November 21, 2015, Saturday - Holiday Collect. at Northrup King Building (2 days)

November 21 & 22  Noon – 6:00pm each day

Location: 3rd Floor Gallery of the Northrup King Building, 1500 Jackson Street NE #332

Announcing:  Holiday Collect. (previously branded as Sparklemart)
Hosted by the MNJAG, the Minnesota Jewelry Arts Guild

About Holiday Collect.:
MNJAG will be hosting a holiday jewelry arts show and sale in the Northrup King Building on Saturday, November 21 and Sunday, November 22.  Our holiday show, known as Sparklemart for the past three years, is being rebranded as “Holiday Collect.” All future MNJAG jewelry shows will be named “Collect.” as well in an effort to build a consistent look, theme and style for future MNJAG events. We are using the name “Collect.” to help people view jewelry as collectible art, and to encourage them to curate their own collections.

We are expecting approximately 30 jewelry artists to be represented at Collect.  A full listing of participants as well as sample photos of their work will be available soon.

About MNJAG:
MNJAG (MN Jewelry Arts Guild) is a nonprofit organization that exists to educate the public about the value of handmade jewelry art, offer educational opportunities related to jewelry arts, and promote the work of its members.  We hope that our Collect. series of jewelry arts shows will engage the local community and showcase the wide range of talented jewelry designers and metal artists who are creating beautiful, handmade wearable art here in Minnesota.

November 21, 2015, Saturday - Global Folk: Old-Time Music With a Twist at Central Library

Time: 2:00pm

Location: Central Library, Pohlad Hall, 300 Nicollet Mall

Global Folk: Old-Time Music With a Twist 

All ages. How often do you get to bounce to the rhythms of banjo, guitar, autoharp, washboard and kazoo? The Roe Family Singers will get you dancing with their good-time, old-time hillbilly music.

This project is funded with money from Minnesota's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Presented in collaboration with MELSA (Metropolitan Library Service Agency) ; Presented in collaboration with Grassroots Culture.

November 21, 2015, Saturday - Mill City Farmers Market in Mill City Museum

The Mill City Farmers Market has moved indoors for their monthly Winter Markets - 10:00am to 1:00pm inside the Mill City Museum. 

November 21 Produce Planner:
Apples, beets, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celeriac, chives, cilantro, eggplant, garlic, ginger, green beans, heirloom dried beans, fennel, kale, leeks, mushrooms, mustard greens, oregano, pac choi, parsley, parsnips, potatoes, pumpkins, radicchio, radishes, romanesco, rutabagas, sage, salad mix, scallions, shallots, shiitake, shiso, spinach, squash (delicata, acorn, butternut, carnival, kabocha, spaghetti), Swiss chard, tarragon, thyme, tomatillos, turnips, watercress, and much more!!

November 21 Festivities at the Market:

Live Music, 11 AM - 1 PM:
MCFM enthusiastically welcomes back Moonlight Duo this Saturday!

Power of Produce, all day:
Kids ages 5-12 get a free $2 voucher every Market to be spent on a fruit or veggie of their choosing just for trying a raw veggie! Stop by the PoP Booth for more information!

During our Outdoor Season, over 800 kids visited our Power of Produce (PoP!) Booth, empowering them to make their own purchasing choices of fresh fruits and vegetables, and creating an economic impact to our farmers of over $3,150! Thanks to support from Jamf Software and Chipotle, we are able to keep the PoP! Booth going at our winter markets. Make sure to bring the kids!

Book Signing, 10 AM - 1 PM:
Stop by and meet local author Beth Dooley who will be selling and signing The Birchwood Cafe Cookbook and In Winter's Kitchen.

Free Chair Massages, all day:
Holidays can be a stressful time! Set your groceries aside for a moment and let massage therapists from Ambiente Gallerie work through those tense muscles!

Featured Artists, all day:
This week, make sure to see the unique works of Aprilierre, ArtAndes, Crookedwood, Indigo & Snow, and Ink Orchard.

November 21, 2015, Saturday - Washburn A Mill Tour at Mill City Museum

Times: 1:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 2nd Street South

Fee: $14 adults, $12 seniors and college students, $10 children ages 6-17 and MHS members. Tour includes museum admission.

Reservations: required, call 612-341-7555 or register online.

