January 17, 2019, Thursday - East Town Business Partnership Business Forum

January | Car Lanes, Bus Lanes, Bike Lanes—Oh My!

The next East Town Business Partnership Business Forum is scheduled for Thursday, January 17, 2019 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., at Padilla - 1101 West River Parkway, Suite #400.  The title of this month’s forum is “Car Lanes, Bus Lanes, Bikes - OH MY!”  Registration, lunch and networking starts at 11:30 a.m. with the program starting at Noon.

This forum will feature a panel of transportation design experts talking frankly about downtown street design, emerging trends in multi-modalism and potential disruptive technologies such as autonomous vehicles.

Please RSVP via Eventbrite by no later than 4 p.m., on Monday, January 14, 2019.  If you are Platinum member or if you purchased lunch coupons with your membership, please contact ETBP Executive Coordinator Christie for the coupon code.

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Future ETBP 2019 Business Forums:

February | Ways the Social Determinants of Health are Transforming Institutions

The World Health Organization defines the social determinants of health as “the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age.” In this forum East Town and Hennepin Healthcare’s Upstream Health Innovation Team will discuss cutting edge research, measurements, and health care programs that are changing the very nature of health care itself.

March | The Economic Opportunities of Engaging Homelessness
Downtown Minneapolis is home to nationally recognized thinkers and organizations that work to end homelessness. This joint forum with the mpls downtown council will feature People Serving People CEO Daniel Gumnit moderating a panel focusing on where economic innovations meet human need.

April (Annual Meeting) | Advancing Arts and Entertainment in East Town
East Town is known for the Guthrie Theater, MacPhail Center for Music, and the US Bank Stadium. Are you also familiar with Gamut Gallery, Good Arts Collective, Armory Event Center, and neighborhood art venues? This season’s Annual Meeting will feature our growing arts and entertainment scene!

May | Crime and Safety, Sentencing and Restorative Justice
This forum will feature a candid panel conversation about the intersection of downtown crime, modern policing, sentencing, incarceration, and restorative justice.

June | Toward an Inclusive Downtown
This joint forum with the mpls downtown council will unveil the results from the yearlong “Inclusive Downtown Think Tank” co-sponsored with the YMCA that set out to cast a bold new vision for an increasingly welcoming downtown. 

January 17, 2019, Thursday - Delta Hotels by Marriott Minneapolis Northeast Grand Opening Party

Delta Hotels by Marriott Minneapolis Northeast Grand Opening Party

Join us to eat, drink and win prizes at the Grand Opening of Delta Hotels by Marriott Minneapolis Northeast!! Please confirm RSVP here: http://evite.me/eXznq1Qr5x. 

Delta Hotels by Marriott Minneapolis Northeast, 1330 Industrial Blvd NE Minneapolis MN 55413

Thursday, January 17, 4-7pm

612.331.1900

*Complimentary parking available in lot out front

January 16, 2019, Wednesday - Origami: Lanterns with Kathleen Sheridan at MCBA

Time: 6:00pm-9:00pm

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

Origami: Lanterns with Kathleen Sheridan

Illuminate your space with origami lanterns this winter! In this evening workshop, learn to fold two lanterns with beautiful paper. Lanterns will be pure origami – no cuts, no glue! Lanterns will be illuminated with battery powered tea lights, which are provided.

January 16, 2019, Wednesday - Final Indoor Running at US Bank Stadium

Do you love to run, but hate the cold and elements or don't feel comfortable running after dark?

If so, mark your calendars, because Minnesota Distance Running returns to US Bank Stadium for the 2018-2019 season! Each session will run from 5pm to 8pm and cost $3/person cash at the door. Capacity is 250 runners at a time, additional runners will be able to enter as previous runners leave. Participating individuals must be running - walking is not allowed except for cooling down post-run. Strollers are prohibited.

Indoor Stadium Running Schedule

January 15, 2019, Tuesday - 2018 Memoir Writing Project Student Reading at The Loft

Time: 7:00pm - 9pm

Location: The Loft at Open Book, 1011 Washington Avenue S

2018 Memoir Writing Project Student Reading

Participants from the year-long 2018 Memoir Writing Project will read. The Memoir Writing Project is led by Nicole Helget.

Nicole Helget is the author of a memoir, The Summer of Ordinary Ways (Borealis Books), two novels, The Turtle Catcher and Stillwater (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), and three middle-grade novels, Horse Camp, co-authored with Nate LeBoutiller (Egmont), Wonder at the Edge of the World, and the forthcoming Fern’s Grove (Little, Brown and Company).

