by staff
We know, you’re still recovering from six days of Halloween, but another weekend is upon us, chock full of tons of local art, music and theater worth checking out. Get political with a live show from politically-charged dance music instigator Dan Deacon and a “VOTE NO” Rally, and make a dragalicious statement with a Lip Sync for Your Life contest at CAMP’s Madonna-themed shindig. Fight for your right to party, and don’t forget to VOTE NO twice next Tuesday!
xo, l’étoile
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 1ST-SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH (continues November 7-10)
¡Viva la Soul Power!
@ Intermedia Arts
2822 Lyndale Avenue S
Minneapolis
Open house 6 pm, show 7-10 pm nightly / $25
If you’re looking for a treat for both the mind and body this Halloween season, check out the unique and creative programs that comprise ¡Viva la Soul Power! at Intermedia Arts. Conceived as a revolutionary culinary experience that combines art, education and community building within a tasty wrapper of humor and performance, this ambitions production is sure to leave you sated and with plenty to digest. Set inside Intermedia’s Feed & Be Fed exhibit where a cross-cultural Día de los Muertos theme connected artworks on the subject of feeding and being fed, this program connects audiences by inviting them to interact with all their senses (including taste). Both a performance and a full meal guided by Mero Cocinero – host of The Cooking Show con Karimi & Comrades – the program represents an evolution in the intersection between art and dining. As space is limited and the run spans only eight nights (Nov. 1–4 and 7–10) you’ll want to snap up a reservation while you still can. -Anthony Enright
Click HERE for the Intermedia Arts site
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST-SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD (continues through November 18th)
“Claire Denis: Unpredictable Universe”
@ Walker Art Center
1750 Hennepin Avenue
Minneapolis
“Claire Denis, La Vagabonde”: 7 pm Thursday, November 1 / FREE
“35 Shots of Rum”: 7:30 pm Friday November 2 / FREE with gallery admission
“The Intruder”: 7:30 pm Saturday, November 3 / $9
Claire Denis is one of the most fearless filmmakers alive. Born in Paris and raised in post-colonial Africa, and studying under Wim Wenders and Jim Jarmusch before beginning her own career as an important voice, Denis restlessly recreates the terrain of her youth as an artist without a country. Her characters are held tight against the terrain, alienated physically while seeking out semblance and control over something that is evading grasp, with endless historical alternations. She leaps between genres of stark realism and the supernatural, but even her more “realistic” dramas, like the recent White Material, one of the best films of 2010, plays out like a ghost story, following Coffee Plantation owners Isabelle Hupert and Christopher Lambert trying to keep hold of stability while Africa has dangerously moved on, with child soldiers in the countryside. The Walker Art Center presents a complete retrospective of her work in the coming weeks, culminating with a Regis Dialogue between the filmmaker and revered critic Kent Jones on November 17. Tonight is a free screening of Claire Denis, La Vagabonde, a 50-minute interview in which she discuses her ideas on film. This weekend features the incredible 35 Shots of Rum on Friday and the poetic The Intruder on Saturday. -Niles Schwartz
Click HERE for the Walker Art Center site
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST
Día de los Muertos Celebration
@ Altered Esthetics
1223 Quincy Street NE
Minneapolis
6-9 pm / All ages / FREE
Grounded in cherishing our dearly departed, el Día de los Muertos is sweetened with candy skulls, Pan de Muerto and an ofrenda for the All Souls Day participants. Students from the Sheridan Global Arts & Communication School have arranged a public ofrenda for a one-day special celebration at Northeast gallery Altered Esthetics. Guests are invited to bring items to add to the ofrenda. Similar to an altar, ofrendas hold favorite objects of the deceased. Candles burn bright to guide the path back to an earthly home. Flowers represent the bittersweet fugacity that is life. Water and salt (the most budget friendly choice to bring) are supposed to quench the thirst of the travel-worn souls. Come participate in art activities all evening, along with a silent candle light vigil walk at 7p.m. The artwork on display that evening will be available for a second viewing on November 2 for its “Lutefisk Sushi E” opening reception Friday night (see below for more on that). -Ryn Gibson
