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BRYANT LAKE BOWL THEATER
Bryant Lake Bowl and Theater is a charming venue in Minneapolis, known for its intimate atmosphere and vibrant programming. With a cozy capacity of just 82 seats, the theater features a 9' x 22' stage that has hosted an impressive array of performances, including the quirky holiday favorite "A Very Die Hard Christmas." The venue also showcases musical talent, featuring renowned artists such as Dan Wilson, The Civil Wars, Jeremy Messersmith, and Soccer Mommy. This blend of theater and live music creates a unique community hub where audiences can enjoy a diverse range of artistic expressions in an inviting setting.
Take a look at our calendar to see what excellent shows we have happening this month.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
HOW DO I BUY TICKETS?
You can purchase tickets from our website using the link under the show’s description.
Any remaining tickets will be available at the door.
Doors typically open 30 or 60 minutes before the show; please check the event page on our website for specific times.
Tickets are available online up until two hours before each show. If the show isn’t sold out we will release the remaining tickets at the door.
I CAN’T MAKE IT TO THE SHOW.
CAN I GET A REFUND?
Sorry, but no.
No refunds or exchanges once you’ve purchased a ticket.
I JUST BOUGHT A TICKET.
DO I HAVE AN ASSIGNED SEAT?
Nope. All of our shows are general admission.
First come, first served.
CAN I EAT AND DRINK INSIDE THE THEATER?
For sure! (Bryant-Lake Bowl food and drinks, that is.)
We serve our full restaurant and bar menus inside the theater, which means you can order from and eat directly in your seat.
I’M INTERESTED IN BOOKING A SHOW.
WHAT DO I DO?
Reach out to Kristin Van Loon at Kristin@bryantlakebowl.com
When visiting Bryant Lake Bowl and Theater, convenient parking options are available to make your experience hassle-free. There’s a parking lot located directly behind the building, offering easy access for guests. Additionally, you'll find free off-street parking nearby, perfect for those looking to save on costs. For those who prefer guaranteed spots, paid off-street parking is also available in the vicinity. With these options, you can focus on enjoying the show without worrying about where to park!
Holidating: Cabin Weekend
We're going Up North don'tcha know! An improvised musical love story inspired by this month’s holiday -Cabin Weekend!
It's time to celebrate all things summer, like boats and relaxing on the lake. What better way to do so than in song? How about improvised song?
Grab your tissues and your laugh buckets, holiday lovers!
Produced By:
JimJam Media (Sarah Arnold-Simondet & Philip Simondet)
Music Director:
Daniel Goldschmidt
Keyboardist:
John Hilsen
Tickets are $10 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Footloose: Extended Edition (A Puppet Show)
After decades of scouring through historical texts, digging through ancient archives, and discovering the ruins of several societies once thought lost to time, we are pleased to present “Footloose” in its entirety, as it was originally meant to be performed.
Some may say this show combines the people and themes of the other notable works of the eternal bard, Kevin Bacon; but they would of course be mistaken. These are adapted ancient texts - epic poems really - and this is a VERY serious show for VERY serious people who are VERY interested in historical theatre.
(Come by and laugh with us as we combine 1984’s Footloose with 1990’s Tremors for a hilarious puppet show full of goofs, gaffs, illegal dancing, and yes, KILLER WORMS! 🪱)
Tickets are $12 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
The Residency at BLB feat. Babe Train & Your Co-Worker's Improv Show
Watch and discuss the best improv in the Twin Cities!
Every Friday at 9:30 pm, The Residency at BLB features 2 improv groups who present their own solutions to the question, "how do you create 25 minutes of theater - without a script!"
Babe Train and Your Co-Worker's Improv Show are featured in July.
Babe Train is a Minneapolis based improv group, committed to creating silly, strong and feel-good narratives. Grab your BFF and board the Babe Train for a nostalgic ride down memory lane.
Choo choo
Your Co-Worker's Improv Show features two bad bitches doing improv SCENES you've SEEN before.
Tickets are $10 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 9pm. Online ticket sales end at 7:30pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Footloose: Extended Edition (A Puppet Show)
After decades of scouring through historical texts, digging through ancient archives, and discovering the ruins of several societies once thought lost to time, we are pleased to present “Footloose” in its entirety, as it was originally meant to be performed.
Some may say this show combines the people and themes of the other notable works of the eternal bard, Kevin Bacon; but they would of course be mistaken. These are adapted ancient texts - epic poems really - and this is a VERY serious show for VERY serious people who are VERY interested in historical theatre.
(Come by and laugh with us as we combine 1984’s Footloose with 1990’s Tremors for a hilarious puppet show full of goofs, gaffs, illegal dancing, and yes, KILLER WORMS! 🪱)
Tickets are $12 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
A Drinking Game Mn presents: The Big Lebowski
Join us for some shenanigans and bowling adventure that is The Big Lebowski.
A Drinking Game Mn returns to Bryant Lake Bowl and Theater, bringing you a live stage reading of this classic movie. Both cast and audience will have drinking cues through out, so hear a bell, take a drink of whatever you enjoy! No need to pregame for this one. We’ll make sure you have plenty of cues to sip on! Let’s go bowling.
Tickets are $15 in Advance / $20 at the Door. Doors open at 9pm. Online ticket sales end at 7:30pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Footloose: Extended Edition (A Puppet Show)
After decades of scouring through historical texts, digging through ancient archives, and discovering the ruins of several societies once thought lost to time, we are pleased to present “Footloose” in its entirety, as it was originally meant to be performed.
Some may say this show combines the people and themes of the other notable works of the eternal bard, Kevin Bacon; but they would of course be mistaken. These are adapted ancient texts - epic poems really - and this is a VERY serious show for VERY serious people who are VERY interested in historical theatre.
(Come by and laugh with us as we combine 1984’s Footloose with 1990’s Tremors for a hilarious puppet show full of goofs, gaffs, illegal dancing, and yes, KILLER WORMS! 🪱)
Tickets are $12 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 2pm. Online ticket sales end at 1pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Uproar Comedy Open Mic
Winner of CityPages Best of the Twin Cities Comedy Open Mic 2020 and MNComedy’s Open Mic of the Year 2021, Uproar continues with its weekly open mic at the Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater.
This show is FREE! There will be a donation bucket at the door if you’d like to support Uproar.
Doors and open mic sign-up are at 6 PM, Show starts at 7pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Footloose: Extended Edition (A Puppet Show)
After decades of scouring through historical texts, digging through ancient archives, and discovering the ruins of several societies once thought lost to time, we are pleased to present “Footloose” in its entirety, as it was originally meant to be performed.
Some may say this show combines the people and themes of the other notable works of the eternal bard, Kevin Bacon; but they would of course be mistaken. These are adapted ancient texts - epic poems really - and this is a VERY serious show for VERY serious people who are VERY interested in historical theatre.
(Come by and laugh with us as we combine 1984’s Footloose with 1990’s Tremors for a hilarious puppet show full of goofs, gaffs, illegal dancing, and yes, KILLER WORMS! 🪱)
Tickets are $12 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
The Residency at BLB feat. Babe Train & Your Co-Worker's Improv Show
Watch and discuss the best improv in the Twin Cities!
