December 11, 2011, Sunday - An 'Eventually' Christmas: Holidays at the Mill at Mill City Museum

Times: 6:00pm, 7:00pm and 8:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 2nd Street South

An 'Eventually' Christmas: Holidays at the Mill

Dates: December 2, 9, 10, 11

This unique theatrical event performed in the museum's Flour Tower elevator ride, features "The Ghost of Mill City Past" guiding an intimate look at the 1920 Washburn Crosby holiday party. The script is based on real stories taken from the pages of the company's employee newspaper. Scenes unfold on different floors of the mill and visitors will meet different characters along the way. Witness the rocky romance of Celia and Otto; meet marketing mastermind Benjamin S. Bull; experience the awesome sweeping power of Bill Smith; and learn the secret origin of the Washburn Crosby marketing slogan, "Eventually-Why Not Now?" This piece is written by playwright Joseph Scrimshaw, directed by Laura Salveson, and stars a cast of professional Twin Cities' actors. Not recommended for children under the age of 8.

Fee: $14 adults, $12 seniors and college students, $10 for children ages 6-17 and MHS members; $2 off adult admission with Fringe Festival button.

Reservations: required, call 612-341-7555

December 11, 2011, Sunday - Aebleskiver Fun Class at Local D'Lish

Time: 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Location: Local D'Lish, 208 N 1st Street

Learn everything you ever wanted to know about the Aebleskiver and have fun with a variety of ingredients.

Reservations

Decmeber 11, 2011, Sunday - French Christmas Boutique at Our Lady of Lourdes

Time:  9:00am – 3:00pm

Location:  Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, 1 Lourdes Place

Come to Our Lady of Lourdes’ French Christmas Boutique and enjoy their French Tourtiéres (meat pies) while you shop their French Boutique (items from Paris, fleur-de-lis jewelry and more), Christmas Village, Catholic Louvre (medals, books, statues) and French Bakery. Try for their high quality raffle at Gordy's Raffle Boutique and auction items (three Llrado figures included and quality saint statues and items straight from Paris). To restore your energy, indulge in their warm, home-made Caramel Rolls. Then hit their Dollar Store for great deals and find a perfect gift with a local flavor in their General / Made in MN Boutique.

When you're ready to go home, buy a whole French Tourtiéres to bring home! Silent Auction closes at 1:00pm on Sunday, with the announcement of the winners at approximately 1:30pm. The Gordy's Raffle drawing will be at 1:15pm on Sunday.

December 10, 2011, Saturday - Raptors of Minnesota at Central Library

Time: 1:30pm – 3:30pm

Location: Children's Library, Central Library
 
K-grade 6. Meet an owl, hawk, falcon and very special guest - a bald eagle - from the University of Minnesota's Raptor Center. Learn about the different types of raptors, their characteristics, identification, diets and habitats.

December 10, 2011, Saturday - History Day Hullabaloo at Central Library

Time: 11:00am - 3:00pm

Location: Room N-361, Central Library
 
Grades 6-12. Get personalized help with narrowing your topic, developing your paper, identifying primary resources and finding the best library materials. Librarians, Minnesota History Day staff and mentors from the University of Minnesota will help you make sense of your project. Plenty of time for questions.

Presented in partnership with the Minnesota Historical Society.

December 10, 2011, Saturday - Printing! Printing! Printing! at MCBA

Time:  10:00am - Noon

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

For families with children ages 2+

Sit in a circle for Shape Spotters by Megan E. Bryant and print pictures with geometric shapes. Print patterns with crazy objects... print recipe cards with fruits and vegetables... print bookmarks with an alphabet stamp you make yourself... and print with a stamp that rolls all the way down the table! Dress for mess.

