November 20, 2011, Sunday - Vikings and Oakland Raiders at the Dome

Time: 12:00pm

November 19, 2011, Saturday - First Pages: Capturing Life-Changing Experiences at Central Library

Time: 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Location: RKMC Meeting Room, Central Library
 
Registration required, begins October 22.  Register online or call 612.543.8000.

Share your story through creative nonfiction writing. Explore tips, techniques and tools that will help you capture the moments, decisions and events that have significantly altered your life.
 
This project is funded with money from Minnesota's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Presented in collaboration with The Loft Literary Center.

November 19, 2011, Saturday - Printed Holiday Note Cards at MCBA

Time: 12:30 - 4:30pm

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

For families with children grades 1 and up

This holiday favorite sells out every year! Get into the spirit by making your own holiday cards. Each adult/child pair will create notecards with a festive image and letterpress-printed greeting using the platen and Vandercook presses. Students will design their own holiday images and choose text from a variety of pre-set messages. Each person can print up to 20 cards (40 per pair) -- and envelopes will be provided too!

$48 ($44) adult/child pair, $24 ($20) each additional participant.

November 19, 2011, Saturday - Washburn A Mill Tour at Mill City Museum

Time: 1:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 2nd Street South

Fee: $14 adults, $12 seniors and college students, $10 ages 6-17 and MHS members. 

Reservations: recommended, call 612-341-7555

Take an in-depth look at the historic Washburn A Mill complex and the award-winning Mill City Museum building on a guided tour of the 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. 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.

November 19, 2011, Saturday - Childish Films at Central Library

Time: 10:30am - Noon

Location:  Pohlad Hall at Central Library, 300 Nicollet

HAVE A HOOTENANNY!

A program of folktale, folk song, and fable-inspired films with lots of country critters.

• Mr. Frog Went a Courting, National Film Board of Canada, 1974. Evelyn Lambert’s beautifully animated version of the frog’s courtship of a mouse. 5 min.
• Hen Hop, National Film Board of Canada, 1942. BBluegrass music accompanies a dancing chicken drawn by award-winning animator Norman McLaren. 4 min.
• Rosie’s Walk, Weston Woods, 1970. An unsuspecting hen struts through the farm followed closely by a fox. 5 min.
• The Tortoise and the Hare, Encyclopedia Britannica, 1979. A groovy vintage cartoon version of Aesop’s fable in which “slow and steady wins the race.” 9 min.
• Frederick, Weston Woods, 1986. While the other field mice gather nuts and seeds for winter, Frederick dreams up stories in the sun. 6 min.
• Bumble Boogie , Walt Disney, 1948. A bumble-bee in flight gets into swing-jazz piano madness. 3 min.

The extras: The Roe Family Singers perform original and traditional songs from their new album, The Owl, The Bat, and The Bumblebee.

Preschool-grade 6. A program of children's cinema and arts, featuring unique films, hands-on arts activities, live entertainment and educational introductions for children's film fans. For more information, visit: www.supporthclib.org.
 
A program of the Library Foundation of Hennepin County. Support provided by Whole Foods Market, Lerner Publishing Group, Weston Wood Studios, Minnesota Parent and Jagged Edge.

November 19, 2011, 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.

November 19, 2011, Saturday - Northeast Holiday Boutique Crawl

Time: Noon - 10:00am - 6:00pm

Location: East Hennepin and University

Come kick-start your Holiday season through beautiful and historic Northeast Minneapolis with a holiday boutique crawl. This neighborhood progressive pre-holiday sales event will include specials, giveaways, strolling Victorian carolers and will also include a “Holiday Window Display Contest” from numerous Northeast businesses. Come and show your holiday spirit!

More Info

November 19, 2011, Saturday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 9:00pm  $20 Cover

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 SE Main Street 

Tonight: Bill McLaughlin

November 19 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 Tour

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.

November 19, 2011, Saturday - Live Music at Crooked Pint Ale House

Time: 10:00pm  $5 Cover

Location: Crooked Pint Ale House, 501 Washington Avenue South

Tonight: Salsa Del Soul

November 19, 2011, Saturday - 10th Annual Book Arts Festival at MCBA

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

Celebrate the TENTH YEAR of this exciting annual holiday event, featuring dozens of artists displaying and selling handmade books, journals, paper, prints and gifts. Browse hundreds of items made by local artists and find the perfect gift for everyone on your list. Festivities will include artist demonstrations, free family art activities, and special sales on gift items featured in The Shop.

Festivities will include demonstrations throughout the day, free family artmaking activities, and special sales on gift items featured in The Shop.

The Festival is always free and open to the public!  If you have questions or would like more information, please contact The Shop at 612 215 2520.

November 18, 2011, Friday - Eating Local Through the Winter Class at Local D'Lish

Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm

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

Yes we live in a winter wonderland but we actually have a lot of great locavore options. Do you want to take the eat local challenge through the winter? We will show you some great options.

Reservations

November 18, 2011, Friday - Il Campiello at Open Book (3 nights)

Location: Open Book, 1011 Washington Avenue South

The Ten Thousand Things season opens with Steven Epp’s new adaptation of II Campiello by Carlo Goldoni.

Directed by Michelle Hensley, the cast features Sarah Agnew, Nathan Keepers, Elise Langer, Randy Reyes and Namir Smallwood. The commedia-inspired play centers on four scrappy, hard-working, hard-playing families whose daily lives on a small square are interrupted by the arrival of a mysterious wealthy stranger during Carnival.

The show begins its tour to prisons, housing projects and homeless shelters October 13 and concludes with four weekends of public performances at Open Book (and Plymouth Congregational Church).

For information and tickets.

November 18, 2011, Friday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 9:00pm  $10 Cover

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 SE Main Street

Tonight:  Mary Jane Alm

November 18, 2011, Friday - Live Music at Crooked Pint Ale House

Time: 10:00pm  $5 Cover

Location: Crooked Pint Ale House, 501 Washington Avenue South

Tonight: St. Dominic's Trio

November 17, 2011, 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.

November 16, 2011, Wednesday - Quick Week Night Meals Class at Local D'Lish

Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm

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

The daily dilemma: What to have for dinner? Worry not! This class will provide you with tips and techniques for easy and elegant meals that only taste like they took all day.

Reservations

November 16, 2011, Wednesday - 'Triple Espresso' Preview at Southern Theater

Triple Espresso previews tonight, November 16, at the Southern Theater and is scheduled to play November 17, 2011 - January 8, 2012.

Triple Espresso tells the story of three guys whose bid for showbiz fame and fortune ended in 4-minutes of magnificent failure on national television. Hugh Butternut, Buzz Maxwell, and Bobby Bean tell their rags-to-rags story earnestly, with hysterical results. Butternut is a musician, a vulnerable soul with a lounge lizard smile; Maxwell is an uncertain magician with an attitude; and Bean is an irrepressible, all-over-the-map entertainer with big dreams. This comedy appeals to young and old.                                                          Box Office: 612-874-1100

November 16, 2011, Wednesday - Publication Reading: Marge Barrett and Joanne Esser at The Loft

Time: 7:00pm

Location:  The Loft, 1011 Washington Avenue South

Publication Reading: Marge Barrett and Joanne Esser

Join two Finishing Line Press authors to help celebrate their new poetry books.

November 16, 2011, Wednesday - Genealogy Research Class at Central Library

Time: 10:30am - Noon

Location: Central Library, Best Buy Technology Center, 300 Nicollet Mall

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. Register online or by calling 612-543-8000.