Every Friday at 9:30 pm, The Residency at BLB features 2 improv groups who present their own solutions to the question, "how do you create 25 minutes of theater - without a script!"
Babe Train and Your Co-Worker's Improv Show are featured in July.
Babe Train is a Minneapolis based improv group, committed to creating silly, strong and feel-good narratives. Grab your BFF and board the Babe Train for a nostalgic ride down memory lane.
Choo choo
Your Co-Worker's Improv Show features two bad bitches doing improv SCENES you've SEEN before.
Tickets are $10 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 9pm. Online ticket sales end at 7:30pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Footloose: Extended Edition (A Puppet Show)
After decades of scouring through historical texts, digging through ancient archives, and discovering the ruins of several societies once thought lost to time, we are pleased to present “Footloose” in its entirety, as it was originally meant to be performed.
Some may say this show combines the people and themes of the other notable works of the eternal bard, Kevin Bacon; but they would of course be mistaken. These are adapted ancient texts - epic poems really - and this is a VERY serious show for VERY serious people who are VERY interested in historical theatre.
(Come by and laugh with us as we combine 1984’s Footloose with 1990’s Tremors for a hilarious puppet show full of goofs, gaffs, illegal dancing, and yes, KILLER WORMS! 🪱)
Tickets are $12 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Footloose: Extended Edition (A Puppet Show)
After decades of scouring through historical texts, digging through ancient archives, and discovering the ruins of several societies once thought lost to time, we are pleased to present “Footloose” in its entirety, as it was originally meant to be performed.
Some may say this show combines the people and themes of the other notable works of the eternal bard, Kevin Bacon; but they would of course be mistaken. These are adapted ancient texts - epic poems really - and this is a VERY serious show for VERY serious people who are VERY interested in historical theatre.
(Come by and laugh with us as we combine 1984’s Footloose with 1990’s Tremors for a hilarious puppet show full of goofs, gaffs, illegal dancing, and yes, KILLER WORMS! 🪱)
Tickets are $12 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 2pm. Online ticket sales end at 1pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Uproar Comedy Open Mic
Winner of CityPages Best of the Twin Cities Comedy Open Mic 2020 and MNComedy’s Open Mic of the Year 2021, Uproar continues with its weekly open mic at the Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater.
This show is FREE! There will be a donation bucket at the door if you’d like to support Uproar.
Doors and open mic sign-up are at 6 PM, Show starts at 7pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Minnesota author Thomas Maltman presents his new novel ASHES TO ASHES
Award-winning author Thomas Maltman will be in conversation with the legendary William Kent Krueger to discuss ASHES TO ASHES.
Musician Nate Boots will open the event with a few songs.
Tickets are $10 per person and include one $5 coupon good toward the purchase of ASHES TO ASHES.
Valley Bookseller will be on site selling copies of the authors' work. Both authors will be signing after the event.
ABOUT ASHES TO ASHES
Small-town Minnesota teenager Basil “The Brute” Thorson—a shy, reluctant wrestling star and “special” tracked into special education classes—vows to make his family whole again in the wake of multiple tragedies, during a year in which his community is roiled by strange religious and mythological events.
Another perceptive and empathetic novel from the author of Indie Next and All Iowa Reads selection Little Wolves, blending myth, history, and religion with a nuanced look at contemporary rural life, perfect for fans of Marilynne Robinson, Richard Russo, and Paul Harding.
PRAISE FOR ASHES TO ASHES
“Thomas Maltman’s poignant Ashes to Ashes is far and away the best novel I’ve read this year. Compassionate and lyrically written, it’s a story about mysteries, those of the past and the present, as well as the eternal mysteries of the human heart. I fell in love with this book from the very first page. I guarantee you will too.”
—William Kent Krueger, author of This Tender Land
“Ashes to Ashes is an original, daring, and sensitive novel that spans centuries of time in its search for community, family, and safety. This is a novel for every outsider battling the urge to leave their safe life behind in favor of unknown horizons, and for every intrepid explorer who does. Maltman’s book is part small-town bildungsroman and part rollicking Viking epic, but it is absolutely a page-turner and a delight.”
-Nickolas Butler, author of Shotgun Lovesongs and A Forty Year Kiss
“Ashes to Ashes explores myth, religion, and rural America in this exquisite work of both prose and poetry. Known for his deeply nuanced portraits of small towns in Minnesota and the characters that populate them, Thomas Maltman will leave readers with much to savor and discuss with friends. Maltman joins the elite ranks of writers who are producing new classics.”
—Pamela Klinger Horn
“The story of a small town that reads like an epic. I don’t know what impressed me most — the superbly crafted prose, the deeply felt characters, or the mythological and religious quest of the reading experience. I’m in awe.”
— Benjamin Percy, author of The Ninth Metal, Red Moon, Thrill Me, and Refresh, Refresh.
“Ashes to Ashes unfolds in a rural small town, but there is nothing insular or quaint in this story of outsiders—a grieving daughter, a misunderstood son, and a stunted boy-giant, all inspired by the spirit of a centuries-old explorer to discover and claim their own lives. Thomas Maltman has written a wise and deeply empathetic novel. As contemporary as an Instagram post and yet resonant with history, this is the best book I have read all year.”
—Lin Enger, author of American Gospel
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Thomas Maltman
William Kent Krueger
Nate Boots
Tickets are $10. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Clown Rodeo
Get ready for the wildest comedy competition you've ever seen! Two hilarious stand-up comedians, two quick witted improvisors, and two dazzling drag queens enter the arena, but only one can ride away as the winner! Watch as these six unique performers battle it out in a series of outrageous games, challenges and comedic showdowns, all designed to push their limits and leave you in stitches!
Performer Bios
Sarah McPeck has been a staple in the Twin Cities comedy for over a decade! She produces fantastic queer comedy and shows that she would want to go see! Sarah is a seasoned improvisor and standup comedian. She is an improv teacher and a personal acting coach!
Emily LaJoy is an improvisor, stage manager, tech runner, model and comedy producer! She has been making things run smooth across the twin cities for years!
Harrie Bradshaw has been performing in drag for over 10 years. They had the #1 Music video, in the state of Minnesota, for one week…in 2015. Besides having the #1 Music video, in the state of Minnesota, for one week, in 2015…they have also done a lot of other things. They uh. Um. They have performed in a variety of shows; choreographed and performed in musicals and writes their own music. “Best Party Ever” being one, was the #1 Music Video, in the State of Minnesota, in March…of 2015.
Mizz Diagnosis is an accomplished actor and Drag Queen! Miss has produced, danced and acted across many stages in Minnesota and beyond! She is well known for her amazing fashion and design skills!
Bailey Murphy is a trailblazer, a revolutionary, and a true champion for women in comedy. She continues to empower, and uplift, and prove3 that laughter has no boundaries. You can catch her writing for Smart Mouth Comedy and as an improv teacher for MN Actors Theater.
Jex Arzayus is an art teacher, improvisor and all-around funny person. Jex was a staple at HUGE improv theater and makes everyone smile with their delightful performances!
