November 15, 2017, Wednesday - More Than a Single Story: Men of Color in 2017 at Central Library

Time: 7 PM - 9 PM

Location: Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall

More Than a Single Story: Men of Color in 2017

More Than A Single Story is a series of programs that take place at different venues across the Twin Cities. Founded and curated by writer, Carolyn Holbrook, the program strives to break down the stereotyping of people of color by celebrating their diverse voices and experiences.

Local author David Mura will engage writers Anthony Ceballos, Keno Evol, Emmanuel Ortiz, Bao Phi and Clarence White in a discussion about what it means to be a man of color in 2017. What are the stories? What are the models of masculinity that have been given? How do they see themselves as sexual beings, fathers and partners? Learn how they deal with stereotypes and cultural representation. An opening poem will be performed by IBé. Funded by Minnesota's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Register online: https:// hclib.bibliocommons.com/ events/59ea309e2698fa35004f4f42

November 15, 2017, Wednesday - “Sights, Sounds, Soul: The Twin Cities Through the Lens of Charles Chamblis” Exhibit Opening at Mill City Museum

Time: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 S 2nd Street

Sights, Sounds, Soul: The Twin Cities Through the Lens of Charles Chamblis” Exhibit Opening

The exhibit “Sights, Sounds, Soul: The Twin Cities Through the Lens of Charles Chamblis" is a companion to the new MNHS Press book of the same name. During the 1970s and 1980s, photographer Charles Chamblis captured the vibrant social and artistic life of the Twin Cities’ African American community.

Musicians and other artists are shown performing, dancing, and interacting with enthusiastic audiences at once-thriving but now lost clubs, such as the Taste Show Lounge, Riverview Supper Club, Fox Trap, Nacirema Club, and others on Minneapolis’s North and South sides. Among the legendary soul, funk, and R&B acts depicted are Flyte Tyme, Prophets of Peace, Terry Lewis, Jimmy Jam, Morris Day, Prince, and many other influential musicians who helped establish the so-called “Minneapolis Sound.”

Beyond the nightlife, Chamblis’s portraits, images of family gatherings and weddings, fashion photography, landscapes, and photos of community events offer intimate and rare glimpses into the life of African Americans in the Twin Cities at these particular moments in time.

The exhibit of framed photographs and a slideshow of many unpublished photos will be located in the museum’s central Mill Commons through March 31, 2018. 

November 15, 2017, Wednesday - Public Hearing for Minneapolis Parks Downtown Service Area Master Plan at MRPB

Time: 6:00pm

Location: MPRB Headquarters, Address: 2117 West River Road

A public hearing for the Downtown Service Area Master Plan (DSAMP) is scheduled across two upcoming meetings of the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board of Commissioners. 

The first opportunity to comment on the plan before Park Commissioners consider its approval is on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017 at 6:00 pm. At the conclusion of the Nov. 15 public hearing, it will be held over to the next Board of Commissioners meeting, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017, where it will continue at 6:45 pm. The public is invited to attend and/or comment at either meeting or both.

Any interested community members are invited to attend and comment on the Master Plan, which will guide outdoor improvements at all non-riverfront downtown parks (Elliot Park, Franklin Steele Square, Gateway Park, Loring Park, Park Avenue Triangle) for the next 20-30 years, as well as the potential acquisition and development of new parkland within downtown Minneapolis.

The draft DSAMP is the result of nearly three years of community-based planning, rigorous design and evaluating and responding to community feedback.The public comment period for the draft DSAMP is closed, but interested members of the public may still review the draft plan by visiting the project page linked below (sorted into chapters under "Key Documents" header) and comment at the public hearing.

An updated draft of the plan with possible changes for the Board to consider will be posted to the project page on Friday, Nov. 10.

