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• 1998 Asian American Festival
  Harriet Island
  / -
  The diversity of the Pan-Asian community in Minnesota is celebrated through dance, music, performance, art activities, cuisine, and a community parade. Performers will include Mu Daiko/Theater Mu, Ragamala Music and Dance, Tibetan American Foundatio
  
• 1998 Minnesota Renaissance Festival
  Renaissance Festival Site
  612/ -
  Take a step back into a 16th Century European Village. Among the debuts at this year's festival will be a new armored joust, flamenco dance and drums, the comedy-mime of Arsene from Paris, and more. Over 275 artisans will display their wares. Ski
  
• 1998 Payne Arcade Harvest Festival
  Payne-Arcade Area
  
  Events include live music, ethnic dancing, a motorcycle display, a petting zoo and pony rides, magicians, kids rides, art activities, and parades. The Grand Parade begins at 7 p.m. on Th at Payne Ave. and Rose St. and runs to Minnehaha Ave. Call 77
  
• 8th Annual European Oktoberfest
  Minneapolis Riverfront   MapIt!
  Cobblestone Main Street--St. A Minneapolis
  The event is a celebration of authentic German, Polish, Ukranian, Romanian, and Russian ethnic specialties with costumed dancers, music, stories, performances, information on historic and ethnic geneology and cultural traditions, and an antiques and
  
• A Harvest Celebration of Our Pagan Roots
  U of MN
  Twin Cities Campus Minneapolis 612/624-8080
  Pagan Pride Minnesota - Twin Cities features a collaboration between pagans from across the world to celebrate this harvest festival, which illuminates our Pagan roots, shows the non-Pagan community what Pagans are all about, and allows new Pagans an
  
• A Woman's Work Was Never Done: Women's Occupations 1860 - 1920
  Dakota County Historical Society   MapIt!
  130 3rd Avenue North South St. Paul 612/451-6260
  The Society's volunteers and staff have researched oral history tapes, newspaper accounts, genealogies, published histories, and artifacts to help paint a picture of women whose occupations ranged from photographer to ornamental hair artist, boarding
  
• Art in the Golden Age
  Minneapolis Institute Of Arts   MapIt!
  2400 Third Ave. S Minneapolis 612/870-3000
  The 17th century was an exceptionally rich period of artistic activity in Europe. Abundance and variety characterize the styles of the era, from the theatrical High Baroque to realism to restrained "classical" Baroque. This class examines the Baroqu
  
• Boot Camp for New Dads
  North Memorial Health Care   MapIt!
  3300 Oakdale Ave. N. Robbinsdale /520-5200
  Experienced fathers will facilitate the class and welcome any and all questions from prospective fathers. Call 520-5830 to register. Fee: $30.
  
• Capital City Cruisers
  Downtown St. Paul
  Various locations St. Paul / -
  The event, formerly called Classic Cars Under the Stars, features vintage, classic cars from 1965 or older. The show runs on Fridays and Saturdays through Oct. 3 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Kellogg Blvd. between Wabasha and Robert. Call 266-8989 for
  
• Colombia: War on Drugs or A War on the Poor
  Resource Center Of The Americas   MapIt!
  317 17th Ave. SE Minneapolis 612/627-9445
  According to Cecilia Zarate-Laun, a Women's International League for Peace and Freedom consultant and a former infant-nutrition instructor at National University in Bogota, the roots of Colombia's brutal civil war can be traced to the internal struct
  
• Crepuscule V Instrument Inventing Workshop
  Powderhorn Park Community Center   MapIt!
  3400 15th Avenue South Minneapolis
  Crepuscule is an interactive performance with music, dance, spoken word, martial arts, performance art, and invented musical instruments held in Powderhorn Park. Instruments created in the workshops from everyday items, such as crutches, paddle oars
  
• Crepuscule V Instrument Inventing Workshop
  Powderhorn Park Community Center   MapIt!
  3400 15th Avenue South Minneapolis
  Crepuscule is an interactive performance with music, dance, spoken word, martial arts, performance art, and invented musical instruments held in Powderhorn Park. Instruments created in the workshops from everyday items, such as crutches, paddle oars
  
• Failure is Impossible: Women Win the Vote
  Minnesota History Center   MapIt!
  345 Kellogg Blvd. W St. Paul 612/296-6126
  The History Center exhbit celebrates the adoption of the suffrage amendment ot the U.S. Constitution on Aug. 20, 1920 with this exhibit of replica banners, photographs, newspaper clippings, and graphics on 14 framed panels. The name of the exhibit i
  