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) adult/child pair, $15 ($14) each additional participant

December 10, 2011, Satuday - Live Music at Crooked Pint Ale House

Time: 10:00pm  $5 Cover

Location: Crooked Pint Ale House, 501 Washington Avenue South

Tonight: Tex Pistols

December 10, 2011, Saturday - An 'Eventually' Christmas: Holidays at the Mill at Mill City Museum

Times: 6:00pm, 7:00pm and 8:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 2nd Street South

An 'Eventually' Christmas: Holidays at the Mill

Dates: December 2, 9, 10, 11

This unique theatrical event performed in the museum's Flour Tower elevator ride, features "The Ghost of Mill City Past" guiding an intimate look at the 1920 Washburn Crosby holiday party. The script is based on real stories taken from the pages of the company's employee newspaper. Scenes unfold on different floors of the mill and visitors will meet different characters along the way. Witness the rocky romance of Celia and Otto; meet marketing mastermind Benjamin S. Bull; experience the awesome sweeping power of Bill Smith; and learn the secret origin of the Washburn Crosby marketing slogan, "Eventually-Why Not Now?" This piece is written by playwright Joseph Scrimshaw, directed by Laura Salveson, and stars a cast of professional Twin Cities' actors. Not recommended for children under the age of 8.

Fee: $14 adults, $12 seniors and college students, $10 for children ages 6-17 and MHS members; $2 off adult admission with Fringe Festival button.

Reservations: required, call 612-341-7555

December 10, 2011, Saturday - Guthrie's How'd They do That Workshop: Charley's Aunt

Time: 9:00am

Location:  McGuire Proscenium Stage, Guthrie Theater, 818 Second Street South

What was the inspiration for the set? Was the play rewritten in rehearsals? Aren't those wigs itchy? Through these eye-opening workshops, you can learn how the Guthrie's artists and staff create a production - from early development and designs to rehearsal, costume fittings and staging of the play.

How'd They Do That Workshops take place on Saturday mornings (unless otherwise noted).

December 10, 2011, Saturday - Kevin Kling Book Release Party at MCBA

Time: Reception begins at 6:00pm; reading at 7:30pm

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

Official release & publication party Saturday,

Minnesota Center for Book Arts (MCBA) is proud to announce the 2011 Winter Book, Come and Get It by beloved humorist Kevin Kling, with illustrations by Michael Sommers. Come and Get It becomes the twenty-first in MCBA's perennial series celebrating the handmade book; the book will be released on December 10, 2011, at a special publication party at MCBA's gallery and studios in downtown Minneapolis.

December 10, 2011, Saturday - Mill City Farmers Market's Holiday Market at Mill City Museum

Time: 10:00am - 2:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum

Mill City hosts it’s first indoor Holiday Farmers Market at the Mill City Museum! Join us for a smorgasbord of local fares for holiday gifts and meals, including local produce, pasture-raised meats, wild caught Alaskan salmon, eggs and cheeses, whole grains, and artisan preserves, pickles and pasta.

Visit with some of your favorite Mill City Farmers Market vendors, including:

■Ames Farm
■Goldfinch Flowers
■Swede Lake Farm and Global Garlic
■Prairie Hollow Farm
■Burning River Farm
■Braucher’s Sunshine Harvest Farm
■MN Valley Organics
■Wild Run Salmon
■Northern Lakes Wild Rice
■Singing Hills Goat Dairy
■Shepherd’s Way Farm
■Solomon’s Snacks and Bakery
■Bliss Granola
■Cafe Palmira
■Martha’s Joy
■Birchberry Native Arts and Foods
■Very Prairie
■Lucille’s Kitchen Garden
■Olsen’s Naturals

December 10, 2011, 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.

December 10, 2011, Saturday - French Christmas Boutique at Our Lady of Lourdes

Time: Noon - 8:00pm

Location:  Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, 1 Lourdes Place

Come to Our Lady of Lourdes’ French Christmas Boutique and enjoy their French Tourtiéres (meat pies) while you shop their French Boutique (items from Paris, fleur-de-lis jewelry and more), Christmas Village, Catholic Louvre (medals, books, statues) and French Bakery. Try for their high quality raffle at Gordy's Raffle Boutique and auction items (three Llrado figures included and quality saint statues and items straight from Paris). To restore your energy, indulge in their warm, home-made Caramel Rolls. Then hit their Dollar Store for great deals and find a perfect gift with a local flavor in their General / Made in MN Boutique.

