Weekend

Today

Past the Apocalypse

Altered Esthetics

 1224 Quincy St. NE., Minneapolis

1:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Free

THINGS TO DO

THURSDAY

“Happy People: A Year in the Taiga”

Uptown Theatre

2906 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis

7 p.m.

$12.50

What: Poetry SlamMN!’s 17th Annual Erotica Poetry Slam

When: 8 p.m., Thursday and Friday

Where: Kieran’s Irish Pub, 601 N. First Ave., Minneapolis

Cost: $8

Ages: All ages

When it comes to erotic poetry, Minneapolis is not in virgin territory.

Thursday

Sol Inspirations’ Fashion Scholarship Benefit

Bespoke Hair Artisans

3918 W. 49 1/2 St., Edina

6–8:30 p.m.

$25

What: Minnesota Decoy Collectors Association 2013 Decoy Show

When: 2-10 p.m., Thursday; 1-9 p.m., Friday;.; 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Saturday

Where: Ramada Mall of America,

2300 E. American Blvd., Bloomington, Minn.

Cost: $2 donation

Carter Stenberg has been collecting decoys for almost 30 years.

What: Story City: “My First Time”

When: 7 p.m., Thursday

Where: The Loft Literary Center, 1011 S. Washington Ave., Suite 200, Minneapolis

Cost: Free

When Adam Marquardt took the stage at Honey for Story City’s “Haunted” event, he told a tale about his stint as a grotesque clown for the Soap Factory’s Haunted Basement.

Friday

Ice Chamber and Ice Castles

Ice Chamber: Le Méridien Chambers Hotel, 901 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis

Price: Free

Ice Castles: Mall of America 60 E. Broadway, Bloomington

Price: $10

All day

All ages

Predicting the fate of the world generally creates a lot of disappointment. From the thousands of Millerites awaiting Christ’s second coming in 1843 to talk-radio personality Harold Camping’s endless 2011 rapture revisions, a specific doomsday prediction inevitably results in an anticlimactic disillusionment.

THINGS TO DO

WEDNESDAY

“Andrew Bird: Fever Year”

Trylon Microcinema

3258 Minnehaha Ave.,
Minneapolis

7 p.m.

$8