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Back by popular demand! The Mill City Farmers Market 2013-2014 Winter Market starts tomorrow, November 9, 10am-1pm inside the Mill City Museum.
Future dates include:
November 23
December 14
January 11
February 8
March 8
March 15 (at the Arboretum, Chanhassen)
April 12
Mill City Museum will open its doors at 6 a.m. on Black Friday (November 29) with super specials, giveaways, live music and treats. Take a look at what Black Friday early birds will enjoy:
- FREE MUSEUM ADMISSION from 6 to 9 a.m.
- FREE Street parking until 8 a.m.
- FREE household memberships for the first 30 families
- FREE donuts and coffee while supplies last
- FREE limited edition giveaways while supplies last
- 25% off gift shop. Staff will be handing out 25% off coupons to anyone coming in before 8am. The coupons will be good all of business hours on Friday (so you could grab one, go to the museum while it is free, then come up and shop the store later; or grab one, do other shopping, then come back and shop the museum store later that day).
- Live music by the Sidewalk Cafe Trio
- Appearances from the History Hound mascot 6:00 to 7:00 a.m.
- Additional chances to win household memberships and prizes.
While you're at the November 9th and 23rd indoor Mill City Farmers Markets, be sure to stop in the Museum Store to check out the array of quality items they carry. You're sure to find something fun for yourself, as well as people on your Holiday gift list, from their large selection of books, baking items, jewelry, clothing, toys, cards and more.
The person responsible for stocking the shelves is Serenity Shanklin, Store Operations Manager. Explains Serentiy, "As with any Museum Store, our goal is to sell products that have a strong tie with the mission of The Mill City Museum. After visitors see the museum, many will be inspired to find a gift or souvenir to take with them. Our merchandise selection includes everything from simple Minneapolis and Mill City Museum Souvenirs to wonderful books and kitchen and home accessories. I make an effort to work with local artists so that we are able to feature creative gifts that are made in Minneapolis and greater Minnesota. We receive a lot of position feedback from visitors who are impressed by our store. What works for us is paying attention to quality, design, relativity, and sense of humor."
Books are placed throughout the store, plus there's an entire wall packed with an extensive collection of Minneapolis/Minnesota history books, Betty Crocker/Pillsbury cookbooks, and books to bring out your creative creative side.
The Museum Store has a fun selection of toys - from educational to retro to just plain silly:
Kitchen items and local products, such as Nordic Ware and Watkins:
Lots of Poppin' Fresh!
Calendars, matted pictures, greeting cards and metal product signs:
Clothing and jewelry:
Snacks and fun stuff:
And, of course, a friendly and helpful staff! Serenity added, "We have very talented staff who are encouraged to be engaged with displays and merchandising. When you are in our museum store, you can tell that a lot of passion, creativity, and team work goes into creating an inviting shopping experience. We love to be here and want all of our visitors to feel the same way."
Take a moment to look above the shelves and displays, and you'll find a bit of Museum history.
THE STARFISH THROWERS TEAM HOLDS SANDWICH EVENT FOR CHARITY
Film team preps food for the homeless via documentary subject Allan Law of MRD, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN, November 6, 2013– Filmmaker Jesse Roesler and members of his The Starfish Throwers documentary film team, along with friends of the film, will prepare 300 sandwiches at the offices of Bolster at 23 Fourth Street NE, Minneapolis, MN on Friday, November 8 at 2:30pm. Any supporters of the film or interested parties are welcome to join.
Sandwiches will go to Minneapolis Recreational Development, Inc., the charitable organization founded by Allan Law. Mr. Law is one of three individuals featured in the documentary film The Starfish Throwers by Minneapolis filmmaker Jesse Roesler. MRD is an all-volunteer non-profit. It serves the homeless, the poor, the vulnerable, and disadvantaged youth and their families in the Twin Cities every day with food assistance, as well as other emergency needs. Mr. Law himself is the sole delivery person who spends each night driving the inner city streets of the Twin Cities, providing sandwiches and other basics to people in need.
A documentary both harrowing and heartwarming, The Starfish Throwers explores how three of the world’s most fiercely compassionate individuals fight hunger and struggle to restore hope to the hopeless in unexpected and sometimes dangerous ways. Half a world apart, a five star chef, a retired school teacher and a sixth grade master gardener fight for a seemingly lost cause, until they discover their impact may reach further than their own actions.
For more information about the documentary film The Starfish Throwers, contact Pete Tedrow or Jesse Roesler at info@thestarfishthrowers.com or visit thestarfishthrowers.com.
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Via a November 7 e-newsletter from the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board:
Urban Agriculture Activity Plan Released for Public Comment
Draft Available through December 21, 2013
A draft of the MPRB Urban Agriculture activity plan is available for public review and comment between November 6, 2013 and December 21, 2013. The Park Board encourages residents and park users to provide feedback on the draft document, and has made available a brief online survey and comment form to easily gather public opinion.