Click HERE for the Altered Esthetics site
ONGOING THROUGH SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15TH
“Circumstantial Evidence: Italy through the Lens of Balthazar Korab”
@ HGA Gallery at Rapson Hall
89 Church Street
Minneapolis
Gallery hours vary / FREE
Though perhaps best known for iconic and austere images of some of mid-century modernism’s most recognizable buildings, celebrated photographer Balthazar Korab also has a trove of lesser known but equally stunning photos of more classical subjects. In 1964, five years after opening his own architecture photography studio, Korab and his wife decided to take their two children on a one-year sabbatical to Florence, Italy and the circumstance allowed the artist to focus on a range of subjects not available in the US. The immersive new exhibition at the HGA Gallery in the U of M’s Rapson Hall is drawn from Korab’s photographic portfolios that illuminate scenes of raw beauty, natural disaster, casual urbanism and the monumentality of the Italian landscape. This one is a must for fans of architecture an /or photography. -Anthony Enright
Click HERE for the Goldstein Museum of Design site
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST
A.C. Newman w/ The Mynabirds
@ Turf Club
1601 University Avenue W
St. Paul
8 pm / 21+ / $15
New Pornographers songwriter A.C. Newman is fresh off a brand new record, Shut Down The Streets, which is utterly phenomenal. Inspired by 70s soft pop artists like Bread, the album is filled with gorgeous, sweeping acoustic strumming and brilliant keyboard textures and pretty, pretty melodies. It reminds me not a little of Maplewood’s awesome album from six, seven years ago in that it evokes those ’70s classics without slavishly aping them, perfectly capturing the vibe and the gorgeousness of those AM gems. Openers the Mynabirds have a delicious sweet-soul-meets-aggressive-electronic vibe that blends perfectly with Newman’s sound. -Jon Hunt
Click HERE for the Turf Club site
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST
VOTE NO Rally
@ Hell’s Kitchen
80 S 9th Street
Minneapolis
6 pm–close / 18+ / FREE (donations suggested)
Get ready to dance in the name of marriage! No, this is not your top-40-weilding wedding reception DJ. This is the VOTE NO Rally at Hell’s Kitchen featuring a balanced medley of Erin Schwab’s good ol’ fashioned vocals, anti-amendment activist and Vikings punter Chris Kluwe’s band Tripping Icarus, disco dance aficionados the Trends, femme-fueled punk rockers Pink Mink and DJ Shannon Blowtorch will surely make you stomp yo’ feet. All donations from the evening go to MN United for All Families. To seal the deal, there will be a “cigarette girl” selling Angel Food pride cupcakes with flavors that may include Sorority Girl, Snickerdoodle and Chubby Hubby. -Chloe Nelson
Click HERE for the Hell’s Kitchen site
Tripping Icarus
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST
¡HOLLY! / Clustercuss / The Farewell Circuit
@ Icehouse
2528 Nicollet Avenue
Minneapolis
9 pm doors / 21+ / $5
¡HOLLY!’s Tumblr description of their music, “unable to cause you any pain whatsoever,” underlies the ethos of their decision to dedicate part of their set to Rock Star Supply Co. This nonprofit’s mission statement is to create a community of volunteers who are committed to engaging at-risk high school students in improving their educational experience. Rock Star will give a short presentation, kicking off a fourteen-day campaign to raise $15,000. Even if raising money to help Twin Cities’ youth access a myriad of trained, diverse tutors isn’t your thing (and how couldn’t it be?), there’s also rock show. Clustercuss plays darkly shoe gazer minimalism: improvisational layers of bass, electric guitar and percussion instrumentals in front or behind projected films like tonight’s Nanook of the North. The Farewell Circuit’s melancholy indie pop uses just enough distorted guitar to avoid a detrimental Death Cab for Cutie comparison. To ensure a table to rest your laurels, reservations are recommended. -Ryn Gibson
Click HERE for the Icehouse site
¡HOLLY!
