Lake Street News Brief
www.lakestreetcouncil.org 
December 23, 2008
 
Lake Street Council's mission is to build
a cohesive strategy to ensure the ongoing vitality
of the Lake Street Corridor business community.
 

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December 27th: Kids Book Club, at East Lake Library
2:00 - 3:00 PM, 2727 East Lake Street
This month's book is Redwall by Brian Jacques. "
When the peaceful life of ancient Redwall Abbey is shattered by the arrival of the evil rat Cluny and his villainous hordes, Matthias, a young mouse, determines to find the legendary sword of Martin the Warrior which, he is convinced, will help Redwall's inhabitants destroy the enemy."

Through December 28th: 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."

December 31st: New Year's Eve Spectacular, at Bryant Lake Bowl
7:00 PM & 11:00 PM, 810 W. Lake St.
Ring in the New Year with “the Twin Cities’ Sharpest Sketch Comedy Team”  Featuring “smart, manic” comedy, music, dance, special surprise guests, and more broken resolutions than you can shake a Scrimshaw at! Complimentary party favors at both shows! The late show goes all the way to 2009!

Through December 31st: Holiday Specials at Hair By Morgan
718 W. Lake St.
"Holidays" and the economy have you stressed out? Hair by Morgan is having 1/2 off color and a cut. Also $ 100.00 off hair Extensions... so you can look your best for the holiday season and also have money left over for gifts and fun.

Through January 9th: Art & Healing: Body Burden, at and Intermedia Arts
2822 Lyndale Ave.
Featuring gallery exhibitions, performances, brown bag dialogues and youth workshops that take a frank and creative look at the connections between our bodies, our environment and our modern way of life.

January 10th: Are You Thirsty?, at In the Heart of the Beast Theatre
10:00 AM and noon, 1500 E. Lake St.
Come explore a myriad of questions contained in a cup of water--one of the most precious and necessary shared resources of our planet. Part of HOBT's Saturday morning puppet shows for kids.

January 12th: Community Forum on Proposed Xcel Energy Substations
6:30 - 8:30 PM, 1516 E. Lake St. (Plaza Verde, 3rd floor)
Hosted by the Phillips Community Energy Cooperative. They invite all "to attend and be open to think about this project not from a pro or con perspective, but rather as an opportunity to be proactive about energy use in the neighborhood."

January 16th & 17th: Spirit in the House, at Patrick's Cabaret
8:00 PM, 3010 Minnehaha Ave.
Featuring: Leslie Ball with Music of the Spheres, Dean J. Seal with Backward Ecclesiastes, Theater for the Thirsty presents ’Something Priceless for Cheap’, Steven Solberg with the film "Standing On The Bones of Our Ancestors" with Dance by Ransomed Messengers, and an Original Monologue by Amy Salloway.

January 17th: Author Reading & Signing, at Magers & Quinn Booksellers
7:00 PM, 3038 Hennepin Ave. S.
Scott Sigler reads and signs his novel Contagious. "From the acclaimed author of Infected comes an epic and exhilarating story of humanity’s secret battle against a horrific enemy."