After reviewing the draft plan, you may respond to a survey or provide general comments online. Print copies of the draft plan are available in recreation centers.
Please refer to the MPRB project webpage for updated information.
All comments received are public record and will be considered for incorporation into the final plan for Board consideration and adoption in early 2014.
The draft plan was developed through an extensive community engagement process and contains recommendations related to policy, facility, program, and service improvements to better support urban agriculture activities within the park system.
The development of the Urban Agriculture activity plan is supported by the Board of Commissioners and directly linked to the goals of the MPRB Comprehensive Plan.
The retail shop has been open since July 29th, but this Grand Opening is in celebration of moving the ice cream making kitchen to Minneapolis. Stop by for treats and tours.
Kids Hour: Noon-2pm Activities, cider, caramel apples and fun!
Architectural Tour: Want to know more about the building design and functions? Join owner Jeff Sommers and architect David Salmela for a talk and tour 12:30-1:30 (TICKETS* ON SALE HERE)
Tasting Tour: Join owner Jeff Sommers and enjoy a tasting of some of his favorite flavors with ice cream in Izzy’s new kitchen 3pm- 4pm (TICKETS* ON SALE HERE)
Kitchen viewing and ingredient tasting. 4 to 7 p.m. – Get an inside glimpse of the ice cream kitchen and have the opportunity to taste locally sourced ingredients before and after they are made into ice cream. Local ingredients include cardamom toast from Wuollet Bakery, milk from family-run dairy Sassy Cow Creamery and key lime pie from Birchwood Café. Tastes of Jeff’s signature cold-press iced coffee, made with Peace Coffee Yeti blend and brown-butter sweet cream, also will be served.
Owner’s Tour: 7:30pm-8:30pm – Get a behind-the-scenes tour of the new facility and a talk with owner Jeff Sommers about what they're doing at Izzy’s. (TICKETS* ON SALE HERE)
*Tickets include ice cream cup or cone, too!
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Halloween may already be a distant memory, but the gore goes on until November 9 at The Southern Theater.
This is the second year for the Twin Cities Horror Festival, which features seven accomplished local performance groups exploring the theme of horror through theater, music, dance, and storytelling. The 40+ performance run also includes a Recycle-Your-Costume Dance Party Friday Nov. 8th at 10pm.
Discover and discuss Water Works emerging concepts.
The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board will be hosting a community meeting about the Central Mississippi Riverfront, where SCAPE and Rogers Partners from the Water Works Design Team will be featured guests.
The meeting is scheduled for Thursday, November 14, 6:00pm - 8:00pm, at the Nicollet Island Pavilion.
The Design Team has been working on the design framework and concept scenarios for Water Works since their last visit in September, and they will share their work at this meeting.
Attend the meeting to engage in the conversation about Water Works and the Central Mississippi Riverfront Regional Park, discover emerging concepts developed following the last community input meeting, and learn about next steps.
Northrup King Building, 1500 Jackson St. NE, Minneapolis
Friday, Nov. 1st 5:00 - 10:00 PM
Saturday, Nov. 2nd Noon - 8:00 PM
Sunday, Nov. 3rd Noon - 5:00 PM
Visit the Northrup King Building for an exciting weekend of visual art, live music, ballet performances, art demonstrations and food trucks for your convenience. If you're new to the Northrup King Building or simply haven't been here for awhile, put on your walking shoes and visit over 250 artists working out of 150 separate studios.
For more information and a schedule of music, performances and demonstrations, go to www.northrupkingbuilding.com/artattack.
Via an October 31 e-newsletter from the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board:
Temporary 3-Day Closure of Historic Main Street
Repairs are underway along historic Main Street, between Hennepin Avenue and SE 3rd Avenue. Beginning Tuesday, November 5 this section of Main Street will be closed to vehicular and bicycle traffic to allow for street repairs to be made. Main St. will reopen the morning of Friday, November 8. Businesses and pedestrian walks will remain open while repairs are made. Follow this link for a map that indicates the area of the closure and detour routes. Signs will be posted.
Thank you for your patience while these necessary repairs are made.
A complete list of current and upcoming parkway closures is available online.
Contact Information:
Julia Cline, Project Representative, MPRB Planning, jcline@minneapolisparks.org or 612-230-6463.
Via an October 30 e-newsletter from the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board:
Central Mississippi Riverfront Regional Park Master Plan Public Input Opportunities
The Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board will host a two-day charrette to gather public input for the Central Mississippi Riverfront Regional Park Master Plan. This is the second charrette of five for the Master Plan and will focus on Historic Main Street and its connections. A charrette is an intensive creative session intended to generate alternative approaches to a design problem. It is a way to immerse a project team with key stakeholders and the community in a real-time, iterative learning and creative process. Please join us!
Charrette Public Meeting Day 1:
Date – 11/6/13
Time – 8:00am to 10:00am
Location – Aster Café – River Room
Meeting Info: Comment and feedback to define key site program issues, possibilities, and limitations for Historic Main Street.
