Expand Your Boundaries with Gender-bending Vampire Mutants

MUSIC
Vinyl Venus Space Lounge

Cozy Northeast neighborhood nook, the 331 Club, switches
gears every Tuesday night to bring you a retro-glam space odyssey
courtesy of Twin Cities music scene icon Venus DeMars. The All the Pretty Horses
gender-bending front woman is a statuesque and decadently costumed
sight to behold, and her charisma definitely rubs off on the record
player. Rock, jam, or chill out to ’70s glam, ’80s punk, and plenty of
underground and rare gems. The people watching isn’t half bad either.

10pm, 331 Club, 331 13th Avenue NE, Northeast Minneapolis, Free

FILM
The Omega Man (1971)

An
early pioneer of the post-apocalyptic vampire-mutant survivalist story
was the novelist responsible for the 1954 science fiction book, I Am Legend.
Richard Matheson’s story about the last man alive in a future Los
Angeles has now been reproduced as a movie three times. The Omega Man
deviates from Matheson’s book and the other movies by turning the
vampire creatures into a cult called "The Family," an obvious reference
to the Manson Family and their murderous plot a few years prior.
Neville must avoid being caught by the nocturnal Family at night by
barricading himself in an apartment with powerful searchlights outside
to keep the albino light-sensitive creatures at bay. Death to Our Enemies will provide the music portion of the evening at this outdoor event. —Christopher Kelleher (See full article HERE.)

Dusk, The Basin, 22nd Avenue NE & Quincy Street NE, Free

ART

New Masters of Woodturning



Twenty-nine international artists
descend on the Nina Bliese Gallery in Downtown Minneapolis for a
season-long exhibit of wood sculpture. Nature and fine art collide in
surprising ways in this show, from intricate and delicate design work
to more organic sculpture. Pick up the new book by Terry Martin and
Kevin Wallace, New Masters of Woodturning: Expanding the Boundaries,
an artful tome that will fill you in on what’s hot and what’s not in
woodturning. Hear the authors discuss the exhibit at the opening reception this Friday, or stop in during regular gallery hours.
This exhibit will run through September, so if your office is in downtown Minneapolis consider a lunchtime field trip for a little
artistic rejuvenation.



Noon-5pm, Nina Bliese Gallery, 225 South 6th Street, Suite 100, Downtown Minneapolis, Free