by staff
This weekend, get ready to kick back, relax, and enjoy a lazy summer weekend. Cult favorite Frank Gaard makes two appearances with his “Dual Portraits” show with his wife Pamela at TuckUnder Projects on Thursday and the Speedboat Gallery retrospective at CO Exhibitions on Saturday. Experimental electronic music is in the mix with Thursday’s LaLiberte/Father You See Queen show at Icehouse and WolfLords at Barbette. Prepare to rock out at shows from Bloodnstuff, E.L.nO and UMAMI, and heat up the dance floor at BOMP, Another Saturday Night and Michael Jackson Tribute dance parties. Just remember to stay cool and stay hydrated – it’s gonna be a hot one, folks! And be sure to wish new staff designer Caroline Royce to the team.
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Design by l'étoile Staff Designer Caroline Royce
THURSDAY, JUNE 28TH
“Pamela & Frank Gaard: Dual Portraits”
@ TuckUnder Projects
5120 York Avenue S
Minneapolis
6–9 pm / FREE
If this year’s Walker retrospective of artist Frank Gaard taught us anything, it’s that his unique vision is robust enough to stand the test of time and defy dilution or easy explanation. One of the most compelling works in that exhibition was a “dual portrait” which showed side by side representations (painted in the same sitting) of a single artist’s model, with one portrait by Frank and the other by his wife Pamela. While this is certainly an atypical methodology for portraiture, the non-traditional approach allowed for a fascinating glimpse at the aesthetic, personal and variable choices made by any artist in the act of creation. The Gaards have painted a series of these dual portraits collaboratively for the past six years, and have exhibited them in multiple venues during that time. TuckUnder Projects has collected their tandem work for an exhibition of portraiture showing the artists’ friends, coworkers, colleagues and neighbors. There’s a delicate and sensitive quality to many of these works that the variations between the two portraits only highlight and enrich. By duplicating the images in such contrasting ways, the works seem to give a rich inner voice to the idiosyncratic personalities of their very human subjects. In a world of instant representation by camera and video, it’s remarkable to be reminded of the power of an artist to illuminate the subject in a way that a mere technical device never will. -Anthony Enright
Click HERE for the TuckUnder site
THURSDAY, JUNE 28TH
Father You See Queen + LaLiberte + DJ Andrew Broder
@ Icehouse
2528 Nicolett Avenue S
Minneapolis
10 pm / 21+ / $7
Thursday is a night of moody experimental rock and new neighborhood favorite Icehouse. The resturant/ bar/venue has only been open a few weeks and has proven itself to be the new favorite spot among many of the Twin Cities’ musicians, artists and music fans. With a large stage, great lighting, and a killer sound system, Icehouse could be the best new venue in town. In one of the first Thursdays of live music at the venue, the lineup couldn’t be better: LaLiberte, playing only their second official show, is a collaboration of Cecil Otter of Doomtree, Maggie Morrison of Lookbook and Votel, and bass player Ben Clark of Votel. They make moody music that’s a little darker than one might expect. Lush electronic elements blend with Maggie’s wandering vocal and flawless voice and sounds completely different than any of the music previously created by its members. Also playing is Father You See Queen, the hypnotic electro duo of Mark McGee and Mona Tollefson. They play a spooky, wanderlust kind of music with minimalist electroic elements and the mysterious, haunting vocals of Mona. Andrew Broder of the Cloak Ox and Fog will kick the night off with a DJ set. -Danielle Morris
Click HERE for the Icehouse site
LaLiberte at the Doomtree Blowout
THURSDAY, JUNE 28TH
WolfLords
@ Barbette
1600 W Lake Street
Minneapolis
10 pm / All Ages / FREE
Honestly: pretty much everything former Lookbook synthman/songwriter Grant Cutler does is awesome. He has a way with a gorgeous bed of synth or guitar low-key ambience and knows how to marry it to a magnificent tune. And you already love singer Aby Wolf from her work with Dessa and A. Wolf and Her Claws, right? The combination of the two is pretty much a guaranteed sure bet. We haven’t heard a lick of music from this side-project born from a soundtrack collab, but we can automatically wholeheartedly recommend. -Jon Hunt
Click HERE for the Barbette site
