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4
Movie:
Avengers Rob Schneider  |
5 Cinco de Mayo (see May 5-6 below) Free Comic Book Day |
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7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
11
Chickenfoot Fishing Opener Movie: Dark Shadows Movie: The Dictator |
12 Eco
Logic Norm Macdonald Steve Winwood |
| 13 Mother's Day Daughtry |
14 | 15 last hard freeze Black Keys |
16 | 17 Cranberries Eric Church |
18 B.B.
King Marilyn Manson Movie:Battleship Redd Kross |
19 George
Clinton Inconceivable Lynyrd Skynyrd Reba Scottish Fair & Highland Games Semisonic Van Halen 
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| 20
Huey
Lewis Lyn Lake Fest Pan Asian Arts |
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22 | 23 Nickelback | 24 | 25 Edward
Sharpe & the Magic Zeroes LMFAO Movie: Men in Black 3 |
26 Preservation Hall Jazz Band |
| 27 | 28 Memorial Day |
29 | 30
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31 Flogging
Molly |
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| May 3-6 | fair Festival of Nations, RiverCentre, St. Paul | ||
| May 4 | movie
The
Avengers -- Robert Downey (Iron Man), Chris Hemsworth (Thor),
Chris Evans (Captain America), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), & Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury) comedy Rob Schneider, Northern Lights Casino -- here's Letterman |
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| May 4-5 | ballet
Dance
Festival, Ballet Minnesota, Fitzgerald
Theater ($25) dance Kinetic Kitchen, Patrick's Cabaret (7:30pm, $10) |
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| May 5 | comic books
Free
Comic Book Day,
Big Brain & Comic Book College in Minneapolis, The
Source in
Falcon
Heights,
Midway Books
& Uncle Svens in St.
Paul, and other
locations for a bag of free comic books. powwow Spring Powwow, Great Hall, Coffman Union, Uof M (1-10pm, grand entries 1pm & 7pm) |
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| May 5-6 | fair
Cinco
de Mayo Fiesta,
Cesar Chavez Street, St. Paul (Friday 4-9pm &
Saturday 9-6pm) >> The Cinco de Mayo Parade is May 7 from 10am-noon, starting at Plato & Wabasha (Holiday) and end at Ada & Cesar Chaves (Cozy Cantina). show Living Green Expo, State Fairgrounds |
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| May 6 | fair, parade May Day (Tree of Life ceremony - festival - parade), Powderhorn Park (1-7pm) -- postponed to 5/13 | ||
| May 9 | film Under African Skies, Paul Simon's return to S. Africa, Trylon, 3258 Minnehaha Av, Mpls (7pm, $8) | ||
| May 10 | talk Safe Global Youth Travel, Country Cake Cupboard & Cafe, 491 Willow Dr N, Long Lake (4-6pm) | ||
| May 11 | rock
Chickenfoot,
The
Brick, 111-5th St N, Mpls (9pm, $57) -- here's Oh Yeah movie Dark Shadows -- Tim Burton directs Johnny Depp, starring as Barnabas Collins movie The Dictator -- Sasha Baron Cohen as Admiral General Shabazz Aladeen "who risked his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed" folk Singer-Songwriter Series, Patrick's Cabaret, 3010 Minnehaha Av S, Mpls (7:30pm, $10) >> Dan Israel, Kyle Cogger, Joe Roberto, Steve Kaul, & John Rodine |
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| May 11-12 | fishing
Minnesota Fishing
Opener, Lake Waconia, Waconia
(map) >> The Governor's Fishing Opener has been a state tradition since 1948 or 1951. Gov.
Tim Pawlenty caught 2 saugers & 2 walleyes in 2010 after
several unsuccessful years.
