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August 2021
The Amazing Cowboat
Free community performance of The Amazing Cowboat on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 6:30 pm in the triangle park across from the host, Mt. Carmel Lutheran Church, 1701 St. Anthony Pkwy. Bring a lawn chair or blanket. Binh’s imagination comes alive as he pretends he is the captain of a boat that is part cow, part boat, and totally amazing. Together Binh and his Cow Boat set sail on a high seas adventure to search for the lost crown of Lac Long…
Find out more »Short Attention Span Theater
Columbia Heights Fine Arts Foundation presents "Short Attention Span Theater". Three one-act plays by local playwrights Megan Gooden and Jeff Davis, accompanied by musical acts. Thursday-Saturday, Aug. 12-14, 7 pm, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2 pm, at Columbia Heights High School auditorium, 1400 49th Ave. NE. All tickets $10; available online at https://www.eventbee.com/v/chfaf-presents-short-attention-span-theater/event?eid=128691842#/tickets. Tickets also available at the door: cash, check or credit cards accepted.
Find out more »P:C plays Mojo Coffee Gallery
Violin and guitar duo Project:Constellation will appear at Mojo Coffee Gallery, 2205 California St NE, Sunday, Aug. 15, 5 pm.
Find out more »The All-idays at Strike Theater
Strike Theater, 824 18th Ave NE, celebrates its reopening with a show about all the holidays they weren't able to celebrate during the COVID-19 pandemic. Expect a variety of stories, sketches and improvisations as they "get back to normal." Friday & Saturday, Aug. 27-28, 7 pm, in the Thorpe Building.
Find out more »‘Easy’ EP Release Party
Gabe Barnett & them Rounders, a longtime Northeast-based band that played at Grumpy's Northeast and 331 Club and voted City Pages' 2009 "Best Folk Artist" will hold a release party for its EP, "Easy." Saturday, Aug. 28, 9 pm, 331 Club, 331 13th Ave NE. The lineup includes Gabe Barnett & them Rounders with opener Serious Machine, followed by an end of the night dance-party with Amethyst Factor .
Find out more »September 2021
Arla Mae’s Booyah Wagon
Sod House Theater presents Arla Mae's Booyah Wagon, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 6 pm at Silverwood Park, 2500 Co. Rd. E, St. Anthony. Arla Mae is a rural Minnesotan who claims to have had Minnesota’s first food truck, in which she made her world famous booyah. Now, 25 years later, Arla Mae receives a letter that states a museum official will come to take a look at the wagon and put it in the Smithsonian Institution if she is able to…
Find out more »“All is Calm”
Tickets for Theater Latté Da's "All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914," are on sale. The musical about the World War I Christmas truce celebrates a return to live theater for the holidays after a highly successful national broadcast on PBS in 2020. Performances are Friday, Nov. 26, 2021-Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022 at the Ritz Theater, 345 13th Ave NE. Single tickets start at $35 and are on sale now at Latteda.org. See website for schedule.
Find out more »NE Community Band re-start POSTPONED
The Northeast Community Band has postponed rehearsals at Edison High School, 700 22nd Ave. NE until Sept. 30. The band requests all members be vaccinated; wear masks in the building and while playing; use bell covers if you are a brass player; maintain 3 feet social distance from others; and stay home if you are sick and experiencing symptoms. The band is open to adult musicians regardless of skill level. Rehearsals are Thursdays, 7-9 pm in the band room. The band…
Find out more »October 2021
Cine Latino Festival
The MSP Film Society announced the lineup for its 2021 Cine Latino Film Festival, Oct. 8-14. The hybrid festival presents more than 20 award-winning narrative and documentary films with in-person screenings, filmmaker conversations, and Cine Latino at Home/en Casa, their virtual cinema platform. Friday, Oct. 8 is the kickoff, with a special screening of the film, "Prayers for the Stolen (Noche de Fuego)," directed by Tatiana Huezo and premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, where it won a Special Mention in the Un…
Find out more »NE Community Band concert
Picking up where they left off in March 2020, the Northeast Community Band will present their "March" concert Thursday, Oct. 21, at Elim Church, 685 13th Ave. NE. Director Tim Martin will give the downbeat for the concert, which consists entirely of marches, at 7 pm. Audience members are asked to be masked (as will the band) and vaccinated, and a list will be kept for contact tracing. The concert is free.
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