Linda Aaron's quiet demeanor is a perfect set up to her smart punchlines! Her knowledge of pop culture, keen insights into human nature and dry-as-dust delivery makes her a favorite with all groups. She was first runner up in Acme Comedy Company's Funniest Person in the Twin Cities Contest as well as a finalist in both Iowa Comedy Festival and the Magner's Comedy Festival in Boston. Linda has opened for Louie Anderson.
Drew Schingen won House of Comedy's Funniest Person with a Day Job. He is a producer of several successful comedy shows. Drew is a dynamic performer and adds physical comedy to almost everything he does!
Sarah McPeck Website
Sarah McPeck on Instagram
Sarah McPeck on TikTok
Tickets are $12 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
The Residency at BLB feat. Babe Train & Your Co-Worker's Improv Show
Watch and discuss the best improv in the Twin Cities!
Every Friday at 9:30 pm, The Residency at BLB features 2 improv groups who present their own solutions to the question, "how do you create 25 minutes of theater - without a script!"
Babe Train and Your Co-Worker's Improv Show are featured in July.
Babe Train is a Minneapolis based improv group, committed to creating silly, strong and feel-good narratives. Grab your BFF and board the Babe Train for a nostalgic ride down memory lane.
Choo choo
Your Co-Worker's Improv Show features two bad bitches doing improv SCENES you've SEEN before.
Tickets are $10 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 9pm. Online ticket sales end at 7:30pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Cole Sarar's SciFi Reading Hour
A live reading series featuring new science fiction from Cole and special guest writers, underscored with futurist soundscapes by accomplished musicians. Two writers spin original science fiction, and one musician underscores the readings with complementary auditory landscapes. We focus on Science Fiction because we need to be thinking of the future as a society, for a multitude of reasons: we need to be seeing and talking about ourselves and each other in new ways- seeing people of color, women, queer folks, and immigrants in the future- showing folks in positions of power, showing different ways of leading, etc. Society also needs to think about the effects of continuing to mistreat the planet, humans, plants, and animals; but also to envision new ways of doing things (or imagining old ways of doing things in the future).
July 20th, 2025 featuring:
John Heimbuch is a writer, director, actor, and Artistic Director of Walking Shadow Theatre Company in Minneapolis. He has written over a dozen plays including Mae West and the Trial of Sex, The Transdimensional Couriers Union, Squawk, 10-Speed Revolution, and A Midwinter Night’s Revel. His plays William Shakespeare’s Land of the Dead and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow have been published by Samuel French, and produced throughout the world. When not making live theatre, he is often creating short films or playing with the steampunk rock band Bad September. Since 2019, he has been performing Charlie Bethel’s Beowulf and Gilgamesh at theatres, festivals, and universities across the United States. He can be found online at johnheimbuch.com.
Caly McMorrow (she/her) is a musician, artist, and software engineer based in St. Paul, MN, where she lives with her partner, dog, and collections of synthesizers and saxophones. Her work explores the merging of old and new, live and recorded, organic and electronic, and creator and audience. Her work has been supported by Jerome Foundation, The Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, and the Minnesota State Arts Board.
Tickets are $10 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Uproar Comedy Open Mic
Winner of CityPages Best of the Twin Cities Comedy Open Mic 2020 and MNComedy’s Open Mic of the Year 2021, Uproar continues with its weekly open mic at the Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater.
This show is FREE! There will be a donation bucket at the door if you’d like to support Uproar.
Doors and open mic sign-up are at 6 PM, Show starts at 7pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Squirrel Flower + Products Band
The music Ella Williams makes as Squirrel Flower has always communicated a strong sense of place. Her self-released debut EP, 2015’s early winter songs from middle america, was written during her first year living in Iowa, where the winter months make those of her hometown, Boston, seem quaint by comparison. Since that first offering, Squirrel Flower amassed a fanbase beyond the Boston DIY scene and has released two more EPs and two full-lengths. The most recent, Planet (i), was laden with climate anxiety, while the subsequent Planet EP marked an important turning point in Williams’ prolific career; the collection of demos was the first self-produced material she’d released in some time. With a renewed confidence as a producer, she helmed her new album Tomorrow’s Fire at Drop of Sun Studios in Asheville alongside storied engineer Alex Farrar.
Before Tomorrow’s Fire, Squirrel Flower might’ve been labeled something like “indie folk,” but this is a rock record, made to be played loud. As if to signal this shift, the album opens with the soaring “i don’t use a trash can,” a re-imagining of the first ever Squirrel Flower song. Williams returns to her past to demonstrate her growth as an artist and to nod to those early shows, when her voice, looped and minimalistic, had the power to silence a room. Lead singles “Full Time Job” and “When a Plant is Dying,” narrate the universal desperation that comes with living as an artist and pushing up against a world where that’s a challenging thing to be. The frustration in Williams’ lyrics is echoed by the music’s uninhibited, ferocious production. “There must be more to life/ Than being on time,” she sings on the latter’s towering chorus. Lyrics like that one are fated to become anthemic, and Tomorrow’s Fire overflows with them. “Doing my best is a full time job/ But it doesn’t pay the rent” Williams sings on “Full Time Job” over careening feedback, her steady delivery imposing order over a song that is, at its heart, about a loss of control.
Closing track “Finally Rain” speaks to the ambiguity of being a young person staring down climate catastrophe. The last verse is an homage to Williams’ relationship with her loved ones — ‘We won’t grow up.’ A stark realization, but also a manifesto. To be resolutely committed to a life of not ‘growing up,’ not losing our wonder while we’re still here.
Products Band is a guitar band from Minneapolis. Stretching out into the broader world of left-field rock music, the band draws inspiration from late-'70s/early '80s melodic punk/post-punk/new wave/no wave/art-pop as well as modern iterations of this sound. Formed in early 2018, the group has toured the US multiple times and acted as support for groups like Gang of Four, Deerhoof, Dehd, Squirrel Flower, Gustaf, and Shopping.
Tickets are $20 in Advance / $23 at the Door. Doors open at 7pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Squirrel Flower + Bugsy
The music Ella Williams makes as Squirrel Flower has always communicated a strong sense of place. Her self-released debut EP, 2015’s early winter songs from middle america, was written during her first year living in Iowa, where the winter months make those of her hometown, Boston, seem quaint by comparison. Since that first offering, Squirrel Flower amassed a fanbase beyond the Boston DIY scene and has released two more EPs and two full-lengths. The most recent, Planet (i), was laden with climate anxiety, while the subsequent Planet EP marked an important turning point in Williams’ prolific career; the collection of demos was the first self-produced material she’d released in some time. With a renewed confidence as a producer, she helmed her new album Tomorrow’s Fire at Drop of Sun Studios in Asheville alongside storied engineer Alex Farrar.
