Time: 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Location: 323 North Washington Avenue, 2nd floor
Join us for a day dedicated to health & wellness at Industrious North Loop!
Educational talks focused on physical & emotional self-care by Well Adjusted and United Counseling & Wellness, a yoga flow class taught by Alchemy, and drinks provided by Truce Juice!
GIVEAWAYS & PRIZES for attendees!
Time: See show link for dates/times
Location: Walker Art Center, McGuire Theater, 725 Vineland Place
created and performed by Robert Lepage
April 4-7, 2018
presented at the Walker Art Center
Considered one of the world’s greatest theater visionaries, Canadian director/creator Robert Lepage presents an alternatingly comic and poignant remembrance of his boyhood home in Quebec City. Replete with dollhouse-scale buildings and miniatures, 887 combines ingenious storytelling with awe-inducing illusions through high-tech scenic transformations. This solo tour-de-force investigates universal questions of identity and self through bewitching tales of the things we can’t quite remember and the things we can’t forget.
Visit walkerart.org for tickets.
Time: 6:30-8pm
Location: Minneapolis Central Library, Pohlad Hall, 300 Nicollet Mall
The New Tax Bill: Who Wins, Who Loses?
Join Congressman Ellison and others to learn about how the new tax bill will affect Minnesota residents, businesses and the economy as a whole. Come prepared to share your questions or concerns about the tax bill.
Congressman Keith Ellison
MN State Senator Kari Dziedzic
Minnesota Budget Project Director Nan Madden
Prepare + Prosper Executive Director Tracy Fischman
Time: 6PM
Location: Food Building, 1401 Marshall Street NE
Baking Skills Intensive: Bagels
Students will learn how Baker's Field Flour & Bread uses fresh flour to make its unique and celebrated naturally leavened bagels that uses exclusively levain cultures.
Students will receive a take-home bagel making kit.
As the class is held in an active commercial kitchen, students should wear comfortable clothing, closed-toed shoes and a hat. Aprons are available to borrow, or use your own if you prefer. Class size is limited to eight students. Should your small group wish to have private lessons, please contact us.
Cost: $75
Instructors: Hannah Rogal and Siri Johnson
(Maximum number of students: 8)
Time: 10:00am
Location: Hennepin County Government Center, South Plaza, 300 S 6th Street (Rain location: skyway level)
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. This year the Hennepin County Board declared April Child Abuse Prevention Month in Hennepin County as well.
Last year in Hennepin County, there were more than 20,000 reports of child maltreatment. This represents a roughly 30 percent increase since 2016 and more than 85 percent increase since 2009. On any given day in the county, more than 50 children may be experiencing neglect and/or physical, emotional or sexual abuse.
CornerHouse Executive Director Patricia Harmon will join Hennepin County officials, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman and Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek to kick off the Blue Kids Campaign and to discuss and demonstrate how the community can work together to help prevent child abuse. As a backdrop for the press conference, CornerHouse will plant dozens of Blue Kids in the lawn of the South Plaza of the Hennepin County Government Center, to represent the thousands of kids abused in Minnesota each year.
Panelists include:
· Marion Greene, Hennepin County Commissioner
· Patricia Harmon, CornerHouse Executive Director
· Rich Stanek, Hennepin County Sheriff
· Jeffrey Beahen, Rogers Police Chief
· Mike Freeman, Hennepin County Attorney
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Location: IDS Crystal Court, 80 S 8th Street
gateway park | riverfront connection visioning
Intersections: The Downtown 2025 Plan sets a goal to showcase the Mississippi Riverfront as a world class destination. The mpls downtown council and Green Minneapolis join the Minnesota Design Center in envisioning a revitalized mixed-use Post Office site and linear park connecting the Central Business District to the riverfront.
We invite you to attend the unveiling of a model created by students from the University of Minnesota’s College of Design that brings to life the potential for transforming seven acres of riverfront land and one of the best examples of art deco architecture in the city. View images of the Gateway linear park designed to create a vibrant pedestrian connection between Nicollet Mall and the riverfront, and learn about the historic, cultural, recreational and economic benefits of redeveloping the Post Office site in to a must-see downtown destination.
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Time: 7 pm
Location: Guthrie Theater, 818 Second Street S, McGuire Proscenium Stage
Fifty Years Later: Has the Dream Been Realized?
Please join the Guthrie Theater, Minnesota Historical Society and an impactful group of local panelists in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination. It will be a special evening of reflection, readings and community conversation.
