November 24, 2013, Sunday - Cake Mix and the Rise of Convenience Foods at Mill City Museum

Times: 2:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 2nd Street South

Cake Mix and the Rise of Convenience Foods

Fee: Programs included with museum admission of $11 adults, $9 seniors and college students, $6 children ages 6-17; free for MHS members.

The postwar era of the late 1940s and 1950s ushered in a new era of kitchen conveniences. Many of the technologies that made this possible were developed by the American food industry during the Second World War. Did housewives want these easy-to-use products and appliances or were food companies creating a market for their goods by exaggerating the drudgery of home cooking? Using the example of the cake mix, this demonstration will answer this question, highlighting the dramatic changes in cooking habits during this era and how those innovations affect our lives today. Visitors will learn about food history, sample cakes made from scratch and from mix, and take home a copy of a recipe.

November 23, 2013, Saturday - Equilibrium: "Half-Breed" featuring PC Muñoz and Erica Nalani Benton at The Loft

Time: 8:00pm

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

Equilibrium: "Half-Breed" featuring PC Muñoz and Erica Nalani Benton

A showcase of mixed-race Indigenous poets featuring Loft Spoken Word Immersion Fellow PC Muñoz, with Erica Nalani Benton, Emily Johnson, Jennifer Kreisberg, R. Vincent Moniz Jr, and DJ Nak.

"A night featuring a wonderful cross-section of multiracial indigenous voices could be called a number of beautiful, soulful things. I titled the event HALF-BREED as a way to deflate and subvert a term which has decidedly pejorative overtones, and to directly confront the caricatures and stereotypes that have long been associated with mixed-race people of all backgrounds. For better or worse, it has nothing to do with Cher.”
 -PC Muñoz

Loft Immersion Spoken Word Fellow PC Muñoz is a half-Chamoru (indigenous Guamanian), half-European recording artist, poet, and musician based in San Francisco. His genre-defying projects are stylistically broad and deep, revealing an artistic explorer equally at home with spoken-word, electronic funk, all-acoustic hip-hop, world music mash-ups, and experimental compositions for dance. His partnership with composer/longtime Kronos Quartet cellist Joan Jeanrenaud has yielded two highly acclaimed projects: the Grammy-nominated album Strange Toys and the iTunes-charting cello and beats duo album Pop-Pop. His minimalist poetry-and-improvised music CD, Twenty Haiku, took the "Best in Spoken Word" award at the 2006 DIY awards in Hollywood, CA. An enthusiastic collaborator, PC has recorded with rock legend Jackson Browne, dream-pop poet Ingrid Chavez, Kulintang virtuoso Danny Kalanduyan, Anthony Brown of the Asian American Orchestra, and countless other musicians and recording artists across a wide range of genres. His latest release, The Space Between, is a series of instrumentals based on poetic word pairs, with avant-garde pianist Ira Kamin. Learn more at http://www.pcmunoz.com/

$5/$3 for students and Loft members

November 23, 2013, Saturday - Pie Crusts and Poems: The Secret's in the Telling at Mill City Museum

Time: 12:30pm and 2:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 2nd Street South

Pie Crusts and Poems: The Secret's in the Telling

Fee: Programs included with museum admission of $11 adults, $9 seniors and college students, $6 children ages 6-17; free for MHS members.

Visit the Baking Lab to experience pie as you've never experienced it before with Seattle's "Pie Poet" Kate Lebo. Kate will demonstrate how to create the perfect crust while she redefines the relationship between pie and those who love it with poems, stories and discussion.

Kate Lebo owns the Seattle Pie School, has won the annual Cake vs. Pie competition in Washington State for the past few years, and is author of the new book "A Commonplace Book of Pie." She also teaches creative writing at the University of Washington and writes poetry.

November 23, 2013, Saturday - One Minneapolis One Read: Choosing Your Weapons at Central Library

Time:  10:30am–Noon

Location: Central Library, Pohlad Hall, 300 Nicollet Mall

One Minneapolis One Read: Choosing Your Weapons

For families. Through dance, media and sound, this family-friendly performance will explore the life of photographer and poet Gordon Parks as he made difficult choices that shaped the course of his life. This newly commissioned piece by the Ways Ensemble combines the creativity of the Cottman family. Presented in support of One Minneapolis One Read.

Sponsored by Friends of the Minneapolis Central Library.

