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This sizzling issue of

is all about how you can best

enjoy the Twin Cities during Minnesota’s precious few moments of summer. We take a look at the headliners coming to play at the Minnesota State Fair, and all of the classic treats served there. We go to the zoo to bother the bears, and then to the arboretum where there is nothing that can eat you. We learn all about fishing in Lake Minnetonka, because nothing says summer quite like a

walleye fillet tucked into a bratwurst bun. And if it rains, you can go see my favorite pieces at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the best of which is a coffin shaped like a crustacean. If I ever die, put me in a coffin shaped like a crustacean. We also speak with aspiring entrepreneurs, each on their own

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10 Iconic Foods of The Minnesota State Fair 12 Minnesota Landscape Arboretum 16 Best of the Minneapolis Institute of Art 18 Schroeder's Guiding Service 20 Explore Downtown 20 Lu's Sandwiches 22 Go Outside with Hennepin County 24 Ivy Longboards 26 The Grandstand at the Minnesota State Fair 28 Royal Trivia 30 Kris Covi 32 Music & Events 36 Savvy Dweller's Guide 37 Party Princess Productions

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Without zoos, we’d have to wait for another biblical flood to take place before we could see so many different animals in one place. Even then, the selection process for those who got to see them would be pretty exclusive. I’d probably be too busy being underwater to get to enjoy the spectacle. But we have zoos -- zoos like the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley, an impressive menagerie which makes for the perfect summer outing.

When I went, I started on the Tropics Trail, a

much as you do pigs but can’t settle on one

giant jungly enclosure for animals who would

or the other, the tapir is a compromise made

hate our winters. Here is the Komodo dragon,

in heaven for you. The birds own Tropics

the primordial bane of Indonesian goats. He

Trail. They’re given free run of the place, and

lies on his log or lazes in his light. I noticed that

put our drabber birds to shame with their

a toddler had dropped his cereal cup in the

brilliant plumage.

fiend’s pen. No one had bothered to retrieve it. Fruit bats dangle clustered from their ceiling,

Which is not, to say, that our own birds

flexing their leathery wings while they wait for

haven’t got considerable charm. On the nearby

night, fruit, or ideally both to come.

Minnesota Trail there are stately tom turkeys, who puff out their bristled chests and fan

I love the red panda, which looks too cute for

their ornate tails. One of them had managed

a thing which presumably does in fact exist in

to get on the other side of his enclosure, and

the wild somewhere. It looks like a Hello Kitty

was sorting out how to get back in. He finally

character come to life. The oafish tapir pokes

concluded that jumping was the trick. This led

around with his side-by-side shotgun nose, in

one of my fellow zoogoers to coin a phrase I’ll

search of tapir things. If you like elephants as

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shopdinelive.net I saw the brutish wolverine, the nimble otters, and the little lynx with tufts shooting out of his eartips like Tyrolean hat feathers. There were wolves nearby, whom I understand are not dogs but would like to pet nonetheless. They were dozing in the sunlight, breaking occasionally to look around with their citrine eyes. Finally I saw the bald eagles. If you could explain to them that they’re the symbol of the greatest country on earth, they’d probably not care very much. They seemed more interested in how to acquire squirrels. I next went to see the heartier animals on the Northern Trail. There was the moose, in repose and thought. He’d have been alarmed to learn that there is a model of semi-eaten version of himself in the nearby tiger pen. I did him a kindness and didn’t tell him. I saw a goat-like creature I’d never heard of before -- the takin, a sturdy, furry tank which was bouncing up cairns like it had been inflated with helium. The prairie dogs, my grandfather’s old target practice friends, were putting on a show that day. Every couple of minutes they’d stop their scurry to rise up, raise their tiny paws in the air, and squeal in unison. Is this

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ICONIC FOODS OF THE by David Scheller

“A fair is a veritable smorgasbord-orgasbord-orgasbord.” -Goose, Charlotte’s Web Sweet Martha’s Cookie Jar You seldom get to consume an entire bucket of something. There’s occasional movie popcorn, fried chicken, and Miller Lite, of course, but nothing in a bucket tastes quite so good as chocolate chip cookies do. That’s why Sweet Martha’s Cookie Jar deserves its rank as the Minnesota State Fair’s most popular food -- they bake 2,000 cookies every minute just to keep up with demand! Everyone at the fair carries around a bucket of Martha’s cookies. I’ve seen Holsteins in the dairy barn daintily toting buckets in their teeth.

