is Mayer Hawthorne, but in the...

Somewhere between public art and street art, between the artiste and the vandal, between Van Gogh and Bart Simpson lies the work of John Grider and Mike Fitzsimmons of Broken Crow. The Twin Cities-based...

WHAT: âÄúGenderâÄù WHERE: Altered Esthetics, 1224 Quincy St. N.E., Mpls. WHEN: March 4 âÄì 27, Artists discussion March 20, 1 p.m. âÄì 3 p.m. Sex-U-Mah doesn't have to be...

Liars Album: "Sisterworld" Label: Mute Records The several reinventions of Liars have placed them in many boxes. The ten-year-old Los Angeles indie band have been tacked as dance-punk, post-punk revival,...

Thursday Theater âÄî âÄúMacbethâÄù Off! Off you go to see the Guthrie put on the juiciest of all ShakespeareâÄôs plays. As our resident Renaissance lit period expert Jay...

Broken Bells ALBUM: âÄúBroken BellsâÄù LABEL: Sony After an OK-at-best collaboration with Beck in what seemed like a match made in sweet-people heaven, everybodyâÄôs favorite electronic...

You may recognize local artist Michael GaughanâÄôs work in album art full of interplanetary monsters or in mysterious formations that tread the line between kinky and scatological. But thereâÄôs...

WHAT: Women with Vision 2010 WHEN: March 12-27 WHERE: Walker Art Center, 1750 Hennepin Ave. ADMISSION: $8 ($6 for Walker members) or five films for $24 Cosmopolitan magazine recently did a piece in which...

WHAT: Illo.Minn: Volume Two WHEN: Illustrator Panel Discussion Thursday 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., exhibit showing until March 6 WHERE: College of Visual Arts, 173 Western Ave. N. The word illustration comes...

WHAT: âÄúI Heart Hamas and Other Things IâÄôm Afraid to Tell YouâÄù WHEN: Premiere Thursday, 7:30 p.m.; runs through Feb. 28 WHERE: Bedlam Theatre, 1501 6th St. S. PRICE: $15 Here...

WHAT: The New Land of Milk and Honey WHEN: Opening night performance 8 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. WHERE: The Soap Factory, 518. 2nd St. S.E. In our all-talk-no-walk society, people are always willing to devise and...

WHO: Clogs WHEN: Feb. 19-20, 8 p.m. WHERE: The Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Ave. S. TICKETS: $22 Bryce Dessner, whose guitar stylings and Bruce Springsteen-endorsed compositions you might recognize...

WHAT: Rhymesayers Presents a Benefit for Haiti WHO: Slug, Brother Ali, Sage Francis & B. Dolan, Freeway & Jake One, I Self Devine, Sims and Toki Wright WHEN: Tuesday, Feb. 9, 7 p.m. WHERE: First...

WHO: Altered Esthetics WHAT: âÄúAltered PagesâÄù Display WHEN: Feb. 4 - Feb. 27 WHERE: The QâÄôarma Building, 1224 Quincy St. NE Noted professor Laurence Peter once said, âÄúA...

Adam Green ALBUM: âÄúMinor LoveâÄù LABEL: Rough Trade If his impressive display of general knowledge as a chance contestant on Discovery's "Cash Cab" didn't confirm his intelligence, Adam...

Minneapolis emo-rap powerhouse Doomtree has completed their âÄúgoing soloâÄù collection with the collective's resident female and poet laureate DessaâÄôs literary, almost-spoken...

Rock âÄònâÄô roll is like a speech impediment: Some people just have it. Take Leisure Birds , for example. This quartet of local psychedelic rockers was selected to play at Radio KâÄôs...

What: The CurrentâÄôs Fifth Anniversary Party Who: P.O.S., Lookbook, Solid Gold, Twilight Hours and Mason Jennings When: 9 p.m., Jan. 29 Where: First Avenue ItâÄôs hard to believe that...