November 23, 2013, Saturday - Mill City Farmers Market at the Mill City Museum

Time: 10:00am - 1:00pm

Location: Winter Markets are held inside the Mill City Museum, 704 South 2nd Street

In addition to an assortment of seasonal produce, there will be pasture-raised meats, eggs and cheeses, whole grains, artisan preserves, pickled goods, fine chocolate, coffee beans, cultivated mushrooms, and so much more!  There will be also be a wide selection of unique, handcrafted artwork, jewelry, and other great gift items for your holiday shopping needs!Come hungry and fill your tummies with fine fare from Chef Shack, tasty momos from Gorkha Palace, and sandwiches, salads, and more from D’amico and Sons.

Produce Planner: apples, arugula, beets, carrots, kale, spinach, Swiss chard, collard greens, lettuce, mizuna, bok choi, leeks, mustard greens, pac choi, cilantro, parsley, dried and fresh peppers, celery root, potatoes, Brussels sprouts, radishes, rutabagas, turnips, butternut squash, buttercup squash, kabocha squash, acorn squash, pie pumpkins, onions, garlic, dried shiitakes, salsify, cabbage, and MORE!

Live Music, 11 am – 1 pm: Back by popular demand: Moonlight Duo! Featuring an eclectic mix of traditional Southern roots music, bluesy old-time songs, and Appalachian and Irish dance tunes spiced with Cajun and country swing.

Art Market, all day, featuring: Crookedwood, The Abbey, Matthew Krousey, Aprilierre, and Anna Metcalfe!

Additional Mill City Farmers Market 2013-2014 Winter Market dates:

December 14
January 11
February 8
March 8
March 15 (at the Arboretum, Chanhassen)
April 12

November 23, 2013, Saturday - Buzzedwords: Improv and Online News at Aster Cafe

Time: Doors at 8, the show starts at 9:00pm

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Buzzedwords is a live discussion and game show featuring two interesting people, a bottle of whiskey, and ten forbidden words. Hosted by Jeff Kamin.

We will be on the restaurant side this time, so you can order some of the Aster's world class food. 

Tickets

November 23, 2013, Saturday - Bluegrass Brunch at Aster Cafe

Time: 11:00am - 1:00pm No Cover

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Bluegrass Brunch featuring: Dan Newton

November 23, 2013, Saturday - Taste Twin Cities Downtown Minneapolis Skyway Tour

Time: 2:00pm

Location: Begins at LaSalle Plaza (800 LaSalle Plaza), located on Hennepin Ave between 8th & 9th Street; ends at Metro Building (80 9th Street S).

Taste Twin Cities Food Tours

While it's chilly outside, join us as we weave our way through the cozy corners of downtown Minneapolis skyways on a food adventure. We will stroll through the "Broadway" Theatre District and enjoy VIP service as we visit some of the newest and hottest award winning restaurants downtown has to offer. The tour includes seeing the Minneapolis skyscraper that was modeled after the Washington Monument and visiting the famous Statue of Mary Richards tossing her hat. Along the way we will also visit quaint eateries that have pride in local ownership; including a favorite since 1932. You will participate in tea sampling and learn the secrets behind the great food you are enjoying. You'll leave the tour with a tasty experience of some of the best food finds Minneapolis has to offer all while learning history of downtown and soaking in the local culture.

•Indoor 3 hour walking tour in the heart of downtown Minneapolis using the skyway system
•Saturdays at 2:30pm; during the Holiday Season Friday and Saturday at 2:30pm
•Flat route with slight inclines and declines, approximately .8 of a mile, bathrooms available at some stops
•5 stops, with 10-12 tastings
•Tour limited to 12 people, advance tickets required. Private tours available for larger groups.
•Begins at LaSalle Plaza (800 LaSalle Plaza), located on Hennepin Ave between 8th & 9th Street; ends at Metro Building (80 9th Street S)
•$45/pp

Register

November 22, 2013, Friday - Family Storytime at Central Library

Time: 10:30am

Location: Central Library, Children's Library, 300 Nicollet Mall

For children age 2 and up. Share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement with your children.

November 22, 2013, Friday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 9:00 pm - 11:30 pm $7

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Tonight: Jordan Holt + Bomba de Luz + Holly Hansen + Sabastian Love

November 21, 2013, Thursday - DMNA Board Meeting at Central Library

Time: 6:00pm

Location: Central Library, Room  N-304, 300 Nicollet Mall

Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Association and Agenda.

