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Week of June 24 2012

Time	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
All day	24 Twin Cities Pride 2012 06/23/2012 (All day) - 06/24/2012 (All day) MSRA's Back to the 50's Weekend 06/22/2012 (All day) - 06/24/2012 (All day) MSRA's Back to the 50's Weekend 06/22/2012 (All day) - 06/24/2012 (All day) 2011-12 Broadway Across America-Minneapolis Season 06/15/2012 (All day) - 06/24/2012 (All day) Blue Man Group 06/15/2012 (All day) - 06/24/2012 (All day) "The Hollow" at Theatre in the Round 05/25/2012 (All day) - 06/24/2012 (All day)	25 Beatrix*JAR Experimental Studio 06/19/2012 (All day) - 06/25/2012 (All day)	26	27	28	29	30 Twin Cities Jazz Festival 2012 06/28/2012 (All day) - 06/30/2012 (All day) Human Combat Chess Show 06/22/2012 (All day) - 06/30/2012 (All day)
Before 7:00 am	TCDP TOP PICK \| "Rembrandt in America" at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts 06/24/2012 (All day) - 09/16/2012 (All day) Sophia Shorai 06/23/2012 - 10:30pm - 06/24/2012 - 2:00am Human Combat Chess Show 06/22/2012 (All day) - 06/30/2012 (All day) Beatrix*JAR Experimental Studio 06/19/2012 (All day) - 06/25/2012 (All day) "The Vampire!" at the Minnesota Centennial Showboat 06/15/2012 (All day) - 08/25/2012 (All day) "Roman Holiday" at the Guthrie Theater 06/09/2012 (All day) - 08/19/2012 (All day) "Noises Off!" at Jungle Theater 06/08/2012 - 7:00pm - 07/29/2012 - 7:00pm "Hedge Magic" at the Soap Factory 06/02/2012 (All day) - 08/05/2012 (All day) Bif! Bam! Pow! Comic book movies at the Trylon Microcinema 06/01/2012 (All day) - 07/01/2012 (All day) Schedule Your Summer Stenciling Outing! 05/29/2012 (All day) - 10/26/2012 (All day) Crime and Pun-ishment - A murder mystery dinner 05/26/2012 - 7:00pm - 06/30/2012 - 7:00pm New Spanish Speaking worship (mass) service to begin at St Nicholas Episcopal Church 04/28/2012 - 5:30pm - 12/29/2012 - 6:30pm whiteonwhite: algorithmicnoir at the Walker Art Center 04/18/2012 (All day) - 07/08/2012 (All day) Kinetic Dialectic 03/03/2012 (All day) - 07/01/2012 (All day) Käthe Kollwitz: Making Human 03/03/2012 (All day) - 07/01/2012 (All day) Real Pirates at the Science Museum of Minnesota 02/18/2012 (All day) - 09/03/2012 (All day) "Event Horizon" at the Walker 11/21/2009 (All day) - 08/26/2012 (All day)	JT Bates 06/24/2012 - 10:00pm - 06/25/2012 - 1:00am Jenna Wyse & Josh Granowski 06/24/2012 - 9:00pm - 06/25/2012 - 2:00am TCDP TOP PICK \| "Rembrandt in America" at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts 06/24/2012 (All day) - 09/16/2012 (All day) Human Combat Chess Show 06/22/2012 (All day) - 06/30/2012 (All day) "The Vampire!" at the Minnesota Centennial Showboat 06/15/2012 (All day) - 08/25/2012 (All day) "Roman Holiday" at the Guthrie Theater 06/09/2012 (All day) - 08/19/2012 (All day) "Noises Off!" at Jungle Theater 06/08/2012 - 7:00pm - 07/29/2012 - 7:00pm "Hedge Magic" at the Soap Factory 06/02/2012 (All day) - 08/05/2012 (All day) Bif! Bam! Pow! Comic book movies at the Trylon Microcinema 06/01/2012 (All day) - 07/01/2012 (All day) Schedule Your Summer Stenciling Outing! 