PASSAGE
Through October 15
Pillsbury House +
Theatre
3501 Chicago Avenue S
Pick-Your-Price
($30 regular, $5 min.)
Pillsbury House + Theatre and Exposed Brick Theatre are thrilled to co-present Christopher Chen’s affecting drama, PASSAGE. Set in the fictional Country X, a neocolonial client of Country Y, PASSAGE examines colonialism, power, and the way societal imbalances affect interpersonal dynamics through the story of B, a local doctor, and F, an expat teacher, after their friendship is challenged during a fateful trip to a local attraction. For more information and tickets call (612) 825-0459 or go to pillsburyhouseandtheatre.org.
Four Sisters Farmers Market
Thursdays 11 AM – 3 PM
1414 E Franklin Avenue
Free
Join us for the Four Sisters Farmers Market on Franklin Avenue every Thursday through October 26th! Four Sisters is an Indigenous-focused farmers market centered on providing increased access to affordable, healthy, culturally appropriate local foods within the American Indian Cultural Corridor. SNAP/EBT benefits, Market Bucks, Gus Produce Market Bucks, cash, and cards are welcome. nacdi.org/four-sisters-farmers-market.
MIGIZI’s Grand Opening
Thursday, October 5
5:30 – 7:30 PM
1845 E Lake St
Free – registration req.
It’s finally here! Save the date for the grand opening of MIGIZI’s new home! We are so excited to gather with our community and celebrate the completion of our building. Come join us for prayer, feast, performances, and more. Register at migizi.org/events
A Prairie Homeless Companion
Thursday, October 5
7 – 9:30 PM
Plymouth Church
1919 La Salle Ave
Sliding scale: $0 – $20
Co-Produced by zAmya Theater Project and PlaceBase Productions in partnership with Oasis Central Minnesota, A Prairie Homeless Companion shines a light on rural homelessness and housing instability. Modeled after a well-known radio show (complete with live music, bad jokes, and real stories) actors from an urban theater company find a very different reality in the community they’ve been spoofing when residents of the town take over their show and tell more realistic stories.
ASL interpretation will be provided, and $10 gift cards will be available for people bringing the lived experience of homelessness. Registration is encouraged at zamyatheater.org/prairie-homeless-companion.
Many Immigrants, One Church:
The Story of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Thursday, October 12
5 – 6 PM
ASI
2600 Park Avenue
Free
For over 135 years, St. Paul’s – San Pablo Lutheran Church – has served its multicultural Minneapolis neighborhood and worshiped in languages familiar and new. Learn with Pastor Hierald Osorto about how his predominantly Latinx congregation is embracing its Swedish heritage. Dive into the story of belonging and resilience unfolding at the corner of 15th Avenue and 28th Street.
Life Sucks
October 12–November 5
Open Eye Theatre
506 East 24th Street
$30 ($24 Seniors, $18 Students, $10 economic accessibility)
Open Eye Theatre and Girl Friday Productions are partnering up to produce the regional professional premiere of Life Sucks by Aaron Posner, a cheeky revisioning of Anton Chekhov’s classic Uncle Vanya that is at once irreverent, poignant, hopeful, raw, highly theatrical, and yes, very funny. Age recommendation: 14 and up. Tickets and details available at openeyetheatre.org/life-sucks.
Book Launch: Dianna Hunter’s Clouded Waters
Sunday, October 15
10 AM – 12 PM
Quatrefoil Library
1220 E Lake Street
Free
Please join the Quatrefoil Library and the L Spot Shop for a cozy morning celebration of Dianna Hunter’s Clouded Waters, a mystery/romance novel set in what we now call the Mesabi Range in Minnesota. After reading from and discussing her novel, Dianna (she/her) will be joined by local author, scholar, and long-time friend, Dr. Christine A. Jenkins (she/her) for a short talk on the compelling history of mysteries with lesbian protagonists. Come for the reading, stay for the mingle! Light refreshments will be provided and all of Dianna’s books will be available for purchase and signing.
