February 23, 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.

February 22, 2012, Wednesday - Breakfast with a Preservationist at the Mill City Museum

Time: 8:00am to 9:00am

Location: Mill City Museum, 710 South Second Street

Preserve Minneapolis’ first Breakfast of 2012 will focus on the talented Theron P. Healy, a master builder responsible for several nineteenth-century Queen Anne houses in Minneapolis. Researcher Anders Christensen will present a sumptuous sampling of Healy houses along with a biographical sketch of Healy’s brilliant career. Christensen led a tour of Healy homes on Lowry Hill as part of the 2011 Historic Walking and Biking Tours.

Parking is available in a public ramp across the street or in metered spaces along South Second Street. Coffee and bakery goods will be available, as will the usual great questions and commentary. This event is free.

This event is free! Breakfast treats and coffee will be provided (donations are welcome!). Metered parking is available on the street and in a parking garage across from the museum.

Visit Preserve Minneapolis for other events.

February 22, 2012, Wednesday - Red, Rojo, Rouge Dinner at Spill the Wine

Seating Time: 6:30pm

Location:  Spill the Wine, 1101 Washington Avenue South

$45/person (tax included)

Wednesday Wine Event
4 course dinner featuring all red vino! Presented by Mary Beth Gallagher with Wine Merchants and Chef Craig Johnson.

featuring:
m. chapoutier cotes du rhone belleruiche (france)
rioja vega (spain)
sokol blosser red (oregon)
marietta old vine red (alexander valley)

Reservations.

February 21, 2012, Tuesday - Chefs for Change at People Serving People

Time:  7:00pm-9:00pm (shelter tours beginning at 6:30)

Location:  People Serving People, 614 South 3rd Street

Chefs for Change: A Chef's Table Culinary Experience

Chefs for Change is a cooking demonstration and an elegant dinner party with a purpose. It is hosted by a top executive chef from the Twin Cites Metro area. Over the past several years, chefs from restaurants including The Oceanaire Seafood Room, Porter and Frye and Capital Grille have hosted Chefs for Change events on one or more occasion.

The February 21 Chefs for Change dinner is with Nipa Bhatt.  Nipa will not only prepare a delightful Indian-American fusion dinner, she will teach guests how to make Indian food at home with ease. Nipa gained notoriety as a contestant on The Next Food Network Star in 2009, and is excited to bring fusion cuisine to People Serving People this February!

Chefs for Change is held approximately once a month in People Serving People's industrial kitchen. It is an intimate setting of 30-40 guests interested in a "chef’s table" experience followed by a five course meal with wine pairings. It is a unique experience to share with friends or acquaintances, and opportunity for restaurants to gain unique recognition and exposure.

Chefs provide all of the food with wine pairings and recipes for guests to take home. Guests are to experience the unique flavor of the particular restaurant, as well as establish rapport with the chef and servers.

Anyone can enjoy this unique dining experience with 100% of the proceeds benefiting People Serving People. To purchase a ticket for this exclusive event, or if you are a chef interested in hosting a Chefs for Change, email Lauren Rimestad at lrimestad@peopleservingpeople.org or call her directly at 612-277-0219.

February 21, 2012, Tuesday - Talk of the Stacks with David Treuer at Central Library

Time: 7:00pm

Location: Pohlad Hall at Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall

David Treuer, acclaimed author of Little, The Hiawatha and The Translation of Dr. Apelles, has received a Pushcart Prize, the Minnesota Book Award, and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Bush Foundation for his work. A professor of literature and creative writing at the University of Southern California, he divides his time between Los Angeles and Leech Lake Reservation in Minnesota. In Rez Life, his first full-length work of nonfiction, Treuer uses his novelist storytelling skills and eye for complex and subtle detail to examine Native American reservation life, past and present.

