September 30, 2017, Saturday - North Loop Spring Fashion Crawl

North Loop Fashion Crawl

September 29, 2017, Friday - Illuminate the Lock: The Uncompromising Hand by Andrea Carlson (2 nights)

Time: 8:00pm-10:30pm 

Location: Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock And Dam, 1 Portland Avenue

Illuminate the Lock: The Uncompromising Hand by Andrea Carlson

This projection engages Spirit Island, a limestone island and Dakota sacred site that was once in the Mississippi River near the current Lock and Dam. The lock wall will come alive with a hand drawn animation based on six photographs of the island from the MN Historical Society’s collection, which plot the island’s lengthy dismantle between the 1890’s and 1960’s. Text in Dakota and Ojibwe will accompany the animation.

Presented by Northern Lights.mn, Mississippi Park Connection, the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, and as part of Here & There by The Soap Factory with support from St. Anthony Falls Heritage Board and the US Army Corps of Engineers.

Free

September 29, 2017, Friday - mONSTER opens at The Southern Theater (thru Oct 7)

Time: 7:00pm

Location: The Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Ave S

Swandive Theatre presents: mONSTER

September 29 – October 7

In a tiny and cramped college dorm room Nessa and Brill have just met as incoming freshman roommates. Nessa is brimming with energy; Brill, meanwhile, never leaves the room. There’s something mysterious and important Brill is doing, and if she stops doing it, even for a moment, people will die. mONSTER is a play about the dark and savage places of the internet.

September 29, 2017, Friday - 2017 Haunted Basement Opens

Time: Check nightly schechules on below link

Location: Building 9 of 2010 East Hennepin Avenue (map)

2017 Haunted Basement 

Tickets: http://www.tempotickets.com/hauntedbasement

Now in its eleventh year, the Haunted Basement is an annual horror experience which marries artist-driven installations with immersive theater performance in an environment which is at turns surreal and psychologically unsettling. 

This year’s run will begin on Friday, September 29 and run through Halloween; with performances on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays of each week, and a final show on Tuesday, October 31 (of course). All shows begin at 6:30 p.m., with performances running later into the night on Fridays, Saturdays and Halloween.

Tickets for the Haunted Basement are $25 for Thursdays and Sundays, and $27 for Fridays, Saturdays, and Halloween. The Haunted Basement is an 18+ with I.D. event.

September 28, 2017, Thursday - Book Lovers Ball 2017: Celebrate the World Through Literature

Time: 6 PM - 9 PM 

Location: Machine Shop, 300 2nd Streeet SE

Book Lovers Ball 2017: Celebrate the World Through Literature

Join Milkweed Editions to celebrate the world through literature at our largest annual fundraiser—featuring a seated dinner, live auction, presentation of the Milkweed Award for Distinguished Contributions to Literary Culture, storytelling from authors Amy & Dave Freeman, and more!

FEATURED AUTHORS

Explorers Dave and Amy Freeman have traveled thirty thousand miles by canoe, kayak, and dogsled through some of the world's wildest places, from the Amazon to the Arctic. In 2014, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC named them Adventurers of the Year. Amy & Dave's debut book, A YEAR IN THE WILDERNESS, is a rousing cry of witness activism and a beautifully illustrated account of their year living in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness to raise awareness about the threats of sulfide-ore copper mining.

Learn more about the Freemans and preorder the book: https://milkweed.org/book/a-year-in-the-wilderness

TICKETS

Individual tickets start at $175. Sponsorships and tables start at $2,000. All proceeds from the event support Milkweed Editions and our commitment to bring new voices to essential conversations and ensure a vibrant, diverse, and empowered future through literature.

September 28, 2017, Thursday - Thursday Musical Free Concert at MacPhail

Time: 10:30am (Complimentary Coffee and Donuts at 9:30 am)

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

Thursday Musical is opening with a free concert at 10:30 am on September 28 at MacPhail's Center for Music, 501 S 2nd St. The opening concert will be a celebration of Thursday Musical's 125th anniversary and will feature the premiere of Give Her the River by Minnesota composer David Evan Thomas.

