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WINE & DINE
Take to the Streets

I don't like to walk and eat (too messy!), and I hate the taste of wooden sticks and skewers. Yet, there's something about a bustling city street dotted with steaming food stands and vendors that makes me happy. I'll take a stroll the crowd, even if I'm not moved to stop and nosh. But I'm well aware there are diehard fans of hotdogs in waxed cardboard boats, streetside falafel, and chili-roasted nuts served in canny little paper cones. If you're one of Trillin's minions, you're in luck. Because not only is today the opening day of MOSAIC Marketplace on Nicollet Mall, it's actually supposed to be intermittently sunny outside. From 12 to 5 p.m., Manny's Tortas, La Loma Tamales, Pham's Deli, & Holy Land will be cooking up global fare. And there will be live entertainment, too. Tomorrow will be a crisp 64-degree day with a gentle northeastern breeze, plus a troupe of Celtic dancers jigging and reeling their way up and down the mall. And — get this — so far as anyone can tell, it isn't going to snow! —Ann Bauer (read full post)

FILM
The Hagstone Demon

Enjoy a free sneak preview of local filmmaker Jon Springer's new film The Hagstone Demon tonight at the Riverview Theater. Described by Springer as a film "about a person who discovers his own free will," the locally-produced film stars Mark Borchardt, whose role in the Sundance award-winning documentary American Movie earned him cult celebrity status in the indie film set. Guests are invited to an informal reception in the lobby prior to the screening, for which Borchardt will be present. An after party will take place at the new Nick and Eddie Restaurant and Bar (1612 Harmon Place, Mpls 55403.) And it has been confirmed that Grant Hart of the legendary post-punk band Hüsker Dü will be performing live at the after party.

6 p.m. reception, 7 p.m. screening, Riverview Theater, 3800 42nd Ave. S., Minneapolis; 612-729-7369.

Read Erik McClanahan's interview with Jon Springer.

LECTURE
A Camera, Two Kids and A Camel

National Geographic photographer and Minnesota native Annie Griffiths Belt, who has worked on every continent except Antarctica, concludes the 2008 National Geographic Live speaker series at the State Theatre tonight. The fourth speaker in the series, she will be discussing three decades on the road for National Geographic in her lecture, “A Camera, Two Kids and A Camel” — also the title of her latest book, which she will be signing in the lobby immediately after her presentation.

7:30 p.m., Historic State Theatre, 805 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis; 612-673-0404; $27.50-$37.50.