“Out of the people and places of Native America David Treuer has crafted a story of vital interest to all Americans.” — Vice President Walter Mondale

Program is free and open to the public. Seating is first-come, first-served. Program begins at 7 PM. Doors open at 6:15 PM. Book sale and signing follow presentation. For more information: 612.543.8107.

A program of Friends of the Hennepin County Library, with volunteer support from Friends of the Minneapolis Central Library. Premier sponsor: The Private Client Reserve of U.S. Bank. Supporting sponsor: Dorsey and Whitney LLP. Additional support provided by Marquette Hotel, Minn Post and Magers and Quinn Booksellers.

Talk of the Stacks

February 20, 2012, Monday - Publication Reading: Krys Lee at the Loft

Time  7:00pm

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

Krys Lee reads from her debut collection Drifting House (Penguin, 2012). Of her new collection, Pulitzer winner Philip Schultz wrote, "Sometimes with luck, passion, and great skill, fiction accomplishes things nothing else can, things of magical and abiding significance. Krys Lee’s debut story collection is such a book."

Krys Lee was born in Seoul, South Korea, raised in California and Washington, and studied in the United States and England. She was a finalist for Best New American Voices in 2006, received a special mention in the 2012 Pushcart Prize XXXVI, and her work has appeared in The Kenyon Review, Narrative, California Quarterly, Asia Weekly, the Guardian, and she has articles forthcoming in Condé Nast Traveller (UK) and the New Statesman. She lives in Seoul with intervals in San Francisco.

February 18, 2012, Saturday - Dying to Make It Rock Opera at Southern Theater

Two Shows:
Friday, February 17  8:00pm
Saturday, February 18  7:00pm

Location:  The Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Avenue South

Dying to Make It - A Rock Opera Written and Performed by Apocalypse USO

A two-year labor of love among a group of veteran independent Twin Cities musicians will culminate in the debut performance of “Dying to Make It,” an indy rock opera.

Dying to Make It is the story of Paul, a youn gocker who dies ina post-gig motorcycle crash. Not aware of his situation, Paul wakes up in Purgatory, which to him looks just like the real world, but is populated only by other lost souls. The souls are subject to influences both good and evil. The underlying secret is that the choices Paul makes in this world will decide his ultimate destination.

Dying to Make It is the Story of Paul's Journey.

Tickets

February 18, 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.

February 18, 2012, Saturday - Live Music at Crooked Pint

Time: 9:00pm  $8 Cover

Location: Crooked Pint Ale House, 501 Washington Avenue South

Tonight: Patty Peterson

February 18, 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.

February 18, 2012, Saturday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 9:00pm  Cover: $8

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Tonight:  brianna lane

February 18, 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.

February 18, 2012, Saturday - Childish Films at Central Library

Time: 10:30am

Location: Pohlad Hall at Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall

Childish Films: For Kids By Kids

Watch prize-winning animated films made by Camera-etc., an international collective of animators working with children to create hand-made artistic films that tell the children’s own stories. (Note: all films have some English subtitles, which adultsmay read aloud for children.)

Come enjoy and be a part of a pre-show interactive shadow puppet performance by Emily Zimmer.

FILMS:

    Brundo The Bear © Camera-etc, 2009. 4 min.
    It Was Not A Wolf© Camera-etc, 2010. 4 min.
    Paola The Good Layer© Camera-etc, 2008. 5 min.
    I’m Hungry© Camera-etc, 2008. 4 min.
    Sound People© Camera-etc, 2008. 12 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.

February 17, 2012, Friday - A Wine Affair – Tour de France at St. Anthony Main Event Centre

Time: 6:30pm – 9:30pm

Location: St. Anthony Main Event Centre, 219 Main Street SE

The first A Wine Affair of 2012 will take a culinary "Tour de France."

Join organizers to celebrate Valentine's with your loved one or come to simply enjoy the sumptuous food prepared by Executive Chef Ben McCallum. This month's dinner features wines from several regions of France. Sample varieties from Bordeaux, Burgundy, the Loire Valley, Medoc and Provence while feasting on rich French cuisine. Executive Chef Benjamin McCallum revisits his roots in traditional French cuisine and creates another menu masterpiece with courses to complement each of the six wines selected.

