February 12, 2019, Tuesday - Westminster Town Hall Forum: Art Cullen - Change & Resilience in the Heartland

Time: Noon - 1pm

Location: Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1200 Marquette Ave

Westminster Town Hall Forum: Art Cullen - Change & Resilience in the Heartland

Art Cullen is editor and co-owner of The Storm Lake Times, a flourishing, family-owned, twice-weekly newspaper founded in 1990 in Northwest Iowa. In 2017, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing for a series of columns indicting corporate agri-business for polluting the rivers and lakes in the most-intensively farmed land in the world. His recently published book, Storm Lake, chronicles his 40-year career in journalism and describes changes in politics, agriculture, climate, and immigration in his rural community. A graduate of the University of St. Thomas, he has been a reporter and editor with newspapers in Algona, Ames, Mason City, and Storm Lake, Iowa. His commentaries have been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, and the StarTribune. His brother John is publisher of The Storm Lake Times, his son, Tom, is a reporter, and his wife, Dolores, is a feature writer and photographer.

11:30am - Pre-Forum Concert
Noon - The Town Hall Forum
1:00pm - Complimentary breads 'n' spreads reception

The Westminster Town Hall Forum is always free, general admission, and all are welcome! Join us!
NEW - We now have two levels of free underground parking!

February 12, 2019, Tuesday - Environment Committee Meeting at Pillsbury A-Mill

Time: 630p - 8p

Location: Pillsbury A-Mill, 301 Main Street SE

Environment Committee Meeting

Hosted by Marcy-Holmes Neighborhood Association

Come learn about the upcoming efforts of the Marcy-Holmes Neighborhood Association's Environment Committee!

February 11, 2019, Monday - Girl Scout Cookie Flights! at Sisyphus Brewing (thru Feb 15)

Location: Sisyphus Brewing, 712 Ontario Ave W

Girl Scout Cookie Flights!

One of our favorite events in back for the fourth year in a row...GIRL SCOUT COOKIE FLIGHTS!

We have carefully and creatively crafted pairings of four of our beers with four Girl Scout Cookies. Beer and Cookie Combos will be announced Monday February 11th! From Monday February 11 through Friday February 15th, join us at Sisyphus to drink beer, eat cookies, and support girl scouts. We don't think it can get much better than that!

February 11, 2019, Monday - Book Club at Central Library

Time: 7:00PM – 8:00PM

Location: Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall

February 11 Book Club: Kindred by Octavia Butler

Join our discussion of new and interesting titles. Bring along your recommendations for future meetings. Lending copies of the book are available for checkout at Minneapolis Central Library (first floor) prior to meeting.

February 10, 2019, Sunday - Washburn A Mill Tour at the Mill City Museum

Time: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 S 2nd Street

Washburn A Mill Tour

Take an in-depth look at the historic Washburn A Mill complex and the award-winning Mill City Museum building.

A guide will take visitors into the building's many nooks and crannies, highlighting the lives of the men and women who worked there, how the building functioned during its peak flour milling years, and the many changes to the building over time.

This is the only opportunity for a guided tour through the entire museum building and the only chance to see some of its nonpublic spaces.

Tour highlights include:

• The dramatic story of the 1878 Washburn A Mill explosion, and the other dangers that mill workers faced on a daily basis
• "The Octopus," a large machine that directed wheat into nine storage bins
• The Humphrey Manlift, a vertical conveyor belt that carried workers from floor to floor
• The Rail Corridor where hundreds of boxcars arrived each day to unload wheat and carry away flour
• Millstone plaza, originally paved with retired millstones and the location for lunchtime concerts by the Washburn-Crosby employee band in the 1920s
• Evidence of the three major fires that have damaged the building in 1878, 1928, and 1991
• The East Engine House, once home to a two-story steam engine, has been remodeled into two classrooms, while preserving the original railroad car pulling machinery

The tour includes no more than 1 mile of moderately paced walking on uneven surfaces. Please call ahead to make arrangements for guests with limited mobility.

Future dates: February 24, March 2, 16

KLE February 24, 2019, Sunday - Washburn A Mill Tour at the Mill City Museum

February 10, 2019, Sunday - Healing Trauma Across Communities: More Than a Single Story at The Loft

Time: 2 – 4 pm

Location: The Loft, Performance Hall, 1011 Washington Avenue S

Healing Trauma Across Communities: More Than a Single Story

One of the devastating tools within the colonizers’ toolbox has been the practice of Divide and Conquer, creating fear and distrust among and between Indigenous and communities of color. Part of the Loft's Needs theme, this More Than a Single Story conversation will discuss how sharing our stories, not just of pain, but also of our beauty and strength, has allowed us to survive this practice. This session will be moderated by Carolyn Holbrook. Panelists will include: Shannon Gibney, Ibe, Neri Diaz, Diane Wilson and Kao Kalia Yang.