Before Tomorrow’s Fire, Squirrel Flower might’ve been labeled something like “indie folk,” but this is a rock record, made to be played loud. As if to signal this shift, the album opens with the soaring “i don’t use a trash can,” a re-imagining of the first ever Squirrel Flower song. Williams returns to her past to demonstrate her growth as an artist and to nod to those early shows, when her voice, looped and minimalistic, had the power to silence a room. Lead singles “Full Time Job” and “When a Plant is Dying,” narrate the universal desperation that comes with living as an artist and pushing up against a world where that’s a challenging thing to be. The frustration in Williams’ lyrics is echoed by the music’s uninhibited, ferocious production. “There must be more to life/ Than being on time,” she sings on the latter’s towering chorus. Lyrics like that one are fated to become anthemic, and Tomorrow’s Fire overflows with them. “Doing my best is a full time job/ But it doesn’t pay the rent” Williams sings on “Full Time Job” over careening feedback, her steady delivery imposing order over a song that is, at its heart, about a loss of control.
Closing track “Finally Rain” speaks to the ambiguity of being a young person staring down climate catastrophe. The last verse is an homage to Williams’ relationship with her loved ones — ‘We won’t grow up.’ A stark realization, but also a manifesto. To be resolutely committed to a life of not ‘growing up,’ not losing our wonder while we’re still here.
The Residency at BLB feat. Babe Train & Your Co-Worker's Improv Show
Watch and discuss the best improv in the Twin Cities!
Every Friday at 9:30 pm, The Residency at BLB features 2 improv groups who present their own solutions to the question, "how do you create 25 minutes of theater - without a script!"
Babe Train and Your Co-Worker's Improv Show are featured in July.
Babe Train is a Minneapolis based improv group, committed to creating silly, strong and feel-good narratives. Grab your BFF and board the Babe Train for a nostalgic ride down memory lane.
Choo choo
Your Co-Worker's Improv Show features two bad bitches doing improv SCENES you've SEEN before.
Tickets are $10 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 9pm. Online ticket sales end at 7:30pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
ANTIFASCIST DRUNK(ISH) HISTORY SHOW
Join us for a seriously joyous night of wisdom, history, laughter, and camaraderie at the ANTIFASCIST DRUNK(ISH) HISTORY SHOW! Our brilliant storyteller-performers Autumn Brown, Olivia Levins Holden, Ricardo Levins Morales, Oanh Vu and Aziz Bisanz will guide you through a journey of how extraordinary people have resisted their oppressors throughout the ages. Whether you're a history fiend, on the lookout for some hope, or just trying to step into a powerful room, this event is sure to entertain and inspire in equal measure. Don't miss out on this unique blend of comedy and preparing for what's to come - grab your tickets now!
HOSTS
Eiko Mizushima (she/they) is an integrative occupational therapist, somatic therapist, massage therapist, and artist. She is the owner of Eiko Mizushima Integrative OT and Eikoologies art in Minneapolis. She works at the intersections of healing, justice, art, science, and studies how people build the worlds they want — together. Eiko will be hosting this event.
신 선 영 Sun Yung Shin (she/her) was born in Seoul, Korea and was raised in the Chicago area. She is a poet, writer, biodynamic craniosacral therapist, and cultural worker. She is a teaching artist with the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop and elsewhere. She is a former MacDowell fellow and has received grants from the Bush Foundation, the McKnight Foundation, and the Minnesota State Arts Board. She lives in Minneapolis where she co-directs the community organization Poetry Asylum with poet Su Hwang. Sun Yung will be hosting this event.
PERFORMERS
Autumn Brown is a writer, musician, and activist based in Minneapolis, MN. Cohost of the podcast, How to Survive the End of the World, and front woman of the soul-pop band, AUTUMN, she spends most of her time writing about fugitivity, channeling music, raising teens, and training in aikido.
Drunk(ish) History Character: "I am James Baldwin. I was a queer, Black artist, activist, and orator. Known for my oceanic works of fiction, my incisive essays and speeches about America, and my unique voice, I published six novels between the early 50s and late 70s, and countless essays and poems across my life."
Ricardo Levins Morales is a Minneapolis-based artist and organizer known for his art that supports social justice movements. He was born into the anti-colonial movement in Puerto Rico and became involved in activism in Chicago as a teenager. His art is used to support individual and collective healing from oppression. He co-founded the Northland Poster Collective, and also leads workshops on creative organizing and sustainable activism.
Drunk(ish) History Character: "I am Urayoan, cacique of Yagueca on my beloved island of Boriken. I will recount for you how I devised and led a theatrical direct action that exposed the vulnerability of the Spanish invaders, thus opening the pathways of resistance."
Olivia Levins Holden (She/They) is a queer, mixed Boricua muralist, organizer, artist, and educator living on Dakota homeland, Mni Sota Makoce, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Olivia’s work explores many ways that the arts can transform and support movements, tell stories, plant seeds, and combat toxic narratives.With her artist collective, Studio Thalo, Olivia creates live-painted mobile murals to reflect conversations and events.
Drunk(ish) History Character: "I am Miría Mirabal Reyes. I was a revolutionary who, along with my sisters, resisted the brutal dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo in 1940s Dominican Republic. Our activities and eventual martyrdom were part of what finally toppled the dictatorship and earned them the collective title of 'Las Mariposas'.
Aziz (they/he) is a trans, mixed somatic therapist, cultural worker, organizer and astrologer living in Mni Sota Makoce. Aziz tends the ever evolving community space of the Grief and Rage Circle for Palestine and other community spaces focused on the intersections of grief + trauma healing + embodied diasporic resilience building.
Drunk(ish) History Character: "I am Les/Leslie Feinberg (zie/hir) born in 1949. I was an American author, activist and a self-described 'anti-racist, white, working-class, secular jewish, transgender, lesbian, female, revolutionary communist.' I was a leading voice in the transgender rights movement and known for my novel Stone Butch Blues and my theoretical work on transgender liberation. I viewed transgender liberation through a Marxist lens, emphasizing the role of capitalism and class struggle in shaping gender oppression and was a fierce activist and advocate for a free Palestine."
Oanh Vu is an educator, artist, and community organizer known for her work in puppetry and film. She uses puppetry to explore themes of healing, identity, and heritage, particularly for herself and the Vietnamese community. She is a 2020 Puppet Lab Artist at Open Eye Theatre and her work has been featured in various venues, including Twin Cities Public Television.
Drunk(ish) History Character: "I am the Trac Trung sisters. We fought against the colonization of our land pre-Chinese colonization when Vietnamese society was matrilineal. When we were alive there was more gender equity in what is today known as Vietnam."
Can't join, but want to donate to our fundraiser? Visit our GoFundMe, Empower Accessible Culturally Informed Somatic Healing!
More information on our broader fundraiser:
We believe culturally-informed somatic healing should be accessible for all, and we need your help to make it possible. We are independent, Asian, queer, women, and GNC small business owners investing in community wellness models and collective resource sharing. Donate to our fundraiser to support our efforts to keep our healing work accessible to everyone, especially BIPOC/Queer/Trans/Immigrants/Low Income people. We offer sliding scale and negotiated prices to make this possible. Join us at Bryant Lake Bowl for our Antifascist Drunk(ish) History Show in-person or online, donate to our GoFundMe, or give an item to our Open House/Silent Auction by messaging us what you can contribute on our social media pages @eikoologies and @sunyungshin. Thank you for supporting us!
