MUSIC
B.Y.O.V.
Bring your own vinyl, folks. How often do you get to do that? Tonight, MinnieIndie.com will be spinning vinyl all night at the Uptown Bar and Cafe. Stop by and listen to a sampling of indie, glam, punk, psych, Motown, 80’s kitsch, 70’s AM hits, and whatever else people bring to the table. Not only is the event free, you can get Grainbelt Premium for $1.75, PBR and Highlife for $2.50.
10 p.m., Uptown Bar and Cafe, 3018 Hennepin Ave. S., Minneapolis; 612-823-4719; free.
From Wall Street to the Mic
After being named Collegiate Jazz Vocalist of the Year by Downbeat Magazine in 1999, Sachal Vasandani left Michigan and moved to New York. One year later, he quit his job on Wall Street to begin his career as a singer, since then wooing us with that perfectly-stated voice of his. In 2004, Vasandani was a semi-finalist in the 2004 Thelonious Monk Institute Competition. Today, he continues to adeptly put his own contemporary stamp on traditional jazz without shattering its integrity or over-poppifying it.
7 p.m. and 9 p.m.., Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant; 1010 Nicollet, Minneapolis; 612-332-1010; $17.
BOOKS & AUTHORS
Dead Sexy Vampire Witch Chick
“A Scorpio with a Leo Rising, Tate Hallaway is an amateur astrologer and practicing Witch,” reads her bio. Tate Hallaway is the author of vampire chick-lit novels Dead Sexy and Tall, Dark, and Dead. In her secret identity as Lyda Morehouse, she has also published futuristic fantasy novels Archangel Protocol, Fallen Host, Messiah Node, and Apocalypse Array, as well as short fiction. She is a member of the Wyrdsmiths writing group.
6:30 p.m., DreamHaven, 912 W Lake Street, Minneapolis; 612-721-5959.
FILM
Never Deny the Power of Soccer
Soccer has finally made it’s way into the United States, yet we have little idea of just how significant it has been in the lives of others across the world. Few capture this as well as documentarian Gerardo Olivares in his film The Great Match. What an interesting premise for a movie. Three men from three different far-off corners of the world journey to the closest television for the 2002 World Cup final between Germany and Brazil. By far-off corner, I don’t mean Mankato. The protagonists in this global comedy are: a family of Mongolian nomads, a camel caravan of Tuareg in the Sahara, and a group of Indios in the Amazon. They all live about 500 kilometres away from the next town — and the next television.
7 p.m., The Oak Street Cinema, 309 Oak Street SE, Minneapolis; $8.
ON THE NET
What’s New in Minnesota
We’re a sexy people.
This weekend, while many of us frolicked around the Northeast Art-A-Whirl enjoying a rather frivolous day, thousands gathered in North Minneapolis in support of peace.
There was a big commotion in South Minneapolis on Saturday when people witnessed Minneapolis Police officials facilitating an ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) operation. The videos don’t add much to the story, but here they are anyhow.
Why are Minneapolis Police working with ICE
Who are the Minneapolis Police working with ICE?
More Police ICE
ICE Agents Use Racial Profiling
ICE Unlawfully Uses Church Parling Lot
This one certainly isn’t new, but a little local history never hurts. Remember when they moved the Schubert Theatre?
I really can’t recommend this one, but it’s great to see that people are already practicing for the 48-Hour Film Project in June. (Registration was just last week.) Hell, if these guys keep practicing they might even take the prize. No joke — at least they’re putting something out there.
Maybe I’m just weird, but I really enjoyed this video of Gregory Euclid drawing. In fact, you should check out some of this other stuff. He’s got some trippy stuff.
Does anybody know what this is all about? Or this? I love this stuff. It just gets more and more interesting. What is this whacked out woman doing? I like it.
You’re just never in high school again.
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