Poetry and Singing in the Holy Ground
Sunday, October 15, 2 PM
Pioneers and Soldiers Cemetery
Lake Street & Cedar Avenue
(Entrance on Cedar Ave)
Free
In Poetry and Singing in the Holy Ground, local poets celebrate where we come from and who we are. The audience will be invited to sing folk songs from different periods in the cemetery’s history, and students from the workshop Writing with Our Ancestors will be invited to read. Presenters include poets Dralandra and Patrick Cabello Hansel. The event is sponsored by The Semilla Center for Healing and the Arts and the “Not Dead Yet Poets Society.” Bring a blanket or a lawn chair to sit on!
Star Turtle
Saturday, October 21
10:30 – 11:30 AM
Hinterhands Puppet Company
2742 15th Ave S
$5-$10 suggested donation
Join Dagsi Turtle and Jisdu Wabbit for a musical adventure into the Cherokee language! Race through time and space with Turtle and Wabbit on their quest to help Grandmother Turtle; sing along and you, too, will help keep alive the Cherokee language!
This live performance by award-winning performers of Z Puppets Rosenschnoz, Chris Griffith (Cherokee Nation) and Shari Aronson also includes a sneak peek of their Star Turtle web series, nominated for “Best Family Series” and “Best Web Series” by Minnesota WebFest. Recommended for ages 4+.
BareBones Halloween Extravaganza
October 27, 28, 29, + 31
7 – 8 PM
Midtown Greenway
2828 11th Avenue S
$20 or more donation per ticket, or pay what you can
BareBones is turning 30! Save a date and join us for the 30th year of our puppet pageant—an outdoor spectacle consisting of larger-than-life puppetry, stilting, dance, fire, song, and music. Want to be involved in creating the Extravaganza? Please email volunteer@barebonespuppets.org. As always, there will also be plenty of walk-up tickets available on show nights, but for first seating, buy tickets online at barebonespuppets.org/2023-show.
The Playground Adventures of Miss Rosie Jones
Saturday, October 28
10:30 – 11:30 AM
Hinterhands Puppet Company
2742 15th Ave S
$5-$10 suggested donation
Rosie Jones is a young girl whose imagination keeps getting away from her- and she trains it to come back! Along the way, Rosie asks questions of the built environment and learns about how the world works by building with simple machines. Join this new puppet adventure on the puppet playground created by puppeteer Felicia Cooper.
Dia de Muertos Celebration
Saturday, October 28
12 – 5 PM
Midtown Global Market
920 East Lake Street
Free
Join us to celebrate Dia de Muertos at Midtown Global Market with live music, dance, ofrenda, catrinas, and alebrije making activities for all ages!
Halloween Spooktactular
Tuesday, October 31
4 – 6 PM
Phillips Community Center
2323 11th Ave S
Free
A Halloween get together for all ages! For those under 18, we will have fun and spooky activities filled with snacks, refreshments, and Halloween candy. Come down to the park dressed in your costume, or just come as yourself!
Not So Scary Halloween!
Tuesday, October 31
5 – 7 PM
Midtown Global Market
920 East Lake Street
Free
Join the Midtown Global Market for a family not-so-scary Trick or Treat. Wear your costume and enjoy music and treats with the community!
The Box King
Saturday, November 4
10:30 – 11:30 AM
Hinterhands Puppet Company
2742 15th Ave S
$5-$10 suggested donation
Told with hand carved marionettes and a transforming cardboard box, The Box King is a family show following two kingdoms. One with a queen and a kingdom that is clean and very well organized. One with a king and a kingdom that is incredibly forgetful but full of the happiest people you will ever meet.
These two kingdoms are joined together through the marriage of their leaders. But what happens when the king loses the queen and cannot remember who anyone is any longer? Is putting everything and everyone into boxes the way to keep things organized, or is there more to an organized kingdom?
