Our costumes are planned, our candy is stocked and we simply can't wait to go out and about this weekend to spread our personal brand of wicked cheer! No matter your preferred genre of party, the Twin Cities has you covered with oodles of ghoulish rock shows, spooky costume contests, devilish dance parties and scream-worthy art openings. Us? We'll be co-hosting at the Rogue Buddha's opening for Masquerade on Friday and at Tempo's Opera Night Out Masquerade Ball on Saturday. It's bound to be a weekend full of beautiful debauchery and eerie mystery!
xo-l'etoile
THURSDAY OCTOBER 28TH
Scott Seekins: The Changing of the Suits
@ Nick & Eddie
1612 Harmon Pl
Minneapolis
9 p.m. / 21+ / Free
When Seekins changed from his summer whites to his winter blacks, we know snow is just around the corner. Our own personal artsy groundhog of sorts, the recognizable, roving art icon has been suiting up in signature style for as long as we can remember and probably beyond. Head down to Neddies this evening to rub elbows with Scott, take a jaunt up to his studio above the restaurant to peep his work, have a few drinks and get down to some live music. Bonus: Dress up like Seekins and you may just win free dinner and drinks if you're costume is up to snuff!
Click HERE for the Nick & Eddie site
photo by Karen Kopacz
THURSDAY OCTOBER 28TH
Pink Mink Dance Party
@ Club Jager
923 Washington Ave N
Minneapolis
10 p.m. / 21+ / Free
Club Jager is already the perfect spot for a ridiculously spooky night. Those high ceilings, that fireplace, the way it kind of looks like a medieval church turned bar...and you can bet that if Pink Mink is hosting a dance night, it’s going to be a party lively enough to wake the dead. Bring your scary face and get ready to shake it!
Click HERE for the Facebook invite
FRIDAY ART PICK: MICHAEL THOMSEN
What's l'etoile looking at this week?
When the spooky season comes around, there are a few artists we hold close to our art-hearts, and local sculptor Michael Thomsen is at the top of that list. His large scale, impeccably constructed mixed media pieces draw the viewer into a dark, carnivalesque dream world where secrets, mysteries and eccentricities abound. Behind each flea market bauble, antique accoutrement and quirky found object lies a story; a piece of Thomsen's childhood here or a hidden flask compartment there (often filled with whiskey). To look upon Thomsen's art is a detailed, nostalgic and magical journey that one can spend hours traversing. Want to check out Michael's art in a less virtual setting? Head to the Rogue Buddha this Friday (see listing below) for Nicholas Harper's Masquerade and take a jaunt into the pocket gallery where Thomsen has a permanent installation. And ask us to point him out - to hear him talk about each piece is a real treat. We'll be bartending!
Click HERE for the Michael Thomsen site
FRIDAY OCTOBER 29TH
Masquerade: Work by Nicholas Harper
@ Rogue Buddha Gallery
357 13th Ave NE
Minneapolis
7 p.m. to Midnight / Free
It's no secret that the Buddha is one of our all-time favorite local galleries! We love the ambiance and the curatorial cohesiveness, and we have profound respect and admiration for the creative genius that is gallery owner/artist Nicholas Harper. Tonight, join l'etoile and Mr. Harper as we co-present his most recent body of work: Masquerade. This surreal collection pulls together everything we adore about Harper's work; striking, elegant portraiture, dark yet romantic sensibilities and a perfectionist's immaculate brushstroke. Experience his signature long-necked ladies and moody scenes set to the apt back drop of candlelight and gothic decor with atmospheric tunes courtesy of the one and only Danny Sigelman. Decadent costumes and secret identities are encouraged!
Click HERE for this art event and more at mplsart.com
FRIDAY OCTOBER 29TH
House of 1817 Movie Premiere
@Suburban World Theater
Lake & Hennepin
Minneapolis
7:30 p.m. / Free
Unfortunately, we can’t get the impending Winter off our minds. So why not jump into the snowy season with a gnarly snowboarding flick? This Friday, the snowboarding bros of House of 1817 have put together a montage of video footage riding tons of hot-spots all around Minnesota. Get your fill of snowboard tricks, brutal falls and hot dudes in their final full-length project this Saturday! Plus, if you dress in your best Halloween get-up you'll even score a free DVD copy of the film.