05/29/2012 (All day) - 10/26/2012 (All day) Crime and Pun-ishment - A murder mystery dinner 05/26/2012 - 7:00pm - 06/30/2012 - 7:00pm New Spanish Speaking worship (mass) service to begin at St Nicholas Episcopal Church 04/28/2012 - 5:30pm - 12/29/2012 - 6:30pm whiteonwhite: algorithmicnoir at the Walker Art Center 04/18/2012 (All day) - 07/08/2012 (All day) Kinetic Dialectic 03/03/2012 (All day) - 07/01/2012 (All day) Käthe Kollwitz: Making Human 03/03/2012 (All day) - 07/01/2012 (All day) Real Pirates at the Science Museum of Minnesota 02/18/2012 (All day) - 09/03/2012 (All day) "Event Horizon" at the Walker 11/21/2009 (All day) - 08/26/2012 (All day)	Gypsy Mania 06/25/2012 - 10:00pm - 06/26/2012 - 1:00am Patty & the Buttons 06/25/2012 - 9:00pm - 06/26/2012 - 2:00am TCDP TOP PICK \| "Rembrandt in America" at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts 06/24/2012 (All day) - 09/16/2012 (All day) Human Combat Chess Show 06/22/2012 (All day) - 06/30/2012 (All day) "The Vampire!" at the Minnesota Centennial Showboat 06/15/2012 (All day) - 08/25/2012 (All day) "Roman Holiday" at the Guthrie Theater 06/09/2012 (All day) - 08/19/2012 (All day) "Noises Off!" at Jungle Theater 06/08/2012 - 7:00pm - 07/29/2012 - 7:00pm "Hedge Magic" at the Soap Factory 06/02/2012 (All day) - 08/05/2012 (All day) Bif! Bam! Pow! Comic book movies at the Trylon Microcinema 06/01/2012 (All day) - 07/01/2012 (All day) Schedule Your Summer Stenciling Outing! 05/29/2012 (All day) - 10/26/2012 (All day) Crime and Pun-ishment - A murder mystery dinner 05/26/2012 - 7:00pm - 06/30/2012 - 7:00pm New Spanish Speaking worship (mass) service to begin at St Nicholas Episcopal Church 04/28/2012 - 5:30pm - 12/29/2012 - 6:30pm whiteonwhite: algorithmicnoir at the Walker Art Center 04/18/2012 (All day) - 07/08/2012 (All day) Kinetic Dialectic 03/03/2012 (All day) - 07/01/2012 (All day) Käthe Kollwitz: Making Human 03/03/2012 (All day) - 07/01/2012 (All day) Real Pirates at the Science Museum of Minnesota 02/18/2012 (All day) - 09/03/2012 (All day) "Event Horizon" at the Walker 11/21/2009 (All day) - 08/26/2012 (All day)	TCDP TOP PICK \| "Rembrandt in America" at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts 06/24/2012 (All day) - 09/16/2012 (All day) Human Combat Chess Show 06/22/2012 (All day) - 06/30/2012 (All day) "The Vampire!" at the Minnesota Centennial Showboat 06/15/2012 (All day) - 08/25/2012 (All day) "Roman Holiday" at the Guthrie Theater 06/09/2012 (All day) - 08/19/2012 (All day) "Noises Off!" at Jungle Theater 06/08/2012 - 7:00pm - 07/29/2012 - 7:00pm "Hedge Magic" at the Soap Factory 06/02/2012 (All day) - 08/05/2012 (All day) Bif! Bam! Pow! Comic book movies at the Trylon Microcinema 06/01/2012 (All day) - 07/01/2012 (All day) Schedule Your Summer Stenciling Outing! 