December 22, 2017, Friday - Christmas Time, A Time for Christmas! at Aster Cafe

Time: Music 9-11pm

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Christmas Time, A Time for Christmas!

A marvelous, wintry romp through all of your Christmas favorites! Hosted by Lightnin’ Joe Peterson, this show will feature the extraordinary vocal acrobatics of Jaedyn James, the tender cello stylings of Julia Floberg, and the surprising with of a variety of special guests. Capturing all the elation and wistful longing of the holiday season in one star-studded evening.

http:// www.jjandthehunger.com/

https://www.facebook.com/ LightninJoePeterson/

http://juliafloberg.com/ bio/

RESERVATIONS WORK LIKE ADVANCE TICKETS
CALL 612-379-3138 to save your spot!
$5 Cover Charges on the tab.

December 22, 2017, Friday - Holiday Pop-Up At The Herbivorous Butcher!

Time: 12 PM - 4 PM

Location: The Herbivorous Butcher, 507 1st Avenue NE

Holiday Pop-Up At The Herbivorous Butcher!

The holidays are coming! We are offering specials on cookies, cupcakes and chocolates! You can be guaranteed to get the things you want by pre-ordering before December 18th or you can just come to the pop-up where everything will be available on a first come, first served basis. Pre-orders can be picked up and paid for at the pop-up. Cash and credit cards are accepted. Available options are listed below:

Cupcakes ($2.50 each or $20/dozen, mix and match)
Gingerbread with Eggnog Frosting
Hot Chocolate
Cranberry with Apple Cider Frosting
Chocolate Candy Cane (GF)

Gingerbread Cookies ($1.50 each or $10/dozen)

Boxed Chocolates ($10/box) The box includes six candies including: orange buttercream, turtle, white chocolate peppermint, maple buttercream, chocolate covered cherry, and white chocolate peanut butter.

Pre-orders can be placed via Facebook, call or text (612-203-0134), or email (seymourmunchmore@gmail.com). Remember that all of our treats are vegan, but if you have any other questions feel free to contact us!

December 22, 2017, Friday - Last Call: A Holiday Market at FOOD BUILDING (2 days)

Times: Friday December 22 2-8pm and Saturday December 23 11-5pm

Location: FOOD BUILDING, 1401 Marshall Street NE

Last Call: A Holiday Market

Did you sleep on your holiday shopping list or were you just waiting for our party? Either way, get over to FOOD BUILDING for some shopping, eating, drinking and making merry. We’ve extended to two days this year to make sure all you procrastinators are covered. Enjoy a Fulton Beer while you wrap your gifts in our totally stocked and FREE gift wrapping station. Treat yourself to a little acupuncture or a card/energy reading in between snacking and crossing everything off of your list. Movies and music and more.

- Shop from some of the BEST local makers
- Free gift wrapping
- DRINKS!
- Street Food from Union Kitchen MN
- Acupunture and Tarot card readings
- Music and movies

We're excited to announce our vendors this year are:
Everthine Jewelry
The Bitter Buffalo
Baker's Field Flour & Bread
Red Table Meat Co.
Ashley Mary Art + Design
The Scarf Shop
Pink linen designs
Makwa Studio
AMANO
Bench Pressed
Tilly Air Plants
Seen The Future
Rachel Lyn
Isadore Nut Company
Azizi Chocolates
Belle Isle Design Co
Mother Moon Acupuncture
Elixery
and MORE!

December 22, 2017, Friday - Christmas Storiessz V: Silent Night at the Southern Theater

Time: See schedule via show link below

Location: Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Avenue S

Sheep Theater: Christmas Storiessz V

From the creators of Christmas Storiessz I, Christmas Storiessz II: Murder on the Polar Express, Christmas Storiessz III: Tiny Tim Time, Christmas Storiessz IV: O Holy Night comes something completely unexpected: Christmas Storiessz V: Silent Night. Detective Dick Mahoney just used Frosty the Snowman as a nuclear warhead to blow up a meteor heading right for planet Earth saving humanity and in the process, killing Santa Claus. Now it’s years later and Christmas is no more, Santa has not been heard from nor has Dick Mahoney. The FBI goes looking for Dick Mahoney when a mysterious present shows up underneath a tree. Presented by Catholic St. Solomon’s Catholic Middle Catholic Private School as part of their annual Christmas Pageant. Christmas Storiessz V: Silent Night will teach you to love again and find out that there is a little Santa inside of all us, which should trouble us deeply.