Take an in-depth look at the historic Washburn A Mill complex and the award-winning Mill City Museum building. A museum interpreter 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 non-public spaces. The tour includes admission to the museum gallery, Baking Lab, Water Lab and Flour Tower show.

November 20, 2015, Friday - 2010 Artblok Holiday Sale and Open Studios Tour at "The Labs" (3 days)

Friday, November 20th - 4 to 9 pm
Saturday, November 21st - 10 am to 6 pm
Sunday, November 22nd -noon to 5 pm

Location: The historic General Mills Research Labs at 2010 East Hennepin Avenue, just east of Stinson Boulevard in Minneapolis.

2010 Artblok Holiday Sale and Open Studios is a building-wide open house and sale featuring over 30 established artists in the historic former General Mills Research Labs at 2010 East Hennepin Avenue. Originally built in 1928, “The Labs” as the complex was formerly know, was home to General Mills for 50 years. 

The complex now houses a vibrant community of artists, many of whom are award winning and regionally and nationally recognized. Artists include printmaker Faye Passow, also famous for her Minnesota Hot Dish and Marvels dish towels, painter Karlyn Eckman, glass artists Steve Claypatch, Nicole Fierce, Shawn Kearney and Kelly Nezworski along with Foci, Minnesota Center for Glass Arts. Also showing will be metalworkers Marlaine Cox and Asa Hoyt, sculptor Roger Junk, fine leatherwork by Nisko Leather, fiber artists Melissa Nellis and Julie Nester and guests artist Richard T. Brewer and Jennifer Bong

The open house will include work in a broad range of media including painting, printmaking, drawing, pottery, textile arts, metal smithing, sculpture, jewelry, leatherwork, and glass and glassblowing. In addition to great art and glassblowing demos, B. T. McElrath - Chocolatiers will be hosting a chocolate sale on Friday and Saturday of the open house.

November 20, 2015, Friday - Live Music at Crooked Pint

Time: 9:00pm

Location: Crooked Pint Ale House, 501 Washington Avenue South

Tonight: Hookers$Blow

Rocking dance grooves from 60s and 70s R & B. With a rotating cast, the band is literally a super group of Twin Cities musicians.

Hookers$Blow features current and former members of The Honeydogs, Soul Asylum, The Bodeans, Prairie Home Companion Band, The Dollys and more. Famous for epic high-energy shows that will keep fans on their feet for hours, Hookers $ Blow is a staple of the local club and party scene. Hookers $ Blow has been awarded the Minneapolis Music Award for Best Cover Band countless times and continues to attract new fans with every show.

Cover Charge

November 19, 2015, Thursday - Thursday Musical’s Thursday Morning Artist Series at MacPhail

Time: 10:00am reception, 10:30am concert

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

Thursday Musical’s 2015-2016 Thursday Morning Artist Series   

The Thursday Morning Artist Series has been presented since 1892 at 10:30 am on Thursdays. It is the organization’s longest-running recital and chamber music series with a legacy of featuring some of the most talented classical musicians in Minnesota. Programs are currently being held in the acoustically impressive Antonello Hall at MacPhail Center for Music and inside the beautiful architecture of the Wayzata Community Church, Wayzata.  Free coffee and donuts are provided in the lobby starting at 10:00 am served by members of Thursday Musical. Detailed program information will be announced throughout the season.

FULL SCHEDULE

Thursday, November 19, 2015

Jared Waln, guitar - Young Artist Scholarship Competition Winner 2015
Ona Pinsonneault, clarinet
Marion Judish, violin
Herbert Johnson, piano

Thursday, January 21, 2016
Bach Concert 
Timothy Perry, cello 
Gail Olszewski, harpsichord 
Jennifer Sylvester, soprano

Thursday, February 4, 2016
MacPhail Center for Music
Living Concert Notes with Moderator Libby Larsen, composer 
Semada Trio
Dana Donnay, oboe, Matthew Bertrand, bassoon and Seth Engelby, piano
Nicolla Melville, piano
Charles Wazanowski, tuba

Thursday, February 18, 2016 
Arjun Ganguly, viola - Young Artist Scholarship Competition Winner 2015
Northern Lights String Quartet
Carolyn Liptak, violin, Kathryn Christie, violin, Jennifer Thomas, viola and David Holmes, cello
Debra Gilroy, soprano 
Megan Wallace, piano