Pronto Pups The Pronto Pup originated in the 1930s in Rockaway Beach, Oregon when a hot dog stand owner got fed up with the rain turning his buns into a soggy mess. In perhaps one of the most American flashes of genius ever, he devised a pancake batter mix that he could deep fry his hot dogs in to keep them perfectly delicious during even the most torrential downpours. Nearly 100 years later, that man’s vision for a weatherproof hot dog lives on with the Pronto Pup, the state fair’s most quintessential food on a stick. Is there a more satisfying feeling than taking the initial bite out of that ambrosial, battered delicacy? Perhaps, but it’s outside the scope of an article about fair foods.

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shopdinelive.net The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum is Minnesota’s attempt at Eden. I can not do it justice in a single article -- you can get married there, learn how to photograph eagles there, see giant origami sculptures there, listen to music there, and do yoga there. The best I could do with the Arboretum in a single day is wander around there. I went with my honey and wrote about it for you. My favorite spot at the Arboretum is Green Heron Pond and the boardwalk that runs alongside it. The birds rule here. We saw a turkey hen pecking at everything her little brain compelled her to, geese and their fluffy goslings forming a tight convoy, and red-winged blackbirds desperately trilling away in their attempts to build respectable harems. Once in a while the green heron himself treated us to his song: a single, guttural creak. He brought Walt Whitman to mind: “I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable, I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.” We walked through the tulips. I once heard that the Dutch had once gone crazy for the things a long time ago, but until now I could never have imagined why. They’re gorgeous things, strikes of white, purple, red, and orange. Some had fringes like a dog’s lips. Others had far too many petals to have classified as tulips, according to my limited understanding of the things. It was all I could do not to pick one and risk being asked to leave. The Japanese garden is a marvel. It has waterfalls and koi. The waterfalls tuck under your feet in one spot. The koi are on constant patrol for things that are good for koi. They mouth the water’s surface and occasionally jump out of it. This area is marked with subtle flora, not strong thrusts of color like in the nearby tulip beds. It is possible that the Japanese have a different take on gardening than the Dutch had.

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We went to the shade tree exhibit, dotted with big leafy things. Its two tiny wooden houses piqued our interest, but they were too small for us to go into. They may have been meant for children. We found a much larger wooden thing that would fit us, something supported by four posts that put us up on seats a story high. It was nice to sit there simply because we could. We looked down imperiously upon the other people from our fortress, and listened to the breeze upset the shade trees’ leaves.

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I don’t know very much about art. In freshman year of college I walked out of Introduction to Art History to go to the bathroom and kind of just never went back. I do know that Art Deco is when it looks like it belongs on the cover of an Ayn Rand novel, and Art Nouveau is when it looks like it needs to be pruned. If it’s a cartoon woman saying a non sequitur it’s Roy Lichtenstein, and if it’s a cartoon woman who looks like she belongs on the front window of a nail salon it’s Patrick Nagel. If it’s something you can go inside of, it’s architecture. That about sums up what I could tell you about art.

Nevertheless, even a philistine like me can love the Minneapolis Institute

in the afterlife. Do you know the expression “You can’t take it with you?”

of Art. This gargantuan museum just on the southern cusp of downtown

That’s because the ancient Chinese took it with them first.

Minneapolis houses treasures from all over the world, some ancient, some brand new. I go for a walk around there often, and I’ve gotten to know

There’s Hercules giving a centaur the business, a symbol of our supremacy

what my favorite pieces are. They are like friends who I visit.

over nature.

There’s an old hand-painted advertisement with a bear

eating from a box of Cream of Wheat, a symbol When you enter through the museum’s north entrance, you’re met by

of nature’s supremacy over us. After that

the Doryphoros, a Roman copy of the Greek statue of the same name. It

comes a statue of Ganymede giving water

is over 2,000 years old, and only an arm and a few fingers the poorer for

to Zeus, a symbol of Zeus’ supremacy

it. The Doryphoros is the perfect doorman for the museum because it

over everything.

reminds us that art is the way we thumb our noses at time and death and entropy. He may stand for yet another 2,000 years, and he would still

I go to see The Four Days’

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Battle, an amazing depiction of war at sea, all smoke and splinters

The art of Asia is nearby. I love the drawings: intent men holding swords,

and wind. I go to see The Cat’s Paw, a

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cheeky monkey enlisting an unwilling cat’s

though she has just realized how bizarrely she has been drawn. There are

help to retrieve nuts from a roaring hot stove.

dozens of statues of mansions, carriages, horses, pigs, and everything else

I go to see the Portrait of Sarah Allen, the wife of a

you might need. They were meant to be buried with the deceased for use

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the elaborate inkstand kiss by pressing a lever beneath them? But my very favorite thing in the museum wasn’t made by the Chinese 4,000 years ago, the Romans 2,000 years ago, or even the Americans recently. It was made by Ghanaians in 1993. Fantasy Coffin is an enormous wooden lobster which you could be buried in, if you were so inclined. No crustacean detail was spared in its carving, from its spindly antennae to its googly eyes to its articulated tail. It combines all the appeal of a coffin along with a giant green lobster and it multiplies that one hundredfold. Finally, I exit through the gift shop.

