Weekend what's what 10/10-10/12: Dancing in the street

by l'etoile magazine staff • 10/8/08 • Just because it's chilly out doesn't mean you can't take to the streets like nature intended, right? This weekend you'll have plenty of reasons to pound the pavement with not only the new l'étoile sponsored dance night, Street Sounds, in the VIP Room this Friday, but also the St. Paul Art Crawl, the Mobilize the Youth event and so many more that will have you strollin' on the party (or arty) side of the street! xo-l'étoile

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CLICK HERE FOR THE ART CRAWL SITE Art by Diane HansenCOOL LINK: DECLARE YOURSELF Jessica Alba in a Hannibal Lecter style muzzle, Andre 3000 in tears gagged by his own bow-tie? Did you fall asleep again reading In-Style and the Marquis De Sade? Maybe, or perhaps you've just stumbled across one of the more visually arresting voter registry campaigns of this election season. Striking celebrities across the media spectrum are participating in Declare Yourself, a youth directed campaign committed to voter registration and the importance of making your voice heard in the upcoming election. Shot by noted fashion photographer, David LaChapelle, the Declare Yourself campaign features the aforementioned bondage-flavored images with the tag line “only you can silence yourself”. LaChapelle's saturated, surrealist style makes the shocking images resonate and ultimately stick in your brain. Judge for yourself if the photos are sexy fun or just empty shock value and get useful info on the election and voter registration. CLICK HERE FOR THE DECLARE YOURSELF SITESATURDAY OCTOBER 11TH Fleet Foxes (Early Show) @ The Cedar Cultural Center 416 Cedar Avenue South West Bank 5pm / All Ages / $15 Tickets are still available! Yes, that's right - contrary to popular belief, there are still tickets available for the 5pm Fleet Foxes show at the Cedar this Saturday (8pm is already sold out)! The Foxes are tough to catch due to sold out shows throughout the country, so click the link below to snap up your tickets before they sell out, which they surely will - but hopefully not before you read this! CLICK HERE FOR TICKET INFOSATURDAY OCTOBER 11TH Equilibrium: Spoken Word @ Open Book 1011 Washington Ave S Suite 200 Minneapolis 8pm / $5, $3 for students and Loft members Those who claim that words have no power have yet to attend the Loft's Equilibrium Spoken Word series. Feisty and dynamic, Spoken Word has all the depth of poetry intensified with hypnotic rhythm. This week's diverse line-up features San Francisco-based, Leticia Hernandez (Executive Director of GirlSource) Kay Barrett (Gwendolyn Brooks Open-Mic finalist) and Minnesota premiere Spoken Word artist Shá Cage. Enjoy coffee and beverages and the grooves of DJ Trinidad. The artists' passion to engage the audience's emotions is what makes EQ's performances so ground-breaking and energetic. Come see what all the hype's about! CLICK HERE FOR THE LOFT SITESATURDAY OCTOBER 11TH Bright Blue Earth Studio Party @ 1620 Central Ave NE suite 155 Northeast Minneapolis (Enter via 18th Avenue Loading Dock) 2pm-2am / free Head Northeast today! Jim Grafsgaard is debuting new artwork, and Mayan crafts gathered from a six-month stint in southern Mexico, and P.J. Tracy shows off the renovated sound studio. After 8pm, Twin Cities creatives gather for food, beverages, music and good times into the wee hours. And where there are artists, there is bound to be wine and interesting conversation, and, we can only hope, a bit o' debauchery. Bring something to share! CLICK HERE FOR THE BRIGHT BLUE EARTH SITE Art by Jim GrafsgaardSATURDAY OCTOBER 11TH Twin Cities Book Festival @ Minneapolis Community and Technical College 1501 Hennepin Ave S Downtown Minneapolis 10am-5pm / free Helllooo comic book fans. Really big deal this weekend! Love and Rockets legend Jaime Hernandez will be interviewed by local superstar cartoonist Zak Sally at 1pm. Rain Taxi also brings in Allen Ginsberg’s biographer, NPR’s “Voice of Books” Alan Cheuse, and poets, local authors, signings, and launches of about a billion new works. Plus, it’s free! CLICK HERE FOR THE RAIN TAXI SITESUNDAY MUSIC PICK: FARE SOLDI Pushing the boundaries of disco house and Italo is something that comes naturally to Fare Soldi. Taking the dance floor by storm, Fare Soldi’s bouncy, poppy beats take us back to the classic days of Italo, but this is definitely not your dad’s disco. Unfortunately, unless you live in Europe, you wont get the chance to see Fare Soldi any time soon. But that shouldn’t stop you from heading over to their Myspace page and checking out a few tunes! CLICK HERE FOR THE FARE SOLDI MYSPACESUNDAY OCTOBER 12TH St. Paul City Ballet @ Landmark Center F.K. Weyerhaeuser Auditorium 75 W 5th St. St. Paul 1pm-3pm / free How often do you get to see a ballet for free in an old courthouse and talk to the dancers afterwards? Almost never. The St. Paul City Ballet present “Autumn Reveries”, with a preview of their holiday premiere, “A Sugar Plum Dream”. Stick around and attend their open house, and explore the building’s exhibits on the gangsters of St. Paul. CLICK HERE FOR THE SPC BALLET SITESUNDAY OCTOBER 12TH Handmaiden Mpls Indie Craft Spooktacular @ James Ballantine VFW Post 246 2916 Lyndale Ave S Uptown 10am-5pm / free Ok, drink specials plus handmade goodies equals...another awesome craft show by the Handmaidens! Drink your way through 50 vendor’s art, purses, stationary, baby stuff, toys, and anything else these hip crafters have churned out lately. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFOFor more weekend picks, see l'etoile magazine.