WINE & DINE
Metropolitan Delicatessen
Enjoy a multiple course tasting menu with our favorite wine pairings tonight at The Rake’s World Flavors Tour. This month, join us at Be’wiched Deli for Metropolitan Delicatessen. Be’wiched
Deli uses the freshest ingredients to create healthy food from scratch — featuring house cured and smoked meats and fresh bakery items. The meat they cure and smoke is raised by farmers who do not believe in using
hormones or antibiotics. Space is limited and reservations are
required. —Jennifer Havrish
6:30 p.m., Be’wiched Deli, 800 Washington Ave. N., Minneapolis; 612-767-4330; $30.
MUSIC
Boy Toys or Toys Boy
If you’ve found yourself missing New Kids on the Block and the Backstreet Boys lately, you should probably go check out the Jonas Brothers at the Target Center tonight (and then unsubscribe from this email, because I probably will never really write about anything you like — kidding, of course). But for a far more interesting show — with a fair degree of boyhood wonder and sap involved — you’re better off catching Say Hi to Your Mom at the Triple Rock. Sure, it’s emo. Sure, it’s computer generated. Sure, it’s vaguely pretentious and perhaps tries just a little too hard to be weird (just check out the bio on their website — talk about saying it all without saying a thing). But they—or rather, he, since it’s primarily Eric Elbogen—sings songs about toys with brains and the like. That’s pretty cool, right? And darn if they don’t sound nice. Listen to them here or here.
9 p.m., Triple Rock Social Club, 629 Cedar Ave. S., Minneapolis; 612- 333-7399; $10.
Or… you can get a little jiggy with it…
Galactic Grooves
Warm up with an evening of hot grooves from Galactic, a New Orleans based ensemble that may just be the rightful heirs to the godfather of soul’s funk throne. The band combines the neo-jazz sensibility of Medeski, Martin and Wood with the classic grooves of The Meters and then filters it all through a modern hip-hop prism. From The Corner to the Block is the band’s latest and perhaps greatest offering, a street-smart party record that will please lovers of the old and new schools of funk and fusion. And don’t worry, there’s no doubt that Galactic’s tight breaks will provide ample opportunity to get on down. Plus their live show is evidently quite a party. Opening is acclaimed neo-soul-hopper Ohmega Watts. —Christopher Hontos
8 p.m., The Cabooze, 917 Cedar Ave., Minneapolis; 612-338-6425; $22.
FILM
Cinema Lounge Sells Out
It’s time for another Cinema Lounge, and as usual, this one promised to be quite interesting – that is, if you like mocking commercial work — and who doesn’t? Tonight’s films are primarily spoofs, which ought to be quite amusing; but a few real pieces are tossed in just to frighten us a bit (actually, this will include entries from the Grain Belt Beer commercial competition, which should also be quite amusing). Stop by. Have a beer (or the tuna tataki). Have a laugh. Watch shorts by Idiot Box, Ryan Strandjorn, Jon Springer, Dave Ash, Dreamworld Studios, and Todd Cobery. And then meet the artists in person, ask them questions, and hear them talk about their work. You know the drill.
7 p.m., Bryant Lake Bowl, 810 West Lake St., Minneapolis; 612-825-8949; free (but I’m guessing donations are more than welcome.
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