Can't join or can't afford tickets? Save the date for our FREE Social Open House on Saturday, October 4th 1-4p @ Sabathani, Room 206.
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Tickets are Donation Based on a Sliding Scale from $27 - $100. Doors open at 6pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Kinship / Canary Room / Kiernan
Kinship is the alt-folk recording project of upstate-NY-native-turned-Boston-music-person Steve Kurz. Kinship’s 2024 record, ‘Today and Tomorrow Night’, is about the space between what can and can't be controlled, thinking and overthinking, homes real and imagined. Leaning into home recording as a means to reflect the sonic ethos of a physical space, the groundedness of Kinship’s sound serves as the anchor to the themes of curiosity – equal parts cosmic, introspective, and playful – that emerge in the record’s lyrics. For the summer of 2025, the stars align and Kinship manifests as a four-piece band of longtime musical collaborators, friends, and heroes: Max Morton, Luke Diamond, and Roy “bigroy” Marshall.
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Canary Room is the project of Minneapolis-based singer-songwriter Maddy Heide. Playing the guitar and writing songs is her favorite thing to do. Inspired by songwriters like Joni Mitchell, and Adrianne Lenker, she is interested in how stories can be told with voice and guitar. When she isn't playing the guitar and writing songs, she is teaching pre-k through eighth grade music in St. Paul.
Kiernan is the Minneapolis-based musical project of Laura Kiernan,. Drawing sound inspirations from the likes of Big Thief, Waxahatchee, and John Prine, the project mixes folk with indie rock and a hint of country. Their music can be described as "sounds for when you're feeding the pigeons." In other words: soft, silly, spacious and best done with friends. She and the band hope it nourishes your ears like a nice hunk of bread.
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Tickets are $15. Doors open at 7pm. Online ticket sales end at 6pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Uproar Comedy Open Mic
Winner of CityPages Best of the Twin Cities Comedy Open Mic 2020 and MNComedy’s Open Mic of the Year 2021, Uproar continues with its weekly open mic at the Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater.
This show is FREE! There will be a donation bucket at the door if you’d like to support Uproar.
Doors and open mic sign-up are at 6 PM, Show starts at 7pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Catacomb Cinema Club
Join the goblins and ghouls who create your favorite annual spooky attraction, The Haunted Basement, as they open the crypt door and invite you in for an evening of fun and frights. Gather your squad and see if you can be the Final Girl for our horror film trivia (each month we have a terrifyingly fun new theme). Top teams win prizes! Then settle back and watch a horror film, curated each month by the weird little monsters of Catacomb Collective. Come dressed on theme and compete for the best costume prize. Be sure to check out hauntedbasement.org for this months theme and film!
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Tickets are $12 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Improv Zodiac!
Improv Zodiac! is a unique monthly improv show that celebrates each zodiac season. Every month, three curated teams of Twin Cities improvisers—who share astrological placements in that month’s featured sign—come together to deliver hilarious, one-of-a-kind performances. Whether or not you’re interested in astrology, you'll love watching how the stars align on stage!
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Steph Callaghan on Instagram
Tickets are $10 in Advance / $15 at the Door. $10 at the Door with a Valid Student ID. Doors open at 6:30pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Uproar Comedy Open Mic
Winner of CityPages Best of the Twin Cities Comedy Open Mic 2020 and MNComedy’s Open Mic of the Year 2021, Uproar continues with its weekly open mic at the Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater.
This show is FREE! There will be a donation bucket at the door if you’d like to support Uproar.
Doors and open mic sign-up are at 6 PM, Show starts at 7pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
F1rst Wrestling
Bryant Lake Bowl’s first ever Saturday Pride Block Party event!
Join us on Bryant Ave S off of Lake Street. Open at 1pm. Event starts at 2pm.
Cash Event.
Pride Block Party
Bryant Lake Bowl’s Annual Pride Block Party. Bryant Ave S off of Lake Street.
Cash Event.
6pm Dj Michel.Be
7pm and 7:30 Drag Revue
8:30pm Nur-D
Food, Cocktails, Bell’s Beer, Thc Beverages
Tubthumping Thursdays
We'll be singing, when we're winning. Join us with a whiskey drink, a vodka drink, a lager drink, or a cider drink, any kind of drink. And enjoy a comedy variety show. Each monthly Thursday show will feature unique comedy from short/long form improv groups, comedians, and/or comedy sketches.
Comedy for the good times, and comedy for the better times.
Tickets are $12. Doors open at 6PM.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Improv Zodiac!
Improv Zodiac! is a unique monthly improv show that celebrates each zodiac season. Every month, three curated teams of Twin Cities improvisers—who share astrological placements in that month’s featured sign—come together to deliver hilarious, one-of-a-kind performances. Whether or not you’re interested in astrology, you'll love watching how the stars align on stage!
Improv Zodiac! on Instagram
Steph Callaghan on Instagram
Tickets are $10 in Advance / $15 at the Door. $10 at the Door with a Valid Student ID. Doors open at 6:30pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Catacomb Cinema Club
Join the goblins and ghouls who create your favorite annual spooky attraction, The Haunted Basement, as they open the crypt door and invite you in for an evening of fun and frights. Gather your squad and see if you can be the Final Girl for our horror film trivia (each month we have a terrifyingly fun new theme). Top teams win prizes! Then settle back and watch a horror film, curated each month by the weird little monsters of Catacomb Collective. Come dressed on theme and compete for the best costume prize. Be sure to check out hauntedbasement.org for this months theme and film!
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Instagram
Patreon
Tickets are $12 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Uproar Comedy Open Mic
Winner of CityPages Best of the Twin Cities Comedy Open Mic 2020 and MNComedy’s Open Mic of the Year 2021, Uproar continues with its weekly open mic at the Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater.
This show is FREE! There will be a donation bucket at the door if you’d like to support Uproar.
Doors and open mic sign-up are at 6 PM, Show starts at 7pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
3rd Eye LIVE!
Hold onto your chakras for the most chaotic, magical, and ridiculously funny night of mediumship that Minneapolis has ever seen. Local comedian and writer Alicia Kismet serves questions--and hot takes-- from the audience to the crew from 3rd Eye Psychic Salon. No question is off limits, just be prepared to be read to filth in a night where the mystical meets the comical! It’s a one-of-a-kind mix of insight, divination, and laughter that’ll leave you amazed, entertained, and possibly questioning your life choices (in the best way).
Whether its your first time experiencing a tarot reading, or are a long time tarot enthusiast, a skeptic or a believer, you won’t want to miss Alicia Kismet sweeping onto the stage, commanding the room with her uncanny charm and cosmic wit, flanked by the 3rd Eye Psychic Salon team. The night unfolds in a swirl of tarot cards and wildly specific audience insights that’ll have you questioning everything (except how much fun you’re having). With every quip and eerily accurate prediction, the line between comedy and clairvoyance blurs. Bring your questions and your curiosity—this is part stand-up, part psychic phenomena, and 100% unforgettable.
What our clients are saying:
“They are like the Avengers of the local psychic scene!”
“Its giving Barbie-core vibes”
“How did they know that?”
“They totally called me out on my Sh**!”