Gov. Jesse Ventura caught 2 northern pike in 1999. Gov. Arne Carlson did not catch a fish in eight fishing openers. |
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| May 12 | fashion
Eco
Logic, The O'Shaughnessy (7:30pm, $12+) history Free Admission, History Center, St. Paul (10am-5pm) comedy Norm Mcdonald, The Brick, 111-5th St N, Mpls (7pm & 10pm, $35) -- here's a standup mix rock Steve Winwood, Orpheum Theatre (8pm, $39+) -- here's While You See A Chance |
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| May 13 | holiday
Mother's Day rock Daughtry, The Brick, 111-5th St N, Mpls (7:30pm, $53) -- here's September fair, parade May Day (Tree of Life ceremony - festival - parade), Powderhorn Park (1-7pm) --postponed from 5/6 classical Mother’s Day Concert, St. Paul Civic Symphony, Landmark Center (1pm) |
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| May 15 | rock
Black
Keys, Target
Center (7:30pm, $39+) -- here's Tighten Up |
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| May 17 | rock
Cranberries,
The
Brick, 111-5th St N, Mpls (8pm, $48) -- here's Zombie country Eric Church, Target Center (7:30pm, $35+) -- here's Drink In My Hand food Taste of Lakeville, Lakeville Area Arts Center (5-9pm) |
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| May 17-20 | art sale Art on a Line, Northstar Watercolor Society, Fine Arts Center, State Fairgrounds | ||
| May 17-20, 25-27 |
baseball Saints, Midway Stadium | ||
| May 18 | movie
Battleship,
navy vs. aliens (very nearly about the Hasbro game) -- Taylor Kitsch
& Brooklyn Decker blues B.B. King, State Theatre (8pm, $52+) -- here's The Thrill Is Gone metal Marilyn Manson, Myth, Maplewood (9pm, $50) rock Redd Kross, Triple Rock Social Club, 629 Cedar Av S, Mpls (9pm, $15) -- here's Annie's Gone |
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| May 18-20 | art tour
Art-a-Whirl,
NEMAA, various NE Mpls locations dance TU Dance, Cowles Center ($28) |
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| May 19 | funk
George Clinton,
The
Brick (8pm, $30) -- here's Atomic Dog pop Jeremy Messersmith, Fitzgerald Theater (8pm, $25) -- here's Tatooine rock Lynyrd Skynyrd, Treasure Island (8pm, $65+, Sold Out) -- here's Free Bird drinking Princess Bride Drinking Game (& Reading), Byant-Lake Bowl, Mpls (9:30pm, $12) country Reba McEntire, Grand Casino Hinckley Amphitheater -- here's Fancy fair Scottish Fair & Highland Games, Dakota County Fairgrounds (9am-5:30pm, $15) rock Semisonic, OLL Blast Block Party, Our Lady of the Lake, 2411 Commerce Blvd, Mound (6pm, $35) rock Van Halen with Kool &the Gang, Xcel Center (7:30pm, $50+) -- here's You Really Got Me |
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| May 19-20 | food
Grill
Fest, 5th Av S & 6th St S & Portland Av S
(1-5pm, $35) -- samples & demonstrations comic books Springcon, MCBA, Grandstand, State Fairgrounds (10am-5pm) |
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| May 20 | rock
Huey
Lewis & the News, Mystic
Lake Casino ($39+) -- here's Stuck
With You fair Lyn Lake Street Festival, Lyndale & Lake, Minneapolis fair Pan Asian Arts Festival, Pan Asian Arts Alliance, Landmark Center, St. Paul (noon-5pm, free) |
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| May 20, 24, 26 | basketball Lynx, Target Center -- The 2011 Champions Minnesota Lynx return to the Target Center (highlights) | ||
| May 23 |
rock Nickelback, Target Center (6pm, $50+) -- here's Far Away | ||
| May 24 | fair East Side Pride, American Indian Magnet School, 1075 E 3rd St, St. Paul (5-7pm, free) | ||
| May 25 | pop
Edward
Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes, Cabooze
Outdoor Plaza, Mpls (6pm, $35) -- here's Home electro-pop LMFAO, Target Center (7pm, $35) -- here's Party Anthem movie Men in Black III -- Will Smith (J), Tommy Lee Jones (K), Rip Torn (Zed), & Emma Thompson (Oh) |
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| May 25-27 | block party Memory Lanes Block Party, Memory Lanes, 2520 26th Av S, Mpls | ||
| May 26 | jazz Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Orchestra Hall (8pm, $25+) -- here's Tailgate Ramble | ||
| May 28 |
holiday
Memorial Day music, benefit Veterans Aid Concert, Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis (5:30pm, $10)) |
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| May 29- June 3 |
kids Flint Hills International Children’s Festival, Ordway Center ($5) | ||
| May 30- June 3 |
play 10Fest - 10 minute play festival, Bedlam Community, Mixed Blood Theatre, 1501 S 4th St, Mpls | ||
| May 31 | Celtic punk
Flogging
Molly, The
Brick (8:30pm, $35) -- here's Drunken
Lullabies health No Tobacco Day, World Health Organization art sale Unboxed, Sandbox Theatre benefit, CO Exhibitions, 1101 Stinson Blvd NE #2, Mpls (6:30pm, $35) |