"Seeing the Minneapolis Riverfront" Photo Contest Winners on Display at the Mill City Museum

Congratulations to the 18 winners below whose work will be displayed in the Mill City Museum’s Mill Commons from August 25, 2011 through January 2, 2012.

Join us on Wednesday, September 14th from 6:00-8:00pm for a free public reception celebrating the exhibit and photographers. Light hors d’oeuvres will be served and a cash bar will be available.

Photo contest jurors were looking for striking images of the Mississippi River and the Minneapolis Riverfront that show the relationship between people and the environment past and present, what that relationship has meant to different people in different times, and the positive and negative consequences of our use of the land and waters. Ideal photographs convey a sense of place of the Minneapolis Riverfront and address the way people use the riverfront and its resources.

Below, a sampling of the works:

The Week Ahead in Mill City / August 22-28

Bright and early each Monday morning we provide an easy to reference list of events and activities for the week ahead in the Mill City neighborhood.  Submit your events here...

Monday, August 22

Music in The Park - Nicollet Island Park

Tuesday, August 23

Let's Go to the Junkyard! Workshop at MCBA

Music in The Park - Father Hennepin Bluffs

Wednesday, August 24

Breakfast with a Preservationist at Mill City Museum

Thursday, August 25

Twin Cities River Rats Show

5 Course Wine Dinner at Spill the Wine

Chad Hoopes Recital at MacPhail

Baby Storytime at Central Library

Rhythmically Speaking at Southern Theater (3 nights)

Friday, August 26

Real Ghost Tour (2 Nights) at St. Anthony Main

MacPhail's Hip Hop Camp Final Performance

Saturday, August 27

Mill City Farmers Market

Taste Twin Cities Minneapolis Riverwalk Tour (Starts at Gold Medal Park)

Historic Main Street Tour at Mill City Museum

Vikings and Dallas Cowboys at the Dome

Guo Gai, Meng Tang, Slinko Opening Reception at Soap Factory

Mississippi River Gorge Half-Day Canoe Trip

Sunday, August 28

CorePower Yoga in the Park

Minneapolis Duathlon 2011

Engineering the Falls at Mill City Museum

Sanctuary's 4th Anniversary Party

This Weekend in Mill City / August 19-21

Events this weekend in and around the Historic Mill District of Minneapolis and across the Stone Arch Bridge in Old St. Anthony.

Friday, August 19

August 19, 2011, Friday - Real Ghost Tour (2 Nights) at St. Anthony Main

August 19, 2011, Friday - MacPhail's Rock Week Summer Camp Final Performances

Live Music at Aster Cafe

Saturday, August 20

Mill City Farmers Market

Taste Twin Cities Minneapolis Riverwalk Tour (Starts at Gold Medal Park)

Bird Watching at Nicollet Island and Boom Island

Riverfront Quest Family Tour at Mill City Museum

Metrodome Open House: First 3,000 People Get Piece of Old Roof

Central Library Summer Atrium Sale

Live Music at Aster Cafe

Sunday, August 21

CorePower Yoga in the Park

13.1® Minneapolis Half Marathon

The Homegrown Experience at Nicollet Island Pavilion

Railroad History Tour at Mill City Museum

An Architect’s View of Mill City Museum

Complimentary Tai Chi Workshop at Open Book

Live Music at Aster Cafe

Weekend Brunch

Saturday & Sunday

Brunch at Spoonriver
750 South 2nd St (at Chicago Ave S)
Minneapolis, MN 55401
612-436-2236

Reservations recommended

10:00am - 2:00pm

See the menu...

Saturday & Sunday

Brunch at the Aster Cafe
St. Anthony Main
125 SE Main Street
Minneapolis, MN 55414
612-379-3138

Until 2pm.

See the menu...

Sunday

Brunch at Spill the Wine
1101 Washington Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55415
612-339-3388

brunch buffet 10am- 2pm Sunday
$12/person (kids 3 and under eat free, 4-12 years are 1/2 price!)

includes: eggs, bacon, french toast, hash browns, fresh salad and fruit, pastries, build your own omlette bar and more...

featuring absolut bloody bar for $5.

also offering fair trade coffee and full bar.

