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Midnight Muse Presents: 

The Naughty Nickel Peep Show & Open Cabaret! 

Declared a "Living Legend" by the Library of Congress, Dave Brubeck is one of the most popular musicians working in jazz and classical fields today. Recognized the world over as the man who brought odd time signatures to jazz, his experiments with time, counterpoint, and polyphony are singular innovations.

Artists With Disabilities Alliance (AWDA), the organization of artists with physical and mental disabilities, will present   The Open Flow Forum, a workshop for emerging artists in any art form, on Wednesday, November 4th at Anodyne Arts (825 Carleton St., St. Paul, 55114) at 7PM.

Grab a friend and head on over to the Whole Foods Market cooking classroom for a hands-on exciting food fiesta!  We will be learning all about the history of Mexican cuisine, how to "veganize" some Mexican classics and swap recipes and tricks for enjoying a fabulous vegan lifestyle.  Class is vegan friendly and hands-on.  Pre-registration is required. 

More: How is this powerful tradition relevant to our 21st century lives as we look for new physical, emotional and spiritual resources?

Pasty sale at Epworth UMC, Minneapolis.  Order meat or vegetarian pasty by Thursday, Nov. 5.  Limited quantities.  Cost is $4.50 each.  Call 612-724-8942 or 612-724-0290 to place your order.  Pick it up after 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at 3207 37th Ave. S., Minneapolis.

When legendary producer David O. Selznick decides that the filming of "Gone with the Wind" is not working, he stops production, yanks esteemed director Vic Fleming from the set of "The Wizard of Oz", brings in famed screenwriter Ben Hecht, and locks himself with these two men behind closed doors for five days to rewrite the screenplay on a diet of bananas and peanuts.

The show begins its tour to prisons, housing projects, and homeless shelters October 8 and ends with four weekends of public performances in Minneapolis October 23-November 8 at Open Book (1011 Washington Ave S, Mipls) and November 13-15 at Minnesota Opera Center (620 N 1st St, Mpls)

New York art collectors Dorothy and Herbert Vogel have amassed a broad and important collection featuring minimalist, conceptual, and other work by innovative 20th century American artists.

Guthrie Director Joe Dowling, known throughout the United States and Ireland as a preeminent director and scholar of Brian Friel's work, will return to his acting roots - making his American acting debut - to play the title role in this powerful play about Frank Hardy, his wife Grace and talent manager Teddy.

American Youth features the work of 25 photographers represented by Redux Pictures, documenting the newest generation of 18 to 24-year-olds in unvarnished detail throughout the exhibit's 50 images. Included in the exhibit are NEA Fellow Marc Ashin's unexpected look at life in Lubavtich life in New York City, Guggenheim Fellow Darcy Padilla's grim glimpse at teenage homelessness, and W.

Shadows of Life: X-Ray Images of Plant and Marine Life is Macalester College's 2009-2010 "science-related" art exhibit featuring X-ray prints that offer an exciting peek beneath nature's surface. The artist Dr. Andre Bruwer, a Mayo-trained radiologist, was one of the first to use the X-ray machine as an artist's tool.  The show opens Thursday, Sept. 24 in the James R.

The American Association of Woodturners Gallery of Wood Art is proud to present Spirit of the Southwest, opening to the public on September 15, 2009. Spirit of the Southwest features over 40 beautifully crafted and conceived sculptural pieces inspired by the cultures and landscape of the American Southwest.