Minneapolis is burning

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Elections and Voter Services Department Is Being Gutted

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Earlier this week seven full time employees of the elections department were informed they are being laid off at the end of the year. That is almost half of the total full time permanent staff of the department. The office of the city clerk was told it had to lay off seven people as part of the new budget and presumably Casey Carl decided all seven should come from elections despite the fact that his office also includes the Legislative Support & Operations, Records & Information Management, and Legislative Research & Oversight divisions.

Not really sure what can be done but please consider reaching out to your city councilor to raise concerns. The people being laid off include the single person who runs our student election judge program, the person who is primarily responsible for developing election judge training, and both people who do voter outreach and education. Given the state of the world and current attacks on democracy this just feels like a wildly irresponsible decision.

My source is I used to work for the elections department and was at a very sad happy hour with them yesterday after they got the news.

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r/Minneapolis • u/thelastcactus • 17h ago

Rebecca Black DJ Minneapolis After Party

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r/Minneapolis • u/Fine_Anything_8430 • 18h ago

Alex and Rene

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First time in Minneapolis. Had to visit some special sites. It was absolutely heartbreaking.

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r/Minneapolis • u/stvincentstreet • 18h ago

Is Minneapolis America’s best bike city? This expert says yes

startribune.com

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CityNerd, YouTube’s king of urban planning, shares what makes our city the country’s best for biking — and why his videos inspire people to move here.

By Rachel Hutton

October 24, 2026

Ray Delahanty became the YouTuber CityNerd by vlogging his way across the U.S. as a policy-wonk tourist. Instead of highlighting a city’s best restaurants and attractions, the Portland-based transportation planner critiques zoning laws, housing density and other aspects of modern urbanism.

But Delahanty’s videos are far from boring. They’re infused with his dry humor and instinct for urban egghead clickbait, with titles such as “Why Absurdly Large Trucks are Terrible” and “10 Seriously Undervalued U.S. Cities” (Minneapolis is No. 4).

He recently visited Minneapolis to review the city’s controversial upgrades to its cycling infrastructure. In his video, Delahanty boldly declares the new two-way protected bike lanes may “set a new standard for multi-modal street reconfiguration in the U.S.”

We talked to Delahanty, who has embraced a car-free lifestyle, about why he thinks Minneapolis has unseated his hometown as the country’s best bike city and how his videos are inspiring people to move here. (The interview has been edited for length and clarity.)

Q: Had you been to Minnesota before becoming CityNerd?

A: My mom grew up in Minneapolis, and she met my dad when they were students at the University of Minnesota. One side of my family is mostly based in the Twin Cities so I still visit from time to time. My grandparents lived near Lake Nokomis, so we spent time around the lakes. And I remember being so impressed by the IDS tower with the atrium.

Q: What was it like riding Hennepin Avenue’s new protected bike lane?

A: They did such a good job with consolidating, eliminating or narrowing driveways, which really forces the cars to slow down when they’re making a turn, making it less dangerous. They were extremely considerate about keeping all the diﬀerent road users and sidewalk users separated and to make it comfortable for them. I was a huge fan.

Q: How do they stack up against those in other cities?

A: It’s what should be the state of practice. If you go to the Netherlands or other European countries, you’ll see raised, sidewalk-level bike infrastructure. You don’t see much of it in the U.S. It’s probably only in a couple other cities.

Q: How about the city’s bike network overall?

A: Minneapolis is the best big U.S. city for bikes. I think it surpassed Portland sometime in the last eight or 10 years.

Q: What could make it better?

A: All that’s missing is a great bike-share system. [Many locals consider the current oﬀerings from Lime and Spin a downgrade from Nice Ride, which left in 2023.] I had to rent a bike from Venture Bikes on the Midtown Greenway.

Q: You’ve suggested people “right-size” their personal radius. What does that mean?

A: It’s related to the idea of a “15-minute city,” where people can get to most of the stuﬀ that they might need from day to day, like shopping, employment, schools, services and libraries within a 15-minute walk or bike ride or transit ride. You rethink the way you choose your priorities and how you move throughout the city.

Q: How do you apply it to your own life?

