Kate Iverson SPECIAL EVENTA Toast to Tesla No, not the hair band from the late ’80s, although I do happen to know a few people who would probably be into that. Tonight’s event at the Bakken is dedicated to one of America’s greatest electrical engineers, Nikola Tesla, inventor of the radio. Sample complimentary appetizers and wines from … Read more
BENEFIT EVENTIn Vino Veritas Traffic Zone Center for Visual Art plans to bring artist Robert Shetterly’s Americans Who Tell the Truth exhibit to Minneapolis in September, and tonight you’re invited to enjoy a decadent and insightful sneak-peek benefit event. Three years ago, Shetterly began painting realistic portraits of influential American leaders, past and present, who … Read more
SPECIAL EVENTDigital Crush Website Launch Party And now for a bit of shameless self promotion! In addition to being The Rake’s new A&E editor, I am also involved in a number of artsy side projects — one being cheeky photography collective Digital Crush. Well-known in the Twin Cities for our fun and candid event photos, … Read more
ART/DRINKING Art Happy Hour 3 Have you read our newest art bloggers, The Vicious Circle, yet? If not, you certainly should — after you read The Secrets, that is! VC editor, art critic Michael Fallon has his fingers in plenty of interesting pies, including Art Happy Hour, which this month just so happens to land … Read more
ART/BENEFITGreen Each year Rosalux Gallery puts on one of my fave artsy fundraisers in the Twin Cities. The Green show is a chance for you to get your mitts on original work from over 20 established local artists of high repute — on the cheap. Each Rosalux member donates a piece of green-themed artwork, and … Read more
SINGLES NIGHTSilver + GoldNow that summer is slowly but surely staking its claim, it’s time to put that pent up Spring fever to good use! Each and every Tuesday, Clubhouse Jager puts on a hip and sizzlin’ singles night with hot, hot tunes by Jonathan Ackerman, 2-4-1 drink specials, and of course, plenty of beautiful … Read more
PERFORMANCE American Poetry Slam Idol Unlike the creepy commercial beast that is the American Idol TV show, this evening combines the dark and nostalgic atmosphere of the Artists’ Quarter with some of the Twin Cities’ most brilliant and gutsy spoken-word artists. The poets will be judged by rowdy audience members and even a few local … Read more
FESTIVAL Electric Eyes: New Music & Media Festival The 2nd annual New Music and Media Festival is right up your alley, if your alley is cluttered with electronics, video, and weird/cool music, that is. Get futuristic with performances by The Cosmic Engine, Super Marimba, Unfamiliar Geometry, and more, along with amazing video and electronic art. … Read more
THEATER & PERFORMANCEThe Comedian’s Tragedy The Comedian’s Tragedy is a contemporary play set in ancient times that tells the tale of a young artistic prodigy who falls in love with an unlikely muse, an ancestral enemy of Greece. Encouraged to take his rightful place as a Tragedian, the greatest of artists, young Aristophanes finds himself … Read more
As you may have noticed, our Secrets of the Day header has changed. From here on out, Kate Iverson will take the lead on compiling the Secrets and letting you know what great things are happening in the Twin Cities. We are very excited to have her with us, as I’m sure you will be … Read more