Helget was selected as a Barnes and Nobles “Discover Great New Writers” and “Featured Authors,” and has starred reviews from Booklist and Publisher’s Weekly. Her work has earned the Tamarack Award and Speakeasy Prize, as well as Midwest Selections Pick, several Minnesota Book Award nominations, and two Minnesota State Arts Board grants.

Featured reviews have appeared in People magazine and “Weekend Edition” on National Public Radio. She works and lives in St. Peter, MN, with her family.

January 15, 2019, Tuesday - Indoor Running at US Bank Stadium

Do you love to run, but hate the cold and elements or don't feel comfortable running after dark?

If so, mark your calendars, because Minnesota Distance Running returns to US Bank Stadium for the 2018-2019 season! Each session will run from 5pm to 8pm and cost $3/person cash at the door. Capacity is 250 runners at a time, additional runners will be able to enter as previous runners leave. Participating individuals must be running - walking is not allowed except for cooling down post-run. Strollers are prohibited.

Indoor Stadium Running Schedule

Tuesday, January 15

Wednesday, January 16

January 14, 2019, Monday - Central Riverfront Bridge Repair Projects Meeting at DeLaSalle

Time: 5:30 PM – 7 PM

Location: DeLaSalle High School, 1 De La Salle Drive

Central Riverfront Bridge Repair Projects Meeting

The 10th Avenue Bridge and 3rd Avenue Bridge, two of the major bridges across the Mississippi River in the Central Riverfront are in need repairs and will be closing to receive those repairs in the next two years. The Stone Arch Bridge, also owned by MnDOT, is also in need of significant repairs, and those needs are under assessment.

Council Member Steve Fletcher will be holding a community meeting with State Senator Kari Dziedzic and staff from both MnDOT and Minneapolis Public Works to share information with everyone who will be impacted by these projects about how they are being coordinated.

January 13, 2019, Sunday - Strike! The Workers' Rights Tour at the Mill City Museum

Time: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 S 2nd Street

Strike! The Workers' Rights Tour

Take a guided tour of the historic Washburn A Mill to discover the dramatic story of work and labor in Minneapolis from the 19th-century to today. Hear how activists improved the lives of workers in the mills and related industries and how management responded by creating anti-union policies and groups like Citizens' Alliance.

Explore how labor was divided across race, class, and gender lines and the role of organized labor today. Learn about the 1903 and 1917 flour milling strikes, the Truckers Strike of 1934, and the life and career of Nellie Stone Johnson, a union organizer and the first African American elected to citywide office in Minneapolis.

This tour includes about 1 mile of moderately paced walking on uneven surfaces. Please call ahead to make arrangements for guests with limited mobility.

January, 12, 2019, Saturday - Baking Skills Intensive: Shaping with Baker's Field Flour & Bread

Time: 1 pm until approximately 4:00 pm (depends on time required for baking)

Location: Food Building, 1401 Marshall Street NE

Baking Skills Intensive: Shaping with Baker's Field Flour & Bread

While part of bread’s delights come from flavor and the texture, an important element that influences these is a bread’s shape. Learn a variety of shapes including boule, batard, baguette and rolls through demonstration and hands-on practice. We will discuss which types of dough are most appropriate for various shapes, how to use tools like couches and lames, and how far to bake for best color and flavor. Note that the focus of the class is shaping, not dough production, as doughs will be prepared prior to class. Class participants will participate in baking loaves, and will take their shaped, baked loaves home.

As the class is held in an active commercial kitchen, students should wear comfortable clothing, closed-toed shoes and a hat. 
Aprons are available to borrow, or use your own if you prefer. Please advise us in advance of any food allergies, as snacks and samples will be provided throughout.

Enter through our production space on Marshall Street. Cost: $85 (Maximum number of students: 8)

January 12, 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:

January 12 & 26

February 9 & 23

March 9 & 23

April 13 & 27

January 12, 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: January 26, February 9, 23, March 9

January 11, 2019, Friday - 1st Precinct Court Watch at Central Library

Time: 10:00 am - 11:30 am

Location: Central Library, Doty Conference Room, 300 Nicollet

Court Watch is a collaborative, community-based approach to criminal justice. Concerned citizens partner with police, prosecutors, probation officers, and other resources to prevent and respond to public safety concerns.