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST
Butt Rock Halloween Hangover
@ Clubhouse Jäger
923 Washington Avenue N
Minneapolis
10 pm / 21+ / FREE
You know you belt them in the shower, those classic, head-bangin’ ’80s hair metal power ballads. You may even harbor a few heavy duty crushes on the hot dudes that made gender androgyny a rock “it” factor. That’s why tonight is your night to shed the shame and join DJ (and l’étoile contributor) Danielle Morris and Sara Jean Hanson as they spin “macho hard rock” faves, all on vinyl, for your fist pumping and sing-a-long pleasure along with metal music videos. Sip down delish libations conjured up by the good lookin’ Jäger barstaff, with drink specials including $5 Jamesons and $2.50 domestic tallboys. Girls rock yer boyz; boyz rock yer girls; girls rock yer girls; boyz rock yer boyz…You get the picture. -Staff
Click HERE for the Facebook invite
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND
“Lutefisk Sushi Volume E” Opening Reception
@ Altered Esthetics
1224 Quincy Street NE
Minneapolis
7-10 pm (runs through November 29th) / All ages / FREE
If there was any doubt that the graphic arts are thriving in Minneapolis, make your way to Altered Esthetics this Friday for the opening of “Lutefisk Sushi Volume E.” Combining Minnesota artists in hand-silkscreened mini-comics, Lutefisk Sushi is served stylishly in a Japanese bento box style compilation. Running since 2004, this fifth installment produced by Cartoonist Conspiracy features work by more than 35 local comic artists, and at just $25 for a limited edition box, this is a steal of a view into the thriving work of our best comic artists. Can’t make it? Mark your calendar for November 17′s artist discussion panel from 1-3 pm. -Nathaniel Smith
Click HERE for the Cartoonist Conspiracy site
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND & SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD
The Retros at Willow Creek present “Galaxy Quest”
@ Willow Creek Theatre
9900 Shelard Parkway
Plymouth
11:30 pm Friday & Saturday / $5.50
Willow Creek projectionist Justin Christopher Ayd would tell you: 1999 was a great year for movies. But beyond Being John Malkovich, The Insider, Eyes Wide Shut, Magnolia and, okay, I suppose American Beauty. But out of nowhere landed Galaxy Quest, a surprisingly successful Tim Allen vehicle in which the fumbling “Home Improvement” comedian is allowed to play a pompous, Shatneresque sci-fi actor, and it’s goddamned perfect. Of course, it helps being joined by Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub, and Sam Rockwell. In a scenario drawn from – but more rewarding than – “The Three Amigos,” some space aliens fallen on hard times see the “Galaxy Quest” TV show, a cult variation on “Star Trek” with its fanatical following of hopeless geeks, and beam the cast up to do battle with an evil intergalactic warlord. No flimsy or disposable sci-fi comedy, “Galaxy Quest” is replete with clever in-jokes and references, and not only to things that would delight a CONvergence goer. Minnesota Public Radio critic, the “Movie Maven” Stephanie Curtis, will introduce the screening. -Niles Schwartz
Click HERE for the Facebook invite
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 2ND-SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH
“Drive By Shooting: Sid Kaplan” Opening Reception & Artists Talks
@ Icebox Gallery at Northrup King Building
1500 Jackson Street NE #443
Minneapolis
9 pm Friday, 3 pm & 7 pm Saturday, 5 pm Sunday / FREE
Iconoclastic photographer Sid Kaplan has a passion for images taken from the window of a moving car. His slightly blurred “snaps” (the artist’s colloquial ‘forties slang term) capture fleeting moments that can seem alternately joyous, somber, creepy or exuberant. The thrill of the hunt is visible in his snapshots, and the range and depth of his subject matter belies the solemnity of the majority black and white prints and lends them a collective weight. The exhibit includes a variety of framed images along with several stereo pieces photographed in three dimensions. The eclectic mix of color and b&w photos span several decades and a variety of cities (MSP and NYC among them) as well as a number chronicling the back roads of America. The hypnotic photos remind the viewer just how weird, wonderful and varied the lives we pass by each day are, and in this season where we’re all thinking about what it means to be an American that’s a powerful lesson. -Anthony Enright
Click HERE for the Icebox site
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND
“CAW•ES” Grand Opening
@ Faith, Health and Wellness Center
100 W 46th Street
Minneapolis
6-9 pm / FREE
Earlier this summer, two local artists and mural masters joined forces, talent and art synergy to create an aesthetic connection. Enter: CAW•ES. A collaborative effort between MCAD grad CAW (Christopher Williams) and Cult Status owner ES (Erin Sayer), CAW•ES merges William’s use of vivid color and free painting techniques with Sayer’s detailed stencil work and drawings to produce a “visual melee of animals and pure design.” Over the last five months, the CAW•ES team have completed five murals, several projects and a large body of fine art. Tonight, catch a glimpse of the duo’s incredible collaborative artwork – as they present their first exhibit together – and prepare to be blown away by polychromatic zoo. -Juleana Enright
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND
Caché at the Casket
@ Casket Arts Building
681 17th Avenue NE
Minneapolis
5-10 pm Friday, noon-8 pm Saturday, noon-5 pm Sunday / FREE
The Casket Arts Building, a converted Northeast factory built in 1887 will open its doors this weekend for their fifth annual mixed media, jangly music, vibrant art and culture festival celebrating the Northeast community, Caché at the Casket. There will be something for every member of the family: Surly beer, local music including the ethereal Poor Nobodys and swinging blues boys Doug Otto and the Getaways, Red Stag victuals, and an inside glimpse into the exciting world of art-making in the Casket’s 100-plus artist studios. In addition to handcrafted demonstrations and live entertainment, visitors can also peruse art studios and purchase local art. -Chloe Nelson
Click HERE for the Caché at the Casket site
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND–SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH
Art Attack!
