Thursday
Music — Claps, Sleeping in the Aviary, Enola Gay and Miami Dolphins
If you’re looking for a showcase of the best homegrown Minneapolis music, take your toes to the Turf tonight....
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...
In what is arguably the best thing that could ever happen to a local "content hub produced by an independent Do-It-Together network of videographers, writers, and other creators," MPLS.TV has agreed to...
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...
Today in bummers caused by Mother Earth, the Walker's Music and Movies series — meant to be enjoyed in the great outdoors — will be moved inside to the the Walker's cinema. DJ Bill DeVille will...
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...
Day two of any festival is going to be about recovery. Be it drugs, alcohol, music or a combination, those who saw day one of Pitchfork Music Festival were looking for anything to whip them back into...
Pitchfork Music Festival is like Woodstock in that a bunch of inebriated (and primarily Caucasian) people gather to listen to music. And that's where the comparisons end. As hard as "Free Hugs" sign holders...
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:...
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...
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...
Thursday
DJ Abilities
Cabooze
917 Cedar Ave. S., Minneapolis
9 p.m.
$10-12
Seeing DJ Abilities after the tragic loss of his music partner Eyedea is not like seeing Art Garfunkel solo. Unlike Art,...
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...
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...
"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...
Thursday
Hollow Boys, Nice Purse, the Bombay Sweets, Fire in the Northern Firs
Nomad World Pub
501 S. Cedar Ave. , Minneapolis
10 p.m., 21-plus
Nice Purse has as good a grasp on the word âÄúpopâÄù...
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...
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....
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...
What: First AvenueâÄôs Too Much Love on Campus
Where: Northrop Plaza, 84 Church St. SE
When: June 8 and 29, July 13, noon to 1 p.m.
Peter Lansky, known publicly as DJ Sovietpanda, is Mr....
âÄúUnraveled DIY Festival,âÄù presented by Textile Center
When: 6-9 p.m., Friday
Where: Rapson Hall, 89 Church St. S.E.
Cost: $3
To call us the âÄúDo It Yourself GenerationâÄù...
The Walker's Summer Music & Movies series is one of the best things about Minneapolis summer. It encompasses all the reasons why summer is the gnarliest season. You got yer movies. You got yer...
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...
"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,...
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...
In honor of Bob Dylan's 70th birthday, Radio K is summoning local artists to cover the troubadour's tunes all day. Dylan's catalogue is a bottomless well (it contradicts itself; it contains multitudes),...
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...
The Guthrie Theater, taking advantage of the fact that the modern man would rather experience something lying on his bed with a laptop adorning his chest rather than physically doing anything, has launched...
Much of the allure of Country Music comes from the fact that it is essentially the art of suffering. The plight of the Country singer is to turn a broken heart into a song; to reside at Rock Bottom so...
The last couple years in Minneapolis music have been under a half nelson of what can only be described by the oxymoronically jumbled phrase of "mainstream indie music." Gayngs. Messersmith. Lookbook....
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...
It has become a cliché among the, if you will, "green" sector of America to say, "If all the leaders of the world just smoked a joint together, there would be no wars." Which is moronic. The real...
Your 2010 "Picked to Click" champions are (in descending order of votes) ...
10. The Bombay Sweets
9 (tie). Voytech
9. (tie) Phantom Tails (Daily Article)
8. Buffalo Moon
7. Marijuana Deathsquads
6....
Alongside Wilco, he is the heir of Woody Guthrie's lost lyrics. He has played heaps of workingman benefit shows throughout his three-decade career. His fans attend his shows as much for his erudite Socialist...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The Pitchfork 2010 match — cracked by Modest Mouse in night one and kept alive by Free Energy and Titus Andronicus in night two — now lies lonely and extinguished in the form of a thousand beer cups,...
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...
Micheal Showalter is a funny dude. He was superb in “Wet Hot American Summer,” sound in “The State” and stellar in Comedy Central’s short-lived sitcom “Stella.” So when he awkwardly ushered...
Pitchfork 2010 began in predictable fashion. Dance bands played to a beat that outpaced the not-yet-comfortable shoe gazers in the crowd, the Jumbotron ran an ad that showed Rolling Stone banally dubbing...
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...
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...
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...
More from Radio K's never-before-seen HEALTH coverage. "Drugs Beach" is the song. The song is new to you unless you've been at their live shows. http://vimeo.com/12980903
Thursday Music âÄî Tool The band with the most moody, cerebral fans plays to an arena full of them this weekend. We foresee a lot of thoughtful headbanging. Excel Energy Center 199 W. Kellogg Blvd....
Here at A&E, we labor under the âÄúIn Rock We TrustâÄù creed. ThatâÄôs why weâÄôre going to use Uncle SamâÄôs 11-score and 14th b-day as an excuse to rock out...
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...
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...
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....
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,...
WHAT: Soundset 2010 WHO: Atmosphere , Brother Ali , many more WHEN: May 30, Gates open at 11 a.m. WHERE: Canterbury Park, 1100 Canterbury Road, Shakopee In the humbler corners of our great Midwest, folksâÄô...
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,...
ItâÄôs hard out there for a college creative writer as folks with âÄúpracticalâÄù majors scoff at your âÄúnowhere manâÄù ambitions. To make it worse, The New Yorker...
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...
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)...
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: 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...
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: 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...
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...
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: Common Sense: Art and the Quotidian WHO: Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and more WHEN: Feb. 6 - May 23 WHERE: Weisman Art Museum, 333 East River Pkwy. As Ralph Waldo Emerson observed, âÄúNothing...
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...
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...
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...