November 21, 2013, Thursday - Left Behind: A Reading Commemorating International Suicide Survivor's Day at The Loft

Time: 7:00pm

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

Left Behind: A Reading Commemorating International Suicide Survivor's Day
 
Every year, survivors of suicide gather together in locations around the world to feel a sense of community, promote healing, and connect with others who have had a similar experience. This year, join writers Melanie Hoffert, Juliet Patterson, and Matt Rasmussen in advance of International Suicide Survivor's Day (November 23, 2013) to commemorate this event with an evening of literature.

Melanie Hoffert grew up on a farm near Wyndmere, North Dakota where she spent her childhood meandering gravel roads and listening to farmers at church potlucks. She has an MFA in creative writing from Hamline University, where she received the Outstanding Creative Nonfiction Thesis Award. Her essay "Going Home" won the Creative Nonfiction Award from The Baltimore Review; additionally, The Allure of Grain Trucks was selected as a finalist for the Writers at Work Fellowship Competition and also won the New Millennium Writings Creative Nonfiction Award. The Loft Literary Center selected her as a finalist for the Loft Mentor Series twice. Her work has also appeared in Muse & Stone and The Mochila Review. Prairie Silence is her first book.
 
Juliet Patterson is the author of The Truant Lover, winner of the Nightboat Poetry Prize, and Dirge, a chapbook recently published by Albion Books. Her poems and essays have appeared in numerous magazines including 26, American Letters & Commentary, Arts & Letters, Crazyhorse, Indiana Review, and Verse. Her recent awards include the 2011 Arts & Letters Susan Atefat Prize in Non-Fiction, 201 0 Lynda Hull Memorial Poetry Prize, and a fellowship from the Minneapolis-based Institute for Community and Cultural Development. She lives in Minneapolis.
 
Matt Rasmussen is the author of Black Aperture, which was selected by Jane Hirshfield as the winner of the 2013 Walt Whitman Award and was longlisted for the National Book Award. His poetry has been published or is forthcoming in The Literary Review, Gulf Coast, Water~Stone Review, Paper Darts, Poets.org and elsewhere. He is the recipient of grants and residencies from the McKnight Foundation, Minnesota State Arts Board, Jerome Foundation, The Anderson Center, and The Corporation of Yaddo. He received a 2014 Pushcart Prize and is a founder and editor of the independent poetry press Birds, LLC. He lives in Robbinsdale, Minnesota.

November 21, 2013, Thursday - East Downtown Council Forum Luncheon

Time: Registration begins at 11:30am, EDC Update at Noon, followed by guest presentations

Location: Best Western Normandy Inn, 405 S. 8th Street

November 21 EDC Business Forum: Envisioning Downtown Minneapolis in 2025: Part One

Featuring Collin Barr, Chair of the Minneapolis Downtown Council and the Downtown Improvement District and Mikkel Beckman, Director of Heading Home Hennepin.

Please RSVP by Monday, November 18, at 4 p.m., to be included in the lunch count.  You can register by sending an email to info@edcmpls.org. The cost to attend the lunch is $15.00.

FORUM SUMMARY

The Downtown 2025 Plan was developed by the Minneapolis Downtown Council to cast a bold vision of growth for Downtown Minneapolis, including doubling the residential population, 21st century transportation innovation, and forging new connection to the University of Minnesota. The 2025 initiatives are critically important to economic vitality of the East Downtown district.

Collin Barr is Chair of the Minneapolis Downtown Council and the Downtown Improvement District. Mikkel Beckmen is the Director of Hennepin County's Office to End Homelessness.  He leads the Heading Home Hennepin initiative, which is the City of Minneapolis and Hennepin County community's 10-year plan to end homeless by 2016.  Beckmen is also a leader on the 2025 Plan “Downtown Community” committee.

This forum will cover an overview of the 2025 Plan, and the specific initiatives related to community development; including, working toward being the first major U.S. city to end street homelessness and providing diverse housing options for all.