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“My dad taught me how to fish right after I

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learned how to walk,” Gregg reminisced. “He

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about canned beer than fishing itself during my trips.

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Quang and his family moved to Minnesota when he was 13 years old. His mom upgraded to a sedan, and he continued on through school only to wind up getting ensnared in the world of corporate finance. “My world was full of spreadsheets, and I was wedged in a cubicle every day. That’s no way to live,” said Quang. “I wanted to do something hands-on and meaningful with my business degree.” Fortunately, Quang’s mother Tuyet had a skill set far more valuable than his own: making banh mi sandwiches. They decided to go into business together, with her running the kitchen, and him answering requests to be interviewed by nosy magazine writers. Now they run two Lu’s Sandwiches locations in South and Northeast Minneapolis, as well as a food truck.

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E X P LO R E D OW N TOW N “Those mornings at the farmers’ market are a good memory,” said Quang. “I get to share that memory by making amazing banh mis in restaurants decorated with a Vietnamese f lare. My family came here in 2000 with nothing, but with hard work and passion we have created something we love, and a lot of other people love too. We couldn’t be more grateful for that opportunity which America has given us.” “A banh mi is the ultimate fusion of Western and Eastern cuisine,” explained Quang. “We start with a Vietnamese baguette, which is crispier and airier than a French one. Then we slather it in creamy mayonnaise and pâté, add our own homemade chicken, beef, pork, meatballs, cold cuts, tofu, or mock duck, garnish it with things like cilantro, jalapeños, and daikon, and top it off with traditional pickled carrots to give it its signature crunch.” “At first, I was a little worried that Minnesotans might not embrace something so unfamiliar,” Quang confessed. “A lot of people balk when they learn that pâté is made from liver. But it’s still a sandwich, and a damned good one at that. Fortunately, Minnesotans are always game to

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“And one try is all it takes with our banh mis.”

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SKaraoke W/ Jadzia 10pm-11:55pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

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Kevin Farrel & Mary Snyder

The Buck Concert Series

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Joetown Rocks Parish Festival

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MAQHA Corporate Challenge Various Times, Warner Coliseum and Livestock Area, St. Paul

Lyle Jennings 7pm, Varsity Theater, Minneapolis

Toby Keith 7pm, Grand Casino Hinckley Amphitheater, Hinckley

R&B Summer Jam 2018: Keith Sweat, Avant, Silk 8pm, Armory, Minneapolis

JUL 14 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 2pm & 7:30pm, Irondale Fine Arts Theater, New Brighton

Ike Fonseca 10pm-11:55pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

Sociable Summer: Market Fest

JUL 17 George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic

7pm-10pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

Bob Stromberg 7pm, Comedy Café at the Barn, Maplewood

Street Machine Nationals 10am-7pm, MN Fairgrounds, St. Paul

3rd Friday After Hours Event Hennepin History Museum 6pm-9pm, Hennepin History Museum, Minneapolis

Excelsior Crazy Days

7pm, Varsity Theater, Minneapolis

10am-6pm, Downtown Excelsior, Excelsior

Jazz Tuesday

Sinclair Lewis Days

9pm-11:55pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

Various Times, Sinclair Lewis Park, Sauk Centre

George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic

Discover Anoka Days

7pm, Varsity Theater, Minneapolis

Train 8pm, Treasure Island Resort & Casino, Welch

Brooks & Dunn 8pm, Grand Casino Hinckley Amphitheater, Hinckley

Log Jam Various Times, Linden Hill, Little Falls

JUL 18 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 7:30pm, Irondale Fine Arts Theater, New Brighton

Hippenanny!! 5pm-7pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

9am, Historic Downtown, Anoka

JUL 21 Summer X Games 2018 6pm, U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis

