First things first: Today is the final day of the Summer Sidewalk Sale at Calhoun Square, so go get great bargains on shoes, kitchenware, luggage, jewelry, and accessories from their fine stores. Hennepin and Lake St., Minneapolis.
THEATER READING Sparkle, Serena!
Be among the first to get a glimpse of Christopher Harmon and Doug Klozzner’s new musical screenplay. Catch a staged reading of Sparkle, Serena! this very evening at the Center for Independent Artists. “A zealous quest to save a friend’s life catapults a young girl into a magical world of old theatres, dance lessons and crystal shoes. Until a painful discovery pulls her back to the real world of limitations and disappointment — and a secret that shows her there are more choices than failure.”
One of the first published Laotian American writers, Bryan Thao Worra, will be reading this evening from his first full-length book of speculative poetry, On The Other Side of the Eye, which will be released this August. Worra is literary editor for Tripmaster Monkey Magazine and Bakka Magazine, as well as advisor to AsianAmericanPoetry.com and a freelance writer for Asian American Press. His work has been featured in over 60 international publications in Singapore, England, Germany, Australia, and across the United States.
MUSIC & FILM There’s Always Tomorrow, but Why Wait
It’s Monday — time for another band and another Douglas Sirk movie in Loring park. The band playing tonight is The Plastic Constellations, playing “infectious, keenly lyrical rock that blazes, squirms, and churns with rhythmic intensity, anthemic melodies, and urgent hooks.” Following their performance, grab a spot on the Loring lawn, wipe off the sweat from all that dancing, and settle in for a sceening of Sirk’s 1956 There’s Always Tomorrow, featuring Fred MacMurray and the adorable Barbara Stanwyck. Having sacrificed his dreams in order to attend to the responsibility of home and family, Clifford finds solace in his rekindled friendship with Norma, who has just moved back to town. She provides the attention he’s missing from his wife and children, but their unconventional relationship raises eyebrows and suspicion among the local gossips.
7 p.m. (movie at dusk, around 8:45 p.m.), Loring Park; free.
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