Thursday, March 3, 2016 
Amanda Chan, piano - Young Artist Scholarship Competition Winner 2015
Beth Winterfeldt, piano
The Bishop String Trio
Meredith Vaughan, violin, Katie Ekberg, viola and Carlynn Savot, cello
Karen Rognsvoog - music and film

Thursday, March 17, 2016 
Faith Farr, cello 
Beth Blackledge, flute 
Suzanne Kennedy, mezzo-soprano

Thursday, April 14, 2016 
Rie Tanaka, piano - Young Artist Scholarship Competition Winner 2015
Mitch Blatt, clarinet
Melissa Culloton, mezzo-soprano
Mimi Tung, piano

Thursday, April 28, 2016 
Elizabeth Kleiber, flute - Young Artist Scholarship Competition Winner 2015
Amy Morris, flute
Robin Helgen, soprano 
Elliott Wilcox, piano

November 19, 2015, Thursday - EDC Business Forum

Time: 11:30am to 1:00pm

Location: Dorsey & Whitney, 50 S 6th Street, Suite 1500

The next East Downtown Council Business Forum is scheduled for Thursday, November 19, at Dorsey & Whitney.  This is a JOINT EVENT with the Minneapolis Downtown Council.  The topic for this event is an update from the 2025 Plan Ending Street Homelessness Committee.

Registration, lunch and networking starts at 11:30 a.m., with the program starting at Noon. There is NO cost to attend this month's event. Please RSVP by sending an email to mweisberg@downtownminneapolis.com by no later than Monday, November 16 at Noon.

November 19, 2015, Thursday - Book Launch for Beth Dooley's IN WINTER'S KITCHEN at Open Book

Time: 7:00pm Social, 7:30pm Reading, Book signing and reception to follow.

Location: Open Book, 1011 Washington Avenue S

Book Launch for Beth Dooley's IN WINTER'S KITCHEN

Celebrate our local food and the people who grow it.

Raise a glass and enjoy the best food on offer from local growers and makers, as we gather for an evening in celebration of Beth Dooley's IN WINTER'S KITCHEN from Milkweed Editions. Join us for a brief reading from the book, continue the conversation off the page, and find out for yourself just how delicious local food can be.

IN WINTER'S KITCHEN is itself a celebration of the people behind the Heartland's food movement: a rich ecosystem of farmers, artisanal producers, and restauranteurs that has been proving for decades that even in a place with a short growing season, food grown locally and organically can be community-based, environmentally conscious, and healthy.

While there's no ticket necessary for entry, an RSVP will help us make sure we have enough delicious local food and beverages on hand for all! inwinterskitchen.eventbrite.com

November 19, 2015, Thursday - "Gratitude Flow" for The Little Kitchen Food Shelf at YogaFit Northeast

Time: 6:45pm - 7:45pm

Location: YogaFit Northeast Minneapolis, 520 NE 1st Avenue

"Gratitude Flow" for The Little Kitchen Food Shelf

Join us Thursday November 19 at 6:45pm for a donations-based, Foundations class centered around the theme of Gratitude! Bring in 2 non-perishable food items, 2 hygiene products, or one of each to help us "Fill the Box" in our lobby for the Little Kitchen Food Shelf! If preferred, we will be able to accept cash gifts to go directly to the food shelf as well. Join us in this season of gratitude as we help to support our N.E. community!

To learn more about the Little Kitchen, a no-boundaries, no-restrictions food shelf serving N.E. Mpls and beyond, visit: https://www.facebook.com/LittleKitchenFoodShelf/?fref=ts

November 19, 2015, Thursday - Preschool Holiday Session: Pressure Printing Greeting Cards at MCBA

Time: 1:30pm–2:30pm

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

Preschool Holiday Session: Pressure Printing Greeting Cards

For families with children ages 3-5

MCBA's workshops for preschoolers provide authentic studio art experiences for children 3 to 5 years old with an adult partner. These specialized workshops provide an introduction to the book arts focusing on pre-literacy skills. Each class starts with story time, with books that tie into that day's art activity. Adults are active participants in the classes, learning and working alongside preschoolers on a variety of hands-on activities.

November 18, 2015, Wednesday - Childcare Group Storytime at Central Library

Time: 10:00am

Location: Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall

Childcare Group Storytime

Talk, sing, read, write and play together in a format appropriate for the children in your care. Share books, stories, rhymes, music and movement.