FORUM AGENDA
I.   Noon - Welcome and Introductions, Dan Collison (10 Minutes)
II.  12:10 p.m. - Overview of 2025 Plan, Collin Barr (10 Minutes)
III. 12:20 p.m. - 2025 Downtown Community Presentation focusing on street homelessness and housing: Mikkel Beckmen (30 Minutes)
IV.  12:50 p.m. - Q & A Moderated by Dan Collison (10 Minutes)
V.    1:00 p.m. - Announcements and Adjournment

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES

Collin Barr
Collin Barr is the Chair of the Minneapolis Downtown Council and Downtown Improvement District, and the President of the Minnesota Region for Ryan Companies. Barr is an experienced developer and has led numerous projects in both suburban and urban areas for companies such as Target Corporation, Starwood Hotels and Resorts, and The Hartford.

MIkkel Beckmen
After serving as director of St. Stephen's human services programs, and working on homeless issues for more than 22 years in several different organizations, Mikkel Beckmen was named the head of the Office of Homelessness in Hennepin County (including Heading Home Hennepin) in 2013.

November 20, 2013, Wednesday - MPRB 2014 Budget Public Comment Session

Time: 5:00pm

Location: MPRB Headquarters, 2117 West River Road

Proposed 2014 Minneapolis Park Board Budget Continues Focus on Fiscal Responsibility, Service Delivery and Maintaining Park System.

The Superintendent's Recommended 2014 Budget for the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) focuses on maintaining park services and facilities, strategically addressing financial and operational challenges, improving organizational efficiency and service delivery, and addressing threats to the urban tree canopy.

The proposed budget and budget related documents are available for viewing at www.minneapolisparks.org/budget or by calling 612-230-6400. The public may comment on the proposed budget during the following times:

Nov. 20, Public Comment Session – Regular Board meeting at 5 pm.

Dec. 11, Public Hearing – City of Minneapolis public hearing on 2014 tax levy and 2014 Budget, City Hall, Council Chambers Room 317, 350 South 5th Street, Minneapolis, at 6:05 pm.

Click here for full announcement and details.

November 20, 2013, Wednesday - Genealogy Research: Get Started at Central Library

Time: 10:30am–Noon

Location: Best Buy Learning Lab at Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall

Genealogy Research: Get Started

Register Online or call 612-543-8000.

Learn how to access family history resources, including census and immigration records and the best of what's available at the library and the Web.

November 20, 2013, Wednesday - RLife LIVE at The Depot

Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Location: The Depot Renaissance Minneapolis Hotel, 225 3rd Avenue South

Acoustic Performance by Vinnie Rose from 6-8pm

Plus, Discovery Hour from 3pm-6pm
$3.50 Domestic Taps & Well Highballs
$4.50 House Wine and Micro Tap Beer

November 19, 2013, Tuesday - Gettysburg Remembered: Nov. 19, 1863-2013 at Central Library

Time: 6:30pm–8:00pm

Location: Central Library, Pohlad Hall, 300 Nicollet Mall

Gettysburg Remembered: Nov. 19, 1863-2013

Registration required, begins Oct 22. Register online or call 612-543-8000.

Veteran Gettysburg Battlefield guide John D. Cox, author of "Gettysburg: A History for the People," will share stories from Gettysburg as Minnesotans commemorate the 150th anniversary of this critical Civil War battle. Remembrance Day (Nov. 19, 1863) will be honored with President Abraham Lincoln's unforgettable Gettysburg Address.

Presented in collaboration with Brooklyn Historical Society and other local historical societies and museums.

November 19, 2013, Tuesday - Dome Running

Time: 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Location: The Dome (upper level)

Dome Running

This is the last year of Dome Running as we know it. Please join us in the 31st year!

Dome running is every Tuesday and Thursday through December 26. The remaining dates for 2013 are: November 19, 21, 28. December 3, 5, 10, 12, 17, 19, 26.

Cost is $1. Enter at Gate D, free parking in the upper Dome lot.

For questions contact Rick Recker at 612 375-0805.

November 19, 2013, Tuesday - Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission Public Meeting

Time: 4:30pm

Location: Room 317, City Hall, 350 South Fifth Street

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November 18, 2013, Monday - Mill District Neighborhood Assoc Meeting at the Mill City Museum

Time:  6:30pm – 8:00pm

Location - Mill City Museum, 6th Floor ADM Conference Room  (Enter at 710 2nd Street South - Arrive early to assure a seat.)

Agenda: 

Jacob Frey, Council Member-Elect will host a "Town Hall" style forum to hear our views and share his priorities for the new 3rd Ward.