THURSDAY, JUNE 28TH-SATURDAY, JUNE 30TH
Twin Cities Jazz Festival
@ Mears Park (and other St. Paul downtown venues)
221 E 5th Street
St Paul
Full schedule at twincitiesjazzfestival.com / FREE
Jazz is awesome. If you don’t regularly listen to jazz at home or in live venues, you are seriously missing out – it’s time to open your mind and embrace the joy of improvised music. The 14th annual Jazz Fest spans three days and a ton of downtown venues including the Amsterdam, the Black Dog Cafe, The Lexington and the main stage at Mears Park. Highlights include our very own Bad Plus (featuring saxophonist Joshua Redman), trombonist Delfeayo Marsalis and the Luca Ciarla Quartet, among many others. -Jon Hunt
Click HERE for the Twin Cities Jazz Fest site
THURSDAY, JUNE 28TH-SUNDAY, JULY 1ST
4 Works 4 Weeks: Nellis + Pennaz: “Unrelated” + “Silver”
@ Red Eye Theater
15 W 14th Street
Minneapolis
8 pm Thursday-Saturday, 7 pm Sunday / $8-15 (Thursday is pay-what-you-can)
The Red Eye Theater caps off its monthlong series 4 Works 4 Weeks – which showcases new works from emerging choreographers – with two new works by two Twin Cities performers. In Unrelated, dancer/choreographer Blake Nellis collaborates with an ensemble of performers to explore our inner life’s relationship with the outside world, connecting the idea of our everyday movements as a form of personal self expression. Jenny Pennaz’ Silver examines the space between girldom and womanhood alongside dancer Kari Mosel and musician Kale Baglyos Reed that promises to be haunting and captivating. -Jahna Peloquin
Click HERE for the Red Eye Theater site
THURSDAY, JUNE 28TH
Claire de Lune EP Release Party
@ 7th Street Entry
701 First Avenue N
Minneapolis
8 pm doors / 18+ / $5 adv, $7 door
The Tribe & Big Cats hosts a night filled with music and fun as Claire de Lune celebrates the release of her new EP New Lion this Thursday. The singer-songwriter is known for her soulful voice and music that combines R&B with indie rock and hip-hop and New Lion is no exception, with jazz-inspired R&B and soul music throughout the album. Be sure to stop by 7th Street Entry to grab your copy of the EP and listen to Claire de Lune’s most recent work along with performances by Greg Grease, K.Raydio, and DJ Noam The Drummer. -Chelsea Streich
Click HERE for the First Avenue site
FRIDAY, JUNE 29TH
“Custom Forms: Art by Jennifer Sandquist & Danny Sigelman”
@ Friedman Iverson
2609 Aldrich Avenue S #102
Minneapolis
7–10 pm / FREE
Boutique law firm Friedman Iverson was formed to serve the legal needs of the artistic and creative community, so it will come as no surprise that the partners have a long standing passion for promoting and supporting local arts and music. The firm will be bringing that passion to the public starting this Friday with the opening of a new gallery space. Their inaugural exhibit Custom Forms will feature works by two local artists along with music from Secret Stash DJs and tasty craft ice cream from up-and-coming duo Froz Bros. Artist and Danny Sigelman (who you may recognize from his DJ stints ast Radio K and the Current) takes inspiration from travels in China for abstract paintings and collage with nods to traditional Chinese composition. Minneapolis artist Jennifer Sandquist presents painting, collage, photography and watercolor with bold, simple colors and lines to convey her excitement at the moment of creative expression. We’re always happy to see a new arts venue, and with the promise of new exhibits rotating quarterly this is certainly one to watch. -Anthony Enright
Click HERE for the Facebook invite
FRIDAY, JUNE 29TH-SATURDAY, JUNE 30TH
Twin Cities Antiquarian & Rare Book Fair
@ State Fair Grounds Progress Center
1265 North Snelling Avenue
Saint Paul
4-8 pm Friday, 10 am-5 pm Saturday / $5-7 per day
The 22nd Annual Antiquarian and Rare Book Fair at the State Fairgrounds is this weekend, which means it’s your chance to look over first edition Sinclair Lewis and F. Scott Fitzgerald books, small press publications from the 19th Century and other rare and unusual ephemera from the world of books and print. On Saturday there is a free appraisal table where you can bring up to three of your own rare books from home and have their value assessed by one of the over 50 rare book experts who are exhibiting at the fair. To get there from the fairgrounds’ main entrance on Snelling, head north until you get to the Progress Center (located at X-15 on this grid) and prepare to marvel over the history layed out before your eyes in all its old-fashioned print glory. Click HERE for this week’s In Line with Callahan column, in which Rob goes behind the scenes of the Antiquarian and Rare Book Fair. -Rob Callahan
