Literary-art Events in Minneapolis

Check out happening literary-art events all around Minneapolis, MN

Book signing! Celebrating S.J. Tilly's MOUNTAIN DADDY

 Sat, 23 Aug at 06:00 pm Tropes & Trifles USD 22

Back to School Bash

 Sun, 17 Aug at 12:00 pm Arbeiter Brewing Co.

We Rocked The Twin Cities: Book Release & Author Signing

 Fri, 22 Aug at 05:00 pm 6009 Portland Ave, Minneapolis, MN, United States, Minnesota 55417

Chuck Tingle presents Lucky Day

 Sun, 17 Aug at 07:00 pm The Parkway Theater

DUG w/ Museum of Light, Birth Order & In Leiu

 Sat, 30 Aug at 06:00 pm 509 1st Avenue Northeast, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55413, United States

Brian Posehn

 Sat, 23 Aug at 08:00 pm The Parkway Theater

Blind Date W/ A Book & Some Bubbly: A Readers Soiree

 Fri, 29 Aug at 07:00 pm 315 SE Main St USD 43

Green Roof Poetry, Nature

 Thu, 21 Aug at 06:00 pm 725 Vineland Place, Minneapolis, MN, United States, Minnesota 55403

Boy in 35mm

 Fri, 22 Aug at 09:30 pm Trylon Cinema

Amazing Grace! coming to Orchestra Hall

 Sun, 19 Oct at 04:00 pm Orchestra Hall Minneapoolis

Better Things 5x5 Reading & Open Mic

 Tue, 02 Sep at 07:00 pm Moon Palace Books Free

Parkinson’s Foundation Minnesota Fundraiser feat. FLAMIN' OHS with Annie & The Bang Bang

 Sat, 16 Aug at 08:00 pm 3010 Minnehaha Ave, Minneapolis, MN, United States, Minnesota 55406

An Evening with NIDIA GÓNGORA

 Sun, 05 Oct at 07:30 pm The Cedar Cultural Center USD 0 to 44

DAVID HUCKFELT & ANNIE HUMPHREY with JEREMY YLVISAKER

 Thu, 21 Aug at 07:30 pm Main Stage Showroom USD 32 to 43

Book release party! Elise Wayland's RIVALS TO LOVERS

 Wed, 27 Aug at 07:00 pm Tropes & Trifles USD 13

Anika Fajardo presents The Many Mothers of Dolores Moore

 Tue, 16 Sep at 07:00 pm Magers & Quinn Booksellers Free

Music in the Parks: Creeping Charlie

 Fri, 29 Aug at 07:30 pm Lake Harriet Bandshell

AACM@60!

 Sat, 13 Sep at 07:30 pm 725 Vineland Place, Minneapolis, MN, United States, Minnesota 55403

The Black Excellence Experience: Featuring Debra Michelle

 Sat, 16 Aug at 11:00 am Sabathani Community Center Free

Vangeline Theater/New York Butoh Institute presents THE SLOWEST WAVE

 Sat, 16 Aug at 07:30 pm New City Center

Book Signing with C. Veronica Dennis

 Fri, 22 Aug at 04:00 pm 825 Nicollet Mall Free

Translation Book Club - The Hunger of Women

 Thu, 21 Aug at 06:00 pm Magers & Quinn Booksellers Free

Martin Zellar & The Hardways with special guest Presley Haile

 Sat, 11 Oct at 07:30 pm The Parkway Theater

Let Go Let Flow Presents: Wealth is Health

 Wed, 10 Sep at 06:00 pm 1128 Harmon Pl USD 29 to 65

Before I Lie: Live Book Release + Poetry Performance

 Sun, 24 Aug at 06:00 pm American School of Storytelling 1762 Hennepin Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55403

Dessa

 Sun, 17 Aug at 06:30 pm Fine Line

Unlocking Your Influence in the Age of AI with MIMA x Maha Abouelenein

 Thu, 21 Aug at 05:00 pm 24 Seven Talent USD 8 to 37

Mark Doten presents Whites: Stories

 Thu, 04 Sep at 07:00 pm Magers & Quinn Booksellers Free

A Rom-Com Evening with Amy Buchanan & Jamie Harrow!