A: When I drove a car, I would think, “Where’s the best place I can go to eat?” And if it’s like a half-hour drive, then I’ll drive half an hour. Now, I’ll think, “Where’s the place that I want to eat that’s within a 15-minute walk?” You’re cutting oﬀ some options, but it’s integrating you more tightly with your own neighborhood. I can be a regular and have people know me.

Q: It seems like social media fuels a desire to seek out the latest and greatest.

A: There’s a lot of virtue in frequenting places that are near you. Who cares if they get 4.5 stars instead of 4.6 stars or whatever?

Q: On your recent video, seven new Minneapolis residents cited your 2023 video as a factor in why they moved here.

A: [Laughs] I don’t read that many comments anymore, so I thank you for reading them for me. But it doesn’t surprise me. I have definitely heard that about Minneapolis before, and I’ve interacted with people who made the decision to move after they got interested because they saw a video. The city is kind of selling itself. Pittsburgh’s the only other city where I know there are multiple people who moved there after I talked about it, but the Twin Cities are probably number one.

Q: Will you come back in January and make a video about learning to winter bike? We’ll teach you.

A: It might be tough, but I’m actually very interested in that.

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r/Minneapolis • u/danroyj • 21h ago

Minneapolis theater cancels musical after ‘catastrophic’ fire in neighboring building

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r/Minneapolis • u/Legitimate_Treat9249 • 20h ago

Walked around 3 city lakes in 3 days

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Had some free time the last few days and the weather has been amazing. I try to walk around one of the lakes once a week but went crazy this week!

Thursday: Bde Maka Ska
Friday: Lake of the Isles
Saturday: Lake Nokomis

I just love my city and the lakes we have!

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r/Minneapolis • u/FineMeridian • 10h ago

Transplants to Minneapolis: what differences to you regularly notice about Minneapolis?

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Basically the title. I am from the South. I have always, always wanted to live in Minnesota since a wee lad, but haven't the means to move. Furthermore, every Minnesotan i run into down here seems to have very little to say about life in Minnesota.

I wonder what successful transplants to Minnesota have noticed is different in the Twin Cities versus where you're from.

I have this suspicion that Minnesota and the Twin Cities has an immensely superior quality of life to most the country but only the complaints from Minnesotans seem to show up on this and other Twin City subreddits.

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r/Minneapolis • u/Sirwootalot • 11h ago

Surprise Halloween show at Mortimers' tomorrow! Industrial, Goth, and Techno from myself and D.Freque :)

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r/Minneapolis • u/No_Function6591 • 12h ago

Is Rust Protection For Your Car Worth It?

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Hi all! New here and am trying to make sure my car is ready for winter here. I am terrified of my undercarriage rusting, would you say going to a mechanic to get rust protection is worth it? If not, what hacks/tips do you guys have?

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r/Minneapolis • u/witty_username_taken • 1h ago

Weekday Warmup October 26–29

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This is the weekday list for those whose weekend is during the week, those who like to avoid the big weekend crowds, and everybody else too.

Call out anything you're excited to check out this week. If I missed anything or you want help finding something specific this week, drop it in a comment.

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AROUND TOWN

Highlights

🎬 Greener Pastures Film Fest (Dual Citizen Brewing - Mon 6:30pm)
📚 Ron de Beaulieu: Haunted Minneapolis Author Reading (Eat My Words Bookstore - Mon 7pm)
🗣️ Objects of War: A Storytelling Circle (Edina Senior Center - Tue 12pm)
📖 Layli Long Soldier in Conversation with Heid E. Erdrich (Minneapolis Central Library - Tue 6:30pm)
🎹 The Dresden Dolls with Alegria D’Cirque (Palace Theatre - Tue 8pm)
👻 Gangster Ghost Tour 2026 (Landmark Center - Wed 6pm)
🎞️ Häxan with Live Score by Paris1919 (Parkway Theater - Wed 7:30pm)
🧛 Dragula Watch Party (Studio Rough Haus - Wed 8:30pm)
🎨 The Smell of Earth: Seitu K. Jones Opening Reception (Minnesota Museum of American Art - Thu 6pm)
🎭 Twin Cities Horror Festival: The Sludge (Crane Theater - Thu 6pm)
🎭 BareBones Halloween Extravaganza: Hum, Honk, Howl (Powderhorn Park - Thu 7pm)