The primary goals are to hold offenders accountable for their crimes with a proportionate response from the criminal justice system, and reduce and prevent new crimes in our community.

More info

January 11, 2019, Friday - Friday Fitness Skate at Wells Fargo Mpls WinterSkate

Enjoy fun, FREE programming and activities at the Wells Fargo Mpls WinterSkate this January and February! Free skating + complimentary skates at the fully-refrigerated outdoor rink in Loring Park.

Upcoming activities:

Friday Fitness Skates: January 4, 11, 18, and 25

FREE Skating Lessons: January 8, 22, February 5, 22 (4-7 pm)

Visit www.mplsdowntown.com/winterskate for full schedule. See you in Loring Park!

January 11, 2019, Friday - 10th Annual Minneapolis Tattoo Arts Convention (3 days)

10th Annual Minneapolis Tattoo Arts Convention

Hyatt Regency Minneapolis, 1300 Nicollet Mall

Friday Jan 11 - 2 PM – 12 AM

Saturday Jan 12 - 11 AM – 12 AM

Sunday Jan 13 -  11 AM – 8 PM

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$20 Day / $40 3-Day Pass, kids under 12 are free

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Philadelphia based tattoo convention organizers and promoters, Villain Arts and Philadelphia Eddie's 621 will host The 10th Annual Minneapolis Tattoo Arts Convention! The event will be open to the public Friday, January 11th at 2:00 PM and run the duration of the weekend until Sunday 8:00 PM. The Minneapolis Tattoo Arts Convention is for industry professionals and tattoo lovers as well. In addition, there will be numerous vendors with everything from industry supplies to clothing, artwork & jewelry. Daily tattoo competitions for you to show off your tattoos. Performances by The Enigma Live, Olde City Sideshow, Marlo Marquise, Black Heart Burlesque and dynamic live human suspension are just a few of the other exciting things happening. Meet and greet with Inkmasters Aaron Is, Anwon Boneface, Mystical Mike, Cee Jay Jones, Ty'Esha Reels, Al Fliction and Kyle Dunbar along with many more TV personalities from shows such as Black Ink Crew and Justin Coppolino from Tattoos After Dark!

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Local tattoo shops Electric Dragonland, Minneapolis Tattoo Shop, Sacred Siren Tattoo & Art Parlor and many more will there to represent their hometown as well as a number of national and international tattoo artists and vendors who will travel to Minneapolis, MN to attend.

January 10, 2019, Thursday - Prime Time Balls at the Southern Theater (3 nights)

Times: January 10 – 12, 7:30 pm nightly

Location: Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Avenue S

Prime Time Balls

BALLS Cabaret is celebrating its 25th year at The Southern, and they are kicking off the New Year in its honor with Prime Time Balls! Join host and founder Leslie Ball as she reunites with old friends and past performers to relive some of the best moments of the past 25 years.

If you’ve always wanted to see what happens at Balls, but can’t stay awake until midnight, now is the time to join them in Prime Time (there may be some special guests and familiar faces; you don’t want to miss it). Three nights of celebration will feature a different line up each evening. Come once, or come every night. Then join in Saturday evening at 10:30 pm for a festive reception and stay until midnight for the newest season of Balls Cabaret.

Through the generosity of Leslie Ball, all proceeds will benefit The Southern Theater.

January 10, 2019, Thursday - Spit Shade 2: Babes, Beasts & Botanicals Opening Reception at Gamut Gallery

Time: 7 PM - 11 PM

Location: Gamut Gallery, 717 South 10th Street

Spit Shade 2: Babes, Beasts & Botanicals Opening Receptio

Spit Shade 2: Babes, Beasts and Botanicals. Artwork from 50 local and national tattoo artists curated by Minneapolis tattooers Lindsee Bee and Jessi Lawson, January 10th - 12th, 2019.