Tonight - Mill City Live Featuring Curtiss A and the Jerks of Fate

Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 2nd Street South

Performers:  Curtiss A and the Jerks of Fate

Fee: $5 per person; includes admission to Mill City Museum. Free for MHS members.

The Twin Cities’ most explosive outdoor concert series is back for an eighth season with a slate of bands curated by music writer Jim Walsh. Featuring legendary performers from the heyday of the Minneapolis sound, these concerts will riff on American music in a gorgeous riverfront setting every Thursday from July 7 through Aug. 18. Admission includes the concert and entrance to the museum from 4 to 9 p.m. Food and drink by D’Amico Catering available for purchase.

Mill City Farmers Market August 20, 2011

Eat Local All Year Long

One great way to keep eating local food all year long is to preserve it! Ferment it, freeze it, dry it, can it... and now's the time to do it!  Check out the canning class and the cooking demo this Saturday and learn how (details below)!

Produce Planner

We've got sweet corn, mustard greens, long beans, squash blossoms, okra, WI-grown artichokes, beets, carrots, cucumbers, broccoli, cauliflower, greens, and so much more!

Meet Your Vegetables / 9 am - 1 pm 
(while supplies last)

Get after school snack ideas for young locavores from the experts - UMN Public Health Nutrition grad students!

Discover You Can!

Show off your to local food flare in the State Fair Style Canning Contest, coming up August 27th! Find out how to enter here.

Mill City Cooks, 10am - Local Lunch for Kids

Chef (and Mom) Heather Hartman knows all about this task! She'll demo two simple meals for young locavores with ingredients from our sponsor,  Nash Brothers Trading Company:  Black Bean Soup and - a classic - Hummus. 

Art Market, All Day

Featuring The Ink Orchard, Matthew Krousey, Chris Chookiastirichai, and Woodsport.

Live Music, 11 am - 1 pm

The maverick chamber music of the Orange Mighty Trio.

Job Posting at Mill City Museum

Position: Interpreter 1

The Minnesota Historical Society seeks applicants for an Interpreter I to engage, educate, and entertain visitors to the Mill City Museum and present lessons to school groups using a variety of interpretive and performance techniques to communicate historical information. This is a part-time, regular position (780 annual hours) located at the Mill City Museum in Minneapolis, MN.  More details here...

Party at the Sanctuary's 4th Anniversary Bash!

We are throwing a party for ourselves and inviting our neighbors, friends and family to join us! No kidding. We have been open 4 years!

SUNDAY, August 28
4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m

Come party with us.

Chef is throwing some snacks on the grill we'll put out to share (until they run out). We'll have cold beer, wine and some special cocktails to enjoy at Happy Hour prices (to keep everyone drinking responsibly).

For music, we're going to shove aside the tables and put DJ Shannon Blowtorch in the middle of the action (so Michael can join the fun on the floor)!

Dress to have fun! (Casual is just fine!)

Michael Kutscheid, Patrick Atanalian, Roger Kubicki & Naomi Williamson

Sanctuary - the restaurant
903 Washington Ave S Minneapolis, MN 55415
www.sanctuaryminneapolis.com
612-339-5058

The Week Ahead in Mill City / August 15-21

Bright and early each Monday morning we provide an easy to reference list of events and activities for the week ahead in the Mill City neighborhood.  Submit your events here...

Monday, August 15

Music in The Park - Nicollet Island Park

Tuesday, August 16

Let's Go to the Museum! Workshop at MCBA

Book Arts Roundtable: Collaboration Chat at MCBA

Music in The Park - Father Hennepin Bluffs

Wednesday, August 17

MPRB Meeting

Thursday, August 18

Twin Cities River Rats Show

Range of Motion Wellness Workout at Mill Ruins Park

Mill City Live: Outdoor Music Series at Mill City Museum

Breaking Boundaries Dance Co at the Southern Theater (3 nights)

