Halloween is gone, and Minnesotans have to come to grips with the looming specter of winter. Sorry.

Soothe shoveling anxiety with a week of pretty excellent shows, including the return of David Byrne's wild live show, Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy, and the Twin Cities debut of new work by composer Gabriella Smith, featuring yMusic.

Here are the shows you shouldn't miss in the Twin Cities this week.

An Evening with David Byrne

Monday, Nov. 3, and Tuesday, Nov. 4, at Orpheum Theatre

Byrne, now 73, isn't an artist who rests on his laurels. His tours are never just a run-of-the-mill aging rocker trotting out the hits. His last tour for American Utopia was a singular experience that was eventually turned into a Broadway show and a Spike Lee-directed concert film.

This time, Byrne is coming t

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