Events

Longfellow Community Council Presents:
The Best Meeting Ever Strikes Back
October 22, 6 pm.
Minnehaha Academy, North Campus
3100 W. River Pkwy
Learn about what LLC has been up to and its plans for the future, connect with local organizations, and get to know your neighbors. Listen to an update from a Hennepin County representative on projects in Longfellow. Dinner will be provided by local eateries like Manny’s Tortas, Midori’s Floating World Cafe, T’s Place, McMahon’s and more. For children, there will be supervised activities provided by a licensed childcare provider. Bring a noperishable food item(s) for the Minnehaha Food Shelf Food Drive. Contact Joanna 612-722-4529 or joanna@longfellow.org

“Nature Detectives,” youth program
October 22, & 29, November 5 & 12, 4:30 to 5:30 pm.
Brackett Recreation Center
2728 39th Ave S.
A world of mystery is located just outside our doors. Discover what happens to plants and animals each fall: Whether they hibernate, migrate, go dormant or build comfy nests, all living creatures are gearing up for winter. We’ll use our detective skills to learn how Minnesota creatures
survive winter. We’ll play games, make stories, and even track migrating animals on the internet through a program called Journey North (if the recreation center has a computer lab). Youth ages 6 to 12. FFI 612-370-4924. The cost is $10.

Science and Satire on Stage
October 24 & 25
In The Heart of the Beast
Theatre
1500 E. Lake St.
Multi-talented puppeteer and political satirist Paul Zaloom returns to In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre (HOBT) as part of the theater’s Fall 2008 Visiting Artists Series, co-sponsored with the Twin Cities Puppeteers Guild. Paul Zaloom’s highly idiosyncratic work takes a wide range of forms, from the popular, quirky and educational Beakman’s World for children, to insightful and wickedly funny political satire for adult audiences. The Twin Cities will get a chance to sample both in his visit with two different performances. On October 24, for adults, Paul Zaloom and his cohort, the renowned nightclub puppeteer Lynn Jeffries, will perform “The Tiny Jumbo Jolly Grim Show,” which includes their newest work of jumbo toy theater, “The Abecedarium A to Z.” Zaloom’s bawdy gender-bending take on the old Punch and Judy shtick rounds out an evening of funny and irreverent adult puppet theater which questions, well, just about everything. Adult subject matter; not recommended for those under age 18.
And on October 25, for kids, “Beakman LIVE!,” a live stage spectacle based on the Emmy award-winning children’s TV show “Beakman’s World,” is reprised. The show features large scale, wacky science demos with plenty of audience participation and trademark goofy humor. Beakman (Paul Zaloom) dazzles and amazes with a series of death-defying and belief-suspending demonstrations of intriguing scientific principles. Both Zaloom and Jeffries will also teach workshops open to the public; please see the theater’s website for details, www.hobt.com.

Soviet Fairy Tale
October 24, 7 pm.
Concordia University Buetow Auditorium
300 Hamline Ave.
While wars and revolutions raged over the world, the Arts continued to live and expand, reflecting the best of the soul: HOPE, LOVE, FRIENDSHIP and STRIVING for PEACE. Popular music of the Soviet period from Revolution to Perestroika. Theatrical performance featuring musicians, dancers, singers. “WAR and PEACE” — exhibition of original drawings by Vladimir Dikarev. Tickets $25 adults, $20 seniors, $15 students, &
free for children age 6 and under. 651-695-0792 or 651-208-4875 or online.

3CTC Environmental Forum
October 27 ,7 pm.
Mayday Books
301 Cedar Ave.S
Diadra Decker of Save Our Sky Blue Waters, a coalition of seven leading environmental groups in the state, will be the featured speaker. She will present the ecological hazards of hard-rock sulfide mining and its serious implications for the state’s water quality. Ms. Decker will also explain her group’s opposition to congressional legislation proposed by Representative James Oberstar to sell National Forest Service land to Polymet, a Canadian firm, for its mining operation in Northern Minnesota. She will describe how this land grab will fast track hazardous sulfide-mining to avoid environmental review and how it will assist in the destruction of a vital bog and wetland if the mining company is allowed to proceed. The event is sponsored by the Climate Crisis Coalition of the Twin Cities (3CTC). It is free and open to the public. It will be preceded by the Monthly Clean-Energy Vigil to Cool Down the Planet, which will take place out on the plaza at 5 pm. and the 3CTC Business Meeting at 6 pm. All are welcome. For more information, email christinefrank@visi.com or call 612-879-8937. SAVE MOTHER EARTH! See you there!