Friday, August 19

August 19, 2011, Friday - Real Ghost Tour (2 Nights) at St. Anthony Main

August 19, 2011, Friday - MacPhail's Rock Week Summer Camp Final Performances

Saturday, August 20

Mill City Farmers Market

Taste Twin Cities Minneapolis Riverwalk Tour (Starts at Gold Medal Park)

Bird Watching at Nicollet Island and Boom Island

Riverfront Quest Family Tour at Mill City Museum

Metrodome Open House: First 3,000 People Get Piece of Old Roof

Sunday, August 21

CorePower Yoga in the Park

13.1® Minneapolis Half Marathon

The Homegrown Experience at Nicollet Island Pavilion

Railroad History Tour at Mill City Museum

An Architect’s View of Mill City Museum

Complimentary Tai Chi Workshop at Open Book

Mill City Farmers Market August 13, 2011

Eat Local All Year Long

One great way to keep eating local food all year long is to preserve it! Ferment it, freeze it, dry it, can it... and now's the time to do it!  Check out the canning class and the cooking demo this Saturday and learn how (details below)!

Produce Planner

Sweet corn is in! Along with currants, raspberries, blueberries, garlic, carrots, beets, onions, potatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, fennel, tomatoes, green beans, peas, radishes, herbs, salad mix, edible flowers, zucchini, summer squash, collards, kale, Swiss chard, and so much more!!!

Live Music, 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM

National Recording Artist, Michael Monroe sponsored by Juut Salonspa.

Discover You Can! 9:00 AM

Learn to preserve Dilly Beans with Kim Christensen. $10 per household, pre-registration required. Visit the Discover You Can blog for details and email Dustin to sign-up!

Mill City Cooks, 10am

Chef Nick Schneider is many things, including a masterful ferment-er! This week he'll prepare Agrodulce Pickled Fennel bulb - perfect for holiday anitpasto.  Nick welcomes guest chef Beth Fisher of new farm to table hot spot, Wise Acre Eatery. 

Live Music, 11 am - 1 pm

Vocalist Karen Quiroz presents popular music from Brazil and Latin America.

Art Market, All Day

Featuring Plantworn, ceramics by Tom Jaszczak and Heather Wang, Aprilierre and Old World Cabinet.

Mini Farm, All Day

Can't get enough cute in your life? Get in a cuddle with the animals from Gale Woods Farm and Three Rivers Park District. 

Stunt Dog Video - TGIF Diversion

Nothing to do with our neighborhood, but...

Tonight - Mill City Live Featuring Adam Levy & Friends

Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 2nd Street South

Performers:  Adam Levy & Friends

Fee: $5 per person; includes admission to Mill City Museum. Free for MHS members.

The Twin Cities’ most explosive outdoor concert series is back for an eighth season with a slate of bands curated by music writer Jim Walsh. Featuring legendary performers from the heyday of the Minneapolis sound, these concerts will riff on American music in a gorgeous riverfront setting every Thursday from July 7 through Aug. 18. Admission includes the concert and entrance to the museum from 4 to 9 p.m. Food and drink by D’Amico Catering available for purchase.

Higher Brain Living Event at Open Book

Time: 6:30pm

Location: Open Book, Target Performance Hall, 1011 Washington Avenue South

Higher Brain Living Event

Imagine being part of the revolution that is transforming medicine, psychology and spirituality! Attend this presentation and discover how you can shift humanity from lower brain to higher brain living.

Please note that you must be registered to attend this event as seating is limited!

Tonight - The Mill District Loft Hop

An unprecedented 12 residences host open houses tonight in the historic Mill District! Enjoy drinks, snacks, and viewing beautiful homes.  See the flyer below:

Mill District Loft Hop

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Tonight - Summer BBQ Wine Dinner at Spill the Wine

Time: 6:30pm

Location: Spill the Wine, 1101 Washington Avenue South

Featuring Summer BBQ Wines and BBQ Grill Dinner.  Presented by Mary Beth Gallagher from Wine Merchants.