Presented by Sheep Theater, the company that brought you The Good Boy and The Kid, Pinocchio, George, The Assassination of the Archduke of Austria Hungary Franz-Ferdinand, and The Most Dangerous Game.

December 21, 2017, Thursday - Inline Skating at US Bank Stadium

Inline Skating returns to US Bank Stadium this November and December. Hosted by the MSFA and SMG, this open skating event for all ages will take place on the stadium’s main concourse.

Schedule
4:45PM | Doors Open (Participants can enter through the NW Legacy Gate or Skyway)
5-8PM | Family Skate
8-9PM | Athletic Skate

Skaters will need to bring their own equipment to participate as skate rental will not be available. Skaters are required to bring their own safety gear, including helmets. Participants are welcome to bring inline skating equipment to the stadium and will be subject to a bag search and standard security procedures. A bag check will be offered for $3 per event. After purchasing tickets, inline skaters will need to sign a waiver in order to skate at U.S. Bank Stadium.

Remaining 2017 dates: December 21, 27, 28

December 21, 2017, Thursday - Fly Feet Running: HIIT & Run Outdoor Workout at The Commons

Time: 4pm

Location: The Commons, 425 Portland Ave S

Fly Feet Running: HIIT & Run Outdoor Workout

These cold temps can't stop us! Join us outside the stadium at The Commons park and get your sweat on with Fly Feet. 

HIIT and Run is an outdoor version of our core class offering, Tread & Shred which a total-body workout that blends running, strength and mobility training in one exhilarating 55-minute session. It’s a chance to go after your personal best, then keep resetting the bar session after session

Open to all fitness levels, this class puts first-timers and fitness diehards side by side to make progress at their own level, together.

Future HIIT and Run at The Commons: February 15, 2018

December 21, 2017, Thursday - Christmas Cabaret Dinner at the Nicollet Island Inn (2 nights)

Time: 6:00pm

Location: Nicollet Island Inn, 95 Merriam Street

Christmas Cabaret Dinner

The Holiday Season always makes you nostalgic for the classics.  And when it comes to entertainment, there's nothing more classic than dinner, cocktails and a floor show featuring your favorite holiday tunes!

Join us Thursday, December 21 or Friday December 22 for the Holiday edition of our popular Cabaret Dinner Series - a series of dining and music events featuring the Nicollet Island Inn's award-winning cuisine accompanied by the musical stylings of some of the Twin Cities' most talented artists.

To celebrate the season, this time our theme is Home For the Holidays: an evening of wit, charm and holiday nostalgia.

December 21, 2017, Thursday - Holidazzle in Loring Park (Thru Dec 23)

2017 schedule:

Fridays 5pm – 10pm; Saturday 11am – 10pm; Sunday from 11am – 7pm

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Thursday, December 21 - Saturday, December 23

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Check out the Holidazzle website for the full list of activities, vendors, etc.

December 21, 2017, Thursday - Jess Hirsch: Emotional Platings Book Release & Artist Talk at A-Mill Artist Lofts

Time: 7 pm

Location:A-Mill Artist Lofts, 301 SE Main Street

The Soap Factory presents: Artist Talk and Book Launch for Jess Hirsch: Emotional Platings

During the month of October, Rethinking Public Spaces artist, Jess Hirsch brought her project Emotional Platings to Willmar, Delano and Cambridge, Minnesota. Emotional Platings is a series of picnic kits from trees that heal specific emotions, identified in the Bach Flower Essence philosophy developed by Edward Bach in the 1940s. Each picnic kit includes a blanket, servingware crafted by the artist, a notecard with conversational prompts and a notebook.

The public was invited to check out a specific kit in advance, asked to bring food to share and then was paired with a stranger based on the emotion they had selected. Having grown up in rural Minnesota, Hirsch hoped to explore the rural/urban divide by traveling to these three rural towns throughout Minnesota, asking people to check out a kit and explore emotion together. 

Jess Hirsch: Emotional Platings is one of several public projects being presented by The Soap Factory as a part of Here & There. Here & There is The Soap Factory's out-of-building programming while the building undergoes renovation. 

December 20, 2017, Wednesday - Minnesota Indoor Distance Running at US Bank Stadium

Minnesota Distance Running at US Bank Stadium

Doors Open 4:45pm. Each session will run from 5pm to 8pm and cost $3 cash at the door per person. Capacity is 250 runners at a time, additional runners will be able to enter as previous runners leave.

Distance: 696.63m inside lane, 726.55m outside lane. Individuals participating at the Minnesota Distance Running events must be running. Walking during the event is not allowed, except for cooling down post-run. Strollers are prohibited.

