Air Sex, of course. Because why not?

​Simulating sex acts in front of a large group of people is generally frowned upon. Do it on the bus, at your office holiday party, or at the PTO meeting and you're likely to get tut-tutted. Or arrested, as the case may be.

But, human beings being what we are, there are people out there who want a safe and welcoming outlet for their erotic mime performances, and there are people who like to watch. And that's why there is the Air Sex competition, coming this Saturday to the Nomad World Pub.More »

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​Fans of photography whose snapshot weapon of choice is the iPhone should take note: Tonight, First Avenue's Depot Taverb will be hosting a little get together celebrating the Instagram app.

Never heard of it? The free app follows photography's progression of taking exciting advances and using them to create retro images. Meaning, the Instagram recreates the look of a Polaroid on an iPhone. Think of it like visual meatloaf; it's the "comfort food" of photo world.

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​Sometimes the lack of intelligent happy-hour conversation can make things decidedly unhappy. Aster Cafe, however, changes up the after-work gossip scene on the second Wednesday of every month without sacrificing the salvation of libations.

A Sip of Science at Aster Cafe is "a happy hour forum that offers the opportunity to talk with researchers about their current work."More »

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​For some folks--many of them five-year-old girls and ballerinas--the tutu is a wardrobe necessity. For others, it hides in a closet each year until Halloween. Whatever your reason for owning one is be thankful that you do; some people on the internet have declared today to be Intergalactic Tutu Day. Put yours on and get ready to celebrate. Yes, there will be alcohol involved.

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​Tonight Clubhouse Jager stages the $50 Pyramid, a lower-stakes version of the old-school $10,000/$20,000/$25,000/$100,000/etc. Pyramid game show, with Ian Rans in the Dick Clark host role and a $50 bar tab as the top prize. Not only does this edition promise to feature notable Minnesota characters in the celebrity seat, it also promises a more irreverent batch of categories (one hinted at on the official twitter feed: "Dead Wrestlers") plus a more raucous, alcohol-fueled atmosphere than the original TV series.

We thought this would be a good time to go back and reevaluate that bygone artifact of the '70s and '80s, to try and find out just why it lingers in the public consciousness. Our theory is that it combined three of the most important elements of riveting television: celebrities, miscommunication, and yelling.

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​Forget Tiffany Amber Thiessen, Mario Lopez, and Mark-Paul Gosselaar (and don't even give Dustin Diamond the side-eye), Dennis Haskins (aka Principal Belding) is the one you should really want to party with. Dreams will come true this Wednesday when the actor visits Minneapolis to host an '80s-themed party.
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​If you're a regular commenter on a website, from Gawker to Livejournal to Secrets of the City, then you probably have some cyberspace friends. You know, those people that make you laugh when they comment, the ones who make the point you wanted to more succinctly, and whose personal stories make you wonder if they are actually in your head. This Thursday, instead of hosting an internet party, a.k.a. drinking beer on tinychat, why not head on over to the 501 and party it up in real life?

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​Sure, readings and other literary events can sometimes be a little stuffy. This is not so for Literary Death Match events. Why are they any different? Well, tonight's literary party involves four local authors who are as talented at performing as they are at writing, some quit-witted celebrity judges, and the whole thing will be held at a bar at the tail end of happy hour. Sounds like a raucous good time.

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For two decades, Brit's Pub has provided food, grog, live music, movies, and rooftop lawn bowling with a consistently Union Jack flavor for downtown Minneapolis night crawlers. Beginning last Saturday and running all through the close of this week, the multi-level establishment is hosting events to commemorate their indelible contribution to Twin Cities entertainment and dining.

Following up on its opening night Crispin's Day Bash last Saturday, Brit's will go about its anniversary in five very different but equally smashing ways.

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Heralding the resurrection of the shut-down and much-missed Northeast Minneapolis music venue Stasiu's, which reopened earlier this month as Stanley's Bar Room, DJ Joel Stitzel will launch his contribution to the ancient art of karaoke with The Infernal Singalong Machine.

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