Featuring wines:

amuse bouche
toad hollow rose, california

dinner: 
nobilo sauvignon blanc, new zealand
lucky country shiraz, barossa valley
hogue late harvest riesling, columbia valley

$35/Person. Reservations

Tonight - Books & Bars Series at Aster Cafe

Social - 6:00pm dinner/drink specials
Discussion - 7:00pm-8:30pm

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 SE Main Street

Author:  Emma Donoghue,  Room

Books & Bars isn’t your mother’s book club. We provide a unique atmosphere for a lively discussion of interesting authors, fun people, good food and drinks.

Reservations - 612-379-3138

Tonight - DMNA Board Meeting at Central Library

Time: 6:00pm

Location:  Central Library, Room N-202, 300 Nicollet Mall

The Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Association Meeting Agenda highlights include an update from Council Member Lisa Goodman, followed by a Land Use Update on the following properties:

- Jaguar Redevelopment Project

- 1121 & 1127 Hennepin Avenue

- 428 Hennepin Avenue (Liquid Nightclub)

- Hennepin Theatre Trust

- Discussion regarding EPNI letter to Gerry Ewald about the future of the Metrodome, prospects for Vikings stadium and future development in the Downtown East and Elliot Park neighborhoods.

DMNA August Board Meeting Agenda 8-9-2011

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MacPhail Center for Music Names Kyle Carpenter Chief Executive Officer

MacPhail Center for Music today announced that it has appointed Kyle Carpenter as its new chief executive officer, effective September 1, 2011.  Carpenter brings 35 years of business and nonprofit board experience to the organization.  He will lead MacPhail’s plans to become the nation’s premier center for music education.

“We’re thrilled to welcome Kyle to the MacPhail family.  He brings strong leadership capabilities, a proven ability to grow organizations and an unwavering commitment to excellence and service,” said MacPhail board chair, Andrea Kmetz-Sheehy.  “Moreover, Kyle’s enthusiasm about music and our mission, give us great confidence in his ability to lead MacPhail into new territory.”

Carpenter previously served as senior vice president for strategy and business development for Capella Education Company.  In this role he established the company’s first-ever growth venture, Sophia Learning LLC, a social media teaching and learning website.

Said Carpenter, “I’m honored to join such a well-regarded and vibrant organization.  MacPhail has the opportunity to expand its role as the nation’s premier center for music education.  I look forward to working with the MacPhail team to spearhead the board’s vision, grow current programs and create new ones – while remaining true to the organization’s core mission.”

Carpenter’s past experiences include serving as president and CEO for Electrosonic Group, a large international digital media company, and three vice president positions with Honeywell.

In the community, he is a former board chair and trustee for Twin Cities Public Television, and a former board member of the Greater Twin Cities United Way.  Carpenter also serves as a director for the Harlem Globetrotters and CompView Systems, an audio visual systems and service company.

Carpenter is an accomplished guitarist.  He received his Bachelor of Arts in Management Science from Duke University.  As a Honeywell employee he attended the company’s Advanced Program for Directors at Harvard University before attending the Aspen Institute (Switzerland) for International Management Development.

Carpenter replaces interim CEO Tom Moss, a former two-time MacPhail Center board member.

Tonight - Music in The Park at Father Hennepin Bluffs

Time: 7:00pm

Indigenous Music and Movie Series  "Celebrating Native American Culture"

Brought to us by the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board. You can also find them on Facebook and Twitter.

Tickets Still Available for August 11 Chefs for Change at People Serving People

Time: Tour at 6:30pm, Dinner 7:00pm-9:00pm

Location:  People Serving People, 614 South 3rd Street

Chefs for Change with Corner Table

7pm-9pm. Tickets are $100 per person.

From slow braised grass fed brisket to tender ricotta gnocchi, Chef Scott Pampuch of Corner Table brings local influences to the table and is sure to satisfy dinner guests in this special Chefs for Change dinner. Promoting sustainability and responsibility towards the land was the inspiration for his own restaurant Corner Table, which opened in 2004. 

Tonight - Jill Holly Performing at Music in The Park at Nicollet Island Park

Time: 7:00pm

Jill Holly  "Singer-Songwriter, Folk-Rock Originals"

Brought to us by the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board. You can also find them on Facebook and Twitter.