Lake Street News Brief
www.lakestreetcouncil.org 
October 28, 2008
 
Lake Street Council's mission is to build
a cohesive strategy to ensure the ongoing vitality
of the Lake Street Corridor business community.
 

Two weeks to go until our annual wine tasting & silent auction fundraiser! Buy tickets online now.

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Lake Street Calendar:

Wednesdays & Thursdays in October: Twin Cities Radio Live, at Vera's Cafe
8:00 - 10:00 PM, 2901 Lyndale Ave. S.
Twin Cities Radio on the Net presents you with the best local and world class Indie artists and musicians. All shows at Vera's are Live, Acoustic, and NO COVER.

November 1st:
Hobo Dreams, at In the Heart of the Beast Theatre
10:00 AM & Noon, 1500 E. Lake St.
Follow the adventures of this American icon as he travels the world winning the hearts and admiration of all he meets. Part of HOBT's Saturday Puppet Shows for Kids series.

Through November 2nd: archy and mehitabel, at Open Eye Figure Theatre
506 E. 24th St.
"This humorous poetic romp  is created for the stage by two of  the Twin Cities most comedic and loved performers. Cockroaches...Cleopatra...rubbish...royalty.  Join Sarah Agnew and Jim Lichtscheidl as they serve up Don Marquis' archy and mehitabel, new and skewed where '...men and insects are the same, both transient flecks of starry dust that out of nothing came.' "

November 2nd: Neighborhood Night 15 Year Celebration, at Bryant Lake Bowl
6:00 PM - 2:00 AM, 810 West Lake Street
Free bowling, food and drink specials as a thank you from BLB to their neighbors for their continued business as BLB turns 15 years old.

November 7th & 8thFlaming Cabaret, at Patrick's Cabaret
8:00 PM, 3010 Minnehaha Ave.
Lisa Ganser curates and hosts Flaming Cabaret at Patrick’s Cabaret featuring new short film Garage Sale by Tyler Jensen.

Beginning November 14th: Souvenir, at Jungle Theater
2951 Lyndale Ave. S.
"A wildly funny and surprisingly touching portrait of real-life musical laughingstock Florence Foster Jenkins - a wealthy society widow who professed to be a great opera soprano, but instead had an uncanny ability to stay consistently off-key."

November 14th: Handmade Puppet Dreams, at In the Heart of the Beast Theatre
8:00 PM, 1500 E. Lake St.
Heather Henson's production company, IBEX Puppetry, presents a selection of puppet film shorts by independent artists exploring their handmade craft specifically for the camera.

November 20thAuthor Reading, at Magers & Quinn
7:30 PM, 3038 Hennepin Ave. S.
Wellstone Action Executive Director Jeff Blodgett leads a post-election debrief and discusses his book Winning Your Election the Wellstone Way.

November 29th: Kids Book Club, at East Lake Library
2:00 - 3:00 PM, 2727 East Lake Street
This month's book is The Year of the Dog by Grace Lin. "Frustrated at her seeming lack of talent for anything, a young Taiwanese American girl sets out to apply the lessons of the Chinese Year of the Dog, those of making best friends and finding oneself, to her own life."