Click HERE for the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association
FRIDAY, JUNE 29TH-SUNDAY, JULY 1ST
“Crumb”
Trylon Microcinema
3258 Minnehaha Avenue
Minneapolis
7 pm & 9:15 pm Friday & Saturday, 4:45 pm & 7 pm Sunday / $8
Before the hilarious malaise of Ghost World and Bad Santa, director Terry Zwigoff spent years putting together this biodoc about the uninhibited master cartoonist, R. Crumb. The result turned out to be the toast of Sundance, the most acclaimed motion picture of 1995, and a documentary whose stature sits beneath probably only Hoop Dreams. More than a documentary, Crumb is a fascinating journey into an artist’s journey and process, from the intake of biography to the output of creation. And, goddammit, Crumb shows how that outlet, however subversive and disturbing, is a good thing. Through Crumb’s interactions with two brothers, one a suicidal depressive and the other a sexual deviant, Zwigoff shows how the artist took his family’s domestic dysfunctions and turned them into blue-humor ecstasy, a fetish for broad-hipped women being a husky American counterpart to Fellini’s voluptuous goddesses. Crumb’s superfluous pen is also an acute sociopolitical commentary on American entropy, from the latent hell of his 1950s childhood, to the trashy and nihilistic dung-heap of
post-modern exhaustion. We may be disturbed seeing this man, his fantasies known to us, playing piano with his pre-adolescent daughter…or, perhaps, we’re relieved that such perceptive fathers exist. -Niles Schwartz
Click HERE for the Take-Up Productions site
FRIDAY, JUNE 29TH
Kurtis Blow
@ Earl Brown Heritage Center
6155 Earl Brown Drive
Brooklyn Center
7:30 pm doors, 8:30 pm show / All Ages / $35-120
A genuine rap pioneer (one of the first to get signed and still one of the best of the first wave), Kurtis Blow is making a live appearance at, oddly enough, the Earl Brown Heritage Center near the rubble where Brookdale once stood. You remember him from “The Breaks,” or his production work with the Fat Boys, or the Tough EP or a billion other groundbreaking tunes. If your love of hip-hop doesn’t go much deeper than Rhymesayers, now’s a chance to check out a genuine pioneer. -Jon Hunt
FRIDAY, JUNE 29TH
Banner Pilot + The Evening Rig + Annandale Cardinals + IGUANO
@ Triple Rock Social Club
629 Cedar Ave
Minneapolis
There’s no way you can beat the one-two punch of Jacques Wait and Nick Hook in IGUANO, the slithery little pop band fronted by Ehsan Alam (formerly of Revolver Modele) – Wait is one of the town’s most brilliant guitarists and Hook is solid as fuck. The group’s left-of-center pop choons are heavy on new-wavey angularity and Alam’s Iggy-Pop-as-lounge-singer vocals. IGUANO opens for the show which also includes Banner Pilot, the Evening Rig, and Annandale Cardinals. -Jon Hunt
Click HERE for the Triple Rock Social Club site
IGUANO
FRIDAY, JUNE 29TH
Bloodnstuff w/ Little Man + Blueclaw
@ Turf Club
1601 University Avenue
St. Paul
8 pm doors / 21+ / $7
Bloodnstuff make magically heavy, gigantic guitar-driven rock that sounds like the work of forty mighty men on stage – and of course, it’s just the two of ‘em whipping out that racket. Check out for yourself their Sabbath-meets-indie-rock vibe and marvel. Opener Little Man is Chris Pericelli’s one-man band, and if you love late ’60s/early-’70s power pop you will be highly pleased. Blueclaw whip up a righteous garage frenzy with some seriously wailing vocals. A truly heavy night of local rock. -Jon Hunt
Click HERE for the Turf Club site
Bloodnstuff
FRIDAY, JUNE 29TH
E.L.nO. + Motel California
@ Lee’s Liquor Lounge
101 Glenwood Avenue N
Minneapolis
9 pm / 21+ / $10
Not only is Lee’s Liquor Lounge the epitome of Minneapolis cool, it is also known for some of the best live music in the Twin Cities and will be featuring cover band extraordinaire E.L.nO this Friday. A local favorite, The Electric Light (Not) Orchestra includes former members of Accident Clearinghouse, Detroit, Billy Johnson’s Roadshow and Manplanet, not to mention the ultra-charismatic frontman David Campbell of 89.3 the Current, dressed to the nines in Afro-tastic ’70s drag. Also performing is Motel California, an Eagles cover band, and Current DJ Jill Riley will be spinning the tunes throughout the night. Expect to hear some great music, see some crazy Afros and dance the night away. -Chelsea Streich