Courtney Barnett 4:30pm, Surly Brewing, Minneapolis

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

9am-6pm, MN Fairgrounds, St. Paul

Capitol Classic Horse Show Various Times, AgStar Arena, St. Paul

Angry Orchard Rock The Roots

Luke Bryan 5:30pm, Target Field, Minneapolis

Brit Floyd

3pm-10pm, Able Seedhouse and Brewery, Minneapolis

9:30am-11:30am, The Works Museum, Bloomington

MAQHA Corporate Challenge

JUL 19

8pm, Treasure Island Resort & Casino, Welch

Summer X Games 2018

Trevor Noah

6pm, Vetter Stone Amphitheater, Mankato

Jesse McCartney 6:30pm, Varsity Theater, Minneapolis

Lentil Bead Metal Clay Class 1pm-4pm, Alchemy Arts Studio, Minneapolis

The Dinner Detective 6pm-9:15pm, Courtyard Downtown, Minneapolis

Riverside Market And Muse 9am-5pm, Downtown Granite Falls, Granite Falls

Becoming an Outdoors WomanGeocaching 101 for Women 9am-10:30am, Afton State Park, Hastings

8pm, Verizon Center, Mankato

Jerry Lee Lewis

6pm, U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis

8pm, Mystic Lake Casino, Prior Lake

Steel Panther

Fused Project Class

7pm, Palace Theatre, Minneapolis

9am-12pm, Alchemy Arts Studio, Minneapolis

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Charmin Michelle

7:30pm, Irondale Fine Arts Theater, New Brighton

7pm-10:30pm, Normandy Kitchen & Bar, Minneapolis

Craig Kent

Discover Anoka Days

4pm-6pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

9am, Historic Downtown, Anoka

Jawknee Lawhorn & The Outhouse Gang

Excelsior Crazy Days

8pm-10pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

10am-6pm, Downtown Excelsior, Excelsior

Excelsior Crazy Days

Sinclair Lewis Days

10am-6pm, Downtown Excelsior, Excelsior

Various Times, Sinclair Lewis Park, Sauk Centre

Sinclair Lewis Days

Poultry Weekend

Various Times, Sinclair Lewis Park, Sauk Centre

Various Times, AgStar Arena, St. Paul

Vans Warped Tour 11am, Canterbury Park, Shakopee

Nickelback 11am, Treasure Island Resort & Casino, Welch

Jamey Johnson 8pm, Mayo Civic Center, Rochester

Excelsior Crazy Days 10am-6pm, Downtown Excelsior, Excelsior

Poultry Weekend 10am-5pm, Oliver Kelley Farm, Elk River

JUL 23 SKaraoke w? Jadzia 10pm-11:55pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

Excelsior Crazy Days 10am-6pm, Downtown Excelsior, Excelsior

JUL 24

JUL 25

Street Machine Nationals

Sinclair Lewis Days

Turnpike Troubadours

Capitol Classic Horse Show

9pm-11:55pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

10pm-11:55pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

Various Times, Warner Coliseum and Livestock Area, St. Paul

9am-3:45pm, MN Fairgrounds, St. Paul

7pm, Comedy Café at the Barn, Maplewood

Minneapolis Tequila, Taco, & Cerveza Fest

Pop-Up Engineering

Street Machine Nationals

Jazz Tuesdays

2pm, Minneapolis Convention Center, Minneapolis

Northeast Food Truck Rally

Bob Stromberg

Right On!

Various Times, Sinclair Lewis Park, Sauk Centre

Kevin Farrel & Mary Snyder

2pm, Irondale Fine Arts Theater, New Brighton

12pm-5pm, Sociable Cider Werks, Minneapolis

2pm-6pm, Minneapolis

JUL 22

10am-5pm, Oliver Kelley Farm, Elk River

My Bloody Valentine 7pm, Palace Theatre, Minneapolis

We are the Willows and Moon Ruin 7pm, Turf Club, Minneapolis

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 7:30pm, Irondale Fine Arts Theater, New Brighton

Hippenanny!! 5pm-7pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

Coheed and Cambria & Taking Back Sunday 5:30pm, Armory, Minneapolis

Kina Grannis 6:30pm, Varsity Theater, Minneapolis

Pop-Up Engineering 9:30am-11:30am, The Works Museum, Bloomington

JUL 26 Fine Spirits Classic Various times, Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis

Lady Parts Justice League’s Vagical Mystery tour 2018 7pm, The Cedar, Minneapolis

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 7:30pm, Irondale Fine Arts Theater, New Brighton

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Catfish Troy, Afflatus, Splimit 9pm-11:55pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