125th Anniversary Celebration Kick-off the season with a FREE concert!
Give Her the River (Premiere)
Poem by Michael Dennis Browne
Music by David Evan Thomas

Featuring: 
Monica Murray, soprano
Mimi Tung, piano
Jennifer Kennard, flute
Daryl Carlson, cello
Sarah Kang, piano (Thursday Musical debut)
Kristin Griffeath, soprano (Thursday Musical debut)
Robin Griffeath, tenor (Thursday Musical debut)

September 28, 2017, Thursday - Happy Hour Networking Event at The Depot

Time: 4:30pm - 6:30pm

Location: Renaissance Minneapolis Hotel, The Depot

Join the mpls downtown council and East Town Business Partnership as BKV Group presents a bold new plan for Park & Portland Avenues in downtown!

A recent article in the Star Tribune says of this plan: "The Minneapolis architecture, interior design and engineering firm has produced a study that details a powerful new vision for this long-neglected area of East Town, which stretches from Elliot Park to the Armory and the Commons. Called the “Park & Portland: Vision for Development,” the study is one of the more pragmatic downtown urban planning studies in years.”

Presenters:

● Carl Runck, Director of Real Estate Development, Ryan Companies & Chair, 2025 Plan Downtown Development Committee
● Dan Collison, Executive Director, East Town Business Partnership & Director of Downtown Partnerships, mpls downtown council
● Tom Erickson, Architectural Designer, BKV Group
● Chris Palkowitsch, Senior Project Architect & Associate Partner, BKV Group
event details:
4:30 pm - registration & happy hour, with hosted hors d'oeuvres & cash bar
5:00 pm - program begins
5:45 pm - program concludes, happy hour continues
6:30 pm - event concludes

Click here to RSVP for this event.

September 28, 2017, Thursday - Upper Harbor Terminal Community Meeting at MPRB

Time: 6:30pm – 8:30pm

Location: Minneapolis Park and Rec Board, 2117 West River Road

Upper Harbor Terminal Community Meeting

The City of Minneapolis, Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board (MPRB) and master development team (United Properties, THOR Development and First Avenue Productions) invite you to a meeting focusing on housing on the Upper Harbor Terminal site. The general goal of this meeting will be to gather community input on potential housing and small business components of the plan. From 6:30 to 7:30 pm, a housing panel will discuss challenges, issues and successes in affordable and market-rate housing and small business in North Minneapolis. The panel will be moderated by Shauen Pearce-Lassiter (Greater Minneapolis) and will include Tim Baylor (Pinnacle Management) and Sarah Larson (Landon Group). After a break, the second half of the evening will include a presentation by THOR Development of its development program concept for housing on the UHT site and an opportunity for Q & A and input. Both portions of the evening are open to the public and will be family-friendly. Refreshments will be provided.

September 28, 2017, Thursday - Mississippi River Care + Prairie Planting: Mill Ruins Park Area

Mississippi River Care + Prairie Planting: Mill Ruins Park Area

Time: 1:00pm – 4:00pm

Location: Mill Ruins Park, 102 Portland Avenue S

Care for our Mississippi River together, and get to know people who work or live downtown. Good for your community, good for your environment, and good for you!

You can help plant native prairie flowers and grasses, clear invasive plants, and clean up our riverfront parks, while learning about the area from National Park Service rangers and Mississippi River community leaders. 

The Minnesota Environmental Fund, your local giving partner with Minnesota workplaces, is teaming up with Mississippi Park Connection and Mississippi National River and Recreation Area to support this volunteer experience for people who work or live downtown.

Arrive ready to work at 1:00pm:

• 1:00-1:20: Sign-in and introduction
• 1:20-2:30: Service activity: Plant, remove an invasive plant and do a river clean-up
• 2:30-3:00: Interpretation and break
• 3:00-3:45: Service activity: Plant, remove an invasive plant and do a river clean-up
• 3:45-4:00: Closing and thank you, followed by walk to local eagle nest and/or group outing at local restaurant or bar

Sign up, invite your work team to join you, and encourage your friends to come, too!