Click HERE to visit the House of 1817 Blog
1817 Movie: promo #1 from riley erickson on Vimeo.
FRIDAY OCTOBER 29TH
Halloween's Eve's Eve with E.L.nO., Solid Gold (as Oasis) & DJ Jill Riley
@ Lee's Liquor Lounge
101 Glenwood Ave
Minneapolis
8:30 p.m. / 21+ / $15
Okay, so it isn’t that difficult to guess what local band E.L.nO. is dressing as for Halloween; nobody covers E.L.O.’s "Mr. Blue Sky" better. But Solid Gold? The glitter-pop quintet will be channeling quintessential brit popsters, Oasis. See both tributes Friday at Lee’s Liquor Lounge (or if you can’t make it, Saturday at Brit’s Pub). DJ Jill Riley will open Friday’s show, as...herself? We dare you to dress as your favorite rockstar!
Click HERE for the Facebook event
FRIDAY OCTOBER 29TH
Idle Hands, We Became Actors, Word Party & Military Special DJ set
@ Kitty Cat Klub
315 14th Ave SE
Minneapolis
9pm / 21+ / Free
One great thing about Halloween falling on a Sunday this year is...an entire weekend of Halloween parties! Kick your weekend off fright with a spooktacular rock show at the Kitty Cat Klub. Word Party gets the blood flowing, Idle Hands shred your soul, We Became Actors perform as "Eli Cash and the Royal Tenenbaums" and Military Special (RIP) provides the dance party. And don't forget to squeeze into the photo booth to snap pics of you and your friends in costume!
Click HERE for the Facebook event
FRIDAY OCTOBER 29TH (THROUGH SATURDAY)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
@ Uptown Theater
Hennepin & Lagoon
Minneapolis
Midnight / 18+
Join local troupe Transvestite Soup and they reprise the formerly long-running midnight bash that is The Rocky Horror Picture Show. This Halloween special edition will rock and shock you in true Rocky fashion as Transvestite Soup performs along with the movie, with plenty of audience interaction in between. So shake your sweet transvestite ass down to the Uptown theater this weekend and partake in the classic musical spectacle that is Rocky Horror! The flick screens at Midnight on both Friday and Saturday but we recommend showing up between 11-11:30 to secure yourself a seat!
Click HERE for the Uptown site
COOL LINK(S): LOCAL HALLOWEEN ROUNDUP
What's l'etoile looking at on the web this week?
In case we haven’t already given you enough ideas for an epic Halloween weekend, these cool links are sure to seal the deal. The Halloween season isn’t complete until you’ve gotten the crap scared out of you by a blood-soaked someone carrying a jackknife. Here is Metro Magazine’s guide to the best Haunted Houses in the Twin Cities. For the ‘fraidy cats out there, Metromix’s round-up of not quite so spooky Halloween happenings is here. Or get spooked in St. Paul, courtesy of the 651. KS95 (yeah, we know, we know) actually has everything covered and then some with a website dedicated to all things Halloween. Still don’t have a costume? Shame on you! Good thing our girl Jahna’s got you
covered (and fashionably so!) with her Vita.mn Costume Guide. Here is a collection of costumes we hope you haven’t already purchased - thanks to City Pages for the cackles! Happy Haunting!
Banana Flasher Photo via City Pages
SATURDAY OCTOBER 30TH
Halloween Funpocalypse Closing Party Extravaganza
@ Tarnish & Gold
1511 Marshall St. NE
Minneapolis
6 p.m. to 2 a.m. / Free until 9:30pm / $5 with costume or $7 w/out after 9:30
If you missed the opening party for Chuck U and Zamon's Funpocalypse exhibit, we feel bad for you because it was really awesome. However, you're in luck this weekend as T&G is hosting yet another wicked bash for the two talented artists complete with a late night live music blowout featuring Idle Hands, Black Blondie, OBCT, Z-Man, and DJ Green. Rockin' tunes set to the backdrop of the colorful, wild works of Chuck U and Zamon? Sounds like a perfect formula for Halloween fun to us!
Click HERE for the Facebook event
SATURDAY OCTOBER 30TH
Gods and Monsters Part II
@ Cult Status Gallery
2913 Harriet Ave S
Minneapolis
8 p.m. / Free
If you’re looking to add some seriously freaky art to your Halloween weekend, then Cult Status (who else?) has you covered. Deth Crew’s yearly bash and art show, Gods and Monsters, celebrates the most macabre of horror movies, monsters, and icons. Opening Saturday, the show will feature over two dozen artists, including Kara Hendershot, Biafra Inc., curator Erin Sayer and many more. Expect paintings, drawings, sculptures, and mixed media so creepy, you just might end up sleeping with the lights on.