3 Doors Down & Collective Soul 7pm, Armory, Minneapolis

Jameson Rodgers 7pm, Cabooze, Minneapolis

Dan & Phil 7:30pm, Orpheum Theatre, Minneapolis

Live Nation 6pm, Target Field, Minneapolis

JUL 27 Ha Ha Tonka 8pm, Turf Club, Minneapolis

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 7:30pm, Irondale Fine Arts Theater, New Brighton

Jay Leno 7:30pm, Grand Casino Mille Lacs Event Center, Onamia

Orange Spectacular 8am-5pm, McLeod County Fairgrounds, Hutchinson

Open Build Fridays 9:30am-11:30am, The Works Museum, Bloomington

JUL 31 Jazz Tuesdays 10pm-11:55pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

AUG 1 Deahaven 7pm, The Cedar, Minneapolis

Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite 7pm, Palace theatre, Minneapolis

Minnesotan Surprises for Enigmatic Folk

Hamilton de Holanda

10pm-11:55pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

Dakota County Fair

Mankato Ribfest 3pm, Vetter Stone Amphitheater, Mankato

10am-9pm, Dakota County Fairgrounds, Farmington

Clairo with Garren Sean

Pop-Up Engineering

7pm, 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis

9:30am-11:30am, The Works Museum, Bloomington

Jerry Jeff Walker

Hippenanny!!

7:30pm, Weesner Family Amphitheater, Apple Valley

5pm-7pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

Sawyer Fredericks

Jay Martin Duo

8pm, Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis

9pm-11:55pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

Trace Adkins

Drake with Migos

8pm, Freeborn County Fairgrounds, Albert Lea

7pm, Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Maurice Jacox

The Rough and Tumble 8pm, The Warming House, Minneapolis

7pm-10:30pm, Normandy Kitchen & Bar, Minneapolis

Caleb Caudle (18+ Event)

Little Canada Canadian Days

8pm, Amsterdam Bar and Hall, St. Paul

10am-11:30pm, Spooner Park, Little Canada

Ben Harper (18+ Event)

AUG 5 Agent Orange

8pm, Palace Theatre St. Paul, St. Paul

Deafheaven 8pm, Cedar Cultural Center , Minneapolis

Pop-Up Engineering 9:30am-11:30am, The Works Museum, Bloomington

8pm, Turf Club, Minneapolis

Palmetto 4pm-6pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

Mumblin’ Drew 7pm-9pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

AUG 2

Nothing Nowhere

JUL 28 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Craig Kent

6:30pm, The Garage, Burnsville

4pm-6pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

Nathaniel Rateliff (18+ Event)

7:30pm, Irondale Fine Arts Theater, New Brighton

Mankato Ribfest

8pm, Palace Theatre, St. Paul

5pm, Vetter Stone Amphitheater, Mankato

Little Canada Canadian Days

Kevin Farrel & Mary Snyder

Dylan Scott

10am-5pm, Spooner Park, Little Canada

2pm-4pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

8:30pm, Freeborn County Fairgrounds, Albert Lea

4th Saturdays w/ Javier Matos 7pm-10pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

Hennepin History Museum Free Admission

Inside The Classics: Speaking Truth to Power

AUG 3

Various Times, Nicollett Mall, Minneapolis

Orange Spectacular 8am-5pm, McLeod County Fairgrounds, Hutchinson

1pm-8pm, Hennepin History Museum, Minneapolis

The Front Porch Swingin’ Liquor Pigs 7pm-10pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

The Return of Poverty Hash 1st Fridays!

AUG 6 Jack White 6:30pm, The Armory, Minneapolis

SKaraoke w/ Jadzia

Dakota County Fair

JUL 29 Melvins

5pm, Vetter Stone Amphitheater, Mankato

Open Build Fridays

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

All Time Low and Dashboard Confessional

2pm, Irondale Fine Arts Theater, New Brighton

Palmetto 4pm-6pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

Mumblin’ Drew 7pm-9pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

Erasure 7:30pm, State Theatre, Minneapolis

Orange Spectacular 8am-5pm, McLeod County Fairgrounds, Hutchinson

JUL 30 SKaraoke w/ Jadzia 10pm-11:55pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

7pm, Myth, St. Paul

Oak Ridge Boys 7pm, Northern Lights Casino & Hotel, Walker

Zeds Dead (18+ Event)

