What’s better than a night of standup comedy? Standup comedy where you can blast comics with squirt guns. That’s exactly what you’ll get at a very special edition of the Ladies Night (with men) Comedy Showcase and Super Soaker Open Mic. Starting at 7 PM, host Max Chapman will allow—or…
Savita Harjani celebrates the launch of her literary debut and memoir Postcards from Within—Random Ramblings of an Ordinary Human with a reading and social hour at the Weisman’s Dolly Fitterman Riverview Gallery. Born in Bombay, Harjani moved to the United States when she was 20, and has lived in Minneapolis…
Laurie Kilmartin is an open book. Over the course of her 30-plus years in comedy, we’ve heard her discuss everything from the birth of her son (and raising him as a single mom), coping with the death of her parents, and the unequal treatment of women in the world of…
What we talk about when we talk about public art with curator Joe Ellis. WORDS BY CHLOE GALLAGHER “I won’t stop painting ’til l the world looks the way it should” —Typical Cats “It jumped off the walls,” Joe Ellis recalled over coffee at Wuolett Bakery, describing his first encounters…
Celebrate the rich visual storytelling of Open Eye Theatre by attending their annual gala, the Open Eye Ball. Hosted in the fairytale splendor of the Bakken museum, attendees can sip, nosh, and gaze at the views from the museum’s green rainwater garden rooftop. The museum grounds are open for wandering…
Want to feel like you’re living inside of a Lisa Frank fever dream? Hallucinations become reality, thanks to the magic of Unicorn World. Two days full of all things unicorns: You can meet unicorns (animatronic ones. Real ones are too expensive to go on tour), ride unicorns, take pictures with…
Over 200 renowned tattoo artists can be found all weekend at St. Paul’s Rivercentre for the Twin Cities Tattoo festival. If you’re looking for a little ink, or just there to appreciate the artform, there will be plenty to do including tattoo competitions, fine art, live performances, and charity fundraisers.…
Elder statesmen of the Bay Area hip-hop scene, Souls of Mischief are here to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their highly influential album 93 Til Infinity. It’s a highly rated piece of work, and exemplary of the sound the group, and their larger collective family, Hieroglyphics, are known for: internal…
Catch Blondshell in this tiny room before she busts out into much bigger venues with her grungy, ’90s loud-quiet-loud throwback sound from her self-titled release. In fact, she’s already slated to open for Liz Phair’s 30th anniversary Exile in Guyville tour this fall. Blondshell indeed follows in the indie rock…
A fantastic pairing tonight as The Dust of Suns celebrate the release of their third album Ignus Fatui before a screening of the 2001 classic Amélie. Led by onetime Picadors songwriter Chris Lynch, the all-instrumental quintet performs “musettes, waltzes, and melodic miniatures with a sweet saudade emotion.” Sounds like the…