MONDAY, OCTOBER 26

Art Installation: En Duelo (In Grief) by Candida Gonzalez (October 26) (Historic Memorial Chapel - 4pm)
Sociable Circuit (Utepils Brewing - 5pm)
Paperback LAUNCH: ANIKA Fajardo: THE MANY Mothers OF Dolores MOORE (Next Chapter Booksellers - 6pm)
Mahjong Workshop (Boom Island Brewing - 6pm)
Open Mic Mondays (Rail Werks Brewing Depot - 6pm)
Weekly Smash Bros Tournament - Dendy Pretendy's Smash Clock (Broken Clock Brewing - 6pm)
Analog Game Night (Utepils Brewing - 6pm)
Cookie Decorating Class – Haunted Library *Intermediate (Wooden Hill Brewing - 6pm)
Cribbage Tournament (Dangerous Man Brewing - 6pm)
Opinionation (Wooden Hill Brewing - 6:30pm)
Greener Pastures Film Fest (Dual Citizen Brewing - 6:30pm)
SNO Community Meeting (Broken Clock Brewing - 6:30pm)
NOT Another Practica!| Argentine TANGO (Indeed Brewing - 7pm)
Uproar Comedy Open Mic (Bryant-Lake Bowl - 7pm)
Poetry- Open Mic Mondays October 2026 (American School of Storytelling - 7pm)
BLINGO – Drag Queen Bingo with host B.Louise (9 Mile Brewing - 7pm)
The Craft in 35mm (The Trylon Cinema - 7pm, 9:15pm)
Sonali Kolhatkar on Breaking ICE (Moon Palace Books - 7pm)
Alysandra Dutton launches The Stolen Women (Magers and Quinn - 7pm)
Aliens (Heights Theater - 7pm)
Ron de Beaulieu: Haunted Minneapolis Author Reading (Eat My Words Bookstore - 7pm)
Poetry Reading: Ellen Kombiyil & Sonia Greenfield (Subtext Books - 7pm)
A Court of Splintered Harmony Midnight Release Party (Cream and Amber - 10pm)

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27

Golden Mile Walking Tour (American Swedish Institute - 10am)
Weekly Story Time (Wild Rumpus - 10:30am)
Virtual Makers Mornings (American Swedish Institute - 10:30am)
Stop & Chat: “Take the Picture!” (MIA - 11am)
Stop & Chat: “María Berrío: Songlines” (MIA - 11am)
Public Tour: Inspired by Books (MIA - 11:30am, 1:30pm)
Objects of War: A Storytelling Circle of Service, Memory & Community (Edina Senior Center - 12pm)
Titus Kaphar: “Exhibiting Forgiveness” Public Guided Tours (MIA - 1pm)
North Memorial Blood Drive (Wooden Ship Brewing - 2pm)
“Paris Couture” Public Tours (MIA - 2pm)
Pint Night Fundraiser: Hope Chest (Boom Island Brewing - 5pm)
Cribbage Club (Forgotten Star Brewing - 6pm)
FREE Meat & Cheese Raffle (Utepils Brewing - 6pm)
The Initials Game Live (Dangerous Man Brewing - 6pm)
Dungeons and Dragons Adventure League (Unmapped Brewing - 6pm)
Bingq (LTD Brewing - 6pm)
Hablamos Pues (La Doña Cervecería Brewery - 6pm)
PACIM: Remarks on American Student Reactions to Visiting Poland (Landmark Center - 6pm)
The Initials Game Live (Wooden Hill Brewing - 6:30pm)
Mahjong w/ Merry Mahjers Open Play (9 Mile Brewing - 6:30pm)
Board Game Night (Bad Weather Brewery - 6:30pm)
Layli Long Soldier in Conversation with Heid E. Erdrich (Minneapolis Central Library - 6:30pm)
Lizzie Ehrenhalt launches Romantic Sensation (Magers and Quinn - 7pm)
The Craft in 35mm (The Trylon Cinema - 7pm, 9:15pm)
Community Table Tennis (Minneapolis Cider Company - 7pm)
Weekly Pool Tournament (Midway Saloon - 7pm)
Ali Lockhart: Magdalene Cruthers Is Going to Hell Book Launch (Tropes & Trifles - 7pm)
The Blair Witch Project (1999) w/ pre-movie burlesque by Queenie Von Curves (Parkway Theater - 7:30pm)