Charrette Public Meeting Day 2:
Date – 11/7/13
Time – 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Location – Aster Café – River Room
Meeting Info: Review preliminary design framework plan and concepts for Historic Main Street completed during the charrette.
The Park Board encourages the public to stop by the Aster Café’s River Room to share ideas, concerns and priorities with the Central Mississippi Riverfront Regional Park design team. Later in November, ideas from this two-day charrette will be presented to the project advisory committees and the second public open house for discussion.
For more information, please go to the MPRB project page.
Thank you!
CONTACT: Tyler Pederson, Landscape Architect
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
612-230-6418
tpederson@minneapolisparks.org
According to the Nice Ride Minnesota website, the 2013 Nice Ride season comes to a close at 10:00pm on Sunday, November 3rd. Check out the Nice Ride Annual Report for 2013, which details their mission, outreach efforts spanning 122 events, 90 led tours and more.
Celebrating the state’s growing African communities, The Film Society of Minneapolis St. Paul will present Images of Africa, a film series highlighting the cinema of Africa. Films in the series will illuminate elements of the human experience that exist across all cultural boundaries. Images of Africa will present 30 narrative and documentary films, including titles from the African regions and nations represented locally.
Films will span a diverse range of topics, from African music and dance to soccer, food, war and exile, and the film industry itself. Images of Africawill draw titles from established film production regions like Senegal, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, and Nigeria’s Nollywood, as well as from countries such as Mali, Kenya, Somalia, Ghana, Rwanda and Liberia among others.
October 26 marked the end of the 2013 outdoor Market season. Thank You to Market Sponsor, Cynthia Froid, for the complimentary apples! Look for your favorite MCFM vendors at the indoor winter Markets - the first one being November 9.
Two lovely Market artists - Annika Kaplan and Annabella Sardelis. :)
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October 26 is the final Mill City Farmers Market for the 2013 'outdoor' season. They'll be open 9:00am - 1:00pm, so bundle up and head over to stock up on lots of good stuff!
Don't forget - the 2013-2014 indoor Winter Market dates are:
November 9
November 23
December 14
January 11
February 8
March 8
March 15 (at the Arboretum, Chanhassen)
April 12
These are all Saturdays, all 10:00am-1:00pm. With the exception of March 15, they'll all be held in the Mill City Museum.
ReelAbilities is a film festival featuring work by and about people with physical and intellectual disabilities. It will run in Minneapolis November 1 - 5. In our neighborhood, showings will take place at the Guthrie, MacPhail Center for Music, and St. Anthony Main Theater. Click here to view the schedule at each venue.
ReelAbilities Festivals take place nationally, and include award winning films, music, dance, theater, discussions and other engaging programs.
Via an October 23 e-ALERT from the Minnesota Historical Society:
Local High School Students to Showcase Work Alongside Gordon Parks Photography in New Exhibit Opening Thursday
WHAT: "A Choice of Weapons: A Living Legacy" exhibit will go on display at Mill City Museum Oct. 24, 2013-June 8, 2014 with a companion exhibit at Juxtaposition Arts Oct. 24-Dec. 1, 2013. Both exhibits are free.
WHEN: Opening reception and panel discussion, Thursday Oct. 24, 6 to 9 p.m. (7 p.m. panel discussion)
WHERE: Mill City Museum, 704 S. Second St., Minneapolis
COST: Free. RSVP to oneread@minneapolismn.gov or 612-673-2509.
ABOUT THE EXHIBIT: The exhibit features approximately 30 photographs created by local high school students alongside images by Gordon Parks, on loan from The Gordon Parks Foundation. Using Park's autobiography "A Choice of Weapons" as inspiration, the students created images portraying people in their communities with dignity and pride. "A Choice of Weapons" is this year’s One Minneapolis One Read selection.
"A Choice of Weapons: A Living Legacy" is made possible by the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund through the vote of Minnesotans on Nov. 4, 2008. Administered by the Minnesota Historical Society.
One of our Mill District neighbors recently obtained a Rental Property Owner Workshop Certificate from the Minneapolis Police Department and wanted to share the information for the benefit of others who own rental property.
The Minneapolis Police Department provides ten or more Rental Property Owner Workshops for rental property owners and managers each year. Attending the workshop provides attendees with valuable information, resources and opportunities to network with other property owners.
If you own or manager rental property and haven't yet attended one of these workshops, or enrolled in Action Alert lists, contact Luther Krueger, Crime Prevention Analyst. He can also provide you with a list of owners who have rentals on the same blocks as your rental properties.
You can reach him at:
Luther Krueger, Crime Prevention Analyst
Minneapolis Police Dept., Property Information Center
350 S. 5th Street, Room 100 City Hall, Minneapolis MN 55415
612-673-5371, Luther.Krueger@MinneapolisMN.gov
Shoppers looking for the perfect Halloween pumpkin, decorative gourds or yummy squash for baking had the pick of the crop at the October 19 Market.
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