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Last update: October 20, 2007 - 4:32 PM

HOME AND HOBBIES

Home Improvement & Design Expo: Featuring hundreds of exhibitors and vendors showing the latest in home improvement resources, energy efficiency and services. "Ask the Expert" services as well as live music performances. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Sat.; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. next Sun. $6. National Sports Center, 1700 105th Av. NE., Blaine. 952-238-1700. www.mediamaxevents.com.

PETS

Rabbit Adoption: Noon-3 p.m. today. Petco, 2575 Fairview Av., Roseville. 651-636-8808.

St. Francis of Assisi Animal Rescue Adoption: 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sat. Northland Mall, 1432 S. Lake St., Forest Lake. 612-387-4869.

FOOD AND WINE

Anoka County Farmers Market: 2-6 p.m. Thu. Anoka City Hall, 2015 1st Av. N., Anoka. www.co.anoka.mn.us.

Farmer's Market: 2:30-6:30 p.m. Tue. Grace Lutheran Church, 13655 Round Lake Blvd., Andover. 651-227-6856.

Oktoberfest Dinner: Melanie Miller will lead a demonstration of German sausage and potato soup with sauerkraut, potato pancakes, braised red cabbage, black forest cherry torte. 6-8:30 p.m. Tue. $60. Kitchen Party, 10950 Club West Pkwy. #210, Blaine. 763-780-0485. www. kitchenpartystore.com.

THEATER

AMERICAN HOMICIDAL: A steamy dip into the dark, saggy, middle-aged underbelly of the entertainment business. Sit back and laugh, or join in and audition for Ryan Seabass, Simon Crowbar and Paula Ab-DON'T. 7:30 p.m. Fri.-Sat. $58.13. Crowne Plaza Minneapolis North, 2200 Freeway Blvd., Brooklyn Center. 763-566-2583. www.themysterycafe.com.

An Italian Straw Hat: A man's horse eats a woman's straw hat, and he starts a quest to replace it and still make it to his own wedding. 7:30 p.m. Fri.-Sat.; 2 p.m. next Sun. $5-$8. North Hennepin Community College Fine Arts Center, 7411 85th Av. N., Brooklyn Park. 763-424-0788.

Reader's Theatre: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Costumed actors perform a reader's theater of Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" in Oliver Kelley Farm's historic barn. Reservations required. 6:30 & 8 p.m. Fri.-Sat. $4-$7. Oliver Kelley Farm, 15788 Kelley Farm Rd., Elk River. 763-441-6896. www.mnhs.org.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Berry Hill Farm: Corn maze, $5.50; barnyard animals; wagon rides, $5.50; pick-your-own pumpkins, 35 cents a pound. 1-6 p.m. today and next Sun.; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Fri.-Sat. 6510 185th Av. NW., Anoka. 763-753-5891. www.berryhillfarm.com.

Anoka Knights of Columbus Haunted House: Discount of $1 if you're wearing an Anoka Halloween Button or $2 with a donation of a nonperishable food item. 7-9 p.m. Thu.; 7-10:30 p.m. Fri.-Sat. $7-$8. Anoka County Fairgrounds, 3203 NW. St. Francis Blvd., Anoka. 763-427-2018. www.anokakc2018.com.

R.I.P. Haunted Mansion: 7-11 p.m. Thu.-Sat.; noon-6 p.m. next Sun. $2-$5. Diamond's Sports Bar, 7550 Hwy 10 NW, Ramsey. 763-576-1696. www.diamonds-sportsbar.com.

Halloween 1900-Style: Stories, bonfire, barn dance, decorations and treats. The farm and barn will be lit by the glow of kerosene lamps. 7-9 p.m. Fri. $4-$6. Eidem Homestead: Brooklyn Park Historical Farm, 4345 101st Av. N.

Anoka Halloween Grand Day Parade: On Main Street. 1 p.m. Sat. Free. City of Anoka, 2015 1st Av. N.

MUSIC

Sensation Saturdays: 10 p.m. Sat. $10-$15. Myth, 3090 Southlawn Dr., Maplewood. 651-779-6984. www.mythnightclub.com.

