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Your Weekend Entertainment, November 13-15
November 13, 2009
A new show gets started tonight at the Jungle Theater. The Seafarer by Conor McPherson plays through December 20. “A collection of Irish misfits lay their cards – and their souls – on the table in this tale of a poker game played on Christmas Eve. A wonderful exploration of passion, provocation, and the potential for redemption, The Seafarer showcases one of today’s greatest storytellers, and an all-star cast of local favorites.”
In the Heart of the Beast continues their run of A Path Home: A Story of Thich Nhat Hanh. It shows Friday and Saturday at 7:30 PM and Sunday at 2:00 PM. It’s been gathering some good press lately, including a profile on MPR and a review in the Pioneer Press.
Now that the temperature is getting colder and colder, a bowl of chili gets to be a very tempting meal. The Midtown Global Market’s got you covered there, with this year’s incarnation of the Global Chili Cook-Off. Chili connoisseurs are invited sample 13+ types of chili made by Midtown Global Market business owners. Visitors can cast their vote for the “Public’s Choice Award†by selecting their favorite chili. The competition will be hot as challengers try to unseat last year’s winner, Safari Express. Free recipes will be available too! A $3 donation is suggested and all proceeds will benefit Perspective’s Kids Café program.
Magers & Quinn has two author events this weekend, with Peter Conners discussing his memoir Growing Up Dead, about being a Grateful Dead fan, on Saturday, and Minnesota poets Jill Breckenridge and Morgan Grayce Willow reading from their new work on Sunday.
Last but never least, Bryant Lake Bowl has their usual jam-packed schedule, with Quickies 2009 and Last Laugh on Friday night, Creative Laughter Club House and She: Immortal Witch Queen of a Lost World on Saturday, and on Sunday another run of She followed by a CD release party for Brandon Patton aka BL4k Lotus.
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