Fifty Years Later is part of the Guthrie’s series of “Happenings,” which are periodic and timely events responsive to the world around us. Happenings are made possible through generous support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Tickets are free, but reservations are required.
Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm
Location: Day Block Event Center, 1103 Washington Avenue S
Hop along with the Easter Bunny & Shop local artists, vendors, and boutiques! This is fun event for all ages!
The Easter Bunny will be making an appearance to take picture before the big day!
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We will have the best of the best boutiques, local vendors, and artisans for you to shop and support!
Time: Noon - 3:00pm
Location: Mill City Museum, 704 South 2nd Street
Time: 10:00am
Location: North Loop Playground (4th Avenue North and West River Parkway)
Prize Eggs - Age Specific Hunts - Free Admission
Time: 7:00pm - 11:00pm
Location: Gamut Gallery, 717 S 10th Street
7 Warrior Women Exhibit Opening
$5 admission or free with gallery membership - Exhibit runs through April, 20th, 2018
Gamut Gallery is pleased to announce a collaborative exhibition, 7 Warrior Women, produced by collage artist Kristi Abbott opening on March 31, 2018. Inspired to push the boundaries of her technique and subject matter, Abbott led a group of local artists to create a collection of works that center around seven imagined and embodied figures—women from each of the Earth’s seven continents. These mystical and bold feminine characters represent the strength and energy of women around the world and across time. These figures, imagined through costume elements, photographs, paintings, world maps, and other elements, carry certain cultural markers distinctive to their geography and heritage, but their power and beauty speak universally to the essence of the feminine.
Abbott, a native to Australia, carefully forms intricate portraits out of varying types and textures of paper for her collage work. Her portraits are often embedded with hidden images, “small secrets” relating back to some part of the personality or biography of the individual, unlocking their story one detail at a time. Contributing artists include Yuya Negishi, Sarah Epperson, RJ Kern, Kada of Artful Eclectic, and six local models. Negishi, a Japanese mural artist who works with traditional and contemporary imageries, created the spray painted backdrops for each piece, as well as several smaller complimentary pieces that will be presented alongside the seven warriors. Epperson is a tattoo artist, painter, and maker, who contributed to the exhibition through her tattoo-like body paintings adorning each warrior, and created the headdresses and face paint worn by several of the women.
Negishi and Epperson work in a similar way to Abbott, drawing on narrative and conducting thorough research that serves to inform their flowing, energetic images. Kern, a fine art photographer, skillfully captured the essence of strength in the seven warrior women who were directed by Abbott at a recent photo shoot for the project, while Kada translated Abbott’s concepts through makeup and body paint containing iconic imagery on several of the women for the shoot. Those images served as a building block in the creation of the collages, one of the many layers and steps in a thoughtfully choreographed process. The final result is a powerful body of work that illustrates Abbott’s exceptional talent with this dynamic and fresh approach to collage art and collaboration.
Time:12 PM - 4 PM
Location: Surly Brewing Co., 520 Malcolm Avenue SE
30 Days of Biking: Kickoff Party
Celebrate the launch of 30 Days of Biking 2018 with a pre-party at the world-famous Surly Brewing Company.
Time: 6:30pm
Location: Guthrie, 818 South 2nd Street
Join Open Call for a performance of Danai Gurira's boisterous family drama, FAMILIAR! Experience a mainstage production with an insider's perspective and elevated access.
6:30 p.m. Happy Hour in the Target Lounge
7:30 p.m. Performance on the McGuire Proscenium Stage
Post-show cast party with complimentary beverages and light appetizers in the exclusive Kitchak Lounge!
Open Call is a wildly fun, socially visible group of theater patrons ages 21-45. Members enjoy access to Guthrie artists and connections with other young professional groups at arts organizations around town. Learn how you can become a member today → bit.ly/2r54jx7
Minneapolis Home + Garden Show
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center
DATES & HOURS FOR 2018
Time: This event takes place Thursday afternoon and evening.
Location:FOOD BUILDING, 1401 Marshall St NE
The North Coast Nosh is the Upper Midwest's premiere artisan sip-and-sample event. It features purveyors including cheesemakers, chocolatiers, bakers, brewers and more sharing samples of their food and beverages and telling the story behind its making.
The Nosh prides itself on a low guest-to-purveyor ratio which makes for short wait times for samples and creates opportunities to connect with purveyors.
Our Nosh at The Food Building will feature leading Minnesota food artisans including Food Building tenants.