“The Real Deal!”
Tickets are $15 in Advance / $20 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
The Residency at BLB feat. No Fear Shakesqueer & The Pallor of Endless Corridors
Watch and discuss the best improv in the Twin Cities!
Every Friday at 9:30 pm, The Residency at BLB features 2 improv groups who present their own solutions to the question, "how do you create 25 minutes of theater - without a script!"
June’s shows featuring No Fear Shakesqueer & The Pallor of Endless Corridors
NO FEAR SHAKESQUEER: Improvised queer romantic comedies in the style of Shakespeare!
THE PALLOR OF ENDLESS CORRIDORS: Behold the Pallor of Endless Corridors. There is no past, no future, only Shadow. Shadows of love, of madness, of despair. A Gothic Improvisation that will make you say - "What did I just watch?"
After the show, the audience is encouraged to join the cast in the restaurant side of the building. It's a cozy place to gather as a community to do bits, talk shop, and do bits. Plus there's food and drinks! Bryant Lake Bowl is open until 1am!
Tickets are $10 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 9pm. Online ticket sales end at 7:30pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Minne-Mélange
We're Minne-Melange, a brand new variety show in the Twin Cities. Each month, we're bringing you a taste of our amazingly talented performing arts scene. You might see stand-up, improv comedy, singing, dancing, spoken-word poetry, and many other spectacular acts. And it changes every month!
We're like a creativity smorgasbord. An artistic sampler platter. A charcuterie board of delicious talent. Come eat your fill, and we're sure you'll leave with an appetite for more!
Tickets are $15. Doors open at 6:30pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Adorable
True Stories. Pretend People. Real Awkward. Adorable is a Twin Cities-based improv duo, featuring veteran performers Butch Roy and Jen Scott. Formed in 2008, Adorable digs into focus on grounded relationships and the funny: slow burning, often ridiculous, sometimes sweet.
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Tickets are $10. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Buffalo Show Two Spirit Show
Buffalo Show presents Two Spirit Buffalo for PRIDE curated by Nick Metcalf with Mario McMillan, Aragidi, Amy Arddnt, Sophi Le Piff, Tyra Payer, and Trevvy B.
Jae Paris Boyd is an enrolled member of Mille Tribe of Ojibwe who has graced our local stages sharing her gifts as a stage performance artist. Jae has recently graced the stage of the Gay 90's LaFemme Lounge.
arágidi is a multidisciplinary drag artist from the Mandan Hidatsa and Arikara Nation. their work explores grief, euphoria, community, and satire through the use of historic speeches and niche popular culture. They can be found on cast at Booked at the Saloon or doing makeup for brides across the state of Minnesota.
Nick Metcalf is Sicangu Oyate – Burnt Thigh People – Rosebud Sioux Tribe. Nick has lived in the Twin Cities for 30 years where they've made a life filled with lots of friends, family, and community. Nick is a proud Parent and Grandparent. Nick is a Poet and Writer.
Mario McMillan is Puerto Rican Drag King performer who is new to the scene and is discovering it. Mario has performed at the Saloon's Hot Pink -WERK. Mario competed in the recent pageant – Mister Twin Cities Black Pride 2024. Mario is an emergent artist and loves to entertain.
Sophie Le Piff is a proud enrolled Ojibwe from the Turtle Mountain Reservation in North Dakota. She has been performing for seven years in shows in Fargo, Two Spirit shows on his reservation and in Minneapolis for the past three years, where she is a troupe member in Transcendence Cabaret.
Tyra Payer is an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Ojibwe reservation in Belcourt, North Dakota, where they grew up. Tyra is a Two-Spirit poet and weaves culture, queerness, and dreams into their writing. Really, they just want to spend time in their garden, write love letters to the communities they come from, and share food with loved ones. They live in Saint Paul with their partner, cats and chickens.
Tickets are $8 in Advance / $10 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Uproar Comedy Open Mic
Winner of CityPages Best of the Twin Cities Comedy Open Mic 2020 and MNComedy’s Open Mic of the Year 2021, Uproar continues with its weekly open mic at the Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater.
This show is FREE! There will be a donation bucket at the door if you’d like to support Uproar.
Doors and open mic sign-up are at 6 PM, Show starts at 7pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Glitter & Be Gay – in the USA
Mistress Ginger storms the castle in a star-spangled swirl of sequins and song, summoning all the fairies to come out and play – yes, to glitter and be gay, in the USA. With maestro Franco Holder at the piano, Broadway and Pride collide in a dazzling cabaret celebration. Ginger ransacks the musical theatre repertoire for its most liberating, camp-tastic, and fabulously queer treasures – stoking your hope, melting your butter, and leaving you glowing in the joy of being perfectly, radically you.
Mistress Ginger is a Juilliard-trained performer based in the Twin Cities. With a passion for storytelling through song, she has brought her cabaret magic to stages across the Twin Cities. And she can cook, too! Her cookbook, Mistress Ginger Cooks: Everyday Vegan Food for Everyone, was published in 2014. To learn more, visit mistressginger.com.
“The fabulous Mistress Ginger performed rousing, live vocal cabaret numbers between dances — and even during them… Her comedic timing and quick-wit were on full display, and her audience was enraptured… Her nuanced facial expression work while singing in a Broadway-ready tone? Masterful… It was a campy and vampy delight.” —Twin Cities Gay Scene
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Tickets are $18 in Advance / $22 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Bring Your Kids!
Bring Your Kids!
A comedy variety show for kids and their grown ups.
Perfect for ages 5 and up.
Featuring comedians, musicians and generalized silliness.
Kids - bring a joke to tell! Grown ups - I hope you like jokes.
More information at bringyourkidscomedy.com
Tickets are $7 for Kids / $12 for Adults. Doors open at 2PM. Online ticket sales end at 1PM.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
The Residency at BLB feat. No Fear Shakesqueer & The Pallor of Endless Corridors
Watch and discuss the best improv in the Twin Cities!
Every Friday at 9:30 pm, The Residency at BLB features 2 improv groups who present their own solutions to the question, "how do you create 25 minutes of theater - without a script!"
June’s shows featuring No Fear Shakesqueer & The Pallor of Endless Corridors
NO FEAR SHAKESQUEER: Improvised queer romantic comedies in the style of Shakespeare!
THE PALLOR OF ENDLESS CORRIDORS: Behold the Pallor of Endless Corridors. There is no past, no future, only Shadow. Shadows of love, of madness, of despair. A Gothic Improvisation that will make you say - "What did I just watch?"
After the show, the audience is encouraged to join the cast in the restaurant side of the building. It's a cozy place to gather as a community to do bits, talk shop, and do bits. Plus there's food and drinks! Bryant Lake Bowl is open until 1am!
Tickets are $10 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 9pm. Online ticket sales end at 7:30pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Glitter & Be Gay – in the USA
Mistress Ginger storms the castle in a star-spangled swirl of sequins and song, summoning all the fairies to come out and play – yes, to glitter and be gay, in the USA. With maestro Franco Holder at the piano, Broadway and Pride collide in a dazzling cabaret celebration. Ginger ransacks the musical theatre repertoire for its most liberating, camp-tastic, and fabulously queer treasures – stoking your hope, melting your butter, and leaving you glowing in the joy of being perfectly, radically you.