@ Northrup King Building
1500 Jackson Street NE
Minneapolis
5-10 pm Friday, noon-8 pm Saturday, noon-5 pm Sunday / FREE
Yet another open-studio event that hosts too much to capture in one paragraph, this weekend’s go-to event for arts of all kinds is the Northrup King Building’s Art Attack! Now in its 15th year, this weekend-long event features work by over 200 artists and crafters of all kinds. This year should be even more exciting with the REwork Participatory Art Projects scheduled throughout the weekend. Curators Molly Balcom Raleigh and Kirstin Wiegmann have dozens of events and projects to enjoy and get involved in, from music interpreting, hibernation exploration and even an interactive live-feed dessert dining video collaboration with Inscape Art Building in Seattle. There will also be music, art demonstrations, food trucks and a variety of other happenings throughout the weekend. For hours and full event schedule, check out the website. -Nathaniel Smith
Click HERE for the Northrup King Building site
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND
Open Call Soft Launch Party
@ Guthrie Theater
818 S 2nd Street
Minneapolis
8 pm-midnight / FREE (space extremely limited)
With its launch of its new young patrons group “Open Call,” the Guthrie is cultivating a new crop of theater go-ers and presenting the world-renowned theater in a new way. With Open Call, the Guthrie hopes to engage their next generation of theater fans and share the Guthrie’s wide variety of offerings with broader range of the Twin Cities community. And what’s the best way to bring people together? Throw a party. With its launch event, Open Call invites you to kick back and toast the theater with drinks, good conversation, and dancing – courtesy of the vinyl-spinning ladies of Lady Heat and a live set by R&B/soul singer Chastity Brown. This ain’t your grandma’s Guthrie. -Emily Cain
Click HERE for the Guthrie Theater Open Call site
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND & SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD (runs through December 16th)
“In the Next Room”
@ Jungle Theater
2951 Lyndale Avenue S
Minneapolis
8 pm (runs through December 16th) / All ages / $38 or discounted rush tickets (if available)
Sarah Ruhl’s 2010 Tony-nominated play In the Next Room – also known as “The Vibrator Play,” wraps a blatantly sexual subject in the veil of upper class Victorian femininity. One of the central characters, Dr. Givings, invents an electric vibrating device that miraculously cures female hysteria in as little as a few minutes. Givings has no idea how much solitary, powerful pleasure the device provides his patients, nor how little his unsatisfied wife, Catherine, receives. Ruhl’s poetic roots display themselves in a confrontation of deep misery with sharp, witty dialogue and scenes skirting around slapstick. -Ryn Gibson
Click HERE for the Jungle Theater site
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND & SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD
Poonies
@ Patrick’s Cabaret
3010 Minnehaha Avenue
Minneapolis
8 pm / $10
Drag yourself to Patrick’s Cabaret for Poonies and you might actually learn something in the midst of being totally entertained. In this old-meets-new cabaret, the vintage art form takes on a modern, fresh, and politically charged spin. Artists like Jeffry Lusiak (aka PUSS PUSS) and SuperGroup will explore issues of queer identity, love, shame, and desire, while quirky burlesque duo The Fascinating Womanhood will examine gender roles and the way things were – like in the 1960s, when an actual book was written about “how the ideal woman can awaken a man’s deepest love and tenderness through eating healthy foods, speaking softly, and keeping her erratic hand gestures to a minimum.” Um yeah, that definitely needs to be examined. -Emily Cain
Click HERE for the Patrick’s Cabaret site
Jeffry Lusiak, aka PUSS PUSS
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST-MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH (Runs through November 11)
“The Learning Fairy”
@ Open Eye Figure Theatre
506 E 24th Street
Minneapolis
Times vary / $15 general admission, $12 students, $10 children 12 and under
Looking for a family-friendly event that isn’t a snooze-fest for the grown ups? Take a trip to the Open Eye Figure Theatre for Episode 2 of The Learning Fairy. The Learning Fairy along with her buds Mr. Make-It, a mad scientist who can transform things before your eyes, The Questioning Girl who is ever inquisitive, and the Fairy Band will take you on a one-of-a-kind romp through old school theater magic and puppetry. -Emily Cain
Click HERE for the Open Eye Figure Theatre site
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST–SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH
James Sewell Ballet’s “Dance Macabre”
@ The Cowles Center
528 Hennepin Ave
Minneapolis
Times vary / $16, $26, $32
‘Tis the season for artfully morbid tales. Leave it to the innovative dancers of the James Sewell Ballet to take on the likes of Edgar Allen Poe (you know, the author you read in high school who wrote about that creepy beating heart), Grave Matters (a book about burials), and Giselle Pas de Deaux (ballet’s classic tragedy), in their new show Dance Macabre (that’s “Dance of Death” for those of you too lazy to Google-translate) opening this Friday. -Emily Cain
Click HERE for the Cowles Center site
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND-SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH (Tickets still available for Sunday!)
