Toot Toot

DANCE
It’s Getting Hot in Here

You
might have to wear your full-body parka snowsuit to the show, but once
you step inside, The Rabbit Show Dance Ensemble promises to turn up the
heat with some hotter-than-hot dancing. Representing an elusive Minnesotan summer and sunshine is the goal
of the thirteen choreographed dances that are part of the performance. Entitled Hot and Cold: The Minnesota-Siberian Express, this train is
sure to be a one-way ticket to the tropics. —Kate McDonald

7.p.m, Bryant Lake Bowl, 810 W. Lake St., Minneapolis; 612-825-8949; $6-$10.

MUSIC
Mandolin Sans Souci

Whether or not "Sans Souci" actually means "no problem" in French is quite besides the point. What is more important about the cultured quartet with the possible francophone name is that it includes a banjo. And an upright bass. And a mandolin. And The Sans Souci Quartet plays bluegrass. What more could you want? No problems? Well, you’ll have no problems here. —Kate McDonald

9 p.m., 331 Club, 13th Ave. N.E., Minneapolis; 612-331-1746; free.

PERFORMANCE
Take to the Stage

Move over internationally-know performers; it’s our chance to be on the Walker’s McGuire Stage! Kinda. New York choreographer Miguel Gutierrez’s new production Powerful People seats the audience on the stage for a theatrical performance that celebrates a close immediate connection between audience and performers in the present moment. Powerful People Everyone is also the first performance of the the Walker’s Out There 20 series. —Kate McDonald

8 p.m., Walker McGuire Theater, 1750 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis; 612-375-7600; $20.