Buy tickets before February 15 for $50 per person. Tickets include a six-course menu created by Chef Ben, wine tasting, coffee, desserts,and a cash bar.  Information

February 17, 2012, Friday - 'Dying to Make It' Rock Opera at Southern Theater

Two Shows:
Friday, February 17  8:00pm
Saturday, February 18  7:00pm

Location:  The Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Avenue South

Dying to Make It - A Rock Opera Written and Performed by Apocalypse USO

A two-year labor of love among a group of veteran independent Twin Cities musicians will culminate in the debut performance of “Dying to Make It,” an indy rock opera.

Dying to Make It is the story of Paul, a youn gocker who dies ina post-gig motorcycle crash. Not aware of his situation, Paul wakes up in Purgatory, which to him looks just like the real world, but is populated only by other lost souls. The souls are subject to influences both good and evil. The underlying secret is that the choices Paul makes in this world will decide his ultimate destination.

Dying to Make It is the Story of Paul's Journey.

Tickets

February 17, 2012, Friday - Live Music at Crooked Pint

Time: 9:00pm  $10 Cover

Location: Crooked Pint Ale House, 501 Washington Avenue South

Tonight:  Davina and the Vagabonds

February 17, 2012, Friday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 9:00pm  Cover: $10

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Tonight:  noah hoehn

February 16, 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.

February 15, 2012, Wednesday - Publication Reading: JoAnn Guernsey & Ethna McKiernan at the Loft

Time  7:00pm

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

JoAnn Guernsey has been a writer, teacher, and freelance editor for almost 35 years. She began working on Glass Asylum after receiving a McKnight Fellowship. She has written 19 fiction and nonfiction books for young readers (published primarily by Clarion Books and Lerner Publications), as well as several stories in journals and anthologies including one story selected by Susie Bright for The Best American Erotica of 1997. She also collaborated with Jim Brandenburg to write four award-winning books for children chronicling some of his adventures as a wildlife photographer and environmentalist. Glass Asylum is a novel about a troubled woman who attempts to escape reality by becoming a fiction writer and, in a sense, rewriting her life.

Ethna McKiernan has been twice awarded a Minnesota State Arts Board grant in poetry, most recently in 2011 for the completion of  her newest book, Sky Thick With Fireflies. She has won artist residencies at Annaghmakerrig and at Centrum Port Townsend, WA. McKiernan’s first book Caravan (Dedalus Press and Midwest Villages & Voices, Minneapolis) was a Minnesota Book Award Nominee. Characterized by Booklist as a poet with “an exacting sense of metaphor,” McKiernan’s second book is The One Who Swears You Can’t Start Over (Salmon Poetry), about which the Corresponder wrote, “McKiernan is a poet’s poet, assuming one believes emotion is the beating heart of literature.”  McKiernan ran an Irish book distribution outfit (Irish Books and Media) for almost three decades and has worked the past four years for a nonprofit serving the Minneapolis homeless. She holds an MFA from Warren Wilson Program for Writers.

February 14, 2012, Tuesday - Valentine's Dinner with Music by Caleb Hawley at Aster Cafe

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

The Aster Cafe will be doing 2 seatings for the evening:

The first seating is at 5:00pm, and is for dinner only.
The featured Valentine's menu is $30 per-person, and includes a glass of white wine, red wine, sparkling wine, or non-alcoholic beverage.

The second seating is for music and dinner.
The second seating begins at 6:45, and is staggered every 15 minutes up to the 7:30pm showtime.
The second seating Valentine's Day menu is $45 per-person, which includes the ticket price of the show, the 3-course menu, including a glass of white wine, red wine, sparkling wine, or non-alcoholic beverage.

There is also a small plates ala carte menu being offered in addition to the evening's 3-course menu.