Laurie Anderson
@ Walker Art Center’s McGuire Theater
1750 Hennepin Avenue
Minneapolis
8 pm Friday & Saturday, 7 pm Sunday / $39
Laurie Anderson is more than just a musician – she’s a groundbreaking artist, shaping sounds and words into a kind of sonic pointillist canvas as surely as a painter shapes colors or a sculptor shapes form. Minimalism is her metiere, but her music is informed by New Wave, techno, classical and whatever the hell else you wanna throw in there. This concert, entitled “Dirtday,” is a cycle of songs inspired, apparently, by current events (politics and whatnot – you know). It’s part of the SPCO’s new Liquid Music series, an ongoing engagement with some of the most interesting musicians currently around, and will be worth checking out in the long run. A third show was just added, so tickets might still, as of this publication, be available. Don’t miss. -Jon Hunt
Click HERE for the Walker Art Center site
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND
Wiping Out Thousands Album Release Show w/ LaLiberte + SLOSLYLOVE
@ 7th Street Entry
701 1st Avenue N
Minneapolis
8 pm doors / 18+ / $5 advance, $7 door
This Came First, by 2013 Picked To Click top-tenners Wiping Out Thousands, is a really, really fucked up album. I mean that in a good way, natch – it’s genre-defying in a really interesting way; a strange amalgam of styles that never, thankfully, settles into cliche or falls back on Ye Olde Genre Saws to make its point. The copy I got claims it’s “electroclash,” but it doesn’t have the emotionless distance that (frequently) characterizes that genre. Lead singer Alaine Dickman sings with a warm, childlike voice that reminds me of Björk at her least oblique, which lends a quirky, playful quality to the often throbbing, pounding, electronic sounds. This Came First is a heavy album, to be sure, but it’s not a dark one or a cold one or a cliched one – it’s damn fun, easy to listen to, and one of the strangest (and best!) records to become hugely popular this year. Opening are LaLiberte, Maggie Morrison of Lookbook fame’s new electronic project with producer Cecil Otter (Doomtree) and bassist Ben Clark, and Eau Claire electronic artist SLOSLYLOVE. -Jon Hunt
Click HERE for Jon Hunt’s review of This Came First in his column, We Will Rock You
Click HERE for the First Avenue site
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND
A. Wolf and Her Claws w/ Fire in the Northern Firs
@ Icehouse
2528 Nicollet Avenue
Minneapolis
11 pm / 21+ / $6
Aby Wolf’s got one hell of a voice. Her Claws weave a fantastic, somewhat ethereal electronic/acoustic sound around it, too, creating a sexy, beatastic sound that’s not really like anything else going. The band recently celebrated the release of its debut album, which spans hip hop to jazz to avant-garde experimental. It’s as challenging as it is tuneful, with various musical textures combining to create something that is lush yet minimal, filled out with crisp beats and whirring vocal harmonies. We love openers Fire In The Northern Firs, too – we reviewed their latest record a couple weeks ago, and we love the dreamy, slightly dark, vaguely Satanic sound on it. Should be a gorgeous and lush night of music. -Jon Hunt/Danielle Morris
Click HERE for the Icehouse site
Aby Wolf
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND
Hospital Bills and Restitution: A Spyder Baybie Benefit
@ The Tunnel (near 7th Street & Central Avenue NE)
Minneapolis
11 pm doors, music at midnight / $10 donation at the door
Local rapper Spyder Babyie got himself into some trouble a while back and has a couple of bills he needs some help paying, so everyone’s favorite little rascal got some friends together to throw a super fun party to help him out. The line up is made up pals and collaborators – many of which are doing some of the most exciting stuff in the city. The line up includes Larva Ink, DJ Espada, the never-to-be-missed Marijuana Deathsquads, Chris Hooks, hip hop super group the Clerb, Enola Gay, and Picked to Click 2012 winners The Chalice. There will also be tasty treats from Dirty Donutz and live art from Katie Kroek. There is sure to be many special guests and a party that might just go into the wee hours of the morning. The flyer for this benefit show is printed on the actual police report; if you want to hear their side of the story below. -Danielle Morris
Click HERE for the Facebook invite
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND
M: A Madonna Party
@ CAMP Bar