February 10, 2019, Sunday - Izzy's Ice Cream Fundraiser benefiting Women's Advocates

Location: Izzy's Ice Cream, 1100 2nd Street S

Izzy's Ice Cream Fundraiser benefiting Women's Advocates

Izzy's 13 Days of Giving has selected Women's Advocates in partnership with C4C as a featured non-profit organization this year! This means that on Sunday, February 10, for every scoop of ice cream sold at the Minneapolis Izzy's location, Women's Advocates will receive $2. Come support a great cause by buying an ice cream cone on February 10!   12 PM – 9 PM

February 10, 2019, Sunday - Family Day: I Heart Art at Mia

Time: 11a - 5p

Location: Minneapolis Institute of Art, 2400 S 3rd Ave

Family Day: I Heart Art

Show your love for art, and one another, through activities for the young and young-at-heart at this month's FREE Family Day at Mia.

Stay tuned for detailed activity schedule, coming soon!

Join us on the second Sunday of every month for Family Day, a FREE day of fun at the museum designed for families.

Mia Family Day Major Sponsor: Bank of America

February 10, 2019, Sunday - Valentine's Arctic Market at Lakes & Legends

Time: 12p - 5p

Location:  Lakes & Legends Brewing Company, 1368 Lasalle Ave

Valentine's Arctic Market

Minneapolis Craft Market returns to Lakes & Legends Brewing Company in downtown Minneapolis. Join us at the beautiful 3,500 sq ft Loring Park tap room to visit with local artists and makers while sipping delicious farm-to-table beers and pick up a gift for your valentine, your galentine, your furry friend, or yourself!

Featuring a lineup of 30 local makers selling jewelry, woodwork, home goods, apparel, and other giftables, there's something for even the most tricky to buy for valentines.

MAKERS
32 Degrees Candle Co
A Paper Florist
Aprilierre
Artifacts of Joy by Lauren Strom Art
August Sparrow
Bare Hands Art
Beeper Bébé
Butterscotch Sympathy
Duluth Candle Company
Fair Anita
Happyeverythingmn
Infinte Alchemic Designs
Kari Lee Art
LOLLiDALE
Megan Murrell Illustration
MEND Jewelry
Meraki Handmade Decor
MN Glow
Nine on the Vine
Quicksilver Designs
Sebesta Apothecary
Siena Soap Company
Sweet Mana
The Mad Owl
Troo Products LLC
Willow Tree Jewelry
+ Espresso bar by SK Coffee
+ Bakery pop-up by Fruit and Grain (noon until sold out)
+ Solid State Vinyl Records DJ sets and vinyl sales

February 9, 2019, Saturday - WinterFest at Loring Park

Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Location: Loring Park, 1382 Willow Street

Join the Minneapolis Park and Rec Board at Loring Park for a fun winter celebration featuring free hot cocoa, s'mores, bonfire, skating, music, crafts, face painting, carriage rides and so much more!

February 9, 2019, Saturday - Out of the Box Opera Teams with J.D. Steele on “Opera/Gospel” Show at the Weisman Art Museum

Out of the Box Opera Teams With J.D. Steele on “Opera/Gospel” Show 

The second installment of the Fusion Series following the success of Opera + Jazz/Soul

J.D. Steele, four opera singers, Mill City Singers, and MacPhail Community Youth Chorus will perform together combining the best elements of both musical genres to create an amazing evening of innovative music.

Out of the Box Opera and the Weisman Art Museum will present a program of opera and gospel music created by Out of The Box artistic director David Lefkowich and Minnesota music legend J.D. Steele on Saturday, February 9 at 7pm, at the Weisman Museum on the University of Minnesota campus. Steele will also perform an original piece he has composed for the event that incorporates both opera and gospel styles. The program is part of Out of The Box’s “Fusion Series” combining opera with other musical genres.

