| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
1  |
2 Russell
Peters |
3
Iron
Man 3 |
4 Cinco de Mayo (see May 4-5 below) Free Comics Scottish Fair Tracy Morgan |
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| 5 Ancia
Sax Choral Tribute May Day |
6 | 7 Trampled
By Turtles |
8 Lights |
9 Firehouse HF1054 |
10
Fishing Opener Great Gatsby Natalie Merchant |
11 Food Talk |
12 Mother's Day  |
13 Sick
Puppies HF1054 ( watch TPT-MN) |
14 Love
is Law |
15 last hard freeze | 16 Saints
opening Taste of Lakeville |
17 Carol
Burnett Sheryl Crow Star Trek Into Darkness  |
18 Willie
Nelson |
| 19
B.B.
King Pan Asian Arts |
20 Todd Rundgren |
21 | 22 John Legend | 23 | 24 Epic Fast and Furious 6 Honeydogs   |
25 Larry
the
Cable Guy Miss MN Latina Prince  |
26
Soundset |
27 Memorial Day |
28 | 29
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30 LL
Cool J |
31 Lumineers |
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| May 2 | comedy Russell Peters, State Theatre (8pm, $50+) -- here's How to Become a Canadian Citizen | ||
| May 2-5 | fair Festival of Nations, RiverCentre, St. Paul ($14) | ||
| May 3 | movie
Iron
Man 3, superhero Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) v. the Mandarin
(Ben Kingsley) - trailer rock Kansas, Grand Casino - Hinckley (8pm) -- here's Dust in the Wind |
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| May 4 | comic books
Free
Comic Book Day, Big
Brain
& Comic
Book College in Minneapolis, The
Source in Roseville, Midway Books in St. Paul, and other locations for a bag of free comic books. singer-songw. Haley Bonar, Icehouse Restaurant, 2528 Nicollet Av S, Mpls (11pm, $15) -- Candy Machine Gun rock Little River Band, Northern Lights Casino, Leech Lake Ojibwe, Walker, MN -- here's Reminiscing fair Scottish Fair & Highland Games, Dakota County Fairgrounds (9am-5:30pm, $15) comedy Tracy Morgan, Pantages Theatre (8pm, $37+) horse racing Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs, Louisville, KY |
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| May 4-5 | 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 ending at Ada & Cesar Chaves (Cozy Cantina). |
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| May 5 | sax
Ancia Quartet,
Weisman
Art Museum, University of Minnesota (4pm, free) -- here's High Life parade, fair May Day, Powderhorn Park (1-7pm, free) choral music Tribute - Handel's Messiah 2 & 3 and Biales' Tribute to Russell Connors, O'Shaughnessy (3pm, $10) |
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| May 6, 7, 9-11 | play Saved By the Bell, Bryant-Lake Bowl ($10+) | ||
| May 7 | bluegrass Trampled By Turtles, Mayo Civic Center Auditorium, Rochester (8pm, $25) -- here's Wait So Long | ||
| May 8 | acoustic
Lights, Varsity Theater
(6pm, $20, Mpls concert pic)
-- here's Ice and Saviour film Queen - Days Of Our Lives, Trylon Microcinema, 3258 Minnehaha Av S, Mpls (7pm, $8) -- trailer |
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| May 9 | metal
Firehouse, Pourhouse,
Lumber Exchange Bldg, Mpls (7:30pm, $40) -- here's Love Of A Lifetime civil rights House File 1054 (marriage between two people), MN House (passed 75-59) State Capitol (noon) |
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| May 9,11-12, 16-19, 24-26 |
baseball Saints, Midway Stadium | ||
| May 10 | folk
Daughter, Fine
Line Cafe (9pm, $15) -- here's Landfill movie Great Gatsby, based on the novel by St. Paul's F. Scott Fitzgerald, stars Leonardo DiCaprio -- trailer singer-songw. Natalie Merchant, Minneapolis Convention Center (8pm, $25+) -- here's These Are Days singer-songw. Teague Alexy & Molly Dean, Patrick's Cabaret (8pm, $10) -- here's Clean High & Leave on Time |
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| May 10-11 | fishing
Minnesota Fishing
Opener, Park Rapids
(map,
fishing
maps) >> The Governor's Fishing Opener has been a state tradition since 1948 or 1951. Gov. Mark Dayton was unsuccessful in 2011 & 2012 but caught a walleye in 2013. Gov.