Senior Learning Series at the Raptor Center
October 28, 1 pm.
U of M
1920 Fitch Ave.
St. Paul
Learn about the different raptors found in Minnesota and their role in the environment. Participants learn the three key features of all raptors and learn how they are different from other birds. We discuss the positive and negative impact humans have on our environment, and participants are inspired by some of our greatest environmental success stories, such as the peregrine falcon and the bald eagle. This program includes a variety of live raptors. FFI visit www.theraptorcenter.org or call 612-624-4745

Seward Concert Band
November 1, 7:30 pm.
South High School
3131 19th Ave. S
The Seward Concert Band will perform its Fall Concert in the Auditorium of South High. Tickets are available at the door. Suggested donations are $6 adults, $5 seniors and $4 students/children, MPR members receive two tickets for the price of one. Audience members are invited to join the band for refreshments following the performance. FFI visit www.sewardconcertband.org

8th Annual Seward Arts Festival
November 7, 8 & 9,
6 to 8 pm.
Vine Arts Center
2637 27th. Ave. S.
View, shop and enjoy art, poetry, music and performances of nearly 100 artists, writers and performers. Look for programs/maps at many Seward businesses or find one on the day of the festival. FFI visit www.sewardarts.org

Coffee for a Cause
November 16 through 22
Calhoun Square
3001 Hennepin Ave. S.
The 19th annual coffee festival takes place. Participating restaurants (including Figlio, Chiang Mai Thai, Restaurant Aura and the Independent) will be donating all proceeds from your coffee purchases to Second Harvest Heartland.

Ed Felien to discuss new book
November 18, 7:30 pm.
Magers & Quinn Booksellers.
3038 Hennepin Ave. S. Longtime local activist and publisher Ed Felien discusses his book, “Take The Streets,” a description of actions by radicals and anti-war activists in Minneapolis in May of 1972. For further information, contact, 612-822-4611.

ART

The American Swedish Institute
2600 Park Ave. S.
612-871-4907
americanswedishinst.
org
A Heartfelt Swedish Invention: The Implanted Pacemaker Sept. 28-Oct. 26
A Sleigh Ride Together With You: Pops Composer Leroy Anderson
Oct. 8-Jan. 18

Ancient Traders Gallery
1113 E. Franklin Ave.
651-335-3014
Two Wings: Lisa Fifield and Kurt Rusch
Oct. 3-Nov. 21

Art of This
3506 Nicollet Ave.
612-721-4105
artofthis.net
Jennifer Danos and Natasha Pestich: It All Depends
Oct. 4-Oct. 26
Graduates by Matthew Bakkon
Nov 1-Nov. 30

Bohlander Arts Gallery
3011 36th Ave. S.
612-721-6438
Paintings by Marge Bohlander
Sept. 27-Nov. 7

Christensen Center Art Gallery
Augsburg College
22nd Ave. at
7 1/2 St.
612-330-1524
augsburg.edu/galleries
Seasons
Sept. 12-Oct 31
Superimpostions: Recent Work by Shannon Collis and Erik Waterkotte
Nov. 7-Dec 19

Intermedia Arts
2822 Lyndale Ave. S
612-871-4444
intermediaarts.org
The UnConventional Gathering Place!
Aug.30-Nov. 8

Minneapolis College of Art and Design
2501 Stevens Ave.
612-870-3131
artsmia.org
MCAD/Jerome Artists
2007-08
Oct. 3-Nov. 12