Jazz Tuesdays 10pm-11:55pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

I Set My Friends On Fire 5:30pm, Amsterdam Bar and Hall, St. Paul

Dakota County Fair 10am-9pm, Dakota County Fairgrounds, Farmington

Morrison County Fair Various Times, Fair Grounds, Little Falls

AUG 10 The Front Porch Swingin’ Liquor Pigs 7pm-10pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

Zac Brown Band 7pm, Target Field, Minneapolis

Marc Cohn 7:30pm, Weesner Family Amphitheater, Apple Valley

Obsession (21+ Event) 8pm, Amsterdam Bar and Hall, St. Paul

Dakota County Fair 10am-9pm, Dakota County Fairgrounds, Farmington

Open Build Fridays 9:30am-11:30am, The Works Museum, Bloomington

7pm, Palace Theatre, Minneapolis

Sociable Summer: Market Fest 12pm-5pm Sociable Cider Werks, Minneapolis

The Mavericks 7pm, Weesner Family Amphitheater, Apple Valley

Reba McEntire (18+ Event) 8pm, Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, Prior Lake

Kid Rock (17+ Event) 8pm, Treasure Island Event Center, Welch

Punch Brothers

10am-9pm, Dakota County Fairgrounds, Farmington

Sunny Sweeney (18+ Event)

Hippenanny!!

9:30am-11:30am, The Works Museum, Bloomington

5pm-7pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

Uhuru Hi-Fi

Little Canada Canadian Days

8pm-10pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

5pm-11:30pm, Spooner Park, Little Canada

Past & Future Funk ft. Vlad Hurduc

2pm-4pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

4pm-6pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

Dakota County Fair

Open Build Fridays

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AUG 7

AUG 8

Red Eye Rudy’s 1st Saturdays

9:30am-11:30am, The Works Museum, Bloomington

8pm, Armory, Minneapolis

AUG 4 Kevin Farrel & Mary Snyder

Craig Kent

Punch Brothers

6:30pm, Amsterdam Bar and Hall, St. Paul

Mankato Ribfest

7pm, First Avenue, Minneapolis

8pm, 7th St. Entry, Minneapolis

AUG 11

8am-12am, Chanhassen AutoPlex, Chanhassen

Superorganism

Sammy Brue & Pearl Charles

Slaves (16+ Event)

10pm-11:55pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

7:30pm, 1St Ave., Minneapolis

AUG 9

10pm-11:55pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

10am-9pm, Dakota County Fairgrounds, Farmington

Cars And Caves For Charity Show

7:30pm, Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis

10pm-11:55pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

Charlie Puth 7:30pm, Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Beyonce and Jay-Z 7:30pm, US Bank Stadium, Minneapolis

8pm, Palace Theatre, St. Paul 9:30pm, Cabooze, Minneapolis

Riverside Market And Muse 9am-5pm, Downtown Granite Falls, Granite Falls

Riverfront Quest Family Walking Tour 10:30pm-12pm, Mill City Museum, St. Paul

Morrison County Fair Various Times, Fair Grounds, Little Falls

AUG 12 Palmetto 4pm-6pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

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Rod Tuffcurls and The Bench Press

The Front Porch Swingin’ Liquor Pigs

Minnesota State Fair

7pm-9pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

8pm, Varsity Theater, Minneapolis

7pm-10pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

6sm-11:59pm, MN Fairgrounds, St. Paul

The Mavericks

Renaissance Festival

Boat Patrol

Good Vibes

7pm, Weesner Family Amphitheater, Apple Valley

9am-7pm, MN Renaissance Festival Site, Shakopee

10pm-11:55pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

7:30pm, Grandstand, St. Paul

Benny Weinbeck

Minnesota State Fair

Jason Mraz

6sm-11:59pm, MN Fairgrounds, St. Paul

7:30pm, Minnesota State Fair, St. Paul

7pm-10:30pm, Normandy Kitchen & Bar, Minneapolis

Sugarland

The High Kings

Vadnais Heights Heritage Days

7:30pm, Grandstand, St. Paul

7:30pm, Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis

Cheech and Chong

Govt Mule

7pm, Northern Lights Casino & Hotel , Walker

7pm, Vetter Stone Amphitheater, Mankato

Happy Together Tour

Powerglove

7pm, Grand Casino Mille Lacs, Onamia

6:30pm, Amsterdam Bar and Hall, St. Paul

Dakota County Fair 10am-9pm, Dakota County Fairgrounds, Farmington

AUG 13 SKaraoke w/ Jadzia 10pm-11:55pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

