Last night I found out my friend Allen at House of Balls did something awesome last weekend. He hosted a Reverend Billy & The Church of Life After Shopping revival last Saturday. And there was another one in St. Paul on Sunday. If only I’d known! Double drat. But I did receive a consolation prize, in the form of a little shoutout from Pee-Wee Herman himself. That made me plenty giddy.
And, inspired by Loobylu, What’s Hot and What’s Not.
Hot
- A behind-the-scenes Onion AV Club interview with Wes Anderson, about the wonderful Fantastic Mr. Fox.
- The Portland Cello Project, with the talented Thao Nguyen. So good!
- Vintage octopus pulp book covers!
- In that same vein, the Parkway Theater’s Saturday matinee series:
Relive an old-time Saturday Matinee out of the 1940s and ’50s! Each week laugh or thrill to a vintage comedy, western, horror, adventure or mystery feature, plus cartoons, shorts and a Sci-Fi serial chapter of “Radar Men from the Moon!” Admission is only $2.00!
- The Toys in the Attic show is at the SOO Vac gallery this Friday night.
- The Walker Art Center is hosting a 10 hour open house this Saturday.
NOT
After a decent day at work I plunged into aggravating after-school mode.
- The incident report I’ve been expecting from my son’s school still wasn’t in the backpack today, even though a teacher sent an email this morning, promising it would be there.
- I stopped by our local library to pick up a book I had on hold but couldn’t locate my library card. Even though I had my driver’s license with me I wasn’t allowed to check the book out. Got home to find my library card in an unlikely place but was in no mood to schlepp back.
- And, worst of all, the little man and I had an awful argument on the way home. Mostly over what I’m making for dinner. Sigh.
In other news, the annual No Coast Craft-O-Rama sale is happening this Friday and Saturday at the Midtown Global Market. I applaud their efforts, but wow, I can’t handle the crowds up in that joint and the acoustics only exacerbate the problem. Saturday sees a less confining event - the first Franklin Frolic. From City Pages:
“This free Seward neighborhood party will feature open studios and galleries, food and drink specials, live music, and free samples throughout the day. Be sure to head over to Triangle Park (26th and Franklin Avenues) at 5 p.m. when officials will light up the park with thousands of twinkling lights. Neighbors and friends can then enjoy fresh roasted chestnuts, listen to music by the Brass Messengers, and watch performances by fire dancers. This may also be your last chance to enjoy inflatables outside during the holiday season. 12-6 p.m.”
Bonus! Between 1pm-5pm there will be vegan grub from rhymes with vegan (whose recipes I was just drooling over yesterday) at Fast and Furless.
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