490 N Robert Street
St. Paul
8 pm–2 am / 21+ / $5
It is time to bring out your inner Material Girl, virgin, or any era of Madonna for the “M,” Madonna-themed extravaganza at St. Paul gay bar CAMP. Mentally prepare for Saturday night’s concert at Xcel Energy Center – the first in the Twin Cities since 1987! – meet beautiful strangers, and assess and adore Madonna songs new, old, remixed and revived. Come dressed in your favorite Madonna look for the chance to Lip Sync for Your Life in “Madonna’s Drag Race” competition, hosted by drag comedienne Krystal Kleer – who’ll herself be performing in some Madonna costumes. Best of all, you will have the opportunity to win two tickets to the concert. A portion of the proceeds goes to the LGBT suicide-prevention organization the Trevor Project. It’s an evening that marries kitsch, goodwill, and the indestructible queen of Blonde Ambition. -Chloe Nelson
Click HERE for the CAMP Bar site
Get Cryphy: Eat My Shorts!
@ First Avenue Record Room
701 1st Avenue N
Minneapolis
10 pm / 18+ / $3 advance, $5 door
The rowdy rap crew Get Cryphy is back and ready for more this Friday for their regular residency at First Avenue’s Record Room. Prepare to experience the bumpin’ beats of resident DJ darlings Jimmy 2 Times, Plain Ole Bill and Last Word as they break it down in the venue’s intimate haven. Arrive early to enjoy drink specials and partake in giveaways from Phenom and Familia. In case you’re wondering, Hyphy + Crunk = Cryphy. Look it up in the Urban Dictionary and prepare to party down. -Staff
Click HERE for the First Avenue site
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD
“IMAGINARIUM: Kate Renee and Brett Early” Opening Reception
@ Gamut Gallery
1006 Marquette Avenue S
Minneapolis
7-10 pm (runs through November 24) / FREE
There is an often misquoted saying from Picasso that goes something like “As a child I could draw like a man, but it took my whole life to learn how to draw like a child again” – hinting at the theory that happiness and true inspiration are always at a child’s fingertips. Gamut Gallery’s newest collaborative exhibition, “IMAGINARIUM,” takes this to heart by combining Kate Renee’s and Brett Early’s new and favorite paintings. Expect design and pop-influenced works showcasing bold, imaginative and fantastical creatures. In other words, the skill of adults with the imagination of children. -Nathaniel Smith
Click HERE for the Gamut Gallery site
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD
Mixed Blood Majority (debut show)
@ Icehouse
2528 Nicollet Avenue S
Minneapolis
10:30 pm / 21+ / $7
Mixed Blood Majority is a new project of some of the most talented members of the Minneapolis hip hop community: Crescent Moon of Kill the Vultures, Joe Horton of No Bird Sing, and Lazerbeak of Doomtree. It’s great combination of talent, Lazerbeak providing brooding beats to compliment the styles of the laidback styles of Crescent Moon and Joe Horton. Their first track “Fine Print” shows Horton and Moon trading verses about some darker struggles that matches the vibe of Beak’s dark and flowing beats. This is sure to be a group to watch. Special guests for the night include Ostracon (featuring F to I to X drummer/composer Graham O’Brien and keyboard/electronics player John Keston of Coloring Time) and DJ Mike 2600, with the night hosted by Kristoff Krane. -Danielle Morris
Click HERE for the Icehouse site
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD
Those Darlins w/ Heavy Cream + France Camp
@ 7th Street Entry
701 1st Ave N
Minneapolis
8 pm doors / 18+ / $12
Take the fun-lovin’ vibe of 80′s New Wavers Bow Wow Wow, the in-your-face punk attitude of The Donnas, throw in some white trash, ramshackle country and some retro-pop sensibility and you have Those Darlins. A band Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino dubs her favorite band and whose songwriting NPR calls “hooky, saucy, and punky,” Those Darlins are just the band to deliver if you want a long night of killer rock ‘n’ roll. Don’t miss the band tonight with opening sets from Nashville’s hot rockers Heavy Cream and France Camp, featuring former members of Nice Purse and Howler. -Juleana Enright
Click HERE for the First Avenue site
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD
Dan Deacon w/ Height with Friends + Chester Endersby Gwazda + Alan Resnick
@ Cedar Cultural Center
416 Cedar Avenue S
Minneapolis
7 pm doors, 7:30 pm show / All ages / $14 advance, $16 doors