Time: 10:00am
Location: Central Library, Doty Board Room, N-280, 300 Nicollet Mall
Join Steve Kramer, past director of the Pavek Museum of Broadcasting, for a fascinating look at the technology that broadcast news and entertainment into the living rooms of old. See antique equipment and broadcasting devices, Recall classic shows, glamorous stars and learn about popular local broadcasters of the past, at the Minneapolis Central Library's Magnet Senior Center on March 29th from 10:00 to 11:00 am in the Doty Board Room, N-280. Free event for seniors.
Times: See show link below
Location: The Lab Theater, 700 First St. N
Augsburg Music Theater Club presents: The Drowsy Chaperone
March 29 - 31
Winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Book and Best Original Score, The Drowsy Chaperone is a loving send-up of the Jazz Age musical, featuring one show-stopping song and dance number after another. With the houselights down, a man in a chair appears on stage and puts on his favorite record: the cast recording of a fictitious 1928 musical. The recording comes to life and The Drowsy Chaperonebegins as the man in the chair looks on. Mix in two lovers on the eve of their wedding, a bumbling best man, a desperate theatre producer, a not-so-bright hostess, two gangsters posing as pastry chefs, a misguided Don Juan and an intoxicated chaperone, and you have the ingredients for an evening of madcap delight.
Time: 6 PM - 9 PM
Location: Solar Arts by Chowgirls, 711 15th Ave NE
5th Annual Dandelion Honey Pastry Chef Challenge
Sample desserts from professional pastry chefs using dandelion honey as their sole sweetener served by Minnesota RollerGirls
Special address from Dr. Marla Spivak of the University of MN Bee Lab and polar explorer Ann Bancroft of AccessWater. Live music, art, libations and more.
The 5th Annual Dandelion Honey Pastry Chef Challenge is the annual celebration of our pollinator advocacy campaign Healthy Bees, Healthy Lives. This campaign was instrumental in passing 2 pieces of important pollinator legislation in 2014. We are still actively working to educate the public about the issues facing honey bees and other pollinators. Much progress has been made for pollinators since, due to grassroots efforts bythe many groups and citizens spreading awareness and taking individual actions. However, as we battle an anti-environment, pro industrial agriculture administration, there has never been a more challenging time for our precious pollinators. As beekeepers, business owners and people concerned about where our food comes from, we know from experience that we must advocate for the honey bee and all pollinators struggling to live in our modern systems of agriculture, eco-systems and urban landscapes.
At last years event we introduced a new theme and sent over 100 postcards to Governor Dayton asking for Healthy Water, Healthy Bees. In recognition of the fact that the very same systems hurting our pollinators are also contaminating the water, we are once again partnering with local polar explorer and environmental advocator Ann Bancroft to highlight Access Water. In an effort to further unify, broaden and strengthen the environmental movement, the theme this year will be Maintaining Momentum for Healthy Bees, Healthy Water, Healthy Lives.
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Aria, 105 First Street N
Schubert Club presents: Schubert Club Mix: Colin Currie, Percussion
Now in its fifth season, Schubert Club Mix is an innovative series that takes the formality out of classical music. Audiences are treated to remarkable and intimate performances with relevant artists who are influencing the musical landscape of today. Aria will host a high energy evening featuring Colin Currie, “the world’s finest and most daring percussionist” (The Spectator, 2013). The Guardian highlights his “athletic percussionism, compulsive showmanship and deep musicality.” His Schubert Club Mix program will feature a wide range of instruments and includes music based on stories by Gabriel García Márquez – interspersed with readings of the texts. Currie is as mesmerizing to watch as he is to listen to – and his broad array of percussion instruments make a fascinating theatrical set.
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Milkweed Editions at Open Book, Suite 300, 1011 Washington Ave S (Event will be held in the Target Performance Hall)
Book Launch: The Body of the World by Mary Moore Easter
Celebrate the release of Mary Moore Easter's new collection of poetry, THE BODY OF THE WORLD (Mad Hat Press, 2018), at this launch party and reading.
MARY MOORE EASTER is the author of The Body of the World (Mad Hat Press 2018). A finalist for the 2017 Prairie Schooner Book Prize, she is also author of the chapbook Walking From Origins (Heywood Press). Widely published (Poetry, Waterstone, NY Times, etc.), she is a Pushcart Prize-nominated poet, Cave Canem Fellow, veteran dancer/choreographer, and emerita Professor of Dance at Carleton College. Easter has been honored by Bush and McKnight fellowships and The Loft Creative Non-Fiction Award.
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