Lefkowich explains, “Our goal is to take what is best in both genres and combine them into something new that will appeal not just to fans of opera and gospel but to music lovers across all disciplines.” He adds, “Breaking down boundaries is what Out of The Box is all about.” Steele’s career has also reached across musical boundaries, covering everything from singing and arranging commercial jingles for Target and other national brands, to composing and performing gospel, musical theater, R&B, jazz and opera across the US and around the world with collaborators including Prince, Donald Fagan, George Clinton and Mavis Staples. 

With their similar category-defying approaches, Steele says “it seemed a natural fit for us to create a program incorporating both opera and gospel music.” Lefkowich notes that this production is actually the second “Fusion” event presented by Out of The Box. The first was a melding of opera with jazz that was presented in cooperation with the Weisman in February of 2018 and also performed in New York City in November 2018 at the 75 Club at Bogardus Mansion.

Material will be drawn from opera favorites by Verdi and Puccini as well as gospel songs from Edwin Hawkins, Quincy Jones and Curtis Mayfield and will feature accompaniment by J.D’s brother Fred Steele, the Mill City Singers and MacPhail Community Youth Choir. The evening will end with all the performers joining with the audience in a grand finale that Steele guarantees “will get people moving around” and Lefkowich says “the Weisman will rock with music of gospel and opera like never before.”

Tickets ($55 reserved rows and $40 general admission) are available at www.wam.umn.edu or www.outoftheboxopera.com. Doors will open at 6:00 PM, with the audience invited to explore the Weisman galleries before the performance, which begins at 7:00 PM. The Weisman is located at 333 East River Parkway on the University of Minnesota Campus, and there is paid parking available on site.

February 9, 2019, Saturday - Spotlight Series at MacPhail (2 nights)

Time: 8:00pm

Location: MacPhail Center for Music, 501 S 2nd Street

MacPhail Spotlight Series: Roaring Twenties

(Also Sunday, February 10, 3 pm)

Hear iconic songs like “Honeysuckle Rose,”  “Sweet Sue,” and “Ain’t We Got Fun” alongside instrumental selections, as this program takes you back to America’s most transformative and mythical era.

Jazz band:
Jerry Rubino, piano; Greg Keel, saxophone; Paul Babcock, drums; Tom Pieper, bass

Vocalists:
Andrea Leap and Joey Clark

$25 adults, $15 seniors (ages 55 and older) and youth (ages 6 through 18). Purchase at MacPhail Student Services or by calling 612-767-5250.

February 9, 2019, Saturday - Pillsbury A Mill Tour at the Mill City Museum

Time: 10:30 am - Noon

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 S 2nd Street

Tour the Pillsbury A Mill

Discover the story of the National Historic Landmark Pillsbury A Mill, the largest flour mill in the world for many years, which recently reopened as the A-Mill Artist Lofts. A Mill City Museum guide will lead a tour of the former milling complex, including the rooftop deck (weather permitting) and the basement waterpower facilities.

Highlights include the largest and best-preserved waterpower system in Minneapolis, with views straight down a 50-foot drop shaft through a glass floor. Guests will discover how the building functioned during the flour milling era; see the architectural highlights of the recently completed A-Mill Artist Lofts built within the historic mill buildings; and learn about the new hydroelectric plant that helps to power the complex.

This tour is presented in partnership with A-Mill Artist Lofts and includes about 1.5 miles of moderately-paced walking indoors and outdoors with some uneven surfaces. Please call ahead to make arrangements for guests with limited mobility.

Tours begin at the gray door on 3rd Avenue SE at Main Street (around the corner from the main entrance at 315 Main Street SE).

Future dates: February 23, March 9

February 9, 2019, Saturday - Mill City Farmers Market in the Mill City Museum

The Mill City Farmers Market boasts the best indoor winter market in town from November to April. Shop from over 40 local farmers, food vendors, and artists from 10:00am to 1:00pm inside the Mill City Museum.

Future 2018/2019 Winter dates:

February 9 & 23

March 9 & 23

April 13 & 27

February 9, 2019, Saturday - MCBA's Love Local Open House

Time: 10:00am - 2:00pm

Location:  Minnesota Center for Book Arts, 1011 Washington Avenue S

MCBA's Love Local Open House

Join us for a free, all-ages Open House! Tour our studios and experience hands-on book arts activities, including letterpress Valentines, paper marbling, and handmade paper hearts. Sweet treats provided!