Click HERE for the Lee’s Liquor Lounge site
E.L.nO photo by Marky Sparkly
FRIDAY, JUNE 29TH
Remember the Time: A Michael Jackson Tribute Dance Party
@ First Avenue
701 1st Avenue N
Minneapolis
9 pm / 18+ / $5
Do you remember the day you heard the news that the King of Pop was gone? We did – and it culminated in an impromptu Michael Jackson dance party later that night. First Avenue’s been keeping that spirit alive annually ever since with a dance party honoring the King in the Mainroom. This year’s third annual fest features veteran hip hop/dance DJ Mike 2600 and longtime Twin Cities DJ and KMOJ regular Dan Speak. Dance to all your MJ and Jackson 5 favorites, and remember the time. -Jahna Peloquin
Click HERE for the First Avenue site
FRIDAY, JUNE 29TH
BOMP
@ Cedar Cultural Center
416 Cedar Avenue S
Minneapolis
10 pm / 18+ / $6 w/ RSVP, $12 at door
If you have designer heels, BOMP is not the place to wear them. Stick to your high tops or flat boot, because as BOMP always promises, it is going to be a delirious dance fest. The raucous monthly dance night that formerly called the Bedlam Theater and Nick and Eddie home recently made a long-awaited return to the West Bank after a one-night blowout at First Avenue earlier this year and a stint at the Cabooze last month. The whole DJ crew is back in action: the Moon Goons, Plain Ole Bill, Jimmy2Times and WzzWnshp, and they’re ready to throw down. -Alexandra Katz
Click HERE for the Facebook invite
OPENS SATURDAY JUNE 30TH (continues through September 30th)
“This Will Have Been: Art, Love & Politics in the 1980s”
@ Walker Art Center
1750 Hennepin Avenue
Minneapolis
Opening day artists’ talk at 2 pm on Saturday, runs through September 30 / $6-10
What better place to take in a survey of the tumultuous and revolutionary decade of art that was the 1980s than the Walker Art Center, which played an important role throughout that decade discovering and promoting the thoughtful, socially-aware and sometime radical artistic movements that emerged in the decade. The expansive exhibit This Will Have Been includes over 100 works by 80 artists to tell the story of the polarized, cynical and sometimes capricious art world of art in the ’80s. This is accomplished through four sections: “The End Is Near” (exploring the fatalistic notion that art, painting and perhaps civilization itself was in death throes), “Democracy” (focusing on politically engaged and socially provocative artwork), “Gender Trouble” (work addressing feminism, gender roles and sexuality) and “Desire and Longing” (exploring the growing visibility of queer culture in the midst of the AIDS crisis). Through sheer depth and breadth along with highlighting the deliberate factions which competed for attention during the decade, curator: Helen Molesworth (of the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston) attempts to reframe the often ironic light in which art in the 1980s is sometimes seen by contemporary critics. If you’re too young to have really experienced this decade or would just like a refresher in the art that defined the Regan era, this exhibit is a must see for the summer. Consider taking the show in on Saturday at 2 pm, when participating artists Lorraine O’Grady and Donald Moffett will discuss the show in an opening day artists’ talk. -Anthony Enright
Click HERE for the Walker Art Center site
SATURDAY, JUNE 30TH
“Art with Enemies: DC Ice and David Ekdahl”
@ Homewood Studios
2400 Plymouth Avenue N
Minneapolis
Opening reception 7 pm, runs through July 21 / FREE
Homewood Studios, the North Minneapolis artist’s workspace and meeting venue, presents new work by artists David Ekdahl and DC Ice with an opening this Saturday. With sinister but sweet drawings and paintings and provocative tribal inspired sculptures carved from wood, the gallery will become a veritable menagerie of gorgeous creepiness. The two artists are known for expressive and slightly vicious anthropomorphic creatures who will co-exist in the space as either friends or enemies based on your interpretation. With compelling and colorful graphics and an off-kilter sensibility, this show will delight fans of iconoclastic visions. -Anthony Enright
Click HERE for the Homewood Studios site
SATURDAY, JUNE 30TH
A Punker’s Revenge: A Celebration of Speedboat Gallery
@ CO Exhibitions
1101 Stinson Boulevard
Minneapolis
6-10 pm / FREE (band donations appreciated!)