EXHIBIT OPENING​​ // ONE WEEKEND ONLY
Thursday, January 10th 7-11pm, $10
Official opening for the Villain Arts Minneapolis Tattoo Convention
Featuring music by BAARD 

FEATURED ARTIST: Adam Underwood, Alli Shelly, Andre Servin, Andrew Knettel, Andy Hefner, Andre Servin, Anthony Elliott, Ariel Cafarelli, Bleach, Brandon Holt, Charlie Forbes, Chase Tucker, Claudia “Billy“ Baca, Collin Rigsby, Craig Moore, Chris Norden, Daniel Vasquez, Emilie Robinson, Erin Armstrong, Helen Sevig, Jason Walstrom, Jesse Heike, Jessi Lawson, Jesse Skaggs, Jessica Canvas, Jessie McNally, John Chamberlin, Joseph Christensen, Kelly Rehbein, Kali Koltz, Kyle Skyer, Lindsee “Bee” Boyer, Max V.K., Megan Hoogland, Mitch Marlow, Nic Scrade, Nighttrain Max, Niki Hughes, Nora Peterson, Rachael Bringgold, Reid Gosmire, Ryan “Opie” Mueller, Sarah Epperson, Sarah Louise Meyer, Scott Elke, Scotty Munster, Shahn Anderson, Steven Skorjanec, Troy Timple, Zack Kinsey. 

Some of the most dynamic art created today adorns one of the most delicate mediums—human skin. Gamut Gallery is creating space for these talented tattoo artists to feature their abilities using watercolor, acrylic & oil paints. Spit Shade 2: Babes, Beasts & Botanicals is our second official opening party for the Villain Arts Minneapolis Tattoo Convention. This ONE weekend only exhibition will include 50 local & national artists showcasing this vibrant artform. 

Minneapolis tattoo artists, Lindsee “Bee” Boyer and Jessi Lawson, act as this years curators. In the relatively brief time she’s been tattooing, Lindsee Boyer's work has garnered worldwide attention from fans of the art form. Owner and founder of Bee Ink Tattoo, Boyer travels across the country to work on clients in some of the world’s most prestigious shops. Long time artist, Jessi Lawson, has shown her paintings in international galleries for the past two decades. In 2006, Lawson shifted her canvas of choice to skin and began tattooing professionally. Both curators find inspiration from nature and travel; it is visible in their complimentary styles and throughout the theme in this exhibition.

January 10, 2019, Thursday - Food Trucker Pop Up at Chef Shack

Time: 6 PM – 9 PM

Location: Chef Shack Ranch Minneapolis, 3025 E Franklin Ave

Food Trucker Pop Up at Chef Shack

Chicks on Wheels is bringing their Cajun-Creole menu to Chef Shack with an assortment of flavors that combine Creole from New Orleans and its French, Spanish, African, and Caribbean influences with the dining experience. 

Appetizer
Lump Crab Cake on a bed of Black Eyed Pea Salsa 

Entrée 
Meat and Seafood Gumbo over White Rice 
(Non-Pork Gumbo Available by request) 
With Cornbread

Dessert
7up Cake with French Vanilla Ice Cream 
Coffee & Chicory 

It's the middle of winter but Chicks on Wheels food is grand enough to warm you up along with hospitality. 

Tickets are $45.00 plus fee
Cash bar: Wine & Beer available

January 10, 2019, Thursday - raw: an exhibition of work by MCBA’s Artist Cooperative opening reception at MCBA

Time: 6pm-8pm

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

raw: an exhibition of work by MCBA’s Artist Cooperative

Please join us in celebrating MCBA’s Artist Cooperative at their annual exhibition, raw: a journey of discovery from material to realization. This exhibition explores the intersection of ideas, objects, and emotions, featuring work by 11 co-op members: Wendy Fernstrum, Georgia A. Greeley, Marvel Grégoire, Karen Kinoshita, Monica Edwards Larson, Raven Miller, Charles Nove, Paul Nylander, Bridget O’Malley, CB Sherlock, and Emily Umentum. Artistic methods represented include handmade lace paper, photogravure prints, monotype, intaglio, chapbooks, experimental books, and broadsides.

January 9, 2019, Wednesday - Indoor Running at US Bank Stadium

Do you love to run, but hate the cold and elements or don't feel comfortable running after dark?

If so, mark your calendars, because Minnesota Distance Running returns to US Bank Stadium for the 2018-2019 season! Each session will run from 5pm to 8pm and cost $3/person cash at the door. Capacity is 250 runners at a time, additional runners will be able to enter as previous runners leave. Participating individuals must be running - walking is not allowed except for cooling down post-run. Strollers are prohibited.

Indoor Stadium Running Schedule:

Wednesday, January 9

Tuesday, January 15

Wednesday, January 16

January 8, 2019, Tuesday - DMNA Land User Meeting at Mill City Museum

Time: 6:00 pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 S 2nd Street

The next Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Association Land Use Committee meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, January 8, 2019, at 6 p.m., at the Mill City Museum, in the ADM Room.