Free event. Your donation to the Minnesota Environmental Fund helps support this event and other workplace service opportunities.

Preparations: Gloves and bags are provided by the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, which asks each participant to sign a waiver before starting. Please wear warm clothing and close-toed shoes appropriate for an outdoor activity on natural and uneven surfaces, and bring water to drink.

September 27, 2017, Wednesday - Capella Tower Indoor Market

Time: 11:00AM - 2:00PM

Location: Capella Tower, 225 S 6th Street (in the atrium)

Markets will run from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. in the Atrium every Wednesday through September. A variety of locally grown vegetables, fruits, flowers, honey, and baked goods will be available each week.

* Now featuring fresh-made WAFFLES! *

Many of the vendors will be cash-only so please come prepared.

September 27, 2017, Wedensday - North Loop Neighborhood Association Meeting

Time: 7:00pm

Location:  Heritage Landing, 415 1st Street N

North Loop Neighborhood Association Board Meeting

North Loop Neighborhood Association (NLNA) Board of Directors holds monthly meetings on the last Wednesday of each month. All meetings are open to the public.

Public Hearing – September 27, 2017

At our regular board meeting on August 30th, the NLNA Board passed a motion to consider the reallocation of NRP and CPP funds to support Greening projects throughout the North Loop. This would include planting trees and flowers along the 800 and 900 blocks of N Washington Ave, and a large planting project at the intersection of I-394 and Washington Ave. Neighborhood beautification and greening has been identified as a priority for the North Loop.

• Utilize NRP Phase II Parks, green space, and community gathering place NRP 2.1.1.2, 2.1.1.3, and 2.1.1.5 for the Greening project: $7,348
• Reallocation of Commercial Development and Business 3.1.1.1 and 3.1.3.1 to 2.1.1.5 (Develop a tree plan and future green space plan): $14,695.
• CPP Reserve funds to 2.1.1.5: $5,957
• Total allocated to Greening Project: $28,000

The NLNA will hold a public hearing at its September 27th board meeting to receive neighborhood comment on the reallocation of funds described in this notice. Please attend to hear about all the greening going on in the North Loop!

September 27, 2017, Wednesday - Work Redux | CARE by Pollen at Machine Shop

Time: 7:30 AM – 10:30 AM

Location: Machine Shop, 300 2nd Street SE

Work Redux | CARE by Pollen

PROGRAM

7:30-8:30 AM Registration and Breakfast
8:30-8:45 AM Welcome and Performance
8:45-10:30 AM Speakers and Discussions

On top of managing careers, running businesses, and leading organizations, women are caring for their families, children, and communities. It’s work that often goes unnoticed and is underappreciated. It risks their own advancement and well-being.

At Work Redux | CARE, we will hear from women leaders who have experienced the hidden and visible effects when careers and caregiving collide. Whether it’s in the form of caring for children, co-workers (who orders the birthday cakes, who clears the dishes?), aging or sick parents and family members, how, in all of these dynamics, do we preserve care for ourselves? Together, we will imagine a future of work where the burdens and joys of caregiving become visible and, even more importantly, valuable.

September 26, 2017, Tuesday - Home on the Streets: A Forum for Minneapolis Mayoral Candidates

Time: 7:00pm to 8:30pm (doors at 6:30pm)

Locaton: First Universalist Church of Minneapolis, 3400 Dupont Avenue S

Home on the Streets: A Forum for Minneapolis Mayoral Candidates

First Universalist Church, with assistance from the League of Women Voters, will be hosting a forum for Minneapolis mayoral candidates focusing on issues of homelessness: the presence of homeless individuals in the community, sleeping in public, community livability, access to shelter, and interaction with resources. The forum will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 26, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. (doors at 6:30 p.m.) in the sanctuary at First Universalist Church. The forum will be moderated by Monica Nilsson, a local advocate for the homeless, and is being organized by long-time members of First Universalist, Barb and Gary Melom.

