Twin Cities Calendar

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
		1 Free Pancakes	2	3 Dropkick Murphys	4 Laura & Lads	5 Clay Aiken Mrs. MN
6	7 Flogging Molly Isabella Rossellini	8 Mardi Gras Aspen Santa Fe Ballet	9 Ash Wednesday Irish Comedy Sarah McLachlan	10	11	12 Jay Leno Kevin Hart
13 Daylight Savings David Hyde Pierce Stars on Ice	14	15 Ice Cube	16	17 St Patricks Day ♣ St. Paul parade (see more below)	18	19 Imagination Movers Writers' Festival
20 Spring Begins (Yeah, right.)	21	22	23 Sarah Silverman	24	25 Kenny Chesney Vince Gill	26 Earth hour Transracial adoptees
27	28	29	30	31

Twin Cities Calendar for March 2011

	March 1	food Free Pancakes Day, IHOP (donations requested for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals)
	March 1-6	musical Hair, Orpheum Theatre ($28+)
	March 1, 7, 9, 11, 20, 27, 30	basketball Timberwolves, Target Center ($10-275)
	March 2-6	show Home and Garden Show, Minneapolis Convention Center ($13)
	Mar 2, 9, 16, 23	dancing Irish Social Dancing, Conway Rec Center, 2090 Conway St, St. Paul (6:30pm, free) dancing Irish Social Dancing, Dubliner Pub, 2162 University Av, St. Paul (7:30pm, free)
	March 3	Irish rock Dropkick Murphys, First Avenue (5pm, $30) -- here's Shipping Up To Boston
	March 3-6	kids Princess Wishes, Disney on Ice, Target Center ($10+)
	March 4	Irish music Laura and The Lads, Maplewood Community Center (7:30pm, $15)
	March 5	pop music Clay Aiken, State Theatre (8pm, $53+) -- here's Bridge Over Troubled Water pageant Mrs. Minnesota - Wisconsin - Iowa Pageant, Fitzgerald Theater (7pm, $33+)
	March 5-6	skating Blades of March, Parade Ice Garden, Minneapolis
	March 7	Irish rock Flogging Molly, Green 17, First Avenue (6:30pm, $35) -- here's Worst Day Since Yesterday talk Isabella Rossellini, State Theatre (7:30pm, $40+)
	March 8	ballet Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, State Theatre (7:30pm, $31.50+)
	March 9	holiday Ash Wednesday comedy Irish Comedy, Fine Line (8pm,$24+) -- here's a promo pop, folk Sarah McLachlan, Orpheum Theatre (7:30pm, $39+) -- here's I Will Remember You
	March 11-12	carnival Carnaval Brasileiro, Fine Line (9pm, $20)
	March 11-13	craft sale Spring Sale, Schwann's Center, Blaine
	March 11-20	play Get Up Your Irish, SteppingStone Theatre, St. Paul ($10)
	March 12	comedy Jay Leno, Mystic Lake Casino (7pm & 10pm, $75) comedy Kevin Hart, State Theatre (8pm & 10:30pm, $39+) -- here's the Ostrich
	March 12-13	pageant Miss Teen Minnesota, Ritchie Auditorium, St. Cloud
	March 12-20	show Auto Show, Minneapolis Convention Center ($10)
	March 13	time Daylight Saving - Spring Forward 1 hour talk David Hyde Pierce, Guthrie Theater (7pm, $25) skating Stars On Ice, Xcel Center (4pm, $27+)
	March 15	rap Ice Cube, First Avenue (7:30pm, $30)
	March 17	holiday St. Patrick's Day ♣ St. Paul parade (noon) (see way more below)
	March 18-20	dance Riverdance, State Theatre -- here's 2 minutes
	March 19	kids music Imagination Movers, Orpheum Theatre (1:30 & 4:30pm, $22.50+) fair Writers' Festival and Book Fair, Bloomington Arts Center
	March 20	show Wedding Fair, Minneapolis Convention Center ($15) -- also on Jan 16 >> Hopes and Dreams has lots of free wedding resources
	March 23	comedy Sarah Silverman, Ted Mann Concert Hall, U of M West Bank (8pm, $40) -- here's 1992.
	March 23-24	TV taping America's Got Talent - live, Orpheum Theatre (1pm & 6pm, free tickets) -- here's Jackie Evancho >> Here are pictures from the Minneapolis auditions.
	March 25	country Kenny Chesney, Xcel Center (7pm, $29+) -- here's There Goes My Life country Vince Gill, Treasure Island Casino (8pm, $55+) -- here's Rest High On That Mountain
	March 26	environment Earth Hour - lights out from 8:30-9:30pm forum Transracial adoptees - Truth, Healing, & Reconciliation, Metro State U (8:30am-4:30pm, $5)
	March 30-Apr 3	show Northwest Sportshow, Minneapolis Convention Center ($10)

St. Patricks Day in the Twin Cities

If you have never gone out to one of the many fine Irish pubs in St. Paul and Minneapolis to celebrate St. Patty's Day, what you are missing is the heated tents. Heated tents are a fine Irish tradition dating back to the early days of Minnesota when the Dakota natives invited Irish settlers into warm teepees to share a beer by the fire.