November 16, 2015, Monday - Happy Hour for 3rd Ave S! with the Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition

Time: 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Location: Town Hall Brewery, 1430 S Washington Ave.

Happy Hour for 3rd Ave S!

It's time to work on 3rd once more! Let's make one big push to the City Council by e-mailing them and simultaneously enjoying a Happy Hour! Come, socialize, enjoy a drink, and e-mail your city Council Member (with conveniently provided laptops) to urge them to support the project. Fun AND Advocacy...what more could you want?! Join us on Monday, November 16th, 6:00-7:30pm, at Town Hall Brewery, 1430 S Washington Ave.

https://www.facebook.com/minneapolis.bicycle.coalition/

November 16, 2015, Monday - Friends of Webster Meeting

Time:  6:00pm - 7:00pm

Location: Webster Elementary, 425 5th St NE

Webster Elementary is holding a huge unveiling party on Saturday, January 23rd and needs your help!

The Friends of Webster/PTA is leading the planning effort but, to ensure success of this large event, is asking for your help in planning, organizing and promoting the event! If you or your business or organization is interested, please stop by our first planning meeting on November 16th at 6pm at Webster Elementary to learn more.

Please join us to discuss how to best promote Webster's big open house event on January 23rd, 2016 and hopefully create a few subcommittees to help with organization.

November 16, 2015, Monday - Preserve Minneapolis Annual Meeting at Whole Foods Market Hennepin

Time: 5:30pm - 7:30pm

Location: Whole Foods Market Hennepin, 222 South Avenue

Preserve Minneapolis Annual Meeting

Join us at our Annual Meeting to learn what we've been doing the over the past year and hear about our exciting (really!) new plans for the year ahead.

This event is free and open to the public and a great way to learn about what's going on with preservation in Minneapolis.

We will meet in the Community Room at Whole Foods on Hennepin. (https://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/service/community-classroom-wfm-hennepin)

November 15, 2015, Sunday - As Curated By: More than a Single Story at The Loft

Time: 2:30pm

Location: The Loft Literary Center, at Open Book (Performance Hall), 1011 Washington Ave

As Curated By: More than a Single Story

A series of Sunday afternoon panel discussions with Black women writers from across the diaspora.

Black writers often get lumped together as though there is only one voice from which they speak. In a powerful TED talk, Nigerian novelist, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie points out that there is never a single story. She says “It is vital to listen to the multiple stories of a person or a place, to truly engage and gain an objective and in-depth understanding of a subject being written about.”

In this series, writer Carolyn Holbrook will facilitate conversations with African American, Caribbean, and African women writers on the many voices and stories of Black women writers. Some discussion topics will include identity, the canon, and publishing.

This final discussion in the series will feature five African writers: Kari Mugo, Nimo H. Farah, Julia Nekessa Opoti, Adaobi Okolue, and Lula S. Saleh.

Carolyn Holbrook is a writer, educator, and long-time advocate for the healing power of the arts. Her passion for providing grassroots accessibility to the literary arts inspired her to create SASE: The Write Place in 1993. She led the organization until 2006, when she spearheaded its merger with Intermedia Arts. In 2005, she designed the Givens Foundation for African American Literature’s writers-in-the-schools program. In 2010, she was awarded the MN Book Awards Kay Sexton Award for long-standing dedication and outstanding work in fostering books, reading, and literary activity in Minnesota. Her book,Ordinary People, Extraordinary Journeys: How the St. Paul Companies Leadership Initiatives in Neighborhoods Program Changed Lives and Communities was published in 2013 and 2015. She is currently at work on a collection of personal essays. She teaches creative writing and composition at Hamline University and Minneapolis Community & Technical College.

Kari Mugo is a queer writer who was born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya and spent her formative years in the Midwest. She is a self-proclaimed Third Culture Kid, trying to find the balance in 3. Her writing focuses on identity, and creating visibility around marginalized experiences. When not mulling too deeply over things, she is making lists out of her lists. Kari is a contributor for Mshale Newspaper and Matador Network. Her work has also appeared, or will be featured on Autostraddle.com, Bitch Magazine, CurveMag.com, MnArtists.org, The Toast, and Racialicious.com. You can follow her on Twitter @the_warm_fruit.