For one-night only, relive the angst, the anarchy, the raucousness and punk debauchery that was the iconic Speedboat gallery, without having to time warp back to the ’90s. Part art gallery, part underground basement venue, SBG was an incubator for bands like Green Day, Bikini Kill and Arcwelder and artists Frank Gaard, Richard Lack and Sean Smuda from the late ’80s til the police shut ‘er down in ’94. Tonight, join CO and along with curator and SBG founder, Paul Dickinson for a archive showcase featuring photos and materials from the Speedboat’s glory days. Wander through ’90s nostalgia all the way back to modern times as you peep artwork from established SBG alums Bruce Tapola, Scott Dolan, Gaard, Michael Thomsen and more, as well as Speedboat newbies Katelyn Farstad, Adam Callier, Oakley Tapola, Sophie Wiel and Crystal Quinn. Plus, sip down a cold Schlitz and jam out to Dickinson’s post-punk band, Frances Gumm, and Still Pacific. Click HERE to read Juleana’s interview with the show’s curator and Speedboat Gallery co-founder Paul Dickinson, and HERE for the Oral History of the Speedboat Gallery. -Juleana Enright
Click HERE for the CO Exhibitions site
SATURDAY, JUNE 30TH & SUNDAY, JULY 1ST (Continues weekends through July 15)
The Strange Capers present “The Comedy of Errors”
@ Bloomington Civic Plaza Amphitheater
1800 W Old Shakopee Road
Bloomington
2:30 pm / FREE (donations encouraged)
Our favorite Shakespeare in the park players the Strange Capers are back at it for another year with The Comedy of Errors, a sure-to-be-inventive twist on a classic. Under the direction of Guthrie regular Randy Reyes, the highly physical comedy hinges on mistaken identity – something the experienced troupe are sure to handle with aplomb. So grab your picnic basket, blanket and straw hat – after all, it isn’t summer until you’ve experienced Shakespeare in the park. -Jahna Peloquin
Click HERE for the Strange Capers site
SATURDAY, JUNE 30TH
Fort Wilson Riot + Action Camp + Friends By Fire + Me & My Arrow
@ Cause Spirits & Soundbar
3001 Lyndale Avenue S
Minneapolis
9 pm / 21+ / $5
It’s a fun Saturday night of indie rock on Saturday at Cause. Four bands is four times the fun, including an album release by locals Friends By Fire. Headlining are cute-as-can-be local duo Fort Wilson Riot. Their brand of sunny pop music is blended with jangling guitars and bright electronic elements with boy and girl vocals and harmonizing. Action Camp is another duo, on tour from Pittsburgh. Their sound is in the realm of electro dream pop, combining elements of surf rock and classical composition. Friends By Fire are a heavy, electronic group who are heavily influenced by ’80s groups like Depeche Mode, the Church, and the Cure. Their songs are well formed and have a lush full sound, as sure to be evidenced on their latest full-length. Opening the night is Me and My Arrow and their ever-evolving rock orchestra. Their new single “Disco Elementary” is a anthem of sorts that blends guitars, a crashing beat and Helicon-tinged vocals that moves along a fast but delightful pace. -Danielle Morris
Click HERE for the Cause Spirits & Soundbar site
Fort Wilson Riot
SATURDAY, JUNE 30TH
Late Night featuring OSO
@ Dakota Jazz Club
1010 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis
11 pm / 21+ / $5
It’s no secret that l’étoile loves OSO. Veteran local model Tearra’s jazzy alter-ego (who takes her name from Tearra’s childhood nickname, the spanish word for “bear”) performed at our New Designer Showcase this February, with frequent collaborators Mayda and Dano de la Mano. This Saturday, OSO brings her signature blend of R&B, hip hop, spoken word, and maracas to a late night show at the legendary Dakota Jazz Club. As is standard with OSO performances, the stage will be jammed with talented, creative special guests. We recommend taking in an OSO performance with a classic cocktail, such as an Old-Fashioned or a Negroni – or maybe a French 75 if you’re feeling fizzy. -Beth Hammarlund
Click HERE for the Dakota Jazz Club site
SATURDAY, JUNE 30TH
TV Ghost w/ Mr. Hide + Littlefoot
@ Palmer’s
500 Cedar Avenue S
