March 17, 2012, 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: recommended, 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 on this guided tour. 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. Also covered will be how the mill ruin was converted to a museum and office building.

Although many parts of the A mill can be explored on a self-guided basis during a regular museum visit, 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 as well as the Flour Tower show.

March 17, 2012, Saturday - Farmers Market at Local D'lish

Location:  Local D'Lish, 208 North 1st Street
 
Hours: 10:00am – 2:00pm

Local D'lish is hosting our Winter Farmers' Market for a fourth season. Please join us on the third Saturday of every month, November through April, as we transform our little store into a roaring indoor plaza full of commerce, good cheer, and free samples! You'll see all your favorite vendors from years past as well as several new ones throughout the season. Expect meat, cheese, apples, honey, baked goods, all natural skin care products, jams, chocolates, granola, coffee and so much more.

The 2011-2012 Winter Farmer-in-the-Market will be held on the following dates, from 10:00am – 2:00pm:

November 19, 2011
December 17, 2011
January 21, 2012
February 18, 2012
March 17, 2012
April 21, 2012

Questions?  Please feel free to call the store at 612-886-3047.

March 17, 2012, Saturday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 9:00pm  Cover: $6

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Tonight: the minor planets (dana thompson & eric christopher)

March 17, 2012, Saturday - Taste Twin Cities Downtown Minneapolis Skyway Tour

Time: 2:30pm

Location: 800 LaSalle Plaza (On Hennepin Avenue between 8th & 9th)

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 the newest and hottest award winning restaurant 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.

Register.

March 17, 2012, Saturday - Childish Films at Central Library

Time: 10:30am

Location: Pohlad Hall at Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall

Childish Films: The Gruffalo

A clever mouse roams through the forest in search of a nut, outsmarting all the other forest animals with his own invented creature, the Gruffalo.  An award-winning animated tale from the U.K., adapted from the book by Julia Donaldson. Preceded by a book-making activity with MN Center for Book Arts.

FILM:

The Gruffalo © Orange Eyes Limited, 2009. 30 min.

Doors open at 10 am for seating, snacks, and hands-on activities. Live pre-show performances begin at 10:30 am.

Childish Films @ the Library is a free program of children’s cinema and arts for all ages. Each screening features a pre-show activity, an educational introduction, and complimentary healthy snacks. Admission is free with open seating to the public. Admission is free with open seating to the public.

Most films are best enjoyed by ages 3 and older, but children and people of all ages are welcome to attend. If you have specific questions about the content of a particular film, please e-mail our curators. Children under the age of 12 must be accompanied by an adult. Call 612.543.8107 for more information.

March 16, 2012, Friday - Live Music at Crooked Pint

Time: 9:00pm  $5 Cover

Location: Crooked Pint Ale House, 501 Washington Avenue South

Tonight:  Daddy Squeeze

March 16, 2012, Friday - Sing Your Song Opens at St. Anthony Main Theatre

Times: See below

Locations: St. Anthony Main Theatre, 115 SE Main Street

The Film Society of Minneapolis St. Paul presents Sing Your Song, showing theatrically on Screen 3 at St. Anthony Main Theatre Friday, March 16, through Thursday, March 22.

Sing Your Song is an up-close look at a great American, Harry Belafonte.  A champion for worldwide civil and human rights, Belafonte is one of the truly heroic cultural and political figures of the past 60 years. The film charts Belafonte’s life - from his birth in New York and youth in Jamaica, and return to Harlem in his early teens where he discovers the American Negro Theater and the magic of performing. From there the film follows Belafonte’s rise from the jazz and folk clubs of Greenwich Village and Harlem to his emergence as a star, and as an activist.Sing your Song presents a look at the Civil Rights Movement through the eyes of an insider, someone who, despite his high profile, wasn’t afraid to spend time in the trenches.  From Harlem to Mississippi to Africa to South Central Los Angeles, Sing Your Song takes us on a journey through Belafonte’s life, work and, most of all, his conscience, as it inspires us all to action!

