Beautiful Chaos

MUSIC
Play Red

You’ve already had two days to see Hiromi play at the Dakota. If you haven’t yet done so, now is the time. If you already did so, then you already know. Go again. This woman is incredible. This is truly some of the best in jazz improv. You’ll be completely carried away, completely mesmerized. Usually, this style of jazz is too synthetic for my taste, but.. Hot damn! See for yourself. Pure class. Pure jazz. Pure funkadelic keyboard babe.

7 and 9 p.m., Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant, 1010 Nicollet, Minneapolis; 612-332-1010; $25 & $15.

MUSIC AND FILM
You’ve Got to Be Insane to Be Insane

It’s Tuesday again, so grab the blanket or lawn chairs (you should probably just keep them in the car for the next couple months), and head on over to the Holland neighborhood for an outdoor music and movie night. Tonight’s agenda begins with the alt rock confessions of The Rank Strangers. These guys are straight Minneapolis ’80s — familiar, nothing we haven’t heard before, but comforting. When dusk falls, enjoy an outdoor screening of Mike Nichols’s Catch 22, adapted from Joseph Heller’s book of the same name. This comedic WWII classic send out a resounding anti-war message with a story about a man trying to get himself certified as insane in order to escape the insanity of war. (What’s the name of the cross-dresser in M.A.S.H. who tries to do this?)

8 p.m., Edison High School amphitheater, 700 22nd Ave. N.E. (22nd Ave. and Quincy St.), Minneapolis; free.

LECTURE
Who Killed Health Care?

Michael Moore’s Sicko is beginning to circulate, both in theaters (mainly preview screenings) and online. You’ll hear more about this next week, but if you’re far too anxious, you can start raking the net. Rumor has it the video has already been (and will again be) leaked to the web. And Michael Moore doesn’t seem to mind. Could it be this man has something to say? Does a documentary about the American health care system interest you? Then allow yourself a little bit of foreplay tonight over dinner. Prof. Regina Herzlinger, often hailed as one of the most important people in health care, will be discussing her book Who Killed Health Care?: America’s $2 Trillion Medical Problem and the Consumer-Driven Cure. Enjoy a nice dinner and hear all about Herzlinger’s market-based plan for putting insurance money in the hands of patients, removing middlemen in doctor-patient relationships, and giving cost relief to employers.

6:30pm, The Metropolitan Clubroom, 5418 Wayzata Boulevard, Golden Valley; 612-338-3605; $32.50 (American Experiment Members $27.50).

PARADE by Eeva-Liisa Waaraniemi
When Did Northeast Minneapolis Get so Hip?

Behold the changing face of the good ol’ “Nordeast” as it proceeds down Central Avenue. Sink into your lawnchair for the 2007 Celebrate Northeast Parade, or — if you’re like me — forget the lawn chair and, with urgency, size up leftover spaces on the curb to assess buttwidth compatibility. The parade lineup includes organizations harking to Northeast Minneapolis’s traditional demographic, the Polish American Cultural Institute, the Ukrainian Heritage Festival. This year, however, the parade isn’t just about the neighborhood. National television is in the mix with a Dateline NBC presentation of a group of 1979 Edison High graduates who have undergone the network’s Diet Challenge in preparation for their 25-year reunion. (Doesn’t televising this simply threaten the very dignity they’re trying to preserve by losing the weight in the first place?) Also on tonight’s docket are various politicos (all Democrats, of course — this ain’t Wayzata), Al Franken included. Other floats of note: Chicks on Sticks (women on stilts!), Fuego Latino Dancers and, of course, the marching bands. Festivities begin with a Tailgate Party in the Eastside Food Co-op parking lot, where you can expect a puppet show, Andean flute music, and many other curiosities.

6:30 p.m., 28th and Central Ave. N.E., south down Central to 14th Ave., Minneapolis; free. (Tailgate: 4 p.m., Eastside Food Co-op, 2551 Central Ave. N.E.)

THEATER & PERFORMANCE
What’s up, Sherlock?

A threat — against Sherlock himself — sets this ball rolling, or rather this boat. A mystery. Join the University of Minnesota Showboat Players in solving Sherlock’s Last Case. A good laugh. Witty humor, quick retorts, a suspense-filled storyline, and a cast of zany characters. And water all around. Get on the Showboat and have some fun.

2:30 and 8 p.m., Minnesota Centennial Showboat, Harriet Island; 651-227-1100; $17-$22.