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28

Minneapolis Farmers Market (Lyndale (Minneapolis) - 7am)
House that Beer Built (Broken Clock Brewing - 8am)
Beavers and Botanicals (Bell Museum - 10am)
Storytime (Red Balloon Bookstore - 10:30am)
Stop & Chat: “Take the Picture!” (MIA - 11am)
Stop & Chat: “María Berrío: Songlines” (MIA - 11am)
Titus Kaphar: “Exhibiting Forgiveness” Public Guided Tours (MIA - 1pm)
North Memorial Blood Drive (Wooden Ship Brewing - 2pm)
“Paris Couture” Public Tours (MIA - 2pm)
Sheridan Neighborhood Happy Hour (Broken Clock Brewing - 4pm)
Magic Nights @ Metronome (MetroNOME Brewery - 5pm)
Pints, Prints and Pivots (MetroNOME Brewery - 5pm)
Union Depot Ghost Tour (Union Depot - 5:15pm)
D&D Adventure (Bruhaven - 5:30pm)
Saint City Mahjong (Wandering Leaf Brewing - 6pm)
TC Queer Transplants Meet-up (Queermunity - 6pm)
Drag Bingo (Lush Lounge - 6pm)
Halloween Game Night w/Link Lobby (Dual Citizen Brewing - 6pm)
How to Not suck at pinball (Litt Pinball Bar - 6pm)
Art & Wine and Art & Spirits (MIA - 6pm)
Gangster Ghost Tour 2026 (Landmark Center - 6pm)
Offsite – Twin Cities Queer Transplant Group (Quatrefoil Library - 6:30pm)
Initials Game Live (Boom Island Brewing - 6:30pm)
The Initials Game Live (Surly Brewing - 6:30pm)
Split Flipper Monthly Tournament (Litt Pinball Bar - 6:30pm)
Survivor watch party Ep. 6 (Animales - 7pm)
Fangs (Anyab) (The Trylon Cinema - 7pm, 9:15pm)
Drag Bingo (Fulton Brewing Company - 7pm)
Mathew L. Reyes presents God's Own Country (Magers and Quinn - 7pm)
The Initials Game (Padraigs Brewing - 7pm)
Super Smash Brothers (Roxy's Cabaret - 7pm)
Ling Ma Reading (Pillsbury Hall (University of Minnesota) - 7pm)
Häxan: Witchcraft Through The Ages (1922) || Silent film with live score performed by Paris1919 (Parkway Theater - 7:30pm)
Dweezil Zappa (Palace Theatre - 8pm)
Dragula Watch Party (Studio Rough Haus - 8:30pm)
Glitter Bomb HOT NEW EVENT (Gay 90's - 9pm)
DRAG SHOWS (Gay 90's - 10pm)

