Reminder: Author Nancy Huddleston Event at Scott County Historical Society
Meet Nancy Huddleston, local author of Savage (Images of America), and hear her relate some of the town’s fascinating tales.
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Monday, March 18, 2013
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Movie Reviews: Steve Carell, Buscemi are Vegas Magicians in 'Burt Wonderstone'
Find movie reviews and showtimes for theaters in Richfield.
Editor's Note: All reviews and information aggregated from Moviefone and RottenTomatoes. Want to catch a movie this weekend? Here's Patch's roundup of movies playing at theaters in the Shakopee area: Marcus Shakopee Cinema, Five-Star Cinema in Chanhassen and AMC Eden Prairie Mall 18. The Incredible Burt Wonderstone One sentence plot: Superstar magicians Burt Wonderstone (Steve Carell) and Anton Marvelton (Steve Buscemi) have ruled the Las Vegas strip for years, raking in millions with illusions as big as Burt's growing ego. But lately the duo's greatest deception is their public friendship, while secretly they've grown to loathe each other. Rotten Tomatoes viewer score: 98 Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 41 Reviews: "You watch it thinking …
Friday, March 8, 2013
'Leading Ladies' Play Opens Saturday
The play stars Shakopee School Board member Scott Swanson.
Editor's Note: The following is a River Valley Theater Company press release. River Valley Theatre Company is a co-sponsor with the Dakota Fine Arts Consortium's performance of Ken Ludwig's "Leading Ladies" starring Shakopee resident and School Board Member, Scott Swanson on March 9-10. This farcical play begins with two young English actors who are so broke that they are performing at Moose Lodges in Amish country. When they hear about an elderly lady about to die leaving her fortune to her long-lost English nephews, the actors decide to pass themselves off as her relatives to get the cash. The catch? The lost nephews are actually nieces. Romantic entanglements ensue, cross-dressing disguises are devised and hilarious comic moments abound…
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Thursday, March 7, 2013
Soundset 2013 Lineup Announced
Atmosphere return as headliners after storm cancelled their show at Soundset 2012.
The list of musical acts at Soundset 2013 is out, headlined by Atmosphere, whose scheduled performance at Soundset 2012 never happened because of, well, the atmosphere. Here's the hip-hop lineup for Soundset 2013 lineup, set for May 26, 2013, at Canterbury Park: Here is information from the Soundset site about buying tickets, which go on sale on Saturday: Tickets are on sale Saturday, March 9th, 2013 at 11:00AM Central Standard Time to the general public through www.ticketweb.com and Fifth Element. General admission tickets are $49 ($3 facility fee and parking are included in ticket price) VIP options for $100 are also available! Fan pre-sale tickets go on sale THIS FRIDAY March 8th at 11am local time. Sign up for the Rhymesayers …
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Monday, March 4, 2013
River Valley Theater Company Holding Audtions for First Red Carpet Cabaret
Auditions are being held Monday night at Shakopee Junior High School.
Saturday, March 2, 2013
Friday, March 1, 2013
Movie Reviews: Jack the Giant Slayer, Phantom, Snitch, A Good Day to Die Hard
Find movie reviews and showtimes for theaters in Shakopee.
Editor's Note: All reviews and information aggregated from Moviefone and RottenTomatoes. Want to catch a movie this weekend? Here's Patch's roundup of movies playing at the Marcus Shakopee Cinema. Phantom One sentence plot: Ed Harris plays the captain of a Cold War Soviet missile submarine who has recently been suffering from seizures that alter his perception of reality. Rotten Tomatoes viewer score: 83 Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 20 Reviews: "To sustain tension, you need the kind of claustrophobic camera movement, high-strung talk and gritty character development that are badly needed in any submarine movie and are sadly missing in Phantom." New York Observer Full Review "The potential for screw-tightening suspense gets lost amid the …
Monday, February 25, 2013
Oscar Winners Playing in Shakopee Area
Miss any of Sunday night's big winners? Many are still playing in local theaters.
Miss any of Sunday night's Oscar winners when they first hit the big screen? It isn't too late. Winning an Oscar often prolongs the shelf life of a film, as new audiences line up to see what all the adulation is about. Here's a look at the films still playing in and around Shakopee that won top nods Sunday night from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences: Argo (Best Picture) One sentence plot: When militants seize control of the U.S. embassy in Tehran during the height of the Iranian Revolution, CIA agent Tony Mendez (Ben Affleck) creates a fake Hollywood film production in order to rescue a group of American diplomats who have sought refuge at the home of the Canadian ambassador. Moviefone viewer score: 87 Moviefone critic score…
Friday, February 22, 2013
Movie Reviews: Snitch, Rubberneck, A Good Day to Die Hard, Beautiful Creatures
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Editor's Note: All reviews and information aggregated from Moviefone and RottenTomatoes. Want to catch a movie this weekend? Here's Patch's roundup of movies playing at the Marcus Shakopee Cinema. Snitch One sentence plot: In the fast-paced action thriller 'Snitch', Dwayne Johnson stars as a father whose teenage son is wrongly accused of a drug distribution crime and is looking at a mandatory minimum prison sentence of 10 years. Rotten Tomatoes viewer score: 96 Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 67 Reviews: "'Snitch' is more of a dramatic thriller than an action movie, and director Ric Roman Waugh fills it with close-ups, dark interiors and tense faces." Seattle Times Full Review "This movie executes two missions: A) to entertain us; and B) to …
Friday, February 15, 2013
Movie Reviews: A Good Day to Die Hard, Beautiful Creatures, Side Effects, Identity Thief
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Editor's Note: All reviews and information aggregated from Moviefone and RottenTomatoes. Want to catch a movie this weekend? Here's Patch's roundup of movies playing at the Marcus Shakopee Cinema. A Good Day to Die Hard One sentence plot: John McClane (Bruce Willis) heads to Russia in this fifth installment of the Die Hard film series. Skip Woods (The A-Team) provides the script, with Max Payne's John Moore directing. Jai Courtney co-stars as Willis' son. Rotten Tomatoes viewer score: 82 Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 13 Reviews: "Few fans of the series would disagree that this sclerotic fifth installment should probably be the last." Slate Full Review "This is the Magpie School of action filmmaking: Anytime things start to make so little …