Minneapolis Institute of Arts
2400 3rd Ave. S.
1-800-MIA-ARTS
artsmia.org
Alexander Roslin and the Contesse D’ Egmont Pignatelli
Aug. 29-Nov. 30
India: Public Places, Private Spaces—Contemporary Photography and Video Art
Oct. 26-Jan 18
(ticketed exhibition)

Northern Clay
Center
2424 E. Franklin Ave.
612-339-8007
northernclaycenter.org
World Ceramics: Transforming Women’s Traditions
Sept. 19-Nov. 2
Kimberlee Joy Roth: New Work
Sept. 19-Nov. 2
“tis a gift—The Annual Holiday Exhibition and Sale
Nov 16-Jan 4

Rosalux Gallery
1011 Washington
Ave. S.
rosaluxgallery.com
Paintings Not Dead Yet
Oct. 1-Oct. 31
Ephemeral Linescape Nothingness into Density, then eventually—nothingness
Nov. 1-Nov. 23

The Shoebox Gallery
2948 Chicago
Ave. S.
612-825-3833
Almost Twins
Sept. 6-Oct. 31

The Soap Factory
518 2nd St. S.E.
612-623-9176
soapfactory.org
History Room: 20 Years of No Name and The Soap Factory
until Oct. 26
The Haunted Basement
(Must be 18 or 13 yrs+w/parent or gaurdian, $15, reservations suggested)
Oct 17-Nov 2
The 3rd Volunteer Biennale
Nov. 15-Nov. 30

Susan Hensel Gallery
3441 Cedar Ave. S.
612-722-2324
All Things Electoral: Redux
Sept. 12-Oct. 25
Leap of Faith 4: Let Peace Reign
Nov. 7-Dec. 29

Vine Arts Center
2637 27th Ave. S.
612-728-5745
vineartscenter.com
Hiawatha Tales
Sept.19-Nov. 1
8th Annual Seward Arts Crawl
Nov. 7-Nov. 9

Walker Art Center
1750 Hennepin Ave. S.
612-375-7600
walkerart.org
Journeys To Nowhere: Selection FromThe Collection
Aug. 14-Dec. 7
Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future
Sept. 13-Jan. 4

Orchestra Hall
1111 Nicollet Mall
612-371-5656
minnesotaorchestra.
com
Mozarts Sinfonia Concertante
Oct. 23,24 & 26
2001: A Space Odyssey
Oct. 30-Oct. 31
Young Peoples Concert: The Tin Forest
Nov. 4-Nov. 5
Targets Free Concert
Nov. 8
Cathedral Music
Nov. 13-Nov. 15

THEATER

Bedlam Theater
1501 S. 6th St.
612-338-9817
bedlamtheater.org
Fleeced: You Reap What You Sow
Oct. 25-Nov. 1
Dreamland Faces
Every Wednesday thru Oct. 29

Brave New
Workshop
Brave New
Workshop
2605 Hennepin Ave. S
612-332-6620
bravenewworkshop.
com
The Lion, the Witch and the War Hero; Is McCain Able?
July 17-Nov. 8

Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater
810 W. Lake St.
612-825-8949
bryantlakebowl.com
Neighborhood Night 15 Year Celebration
Nov. 2
Adventure in Mating
Starts Sept. 8

Chanhassen Dinner Theater
501 W. 78th St.
952-934-1525
chanhassendt.com
Married Alive
April 25-Nov. 1
The Wonder Bread Years
Closing-Oct. 28
Altar Boyz
Opens Nov. 7

The Children’s Theatre Company
2400 3rd Ave. S.
612-874-0400
childrenstheatre.org
Madeline and the Gypsies
Sept. 16-Oct. 26
Five Fingers of Funk
Oct. 21-Nov. 16

The Guthrie
818 2nd Ave. S.
612-333-9202
guthrietheater.org
A View From The Bridge
Sept. 19-Nov. 8
The Caretaker
Oct. 11-Nov. 2
A Christmas Carol
Nov. 18-Dec. 31

In the Heart of the Beast
Puppet & Mask Theatre
1500 East Lake St., 612.721.2535
hobt.org
Show times Saturday’s
10 am. & 12 pm.
Make-n-Take workshops 11 am.