• Historic Cave Tour
  Wabasha Street Caves   MapIt!
  215 Wabasha St. St. Paul 612/224-8319
  The tour covers much of the fascinating history of The Wabasha Street Caves including geology, silica mining, mushroom farming, the speak easy, and the historic nightclub The Castle Royal. The Castle Royal was regularly used by the St. Paul underwor
  
• M. Butterfly
  Theatre in the Round   MapIt!
  245 Cedar Ave. Minneapolis 612/333-3010
  David Henry Hwang's M. Butterfly is based on the astonishing, true story of a French diplomat in Beijing who had a 20 year affair with a delicate Chinese opera singer and then discovered that his lover was a Communist spy - and a man. The provocative
  
• Minnesota Comic Book Association FallCon '98
  Thunderbird Hotel   MapIt!
  Hwy. 494 & 24th St. exit Bloomington 612/854-3411
  FallCon is the largest comic book convention in the upper midwest and provides fans the opportunity to meet with prominent comic book publishers, writers, and artists. The event will also include seminars on breaking into the comics field, art techn
  
• Ms. Minnesota Leather 1999: United We Rock
  Bell Museum Auditorium   MapIt!
  17th and University Ave. SE Minneapolis
  The Ms. Minnesota Leather 1999 contest will begin at 8 p.m. at the Bell Museum. A pre-show cocktails and dinner will be held at the Minnesota Bar and Grill at 5 p.m. A shuttle will take people to the theater beginning at 7 p.m. and return them afte
  
• Parade of Homes Fall Showcase
  Twin Cities Metropolitan Area
  Home Tour Guide Minneapolis / -
  The Parade of Homes Fall Showcase displays 711 model homes, located throughout the Twin Cities metro area. Featured this year is Midwest Living Magazine's Idea Home. The over 6000 square foot home in Mahtomedi represents the best of Midwest buildin
  
• President and Mrs. Hayes and the State Fair
  Alexander Ramsey House   MapIt!
  265 S. Exchange St. St. Paul 612/296-0100
  The Minnesota State Fair was an important occasion even in the 1870s, so the Alexander Ramsey family gave its staff a day off to enjoy the event. In the late 1870s, however, Mrs. Ramsey was caught short-handed when her servants were enjoying the fai
  
• Rainbow Community Expo
  Minneapolis Convention Center   MapIt!
  1301 Second Ave. S Minneapolis 612/335-6025
  Showcasing the Twin Cities' lively GLBT community, the expo features live entertainment, local businesses, and an art fair. Live entertainment will be provided by Ann Reed, Sister Gin, Simpatico with band leader Melissa Stoudt, Hot Dish, The Tsatskel
  
• Ready. . .Set. . .Cook!
  Ridgedale Shopping Center   MapIt!
  12401 Wayzata Blvd. Minnetonka 612/541-4864
  National television personality and Ready. . .Set. . .Cook! host Sissy Biggers will laed the performance of this popular cooking show. Eric Scherwinski of Napa Valley Grille and Eric Baker of Biscayne Bay at the Hilton will teach gourments, home coo
  
• Rock Guitar
  West Bank School of Music   MapIt!
  1813 S. 6th St. Minneapolis 612/333-6651
  Learn the basics of rock 'n' roll. Commonly used scales, chords, rhythms, picking techniques, and lead guitar and rhythm guitar will be taught. The class is useful for all styles of rock. Participants must be familiar with simple major and minor ch
  
• Stillwater Historic Homes Tour
  Stillwater Senior Center   MapIt!
  2300 Orleans St. Stillwater
  Seven of Stillwater's beautifully restored 19th century homes, a 1938 WPA project, and the Washington County Courthouse will be featured along with the trademark of Stillwater, the 1931 Historic Lift Bridge, a rare surviving example fo vertical-lift
  
• Summit Avenue Walking Tours
  James J. Hill House   MapIt!
  240 Summit Ave. St. Paul 612/296-9396
  Business and civic leaders during St. Paul's Gilded Age built fashionable mansions along Summit Avenue. Learn about the architecture, development, and social history of the neighborhood, presented in the context of an elite avenue with connections a
  
• Treasuring the Future: Children's Rights and Realities
  Minneapolis Public Library   MapIt!
  300 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis 612/372-6667
  Several family activities will be held in celebration of the exhibition. Among the scheduled events are a workshop on Raising Healthy, Nonviolent Sons; a kids empowerment session with children's author Nancy Carlson, an origami activity; and a slide
  
• UM Raptor Center 25th Anniversary
  Hyland Lake Park
  612/559-6700
  The annual bird release will see several hawks and owls released into the wild. The event will also feature birds and members of the Minnesota Falconers Association and information about tracking osprey migrations on the Raptor Center's Web site. A