| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 1
Keri
Noble |
2
Spiderman 2 |
3 Cinco
de Mayo Free Comics Mr. Civil Rights |
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| 4
May Day Pan Asian Arts |
5 | 6 | 7 | 8 Fishing opener Saints opener Vikings Draft  |
9
Chef
Lewis Black  |
10 Craftstravaganza Let My People Go |
11 Mother's Day  |
12 | 13
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14 |
15 last hard freeze Taste of Lakeville |
16 Haley
Bonar Louis Anderson |
17 Huey Lewis Katwalk |
| 18 |
19 |
20
Lady
Gaga |
21 | 22 | 23
X-Men 7 |
24 |
25
Soundset |
26 Memorial Day |
27 | 28
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29 |
30 Girl
Germs |
31 Beer Festival Jay Leno Poor Nobodys WaterFest   |
| May 1 | singer-writer Keri Noble, Varsity Theater (8pm, $25) | ||
| May 1-4 | art
Art
in Bloom, Minneapolis Art Institute fair Festival of Nations, RiverCentre, St. Paul ($14) |
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| May 2 | movie
Amazing Spider-man
2 - stars Andrew Garfield lecture Change Your Brain by Dr. Richard Davidson, Continuing Education Center, UofM - St. Paul (7pm, $20) classical Osmo Vänskä & Musicians of the Minnesota Orchestra, Northrop, UofM (8pm, $35+) |
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| May 2-3 | dance Dance Festival, featuring Coppélia, O'Shaughnessy ($30) | ||
| May 2-4 | comic con
Wizard
World Comic Con, Mpls
Convention Center ($40+
& autographs
& photo
ops) >> Karen Gillan, Brighton Sharbino, Nathan Fillion, William Shatner, Robert Englund, & James Marsters >> Neal Adams, Mike Grell, Ethan Van Sciver, Bob Layton, Barry Kitson, Kevin Maguire, & more |
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| May 3 | parade, fair Cinco
de Mayo, Cesar Chavez Street (between Robert St & Hwy
52), St. Paul (9am-6pm) 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. film Mr. Civil Rights - Thurgood Marshall, Ted Mann Concert Hall, UofM-west bank (7:30pm, free) awareness No Kill - Walk For Animals, International Bazaar, State Fairgrounds (8am-3pm) classical University Symphony Orchestra Plays Mahler's Symphony No. 2, Northrop, UofM (8pm, free ticket) horse racing Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs, Louisville, KY |
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| May 4 |
parade, fair
May
Day, Powderhorn
Park (1-7pm, free) dance, music Pan Asian Arts Festival, Landmark Center, St. Paul (noon-5pm, free) |
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| May 5, 18, 24, 30 |
basketball Lynx, Target Center | ||
| May 8-9 |
comedy Gabriel Iglesias, Treasure Island Casino (8pm, $45+) | ||
| May 8, 10 | football
Viking
Draft Weekend, Minneapolis
Convention Center ($10+) >> The Vikings have the 8th pick in the 1st round |
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| May 8-11 | fishing
Minnesota Fishing
Opener, Brainerd Lakes & Grand View Lodge
(maps, 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.
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 8-9, 15-18, 22-25 |
baseball Saints, Midway Stadium | ||
| May 9 | movie
Chef
(comedy) - Jon Favreau, Sofia Vergara, Scarlett Johansson, John
Leguizamo, Robert Downey Jr... comedy Lewis Black, State Theatre (8pm, $40+, fan club) -- on Broadway |
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| May 9-10 | comedy Gabriel Iglesias, Treasure Island Casino, Prairie Island Mdewakanton, Welch, MN (8pm, $45+) | ||
| May 10 |
craft fair
Craftstravaganza,
Progress Center, State
Fairgrounds (10am-5pm, free) blues Davina and The Vagabonds, Patrick's Cabaret, Minneapolis (8:30pm, $10) choral Let My People Go (underground railroad), Oratorio Society, Hamline Methodist (7:30pm, $20+) |
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| May 11 | holiday
Mother's Day holiday Statehood Day, Minnesota Capitol walk, benefit Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, Mall of America rotunda (6am registration, 9am 5K walk) |
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| May 15 |
food Taste of Lakeville, Lakeville Area Arts Center (5-9pm) | ||
| May 16 | music, benefit
Attractive
Nuisance, Crooked
Pint, 501 Washington Av S, Minneapolis (6pm, $20) >> Noisy Withdrawal, the Abdomen, Bluff Country, & Uncommon Roots singer-writer Haley Bonar, Varsity Theater (9pm, $15) -- here's Last War & Candy Machine Gun comedy Louis Anderson, Treasure Island Casino, Prairie Island Mdewakanton, Welch, MN (6pm, $25+) amusement Valley Fair opens, 1 Valley Fair Drive, Shakopee |
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| May 16-18 | art tour
Art-a-Whirl,
NEMAA, various NE Mpls locations |
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| May 17 | pop
Huey Lewis and
the News, Mystic
Lake Casino, Shakopee
Mdewakanton, Prior Lake (8pm, $54+) fashion Katwalk - Fathom, O'Shaughnessy, St. Catherine University (7:30pm, $13) -- sustainable fashion |
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| May 17-18 | comic books
Springcon,
State
Fairgrounds (10am-5pm, $12) |
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| May 20 | pop
Lady
Gaga, Xcel
Center (7:30pm, $37+) grunge metal Seether, Myth, Maplewood (7:30pm, $20) |
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| May 23 | movie
X-Men: Days of Future Past
- Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Halle Berry, Anna Paquin, Jennifer Lawrence, Ellen Page, Peter Dinklage, Patrick Stewart, & Ian McKellen. |
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| May 23-25 | anime Animinneapolis, Hyatt Regency, 1300 Nicollet, Minneapolis ($50) | ||
| May 25 | hip-hop
Soundset, Canterbury
Park, Shakopee (11am-8:30pm, $46) >> free water, bring a backpack, bring sunscreen, bring a camera (no removeable lenses) racing Indy 500, Indianapolis, IN |
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| May 26 | holiday
Memorial Day powwow Pow Wow, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, Mille Lacs Indian Museum, Onamia, MN (noon, free) |
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| May 30 | rock Girl Germs, First Avenue (7pm, $10) | ||
| May 31 | drinks
Beer
Festival,
10th & Hennepin Av, Minneapolis (5-9pm, $30+) comedy Jay Leno, Grand Casino - Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, Onamia, MN (7pm, $49+) dating Nerds at Heart, Billy's on Grand, 857 Grand Av, St. Paul (4pm, $30) -- Silver Surfer & Band Camp theme health No Tobacco Day, World Health Organization folk, jazz The Poor Nobodys - album release, Cedar Cultural Center (8pm, $12) -- here's Dekr blues Sena Ehrhardt, Famous Dave's, Calhoun Square (9pm, $7) fair WaterFest, Lake Phalen Pavilion (11am-4pm, free) |
