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October 2021
Kyle Fokken to exhibit at Gordon Parks Gallery
The Gordon Parks Gallery at Metropolitan State University, 645 7th St E, St Paul (third floor of the Library and Learning Center), will host a solo show of Northeast artist Kyle Fokken’s sculptural work. The exhibit is entitled "We Beasties: Explorations of the Intersections Between Humans and Animals." The reception and a short artist’s talk will be held on Thursday, Oct. 28, 5-7:30 pm. The exhibition opens Monday, Nov. 1 and runs through Dec. 2. Gallery hours are 1-7 pm,…
Find out more »Interact’s 26th Anniversary Celebration
Enjoy an open-air concert by the Mississippi River on Thursday, Oct. 28, 5-9 pm, Nicollet Island Pavilion, 40 Power St., to support Interact Center for the Visual & Performing Arts. Interact Center’s mission is to create art that challenges perceptions of disability. Special performances by Kevin Kling, Ivory Doublette, Sheridan Zuther, Elyse Jones, Robert Robinson, emcee Chadwick ‘Niles’ Phillips, & band leader Ryan Bynum and the Good Vibez. Plus performances by Interact artists, special musical guests. Cost: $60. COVID vaccination required. Register at…
Find out more »2021 CHHS Alumni Scholarship Foundation Dinner
The Columbia Heights High School Alumni Scholarship Dinner will be held Thursday, Oct. 28 at Banquets of Minnesota, 6310 Highway 65 NE, Fridley. This year’s event will honor alumni Peter Heryla (class of 1988) and John Rockwell (class of 1989). A social hour and silent auction will begin at 5:30 pm. Dinner and the program will begin at 6:30 pm. The cost for this year’s dinner is $80 per person or $150 per couple. Tables of 10 are available for…
Find out more »Minneapols Halloween Half Marathon
The fifth annual Minneapolis Halloween Race is set for Saturday, Oct. 30, at Father Hennepin Bluffs Park. Half and 10K start is at 8:30 am, 5K starts at 8:45 am. All races start and finish at Father Hennepin Park. Run for a cause and raise money for the Shriners Children's Hospital. Costumes not required, but are encouraged. See https://www.minneapolishalloweenhalf.com/. Part of the MNRun series.
Find out more »Halloween Glow-in-the-Dark Skull and Rave Beads
Create glow-in-the-dark skull and rave beads. Expect to make between 6 and 12 beads depending on your work style. You will learn the basics of gathering up molten glass on the torch and applying it onto a mandrel to make the bead itself. $95 non-members/$69 members. Potekglass, 2505 Howard St. NE, Saturday, Oct. 30, 10 am-1 pm. Register at https://potekglass.com/.
Find out more »Truck or Treat in the Heights
Truck or Treat returns for its fourth year Saturday, Oct. 30, 1-5 pm, Huset Park East, 3965 Jefferson St. NE. Kids and their parents can explore a variety of vehicles, including police cars, fire trucks, tow, dump, garbage and mail trucks, and a school bus.In addition to the organizations that provide their vehicles, Columbia Heights and its City departments will also collaborate with community partners SACA Food Shelf & Thrift Store, HeightsNEXT, and the Columbia Heights Lions to help make…
Find out more »BeltramiSCARE
BeltramiSCARE returns for year 7 as an in-person event on Saturday, Oct. 30. Come for scary Halloween fun and learn more about the history of Maple Hill Cemetery a.k.a Beltrami Park. This year will feature all the usual ghouls and ghosts, along with history of the infamous "Dogtown" gangster era of Beltrami. Arrive anytime between 5:30-8 pm at the Beltrami Park building, 1111 Summer St. NE, where you will be instructed on this year's self-guided tour. Attendees are asked to…
Find out more »Ars Moriendi: A “spook-tacular” concert about life, death, and life after death
Get into the spirit of Halloween at Holy Cross Catholic Church, 1621 University Ave. on Saturday, Oct. 30, 7 pm. Organist Sam Backman, tenor Aaron James, and narrators, Fr. Spencer Howe, Nate Whipple, and Matt Lines will present a program that offers fun, “spook-tacular” thrills and a genuine theological message on life, death, and life after death. This concert embraces Halloween and seeks to bring renewed attention to its origins: A celebration of the triumph of good over evil and…
Find out more »Mysterium: The Halloween Ball
Rogue Buddha Gallery, 357 13th Avenue NE, opens their doors Saturday, Oct. 30, 7-9 pm for a new fine art exhibit. Arrive early to enjoy complimentary potions and experience the nocturnal, alluring art of Nicholas Harper and Michael Thomsen. Free and open to the public. The Mysterium Halloween Ball will commence in the historic PNA Hall, 1304 4th St, NE at 9 pm. This space will be filled with music for rituals, spell-casting and movement. Holy Mother, DJ Meow Mix,…
Find out more »13th Avenue Trick-or-Treat
Put on a costume and Trick-or-Treat along spooky old 13th Avenue NE, Sunday, Oct. 31, 3-4:30 pm. Tables with treats will be set up outside Curiosity, Dangerous Man, 612 Yoga, Heartwood Montessori, Exploration High School, Mary Ellen's Bistro, Eat My Words Bookstore, Vegan East and SNO (1316 University Avenue).
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