 

Remaining 2017-2018 dates: December 20, 21, 27, 28, February (2018) 12, 23

December 20, 2017, Wednesday - Preserve Minneapolis Morning Forum at Mill City Museum

Time: 8 am

Location: Mill City Museum, ADM Room

Morning Forum: What's your favorite spot in MPLS?

Ever wanted to get involved in one of our Morning Forums? Here's your chance!

This month we're hosting our annual invitational where you get to lead. Our question: What's your favorite historic spot in Minneapolis?

When you’re showing off the city, what do you show? A particular building? A favorite street? It doesn’t have to be officially historic, just something that embodies this fine city’s culture/history/spirit/general excellence.

Feel free to post your suggestion in the comments of our Facebook Event or email them to social@preserveminneapolis.org.

Please include the name/location of your favorite spot, why it matters to you, and a photo if at all possible. You'll have the chance to get up and speak at the Morning Forum to tell the audience in your own words all about your selection. If you can't make it we're happy to do this on your behalf.

December 20, 2017, Wednesday - Dissonance presents: Unhappy Holidays 2017 at A-Mill Artist Lofts

Time: 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM

Location: A-Mill Artist Lofts, 315 SE Main Street 

Dissonance presents: Unhappy Holidays 2017

Join Dissonance for our second annual Unhappy Holidays event, an alternative holiday gathering during "the most wonderful time of the year". Bombarded by office gatherings, happy hours, awkward family dinners - or none of the above and feeling a little isolated? Join us for an opportunity to get away from all that and be in a safe space. Come alone or bring a friend, the choice is yours.

This year's guests include renowned singer-songwriter Charlie Parr, spoken word poet, playwright and community activist Saymoukda Vongsay, storyteller and podcast host Levi Weinhagen, experiemental classical violinist and torch singerLOTT, and singer of sad songs on a happy instrument Katy Vernon. They'll perform and engage in brief conversations with the Dissonance hosts about their art and how they experience dissonance in their lives.

Come together in a fun, alcohol-free environment with good food, good music, storytelling and community-building. Find resources from the community on how to live a balanced life whether you're in search of yoga classes, mental health services, support for eating disorders, or just more folks who don't find the holidays especially merry.

Admission is free but space is limited, so reservations are strongly encouraged. We pay our artists, we don't charge our guests. All donations made to Dissonance go to supporting this mission, so if you'd like to support us you can make donations on the Dissonance website or at the event.

Doors at 6:30; non-alcholic beverages and healthy snacks available. Music and storytelling 7:00 - 8:00. Socializing and resource finding 8:00 - 9:00.

December 19, 2017, Tuesday - East Town Business Partnership Business Forum at Day Block

The East Town Business Partnership December 19 Business Forum will take place from 11:30am to 1:00pm at Day Block Brewing. The title for the December forum is the "Innovative Business Models + Start Ups." Networking and lunch will start at 11:30 a.m., with the program starting at Noon.

East Town Business Partnership 2017-2018 Business Forum Schedule:

December 19 at Day Block Brewing: Innovative Business Models + Start Ups
East Town is becoming a new hub for startup companies! This shared forum with the mpls downtown council will feature successful entrepreneurs discussing the theory and practice behind their success and strategies.

January at the Guthrie Theater: Helping Businesses Lead on Energy Efficiencies, Waste and Pollution Reductions
This forum will feature subject experts discussing several new and innovative partnerships that are transforming how Minneapolis businesses can play a leading role in new energy efficiencies and waste reductions that are both good for business and the community.

February: Destination Transformation 2030 Meet Minneapolis Tourism Master Plan
Executive Leadership from Meet Minneapolis presenting on the long range goal to be a region that hosts 50 million visitors annually through regional branding and marketing and efforts across an array of sectors.

March at HCMC: First Look at the New HCMC Clinic and Specialty Center
$222 million, 377,00 square foot, 40 clinics moved from 9 buildings into one new clinic that is skyway and tunnel connected to the HCMC campus! This shared forum with the mpls downtown council will feature HCMC Executive Leadership sharing unique details about the project.

April at the Normandy Inn: A Big, Bold North, Booming East Town Extraaaaavaganza (Annual Meeting)
This meeting will include annual district highlights and emerging priorities. And, our feature presenters, the very popular Theater for Public Policy will provide a humorous and improvised look at what it means to be East Town in the Bold North!

May: Water Works + Lock and Dam: All Things Riverfront Development
This forum will feature leadership from the Riverfront Partnership and the Minneapolis Park Foundation giving us a comprehensive look at projects transforming the riverfront for generations to come.

