Friday, June 17
Drinking songs
WHAT: Songs of Temperance and Temptation
WHERE: Fitzgerald Theater, St. Paul
WHEN: 8 p.m.
The Rose Ensemble sings the prudish songs that paved the way to Prohibition—as well as the playful ones that celebrated the drink—in this lively choral exploration of our tortured relationship with imbibing. Learn more at roseensemble.org
Friday, June 17
Play on the patio
WHAT: Patio Nights
WHERE: City House, St. Paul
WHEN: 7:30 p.m.
Communist Daughter plays this revival of the Minnesota Museum of American Art’s Patio Nights, with drinks, food, and music at City House, a nicely renovated former grain elevator on the Mississippi River. Learn more at mmaa.org
Saturday, June 18
Wing on the wing
WHAT: Wing Young Huie’s new gallery opening
WHERE: The Third Place, Minneapolis
WHEN: 8 p.m.
Celebrated photographer Wing Young Huie holds an open house for his new, enlarged gallery and studio, called the Third Place, with author Ed Bok Lee and filmmaker Mark Tang premiering their poetry/film collaboration If in America, about culture, race, and the land. Ping-pong, karaoke, and more will follow. Learn more at wingyounghuie.com
Saturday, June 18
Art as weapon
WHAT: Ornamental Invasion
WHERE: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis
WHEN: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Liz Miller’s felt reproductions of antique weapons owned by the Minneapolis Institute of Arts hang from the ceiling in this thought-provoking exhibition of local art. Learn more at artsmia.org
Sunday, June 19
Art on the water
WHAT: Stone Arch Festival of the Arts
WHERE: St. Anthony Main, Minneapolis
WHEN: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The annual art fair along the cobble-stoned St. Anthony Main riverfront offers 250 artists plus four performance stages. Learn more at stonearchfestival.com
Sunday, June 19
Daddy rocks
WHAT: Allen Toussaint
WHERE: Dakota Jazz Club and Restaurant, Minneapolis
WHEN: 7 p.m.
Among the fathers of rock-and-roll is Allen Toussaint, the ever-dapper blues, soul, and rock man from New Orleans, here performing in the intimate Dakota on solo piano. Learn more at dakotacooks.com
