BENEFIT
Rock and Burlesque Help Kids with Not-So-Nice Parents
Sometimes winter provides the best opportunities to get loud, sexy,
and…serendipitous. Check out the scatter shot benefit show at First Avenue this evening, featuring
a melange of admittedly disparate, yet equally worthy bands — ranging from morose balladry to ferocious hip-hop to
artsy post-rock and bombastic instrumental rock.
And the kicker will be a saucy performance by the tarts of Minneapolis’ own Le Cirque Rouge Burlesque and Cabaret show.
This is the 4th annual benefit show hosted by LCR, and judging by the
popularity
of the wildly idiosyncratic variety show, it should be well worth the eight bucks. If that’s not enough to drag you out on a
Wednesday, then you must really not want to
help kids with "fucked up parents"… whatever that means. —Christopher Hontos
8 p.m., First Avenue, 701 First Ave. N., Minneapolis; 612-332-1775; $8.
TRIVIA
Science Trivia Meets Its Rapping Match
Calling all trekies, seashell enthusiasts, and rap fans…? Yes, you read right; tonight’s science trivia at the Nomad World Pub (put on by the Bell Museum of Natural History) will test your knowledge of all things science — from the compounds that make up sea shells to what type of pet Captain Archer has on the Enterprise. And to top off this cornucopia of fun, the event will be hosted by none other then Doomtree MC and local rapper Dessa Darling. So, get four other people together, and compete to win a number of different gift certificate prizes. —Kate McDonald
8 p.m., Nomad World Pub, 501 Cedar Ave. S., Minneapolis; 612-388-6424; $10 per team office.
COMEDY
Covet Thy Comedian
Jack Black “covets his fucking brain." What more evidence do you need of Todd Glass’s comedic abilities? The fact that he made it to the finals of Last Comic Standing? Had his own Comedy Central special? Performed on Leno and Letterman? Guest starred on the Sarah Silverman show and toured with David Spade? Sure, that’s all good. But the most overwhelming evidence of the substantial clout that Todd Glass holds in the world of stand up is the fact that Jack Black “covets his fucking brain.” Though thou may not be able to covet thy neighbor’s wife or house, it would be a sin NOT to covet Glass’s brain tonight at Acme Comedy Club in Minneapolis. —Kate McDonald
8 p.m., Acme Comedy Club, 708 N. First St., Minneapolis; 612-388-6393; $15.
MUSIC
Bring Your Harmonica and Songs of Americana
It is not often that the Cedar Cultural Center opens its stage to general public performances. Rarer still is the opportunity to perform alongside local bluegrass legend John Rou. And perhaps best yet for the thrifty among us is the fact that the whole event is free. So bring your harmonica and songs about Americana down to the Cedar today to take advantage of this rare opportunity. —Kate McDonald
7 p.m. (sign up at 6:4 p.m.), Cedar Cultural Center, 416 Cedar Ave. S., Minneapolis; 612-388-2674; free.
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