MUSIC, POETRY, AND PROSE
Spiked Coffee
After a nice, long weekend of commemorating war veterans, you should really think about starting off the week by exploring you bohemian side. Join Spiked Coffee at the 331 Club for an evening of readings and music. Have a short piece you’d like to share? Sign up for the writer’s open mic. Otherwise, just sit back and enjoy the show. The evening begins with live music by Ron Hall, Sam Keenan, and Amy Ault, followed by the open mic with writers from Hamline, the U of M, Coffee House Press, and Lit 6. Then stick around and mingle to the music of Danny Sigelman. Plus, enjoy $2.50 margaritas all night and half-price bottles of wine until 9 p.m.
7 p.m. (open mic sign-up at 9 p.m., open mic at 10:15 p.m.) 331 Club, 331 NE 13th Ave., Minneapolis; 612-331-1746.
MUSIC AND VIDEO
The Basement Tapes
Maybe it’s just because I was so entrenched in it then, but I always think of the 80s as the heyday of the Minneapolis music scene. Husker Du, Morris Day & The Time, The Replacements, The Jayhawks, Soul Asylum, Babes in Toyland, Run Westy Run, The Cows — these bands were at the forefront, breaking out beyond the local scene to a national scale. But let’s face it, the 80s wasn’t just about the music, it was all about MTV. The 80s aesthetic isn’t complete without taking a look at music videos from this period. And in this heyday of Minneapolis music, our local bands were busy making music videos of their own. Revisit the 80s and 90s with a limited run, weekly series of nostalgic videos from the First Avenue video archives. The Basement Tapes series includes brief live performances by DEMO bands of the present, videos of the past, and Q & A sessions with some of the featured artists.
8 p.m., Bryant Lake Bowl, 810 West Lake St., Minneapolis; 612-825-8949; $8-10 (pay what you can).
MUSIC
The Gyuto Tibetan Tantric Choir
Fleeing Chinese repression in their homeland, close to 2,000 Tibetans made Minnesota their home in the early 90s, making this the second largest Tibetan community in the country. Around this same time, musicians like Phillip Glass and Grateful Dead percussionist Mickey Hart were undertaking a mission to expose the world to the unearthly multiphonic chanting of the Gyuto Monks. Years later, the Tibetan Tantric Choir tours the world to sold-out shows, with soundtracks to films such as Kundun and Seven Years in Tibet under their belt. The Gyuto Tibetan Tantric Choir, among the the world’s foremost performers of sacred Buddhist chant, have perfected a special type of chant in which each monk sings not a single note but an entire chord, generating a sound of ethereal beauty that shakes listeners to their very core. Hear them for yourself tonight, along with a film about the life and work of Jetsun Pema, sister of the Dalai Lama and an advocate for refugee children. Pema was scheduled to appear in person, but had to cancel due to a family emergency.
7 p.m., Children’s Theatre Company, 2400 3rd Ave S., Minneapolis; 612-874-0400; $22-$28 ($15 children, seniors, and students).
SPORTS
Minnesota Twins vs. Chicago White Sox
It’s when the Twins are up against strong batting teams that we finally get to see Santana pitch. And I thought maybe tonight would be such an opportunity, but yesterday got in the way. After a 10-4 victory over the Chicago White Sox yesterday, with Santana pitching, todays game promises to be an interesting one nonetheless. It looks like Bonser will most likely be pitching. And hey, Mauer might be back during this game or the next. If that isn’t enough to entice you, then how about a Guthrie-quality performance? Cast members from the Guthrie’s patriotic summer musical 1776 will take a break from rehearsal to cheer on the Twins tonight with their rendition of “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” during the 7th inning stretch. Go, Twins! We won the first game against the Sox earlier this month, only to lose the next two. Will we let that happen again? I hope not.
7:10 p.m., Metrodome, 34 Kirby Puckett Pl., Minneapolis; 612-375-1366; $7-105.
ON THE NET
Minnesota Horror
La Maldicion del Vampiro Aztec
Poison to You, Medicine to Me
Finger Food
Shop Chop Amateur Horror Video
Rabidness – The Curse of the Catman
Tales of the Dead trailor
Dawning 2006 – trailor
Doomed to Consumer trailor
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