Dan Deacon’s most recent album is unique in multiple respects. Known for his electronic sensibilities, Deacon elected to use both electronic and live instruments, and he even built an anechoic chamber to record some of the more orchestral sounds (go ahead, Google “anechoic,” no one’s looking). Beyond music geekery, this album is also unique in its overtly political rhetoric. Titled America, the album explores Deacon’s nuanced and conflicting emotions toward his country of birth. In the midst of a particularly grueling election, I am sure some of us can identify with these feelings of self-loathing. Deacon’s political streak has been apparent prior to the release of this record; on May Day earlier this year he played a free show in NYC as part of the Occupy Wall Street movement. So whether you are a lover of electronic music or just need to blow off some steam after the latest Romnesia incident, come out to Deacon’s show this Saturday. -Lizzy Shramko
Click HERE for the Cedar Cultural Center site
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD
Phantasmagoria 3: Rock the Cause Halloween
@ Retro-Tomic Theme Mansion
2601 Sunset Boulevard
Minneapolis
8 pm–1 am / 21+/ $30 advance donation only
Halloween only comes once a year, so don’t settle for a humdrum house party. Hell hath no fury like “35 rooms of sinister Halloween fun.” This year’s Rock the Cause-presented ghoulish Phantasmagoria extravaganza promises to be even more elaborate than last year’s bash with a labyrinth of Halloween-heavy entertainment and a choose-your-party-level twist. For an advance donation of $30, be seduced by the hedonistic delights of the Retro-Toimc Theme Mansion including complimentary libations and treats from August Schell’s Brewing Company, Muddy Paws Cheesecake, Saint Croix Vineyards and the Bikery Du Nord Catering. Come dressed as your favorite dead rock star and dance to the rock hits of the ‘70s to today with cover band Viva Knievil (featuring members of White Light Riot, The Color Pharmacy and Usonia) with special guests Kevin Bowe and the Okemah Prophets. Last year’s event sold out quickly, so get your tickets before they disappear. Costumes highly encouraged so dress to impress, allure or creepify. -Staff
Click HERE for the Rock the Cause site
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD
“Love Wins: A Sweetpea Soirée”
@ Bryant Lake Bowl
810 W Lake Street
Minneapolis
6 pm doors, 7 pm show / $15
Call it cabaret with a cause: local burlesque performer Sweetpea, pioneer of the Twin Cities burlesque nouveau movement and co-founder of Lili’s Burlesque Revue, is shimmying her way to the Bryant-Lake Bowl for an inspiring and entertaining production about the right to love. As you rev up for election day don’t miss your chance to catch this all-star cast that touts performers ranging from poet and activist Andrea Jenkins, to Musette “Mistress of Mischief,” a burlesque and sideshow performer, all telling stories about lover conquering against adversity. Amidst the razzle and dazzle, the event will also take a serious turn featuring a sneak peek of Pam Colby’s Secrets for Moms, a short film about a conservative Republican Congresswoman running for office who asks her lesbian daughter to keep her engagement a secret until after the election. -Emily Cain
Click HERE for the Bryant-Lake Bowl site
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD
Gospel Gossip 7″ Release Party w/ Magic Castles + Leisure Birds + Teenage Moods
@ Turf Club
1601 University Avenue W
St. Paul
9 pm / 21+ / $6
If you ask us, the sound of Minneapolis since the early ’90s, at least, has been dream pop. I might have a horse in that race, occasionally, but I think it’s true, and Gospel Gossip, one of the best bands in that genre, prove it. Their combination of cavernous, noisy guitars and sugary melodies recalls early ’90s bands such as Slowdive and Lush, with a goodly amount of drive and energy propelling it far past the sleepy territory often mined by modern practitioners. Tonight they release a new 7″, Atlantic Blue (which you can check out on the band’s bandcamp page), chock full of more utter gorgeousness from them – lush, shiny, thick with guitar noise and magnificent, transcendent melody. It’s available on clear vinyl with beautiful hand-painted sleeves, too, as a sort of preview to their forthcoming full-length LP, their first recorded thingamabob in three years. We love openers Magic Castles, too – their epic stretched out musical buildup combines elements of psych drone, forest folk and dangerously dark garage rock. Leisure Birds are equal parts Brit-psych and U.S. dark-rock, the kind of insidiously catchy, trippy stuff you can’t help but love. Openers Teenage Moods play a more fuzzed-out Zombies mixed with sunny folk pop, and their grungey-garagey pop tunes harken back to the teen spirit-smelling days of Nirvana. -Jon Hunt