Mistress Ginger is a Juilliard-trained performer based in the Twin Cities. With a passion for storytelling through song, she has brought her cabaret magic to stages across the Twin Cities. And she can cook, too! Her cookbook, Mistress Ginger Cooks: Everyday Vegan Food for Everyone, was published in 2014. To learn more, visit mistressginger.com.
“The fabulous Mistress Ginger performed rousing, live vocal cabaret numbers between dances — and even during them… Her comedic timing and quick-wit were on full display, and her audience was enraptured… Her nuanced facial expression work while singing in a Broadway-ready tone? Masterful… It was a campy and vampy delight.” —Twin Cities Gay Scene
Website
Facebook
Instagram
YouTube
Tickets are $18 in Advance / $22 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Movie Fight Club
People got movie opinions, and sometimes those opinions have right hooks.
Come see several of Twin Cities most hilarious cinephiles engage in several rounds of verbal fisticuffs covering a wide-range of movie and pop-culture topics.
Confirming what is over and under-rated! Relitigating guilty pleasures!
Igniting the hot takes!
Hosted by Josh Carson and Aisha Ragheb and featuring our June fighters: Devohn Bland, Lauren Anderson and Caleb McEwen!
Tickets are $15. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Caroline Rose
“I’m not a McDonald’s hamburger,” says Rose, an artist who has become known for being somewhat of an impish indie rebel, championing independent music and creative reinvention. “I’m just trying to make music diverse enough that AI can’t reproduce it.”
Rose’s albums blend psychobilly, pop, shoegaze, alt-country, folk, electronic and experimental. They infuse satire, perspective-hopping, film-inspired narrative and an array of storytelling devices that transport listeners straight into Rose’s self-described “weird buffet” of a mind.
On year of the slug, released February 7, 2025, there is no pretense, no bells or whistles, no heavy production.“Sometimes it’s nice to have a pearl before it’s polished,” Rose says. Recorded in Garageband from a phone, slug offers quality songs in their rawest form, straight to the listener, no middleman.
Rose will tour year of the slug in a series of ‘Evening With’ solo performances in exclusively independent venues carefully chosen to avoid large service fees. “These places are the working class of the touring industry. They’re the ones hit hardest by the corporations hoarding all the money at the top and yet they still find a way to keep their doors open. I cut my teeth in these small clubs. I’m really grateful for them.”
year of the slug will only be offered on Bandcamp and as a limited edition physical release. It will not be available on streaming platforms.
Tickets are $25. Doors open at 7pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Caroline Rose
“I’m not a McDonald’s hamburger,” says Rose, an artist who has become known for being somewhat of an impish indie rebel, championing independent music and creative reinvention. “I’m just trying to make music diverse enough that AI can’t reproduce it.”
Rose’s albums blend psychobilly, pop, shoegaze, alt-country, folk, electronic and experimental. They infuse satire, perspective-hopping, film-inspired narrative and an array of storytelling devices that transport listeners straight into Rose’s self-described “weird buffet” of a mind.
On year of the slug, released February 7, 2025, there is no pretense, no bells or whistles, no heavy production.“Sometimes it’s nice to have a pearl before it’s polished,” Rose says. Recorded in Garageband from a phone, slug offers quality songs in their rawest form, straight to the listener, no middleman.
Rose will tour year of the slug in a series of ‘Evening With’ solo performances in exclusively independent venues carefully chosen to avoid large service fees. “These places are the working class of the touring industry. They’re the ones hit hardest by the corporations hoarding all the money at the top and yet they still find a way to keep their doors open. I cut my teeth in these small clubs. I’m really grateful for them.”
year of the slug will only be offered on Bandcamp and as a limited edition physical release. It will not be available on streaming platforms.
Tickets are $25. Doors open at 7pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Food
We began with "Fluid," followed by "Fear," "Father," "Favorite," "Family," "Female," "First" and "Fiction." In its ninth annual installment, Table Salt embraces the word on everyone’s mind in 2025: "Food!" Food for thought? Can music really be the food of love? Is life really too short to eat bad food? Come hear some of the Twin Cities' best storytellers deliver their pithy insights on this universal subject!
Featuring Table Salt favorites Jim Robinson, Julie Grover McArdle, Gennae Falconer, Kelly Kohlbacher, Heather Meyer, Alexis Camille, Fred Cheng, Martha Pettee, Jen Scott, Dennis Curley and more!
Proceeds to benefit the Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery, whose mission since 1983 is to end child abuse and neglect and create strong, healthy families.
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Tickets are $20. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
A Drinking Game MN Presents: How To Train Your Dragon
Raise your tankards and ready your crew, A Drinking Game MN is heading into the skies for a live stage reading of How to Train Your Dragon! We’re inviting you to come along for the adventure!
Join our fearless cast of Vikings as they bring Berk to life in a live stage reading with epic voices, heroic hijinks, and yes — DRINKING CUES fit for a mead hall! Every clang of the bell means it’s your turn to sip, or toast to the old gods with your favorite beverage. Ale, cider, soda, the salty tears of your enemies — choose wisely, brave soul!
Whether you wield a mighty horn of mead or a humble goblet of juice, you’ll be in for a night of laughs, chaos and adventure. Don’t worry about pre-gaming like a berserker — we’ve got plenty of chances for you to drink throughout this dragon sized saga.
Adventure awaits! Let’s see some dragons fly!
Tickets are $15 in Advance / $20 at the Door. Doors open at 9pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Food
We began with "Fluid," followed by "Fear," "Father," "Favorite," "Family," "Female," "First" and "Fiction." In its ninth annual installment, Table Salt embraces the word on everyone’s mind in 2025: "Food!" Food for thought? Can music really be the food of love? Is life really too short to eat bad food? Come hear some of the Twin Cities' best storytellers deliver their pithy insights on this universal subject!
Featuring Table Salt favorites Jim Robinson, Julie Grover McArdle, Gennae Falconer, Kelly Kohlbacher, Heather Meyer, Alexis Camille, Fred Cheng, Martha Pettee, Jen Scott, Dennis Curley and more!
Proceeds to benefit the Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery, whose mission since 1983 is to end child abuse and neglect and create strong, healthy families.
Website
Facebook Page
Facebook Event
Tickets are $20. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
The Residency at BLB feat. No Fear Shakesqueer & The Pallor of Endless Corridors
Watch and discuss the best improv in the Twin Cities!
Every Friday at 9:30 pm, The Residency at BLB features 2 improv groups who present their own solutions to the question, "how do you create 25 minutes of theater - without a script!"
June’s shows featuring No Fear Shakesqueer & The Pallor of Endless Corridors
NO FEAR SHAKESQUEER: Improvised queer romantic comedies in the style of Shakespeare!
THE PALLOR OF ENDLESS CORRIDORS: Behold the Pallor of Endless Corridors. There is no past, no future, only Shadow. Shadows of love, of madness, of despair. A Gothic Improvisation that will make you say - "What did I just watch?"