♣ St. Patrick's Day Events in the Twin Cities - 2011 ♣

St. Patrick lived and died 1600 years ago.
They say he drove the snakes from Ireland. I say there never were any snakes in Ireland. They say that's a metaphor. I say O'.

March 12 - 9am    -  100% Irish For A Day TC 5K, Lake Harriet Bandshell
March 13 - 11am    - Maple Lake Irish Scamper, Maple Lake
March 13 - 9am    -  St Pat's Irish Traditions 5K run, Como Lake, St Paul
March 13 - 11am-5pm - Day of Irish Dance, Irish Music & Dance Association, Landmark Center
March 15 - 7pm -  Miss Shamrock 2011 crowning
March 17 - 10am-5pm - St. Patrick's Day, Irish Music & Dance Association, Landmark Center
March 17 - noon - St. Patrick's Day Parade, 4th (at Selby) to 4th & Market (Rice Park), St. Paul
March 17 - 6pm - Free Rides - No Fares on buses & light rail from 6pm to the last scheduled trip.
                                          For more info, text FREERIDE to 30364, or call 1-800-FREE RIDES (1-800-373-3743).
March 17 - 6:30pm -   St. Patrick's Day Parade, Nicollet Mall (from 13th St to 5th St), Minneapolis
   followed by the Blarney Blast, Fine Line Cafe, Minneapolis
March 17 - 7:30pm - Boiled in Lead, Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis

March 17 - Pubs - Brit's Pub, 1110 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis
      3-17 Rattle & Hum (U2 tribute band), 4:30-6:30pm bagpipers
   Dubliner Pub Tent Party - 2162 University Av W (Cretin & Vandalia), St Paul
                              3-17 Irish music all day - Cursed Briars, Reverse Cowboy, Two Tap Trio, Spring-Heeled Jack
   Keegan's Irish Pub Tent Party (Locklin Road), 16 University Av NE, Minneapolis
      3-17 8am - breakfast, 5pm - Minnesota Police Pipe Band, 5-10pm - Erin Rogue
       Kieran's Irish Pub, 600 Hennepin Av S, Suite 170, (6th St & 1st Av N), Mpls
                                     3-17 main room: noon-1:45pm Alicia Corbett, 2-5pm Long Straight Forever,
5:30-7:30pm Tim Malloys, 8-11pm Belfast Cowboys, 11:30pm-2am St. Doms
                                   3-17 Titanic Lounge: 2-4pm Alicia Corbett, 4:30-6.30pm U2 Rattle and Hum,
7-9pm Jud’s New Harmony, 9.30-midnight Troi Atkinson
   Kip's Irish Pub & Restaurant, 9970 Wayzata Blvd, St. Louis Park
                                   3-17 6-10am - Dave Ryan In The Morning, breakfast buffet
Free breakfast for the first 101 to arrive, $5 otherwise
8am bagpipers, 11am-3pm Tim Malloys, 3:30-8pm Glengariff & Robin Fodor,
6pm - bagpipers, 7-8pm Irish Dance Troupe, 9pm-12:30am Irish Karaoke,
9pm-1am Tim Malloys
   O’Donovan’s Irish Pub Tent Party, 700 1st Av N, Minneapolis
                                       3-17 Wild Colonial Bhoys, Little of the Ready, MN Pipes & Drums
    O'Gara's Bar & Grill Tent Party, 164 Snelling Av N, St Paul (full schedule)
                                       3-17 3pm World's Shortest St. Patrick's Day Parade
                                           3-5pm KQRS's Terri Traen
    The Garage: 3pm - DJ Tiffany Tim, 9:30pm - Bill & Tom Show
                                                The Tent: 3pm - Jud's New Harmony, 5pm - Michael Handler,
7pm Eric Warner & Todd Douglas
   Shamrock Room: 4pm - Mark Stary Duo, 9pm DJ Tiffany Tim
as well as....
Blarney Pub & Grill - 412 14th Av SE, Minneapolis (Dinkytown)
Claddagh Irish Pub - 7890 Main St N, Maple Grove
Eagle Street Grille - 174 7th St W, St. Paul
Happy Gnome Tent Party, 498 Selby Av, St. Paul
Liffey Irish Pub - 175 7th St W, St. Paul (across from Xcel)
Shamrock's Tent Party - 995 7th St W, St. Paul
March 20 Get Lucky 7k, St. Paul (8am), Minneapolis (10am)
August 12-14 Irish Fair, Harriet Island, St. Paul

Irish Indeed - Irish merchandise, dontcha know? - 482 Snelling Av S, St Paul
Irish on Grand - more Irish merchandise, dontcha know? - 1124 Grand Av S, St Paul

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