Showing Friday, March 16, through Thursday, March 22.  Times:

Fri 3/16 and Sat 3/17 at 1:15, 4:00, 7:00, 9:30

Sun 3/18 at 1:15, 4:00, 9:30

Mon 3/19 at 4:00, 7:00, 9:30

Tue 3/20 at 4:00, 7:00, 9:30

Wed 3/21 at 4:00, 7:00, 9:30

Thu 3/22 at 4:00, 9:30

The Film Society of Minneapolis St. Paul presents the very best of national and international independent cinema on Screen 3 at St. Anthony Main Theatre.  RSVP to events@mspfilmsociety.org or call 612.331.7563.

March 16, 2012, Friday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 9:00pm  Cover: $10

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Tonight:  Havana Hi-Fi

March 16, 2012, Friday - 20th Annual Beat The Odds Celebration at The Depot

Times:  Silent Auction/Reception 6:00pm
              Dinner/Awards Ceremony 8:00pm

Location: The Depot, 225 3rd Avenue South

RSVP by March 1

The Children's Defense Fund Beat the Odds® program honors outstanding high schools students who have overcome tremendous adversity, demonstrated academic excellence and given back to their communities. Started in 1990, the program identifies and rewards young people who have experienced significant hardship in their lives and supports and trains them to become future leaders in adulthood. CDF-Minnesota holds this high-profile awards event to send a clear signal that someone does care and understand what it takes to stay in school and do well while coping with adversity in their personal lives.
 
Not only do these awards events celebrate the scholarship recipients, they demonstrate that behind each successful child is at least one caring adult. They also are meant to inspire community leaders and citizens who want to help children struggling to overcome adversity. CDF encourages you to attend this event and learn more about how you can help support outstanding high school students become future leaders in adulthood.

March 15, 2012, Thursday - Taste Twin Cities Downtown Minneapolis Skyway Tour

Time: 2:30pm

Location: 800 LaSalle Plaza (On Hennepin Avenue between 8th & 9th)

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 the newest and hottest award winning restaurant 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.

Register.

March 14, 2012, Wednesday - A Sip of Science at Aster Cafe

Time: 5:30pm

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 SE Main Street

A Sip of Science: Seeing Through the Mud: Exploring the Long-Term History of Wild Rice Lakes (and Some Other Lakes Too).

Climate change and human impacts on Minnesota's landscape have altered the habitat of wild rice (Zizania palustris; manoomin in Ojibwe, psin in Dakota).  Management and restoration of wild rice can be informed by research that uses core samples from the beds of wild rice lakes.  The University of Minnesota is supporting the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa to trace the historical distribution and growing conditions of manoomin in the reservation's wild rice lakes, while involving middle school through tribal college students in research projects and internships. 
 
Join Department of Earth Sciences researcher Amy Myrbo for a whirlwind tour of how we can use core samples from not only wild rice lakes, but other important urban and local lakes, to get students of all ages excited about the connections between science, history, and culture in their own back yards.
 
About Amy:
 
Dr. Amy Myrbo is a research associate and lab manager at LacCore, the National Lacustrine Core Facility, at the University of Minnesota.  She completed a BA in English literature at the University before leaping into the Geology Ph.D. program.  Her research includes the geochemistry and sedimentology of lakes; she is also working on the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's project evaluating the sulfate water-quality standard to protect wild rice waters.
 
A SIP OF SCIENCE bridges the gap between science and culture in a setting that bridges the gap between brain and belly. Food, beer, and learning are on the menu in a happy hour forum in which researchers pair with musicians, artists and storytellers to put science in context through storytelling.

March 14, 2012, Wednesday - Todd Boss Publication Reading at the Loft

Time  7:00pm

Location: The Loft, Performance Hall, 1011 Washington Avenue South

Todd Boss reads from his new poetry collection, Pitch, published by W.W. Norton in February.

Todd Boss grew up on an 80 acre cattle farm in west central Wisconsin. He is the author of a previous poetry collection, Yellowrocket (W.W. Norton, 2008). He has an MFA from the University of Alaska-Anchorage and his poems have appeared in Poetry, The New Yorker, The London Times, and Best American Poetry. In 2009, Virginia Quarterly named Yellowrocket one of the ten best poetry books of the year. The collection was also selected as the Midwest Bookseller Association's Honor Book for Poetry and was nominated for a Minnesota Book Award. Panic, Todd's verse retelling of Knut Hamson's novella Pan, will premiere as an evening-length piece for piano and voice in the fall of 2012, arranged by Boston Conservatory's Andy Vores.

