Please Welcome Kate Iverson to The Rake

As you may have noticed, our Secrets of the Day header has changed. From here on out, Kate Iverson will take the lead on compiling the Secrets and letting you know what great things are happening in the Twin Cities. We are very excited to have her with us, as I’m sure you will be once you experience her awesomeness.

Please see below for her first Secrets of the Day recommendations. I have but one thing to add to the mix. Tonight, the Edina Cinema is serving up a stellar double feature — too good to pass up: Woody Allen & Diane Keaton in Annie Hall (1977), and Jack Lemmon & Shirley MacLaine in Billy Wilder’s The Apartment (1960). You just can’t go wrong with these two!

Have a great one, and be sure to check out some of our new articles: J.A. del Rosario’s review of Mike Edison’s pop novel, I Have Fun Everywhere I Go; author Stephan Evans’s explanation as to why his novel is set in Minneapolis; Gwen E. Kirby’s "Cherry on a Spoon"; Denis Joeng’s Martin Olav Sabo Bridge-Naming Ceremony slideshow; and Brian Voerding’s piece on Mikenastics.

—Cristina Córdova

And now, more from Kate…

THEATER & PERFORMANCE
Bedlam 10 Minute Play Festival

The forum for independently produced theater is always in high-demand, and since 2002 the Bedlam Theatre has been catering to that demand through its 10 Minute Play Festival. Each year, for the past seven years, the company has painstakingly selected the most visionary directors and playwrights for this annual production. Twenty-three ten-minute or less works showcase experimental and cutting edge ideas of local and national talent — which culminate on the Bedlam stage this very evening. The plays are parceled out into three sections that rotate throughout the festival for easy and non-overwhelming theatrical enjoyment.

7 & 9 p.m. (through June 1st), Bedlam Theater, 1501 S. 6th St., Minneapolis; $10-$20.

SPECIAL EVENT
Bush-McCain Challenge

A funny yet informative twist on the old Pepsi-Coke Challenge, the Bush-McCain challenge is an enlightening quiz which shows George Bush and John McCain in a very similar light. A phenomenon that is sweeping the internet, actual Bush-McCain Challenge events have been popping up all over the country — in-your-face man-on-the-street events. Today, three such events will occur throughout the afternoon all over the city. So, come on down, take the challenge, and talk politics with like-minded (and perhaps some not-like-minded) folks.

Noon; 11th & Nicollet Mall, downtown Minneapolis; Wedge Coop, Franklin & Lyndale, Minneapolis; Hub Shopping Center, 66th & Nicollet, Minneapolis; free.

ART

Art Revolution for Twin Cities Students: Ask Me

The Center for Independent Artists has been churning out an impressive season of community-friendly art events aimed at drawing in and educating people of all ethnicities, ages, and skill levels about the arts. Tonight’s event, presented by Yo! The Movement and Art Revolution for Twin Cities Students, brings together arts professionals with Twin Cities students for a fun meet-and-greet and general information session about art as a profession and as a creative outlet. A great activitity for the fam that includes cool music, art, food, and creative encouragement.

6-10 p.m., Center for Independent Arts, 4137 Bloomington Ave. S, Minneapolis; free.

MUSIC
Los Campesinos!

Los Campesinos translates to "The Farmers," and what they seem to be cultivating is some seriously charming indie art-pop, topped off with a nice, messy dollop of punk rock sensibility. Tonight’s show at the Varsity supports their fittingly titled debut CD, Hold on Now, Youngster, and will most likely be a high-energy phantasm filled with musically elite college students who probably think they’re cooler than you. If you can get past that, however, I definitely think this show merits consideration on your hump-day itinerary.

8 p.m., Varsity Theater, 1308 4th St. SE, Dinkytown, Minneapolis; $13.


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