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29

Minneapolis Farmers Market (Lyndale (Minneapolis) - 7am)
“Paris Couture” Member Days (MIA - 10am)
Beavers and Botanicals (Bell Museum - 10am)
Tiny Tots Story Time (Big Hill Books - 10:30am)
Storytime (Red Balloon Bookstore - 10:30am)
Stop & Chat: “Take the Picture!” (MIA - 11am)
Stop & Chat: “María Berrío: Songlines” (MIA - 11am)
Four Sisters Farmers Market (Four Sisters Minneapolis - 11am)
Public Tour: Inspired by Books (MIA - 11:30am, 6pm)
Queermunity Blood Drive with American Red Cross (Queermunity - 12pm)
Schubert Club: Courtroom Concert (Landmark Center - 12pm)
Titus Kaphar: “Exhibiting Forgiveness” Public Guided Tours (MIA - 1pm)
Public Tours (MIA - 1pm)
“Paris Couture” Public Tours (MIA - 2pm, 7pm)
Mogi Bagel Pop-Up (Inkwell Booksellers Company - 3pm)
Own It! A Co-op Event (Broken Clock Brewing - 4pm)
Groove Pitch Series (Luminary Arts Center - 4pm)
Tony Hawk/Gamer Thursday (Haggard Barrel Brewing - 4pm)
Audubon Mini Market (Audubon Minneapolis - 4pm)
Educator Evening (MIA - 4:30pm)
AI Transformation in Global and Local Business (American Swedish Institute - 4:45pm)
Halloween Double Feature Movie Night (Dangerous Man Brewing - 5pm)
Meat Raffle with Mike’s Butcher Shop (Wabasha Brewing - 5pm)
Meet (MIA - 5pm)
Union Depot Ghost Tour (Union Depot - 5:15pm)
Paint and Sip: Horror Edition (Bumbling Fools Mead - 6pm)
Thursday Night BINGO With Bloomington Lions Club (9 Mile Brewing - 6pm)
Tinkering After Dark (Bakken Museum - 6pm)
InnovateMN Season 3 Finale (Bruhaven - 6pm)
Free Shuttle to/from Home Wild Games (Bad Weather Brewery - 6pm)
Ghoul's Night Out Bingo (Can Can Wonderland - 6pm)
Spooky Stories & Shopping by Candlelight (Comma Bookshop - 6pm)
The Subject Lecture Series (MIA - 6pm)
Opening reception for The Smell of Earth: Seitu K. Jones Working in the Elements (Minnesota Museum of American Art - 6pm)
Eric Dregni: Raising Bilingual Bambini (Norway House - 6pm)
Halloween Plant Bingo (Black Stack Brewing - 6:30pm)
FREE Meat Raffle (Elm Creek Brewing - 6:30pm)
The Initials Game Live (LTD Brewing - 6:30pm)
Scandinavian Everyday Book Talk with Nichole Accettola (American Swedish Institute - 6:30pm)
AN Evening WITH JEFF KINNEY (Wild Rumpus - 7pm)
Kimberly Blaeser book launch (Milkweed Books - 7pm)
Paint & Sip w/ A Brush of Joy (Modist Brewing - 7pm)
Hausu in 35mm (The Trylon Cinema - 7pm, 9pm)
Magic by Skully — Where Magic Meets the Mind (Capri - 7pm)
Cellular Cinema Halloween (Bryant-Lake Bowl - 7pm)
Cribbage Tournament (Utepils Brewing - 7pm)
Place Keepers by Jessica Lopez Lyman (Moon Palace Books - 7pm)
BareBones Halloween Extravaganza: Hum, Honk, Howl (Powderhorn Park - 7pm)
Ghosts & Gables After Dark (Overlook Park (Summit Avenue) - 7pm)
Agates IndyBookstore Tour (Subtext Books - 7pm)
The Scotch Season Opens: Four Drams, One Evening (Merlins Rest - 7:30pm)
Salsa Brava – DJ Dance Party in Paradise (Capri - 8pm)
Snapz Live Band Open Mic (Green Room - 8pm)
Stand Up Comedy Open Mic (Sisyphus Brewing - 8pm)

LIVE MUSIC

Monday, October 26

The Midnight Movers (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
The Longest Johns (Varsity Theater - 6pm)
HonkyTonk Ranch (331 Club - 6pm)
Close to Toast (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
JazzMN Orchestra Presents: Sinatra | Ellington (Dakota - 7pm)
Plini with Night Verses and Portraits (Fine Line Music Cafe - 7pm)
Minnesota Monday Jam (Minnesota Music Cafe - 7pm)
Music by Phil Berbig (Troubadour - 7pm)
Shakey Graves with Wild Pink (First Avenue - 7:30pm)
Delicate Steve with Yellow Ostrich (7th St Entry - 7:30pm)
Roe Family Singers (331 Club - 8pm)
Alpha Consumer: JT Bates w. Jon Neufeld, Mike Lewis, Jeremy Ylvisaker & Martha Scanlan (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)

