In October in the Twin Cities, boats are driven on roads more than lakes.
Should the Halloween costume be worn under the coat or over it?  Once I was Baklava, you know, dressed in layers.

<<    OCTOBER 2007     >>
S M T W Th F Sa
 

1  Maroon 5
    Queen Latifah
2    baby giraffe
      Raul Malo
      Smashing Pumpkins 
Hot Hot Heat
  Tommy Fleming

4  5   Fall Art Tour
     Gopher Hockey W

6     Comic Book Con
    
Gopher Hockey W
     MN Orchestra Preview 
7    Twin Cities Marathon
     
Comic Book Con
      Dillinger Escape Plan
      Electric Six
8   Columbus Day
9

10   Wilco 11  NBC's
Last Comic Standing

      Shawn Mullins
12  Gopher Hockey W
  
Gopher Swim W
   Gopher Volleyball
   Interpol
   Jim Gaffigan
   Misery Signals
13  Blue October
     Cloud Gate Dance
     Cradle of Hope
     Girls & Science
  
  Gopher Volleyball
     Harvest Festival
     Jim Gaffigan
     Twin Cities Book Festival  
14   Vikings at Chicago
                         (34-31w)
       The Lettermen
       Wedding Fair
   Wolf Awareness Day
   Zombie Fashion Show
 
15  David Sedaris
16   Black Crowes
17  Pinback
 Senior Legal Fair
18 Annie Lennox
     Dave Mason
19  Drive-by Truckers
 Gary Spivey
 Gopher Soccer
20  Gopher Football
       Houston Ballet
       Big Woods Run
 Run for the Apples
21  Vikings at Dallas
      
Gopher Soccer
       Hannah Montana
       Tiger Army
       Viva La Bands
22 
23    Brand New
        Do Make Say Think
        Zap Mama
24
    Spill Canvas
    Van Halen
25 26 Hwy 100 closed
  
Gopher Hockey W
  
Gopher Swim W
      Gopher Volleyball
      Playground
27  Hwy 100 closed
      Boo Bash
     
Gopher Hockey W
      Gopher Volleyball
      Carlos Menia
      Him
      Jonatha Brooke
      Marching Band
      Nickel Creek
     Rodney Carrington
28   Hwy 100 closed
       Vikings
       Great Pumpkin Festival
       So You Think You Can Dance
29 30   
31    Halloween
Gopher Volleyball
   Largest Trick or Treat
   Ozzy Osbourne
   Subdudes
Oct 3-6 YMCA Garage Sale, Fairgrounds
Oct 5-6 - comedy - Prairie Home Companion, Fitzgerald
Oct 5-7 - Midwest Home & Garden, Convention Ctr
Oct 5-7 - Shrine Circus, Target Center
Oct 5-14 - play - King Lear, Guthrie Theater
Oct 5-14 - play - Seagull, Guthrie Theater
Oct 5-28 - Jerry Springer-The Opera, Hennepin Stages
Oct 5-7, 12-14, 19-21, 26-31 - kids - ValleyScare, Shakopee
Oct 6-7, 13-14, 18-21, 27-28 - kids - Sever's Corn Maze
Oct 6-28, Nov 3-25 - Flower Show, McNeely Conserv.
Oct 10-11 - music - Spoon, First Avenue
Oct 12-13 - hockey - Icebreaker, Xcel Energy Center
Oct 12-13, 19-20, 26-27 - kids - The Park After Dark, Mall of America
Oct 12-13, 19-20, 26-28, 30-31 - kids - Fright Farm
Oct 12-14, 17-21, 25-28, 31 - kids - Trail of Terror, Shakopee
Oct 12-Nov 4 - play - Simpatico, Theatre in the Rnd
Oct 19-Nov 11 - play - Agnes Of God, Park Square
Oct 20-21 - jazz - Chuck Mangione, Rossi's Blue Star Rm
Oct 20, 21, 26-28 - kids - ZooBoo, Como Park Zoo
Oct 24-Nov 1 - soccer - State High School
Oct 25-26 - music - Tony Bennett, Mystic Lake
Oct 25-27 - jazz - Average White Band, Rossi's
Oct 25-Nov 25 - play - Disney's Lion King, Orpheum
Oct 27-28 - show - Moms Expo, Burnsville Center
Oct 27-28 - show - Women's Show, River Centre
Oct 27-29 - kids - Habitot Halloween, MN Children's Museum

"I drove for miles and miles and wound up at you door." - Maroon 5 is at the Xcel Energy Center on October 1st.
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The Minnesota Orchestra previews its 2007-2008 concerts at Orchestra Hall
on October 6th. (review)
 
