Wanly yours,

The big news this weekend is the Guthrie opening, of course. And I’ll be there. I won’t elaborate too much on how I feel about that (uh, excited), considering that there are many other things going on this weekend, and in some instances they won’t involve such logjam traffic.

There’s Twin Cities Pride, for example. Might I recommend that daylight dance party on Bar Lurcat’s patio (I look forward to this, being that the afternoon is the only time I really have energy to kick it) or the uptown pride block party outside of Bryant Lake Bowl? The later event has music performances by Venus and Tina Schlieske for a trip down memory lane.

And speaking of music, I like the little shows. For example, Beatifics will sprinkle their sugar-sweet brand of pop around the Hexagon Bar tonight. High On Stress will be among the lineup at Spring Street Tarvern.

Theater: My top pick is London After Midnight: Victorian Tales of Crime and the Supernatural, Hardcover Theater‘s late-night production of vampire and grave robber stories, which is scheduled for a 3 p.m. matinee this Sunday. My other top pick is I Am My Own Wife at the Jungle, starring Bradley Greenwald. I haven’t seen it yet; it’s just that I loved Greenwald’s work in Torch Song Trilogy a few years back. From what I am hearing we can expect a repeat of that bold performance.

Finally, while walking although the Mill Ruins Park last weekend, mostly to scope various views of the new Guthrie, I vowed to participate in the community dig in that area, an archaeological project to excavate the old Cataract Mill Complex. Some of it has already been exposed, and it’s a breathtaking display.