 Sat, 06 Sep at 07:00 pm Tropes & Trifles USD 13

Bare Book Club Minneapolis Presents Cliterature

 Fri, 12 Sep at 08:00 pm 2001 A SPACE, 5th Street Northeast, Minneapolis, MN, USA USD 31 to 43

Graywolf Press Literary Salon

 Thu, 25 Sep at 07:00 pm Glass House MN

Eileen Flanagan presents Common Ground

 Thu, 11 Sep at 07:00 pm Magers & Quinn Booksellers Free

Rain Or Shine: An Evening of Monologues on Days that began bad but got better

 Sat, 23 Aug at 07:00 pm 810 west lake st, Minneapolis, MN, United States, Minnesota 55408

Barnes & Noble Book Signing And Love Blueprint Singles Event

 Sat, 30 Aug at 01:00 pm Barnes & Noble Free

Catherine Dang presents What Hunger

 Tue, 19 Aug at 07:00 pm Magers & Quinn Booksellers Free

Fifth Annual Do Re #MeToo // Sexist Songs Reclaimed by Righteous Feminists

 Fri, 12 Sep at 08:00 pm The Parkway Theater

David Sedaris at Orpheum Theatre - Minneapolis

 Mon, 20 Oct at 07:00 pm Orpheum Theatre - Minneapolis

Milkweed Presents Keith Wilson with Douglas Kearney & Chaun Webster

 Wed, 24 Sep at 06:00 pm Open Book Free

VENUS OF MARS w/special guests

 Wed, 12 Nov at 07:00 pm Trylon Cinema

Miss Shannan’s Comedy Through the Chaos

 Sat, 27 Sep at 06:00 pm Dunsmore Jazz Room USD 32 to 43

The Art of Stewardship: Nurturing Nature and Cultivating Creativity

 Thu, 21 Aug at 06:00 pm Community Commons Park Free

Tom Trondson presents Sport & Leisure

 Wed, 10 Sep at 07:00 pm Magers & Quinn Booksellers Free

Story Time at Forgotten Star Brewing

 Sun, 24 Aug at 10:30 am 38 Northern Stacks Drive, Fridley, MN, United States, Minnesota 55421

Brandy Schillace presents The Dead Come to Stay with Matt Goldman

 Wed, 20 Aug at 07:00 pm Magers & Quinn Booksellers Free

Palmer's Book Release Party for Legal Plunder by Joshua Page and Joe Soss

 Mon, 25 Aug at 04:00 pm Palmer's Bar

Still Blooming Book Release + The Pen and Ink Works of Elva Stephens

 Sun, 31 Aug at 02:00 pm Hosmer Library

An Evening with JOHN McCUTCHEON

 Sat, 04 Oct at 08:00 pm The Cedar Cultural Center USD 0 to 35

Carson Faust launches If the Dead Belong Here with Mona Susan Power

 Mon, 06 Oct at 07:00 pm Magers & Quinn Booksellers Free

Poetry Night with Joyce Sutphen & Connie Wanek

 Wed, 03 Sep at 07:00 pm Magers & Quinn Booksellers Free

Stop Drawing — Or Else: A Cartoonist's View on Democracy's Perilous Moment

 Tue, 30 Sep at 07:00 pm Cowles Auditorium Free

Book Release! Lyla Sage's SOUL SEARCHING

 Wed, 08 Oct at 07:00 pm Riverview Theater USD 31

Translation Book Club - The Orchards of Basra

 Thu, 25 Sep at 06:00 pm Magers & Quinn Booksellers Free

*SPLASH!* & friends!

 Thu, 21 Aug at 06:30 pm 509 1st Avenue Northeast, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55413, United States

Minneapolis, MN An Evening with David Sedaris

Mon, 20 Oct at 07:00 pm Hennepin Arts Orpheum Theatre

James Kakalios launches The Physics of Superheroes Goes Hollywood

 Thu, 18 Sep at 07:00 pm Magers & Quinn Booksellers Free

Milkweed Books presents Wendy Johnson on Kinship Medicine with Nick Estes

 Thu, 04 Sep at 06:00 pm Milkweed Books Free

In person: Eliana Ramage book launch with Claire Lombardo

 Wed, 10 Sep at 07:00 pm Open Book Free

Book release! Adib Khorram's IT HAD TO BE HIM, with Julian Winters

 Fri, 05 Sep at 07:00 pm Tropes & Trifles USD 21

Judy Karofsky presents Diselderly Conduct

 Mon, 08 Sep at 07:00 pm Magers & Quinn Booksellers Free

Words & Music by Dan Wilson with special guest Humbird

 Sat, 18 Oct at 07:30 pm The Parkway Theater

Mama Hellcats

 Thu, 13 Nov at 07:00 pm 3010 Minnehaha Ave, Minneapolis, MN, United States, Minnesota 55406

SOUL CARE: A Community Arts Pop-Up

 Sat, 30 Aug at 11:00 am 920 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, United States, Minnesota 55407

Loudon Wainwright III

 Thu, 04 Sep at 07:30 pm The Parkway Theater

An Evening With Jimmy Webb

 Sun, 05 Oct at 07:30 pm 4814 Chicago Ave, Minneapolis, MN, United States, Minnesota 55417

Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew and Vishwas R. Gaitonde in conversation

