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New Year's in Minneapolis
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kat E Zibell)
Fri Dec 11 20:12:29 1998
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 19:15:38 -0600
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Taken from "Nightcrawlers" in the Variety section of December 10 in the
Minneapolis Star Tribune. www.startribun.com. The direct address to
the article is:
http://www2.startribune.com/cgi-bin/stOnLine/article?thisSlug=NIT10&date=10-Dec-98
Published Thursday, December 10, 1998
Nightcrawlers: Happy New Year's Eve means planning ahead
Tim Harlow and Eric Hanson / Star Tribune
All dressed up and wondering what to do to
ring in 1999? New Year's Eve revelry will
abound in the Twin Cities Dec. 31, and in
most cases you won't need reservations; just
show up and party.
Here is a sampler of what's on tap.
Things start early and go late at A
Capital New Year in downtown St. Paul.
Local musicians Martin Zellar, Trailer
Trash, Debbie Duncan, Cynthia (Funkytown)
Johnson and Dennis Spears are among the 125
acts that will keep the alcohol-free
celebration grooving from 4 p.m. to
midnight. In its third year, the party also includes
performances by the Borrowed Bones Dance
theater and the Theater Mu Daiko Drums,
plus a youth circus, clown shows, hay rides
and admission to the Science Museum. The
shebang ends with fireworks. Various venues
in downtown St. Paul. $6 in advance,
$8 at the event. 651-222-1000, category
1999.
Mostly music
A few radio stations will hold parties
featuring rock, blues and jazz by some of the
area's best-known acts. The KQRS "Keep on
Rockin' in the New Year"
party includes roots rockers the Honeydogs,
plus Indigenous and Charlie's Cafe. Doors
open 7:30 p.m., music starts 8:30 p.m. Grand
Ballroom, Radisson South, 7800
Normandale Blvd., Bloomington. Must be 21 or
older. $19.92-$25. 651-989-5151.
Room packages also available; call
612-835-7800.
Cities 97's "Minnesota New Year's Eve
Party" ups the ante with seven
bands in two rooms at the downtown
Minneapolis' Hyatt Regency. Tina & the B-Side
Movement performs with Johnny Clueless, 3
Minute Hero and Sarcastic Jack in the
Nicollet Ballroom. The Hot Head Swing Band's
New Orleans-style swing jazz headlines
another show in the Exhibition Hall -- aptly
renamed the "Vegas Lounge" for the night --
featuring retro-lounge acts the Dustbunnies
and Vic Volare. Doors open 7:30 p.m.,
music starts 8 p.m., 1300 Nicollet Mall.
Must be 21 or older. $19.97-$25.
651-989-5151. Room packages available; call
612-370-1234.
The Zone 105 Big Swing New Year will
transport revelers back to the
pre-Elvis days, when some of the music was
called Jump. The Atomic Fireballs will play
tunes including "Caviar & Chitlins" and
"Swing Sweet Pussycat." The eight-piece band
and guests Honk, Wail & Moan get the
festivities going at 7 p.m. Minneapolis
Convention Center, 1301 2nd Av. S. $25.
651-989-5151.
Christian music fans may opt for the
Northwestern New Year.
Proceeds from this 7 p.m. concert featuring
Susan Ashton, Geoff Moore, Aaron Jeffrey,
Cheri Keggy and KARE-TV anchor Diana Pierce
will go to Compassion International,
which provides food, clothes and medical
assistance to children in Third World nations.
Roy Wilkins Auditorium, RiverCentre, 175 W.
Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul. $20-$25.
651-989-5151.
The Minnesota Orchestra's annual New
Year's Eve Gala showcases
conductor Michael Krajewski and violinist
Shunsuke Sato in a program of Viennese
waltzes and Broadway show tunes. A dance
party follows. 8 p.m., Orchestra Hall, 11th
St. and Nicollet Mall, Mpls. $20.75-$37.75.
612-371-5656.
Folks who want to dance the night away
can, courtesy of the Tapestry
Folkdance Center's New Year's Eve Dance and
Gala. Contra and swing dance to
Dronie Random or slow-dance to the Rdkia
Folk Ensemble. The two dances celebrating
Tapestry's 15th birthday run from 8 p.m. to
1 a.m. Sabathani Community Center, 310
E. 38th St., Minneapolis. $10. 612-825-3668.
Skate out the old
If you're not fleet on your feet, you
might want to roll into 1999 on inline or roller
skates. Disc jockeys will spin contemporary
Christian music and give away prizes from 7
p.m. to 12:30 a.m. The Christian Music New
Year's Eve Party at Roller
Garden also includes a midnight balloon
drop. 5622 W. Lake St., St. Louis Park. $7,
includes roller-skate rental. Inline rental
$3 extra. 612-922-7465.
Casino headliners
Casinos are betting that gambling isn't
their only draw on New Year's Eve.
Bandstand America at Mystic Lake Casino is a
revue of music from the
1950s to the '70s, with shows at 7:30 and
10:30 p.m. and 1 a.m. in the Dakota
Cabaret. $10.95.
Penn & Teller will perform their funny,
often graphically gory magic show at
Mystic Lake Casino at 7:30 p.m. in the
Celebrity Palace, 2400 Mystic Lake
Blvd., Prior Lake. $39-$54. 651-989-5151.
Treasure Island Casino in Red Wing,
Minn., offers performances by Paul
Revere & the Raiders, 7:30 and 10:30 p.m.,
Indigo Bay Showroom, $15-$20.
800-222-7077.
Laugh in the new
Emmy Award-winning Louie Anderson
headlines performances by comedians Jeff
Cesario, Caroline Rhea, Gordie Brown and
Roman Dicaire in "Louie Anderson
and Friends," 7:30 and 10:30 p.m., Northrop
Auditorium, 84 SE. Church St.,
Mpls. $24-$75. 651-989-5151.
Jazz at the clubs
The Metropolitan club plays host to a
party with music by the R-Factor and
a buffet dinner. Doors open at 6 p.m.;
buffet 7-9 p.m.; music 8 p.m.-1 a.m., 5418
Wayzata Blvd., Golden Valley. $25-$180.
612-331-7655.
Elsewhere on the jazz scene:
Carole Martin with the Bobby Peterson
Trio at the Artist's Quarter, St.
Paul ($15, 651-292-1350).
Debbie Duncan at the Dakota Bar & Grill,
St. Paul ($15, 651-642-1442).
Signe & Friends at Cafe Luxx,
Minneapolis ($10-$40, 612-332-6800).
Family-style fun
Families might consider Radio Disney's
"Noon Year's Eve," a day of
activities at the Mall of America that
begins with an 11 a.m. lunch at Planet Hollywood
followed by a 12:30 p.m. showing of "A Bug's
Life" and a tour of UnderWater World.
Check-in starts at 10 a.m., 612-930-2460.
Tickets may be reserved with credit card
and paid with cash or check, day of event.
New Year's Eve at Knott's Camp Snoopy
features unlimited rides, a dog
show, magician Johnny Peers, kids' karaoke
and water fountain show and fireworks.
6:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., Mall of America,
Bloomington. $17-$27. 612-883-8600.
The area near St. Anthony Main and
Riverplace on the east bank of the Mississippi
River will be alive with activity during the
Mississippi Mile Family New Year's
Eve. Floats from the Holidazzle parade will
be on display. The family-oriented event
also will include storybook characters,
street performers, fortunetellers, bonfires,
gingerbread-house making, countdown and
fireworks. 5 to 8:30 p.m. along Main St. in
front of St. Anthony Main and Riverplace,
Mpls. Free. 612-673-5123.
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