Godzilla, Warrior Princess 9/15/13  Dan Goodman, 1720 Como Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414.  dsgood at iphouse.com or at gmail.com.  612-298-2354

Sunday September 15, 2013  Temperatures low enough that I wore a long-sleeved shirt.  And for parts of the day, a sweater.

***Como Cookout at Van Cleve Park.  Among the children's events was a quidditch match (not completely authentic.)

I didn't stay long.  Headed for the Lake Harriet Bandshell, where the Minnesota Orchestra's musicians were giving a concert.

The musicians have been locked out for eleven months.  Management thought it would be reasonable for them to take a 25 percent pay cut, and agree to a few other cost-saving measures.

The Orchestra spent a whole lot of money on its new auditorium, and ended up in poor financial shape. 

A few years back, the Minneapolis library system replaced its central library with a new one -- and ended up broke.  Hennepin County Libraries took them over.  However, there isn't a Hennepin County Orchestra.

Music:  Something by Weber, Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony.

There were five people I knew in the audience, and I'd recently met one member of the orchestra.  There were also a number of dogs, one of whom joined in the applause at the end.  I did not know any of the dogs.