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Not sure where to go this New Year's Eve? Secrets of the City has you covered. Take a peel through our New Year's Eve Guide to find the perfect event to fit your personality (or level of debauchery). Enjoy a laid back evening with us at the Red Stag Supper Club, get glammed up for a gala, or dance your lights out at a glossy downtown nightclub. No matter where you end up, we hope 2009 is your best year yet! In today's Secrets you'll find some of our top picks for NYE, but be sure to check our guide for almost 50 more options!

SPECIAL EVENT
New Year's Eve with Secrets of the City

Join Secrets of the City, NEMAA, and The Red Stag as we ring in the new year with ease! Indie crooners Gabe Barnett and Brad Senne set the mood with live music beginning at 11 pm. Complimentary appetizers, a free champagne toast at midnight, and drink specials made with Prairie Organic Vodka that will warm your heart. Enter to win gift cards to the Red Stag, and assorted arts and entertainment surprises from Secrets of the City! For earlier birds, Red Stag offers a prix fixe dinner menu from 5 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Dinner reservations encouraged. Avoid the glitz and crowds and enjoy a relaxed evening with your pals at this cozy Northeast Minneapolis supper club.

Prix Fixe Dinner: 5 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. (reservations encouraged), party 11 p.m. to 2 a.m., Red Stag Supper Club, 509 1st Avenue NE, Northeast Minneapolis, Free

Extra: Make it a NYE Crawl by checking out the Jazz88 party at The Times Bar and Cafe, just a few blocks away from the Stag!

SPECIAL EVENT
New Year's Wild Eve

If it's a rockin' good time you're after this time around, look no further. For the third year in a row, charismatic Twin Cities icon Mark Mallman rings it in the right way! Bound to be one of the top cool-kid destinations this New Year's Eve, Mallman and friends will grace the stage with a killer lineup of local music featuring E.L.nO and Lucy Michelle & The Velvet Lapelles. And with a cover charge that won't break the bank, you almost won't regret your New Year's Day hangover.

8 p.m., Varsity Theater, 1308 4th Street SE, Dinkytown, 18+, $12

SPECIAL EVENT
Casino Royale 009 New Year's Eve

If you're going to brave the wilds of Downtown Minneapolis this New Year's Eve, Solera ought to be at the top of your list. Always one to go all out, this multi-level party mecca doesn't disappoint, with a James Bond-themed New Year's soiree. Each level of the restaurant will be transformed to reflect a different Bond era, promising "elegance and intrigue" with visuals from Time Squid and Alphasuede, music from some of the cities' top DJs, sexy Bond girls (and villains), fire dancers, aerialists, casino games, and so much more.

9 p.m. to 2 a.m., Solera, 900 Hennepin Avenue, Downtown Minneapolis, $55 (add a premium open bar pass for an additional $35)