The Jungle
Theater
2951 Lyndale Ave. S.
612-822-7063
jungletheater.com
A Life in the Theater
Sept. 19-Oct. 26
Souvenir
Nov. 14-Dec. 21

Old Log Theater
5185 Meadville St.
952-474-5951
oldlog.com
Unnecessary Farce
Oct. 3-Feb. 14

The Ordway
345 Washington St.
651-224-4222
ordway.org
Broadway’s Legendary Ladies
Oct. 1-Oct. 28

Open Eye Figure Theatre
506 E. 24th St.
612-874-6338
openeyetheatre.org
archy and mehitabel, life in lower case
Oct. 3-Nov. 2

Patrick’s Cabaret
3010 Minnehaha Ave.
612-724-6273
patrickscabaret.org
Kinetic Kitchen
Oct. 24-Oct. 25
Out Rage Us
Oct. 28

The Playwrights’
Center
2301 Franklin Ave. E
612-332-7481x20
pwcenter.org
Jerome Fellow Showcase
Oct. 20
The Brown Bag Series
Nov. 3, noon

Red Eye Theater
15 W. 14th St.
612-870-0309
redeyetheater.org
Amanda Tears, Teenage Detective
Oct. 10-Oct. 26

The Southern
Theater
1420 Washington Ave. S.
612-340-1725
southerntheater.org
ARENA Dances’ Dancin’ with ETHEL
Oct. 23-Oct. 26
George Orwell’s Animal Farm
Oct. 31-Nov. 16

. The Southern
Theater
1420 Washington Ave. S.
612-340-1725
southerntheater.org
ARENA Dances’ Dancin’ with ETHEL
Oct. 23-Oct. 26
George Orwell’s Animal Farm
Oct. 31-Nov. 16

Theatre in the
Round Players
245 Cedar Ave. S.
612-333-3010
theatreintheround. org
A Plague of Angels
Oct. 17-Nov. 9

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Kids Voting Minneapolis is a community-based, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization working to prepare K-12 students in Minneapolis to be educated, informed voters. Volunteers are needed on Electon Day to staff all Minneapolis precinct polling places and assist students in casting their Kids Voting Minneapolis ballots. Training is provided and volunteers should be 16 years of age or older. To volunteer, sign up online at www.kidsvotingminneapolis.org or call Autumn at 612-729-1963.

Help others in your retirement by spending 15 hours a week as a Senior Companion and receive a tax-free financial reimbursement. Senior Companions provide companionship, transportation and errand assistance to elderly community members, allowing them to continue to live independently in their own homes. You must be 60 years of age and willing to commit to 15 hours a week. For more information call 651-310-9440 or toll free 888-205-3770 for an application.

Ebenezer Senior Housing Services is looking for volunteers. Several opportunities exist, including serving supper to seniors, delivering lunch, one to one visiting and more. Call Volunteer Director Sally Newberry at 612-872-8515 or e-mail snewbur1 @fairview.org.

The Hennepin Cou-nty Volunteer & Community Partnership Program is looking for parent aide volunteers. As a volunteer you can offer your experience as a parent to a single mother or father. Provide encouragement and give hope to single parents who may be coping with health problems, disabilities or other issues. Volunteers are asked to meet with the parent every week for one year. Call Rosemary Carpenter at 612-348-4749.

Hospice of the Twin
Cities, a community
based hospice program serving the 12-county metro area, provides support services for patients and families facing a life-threatening illness. Volunteer training is provided. Preregistration is re-quired. Call 763-253-2114.

COMMUNITYUPDATES

Block Leader Training
October 21, 6:30 - 8:30 pm.
3000 Minnehaha Ave. S. (Minneapolis 3rd Precinct)
Worried about crime or livability issues in your neighborhood? If you live on a block that does not have an active block club, take advantage of this opportunity! RSVP to 612-673-2856 to attend.

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