February 9, 2019, Saturday - Minneapolis Healthy Life Expo at the Convention Center (2 days)

Time: 10am-5pm both days

Location: Convention Center, 1301 2nd Ave S

Minneapolis Healthy Life Expo

The Midwest's LARGEST health and wellness show returns to the Minneapolis Convention Center on Saturday & Sunday, February 9 & 10 - it's the Healthy Life Expo!

See up to 200 health, wellness, and fitness vendors. 3 speaker stages with seminars and demos all weekend long - running every hour, on the hour!

Tons of food & product samples. Prize giveaways all weekend long. Goodie Bags for the first 100 people in line, both days!

Returning again is the US Strongman Winter Assault inside the Expo Hall! See some of the nation's strongest athletes compete in incredible feats of strength! Free to watch, with your ticket into the Healthy Life Expo.

For exhibitor or attendee information, please call (952) 238-1700 or email info@mediamaxevents.com.

February 9, 2019, Saturday - Monster Energy Supercross at U.S. Bank Stadium

Time: 6:30pm

Location: US Bank Stadium, 401 Chicago Avenue

Monster Energy Supercross 

Don't miss your chance to experience the most competitive and highest-profile off-road motorcycle racing championship in the world. Part aerial excitement, part high-speed chase, Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, is comprised of 17 heart-stopping races inside the most recognizable and prestigious stadiums in North America. Every week, the greatest athletes from around the globe seek to outperform each other on custom-designed tracks in front of nearly one million live fans and broadcast to millions more worldwide. Featuring tight corners, fast straightaways, challenging rhythm sections, triple jumps and whoops sections, Supercross features the world's most talented endurance athletes and attracts some of the largest and most impressive crowds, visiting 13 different states in 2019. Note: Costumes not permitted for guests 14 years & older.

February 8, 2019, Friday - Brundibár + Gondeliers at The Lab (2 nights)

Performances:

February 8 – 

     Brundibár (6pm)

     Gondoliers (7:30pm)

February 9 – 

     Brundibár (11:30am)

     Brundibár (1pm)

     Gondoliers (4pm)

     Gondoliers (6:30pm)

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Location: The Lab Theater, 700 1st North Street

MNOpera presents: Project Opera: Brundibár and Gondeliers

Project Opera is Minnesota Opera’s youth training program for talented young singers. The group performs one opera a year that is for kids and by kids. Project Opera students also serve as the children’s chorus in Minnesota Opera main stage productions. This season features two fully staged youth operas: The Gondoliers by Gilbert and Sullivan, and Brundibar by Hans Kraska.

February 8, 2019, Friday - Wellspring Opening Reception at Bridgewater Lofts

Time: 6 PM – 8 PM

Location: Bridgewater Lofts, 215 10th Avenue S

Wellspring Opening Reception

Art at The Bridgewater presents the newest art installation, 'Wellspring'. Please join us on February 8, from 6 - 8 pm for an evening of art and lively discussions.

Generously sponsored by Lance Watkins - Realtor RE/MAX, Smith & Porter Restaurant + Bar, and the Bridgewater Neighbors and Friends of the Arts.

Featured artists: Megan Moore, Dean Trisko, Cynthia Kath, Darrell Hagan's Art, Andre Salvadore Gambino, Dominique - Giant's Jewelry, Susan Davies, Jennifer A Murphy - Ceramic Artist, Heather Cole of DesignHMC, and James Burpee

Artists are continually asked the source of their inspiration, this abundant wellspring from which all creativity emerges. Every response is different and unique. Churning seas, a winding root, rusty nails, lowing of cattle, rustle of skirts, a fleeting emotion, a discarded milk jug: all contain the spark. 

February 8, 2019, Friday - ArtWarmers Block Party at Day Block Brewing

Time: 8PM-1AM | 21+ | $5

Location: Day Block Brewing Company, 1105 S Washington Ave

ArtWarmers Block Party

ArtWarmers Block Party is a fun, evolving, mixed-genre music experience- bridging Hip-Hop, Jazz, Rock, Americana, Country, Pop, New Age, Trap, Drum -n- Bass & Electronic!

As the long winter months drag on, few things warm the body and soul quite like DANCING, LOVE & DRINKING- so we're bringing those essential elements together, along with some amazing musicians from across the Twin Cities to warm your hearts on a frosty February night.

Come meet new people, hear great new bands & artists, and enjoy the sounds of:
The Gated Community
Nick's Cousins
REEL Smoovv
Xaria
Doctor Ew
Bass Violator
Reed Benjamin
Free.City

We truly look forward to experiencing this festival of love and art with you!