05/29/2012 (All day) - 10/26/2012 (All day) Crime and Pun-ishment - A murder mystery dinner 05/26/2012 - 7:00pm - 06/30/2012 - 7:00pm New Spanish Speaking worship (mass) service to begin at St Nicholas Episcopal Church 04/28/2012 - 5:30pm - 12/29/2012 - 6:30pm whiteonwhite: algorithmicnoir at the Walker Art Center 04/18/2012 (All day) - 07/08/2012 (All day) Kinetic Dialectic 03/03/2012 (All day) - 07/01/2012 (All day) Käthe Kollwitz: Making Human 03/03/2012 (All day) - 07/01/2012 (All day) Real Pirates at the Science Museum of Minnesota 02/18/2012 (All day) - 09/03/2012 (All day) "Event Horizon" at the Walker 11/21/2009 (All day) - 08/26/2012 (All day)	Twin Cities Jazz Festival 2012 06/28/2012 (All day) - 06/30/2012 (All day) Basuketto 06/27/2012 - 10:00pm - 06/28/2012 - 2:00am Matty V 06/27/2012 - 10:00pm - 06/28/2012 - 1:00am TCDP TOP PICK \| "Rembrandt in America" at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts 06/24/2012 (All day) - 09/16/2012 (All day) Human Combat Chess Show 06/22/2012 (All day) - 06/30/2012 (All day) "The Vampire!" at the Minnesota Centennial Showboat 06/15/2012 (All day) - 08/25/2012 (All day) "Roman Holiday" at the Guthrie Theater 06/09/2012 (All day) - 08/19/2012 (All day) "Noises Off!" at Jungle Theater 06/08/2012 - 7:00pm - 07/29/2012 - 7:00pm "Hedge Magic" at the Soap Factory 06/02/2012 (All day) - 08/05/2012 (All day) Bif! Bam! Pow! Comic book movies at the Trylon Microcinema 06/01/2012 (All day) - 07/01/2012 (All day) Schedule Your Summer Stenciling Outing! 05/29/2012 (All day) - 10/26/2012 (All day) Crime and Pun-ishment - A murder mystery dinner 05/26/2012 - 7:00pm - 06/30/2012 - 7:00pm New Spanish Speaking worship (mass) service to begin at St Nicholas Episcopal Church 04/28/2012 - 5:30pm - 12/29/2012 - 6:30pm whiteonwhite: algorithmicnoir at the Walker Art Center 04/18/2012 (All day) - 07/08/2012 (All day) Kinetic Dialectic 03/03/2012 (All day) - 07/01/2012 (All day) Käthe Kollwitz: Making Human 03/03/2012 (All day) - 07/01/2012 (All day) Real Pirates at the Science Museum of Minnesota 02/18/2012 (All day) - 09/03/2012 (All day) "Event Horizon" at the Walker 11/21/2009 (All day) - 08/26/2012 (All day)	Lions Cut 06/28/2012 - 10:00pm - 06/29/2012 - 2:00am WolfLords 06/28/2012 - 10:00pm - 06/29/2012 - 1:00am Twin Cities Jazz Festival 2012 06/28/2012 (All day) - 06/30/2012 (All day) TCDP TOP PICK \| "Rembrandt in America" at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts 06/24/2012 (All day) - 09/16/2012 (All day) Human Combat Chess Show 06/22/2012 (All day) - 06/30/2012 (All day) "The Vampire!" at the Minnesota Centennial Showboat 06/15/2012 (All day) - 08/25/2012 (All day) "Roman Holiday" at the Guthrie Theater 06/09/2012 (All day) - 08/19/2012 (All day) "Noises Off!" at Jungle Theater 06/08/2012 - 7:00pm - 07/29/2012 - 7:00pm "Hedge Magic" at the Soap Factory 06/02/2012 (All day) - 08/05/2012 (All day) Bif! Bam! Pow! Comic book movies at the Trylon Microcinema 06/01/2012 (All day) - 07/01/2012 (All day) Schedule Your Summer Stenciling Outing! 05/29/2012 (All day) - 10/26/2012 (All day) Crime and Pun-ishment - A murder mystery dinner 05/26/2012 - 7:00pm - 06/30/2012 - 7:00pm New Spanish Speaking worship (mass) service to begin at St Nicholas Episcopal Church 04/28/2012 - 5:30pm - 12/29/2012 - 6:30pm whiteonwhite: algorithmicnoir at the Walker Art Center 04/18/2012 (All day) - 07/08/2012 (All day) Kinetic Dialectic 03/03/2012 (All day) - 07/01/2012 (All day) Käthe Kollwitz: Making Human 03/03/2012 (All day) - 07/01/2012 (All day) Real Pirates at the Science Museum of Minnesota 