Son Volt 7pm, Weesner Family Amphitheater, Apple Valley

AUG 14 Jazz Tuesdays

Various Times, Community Park, Vadnais Heights

Morrison County Fair Various Times, Fair Grounds, Little Falls

AUG 19 Palmetto

10pm-11:55pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

4pm-6pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

Blackberry Smoke

Mumblin’ Drew

7pm, Weesner Family Amphitheater, Apple Valley

Stu Larsen 7pm, Amsterdam Bar and Hall, St. Paul

Tinariwen 7:30pm, Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis

7pm-9pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

Smashing Pumpkins 7pm, Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

The Okee Dokee Brothers

Sam Smith

7pm, Weesner Family Amphitheater, Apple Valley

8pm, Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Robben Ford

Lil Uzi Vert

7:30pm, Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis

8pm, Myth, St. Paul

Renaissance Festival

AUG 15

9am-7pm, MN Renaissance Festival Site, Shakopee

Hippenanny!! 5pm-7pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

Right On! Ft. DJ JamEZ 10pm-11:55pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

Rod Stewart and Cyndi Lauper 7:30pm, Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Jesse Dayton 8pm, James Ballentine VFW, Minneapolis

AUG 16 Craig Kent 4pm-6pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

The Dollop 6pm, The Cedar, Minneapolis

Barbary Coast Dixieland Show Band

Pillsbury A Mill Tour 1pm-2:30pm, A-Mill Artist Lofts

Amen Dunes 7:30pm, 7th St. Entry, Minneapolis

SKaraoke w/ Jadzia 10pm-11:55pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

AUG 21 Jazz Tuesdays 9pm-11:55pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

AUG 22

The Dollop

Pedro The Lion

7:30pm, Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis

6pm, The Cedar, Minneapolis

7pm, Fine Line, Minneapolis

Beach House

Hippenanny!!

8pm, Palace Theatre, Minneapolis

5pm-7pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

The Front Porch Swingin’ Liquor Pigs

Barbary Coast Dixieland Show Band 1pm, Minnesota Masonic Heritage Center, Bloomington

7pm, Varsity Theater, Minneapolis

AUG 23

Deadmau5 (18+ Event)

Craig Kent

8pm, Armory, Minneapolis

4pm-6pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

Hennepin History Museum Free Admission

Minnesota State Fair

1pm-8pm, Hennepin History Museum, Minneapolis

Niall Horan

Kevin Farrel & Mary Snyder 2pm-4pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

6sm-11:59pm, MN Fairgrounds, St. Paul 7pm, Grandstand, St. Paul

AUG 24 Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express 8pm, Turf Club, Minneapolis

Hippenanny!! 5pm-7pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

Old Dominion

AUG 25

7pm, Grandstand, St. Paul

Rusko

Minnesota State Fair

8pm, 1st Ave Mainroom, Minneapolis

6sm-11:59pm, MN Fairgrounds, St. Paul

Kevin Farrel & Mary Snyder

Lyle Lovett

2pm-4pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

7:30pm, State Theatre, Minneapolis

4th Saturdays w/ Javier Matos

AUG 30 Craig Kent

7pm-10pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

Minnesota State Fair 6sm-11:59pm, MN Fairgrounds, St. Paul

The Current’s Music On-A-Stick 6:30pm, Grandstand, St. Paul

Trampled By Turtles 6:30pm, Minnesota State Fair, St. Paul

Renaissance Festival

AUG 20

AUG 29

8pm, Treasure Island Event Center, Welch

Various Times, Community Park, Vadnais Heights

AUG 17

AUG 18

Joan Jett (21+ Event)

Talbott Brothers

Guilhem Desq

Chris Lane Band (18+ Event)

8pm, The Warming House, Minneapolis

Vadnais Heights Heritage Days

1pm, Minnesota Masonic Heritage Center, Bloomington

7pm-10pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

Purple Hulls

8pm, The Warming House, Minneapolis 9am-7pm, MN Renaissance Festival Site, Shakopee

Cars And Caves For Charity Show 8am-12am, Chanhassen AutoPlex, Chanhassen

AUG 26 Palmetto 4pm-6pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

Mumblin’ Drew 7pm-9pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

Minnesota State Fair 6sm-11:59pm, MN Fairgrounds, St. Paul

Earth, Wind & Fire 7:30pm, Grandstand, St. Paul

Stone Sour (18+ Event) 7:30pm, Palace Theatre, St. Paul

4pm-6pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

Minnesota State Fair 6sm-11:59pm, MN Fairgrounds, St. Paul

truTV Impractical Jokers 8pm, Grandstand, St. Paul

Mystic Bowie (18+ Event) 9:30pm, Cabooze, Minneapolis

Alice Cooper 7:30pm, Ordway Center for Performing Arts, St. Paul

AUG 31 The Front Porch Swingin’ Liquor Pigs 7pm-10pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