Tim Pawlenty caught 2 saugers & 2 walleyes in 2010 after
several unsuccessful years.
classical
Bach,
FRI - Westwood Lutheran, St Louis Park; SAT - Sundin Hall,
Hamline U. (7:30pm, $25)Gov. Jesse Ventura caught 2 northern pike in 1999. Gov. Arne Carlson did not catch a fish in eight fishing openers. play Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis, Pantages Theatre ($43+) |
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| May 10-12 | ballet Cinderella 1944, Burnsville Arts Center ($26+) | ||
| May 11 | food talk
Anthony
Bourdain & Andrew Zimmern - Guts & Glory,
State Theatre (8pm, $46+) amusement Valley Fair opens, 1 Valley Fair Drive, Shakopee |
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| May 12 | holiday
Mother's Day walk, benefit Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, Mall of America rotunda (6am registration, 9:30am 5K walk) |
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| May 13 | civil rights
House
File 1054 (marriage between two people), State Capitol -
Senate (passed 37-30) rock Sick Puppies, Mill City Nights (8:30pm, $22) -- here's You're Going Down |
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| May 14 | civil rights Love Is Law, Ecolab Plaza, St. Paul (6pm, free) | ||
| May 16 | food Taste of Lakeville, Lakeville Area Arts Center (5-9pm) | ||
| May 17 | talk
Carol
Burnett, State Theatre (8pm, $54) pop Sheryl Crow, Black Bear Casino - Otter Creek Event Center, Carlton, MN (7pm, $46+ - sold out) movie Star Trek Into Darkness, Captain Kirk (Chris Pine) v. Gary Mitchell (?) (Benedict Cumberbatch) comedy You're Making That Up, Bryant Lake Bowl (7pm, $15) |
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| May 17-19 | art tour
Art-a-Whirl,
NEMAA, various NE Mpls locations musical Rock of Ages, Orpheum Theatre |
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| May 18 | hip hop
Insane
Clown Posse, Myth,
Maplewood (7pm, $30) -- here's Miracles fashion Katwalk - Design After Dark, O'Shaughnessy, St. Catherine University ($17) -- sustainable fashion jazz, country Sarah Morris, Dunn Brothers, 11 Water St, Excelsior (8pm, free) -- here's Grateful Moon country Willie Nelson, Grand Casino, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, Onamia, MN (8pm) -- Always On My Mind |
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| May 18-19 | food
Grill
Fest, The Depot, Minneapolis
(1-5pm, $35) -- samples & demonstrations comic books Springcon, State Fairgrounds (10am-5pm, $12) |
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| May 19 | blues
B.B.
King, Mayo
Civic Center, Rochester, MN (7:30pm, $40+) -- here's The Thrill Is Gone dance, music Pan Asian Arts Festival, Landmark Center, St. Paul (noon-5pm, free) |
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| May 20 | rock Todd Rundgren, Varsity Theater (8pm, $42+) -- here's Hello It's Me | ||
| May 22 | soul John Legend, Fitzgerald Theater (8pm, $40+) -- here's Ordinary People | ||
| May 24 | movie
Epic (animated
nature fantasy) with Amanda Seyfried, Beyoncé, Josh
Hutcherson, & Colin Farrell movie Fast and Furious 6, stars Dwayne Johnson & Vin Diesel rock Honeydogs, Icehouse Restaurant, 2528 Nicollet Av S, Mpls (11pm, $10) -- here's Rumor Has It |
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| May 24-25 | comedy Gabriel Iglesias (Fluffy), Treasure Island, Prairie Island Mdewakanton, Welch MN (8pm, $45+) | ||
| May 25 | comedy
Larry the
Cable Guy, Mystic
Lake, Shakopee Mdewakanton, Prior
Lake (4pm & 8pm, $57+) pageant Miss Minnesota Latina, Burnsville Performing Arts Center (7pm, $22+) -- here's an ad rock Prince and 3rd Eyed Girl, Myth, Maplewood (8pm & 11:30pm, $259) dance Sisters of the Sahara, Patrick's Cabaret (7:30pm, $10) pop Tony Orlando, Grand Casino Hinckley (7pm, $27+) -- here's Tie A Yellow Ribbon (he started the ribbons) |
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| May 26 | hip-hop
Soundset, Canterbury
Park, Shakopee (11am-8:30pm, $46) -- Atmosphere, Snoop Dog,
Mac Miller... >> free water, bring a backpack, bring sunscreen, bring a camera (no removeable lenses) racing Indy 500, Indianapolis, IN |
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| May 27 | holiday
Memorial Day powwow Pow Wow, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, Mille Lacs Indian Museum, Onamia, MN (noon, free) |
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| May 28 |
astronomy
Conjunction
of Venus & Jupiter, with Mercury nearby (western sky
near sunset) |
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| May 29-June 1 | plays
Ten
Minute Play Festival, Mixed
Blood Theatre, Bedlam
Theatre, 2714 E 27th St, Mpls ($15) >> Pile on the passion in ten minute sets. |
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| May 30 | hip hop LL Cool J with Ice Cube, Public Enemy, & De La Soul; Target Center (7:30pm, $50+) | ||
| May 31 | rock
Lumineers,
Target
Center (7:30pm, $30+) -- here's Ho Hey
health No Tobacco Day, World Health Organization |
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| May 31-June 1 | comedy Dave Attell, Acme Comedy, 708 N 1st Street, Minneapolis ($25, sold out) | ||
| May 31-June 2 | art fair Edina Art Fair, 50th & France, Edina | ||
| May 31-June 23 | musical Sunset Boulevard, New Century Theatre |