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Hopes and Dreams: Stuck on AutoDrive by Eric Davis will be featured at the Twin Cities Book Festival on October 13th.
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"There ain't no good guys. There ain't no bad guys." - Dave Mason will be at the Cabooze on October 18th.
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It may be just me, but I hear a piano similarity between Coldplay's Clocks and Van Halen's Right Now.
- Van Halen is at the Target Center on October 24th.
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"Maybe it's not too late -- to learn how to love and forget how to hate." - Ozzy Osbourne rattles the Target Center on Halloween.
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Halloween Costume Parties 2007 in the Twin Cities
 (cover charges & prizes vary)
Bar Fly, 711 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55403 -- Oct 27 & 31 9pm -- 612-333-6100
Black Dawg Grille, 3120 West Highway 13, Burnsville, MN 55337 -- Oct 27 -- 952-277-0197
Blue Fox Bar & Grill, 3833 North Lexington Avenue, Arden Hills, MN 55126 -- Oct 27 -- 651-483-6000
Bogart's Nightclub, 14917 Garrett Avenue, Apple Valley, MN -- Oct 31 7pm -- 952-432-1515
Bootleggers, 323 First Avenue N, Minneapolis, MN 55401 --
Oct 27 & 31 -- 612-338-4555
Brothers Bar & Grill, 430 First Avenue N, Minneapolis, MN 55401 -- Oct 27 & 31 -- 612-339-4240
The Cabooze, 917 Cedar Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55404 -- Oct 31 9pm (Oompa-Loompa) -- 612-338-6425
Champs Americana, 1200 West County Road 42, Burnville, MN  -- Oct 31 9:30pm -- 952-898-5050
Champs Americana, 8010 Glen Lane, Eden Prairie, MN 55344 -- Oct 31 -- 952-942-3331
Champs Americana, 1641 Plymouth Road, Minnetonka, MN 55305 (near Ridgdale) -- Oct 31 9pm -- 952-546-3333
Champs Americana, 8418 Tamarack Village, Woodbury, MN 55125 -- Oct 31 -- 651-735-5050
Club Underground, 355 Monroe Street NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413 --  Oct 27 8:30pm -- 612-627-9123
Diamond's Sports Bar & Grill, 7550 Highway 10 NW, Ramsey, MN 55303 -- Oct 28 12-6pm (family) -- 763-576-1696
Dive Bar, 3035 White Bear Avenue N, Maplewood, MN 55109 -- Oct 27 & 31 -- 651-779-2266
First Avenue - Main Entry, 701 First Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55403-1327 --
Oct 31 8pm (1980s) --612-332-1775
The Independent, Calhoun Square, 3001 Hennepin Avenue, A201, Minneapolis, MN 55408 -- Oct 28 (TV theme) 612-378-1905
Jimmy's Food & Drink, 1132 East County Road E, Vadnais Heights, MN 55110 -- Oct 27 & 31 9pm -- 651-482-1100
Lodge Bar, 11 South 5th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55402 -- Oct 26, 27, 31 -- 612-435-1291
Mainstreet Bar & Grill, 814 Main Street, Hopkins, MN  55343 -- Oct 27 & 31 -- 952-938-2400
Mayslack's Bar, 1428 4th Street NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418 -- Oct 27 7pm -- 612-789-9862
Medina Entertainment Center, 500 Highway 55, Medina, MN 55340 -- Oct 27 11pm -- 763-478-6661
Myth Nightclub, 3090 Southlawn Drive, Maplewood, MN, 55109 -- Oct 27 11pm -- 651-779-6984
Plums Grill & Bar, 480 Snelling Avenue South, St Paul, MN 55105-2147 -- Oct 27 (toga) -- 651-699-2227
POV's Sports Bar, 1851 Bunker Lake Blvd. Andover, MN, 55304 -- Oct 27 & 31 -- 763-755-2323
Primetime Sports Bar & Grill, 14103 Irving Avenue South, Burnsville, MN 55337 -- Oct 27 & 31 -- 952-435-6111
Renegades Bar & Grill, 3809 West Highway 13, Burnsville, MN 55337 -- Oct 27 -- 952-707-8427
Rosen's Bar & Grill,
430 First Avenue N, Minneapolis, MN 55401 -- Oct 31 -- 612-338-1926
Serum's Good Time Emporium, 314 Jackson Street, Anoka, MN 55303 -- Oct 26 & 27 6pm -- 763-421-7522
Sneaky Pete's, 14 North 15th Street, Minneapolis, MN  -- Oct 27 10pm & 31 11pm -- 612-333-8820
Trocaderos Nightclub & Restaurant, 107 Third Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55401 -- Oct 27 7pm & 31 9pm -- 612-465-0440
Varsity Theater, 1308 4th Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414 -- Oct 27 9:30pm -- 612-604-0222
Whiskey Junction, 901 Cedar Avenue, Minneapolis, MN -- Oct 27 8pm -- 612-338-9550


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