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Weekend on Lake Street 3/12-3/14
March 12, 2010
Fork the Fire
First, a reminder about dining out for a great cause this Sunday. Go to restaurants participating in Fork the Fire to help raise money to support Heidi’s and Blackbird, the two restaurants destroyed in the fire at 50th & Bryant. Participating Lake Street places include Chino Latino, Il Gatto, Herkimer, Moto-i, The Craftsman, Burger Jones. Check Fork the Fire’s website for all the details.
Theater
This weekend brings with it a very active theater scene in the Lyn-Lake area. At Intermedia Arts, there are two shows remaining for NE 2nd Avenue, a compilation of characters that make Miami their home. “The work conveys, with poignancy and humor, the profoundly rich and textured mix of Miami, in which distinct Cuban, Haitian, Jamaican, Puerto Rican, Jewish, LGBT and African American influences emerge yet, interestingly enough, often in ways that reveal evidence of, often denied, cross-pollination.” Check out the great review it got from John Townsend in the Star Tribune. It’s on Friday and Saturday night.
Blithe Spirit continues its run at Jungle Theater. The play, about a seance gone very wrong, has three weekends left to go. It’s received raves from both MinnPost and the Star Tribune.
And this weekend at Bryant Lake Bowl, Detour, an adaptation of Edgar G. Ulmer’s classic 1945 film noir piece, is on Friday night, as is Last Laugh, an exciting evening of stand up comedy presented by La Vie Theatre. Women Stand Up! A Comedy Cabaret is on Saturday night, and Macbeth: The Video Game Remix shows both Saturday and Sunday nights.
Music
Pangea World Theater hosts an acoustic show of traditional Irish music on Sunday night. Paddy O’Brien and Chulrua play old instrumental dance music of Ireland: jigs, reels, hornpipes, polkas, and slides. Chulrua translates fromthe Irish as “red back.” It was the name and distingushing feature of the favorite woulfound of ancient Irish hero Fionn MacCumhail.
At Sauce Spirits & Sound, Dearling Physique plays on Friday night, with Bella Koshka and Eric Lindley. Saturday night, it’s a CD release for Ernest Rhodes. One Be Lo, Wide Eyes, Gahed Indie, and DJ’s Last Word & oWrecks will also be there. And on Sunday, it’s Hardcore Crayons, with Tender Meat and Omnitrigger.
For the Kids
Over east, the East Lake Library hosts American Girl Stories on Saturday at 11:00 AM. For kids in kindergarten and up. Get to know your favorite American Girls. Kit, Kaya, Julie and their friends will come to life as we read about a different girl each month and discover history through their eyes with games and activities. This month is about Nellie, Samantha’s friend.
In Midtown, In the Heart of the Beast Theatre’s Saturday puppet show is Are You Thirsty?. Come explore a myriad of questions contained in a cup of water—one of the most precious and necessary shared resources of our planet. 10 and noon, with a make-n-take puppet workshop in between.
And over on West Lake, Bryant Lake Bowl hosts Creative Laughter on Saturday at noon. “A show for kids K-6 that creates an improv comedy experience with music, story, and movement. Come join John Haynes…formerly Mike of Martha and Mike’s Clubhouse for a show that will inspire you to creatively laugh.”
Odds and Ends
Old Arizona hosts a beer and cheese tasting on Friday night. Admission includes a tasting of no less than six varieties of beer, an assortment of imported and domestic cheeses and hot pinxtos (small plates . . . a little pinch of something). Full glasses of beer & wine may be purchased in the Café & Wine Bar.
And there are some good times this weekend at some of our local churches as well. St. Albert the Great continues their Friday fish dinners, with baked and fried tilapia, potatoes, meatless spaghetti, cole slaw, rolls, desserts and beverages. There’s bingo too! The dinners continue for three more Fridays.
And at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church at 15th Ave. & 28th St., they’re having a 325th Birthday Bash for J.S. Bach on Saturday. It’s a fundraising dinner that will benefit. benefit the church’s sustainability strategy. Corned beef brisket and cabbage, smoked, dry-rubbed beef brisket, coleslaw, potatoes, root vegetables, salads and desserts. Tickets: $20 ($13 from every sale will benefit the long-term strategy of our mission.) Call 651-459-7277 with inquiries and for reservations.
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