Weekend

CULTURE TO CONSUME

Listen to this: Samantha Ronson, “Pull My Hair Out”

The venerable clique flick “Mean Girls” is hitting Vh1 at 7:30 p.m Saturday at. So that’s one reason to stay in. Why would you want to go out anyway? To have an awesome time and drink awesome shooters, listen to awesome music and then just sit around and soak up each others’ awesomeness? Forget it. Youtube exists, and we want you to find Sammy Ronson’s music on it.

Fall breezes have started to nip at the noses of students across campus, and for the first time in months, windows close to the cold outdoors.

The atmosphere inside the Chabad House, located at 1121 University Ave., remains vibrant. The packed dining room is warm, and the air is buzzing with chatter and excitement.

It’s the first Shabbat dinner of the semester at Chabad, and about 50 students have gathered to eat together and celebrate the beginning of the Sabbath in the traditional Jewish fashion.

This week, we’re reading books dealing with life beyond death. Featuring both a scientist and an LSD user straight out of Berkeley, Calif., the two selections provide mind-altering accounts that’ll expand your brain but not your backpack.

Both works are concise and will serve as your brief escape into the void should you choose to read. Should you not partake in such literary abandon, A&E has combed the cosmos for a death-centered drink selection sure to make you reel in alternate realities anyway.

What: BANNED! [The Title of This Event Has Been Censored], a lively panel discussion of literature and censorship

Who: Authors Ellen Hopkins, Pete Hautman, Pamela Klinger-Horn, James Klise and Charlotte Sullivan

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

When: 2 p.m., Sunday

THINGS TO DO

Today

“The Living Years: Art after 1989” Exhibition Opening

Walker Art Center

1750 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis

5–9:p.m.

Free

Whether you’re toting bestsellers to the beach or relaxing on your balcony with a cerebral mystery, chances are you’ve realized an important truth: ‘Tis the season for reading.

The Minnesota Daily is about to go on a break until September, but our imaginary book club will never stop truckin’ through the pages, especially not when the living is easy, and libraries are a sweet respite from the heat.