Click HERE for this art event and more at mplsart.com
SATURDAY OCTOBER 30TH
Halloween Eve at the 331
@ 331 Club
331 13th ave NE
Minneapolis
10 p.m. / 21+ / Free
The Goondas are already creepy talented, and the Red Daughters have a sound that’s like a horror movie you’re dying to see (in a good way), so if you’re in the mood for one of those “smart” Halloween parties—you know, one where ridiculously drunk amatures don’t take over your usual bar spot—the 331 Club will be a good bet. Also featuring a special spooky Halloween house mix.
Click HERE for the 331 site
Jackalope Jesus from The Goondas on Vimeo.
SATURDAY OCTOBER 30TH
Jagermonster
@ Clubhouse Jager
923 Washington Ave N.
Minneapolis
9 p.m. / 21+ / Free
It’s alive! This weekend, the Jagermonster has risen for a spooky Halloween Clubhouse smash! All you ghouls and ghosts, make your way over to Minneapolis’ Clubhouse Jager for an All Hallow’s Eve party that will give you the chills. Get down to DJ sets from King Otto, Jeff Dubois from Attitude City and The Stay Spun while sipping on the Club’s specially brewed drink, Jagermonster’s Blood. Just be sure to dress in your best, the Clubhouse Jag gang will be circling the crowd all night to find the the most spookily dressed attendees for tons of creepy prizes and bar tabs!
Click HERE for the Facebook event
SATURDAY OCTOBER 30th
Halloween at Honey
@ Honey
205 E Hennepin Ave
Minneapolis
9 p.m. / 21+ / $10
Get down this Halloween, Honey style. The underground Northeast bar and restaurant is hosting this haunting Halloween bash complete with DJs, free drinks, free food and, of course, a costume contest with a cash prize! Be sure to dress in your most ghoulish get-up to get down beats from DJ Flipstyle and DJ Roughkat on top of spooky performances from The Kredentials and DJ Turtleneck. Just be sure to get there early: the first 50 guests will get a free drink exclusively from the Honey bar.
Click HERE for the Facebook event
SATURDAY OCTOBER 30TH
Turf Club Halloween Bash
@ Turf Club
University Ave
St. Paul
9pm / 21+ / $7
It just wouldn't be our favorite holiday of the year without a freaky cover show at the Turf! This year, the Mummies are performed by Double Bird & France Has The Bomb, Goblin will be covered by Thunderbolt Pagoda, and Rad Brains (LOL) a Bad Brains cover set from the Food Pyramid/Kitten Forever peeps. As uszh, Djs wil be making the dance party happen in between sets. And since it's the Turf, expect strong drinks and plenty of friendly folks in masks. Costumes encouraged!
Click HERE for the Turf Club site
SATURDAY OCTOBER 30TH
Mandemic!
@ Kitty Cat Klub
14th & University
Dinkytown
10pm / 21+ / $1 before 11pm, $3 after
Join the Menergy Grid this Halloween weekend for MANDEMIC! Co-sponsored by LOL/OMG, this wild, technology/testosterone-fueled dance blowout will be the place to be on Saturday night. DJs Bach666, The Nightstalker, Sweet Talk Radio, Naughty Wood, and l'etoile's own ana//log, who will be flippin' hot electronic jams all night for your dancing pleasure. Wear a costume and you could win a limited edition Anthem Heart t-shirt in the costume contest!
BONUS: Pop into Playatta's Video Portal and make some high-tech, visual madness of your own (see the video below).
Click HERE for the Facebook event
This is MENERGY from Anthem Heart A/V on Vimeo.
SATURDAY OCTOBER 30TH
Tempo's Opera Night Out Masquerade Ball
@ Sakura
350 Saint Peter St
St. Paul
10:30 p.m. / $10, free for Cinderella ticketholders
Remember the masquerade masks we showed you how to make last week? The time has come to don them, darlings – Tempo’s Opera Night Out: Masquerade Ball is this Saturday! Immediately following the MN Opera’s opening night of Rossini’s Cinderella at the Ordway, Tempo and l'etoile will host a fairytale evening of food, drink, prizes, and dancing with the cast and Radio K DJs. This is a costume ball, so do wear your most elegant party wear or black tie apparel and strike a pose for Fairshadow Photography’s royal photo booth. And please, hold on to your glass slippers.