Candidates will be encouraged to demonstrate a depth of knowledge that shows their ability to ...be a leader in multi-agency efforts to address homelessness. Questions related to affordable housing will be deferred to a forum at Plymouth Congregational Church on Oct. 2, sponsored by Make Homes Happen.

The Star Tribune has reported that the 3,125 homeless people identified in Minneapolis this year represent an overall increase in homelessness by 231 people over the last 10 years. How did this happen, despite significantly intensified efforts to combat homelessness?

The Office to End Homelessness reports that the number of persons identified as chronically homeless in Minneapolis dropped from 919 in 2009 to 360 in 2016. What issues are at the base of chronicity and how should they be addressed?

What considerations are most important to the mayor’s leadership role in addressing homelessness?

“The measure of our progress is not whether we add to the abundance of those who have much. It is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” – FDR Monument, Washington, DC

Co-Sponsors: First Universalist Church of Minneapolis, Street Voices of Change in collaboration with the Downtown Congregations to End Homelessness, BEACON Interfaith Housing Collaborative, Simpson Housing Services, The SAFE Group, Peace House Community, Our Saviour’s Housing, St. Stephen’s Human Services, St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church, and Hats for the Homeless.

September 26, 2017, Tuesday - Final Mill City Farmers Market Night Market at The Commons

Time: 3:30pm to 7:30pm

Location: The Commons, 425 Portland Avenue S

Mill City Farmers Market Night Market

Note - This will be the final Tuesday Night Market of the 2017 season. 

Pick up farm fresh, organic produce and local artisan foods for an easy weeknight meal. Prepared food vendors will be cooking up seasonal recipes all evening, so come hungry, stay, listen to live music and have a picnic supper in The Commons! More Info

PROGRAMS

At our Tuesday Night Market we will continue to offer “can do” cooking and wellness activities and live entertainment, such as:

• Meet Your Vegetables demonstrations
• Power of Produce kids veggie tasting club
• CSA pick-up
• Community dinners
• Live Music 

September 25, 2017, Monday - "Is That All There Is?" Remembering Peggy Lee at the Guthrie

Time: 7:30pm

Location:  Guthrie Theater, 818 2nd Street S

"Is That All There Is?" Remembering Peggy Lee

Join award-winning author James Gavin as he tells tales from his latest best-selling book Is That All There Is?: The Strange Life of Peggy Lee. James will hold court with his friends, the ultimate house band The New Standards, as they present musical touchstones from Ms. Lee's stellar career, joined by VERY special guests: cabaret auteur Nellie McKay; Jazz At Lincoln Center featured vocalist Catherine Russell; and the Twin Cities' own Davina Sowers (Davina & the Vagabonds). This is a night of musical storytelling you won’t want to miss!

September 25, 2017, Monday - Eileen Myles: Afterglow (A Dog Memoir) at The Loft

Time: 7:00pm

Location: The Loft Literary Center, at Open Book (Performance Hall), 1011 Washington Ave

Eileen Myles: Afterglow (A Dog Memoir)

Join the Loft for a special evening as Eileen Myles presents their new memoir, Afterglow. 

Afterglow joins a grand literary tradition of writers paying homage to a beloved dog—J. R. Ackerley’s My Dog Tulip, Virginia Woolf’s Flush, Mary Oliver’s Dog Songs, Amy Hempel’s stories, as well as Mark Doty’s Dog Years, and even Abigail Thomas’s A Three Dog Life—but as one might suspect, Myles’ entry in the canon subverts both genre and tradition and stands apart as resolutely its own thing. Combining screenplay, monologue, science fiction, and lucid memory, the text is animated with photos, diagrams, drawings, and poems to craft a mosaic of their life together. 

Moving from an imaginary talk show where Rosie is interviewed by Myles’s childhood puppet, to a critical reenactment of the night Rosie mated with another pit bull; from lyrical transcriptions of their walks, to Rosie’s enlightened narration from the afterlife, Afterglow illuminates the surreal and familiar aspects of what it means to dedicate your existence to a dog. 