Monroe Crossing: 6 p.m. today. $7. Hope Christian Church, 4911 Hodgson Rd., Shoreview. 651-486-6243. www.hopemn.com.

Viva LA Bands: with Cradle of Filth, Gwar, Cky and others. 6:30 p.m. today. All ages. $25-$27. Myth, 3090 Southlawn Dr., Maplewood. 651-779-6984. www.mythlive.com.

Shirts & Skins: 9 p.m. Thu. Serum's, 213 Jackson St., Anoka. 763-421-7522.

Bethel University Jazz Orchestra: Jazz Orchestra. 7:30 p.m. Fri. $6. Benson Great Hall, Bethel University, 3900 Bethel Dr., Arden Hills. 651-638-6333. www.bethel.edu.

Chain Lightning and Dawg Wild: 9 p.m. Fri. G.B. Leighton's Pickle Park, 7820 University Av. NE., Fridley. 763-786-1515. wwwgbleightonspicklepark.com.

Psychobabble: 9 p.m. Fri.-Sat. Serum's, 213 Jackson St., Anoka. 763-421-7522.

Stride for Global Friendship: The 5th annual benefit concert for Bangladesh with Connie Evingson, Freda Myrhwold, David Livingston, Kelly Rossum, Michael O'Brien, Carolyn Boulay and Kurt Bachmeyer, with arrangements by Greg Theisen. 7 p.m. Fri. $10. Nativity Lutheran Church, 3312 Silver Lake Rd., St. Anthony. 651-636-4095.

Bethel University Wind Symphony: Wind Symphony, Orchestra, Handbells and Choirs. 7:30 p.m. Sat. $6. Benson Great Hall, Bethel University, 3900 Bethel Dr., Arden Hills. 651-638-6333. www.bethel.edu.

Uncle Chunk: 9 p.m. Sat. G.B. Leighton's Pickle Park, 7820 University Av. NE., Fridley. 763-786-1515. www.gbleightonspicklepark.com.

3 M Club Symphony Orchestra: 3 p.m. next Sun. Maplewood Community Center, 2100 White Bear Av. N, Maplewood. 651-249-2100.

HISTORY

Ghosts of Anoka Tour: An evening walking tour around downtown Anoka, focusing on eerie and unexplained events in buildings and homes. 7:30 p.m. Mon.-Tue., Thu. and Sat. $3-$6. Anoka County Historical Society, 2135 3rd Av. N., Anoka. 763-421-0600.

Fall on the Farm: Quilting, woodstove cooking, Scottish dancers and pipers, hayrides and pumpkin carving contest. 1-4 p.m. today. $4-$6. Eidem Homestead: Brooklyn Park Historical Farm, 4345 101st Av. N. 763-493-8333.

Gibbs Museum of Pioneer and Dakotah Life: Costumed interpreters give tours of the site, which includes a 19th-century farmhouse, one-room schoolhouse, barns, farm animals, a replica of a sod house, Dakotah tepee and artifacts. Noon-4 p.m. today and Tue.-next Sun. $4-$6.75. 2097 Larpenteur Av. W., Falcon Heights. 651-646-8629.

Picturing Anoka County: 150 Photos for 150 Years: History of Anoka in photographs. Anoka County Historical Society, 2135 3rd Av. N., Anoka. 763-421-0600.

Harvest Bees: Join the staff as they work on quilts, husking corn and other work activities. Noon.-5 p.m. today. $4-$7. Oliver Kelley Farm, 15788 Kelley Farm Rd., Elk River. 762-441-6896. www.mnhs.org.

ART

Warrington Colescott: Olson Gallery, 3900 Bethel Dr., Arden Hills. www.bethel.edu/galleries.

Annual members show: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tue.-Sat. Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts, 6666 East River Rd., Fridley. 763-574-1850. www.banfill-locke.org.

REUNIONS

COLUMBIA HEIGHTS: Class of 1972, Sat. 612-272-3876.

COOPER: Class of 1977, Thu.-Sun., 1-218-727-6918.

ELK RIVER: Class of 1982, Nov. 24, 763-557-0177.

SPRING LAKE PARK: Class of 1977, Nov. 14, 763-786-5974.

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