When you're ready to go home, buy a whole French Tourtiéres to bring home! Silent Auction closes at 1:00pm on Sunday, with the announcement of the winners at approximately 1:30pm. The Gordy's Raffle drawing will be at 1:15pm on Sunday.

December 9, 2011, Friday - Live Music at Crooked Pint Ale House

Time: 10:00pm  $5 Cover

Location: Crooked Pint Ale House, 501 Washington Avenue South

Tonight:  Billy Johnson's Roadshow

December 9, 2011, Friday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 9:00pm  Cover: $10

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Tonight: Michael Monroe

December 9, 2011, Friday - An 'Eventually' Christmas: Holidays at the Mill at Mill City Museum

Times: 6:00pm, 7:00pm and 8:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 2nd Street South

An 'Eventually' Christmas: Holidays at the Mill

Dates: December 2, 9, 10, 11

This unique theatrical event performed in the museum's Flour Tower elevator ride, features "The Ghost of Mill City Past" guiding an intimate look at the 1920 Washburn Crosby holiday party. The script is based on real stories taken from the pages of the company's employee newspaper. Scenes unfold on different floors of the mill and visitors will meet different characters along the way. Witness the rocky romance of Celia and Otto; meet marketing mastermind Benjamin S. Bull; experience the awesome sweeping power of Bill Smith; and learn the secret origin of the Washburn Crosby marketing slogan, "Eventually-Why Not Now?" This piece is written by playwright Joseph Scrimshaw, directed by Laura Salveson, and stars a cast of professional Twin Cities' actors. Not recommended for children under the age of 8.

Fee: $14 adults, $12 seniors and college students, $10 for children ages 6-17 and MHS members; $2 off adult admission with Fringe Festival button.

Reservations: required, call 612-341-7555

December 9, 2011, Friday - Mentor Series: Lan Samantha Chang at The Loft

Time:  7:00pm

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

The Loft Mentor Series in Poetry and Creative Prose presents fiction mentor Lan Samantha Chang reading from her work along with program participants Martin Cozza (fiction) and Alice O. Duggan (poetry).

Lan Samantha Chang is the author of the award-winning books Hunger, Inheritance, and All Is Forgotten, Nothing Is Lost. A 2008 Guggenheim Fellow, she lives with her husband and daughter in Iowa City, Iowa, where she is the director of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop.

Martin Cozza (fiction) has had fiction published in The Missouri Review, Colorado Review, Columbia, Massachusetts Review, Carolina Quarterly and elsewhere. His work has been included in the Best American Fantasy anthology. He is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and has held a Yaddo residency and three Minnesota State Arts Board fellowships. He lives in Minneapolis with his wife and three children.

Alice O. Duggan (poetry) has published poetry in Water~Stone Review, Blue Earth Review, Sleet Magazine, Puckerbrush Review, Plainsongs, and Moon Journal. She has studied poetry with Tom Ruud, Jude Nutter, and Jim Moore. She wants the sound of plain speech in her poems, combined with humor and music.

December 9, 2011, Friday - Foodie Gifts Class at Local D'Lish

Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Location: Local D'Lish, 208 N 1st Street

They say the best gift is one from the heart. Learn how to make some wonderful gifts that highlight the best of our local farmers and food artisans.

Reservations

December 9, 2011, Friday - Ian and Margery of myTalk 107.1 at Wilde Roast Cafe

Time: 7:00am - 10:00am

Location:  Wilde Roast Cafe

Ian and Margery of myTalk107.1 will be at onsite doing their show live and collecting donations for Toys For Tots.

December 8, 2011, Thursday - Hitting the High Notes Dinner at MacPhail (RSVP by November 28)

Time:  6:00pm Reception, 7:00pm Dinner and Program

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

An intimate evening of music, awards and recognition celebrating the high notes of the past year at MacPhail.

$75/person, cash bar.

Space is limited - RSVP by November 28 to Amanda Schroder at 612-767-5343 or schroder.amanda@macphail.org.