 Wed, 29 Oct at 07:00 pm Magers & Quinn Booksellers Free

Photographing the Northern Lights: Capturing the Aurora Borealis

 Sat, 23 Aug at 10:30 am Norway House USD 29 to 35

William Kent Krueger and Randy Wayne White Book Event

 Wed, 03 Sep at 06:00 pm 425 W 26th St Free

Martin Sabo: The Making of the Modern Legislature Book Launch

 Thu, 11 Sep at 06:00 pm Hagfors Center for Science, Business, and Religion Free

Book release party! Sara Raasch's THE ENTANGLEMENT OF RIVAL WIZARDS

 Thu, 28 Aug at 07:00 pm Tropes & Trifles USD 23

Sisters in the Wind: Angeline Boulley in conversation with Ari Tison

 Wed, 03 Sep at 06:00 pm 300 Nicollet Mall Free

Dr. Tonya Jackman Hampton presents The Myth of the Fearless Leader

 Mon, 25 Aug at 07:00 pm Magers & Quinn Booksellers Free

Watermark Sketch Minneapolis 2025 (2 Day Event)

 Fri, 26 Sep at 06:00 pm A-Mill Artist Lofts Free

Nourish: A Reading Series

 Sat, 06 Sep at 04:00 pm 300 13th Avenue Northeast, Minneapolis, MN, USA, Minneapolis, MN

Dinner & A Laugh

 Tue, 26 Aug at 08:00 pm 3900 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN 55406-2219, United States

An Evening with Jennifer Knapp

 Wed, 03 Sep at 07:30 pm The Parkway Theater

Poets & Pints #123 - August 2025

 Wed, 20 Aug at 07:00 pm Sisyphus Brewing

September Rainbow Pages Queer Book Club!

 Thu, 11 Sep at 06:30 pm Tropes & Trifles USD 13

Fall Book Fair

 Sun, 16 Nov at 11:00 am Machine Shop

Dave Hill Schooling Mojos Basically Tour 2025 with special guest Alicia Kismet

 Wed, 20 Aug at 07:30 pm The Parkway Theater

Joe Siple presents The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride

 Wed, 08 Oct at 07:00 pm Magers & Quinn Booksellers Free

The Book of Will

 Thu, 25 Sep at 07:30 pm The Crane Theater

Unholy Communion // Twin Cities Film Premiere

 Tue, 09 Sep at 07:00 pm The Parkway Theater

Book Launch Party!

 Sun, 14 Sep at 10:30 am Lake Harriet Spiritual Community (LHSC)

Dan Chaon presents One of Us in conversation with Antonia Angress

 Thu, 02 Oct at 07:00 pm Magers & Quinn Booksellers Free

25th Anniversary Celebration of BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE with Kate DiCamillo at the Riverview Theatre

 Tue, 19 Aug at 05:00 pm Riverview Theater

Better Things 5x5 Reading and Open Mic (September 2025)

 Tue, 02 Sep at 07:00 pm Moon Palace Books

Devoney Looser presents Wild for Austen with Andrea Kaston Tange

 Wed, 24 Sep at 07:00 pm Magers & Quinn Booksellers Free

David Hakensen presents Her Place in the Woods

 Tue, 30 Sep at 07:00 pm Magers & Quinn Booksellers Free

September Bonkers Book Club!

 Wed, 17 Sep at 06:30 pm Tropes & Trifles USD 13

Music in the Chapel: Makam Baklava

 Sun, 02 Nov at 03:00 pm Lakewood Cemetery USD 16

Book Launch! Andie J. Christopher's FASTER with Nikki Payne

 Tue, 09 Sep at 07:00 pm Tropes & Trifles USD 20

Ada Limón at Pantages Theatre - MN

 Wed, 08 Oct at 07:00 pm Pantages Theatre - MN

Soapbox Poetry

Tue, 26 Aug at 07:00 pm Acadia

John U. Bacon presents The Gales of November

 Tue, 21 Oct at 07:00 pm Magers & Quinn Booksellers Free

'It's Taco Knight' Story Time with MEGAN MAYNOR---and the FIESTA MEXICANA FOOD TRUCK!

 Sat, 13 Sep at 10:30 am 2720 43rd St W, Minneapolis, MN, United States, Minnesota 55410

Orchid Club, Dirt Magnet, Selfish Teammate

Thu, 09 Oct at 06:30 pm 3533 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55406, United States

Morning Altars Workshops at Lakewood

 Sat, 11 Oct at 09:00 am Lakewood Cemetery USD 0 to 55

Mindset Workshop -Minneapolis

 Sun, 01 Feb at 10:00 am Minneapolis USD 229

Banned Book Brunch: A Family Friendly Storytime hosted by the SLP Human Rights Commission

 Sat, 16 Aug at 10:00 am Punch Bowl Social (Minneapolis)

Sue Scott’s Island of Discarded Women with Sheila O’Connor & Jonatha Brooke

 Thu, 25 Sep at 07:30 pm Main Stage Showroom USD 38 to 49