Twin Cities Calendar

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
				1 April Fool's Day Emerald Ash Borer	2 Movie: Clash of the Titans	3 Chelsea Handler Easter in the Castle Spoon
4 Easter † Passion Pit	5	6	7 Bon Jovi Rose Ensemble Sarah Palin & DFL Rallies	8 Bon Jovi	9 Galactic St Paul Pow-wow	10 Charlie Pride Danilo Perez Parks Cleanup
11 Spy a Dragonfly St Kate's Choir	12 Target Field opens	13	14 Carol Burnett	15	16 Voltage	17 Air Guitar Art T-Shirts Do It Green Mississippi R. Cleanup Recycled Art
18 Gabriel Iglesias Pigs Run 5k Recycle Run Run for Water, Estelle	19 Dr. Jane Goodall	20 Native Plants & Raingardens	21	22 Earth Day Music Thanatology Stupid Dance Party	23 Cabaret Catwalk US Army Band	24 Huey Lewis Martial Arts Trans-Siberian Orchestra Vikings 50th
25 Christopher Straub Mark Knopfler St Kate's Choral Concert Wishes for the Sky	26	27 Green Business	28 Am. Indian Wellness Fair Vikings Cheerleaders	29 Bangles Native Plants	30 Dance Fever Skid Row & Firehouse