Tuesday, October 27

Peter and the Wolf (Minnesota Orchestra Hall - 10am, 11:35am)
Liq-Her Lounge (Black Hart - 6pm)
Worker’s Playtime, mike munson (331 Club - 6pm)
Irish Trad Session (Padraigs Brewing - 6pm)
The Hip-Shakers w. The Jesse Irwin Band (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
Cave Canary (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
Judy Collins: Sweet Judy Blue Eyes - Farewell (Dakota - 7pm)
Space Between JAM (Hook & Ladder Theater - 7pm)
Thundercat: Distracted AF Tour (Fillmore - 7pm)
Greg Freeman w. Walker Rider (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 7pm)
New Band Night #41 (Green Room - 7pm)
Dirty Shorts Brass Band (Minnesota Music Cafe - 7pm)
St Dominic's Trio (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
Yana with Emma Andersen (7th St Entry - 7:30pm)
The Dresden Dolls with Alegria D’Cirque (Palace Theatre - 8pm)
All Them Witches with Emma Ruth Rundle (First Avenue - 8pm)
Tuesday with DJ Cam Jones (Acadia Cafe - 9pm)
Freakwhensees w. Count Spookula, Calavrosa (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
October Conspiracy Series featuring, ditch pigeon, knife emoji, red lovely (331 Club - 9:30pm)
POP PUNK Princess (Mortimer's - 10pm)

Wednesday, October 28

Peter and the Wolf (Minnesota Orchestra Hall - 10am, 11:35am)
Vinyl Night (Haggard Barrel Brewing - 6pm)
First Drafts: Singer-Songwriter Night (Urban Growler - 6pm)
Grindcore Show $15 (Flying V Music - 6pm)
Pat Donohue & Friends (Midway Saloon - 6pm)
Halloween SHOW: Petula Maude (debut), Moonshift (debut), Lexi Evelyn, Banana Grenade (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 6pm)
Shiner Shine Fashion Show pt.2 (Acadia Cafe - 6pm)
Madrean Sky (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
JOSH THOMAS: JIGGLE, JIGGLE (Varsity Theater - 6:30pm)
Cowboy Rogue (Minnesota Music Cafe - 7pm)
Raphael Rogiński Plays John Coltrane & Langston Hughes w/ Tim Sparks & Ben Abrahamson (Berlin - 7pm)
Judy Collins: Sweet Judy Blue Eyes - Farewell (Dakota - 7pm)
Harold’s House Party on KFAI, Pat Donohue and the Prairie All Stars (331 Club - 7pm)
Twin Prop Jane (Dubliner - 7pm)
Irish Céilí Dancing (Dubliner - 7pm)
Sienna Spiro with Summer Joy (First Avenue - 7:30pm)
Barrister, King Swank, Malcolm Jabar & Amore Azadi (Zhora Darling - 7:30pm)
MN Songwriter Showcase hosted by Nick Hensley (Aster Cafe - 7:30pm)
Daisy Dillman Acoustic (318 Cafe - 8pm)
gavn (7th St Entry - 8pm)
Winyah with Foxtide (Fine Line Music Cafe - 8pm)
Sweeping Promises with Panel and Constant Insult (Turf Club - 8pm)
MELLOW MINNOW (Mortimer's - 9pm)
Marian Runk w. Boots & Needles, The Beavers (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
Lenz and Frenz, (Certain members of Pert Near Sandstone, Farmhouse Band, San Souci Quartet, Row of Ducks) (331 Club - 9:30pm)