Minnesota State Fair 6sm-11:59pm, MN Fairgrounds, St. Paul

311 And The Offspring 7pm, Grandstand, St. Paul

Jethro Tull 8pm, State Theatre Minneapolis, Minneapolis

Taylor Swift 7pm, US Bank Stadium, Minneapolis

Lady Antebellum (12+Event) 7pm, Treasure Island Event Center, Welch

Renaissance Festival 9am-7pm, MN Renaissance Festival Site, Shakopee

AUG 27 SKaraoke w/ Jadzia 10pm-11:55pm, Palmer’s Bar, Minneapolis

Minnesota State Fair 6sm-11:59pm, MN Fairgrounds, St. Paul

The Beach Boys 8pm, Grandstand, St. Paul

Ziggy Marley 7:30pm, Weesner Family Amphitheater, Apple Valley

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Without Disney princesses and superheroes, kids would have to by David Scheller

settle on real-life historical figures like Matilda of Flanders and Jonas Salk to idolize. While governing the duchy of Normandy and curing polio are admirable feats, they pale in comparison to willing an ice palace into existence or punching a mutant boar so hard that it creates earthquakes on the other side of the planet. (The Incredible Hulk actually did this.)

The downside of fictional characters used

“Party Princess Productions is set apart by

to be that they were not real, but Party

our commitment to authenticity,” Angela

Princess Productions has fixed that. When

disclosed. “All of our costumes are hand-

you call upon them, they’ll send nearly any

tailored by a professional costume designer

popular Disney, Marvel, DC, or Star Wars

of 30 years. He gets the little things right

character to go to your party and send the

that only a trained eye could notice -- the

kids’ jaws to the floor. Picture a five year

snowflakes on Elsa’s dress, the compartments

old when he realizes that the living and

on Batman’s utility belt, the buttons on Darth

breathing Spider-Man has just come to his

Vader’s chestplate. Those details really bring

birthday. Print can’t do justice to the noises

things home.”

he’d make. “Our greatest asset is our performers, though,” “I’ve always loved comic book characters,”

Angela continued. “We only hire vetted actors,

said Angela Eder, the proprietor of Party

and compete with places like The Ordway and

Princess Productions. “I grew up a little bit

Chanhassen Dinner Theater for talent. You’ve

too early to enjoy the Disney princess era,

got to have theatricians for this line of work,

so Spider-Man, Wonder Woman, Captain

not only for the quality of their performance,

Marvel, and Black Panther were my heroes.

but for their ability to improvise as well. For

I confess to loving the Green Goblin, too

example, the other day we had a mom request

-- sorry, Spidey -- but only because Willem

Cinderella for her daughter’s birthday party.

Dafoe and I share the same hometown.”

We sent one of our best, who arrived in character and in full costume. She quickly learned that Cinderella was the mom’s wish, but not the girl’s.”

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“The girl had wanted Wonder Woman! It

“We had one boy who wanted to see Kylo

could have been quite a disappointment.

Ren fight Darth Vader, because that’s one

Our actress was quick on her feet, though,

thing the Star Wars movies can never do.

and secretly explained to the girl that she

We sent two actors who are well-versed

was in fact Wonder Woman, but in disguise

in stage combat to go duke it out. Kylo

because she was searching for her arch

trounced Vader, and the boys went crazy.

nemesis. That way everyone was happy --

For the rest of the evening they were out

the mom got her traditional character, and

in the backyard practicing lightsaber

the daughter got to go on a covert mission

fighting. I heard they carried on into the

with her hero.”

next morning.”

(The one character Angela’s troop refuses

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understand their reservation.) “It’s always wonderful to see how kids respond to their favorite characters,” Angela continued. “We once had one girl who was undergoing chemotherapy request Ariel from The Little Mermaid for her birthday. She was nervous about meeting her, because she’d lost her hair, so she wore a wig for the big day. Our actress noticed this, and told the girl that her hair wasn’t real, either. The little girl took that in the most heartwarming way -- that her idol was bald, too!” Think about that. Party

Princess

Productions

now

expanding to include villains as well. “It’s a whole new dynamic, having the hero show up to enjoy the festivities, only to be challenged by his rival,” said Angela. 38

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