April 1	holiday talk	April Fool's Day Emerald Ash Borer, Roseville Oval, Roseville (6:30pm)
April 2	movie	Clash of the Titans, Legendary Pictures with Sam Worthington & Liam Neeson >> Movie remakes rarely surpass the original. The 1981 version was so bad -- so unintentionally humorous -- this remake has to be better. (trailer) [Edit.] -Okay, so it doesn't have to be better.
April 2-3	rock music	Maynard James Keenan, Puscifer, Pantages Theatre -- here's The Mission >> Variety show mixes metal rock with comedy and maybe winemaking.
April 2, 10	hockey	Minnesota Wild, Xcel Energy Center
April 3	comedy kids indie rock	Chelsea Handler, Northrop Auditorium (8pm) Easter in the Castle, American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis (10am) Spoon, First Avenue (6pm) -- here's The Underdog
April 4	holiday electro rock	Easter † Passion Pit, First Avenue (8pm) -- here's Sleepyhead
April 6-8	craft show	Craft Show, Canterbury Park, Shakopee
April 7	politics vocal music politics	DFL Rally, Mpls Hilton (4pm), from KSTP-5 Rose Ensemble, James J. Hill Library, St. Paul (7:30pm) Sarah Palin, GOP, Minneapolis Convention Center (2pm)
April 7-8	rock music	Bon Jovi, Xcel Energy Center (7:30pm) -- here's You Give Love A Bad Name
April 8-10	comedy	Kevin Nealon, Rick Bronson's House of Comedy, Mall of America
April 9	powwow funk music	American Indian Education Pow-wow, Battle Creek Middle School, St. Paul (6pm) Galactic, Cabooze (9pm)
April 9-11	show	Lake Home & Cabin Show, Minneapolis Convention Center
April 10	country music jazz music environment	Charlie Pride, Treasure Island Casino (8pm) Danilo Perez, Ted Mann Concert Hall (8pm) Spring Cleanup, St Paul Parks (kickoff 8:30-9am, clean 9-11am)
April 10-11	classical music	Brahms’ Requiem, Bloomington Chorale, Bloomington Arts Center
April 10, 15, 18, 20, 24	opera	Salome by Richard Strauss, Ordway Center
April 11	kids, art choral music	Spy a Dragonfly, Mpls Institute of Arts (11am-5pm) Women’s Choir Concert, Victory Chapel, St. Catherine University (3pm)
April 12	baseball	Target Field opens - Twins opener - Minnesota Twins v. Boston Red Sox >> The new 40,000 seat, $522 million, roof-less Target Field opens for baseball. Look for tall bat lamps, the big golden mitt, & SW winds carrying the popups.
April 12-13	jazz	Madeleine Peyroux, Dakota Jazz Club (7pm, 9:30pm)
April 12-17	comedy	Maria Bamford, Acme Comedy Company
April 12, 14-18, 20-22	baseball	Minnesota Twins, Target Field
April 14	comedy	Carol Burnett, State Theatre (7:30pm) -- here's Went With The Wind
April 15-18	ballet	James Sewell Ballet - Tributes, O'Shaughnessy, St. Kate's -- here's Repetory
April 16	fashion, music	Voltage - Fashion Amplified, First Avenue (8pm)
April 16-17	country	Glen Campbell, Grand Casino Mille Lacs
April 16-18	craft fair	Arts & Crafts Affair, Cantebury Park, Shakopee
April 16-25	fashion	Fashion Week, various Twin Cities locations
April 17	opening sale environment art fair sale air music	Do It Green, Midtown Global Market, Lake & 10th, Mpls (11am) -- calendar Local Artist T-Shirt Mart, Cargill Lounge, Walker Art Center (11am-5pm) Mississippi River Cleanup, E 36th & E 44th at W River Pkwy (9:30am-noon) Recycled Art Fair, Midtown Global Market, Lake & 10th, Mpls (1-4pm) Textile Center Garage Sale, Fashion Week, 3000 University Av SE (9am-4pm) U.S. Air Guitar Championship, Varsity Theater (8pm) >> The 3-year Minneapolis champion, Airisol, defends her title!
April 17-18	fair	Earthfest, a Party for the Planet, Minnesota Zoo (9am-4pm)
April 17-June 6	play	M. Butterfly, Guthrie Theatre
April 18	country, run singer-songwriter comedy run run	Dierks Bentley & Run for Water , Lake Nokomis (9am, 11:30am) Estelle, Run (& Walk) For Water, Lake Nokomis (11:30am) -- here's American Boy Gabriel Iglesias, State Theatre (7pm) -- Chocolate Cake Made Me Late Minneapolis Recycle Run, Lake Harriet Bandshell (8:45am) Running of the Pigs 5k, Midway Stadium (10am)
April 19	lecture	Dr. Jane Goodall, A Reason For Hope, Beth El Synagogue, St Louis Park (7:30pm)
April 20	lecture	Native Plants, Raingardens & Lawn Care for Water Quality, Como HS
April 22	holiday dance, fashion lecture	Earth Day Stupid Dance Party, 501 Club, Minneapolis (9pm) Therese Schroeder-Sheker - Music Thanatology, O’Shaughnessy (7pm) >>"Contemplative Musicianship in the Care of the Dying"
April 22-24	football	Minnesota Vikings - NFL Draft >> The Minnesota Vikings pick 30th of the 32 teams.
April 23	fashion band music	Cabaret Catwalk Fashion Ball, Ritz Theater (8pm) United States Army Field Band & Soldiers' Chorus, Fitzgerald Theater (7:30pm)
April 23-24	art tour	St. Paul Art Crawl, various St. Paul locations
April 23-25	art fair	Print & Drawing Fair, Target Wing, Minneapolis Institute of Arts
April 23-25, 30-May 2, 7-9, 14-16	play	Relatively Speaking, Theatre in the Round
April 23-25, 29-May 2, 6-9, 12-16, 19-22	musical	The King and I, Schneider Theater, Bloomington Arts Center
April 24	rock music martial arts football industrial rock	Huey Lewis & the News, Treasure Island Casino (8pm) -- here's Stuck With You Mayhem in Minneapolis, MMA, Target Center (7:30pm) Minnesota Vikings 50th Season Celebration, Mall of America (9am, 11am-6pm) Trans-Siberian Orchestra, State Theatre (8pm) >> Performing the Beethoven's Last Night album
April 24-25	sale southern rock nature show	Bibelot 20% off storewide Spring Sale, all 4 locations Creedance Clearwater Revisited, Northern Lights Casino, Walker, MN (7pm) Show Your Love for Como & the Planet, Como Zoo
April 25	fashion rock music choral music art fair	Christopher Straub Runway Show, St. Paul Hotel (4pm) -- Project Runway >> I've met him; he's a very decent guy. -- Sold Out Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits), State Theatre (7:30pm) -- here's Sultans of Swing St. Catherine Choral Society Concert, St. Olaf Catholic Church, Mpls (7:30pm) Wishes for the Sky, Celebrating Earth Day 2010, Harriet Island, St Paul (11-5pm)
April 26-27	government	St. Paul Chief of Police Candidate Forums, Alrington & Johnson HS >> April 26th 6-8:30 pm, Arlington High School, 1495 Rice St >> April 27th 6-8:30 pm, Johnson High School, 1349 Arcade St
April 27	environment	Greening Your Business Expo, Target Field, Mpls (4:30pm)
April 28	fair auditions	American Indian Wellness Fair, 1530 E Franklin, Minneapolis (11am-3pm) Minnesota Vikings Cheerleaders, Mall of America Rotunda (6:30pm)
April 28-May 8	circus	Circus Juventas, in Highland Park, St. Paul -- here's Yulong Adagio
April 29	rock music lecture	Bangles, Fine Line Cafe (8pm) -- here's Walk Like An Egyptian Native Plants for Landscaping & Restoration, MN Zoo (6:30pm)
April 29-30	percussion music	So Percussion, Southern Theater -- here's Amid the Noise
April 29-May 1	skating	Silver Skates Ice Revue, Minnetonka Ice Arena
April 29-30, May 1-2	art show fair	Art in Bloom, Mpls Institute of Arts Festival of Nations, RiverCentre, St. Paul
April 30	dance, benefit rock music	Dance Fever, Crowne Plaza Riverfront Hotel, St. Paul (9:30pm) Skid Row & Firehouse, Medina Entertainment Center (8pm) -- here's 18 & Life
April 30-May 2	dance	Zenon Dance Company, O'Shaughnessy, St. Kate's -- here's Garden

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