| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 1 | 2 Foghat
& Head East Polar Plunge |
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| 3 |
4
Maroon
5 |
5 Grupo Corpo |
6 |
7 Katie
Fashion Muse |
8
Oz |
9
Musician
Trade Fair Russian Winter |
| 10 Daylight Savings Lila Downs |
11 | 12 | 13 |
14 Brit Floyd | 15
Bob Seger
& Kid Rock |
16 St.
Patrick's parade - St. Paul St. Patrick's parade - Mpls (see more below) |
| 17 St Patricks Day ♣ (see below) |
18
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19 Pink |
20
Spring Begins (Yeah, right.) |
21 | 22 | 23
Earth hour Highland Art Pancakes & Maple Syrup Writers' Fair |
| 24 Palm Sunday Rihanna  |
25 Passover begins |
26 | 27 |
28 | 29 Good Friday | 30 |
| 31 Easter Sunday † |
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| March 2 | rock
Foghat
& Head
East, Medina
Entertainment Center, Medina MN (8pm, $27+) -- here's Slow Ride extreme Polar Plunge, Thomas Beach, Lake Calhoun, Thomas Av S & W Calhoun Pkwy, Mpls (11am) |
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| March 2, 9, 16, 23 | comedy How To Swear Like A Minnesotan by Joseph Scrimshaw, Bryant-Lake Bowl (7pm,$16) | ||
| March 3-5 | plays One Minute Play Festival, Mixed Blood Theatre, 1501 S 4th St, Mpls (8pm) | ||
| March 3, 5,
10, 12, 14, 23, 26, 27, 30 |
hockey Wild, Xcel Center ($36+) | ||
| March 4 | rock
Maroon
5, Xcel
Center (7:30pm, $42+)
-- here's Misery
and a possible set
list: Payphone, Makes Me Wonder, Lucky Strike, Sunday Morning, Never See Your Face, Won't Go Home Without You, Harder To Breathe, Wake Up Call, One More Night, This Love Encore: She Will Be Loved, Stereo Hearts, Gym Class Heroes, Medley of Don't You Want Me and Sexyback, Moves Like Jagger |
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| March 5 | advocacy
Animal
Protection Day, State Capitol (9am, free) dance Grupo Corpo, Northrop dance series, Orpheum Theatre (7:30pm, $37+) |
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| March 7 | benefit
Homeless Day,
State Capitol (9am-3pm, free) fashion Katie Leaders Fashion Show, St. Catherine U. designers, Rotunda, Mall of America (7pm, free) rock Muse, Target Center (7pm, $40+) -- here's Uprising and a possible set list: 2nd Law Unsustainable, Supremacy, Map of the Problematique, Supermassive Black Hole, Resistance, Panic Station, Hysteria & Star-Spangled Banner, Knights of Cydonia, Monty Jam, Explorers, Time Is Running Out, Liquid State, Madness, Follow Me, Undisclosed Desires, Plug In Baby, Stockholm Syndrome & Freedom Encore 1: 2nd Law Isolated System, Uprising and Encore 2: Starlight, Survival |
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| March 8 | movie
Oz The Great and
Powerful (James Franco, Mila Kunis, Michelle
Williams, & Rachel Weisz) -- trailer powwow American Indian Magnet, St. Paul Public Schools Indian Education (6pm, free) |
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| March 8-10 | dance Alternative Motion Project, Southern Theater ($15) -- here's In Reverse | ||
| March 9 | show
He-Fest,
Roy
Wilkins (11am-6pm, free) -- Alumacraft, Timberwolves
Dancers, Vikings
Cheerleaders fair Musician Trade Fair, Eagan Civic Arena (10am-3pm, $5) classical Russian Winter, MN Philharmonic, Sundin Music Hall, Hamline University (7:30pm, $18) |
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| March 9-17 | show Auto Show, Minneapolis Convention Center | ||
| March 10 | time
Daylight
Savings Time begins (2am) -- spring forward one hour (2am
becomes 3am) latin music Lila Downs, Ted Mann Concert Hall, UofM (4pm, $30+) -- Perhaps |
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| March 13 | film sneak preview, Trylon Micro Cinema, 3258 Minnehaha Av S, Minneapolis (7pm, $8) | ||
| March 13-17 | films
Arab Film Fest, Walker
Arts (March 13 - 7:30pm, $10) & Heights
Theater >> Here are two of the trailers: OK Enough Goodbye & Winter of Discontent |
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| March 14 | rock tribute Brit Floyd, State Theatre (8pm, $39+) -- here's Wish You We Here (other 2011 concert footage) | ||
| March 15 | rock Bob Seger & Kid Rock, Xcel Center (8pm, $67+) -- here's Against the Wind | ||
| March 15-16 | play Monty Python's Spamalot, Orpheum Theatre ($34+) -- here's the Bright Side of Life | ||
| March 15-24 | social play Sans Merci, Gadfly Theatre, Cedar Riverside People's Center Theater, 425 20th Av S, Mpls ($15) | ||
| March 15-30 | play Kingdom Undone, Southern Theater ($15+) -- the last days of Jesus and Judas | ||
| March 16 | parade
St.
Patrick's Day Parade, 5th
& Sibley (Mears Park) to 5th & Market (Rice Park), St.
Paul
(noon) parade St. Patrick's Day Parade, Nicollet Mall (from 11th St to 5th St), Minneapolis (6:30pm) ( more below) |
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| March 17 | holiday
St.
Patrick's
Day ♣ (see below) |
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| March 19 | lecture Climate Change & Drought in Minnesota, Professor Mark Seeley, Bryant-Lake Bowl (7pm, $5+) pop Pink, Xcel Center (7:30pm, $52+) -- here's So What |
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| March 20 | time Spring begins | ||
| March 21-24 | show Northwest Sportshow, Minneapolis Convention Center ($11) | ||
| March 22-24 | show
Fabletown and Beyond
(mythic comics convention), Mayo Civic Center, Rochester, MN ($20) >> Bill Willingham, Mike Buckingham, Adam Hughes, Kurt Busiek, & more. |
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| March 22-Apr 14 | play Life and Beth, Theatre in the Round | ||
| March 23 | environment
Earth
Hour - lights out from 8:30-9:30pm art fair Art at Highland, Highland Park High School, 1015 Snelling Av S, St. Paul (9:30am-4pm, free) food Pancakes & Fresh Maple Syrup, UofM Landmark Arboretum (9am-1pm, $12) fair Writers' Festival, Bloomington Arts Center (9:30am-5pm) |
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| March 24 | reggae pop
Rihanna, Xcel
Center (7:30pm, $40+) -- here's Man Down social Speed Dating for Nerds, The Local, 931 Nicollet Mall, Mpls (4pm, $30) |
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| March 29-May 19 | play Deathtrap, Jungle Theater ($20) | ||
| March 31 | holiday Easter lecture Equinoxious, Dr. Kenny Blumenfeld, Bryant Lake Bowl (7pm, $12) |