DSAMP Project Page 

Second meeting date: November 29, 6:45 pm

November 14, 2017, Tuesday - River Gardens Happy Hour: What’s Next for River Rules? at Wilde Roast Cafe

Time: 4:30pm - 6:30pm

Location: Wilde Cafe, 65 Main Street SE

Friends of the Mississippi River presents: River Gardens Happy Hour: What’s Next for River Rules?

Each of the 25 cities and towns in our metro Mississippi River national park will be required to update their river corridor plans in 2018. Come learn about the new development and land-use rules for our riverfront and how you can support them locally.

For information and to register: https://fmr.org/events/2017/11/14/river-guardians-happy-hour-whats-next-river-rules.

November 14, 2017, Tuesday - 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.

2017 dates:

November 14, 15, 21, 27 and December 6, 11, 20, 21, 27, 28

November 14, 2017, Tuesday - 10th Annual CSM Shop & Sip to Benefit Ronald McDonald House at The Depot

Time: 5:00pm-8:00pm

Location: The Depot, 225 3rd Avenue South

CSM Shop and Sip 2016 Benefiting Ronald McDonald House

Please join us in our fundraising efforts benefiting Ronald McDonald House Charities, Upper Midwest. Enjoy one of the premier silent auctions hosted in the Twin Cities, delicious hors d'oeuvres, complimentary beer & wine, raffles and more. We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday, November 14th, at the Renaissance Minneapolis Hotel, the Depot.

November 14, 2017, Tuesday - Big Ideas: Look, featuring Solmaz Sharif at the Loft

Time: 7 PM

Location: The Loft, 1011 Washington Avenue S

Big Ideas: Look, featuring Solmaz Sharif

For many, it's easy to look away. Dominant narratives and histories erase injustices against human lives and allow for ignorance—willful or otherwise—of the pain and trauma endured by people who are marginalized. 

In this Big Ideas, featuring poet Solmaz Sharif, we'll discuss work that counters the narrative of privilege and compels us to look. 

This event is presented in collaboration with the College of Saint Benedict and Graywolf Press. It is also part of the Loft's thematic programming, Vigilance.

VIGILANCE
Much like how an art museum might present a special exhibit, the Loft is introducing seasonal thematic programming. Our themes will help connect you across many of the Loft program offerings. We believe that poems and stories can be an important lens through which to view the world, and these themes will compel us all to look at the words we write and authors we read in new ways.

This fall, our theme will be Vigilance: How can poems and stories help us to maintain attention over long periods of time? How does language bear witness? Through the theme of Vigilance, the Loft will explore the ways in which words help us hold light in the darkness. 

We invite you to explore our fall theme of Vigilance in as many ways as interest you. The video and listings below highlight the ideas and opportunities to participate throughout the fall.

TICKETS
Advanced tickets guarantee a general admission seat and help cover the Loft's costs to host the event. Pay-what-you-can tickets are available at the door 30 minutes prior to the event on a first-come, first-served basis. No one turned away for lack of funds. Doors open 30 minutes before the event. Seating is general admission (not assigned).

$15.00 (Non-Member Price)
$10.00 (Member Price)

November 12, 2017, Sunday - More Than a Single Story: Vigilance in Uncertain Times at The Loft

Time: 2 PM - 4 PM

Location: The Loft, 1011 Washington Avenue S

More Than a Single Story: Vigilance in Uncertain Times

The Loft presents More than a Single Story: Vigilance In Uncertain Times moderated by Carolyn Holbrook. Panelists for this event will be April Gibson, David Grant, Qais Munhazim, David Mura, and Diane Wilson. More information on the event and panelists can be found here.

November 12, 2017, Sunday - November Pack Walk in Father Hennepin Bluff Park

Time: 11 AM - 2 PM

Location: Father Hennepin Bluff Park

November Pack Walk

MyPitBullisFamily is a national non-profit organization working on ending housing and insurance discrimination for all dog owners. We currently have the largest housing database of non-discriminatory rentals in the country. One way that we can break steryotypes of these dogs is through hosting community events, like Pack Walks. Please join us as we allow our dogs to strut their stuff around the Twin Cities. We host Pack Walks every second Sunday of every month, depending on weather.