02/18/2012 (All day) - 09/03/2012 (All day) "Event Horizon" at the Walker 11/21/2009 (All day) - 08/26/2012 (All day)	This Will Have Been: Art, Love & Politics in the 1980s 06/30/2012 (All day) - 09/30/2012 (All day) TCDP TOP PICK \| "Rembrandt in America" at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts 06/24/2012 (All day) - 09/16/2012 (All day) "The Vampire!" at the Minnesota Centennial Showboat 06/15/2012 (All day) - 08/25/2012 (All day) "Roman Holiday" at the Guthrie Theater 06/09/2012 (All day) - 08/19/2012 (All day) "Noises Off!" at Jungle Theater 06/08/2012 - 7:00pm - 07/29/2012 - 7:00pm "Hedge Magic" at the Soap Factory 06/02/2012 (All day) - 08/05/2012 (All day) Bif! Bam! Pow! Comic book movies at the Trylon Microcinema 06/01/2012 (All day) - 07/01/2012 (All day) Schedule Your Summer Stenciling Outing! 05/29/2012 (All day) - 10/26/2012 (All day) Crime and Pun-ishment - A murder mystery dinner 05/26/2012 - 7:00pm - 06/30/2012 - 7:00pm New Spanish Speaking worship (mass) service to begin at St Nicholas Episcopal Church 04/28/2012 - 5:30pm - 12/29/2012 - 6:30pm whiteonwhite: algorithmicnoir at the Walker Art Center 04/18/2012 (All day) - 07/08/2012 (All day) Kinetic Dialectic 03/03/2012 (All day) - 07/01/2012 (All day) Käthe Kollwitz: Making Human 03/03/2012 (All day) - 07/01/2012 (All day) Real Pirates at the Science Museum of Minnesota 02/18/2012 (All day) - 09/03/2012 (All day) "Event Horizon" at the Walker 11/21/2009 (All day) - 08/26/2012 (All day)
7:00 am					Summer Policy Series: Evaluating Tax Expenditures 06/28/2012 - 7:30am - 9:30am
10:00 am				55+ Bicycling Mini Series 06/27/2012 - 10:00am
12:00 pm				Summer Music Festival at Northrop Presents Alison Scott 06/27/2012 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm
1:00 pm	Downtown White Bear Lake Then and Now – A Walking Tour 06/24/2012 - 1:00pm - 3:00pm 2011-12 Broadway Across America-Minneapolis Season 06/24/2012 - 1:00pm Polish American Cultural Institute of Minnesota open house 06/24/2012 - 1:00pm - 4:00pm "Philadelphia Story" at Commonweal Theatre 06/24/2012 - 1:30pm						"Seussical: Theatre for Young Audiences Version" at Stages Theatre Company 06/30/2012 - 1:00pm "The 39 Steps" at Commonweal Theatre 06/30/2012 - 1:30pm
2:00 pm	"Laughter on the 23rd Floor" at Park Square Theatre 06/24/2012 - 2:00pm "Gilligan's Island: The Musical" 06/24/2012 - 2:30pm
3:00 pm	Jomama Jones: Radiate Live! 06/24/2012 - 3:00pm
4:00 pm			Newsroom Cafe with Jay Gabler 06/26/2012 - 4:00pm - 5:00pm Newsroom Cafe - Editor is IN 06/26/2012 - 4:30pm - 6:00pm		June Social Media Clinic 06/28/2012 - 4:00pm - 6:00pm
5:00 pm			Get Connected! Working on Transportation Equity with the Alliance for Metropolitan Stability 06/26/2012 - 5:00pm - 7:00pm	Get Connected! Engaging on Education and Community Issues with Wilder Research 06/27/2012 - 5:00pm - 7:00pm
6:00 pm	"The Merry Wives of Windsor" by The Cromulent Shakespeare Company -- free, outdoors 06/24/2012 - 6:30pm - 8:00pm 2011-12 Broadway Across America-Minneapolis Season 06/24/2012 - 6:30pm						A Punker's Revenge: A Celebration of Speedboat Gallery 06/30/2012 - 6:00pm