After the show, the audience is encouraged to join the cast in the restaurant side of the building. It's a cozy place to gather as a community to do bits, talk shop, and do bits. Plus there's food and drinks! Bryant Lake Bowl is open until 1am!
Tickets are $10 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 9pm. Online ticket sales end at 7:30pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Food
We began with "Fluid," followed by "Fear," "Father," "Favorite," "Family," "Female," "First" and "Fiction." In its ninth annual installment, Table Salt embraces the word on everyone’s mind in 2025: "Food!" Food for thought? Can music really be the food of love? Is life really too short to eat bad food? Come hear some of the Twin Cities' best storytellers deliver their pithy insights on this universal subject!
Featuring Table Salt favorites Jim Robinson, Julie Grover McArdle, Gennae Falconer, Kelly Kohlbacher, Heather Meyer, Alexis Camille, Fred Cheng, Martha Pettee, Jen Scott, Dennis Curley and more!
Proceeds to benefit the Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery, whose mission since 1983 is to end child abuse and neglect and create strong, healthy families.
Website
Facebook Page
Facebook Event
Tickets are $20. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Monster Science First Thursdays: Parables for Paranoiacs
Some of the monsters are not misshapen horrors - at least not all the time. Some of the monsters do not announce themselves. Some of the monsters walk among us. They surround us unseen, they become us, they replace us. From myths like doppelgangers and fetches, to movies like “The Thing,” “Us,” and “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” come explore the most insidious of horrors with local theater legend Tim Uren, director of Ghoulish Delights! Plus Reverend Matt’s top-shelf comedy jokes!
Tickets are $15 in Advance / $18 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Insurgent Transmissions: Queer Cinema for Palestine
Insurgent Transmissions: A Palestine Film Series presents monthly screenings on the first Wednesday of each month at Bryant Lake Bowl. Join us on June 4, 2025 at 7pm for a 90 minute program of short films, curated by Queer Cinema for Palestine. This program is co-presented with Educators for Justice in Palestine.
ABOUT QCP
Queer Cinema for Palestine (QCP) announces No Pride in Genocide, a global film event, co-organized by the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) and 50+ partners in 25 countries, from China to Ecuador. The third edition of QCP invites grassroots, solidarity and arts organizations across the world to host screenings of a stellar collectively curated short film program throughout the month of June 2025.
This year’s program focuses on the work of queer, Palestinian, and allied artists, across locales, in historic Palestine and the diaspora, identities, lengths, styles and genres (doc-hybrid, experimental, fiction, and animation) to highlight art’s position in resistance and the struggle for liberation.
Israel continues to attempt to instrumentalize our identities as queer and trans people to justify its genocide against Palestinians, including murdering, blackmailing, and imprisoning queer and trans Palestinians. Accordingly, this festival will take place during June 2025, the month that marks Pride in many countries worldwide. We do so to continue our refusal of Israel’s pinkwashing.
FILMS IN PROGRAM:
Abgad Hawaz, Robin Riad, 1min, Canada (2024)
Out of Gaza, Seza Tiyara Selen, Jannis Osterburg, 9min, Germany (2025)
Blood Like Water, Dima Hamdan, 14min, Palestine (2023)
a tangled web drowning in honey, Tara Hakim & Hannah Hull, 9min, Canada (2023)
Aliens in Beirut, Raghed Charabaty, 16min, Lebanon, Canada (2025)
Palcorecore, Dana Dawud, 8min, Internet footage from Palestine (2023)
I never promised you a Jasmine Garden, Teyama AlKamli, 20min, Canada (2023)
Don’t take my joy away, Omar Gabriel, 7min, Lebanon (2024)
This shorts program is followed by a pre-recorded Q+A with featured filmmakers.
ABOUT INSURGENT TRANSMISSIONS
Insurgent Transmissions is a film series highlighting the varied Palestinian experience. Made by contemporary Palestinian makers, the films depict the many ways that Palestinians resist occupation in their daily lives and filmmaking practices. Beginning with Annemarie Jacir’s touching family drama, Wajib, the programming will unfold as a series of transmissions: Jacir chooses the second film, and each subsequent filmmaker will select the next film in the series. The films in Insurgent Transmissions highlight the works of contemporary Palestinian filmmakers, amplifying their voices through their films and the films they see as most urgent in this moment of cultural erasure and genocide.
This monthly series is presented by Mizna monthly at Bryant Lake Bowl. Online tickets are $10, tickets at the door are sliding scale $5–15. Additional opportunities to support urgent grassroots fundraisers in Gaza will be available at the screening.
ACCESSIBILITY:
To make these events accessible, masks are STRONGLY ENCOURAGED. Unfortunately we cannot require masks because Bryant Lake Bowl serves food and drinks inside the screening space. All films will have English subtitles.
Mizna
Queer Cinema for Palestine
Tickets are $10 in Advance / $5 - $15 Sliding Scale at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Holidating: Father's Day
An improvised musical love story inspired by this month’s holiday!
If you don’t come to see Holidating, we’ll turn this car around right now! Holidating is a musical celebration of the Hallmark spirit year round. Each month, the cast improvises a musical about love featuring that month's holiday.
Grab your tissues and your laugh buckets, holiday lovers!
Produced By: Sarah Arnold-Simondet & Philip Simondet
Music Director: Daniel Goldschmidt
Tickets are $10 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Uproar Comedy Open Mic
Winner of CityPages Best of the Twin Cities Comedy Open Mic 2020 and MNComedy’s Open Mic of the Year 2021, Uproar continues with its weekly open mic at the Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater.
This show is FREE! There will be a donation bucket at the door if you’d like to support Uproar.
Doors and open mic sign-up are at 6 PM, Show starts at 7pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.
Cole Sarar's SciFi Reading Hour
A live reading series featuring new science fiction from Cole and special guest writers, underscored with futurist soundscapes by accomplished musicians. Two writers spin original science fiction, and one musician underscores the readings with complementary auditory landscapes. We focus on Science Fiction because we need to be thinking of the future as a society, for a multitude of reasons: we need to be seeing and talking about ourselves and each other in new ways- seeing people of color, women, queer folks, and immigrants in the future- showing folks in positions of power, showing different ways of leading, etc. Society also needs to think about the effects of continuing to mistreat the planet, humans, plants, and animals; but also to envision new ways of doing things (or imagining old ways of doing things in the future).
June 1, 2025 featuring:
Khary Jackson is a writer, dancer and musician. Khary has been a recipient of generous grants, including the 2019 Jerome Artist Fellowship and 2022 McKnight Fellowship in Writing. Khary's poetry book, Any Psalm You Want, was published with Write Bloody Publishing in the spring of 2013.
Jasmine (Jazz) Castañeda celebrates and draws upon her Trinidadian, Mexican, and Indigenous multicultural background to fuel her storytelling. Her work highlights the complexities and nuances of humanity and nature to inspire reflection and promote the connection between self and others.
Tickets are $10 in Advance / $15 at the Door. Doors open at 6pm. Online ticket sales end at 5pm.
Our full restaurant and bar service is available in the theater! Order from your seat and enjoy the show, we'll take care of the rest.