Twin Cities Calendar

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
				1	2 Brian Regan Buddy Guy Movie: Lorax	3 Polar Plunge
4	5	6 Colin Hay	7 Lyle Lovett & John Hiatt	8	9 Movie: John Carter	10 Honeydogs Matt Pryor
11 Daylight Savings Lady Antebellum	12	13	14	15 Shatner's World	16	17 St Patricks Day ♣ St. Paul parade (see more below) Turtle Record
18	19	20 Spring Begins (Yeah, right.)	21	22	23	24 Bachman Turner Vince Gill Writers' Fair
25	26	27	28	29	30 Concert to Defeat Marriage Amendment Gabriel Inglesias Movie: Mirror Mirror	31 Earth hour Art at Highland

Twin Cities Calendar for March 2012

	March 1, 3, 31	play Diary of Anne Frank, Park Square Theatre, St. Paul ($38+)
	March 2	comedy Brian Regan, Orpheum Theatre (8pm, $43) -- here's the UPS blues Buddy Guy, State Theatre (8pm, $49+) -- here's Sweet Home Chicago movie Dr. Seuss' The Lorax >> voices of Danny DeVito, Ed Helms, Rob Riggle, Taylor Swift, Zac Efron, & Betty White
	March 2-3	play Alawddin - the Tale of 1,001 All-Nighters, TORT, Pantages Theatre (7pm, $18)
	March 3	hypothermia Polar Plunge, Thomas Beach, Lake Calhoun, Mpls (11am)
	March 3-4	rock tribute Rain, Beatles tribute, Orpheum Theatre ($44+) -- here's Getting Better
	March 5, 7, 9, 10, 25, 30	basketball Timberwolves, Target Center ($10-275)
	March 6	folk rock Colin Hay, Hopkins Center for the Arts (7pm, $31 - sold out) -- here's Overkill & Down Under
	March 7	country Lyle Lovett & John Hiatt, State Theatre (8pm, $44) -- here's Lyle's That's Right & John's Faith
	March 9	reopening Patrick's Cabaret, 3010 Minnehaha Av S, Mpls (7:30pm, $10) -- 3 month remodeling completed >> Singer-Songwriter Series featuring Jack Klatt, Drew Peterson, John Fenner, & Venus DeMars movie John Carter (Edgar Rice Burroughs novel) -- starring Taylor Kitsch & Lynn Collins
	March 9-11	musical Pirates of Penzance, O'Shaughnessy, St. Kate's dance Shen Yun Performing Arts, Orpheum Theatre ($54+) -- here's an ad
	March 10	rock Honeydogs, First Avenue (6pm, $13) -- here's Sour Grapes & an odd Rumor >> CD Release & First Av is donating $1 per ticket to a memorial for Adam's son, Daniel Levy acoustic Matt Pryor (of The Get Up Kids), Triple Rock, 629 Cedar Av S, Mpls (9pm, $13) -- here's Be Fine
	March 10-18	show Auto Show, Mnneapolis Convention Center -- March 17 - Blood, Sweat, & Tears
	March 10-April 22	play Hay Fever, Guthrie Theater ($24+)
	March 11	country Lady Antebellum, Target Center (7pm, $30+) -- here's Just A Kiss
	March 11, 13, 17, 19, 22, 27, 29, 31	hockey Wild, Xcel Center
	March 13-25	musical Memphis, Ordway Theatre
	March 14	music film I Want My Name Back, the Sugarhill Gang story, The Trylon (7pm, $8) -- here's the trailer
	March 15	talk Shatner's World, Orpheum Theatre (7:30pm, $59+) -- here's an ad
	March 16-18, 20-25, 28-Apr 1, 4-7	play American Family, Park Square Theatre ($38+)
	March 17	holiday St. Patrick's Day ♣ St. Paul parade (noon) (see way more below) rock Blood, Sweat, & Tears, Auto Show, Mpls Conv. Center (8pm, $35+) --here's Spinning Wheel craft fair Spring Arts & Crafts Fair, Rosemount High School, 3335 142nd St. W, Rosemount (9-4pm) world record Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - dress up in TMNT costume, register at 8am, event at 9am
	March 17-18	free food Free value-size french fries & green ketchup, Burger King
	March 18-19	folk Melanie, Dakota Jazz Club (7pm, $40) -- here's Brand New Key
	March 20	time Spring begins
	March 23-24	ballet Houston Ballet, Orpheum Theatre ($38+)
	March 23-25	play Raven Stole the Sun, New Native Theatre, at Stepping Stone Theatre ($7)
	March 24	rock Bachman & Turner, Treasure Island Casino (8pm, $38+) -- here's You Aint Seen Nothin' Yet country Vince Gill, Grand Casino Mille Lacs (sold out) -- here's Go Rest writers Writers' Fair & Book Festival, Bloomington Art Center (9:30am-5pm, free)
	March 28-April 1	show Northwest Sportshow, Minneapolis Convention Center ($10)
	March 29	comedy John Hodgman, Varsity Theater (8pm, $25+) -- the Radio & TV Correspondent's Dinner
	March 30	rock, rights Concert to Defeat the Marriage Amendment, Hell's Kitchen, Mpls (10pm, $8) comedy Gabriel Inglesias, Treasure Island, Prairie Island Mdewakanton (8pm, $45+) -- here's Road Trip movie Mirror, Mirror (untold adventures of Snow White) starring Lily Collins & Julia Roberts -- trailer
	March 30-Apr 3	show Northwest Sportshow, Minneapolis Convention Center ($10)
	March 31	art fair Art at Highland, Highland High School Field House, 1015 S Snelling Av, St. Paul (10am-5pm) craft fair Craft Fair, Maple Grove Community Center, 12951 Weaver Lake Rd, Maple Grove (10am-4pm) craft fair Craft Fair, North High School, 2416 11th Av E, North St. Paul (9am-3pm) craft fair Craft Fair, Ramsey County Care Center, 2000 White Bear Av, Maplewood (9am-4pm) craft fair Craft Fair, Rosemount Community Center, 13885 S Robert Trail, Rosemount (9:30am-4pm) environment Earth Hour - lights out from 8:30-9:30pm