Todd is the founding co-director of Motionpoems, a poetry film initiative now collaborating with Scribner's Best American Poetry. He lives in north suburban Saint Paul with his wife and children.

March 13, 2012, Tuesday - Books & Bars Series at Aster Cafe

Times: 

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

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 SE Main Street

Book: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

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

March 13, 2012, Tuesday - Colonel Sibley and the 3rd Minnesota in the Dakota Uprising of 1862 at Central Library

Time: 7:00pm

Location: Central Library, Doty Board Room, 300 Nicollet Mall

Colonel Sibley and the 3rd Minnesota in the Dakota Uprising of 1862

Noted Civil War historian Dr. Joseph Fitzharris will examine the experience of the 3rd Minnesota Volunteer Infantry in the 1862 Dakota War. Captured by Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest in July, they were exchanged and returned to Minnesota by August 1862.

Sponsored by Friends of the Minneapolis Central Library.

March 13, 2012, Tuesday - DMNA Board Meeting at Central Library

Time: 6:00pm

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

Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Association

Sampling from tonight's agenda:

- A presentation of the Izzy's Ice Cream site plan and other planning applications by owner Jeff Sommers, architect David Salmela and CPED Project Coordinator Miles Mercer.
- Washington Avenue Reconstruction presentation.
- Mill City Farmers Market presentation.

March 11, 2012, Sunday - Concerto & Aria Concert at MacPhail

Time:  3:30pm

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

FREE Admission

Featured soloists on the program are:
William Arnold, percussion; student of Bob Adney
Kenji Cataldo, piano; student of Judy Lin
Dohyun Kim, piano; student of Pınar Basgoze
Colleen Meier, voice; student of Audrey Stottler
Hannah Starr, voice; student of Momoko Tanno
Aria Stiles, violin; student of Lucinda Marvin

The Concerto and Aria Concert is MacPhail's premier performance event featuring students performing solos with a professional orchestra under the baton of acclaimed guest conductor Marlene Pauley. The concert celebrates the highest honor that a MacPhail student can achieve. Soloists are selected by two rounds of competitive auditions, they receive award certificates and a special reception is held in their honor. 
 
The program will feature music by Saint-Saëns, Mozart, Strauss, Creston and Gilbert and Sullivan. Join us for this rare opportunity to see six of MacPhail's finest students perform with a professional orchestra!

March 10, 2012, Saturday - Live Music at Crooked Pint

Time: 10:00pm  $10 Cover

Locatio10: Crooked Pint Ale House, 501 Washington Avenue South

Tonight:  Salsa Del Soul

March 10, 2012, Saturday - Mill City Bake-Off Challenge at Mill City Museum

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 Second Street South

Time: 10:00am to 3:30pm.  Demonstrations at 1:00pm and 3:00pm

In honor of the 45th Pillsbury Bake-off, Mill City staff will create an original recipe on-the-spot using the Pillsbury Bake-off official list of qualifying ingredients. Audience members will choose what ingredients they want to see in the recipe and two adventurous staff members, in true test kitchen style, will experiment live in front of the Baking Lab audience to see if they can create a “winning recipe.” Visitors will taste the new recipes and pick a winner. Learn about the 45-year history of the Pillsbury Bake-Off, sample treats, get baking tips and make a recipe card to take home a copy of our brand-new original recipe.

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

March 10, 2012, Saturday - Let's Play Cards! Family Workshop at MCBA

Time: 10:00am - noon

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

For families with children ages 2-10.

Listen to Play by Ann Morris and play lots of our card games and games with cards. Make rubber card game stamps and print several sets of them on our printing press. Use your cards to create your games -- Bingo, Go Fish, dominos, Concentration, Match-Up and more. Don’t forget to trade cards with your new friends, too!

Join Ellen Ferrari for Saturday mornings of family book arts fun! Each workshop starts off with a story and game to warm up your creativity and then dives into a book arts project. Workshops accommodate a range of developmental levels so that adults and children (or) adult/child teams may choose to work together or side-by-side. Each participant receives supplies to use during the workshop, but may choose to bring one set home if working with his or her partner. Ellen will provide older children with suggestions for extending their learning.

$30 ($27 members) per adult/child pair; $15 ($14) each additional participant.

March 10, 2012, Saturday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 9:00pm  Cover: $10

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Tonight: jake armerding & ben rosenbush