Eileen Myles—who prefers to use a gender-neutral pronoun—is the author of more than twenty books, including Chelsea Girls, Cool For You, and most recently, I Must Be Living Twice: New & Selected Poems 1975-2014. Their many honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship in nonfiction, four Lambda Literary Awards, the Clark Prize for Excellence in Art Writing, the Shelley Memorial Award from The Poetry Society of America, Creative Capital’s Literature Award as well as an Andy Warhol Foundation Art Writers’ Grant, and a Foundation for Contemporary Arts grant. They live in Marfa, TX and New York City. Their poems were featured in seasons 2 and 3 of the Emmy-winning show Transparent.

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).

$10.00 (Non-Member Price)
$5.00 (Member Price)

September 24, 2017, Sunday - Disasters of the Riverfront Walking Tour at the Mill City Museum

Time: 1:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 South 2nd Street

Disasters of the Riverfront Walking Tour

Take a guided walking tour of the St. Anthony Falls milling district and learn about some of the most tragic disasters in Minnesota history. Hear the stories of fires, floods, explosions, collapses and other natural and human-created calamities. Visitors will learn about the Eastman Tunnel Collapse in 1869, the Great Conflagration of 1893, bridge collapses in 1859 and 2007, numerous fires and massive landscape changes that shaped the Twin Cities.

This tour includes about 1.5 miles of moderately paced walking on uneven surfaces. Please call ahead to make arrangements for guests with limited mobility.

September 24, 2017, Sunday - Vikings vs. Tampa Bay at US Bank Stadium

Time: Noon

Location: US Bank Stadium

Vikings

September 23, 2017, Saturday - Mill Ruins Park Volunteer Habitat Restoration with the National Park Service

Looking for something fun and rewarding to do on a Saturday morning? Consider joining the National Park Service (NPS) volunteer crew for habitat restoration activities in Mill Ruins Park.

Typical NPS Mill Ruins volunteer activities include invasive species removal, occasional planting, and caring for native species that have been planted by other volunteers. 

There are two remaining Saturday drop-in volunteer events this year at Mill Ruins Park, 9am-12pm: September 23 and October 14

Gloves, tools, and instruction will be provided. Volunteers bring a water bottle, sunscreen, sturdy shoes, and clothes that can get dirty. Chat with a ranger or NPS volunteer crew leader, play in the dirt, and feel good knowing that your efforts are helping to improve the national park in our backyard!

Questions? Contact Ranger Erin Steinhibel at erin_steinhibel@nps.gov. Per Erin, "We are so proud of our volunteers - they even won an award from the Minneapolis Park Board last season because of all their hard work!" 

September 23, 2017, Saturday - St. Jude Walk/Run

Time: 8a

Location: US Bank Statdium

St. Jude Walk/Run To End Childhood Cancer- Minneapolis

Join us for the St. Jude Walk/Run to End Childhood Cancer held at U.S. Bank Stadium! Get ready to Walk/Run and fight against childhood cancer and finish on the same turf that the Vikings play on!

Sign up, form a team with friends and family or join an existing one, and fundraise for the kids at St Jude. Help support our mission: Finding cures. Saving children.®

EVENT SCHEDULE:
8:00AM- Registration/Check-In Opens, Music & Activities
*Food, face painting, airbrush tattoos, Ninja Warrior obstacle course, MN Wolves hoop, DJ, band, etc.
9:00 AM- Opening Ceremony ft. local patient families, Tom Butler from FOX9 & Adam West from KOOL108/K102
9:15AM- Fun Run & 5K Walk Starts
*Route is both outdoors and indoors wi...th the finish on the field!
10:00AM- Band, food and kids' activities to follow!

PARKING:
Parking is available around the stadium, street parking and garage/lots near the stadium.

FUNDRAISE:
Fundraise to support the kids of St. Jude
-Raise $100 and earn your official event T-Shirt
-Raise $250 to become a member of our Fearless Fundraiser Club, and earn additional St. Jude Gear as you fundraise

Donations are welcome!
Can’t make it to the St. Jude Walk/Run To End Childhood Cancer but still want to help out?
You can donate directly to our website: http://fundraising.stjude.org/walkrunmsp