St. Patrick's 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 - 2012 ♣

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 10 - 9am    -  100% Irish For A Day TC 5K, Lake Harriet Bandshell
March 14 - 7pm    - Worst Irish Tenor, Mancini's, 531 W 7th St, St Paul
March 15 - 7pm    - Miss Shamrock 2012 crowning
March 17 - 8am - St. Patrick's Day Parade, Maple Lake, Richfield
March 17 - 9am - St. Paul's Cathedral mass
March 17 - 9am    -  St. Pat's Irish Traditions 5K run, Como Lake, St Paul
March 17 - 9am - Get Lucky 7k, Main St SE & West River Rd., Minneapolis
March 17 - 10am-5pm - St. Patrick's Day, Irish Music & Dance Association, Landmark Center ($6)
March 17 - 11am    - Maple Lake Irish Scamper, Maple Lake
March 17 - noon    - St. Patrick's Day Parade, 4th (at Selby) to 4th & Market (Rice Park), St. Paul
March 17 - 6pm-1am - 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, Seven Steakhouse, Minneapolis
March 17 - 8pm    - Boiled in Lead, Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis
March 18 - 11am-5pm - Day of Irish Dance, Irish Music & Dance Association, Landmark Center

March 17 - Pubs -
   Dubliner Pub Tent Party - 2162 University Av W (Cretin & Vandalia), St Paul
   Keegan's Irish Pub Tent Party (Locklin Road), 16 University Av NE, Minneapolis
      3-17 5pm - Minnesota Police Pipe Band
       Kieran's Irish Pub, 600 Hennepin Av S, Suite 170, (6th St & 1st Av N), Mpls
                                     3-17 9am-opens, noon-music Romantica, Sweet Colleens, Reverse Cowboy,
Jud’s New Harmony, Alicia Corbett, Northern Comfort, & Erin Rogue
   O’Donovan’s Irish Pub Tent Party, 700 1st Av N, Minneapolis
                                       3-17 noon-4pm Traveled Ground, 4:30-8:30pm Wild Colonial Bhoys
    O'Gara's Bar & Grill Tent Party, 164 Snelling Av N, St Paul
                                       3-17 noon-2am

as well as....
Blarney Pub & Grill - 412 14th Av SE, Minneapolis (Dinkytown)
                                       Brit's Pub, 1110 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis
Eagle Street Grille - 174 7th St W, St. Paul
Happy Gnome Tent Party, 498 Selby Av, St. Paul
Kip's Irish Pub & Restaurant, 9970 Wayzata Blvd, St. Louis Park
Liffey Irish Pub - 175 7th St W, St. Paul (across from Xcel)
Shamrock's Tent Party - 995 7th St W, St. Paul
August 10-12 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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Irish Pubs are disappearing in Ireland and it's not due to fewer people...
(What country's capital has the largest population? Ireland, because the population is always Dublin.)

The Irish Times reports that they're losing a pub every two days, about 1,100 since 2005. And it's not primarily due to smoking bans and drunk-driving laws. It's irrelevancy. [read more]

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