Well behaved dogs of all kinds and children are welcome to join us. 

November 11, 2017, Saturday - Pillsbury A Mill Tour

Time: 10:30 am - Noon

Location: A-Mill Artist Lofts, 415 Main Street SE

Pillsbury A Mill Tour

Discover the story of the National Historic Landmark Pillsbury A Mill, the largest flour mill in the world for many years, which recently reopened as the A-Mill Artist Lofts. A Mill City Museum guide will lead a tour of the former milling complex, including the rooftop deck and the basement waterpower facilities. Visitors will explore parts of the largest and best-preserved waterpower system in Minneapolis (with views straight down a 50-foot drop shaft); discover how the building functioned during the flour milling era and learn about the new hydroelectric plant that helps to power the complex.

The Pillsbury A Mill was the flagship mill of the Pillsbury Flour Milling Company. The A Mill was not only the largest flour mill in the world when it opened in 1881, it was one of the few architect-designed mills in Minneapolis, designed by Leroy S. Buffington. As such it was an industrial show piece and tourist attraction from the start. The Pillsbury A Mill ceased operation in 2003, and in 2015, the complex was redeveloped as affordable lofts for working artists by Dominium, a Minneapolis-based developer.

Please meet at the gray door on Third Avenue SE at Main Street (around the corner from the A-Mill Artist Loft main entrance at 315 Main Street SE). The tour includes about 1.5 miles of moderately-paced walking indoors and outdoors with some uneven surfaces. Please call ahead to make arrangements for guests with limited mobility.

This tour is presented in partnership with Dominium, A-Mill Artist Lofts.

November 11, 2017, Saturday - Demolition Dreaming Screening at Traffic Zone

Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Location: Traffic Zone Center for Visual Art, 250 3rd Avenue N

Demolition Dreaming Screening

Demolition Dreaming is a short animated feature about change in the Gateway District of Minneapolis. The ‘Gateway’ was an area of downtown completely destroyed under the auspices of federal urban renewal efforts in the 1950s and 1960s. The feature tells the story of a family and the hotel they run on Hennepin Avenue. We see what happens to their world, their neighbors and community as the wrecking ball of change topples the buildings they occupy and carts the detritus of this destruction to the quarry where a suburban style shopping center now stands.

November 11, 2017, Saturday - The Mill City Singers Rehearsal at the Guthrie

Time: 2:00pm - 3:30Pm

Location: Guthrie Theater, 818 S 2nd Street  (8th floor)

The Mill City Singers Rehearsal

It's a new season, and a new name for The Mill City Singers (formerly The Friends of the Mill District Singers). Everyone is invited to come and sing. Rehearsals are open to all and directed by the talented musician JD Steele, and the accompanist, Fred Steele.

Do you enjoy singing? Are you looking for a way to get involved in the community? Attend 1 rehearsal, or every Saturday, you will be hooked! For more information, please contact Claudia Kittock at cjkittock@gmail.com.

*Note: All rehearsals will be held at the Guthrie Theater on the 8th floor. We'll notify you via email of any changes.

November 11, 2017, Saturday - Nearly Naked Ruck March at Boom Island Park

Time: See below info

Location: Boom Island Park, 724 Sibley St. NE

Nearly Naked Ruck March

Hike up to 10 miles in your long underwear and carry a pack full of weight. The weight in your pack equals 10 pounds for every $100 you raise for 23rd Veteran (raise $400 and carry 40 pounds, or raise money as a team and split the weight). This weight represents the weight that we carry in the battle against combat stress. Bring your own pack, and if you'd like you can weight it with food shelf items to give to the needy at the end of the ruck march! $45.