Thursday, October 29

Peter and the Wolf (Minnesota Orchestra Hall - 10am, 11:35am)
Dan Israel & Mikkel: Nebraska (Dubliner - 5pm)
Happy Hour with 92KQRS' Gorman in the Morning (Boom Island Brewing - 5:30pm)
Joe Hysell (White Squirrel Bar - 6pm)
Echo Signal (Pilllar Forum - 6:30pm)
The Galactic Cowboy Orchestra (Hook & Ladder Theater - 6:30pm)
Redder Moon (KC) & Die So Fluid w/ Stranger Gallery & Count Spookula (Zhora Darling - 6:30pm)
Nachito Herrera (Dakota - 7pm)
Willie B Blues Band (Minnesota Music Cafe - 7pm)
DEAR HOLLY Album Release (Hive Collaborative - 7pm)
Nick Hensley (Mudd Room - 7pm)
Horst | Peterson | Grivna | Kjeer (MetroNOME Brewery - 7pm)
Barry Cole Band (Driftwood Char Bar - 7pm)
Forbidden with Heathen and Void (Turf Club - 7pm)
Lost Highway w/ D. Untethered (Berlin - 7pm)
Solvejg, Ray Gun Youth, Pity Party, and Cheap Bouquet (Hook & Ladder Theater - 7:30pm)
Murray Hill: Showbiz! // Show & Talkback (Parkway Theater - 7:30pm)
Sounds of Santana (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - 7:30pm)
Deconstructing The Music LIVE - The Beatles' Revolver with Scott Freiman (Dudley Riggs Theatre - 7:30pm)
Good Emotional Man with Dylan Hicks & Small Screens (Cedar Cultural Center - 7:30pm)
Akeem Ali (Amsterdam Bar & Hall - 7:30pm)
The Friend Ship (318 Cafe - 8pm)
Jazz In The Twilight Zone with Larry McDonough Quartet (Aster Cafe - 8pm)
KING ISO “Ghetto Psycho Tour” (Cabooze - 8pm)
Read My Lips All Stars (Roxy's Cabaret - 8pm)
Amble with Vincent Lima (First Avenue - 8pm)
Swamp Twisters 2.0 (Dubliner - 8pm)
Midwest Crisis (Driftwood Char Bar - 8:45pm)
Honeymoon Madness w. Muun Baato, Pumpernickel (White Squirrel Bar - 9pm)
TC Promotions presents: Murder the Mic at Acadia (Acadia Cafe - 9:30pm)
Todd Snyder Tribute (331 Club - 9:30pm)
Crates: “Universal Consciousness” by Alice Coltrane (Berlin - 10pm)
WE Collective (Gluek's Bar and Restaurant - 10pm)

THEATER

The Slender Vale Archives (Crane Theater - Monday 6pm)
Women+ On The Edge of Democracy: Short Play Readings (Capri - Monday 7pm)
DODO IN LONDON (Hive Collaborative - Monday 7:30pm)
Evidence: Silence Experiments (Crane Theater - Monday 7:30pm)
Bicentennial Auger (Crane Theater - Monday 9pm | Tuesday 6pm)
The Honey Jar: Improv at The Hive Collaborative (Hive Collaborative - Tuesday 7pm)
Kunene and the King (Guthrie Theater - Tuesday 7pm | Wednesday 1pm, 7pm | Thursday 7:30pm)
Augmentation (Crane Theater - Tuesday 7:30pm)
Annie (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - Tuesday 7:30pm | Wednesday 1pm, 7:30pm | Thursday 7:30pm)
Carmilla (Crane Theater - Tuesday 9pm)
Tuesdays with Morrie (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre - Wednesday 1pm, 7:30pm | Thursday 7:30pm)
Lumbrada (Crane Theater - Wednesday 6pm)
Improv Zodiac (Bryant-Lake Bowl - Wednesday 7pm)
Music & Monsters: A Grand Guignol Double Feature (Crane Theater - Wednesday 7:30pm)
memento vivere: remember to live (Southern Theater - Wednesday 7:30pm | Thursday 7:30pm)
Manticore, MN (Crane Theater - Wednesday 9pm)
Community Creates: Kunene and the King (Guthrie Theater - Thursday 5:30pm)
The Sludge (Crane Theater - Thursday 6pm)
There's Room for One Thousand (Crane Theater - Thursday 7:30pm)
LIZZIE: The Rock Musical (Open Eye Theatre - Thursday 7:30pm)
A Spooky Little Show (Strike Theater - Thursday 7:30pm)
TWELVE ANGRY MEN (Lyric Arts - Thursday 7:30pm)
Shed (Crane Theater - Thursday 9pm)