Nimo H. Farah is an artist and activist who uses language to express things she finds too confusing. Her current undertaking is to develop her skills as an orator while blending Somali and English. She thinks herself charming and hilarious in the Somali language, but rarely does that humor translate into English. Her poetry and short stories have been published in Water~Stone Review,  the Saint Paul Almanac, and the Loft Inroads chapter book. As a storyteller she has shared her words at the Black Dog Café, the Loft, and Pillsbury House. She co-founded SALLI (Somali Arts Language & Leadership Institute), a nonprofit organization promoting art and literature in the Somali community. She is a 2014 Loft Spoken Word Immersion Fellow and a 2014 Bush Fellow and a recipient of  2015 Intermedia Arts VERVE grant.

Julia Nekessa Opoti is a communication and media practitioner working to create voice channels for some of Minnesota's most pressing political issues. Her work in media promotes the articulation by grassroots voices of often unheard perspectives on minority and immigrant life in Minnesota, particularly the Twin Cities. Her work explores such subjects as class, migration, education, sexuality, identity, and belonging from the immigrant and diaspora perspectives. Her work includes video production, research, and work in media as a publisher, editor, and journalist. She has recently begun to explore writing personal essays on migration, identity and family history. She produces and hosts "Reflections of New Minnesotans" a weekly talk show on AM 950.

Adaobi Okolue is a Nigerian-born writer, visual and performance artist, and creative producer who crafts stories and produces work that challenges the way we view ourselves and reveals the truths, brilliance, and ideas of the people we choose not to see. Adaobi is also the publisher at the Twin Cities Daily Planet, and has been a contributing artist to MaMa mOsAic for the past two years—where she was featured in the critically-acclaimed Blacker the Berry ensemble and exhibit at Intermedia Arts. Adaobi is a Givens Foundation Black Writers Collaborative alum, and holds a bachelor’s degree in strategic communications-public relations and African/African American Studies from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. 
         
Lula S. Saleh is a writer, poet, singer, and storyteller. Her work explores healing, trauma, diaspora, notions of home, and identity. She was a 2014 fellow in the Givens Foundation for African American Writers’ Collaborative Retreat mentoring program.

This event is free and open to the public.

November 15, 2015, Sunday - Open House at Mill District Dental

Time: 4:00pm - 8:00pm

Location: Mill District Dental, 1026 S Washington Ave Suite 100

Please join the team at Mill District Dental at our Open House!

We want to thank all our great patients who have helped get our practice off to a great start as well as welcome our neighbors, friends, and future patients! Please come meet Dr. Peters and staff, tour the office, grab a snack and a beverage, and say hello. We look forward to seeing you! There will also be a drawing for your choice of an electric toothbrush or $100 in Mill District Dental bucks, but you've got to show up to win!

November 15, 2015, Sunday - Tales of the Falls, a Storytelling Tour at Mill City Museum

Times: 1:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 2nd Street South

Fee: $14 adults, $12 seniors and college students, $10 children ages 6-17 and MHS members. Tour includes museum admission.

The story of the Minneapolis riverfront will come alive in this unique program led by master storyteller Richard Rousseau. Mr. Rousseau will spin three tales that weave the history of Saint Anthony Falls with the expectations of the present in three different historic spaces within Mill City Museum. Between storie, participants will walk to the next location while learning about the Washburn A Mill, the home of Mill City Museum.

Richard Rousseau has worked as an actor, director, playwright and storyteller for the last 45 years. He has extensive experience utilizing his storytelling techniques as a reenactor for the Minnesota Historical Society, and he is a member of the Science Live Acting Company at the Science Museum of Minnesota. He is nationally recognized for his educational scripts performed by museums across the country, and he is one of the founders of Northstar Storytelling League.

November 14, 2015, Saturday - NE Holiday Boutique Crawl

Time: 10:00am - 6:00pm

NE Holiday Boutique Crawl

Visit participating boutiques for a chance to win a $250 gift card to a Northeast business of your choice. Visit all of them for the best chance of winning.

November 14, 2015, Saturday - Downtown Community Choir — Rehearsal at Central Covenant Church

Time: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Location: Central Covenant Church, 810 S. 7th Street
 
The Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Association, MacPhail Center for Music and Emanuel Housing have partnered to pilot a free community choir.  All abilities welcome are welcome and there is no cost to participate.

J.D. Steele has graciously agreed to lead the choir. Contact Joan.Bennett@thedmna.org to pre-register.

REHEARSAL DATES:

2:00pm -3:30pm November 14th, December 5th and 12th