Click HERE for the Facebook event
Photo by Kate Iverson for l'etoile agency
SUNDAY MUSIC PICK: THE HAUNTED BICYCLE
This Halloween tune into 89.3 The Current at 9pm for The Current Presents, featuring the literary madness of local punk poet Paul D. Dickinson and arts journalist Gregory Scott. The two have crafted a terrifying (and surely hilarious) tale involving an evil bicycle that haunts the West Bank. Interspersed with rockin' tuneage (we hear Blue Oyster Cult will be involved), this week's edition of The Current Presents ought to be the perfect thing to have on in the background as you smear fake blood all over yourself for whatever Halloween antics you've got up your sleeve.
To listen to The Haunted Bicycle live, tune in to 89.3 the Current on Sunday, October 31st at 9pm.
Click HERE for the MPR site
SUNDAY OCTOBER 31ST
Monster Art Show & Halloween Party
@ Pink Hobo Gallery
507 E. Hennepin Ave
Minneapolis
7 p.m. to Midnight / Free
Odds are you burned out on partying this Saturday, so dragging yourself out to yet another crowded dance party or rock show sounds pretty ghoulish, and not in a good way. However, you need not despair! The Pink Hobo Gallery has an arty party planned that (probably) won't involve you getting groped or puked on downtown. A visual feast of colorful "monster" themed art by fantastic artists from near and far awaits at the Northeast spot, along with spooky refreshments, tunes from Heizerbaum, a costume contest and more. Mingle with creative appreciators and artists alike and wind down your Halloween weekend like the tasteful party expert you are. Featuring work from almost 20 artists incuding Christopher Park, Charlie Forbes, Jesse Draxler, David Witt, Michael Byzewski and many more.
Click HERE for this art event and more at mplsart.com
SUNDAY OCTOBER 31ST
First Avenue's Halloween Party/Monster Mash
@ First Avenue
701 First Avenue
Minneapolis
8 p.m. / $5 advance, $10 door with costume, $15 door without
And for those brave souls who DO want to get potentially groped and/or puked on, there is always First Avenue. For many a Halloween, the Ave has been the place to go to gawk at the most outrageous costumes in the Twin Cities, and from what we’ve heard about this year’s party, that’s not about to change. Ian Rans of MCN’s “Drinking with Ian” is yet again this year’s host, and the First Avenue DJs will be back to keep you moving and grooving. Do yourself a favor and wear a costume. Faux pas doesn’t look good on anyone (plus, admission is cheaper for the costumed). Cross over to the Entry for the fourth annual Monster Mash, where you can dance all night long (in costume, of course) to a hit parade of rock n’ roll and rhythm and blues oldies.
Click HERE for the First Ave site
SUNDAY OCTOBER 31ST
Hot Roxx Halloween Hextravaganza
@ Hexagon Bar
2600 27th Avenue South
Minneapolis
9 p.m. / 21+ / Free
Spend this Hallows’ Eve rocking out with vampires – local psych rock trio Vampire Hands, that is! Hot Roxx is throwing a Halloween Hextravaganza at the Hexagon Bar Sunday, complete with a cauldron of “witch’s brew” concocted by Gaylord. The Huckleberrys (members of Chooglin’ and Ol’ Yeller), Teddy and the Turks, and the Ventures Cover Band will also be performing, with Hexagon DJs Jen and Nick providing musical treats between each trick. Bonus: Hot Roxx FTW with the totally awesome flyer below, designed by the fabulous Ms. Lisa Luck. Love it to death!
Click HERE for the Facebook invite
L'ETOILE NEWSWIRE
Save the Date for WAMarchy! Dec. 4th
Join l'etoile magazine and the Weisman Art Museum as we declare WAMarchy! We'll be celebrating the year-long closing and impending expansion of the Frank Gehry-designed
museum with an art-tastic blowout that will break all the rules! Music from punk rockers Off with Their Heads and the God Damn Doo Wop Band; participatory graffiti wall led by artists Rogue Citizen, Claire Monet, Biafra, Metrik!, Hellmouth, and Erin Sayer; a vivid, Weisman-inspired projection art installation by local artist, Clement Shimizu; complimentary appetizers and free red wine tasting, complimentary Surly Beer (while supplies last), a cash bar and more! Full details HERE.L'ETOILE READER BONUS: Tickets go on sale Wed, November 3rd but l'etoile readers will be able to get special pre-sale tix on Friday, October 29th for the discounted WAM member price of $16 (reg $20). Visit http://weisman.umn.edu (price code L'ETOILE) or call 612-624-2345. Tickets are limited, so act fast!
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