7:00 pm	"Phoenix" 06/24/2012 - 7:00pm Phoenix By Scott Organ 06/24/2012 - 7:00pm - 8:30pm	Taste of the Nation Minneapolis HOTlist 06/25/2012 - 7:00pm - 10:00pm A Minnesota Without Poverty--Enough for All Summer Benefit Concert 06/25/2012 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm Buddha and a Beer Presented by Pete Christensen & Jim Walsh 06/25/2012 - 7:00pm - 8:30pm "The 39 Steps" at Commonweal Theatre 06/25/2012 - 7:30pm	Beyond the Pure: Queer Voices at Intermedia Arts 06/26/2012 - 7:00pm	"The Merry Wives of Windsor" by The Cromulent Shakespeare Company -- free, outdoors 06/27/2012 - 7:00pm - 8:30pm Class: Telling Your Story to Make a Difference 06/27/2012 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm "Laughter on the 23rd Floor" at Park Square Theatre 06/27/2012 - 7:30pm	"The Merry Wives of Windsor" by The Cromulent Shakespeare Company -- free, outdoors 06/28/2012 - 7:00pm - 8:30pm "The Vow Factor" 06/28/2012 - 7:00pm Hip Hop Dance at Tapestry 06/28/2012 - 7:00pm - 8:30pm "Philadelphia Story" at Commonweal Theatre 06/28/2012 - 7:30pm "Laughter on the 23rd Floor" at Park Square Theatre 06/28/2012 - 7:30pm	"The Merry Wives of Windsor" by The Cromulent Shakespeare Company -- free, outdoors 06/29/2012 - 7:00pm - 8:30pm "The Vow Factor" 06/29/2012 - 7:00pm "Seussical: Theatre for Young Audiences Version" at Stages Theatre Company 06/29/2012 - 7:00pm "44 Plays for 44 Presidents" at Theatre Pro Rata 06/29/2012 - 7:30pm "The 39 Steps" at Commonweal Theatre 06/29/2012 - 7:30pm "Laughter on the 23rd Floor" at Park Square Theatre 06/29/2012 - 7:30pm	All-Star Benefit Concert at the Capri Theater 06/30/2012 - 7:00pm TRANSFORM Art Exhibit and Lecture 06/30/2012 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm "The Vow Factor" 06/30/2012 - 7:00pm "Pinocchio" at SteppingStone Theatre 06/30/2012 - 7:00pm "Seussical: Theatre for Young Audiences Version" at Stages Theatre Company 06/30/2012 - 7:00pm Minneapolis Pops Orchestra ~ Pops Preview Potpourri Concert 06/30/2012 - 7:30pm "44 Plays for 44 Presidents" at Theatre Pro Rata 06/30/2012 - 7:30pm "Philadelphia Story" at Commonweal Theatre 06/30/2012 - 7:30pm "Laughter on the 23rd Floor" at Park Square Theatre 06/30/2012 - 7:30pm
8:00 pm				The Promise Ring at the Varsity Theater 06/27/2012 - 8:00pm 9x22 Dance/Lab Produced and hosted by Laurie Van Wieren 06/27/2012 - 8:00pm - 10:00pm		"Angels in America" 06/29/2012 - 8:00pm
9:00 pm	Jenna Wyse & Josh Granowski 06/24/2012 - 9:00pm - 06/25/2012 - 2:00am	Patty & the Buttons 06/25/2012 - 9:00pm - 06/26/2012 - 2:00am				Back to the Future: The Drinking Game Presented by Shadow Horse Productions in Association with Embassy Jack. The Screenplay is by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale 06/29/2012 - 9:30pm - 11:30pm
10:00 pm	JT Bates 06/24/2012 - 10:00pm - 06/25/2012 - 1:00am	Gypsy Mania 06/25/2012 - 10:00pm - 06/26/2012 - 1:00am		Basuketto 06/27/2012 - 10:00pm - 06/28/2012 - 2:00am Matty V 06/27/2012 - 10:00pm - 06/28/2012 - 1:00am	Lions Cut 06/28/2012 - 10:00pm - 06/29/2012 - 2:00am WolfLords 06/28/2012 - 10:00pm - 06/29/2012 - 1:00am		Lulu's Playground 06/30/2012 - 10:30pm - 07/01/2012 - 2:00am

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