No Kings Twin Cities After Party at the Hook and Ladder: Carnival Games, Music, Puppets

Despite dealing with their own financial issues, the Hook and Ladder in Minneapolis invited No Kings Planners (Women’s March MN, Indivisible Twin Cities, MN 50501, and AFL-CIO of Minnesota) to hold a fundraising party after the march on October 18. Like the march, it was a joyful, community-building event. The event was part carnival, part show, and part party.

There were carnival games with amazing prizes, including a Dunk Trump, which was a big hit. (Special nods to the Trump stand-ins who survived the dunking on a crisp evening.) There were zines to color, Plinko, punk rock cake walk, Epstein posters to redecorate and for entertainment, Paul McCloskey led the resistance singalong, the No Kings Puppeteers and HONK performed an unforgettable show and Favourite Girl rocked us out