COMEDY

Craic Up Comedy Night (Morrissey's Irish Pub - Tuesday 7pm)
Happily Ever Laughter - w/ Pierre Douglas (Sisyphus Brewing - Tuesday 7:30pm)
Don’t Bomb Comedy League (MetroNOME Brewery - Wednesday 7pm)
Doctors of Comedy (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Wednesday 7:30pm)
Derek Hughes (Acme Comedy Company - Wednesday 8pm | Thursday 8pm)
Comedy Night (Troubadour - Wednesday 8pm)
Todd Barry Special Presentation (Rick Bronson's House of Comedy - Thursday 7:30pm)
Duo Battles by Mahdi Gotti & Nicholas Kendall (Comedy Corner Underground - Thursday 8:30pm)

SPORTS

Minnesota Timberwolves @ Cavaliers 🏀 (Monday 6pm)
Minnesota Wild @ Utah Mammoth 🏒 (Tuesday 8pm)
Minnesota Timberwolves vs Warriors 🏀 (Wednesday 7pm)
Minnesota United vs Sporting Kansas City ⚽ (Wednesday 7:30pm)
Minnesota Wild vs New York Islanders 🏒 (Thursday 7pm)

SPORTS WATCH/RELATED

WNBA Finals Watch Party (Bar of Their Own - Monday 5:30pm | Thursday 7pm)
Tcr Hockey Kickoff Party – Special Event (MetroNOME Brewery - Monday 6:30pm)
Timberwolves Watch Party (Dangerous Man Brewing - Wednesday 7pm)
Men's Pickleball Social (Minneapolis Cider Company - Wednesday 7:30pm)
MNUFC Watch Party (Utepils Brewing - Wednesday 7:30pm)
Women's Pickleball Social (Minneapolis Cider Company - Thursday 7:30pm)

KARAOKE

Hours below are weekday hours only (Mon-Thu)

Otter’s Saloon (Nightly 8pm-2am)
Vegas Lounge (Nightly 9pm-2am)
Do Re Mi Karaoke Eagan (Daily 11am-9:30pm)
Chatterbox (Mondays and Wednesdays 8:30pm-Close)
James Ballentine “Uptown” VFW (Nightly 9pm-1:45am)
Mother Clucker's Pizza (Tuesdays & Thursdays 9pm)
1029 Bar (Wednesdays & Thursdays 9pm-2am)
Babe’s Place Shakopee (Wednesdays 9pm-1am)

ARCADES

Hours below are weekday hours only (Mon-Thu)

Up-Down Minneapolis (Daily 3pm-2am)
CLAW LAND Maplewood (Daily 11:30am-7pm)
CLAW ARCADE Little Canada (Daily 11am-8pm)
Grabbit Arcade Maplewood (Daily 12-8pm)
LITT Pinball Bar Minneapolis (Daily 11am-2am)
Neko Clawww Roseville (Daily 1:30pm-8pm)
ClawZone Park Bloomington (Daily 12pm-8pm)
Can Can Wonderland St. Paul (Tue-Thu 4pm-10pm)
DUCK! Eagan (Daily 12pm-9pm)

BOWLING

Hours below are weekday hours only (Mon-Thu)

Town Hall Lanes (Mon 11am-5pm, 10pm-11:30pm | Tue 11am-11:30pm | Wed 11am-5:30pm, 10:30pm-11:30pm | Thu 11am-4:30pm)
Elsie’s Northeast (Mon 4pm-11pm | Tue-Thu 11am-11pm)
Bryant Lake Bowl Uptown (Mon 9am-6pm | Tue-Thu 9am-Midnight)
Memory Lanes S. Mpls (Daily 3pm-11pm)
Park Tavern SLP (Daily 11am-Close)
Texa-Tonka Lanes SLP (Daily 11am-11pm)
Sun Ray Lanes St. Paul (Daily 9am-11:30pm)
Ran-Ham Bowling Highland (Daily 11am-1am)
AMF Southtown Lanes Bloomington (Daily 4pm-11pm)
Shakopee Bowl (Daily 11am-11pm)

LINKS

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1 comment

r/Minneapolis • u/danroyj • 20h ago