Click HERE for the Turf Club site
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD
Richard Lloyd Trio w/ the Desert Vest + TBA
@ The Belmore/The New Skyway Lounge
25 N 4th Street
Minneapolis
8 pm doors / 21+ / $5
Post-punk legend Richard Lloyd of Television fame is helping to break in Doug Anderson’s new joint, the Belmore/New Skyway Lounge, this weekend with a just-announced show. He’ll be performing material from his solo catalog dating back to 1979, plus Television’s seminal album Marquee Moon, backed by his new trio. Anderson says “this is the best I’ve seen Mr. Lloyd in years.” Here’s hoping so – his show last year at Nick and Eddie’s warehouse space was uneven, though with hints of pure genius. If nothing else, it’s a rare chance to see a living legend within the intimate confines of the Belmore. . -Jahna Peloquin
Click HERE for the Facebook invite
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD
TOO MUCH LOVE feat. Woody McBride
@ First Avenue Record Room
701 1st Avenue N
Minneapolis
10 pm / 18+ / $3 ($2 w/ student I.D.)
We’ve been getting down at Soviet Panda’s weekly Saturday night dance party TOO MUCH LOVE since it first debuted five years ago. After an impressive run, it bid adieu to the First Ave Mainroom recently before moving up to the Record Room this week. But don’t fret – while they’ll be throwing one big Mainroom bash every last Saturday of the month, it’s worth checking out the more intimate version at the Record Room, where Soviet Panda will be joined by guest DJ, Minneapolis mainstay, Communiqué founder and Bassgasm conductor Woody McBride will be spinning an old-school, techno-flavored set. Enjoy 2-4-1s before midnight. Early arrival is suggested. -Jahna Peloquin
Click HERE for the First Avenue site
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH
Studiiyo23 presents Twin Cities Sneaker.Art Xchange + After-Party feat. Raekwon the Chef
@ First Avenue
701 1st Avenue N
Minneapolis
Sneaker.Art Xchange: 2 pm / All ages / $12
After-Party: 9 pm / 18+ / $21 advance, $23 door
Whether you are looking for an opportunity to kick-start your Christmas shopping or trade some high end kicks, Studiiyo23’s Sneaker.Aart Xchange at First Ave promises to provide a fusion of fashion, music and art that could entertain whatever significant other you decide to drag along. The Minneapolis-based boutique, Studiiyo23, recenters the world of fashion and art around Jordan’s and Dunks – a philosophy that might not jive with high end fashion trendsetters. But hey, for those of you whose knowledge of sneakers ends at Isabel Marant, there is another incentive to come out on Sunday: Raekwon of Wu-Tang fame is performing at the after-party. A prolific MC, Shallah started his own record label earlier this year. Although the label doesn’t boast any chart toppers aside form himself as of yet, he has to do little to prove himself. He’s already gone to war with the melting pot and his legend speaks for itself. -Lizzy Shramko
Click HERE for the First Avenue site
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH
“Tipsy Pixels 3: Super Smash Mario Brothers Melee”
@ Triple Rock Social Club
629 Cedar Avenue
Minneapolis
7 pm doors, 8 pm tourney / 21+ / FREE
“Tipsy Pixels” returns with “Super Smash Brothers Mario Brothers Melee,” the best-selling game for Nintendo GameCube. When else can you use a parasol to save Captain Falcon’s pretty face from smashing into the ground after a Super Jump Punch from Mario? This classic video game contest will have even the most introverted displaying inebriated extroversion. The concept is simple: play your old favorite systems and video games in bracketed tournaments on the big screen while drinking some brewskies. First-come, first-serve to sign up to play this month’s game for the chance to win prizes and accolades, or cheer on your favorite players and drink booze. -Ryn Gibson
Click HERE for the Triple Rock Social Club site
Editor in Chief: Jahna Peloquin / Header design by Caroline Royce / Contributors: Juleana Enright, Anthony Enright, Jon Hunt, Niles Schwartz, Danielle Morris, Lizzy Shramko, Ryn Gibson, Chloe Nelson, Emily Cain, Jahna Peloquin.
