FILM AND MUSIC
Dirty Country Documentary Comes to Minnesota
On March 14th, 2007, Dirty Country made its world premiere at the 2007 SXSW Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award. Tonight, the wacko documentary makes its Minnesota premiere, with the very subject of the documentary, Larry Pierce, in town to answer questions and even perform. That’s right, the small-town factory worker and family man will grace us with his raunchy country music. Beautiful! That’s icing on a cake. Find out whether we’re a nation of prudes or just a dirty country. Then stick around after the screening for a Q & A with Pierce and filmmakers Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher. Think you’re done? Not quite yet. Experience the real deal. Head over to the Cabooze for the after party with performances by Larry Pierce and his band, Itis.
7:30 p.m., Heights Theatre, 3951 Central Ave. N.E., Columbia Heights; 651-644-1912; $10. After Party at the Cabooze, 917 Cedar Ave., Minneapolis; $10, but 2 for 1 with a ticket stub from the premiere.
Digging the music and movies vibe? Don’t forget about tonight’s Sound Unseen events in Northeast Minneapolis: Tonite Let’s All Make Love in London and PDO3: Day Dream Nation at the Ritz Theater, followed by live performances by Boys and Girls and Switzerlind at the 331 Club.
ART AND VIDEO
Triangle of Need
I love the description on this one, so I’ll let you read it yourself: “The Neanderthal, a 20th-century industrialist, Nigerian cinema, and a Florida mansion with a hodgepodge of architectural styles are some of the elements — physical and conceptual — that make up Catherine Sullivan’s new multichannel video installation. In a series of immersive image and sound environments, the piece weaves a nuanced story about evolution, class, wealth and poverty, and the inequalities in our global economy.” Wow! I love this, and I’m dying to experience an immersive image. The exhibit opens today and runs through November, so you have plenty of time to explore and re-explore it.
Walker Art Center, 1750 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis; 612-375-7600; $10 (seniors $8, students $6, members and children free).
FILM
I Bury the Living
For something a little lighter, or at least a little more fickle, enjoy the latest film in the Bell Museum’s late-50s sci-fi series. The Killer Shrews is another freaky, low-budget horror flick about a group of people trapped on an island with a whacked-out doctor. Of course, his experiments have generated some hideous beasts — shrews, to be exact. I wonder who will be going home with a giant shrew tonight. (Last week, it was a leech.)
8:30 p.m., Bell Museum Courtyard, 10 Church St. S.E., Minneapolis; 612-624-7083; free.
MUSIC
One Stop Shopping
First Avenue has it going on tonight — two great shows. (Yes, great… or at least they might be fun.) Granted, they both have a separate cost of admission, but maybe you can finagle a way to get more bang for your buck. The Bangles are back and banging it out in the main room with The Bridges, another sweet mostly-girl group; and The Analog Collection will be chilling in the 7th Street Entry with The Blue Mollies, Gini Dodds, and The Dahlias. While the Bangles might be a hoot — yes, that’s the word for it — I would skip it all just to see Gini and hear that sweet, gritty voice of hers. Dodds is the real thing, folks. She’s our very own Lucinda (as if Lucinda weren’t our very own).
The Bangles, doors at 6 p.m., Main Room, $25; The Analog Collection, doors at 8 p.m., The Entry, $5; First Avenue, 701 1st Ave. N., Minneapolis; 612-332-1775.
Another Kind of C.K. Intimates
Christine Kane has pretty much done it all: singing, writing, performing, teaching, leading workshops — she even holds women’s retreats in the mountains of North Carolina. Yup, this is the real stuff, people — the kind of music that sets you howling at the moon and running naked through the forest with your sisters. OK, that might actually be Marilyn Manson; and this is nothing at all like that. You get the idea, though; don’t you? This woman doesn’t just sing sweet, intimate words; she lives them. And tonight, so can you. Join her in the perfect setting for an intimate evening of song. She might be multi-faceted, but you’ll quickly see where she belongs.
7:30 p.m., Ginkgo Coffeehouse, 721 N. Snelling Ave., St. Paul; 651-645-2647; $14.
ON THE NET
Things You May Have Missed
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Still falling under the umbrella of today’s major music theme, is tonight’s opening of 
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“It’s 7 a.m. You wake up with a nasty wad of gum in your hair. Trip on your skateboard. Drop your sweater in a sinkful of water. And your brothers express interest in trading you for some roller blades. And now it’s only 7:15 a.m.! As bad days go, it’s tough to top Alexander’s. He’s the funniest fed-up kid ever, and this is one of the coolest musicals ever.” What more does one have to say? It’s about the best kids book ever — maybe even the best book ever — and it’s being performed by our fabulous Children’s Theater Company. It opens today and runs through October. Don’t miss it.