Minneapolis
9:30 pm / 21+ / $5
Tonight, prepare to have your senses frazzled and unhinged as you wade through the No Wave cacophony that is Indiana’s ugly art punk outfit, TV Ghost. Sharing a label (In the Red Records) with dark kindreds and fellow misfits the Black Lips, The Horrors and Ty Segall, TV Ghost embodies the static-laden low end scuzz that grimey rock nightmares are made of. But don’t worry, tonight’s line-up isn’t meant to terrify. Enjoy non-nightmare-y sets from garage poppers, Mr. Hide and even some experimental Italian pop from adorb dreampopstress Littlefoot. -Juleana Enright
Click HERE for the Facebook invite
SATURDAY, JUNE 30TH
Halloween, Alaska + A. Wolf and Her Claws w/ All Eyes
@ Triple Rock Social Club
629 Cedar Ave
Minneapolis
8 pm doors / 18+ / $8 adv, $10 doors
If you somehow missed their awesome but ever-present “Dance By Accident,” a brilliantly skittering and well-deserved Current hit, Halloween, Alaska play a kind of mathy post-prog-pop thing, not a million miles from what Adrian Belew was doing in the ’80s. And if that sounds off-putting, remember how damn catchy Belew was in that era. James Diers and Co. are pretty much in that same wheelhouse, crafting masterful, complicated hooks. Aby Wolf’s got one of the best singing voices in town, and Her Claws play a kind of electronic almost-funk. All Eyes open. A night of smart damn music. -Jon Hunt
Click HERE for the Triple Rock Social Club site
Halloween, Alaska
SATURDAY, JUNE 30TH
Full-On Dance Party 2: Summer in the City
10 pm / 18+ / $3
Hot on the heels of an unforgettable spring installment, Full-On Dance Party numéro deux is back with a summer sweatbox edition featuring all the dancefloor-driven insanity of the FODP #1 and then some. Featuring sets by TML’s upstairs techno brother, Black and tagteam DJs Ryan Simatic, Slow Derek and Jobot, prepare for an evening of the good, the weird and the underground of techno, breaks, hip-hop, funk, electro, disco and so much more. They’ve dug through mountains of crates so you can reap the dancefloor benefits. Turn up the AC, shed some layers and shake it. -Juleana Enright
Click HERE for the First Avenue site
SATURDAY, JUNE 30TH
Another Saturday Night f. Solid Gold DJs
@ Kitty Cat Klub
315 14th Avenue SE
Minneapolis
10 pm / 21+ / FREE before 11 pm, $3 after
The good-lookin’ men and ladyfolk of the Twin Cities are sure to congregate at this month’s edition of Another Saturday Night, the latest dance party concoction from DJs Bach and So Gold. This month’s edition features a listening party for Frank Ocean’s recently-released agent ORANGE, which we called a “game changing” album in the R&B world and “nothing less than the best record of the year so far.” Recline in the shambly, luxe surroundings of the Kitty Cat Klub, or blow off some steam on the dance floor to a sexy mix of classic and modern R&B. Get there before 11 pm for free cover and happy hour drink specials. -Jahna Peloquin
Click HERE for the Facebook invite
SUNDAY, JULY 1ST
Stomp-N-Chomp Patio Party
@ Clubhouse Jäger
923 Washington Avenue N
Minneapolis
4-10 pm / 21+ / $3
Sunday afternoons in the summer are made for grilling out while lounging to laidback tunes. You’re invited to do just that on the expansive patio of our fave Warehouse District hang Clubhouse Jäger this weekend, when DJ King Otto brings the party, Jäger is unleashing free grilled burgers and hot dogs from 4 to 8 pm, and PBR is offering $2 Tallboys. Other drink specials include Jäger’s new in-house sweet tea-infused vodka and lemonade cocktails for $4.50 and $3 sangria. Joining Otto is a 7″ vinyl party featuring sets from DJ Steely of KFAI, Tarik Thornton of funky16corners.com, the King & I regular Fathertime, and Kevin Beacham of the Current’s Redefinition Radio. Bring your pals and a healthy appetite for good tunes, grilled treats and delish drinks. -Jahna Peloquin
Click HERE for the Facebook invite
Editor in Chief: Jahna Peloquin / Contributors: Juleana Enright, Anthony Enright, Jon Hunt, Rob Callahan, Niles Schwartz, Danielle Morris, Beth Hammarlund, Chelsea Streich, Alexandra Katz, Jahna Peloquin
