September 26th: MAD DADS Dinner & Fundraiser
6:30 PM, 645 Hennepin Ave. (Fogo de Chao Restaurant)
In recognition of the organization and executive director VJ Smith. Tickets are $65. To buy tickets or for more information, call 612-822-0802.

September 27th - 30th: Explorations in Flamenco, at Intermedia Arts
8:00 PM Thursday - Saturday, 7:00 PM Sunday, 2822 Lyndale Ave. S.
Intermedia Arts and Zorongo Flamenco Dance Theatre present Explorations in Flamenco, a night of exciting new dance pieces by flamenco choreographers and dancers. Part I: Hiroshima—A Night Dreamt and a Day Flashed to Burn; Part II: Tia (Auntie).

September 28th: Stormwater Bus Tour: Rain Gardens, Green Roofs, and More
8:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Longfellow Community Council brings you this free tour of commercial sites around Minneapolis that have used best management practices to handle stormwater on site. Geared for businesses, commercial property owners and developers, but open to all. Pre-registration required. For more information or to register contact Hillary Oppmann at hillary@longfellow.org or 612-722-4529.

October 1st: Phillips Community Energy Cooperative Annual Meeting
5:30 - 8:00 PM, 2120 Park Ave. (Park House)
Learn about PCEC and see how to get involved for a healthier, greener and safer Phillips. Free and open to the public, and with dinner from local Phillips restaurants and door prizes.

October 4th - 7th: A Disease Called Freedom, from Pangea World Theater
7:30 PM, 1500 East Lake Street (Avalon Theatre)
"Working in a jazz aesthetic, collaboratively creating performance at the intersections of ensemble members' stories, a Disease called Freedom uses the metaphor of the River as a point of departure."

October 6th: 2nd Annual Murder & Mayhem Tour, at Pioneer and Soldiers Cemetery
1:00 PM, Cedar Ave. & Lake Street
Hear "breath-taking" stories and anecdotes of how sometimes murder and sometimes mayhem "landed" people in the historic cemetery.

Through October 14th: Speed-the-Plow, at Jungle Theater
Various times, 2951 Lyndale Ave. S.
"David Mamet's comic and scathing look at Hollywood poses the question whether personal and artistic integrity can co-exist with sex, popular demand and the bottom line."