Mill City Live: The 757s

Mill City Museum, Minneapolis MN

Dates: Aug. 5, 2010

Time: 6 to 8 p.m.

Fee: $5 per person; includes admission to museum galleries. Free for MHS members.

Mill City Museum’s outdoor music series continues with "The 757s." Set in the museum’s dramatic open air Ruin Courtyard, Mill City Live features outdoor music by some of the best local artists. Admission includes the concert and entrance to the museum from 4 to 9 p.m. Food and drink by D’Amico Catering available for purchase. Mill City Live continues every Thursday night through Aug. 19.

The 757s play loose, straight-ahead, two-guitar roaring rock that lives up to their namesake. Made up of local music veterans Jimmy Peterson (Bellwether, Missing Numbers), Paul Pirner (Mosquito Ranch), Steve Sutherland (Grant Hart/Nova Mob) and Seth Zimmerman (Tangletown), their CDs include "Tell the Pilgrims It's a Potluck," "Freeway Surrender" and 2010’s "Last Laugh."

Media partners for Mill City Live are City Pages and 89.3 The Current.

Mill City Live: Idle Hands

Mill City Museum, Minneapolis MN

Dates: Aug. 12, 2010

Time: 6 to 8 p.m.

Fee: $5 per person; includes museum admission. Free for MHS members.

Mill City Museum’s outdoor music series continues with Idle Hands. Set in the museum’s dramatic open air Ruin Courtyard, Mill City Live features outdoor music by some of the best local artists. Admission includes the concert and entrance to the museum from 4 to 9 p.m. Food and drink by D’Amico Catering available for purchase. Mill City Live continues every Thursday night through Aug. 19.

Hailing from the Midwest by way of Ireland, brothers Ciaran and Criostoir Daly came to Minneapolis to make glam/Brit-pop influenced indie rock that takes a tongue-in-cheek look at hipster excess and the melancholy of the brokenhearted. With influences like Pulp and the Dandy Warhols, Idle Hands have a sound that combines the stylish weariness of Brit-pop with the yearning of Midwestern heartland rock. In 2009, they released their full-length debut, "The Hearts We Broke On the Way to the Show."

Media partners for Mill City Live are City Pages and 89.3 The Current.

Mill City Live: Black Blondie

Mill City Museum, Minneapolis MN

Dates: Aug. 19, 2010

Time: 6 to 8 p.m.

Fee: $5 per person; includes admission to museum galleries. Free for MHS members.

Mill City Museum’s outdoor music series wraps up for the season with Black Blondie. in the museum’s dramatic open air Ruin Courtyard. Admission includes the concert and entrance to the museum from 4 to 9 p.m. Food and drink by D’Amico Catering available for purchase.

Black Blondie has been a favorite live act since it formed in 2006. Led by singer Samahra Daly, bassist Liz Draper and keyboardist Tasha Baron, they released their debut CD “Do You Remember What You Wanted to Be?” in 2009. URB Magazine has compared the group to "...Amy Winehouse living inside Betty Boop's head."

Media partners for Mill City Live are City Pages and 89.3 The Current.