We step off at 9am sharp Saturday morning, registration bag pick-up begins at 8am. The full length is 5 miles out and 5 miles back, with optional turn-around points along the way : ) Every so often you'll be greeted by a warming station with restrooms, coffee, hot chocolate and more! Be sure to bring your own packs, any style will do. If you load them with canned goods you can drop them off for the local food shelf at the finish line. Check-in and swag pick-up begins at 7am. Show up early!

All excess and money raised for your pack goes directly to 23rd Veteran, a 501c3 nonprofit creating a long-term transition for veterans!

November 11, 2017, Saturday - Feast of Fools opens at The Lab (thru Dec 9)

Time: 7:00pm

Location: The Lab Theater, 700 First Street North

Feast of Fools

Interact Center creates art that challenges perceptions of disability.

In all of their work, Interact creates art in a spirit of radical inclusion, all while inspiring artists and audiences to explore the full spectrum of human potential. Their goal is to transform lives by expanding ideas of what is possible.

*Special Opening Night Gala $65 includes Post Performance Fete with the Artists.

November 11, 2017, Saturday - St. Boniface Christmas Bazaar

St. Boniface Christmas Bazaar

November 11, 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:

November 18
December 2, 9, 16
January 13, 27
February 10
March 10, 24
April 14, 28

November 10, 2017, Friday - Weavers Gild of Minnesota Fiber Fair 2017 at Northrup King Building (3 days)

Time: 10:00am to 7:00pm

Location: Northrup King Building, 1500 Jackson Street NE, Studio #332

FIBER FAIR annual sale!

Weavers Guild of Minnesota presents Fiber Fair 2017 
November 10-12, 2017
Friday: 10am to 7pm
Saturday: 10am to 5pm
Sunday: 12pm-4pm

Enjoy a fabulous shopping experience in a beautiful gallery space. Handmade by many of the region’s finest fiber artists, items for sale include scarves, shawls, purses, rugs, placemats, towels, wall hangings, hand-spun yarn and much, much more! These items make perfect gifts for yourself or someone special. Proceeds from the sale support local fiber artists.#WeavingMN (tag your finds!)

November 10, 2017, Friday - Documentary Screening of "Seymour: An Introduction" at MacPhail

Times: 7:30 pm

Location: MacPhail Center for Music, Antonello Hall, 501 S 2nd Street

Seymour Bernstein Visits MacPhail

You’re invited to a free documentary screening on Friday night of Seymour: An Introduction, a film by Ethan Hawke.

Although the documentary screening is free to all, tickets are required and available at student services. Tickets available at Student Services – 612.321.0100

November 10, 2017, Friday - Minneapolis Holiday Boutique at US Bank Stadium (3 days)

Schedule:
Friday, November 10, 11:00am
Saturday, November 11, 10:00am
Sunday, November 12, 10:00am

Location: US Bank Stadium, 900 S 5th Street

Minneapolis Holiday Boutique

Experience the shopping event of the season for 3 days only at the Minneapolis Holiday Boutique! Shop more than 200 booths and find the latest trends in apparel, décor, jewelry, seasonal gifts, gourmet foods and more!

Get inspiration for your holiday gatherings when you check out three designer rooms furnished by At Home stores which showcase mannequins dressed by Minnesota fashion designer Christopher Straub of Lifetime’s Project Runway. At the show, Christopher will also be selecting his favorite must-have gifts as he shares Christopher’s Favorite Finds.

Stroll through the lights and sparkle of the uniquely decorated Festival of Trees where each tree will be available for silent auction, and all proceeds will benefit Coats for Kids through Operation Warm.

Don’t miss the opportunity to get a photo taken with your favorite Minneapolis Fire Department calendar model. Stop by the Mpls Fire Dept. Selfie Station and make sure to smile for the camera with a firefighter!

November 10, 2017, Friday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 9:00pm-11:00pm, $15

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Tonight: 

Ryan Montbleau / Jim Stapley (Singer-Songwriter)