June at Kraus Anderson Headquarters: Celebrating the Opening of the Kraus Anderson Block
The redevelopment of an entire block of East Town is a celebration of urban innovation and best practices for mixed use development. This shared forum with the mpls downtown council will introduce us to all that is new on this block including new housing, the Elliot hotel and restaurant, the Finnovation Center, and the new Kraus Anderson headquarters.

December 18, 2017, Monday - North Loop Street Reconstruction and Pedestrian Improvements Meeting at Central Library

Time: Project Presentation at 5:30pm

Location: Central Library, Doty Board Room-N280, 300 Nicollet Mall

North Loop Street Reconstruction and Pedestrian Improvements

The City of Minneapolis Public Works will be holding a third preliminary design meeting for an upcoming street reconstruction project within the North Loop. The first two meetings were held in July and August of 2017 and notifications for those meetings were sent to property owners at that time.

The street segments that are scheduled for reconstruction are:
• 3rd St N (5th Ave N – 10th Ave N)
• 5th Ave N (Northeast of 5th St N – Washington Ave N)
• 7th Ave N (4th St N – Washington Ave N)
• 8th Ave N (3rd St N – Washington Ave N)
• 9th Ave N(3rd St N – Washington Ave N)

Public Works staff have developed a recommended a concept layout that incorporates stakeholder feedback. This layout can be found on the project website: http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/cip/future/WCMSP-200196

The third project meeting will be held on December 18th, 2017 to gather additional feedback on the concept layout. Staff will bring a final recommended layout to City Council in early 2018 for approval. The location and time for the meeting is found below:

Minneapolis Central Library, Doty Board Room-N280
300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN 55401
Monday, December 18th, 2017
Project Presentation at 5:30 p.m.

If you are unable to attend the meeting and would like further information please contact Forrest Hardy at
612-673-5951 or forrest.hardy@minneapolismn.gov

Sincerely,
Forrest Hardy Adam Hayow
Project Planner Project Engineer
CC: Jacob Frey, Ward 3 Council Office

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December 17, 2017, Sunday - Pints for Pitties at Stanley's

Time: 6pm - 9pm

Location: Stanley's Northeast Bar Room, 2500 University Ave NE

Pints for Pitties

Join us in the Mutt Hut for Pints for Pitties! A portion of the night's sales will be donated to the organization!

All well behaved humans and leashed dogs are welcome in the Mutt Hut! We will have merchandise for sale for your holiday shopping needs! 

December 17, 2017, Sunday - A Christmas Carol performed by Gerald Dickens at Aster Cafe

Time: 6pm Doors, 7:30pm Show - One Show Only!

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Street SE

A Christmas Carol performed by Gerald Dickens

Join us in the River Room as Gerald Dickens breathes life into Scrooge, Marley, and the Ghosts his great-great Grandfather created. A once-in-a-lifetime chance to see the one-man portrayal of one of the greatest stories ever written! Costumes encouraged. Period punches and concoctions available!

$25 Adv / $30 Cash Door

December 17, 2017, Sunday - Vikings vs. Cincinnati at US Bank Stadium

Time: Noon

Location: US Bank Stadium

Vikings

December 17, 2017, Sunday - An 'Eventually' Christmas: Holidays at the Mill

Times: (5p, 6p, 7p)

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 S 2nd Street

An 'Eventually' Christmas: Holidays at the Mill

Join the Ghost of Mill City Past for an intimate look at the 1920 Washburn Crosby holiday party in this unique play set in the museum's Flour Tower elevator ride. Scenes unfold on different floors where the audience meets characters drawn from the pages of the company's employee newspaper, the Eventually News.

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?"

Recommended for ages 8 and older. Ticket includes museum admission and refreshments after the play.

December 16, 2017, Saturday - Giving Voice Concerts at MacPhail

Times: 11:00 am & 4:00 pm

Location: MacPhail Center for Music, 501 2nd St S

Giving Voice Concert

Giving Voice Chorus is a unique and joy-filled choral experience for people living with Alzheimer's and their caregivers. Enjoy a performance from their fall session. Tickets are $12 and can be purchased by calling MacPhail at (612) 321-0100.

December 16, 2017, Saturday - Mill City Farmers Market at the Mill City Museum

Time: 10:00am - 1:00pm

Location: Winter Markets are held inside the Mill City Museum, 704 S 2nd St

Additional Mill City Farmers Market 2017-2018 Winter Market dates:
January 13, 27
February 10
March 10, 24
April 14, 28