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Thursday
Mar092017

March 9, 2017, Thursday - Indoor Inline Skating at US Bank Stadium

Indoor Inline Skating

Schedule
 4:45PM | Doors Open (Participants can enter through the NW Legacy Gate or Skyway)
 5-7PM | Family Skate
 7-8PM | Athletic Skate

About The Event
Tickets must be purchased at the U.S. Bank Stadium Ticket Office, limited ticket quantities available. Ticket sales will end at 7:15PM on event nights.

Additional 2017 date: March 13

Thursday
Mar092017

March 9, 2017, Thursday - Minnesota Indoor Distance Running at US Bank Stadium

Minnesota Distance Running at US Bank Stadium

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.
 
Additional 2017 date: March 13
Thursday
Mar092017

March 9, 2017, Thursday - Mark Johnson on Urban Waterfronts at Walker Art Center

Time: 7 – 8:30 pm

Location:Walker Art Center, 725 Vineland Place

Minneapolis Parks Foundation and Walker Art Center present: Mark Johnson on Urban Waterfronts

Next Generation of Parks™ events continue with a presentation by Mark Johnson. Johnson is one of the world's premiere designers of urban waterfront parks. This talk will explore 21st century approaches to parks and public space on our urban rivers and waterfronts. Mark Johnson is co-founder and principal of Civitas, a Denver-based landscape design and urban planning firm that has made waves throughout the United States with their work on urban waterfronts. He is a recognized thought-leader in the design of urban parks and public spaces and the reuse of brownfield and industrial sites. He led the urban design for the Los Angeles River Revitalization Master Plan and, in the Twin Cities, recently completed the Lake Effect Signature Project plan in Wayzata, Minnesota.

Tickets available from the Walker’s main lobby desk from 6 pm the night of the event.

Thursday
Mar092017

March 9, 2017, Thursday - {IN}SOMNO at The Lab Theater (thru March 12)

Performances: See below show link

Location: The Lab Theater, 700 1st North Street

{IN}SOMNO

Featuring a company of fourteen dancers, {IN}SOMNO marvels at the breadth of the subconscious and uncovers exactly where we go, in sleep.

Our waking experiences and deepest thoughts are brought to vivid intersection each night when we close our eyes and leave our conscious selves. At its best, a restorative eutopia; at its worst, an exhausting infinitude, the sleeping mind creates an alternate universe embedded within the brain’s electrical impulses.

Wednesday
Mar082017

March 8, 2017, Wednesday - Poetry Out Loud Minnesota State Competition at The Loft

Time: 5:00pm - 8:00pm

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

Poetry Out Loud Minnesota State Competition 2017

The Loft Literary Center proudly presents the 2017 Minnesota Poetry Out Loud state finals. Come and watch teens compete for the chance to represent Minnesota at the national finals in Washington, D.C.

One teen from Minnesota will advance from this competition to the national finals, where the teen will compete with champions from all fifty states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.

Monday
Mar062017

March 6, 2017, Monday - Indoor Inline Skating at US Bank Stadium

Indoor Inline Skating

Schedule
 4:45PM | Doors Open (Participants can enter through the NW Legacy Gate or Skyway)
 5-7PM | Family Skate
 7-8PM | Athletic Skate

About The Event
Tickets must be purchased at the U.S. Bank Stadium Ticket Office, limited ticket quantities available. Ticket sales will end at 7:15PM on event nights.

Additional 2017 dates: March 9 and 13

Monday
Mar062017

March 6, 2017, Monday - Minnesota Indoor Distance Running at US Bank Stadium

Minnesota Distance Running at US Bank Stadium

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.
 
Additional 2017 dates: Mar 9, Mar 13
Sunday
Mar052017

March 5, 2017, Sunday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 8:00pm - 10:00pm  $5

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree St

Tonight: Twin Cities Hot Club (Gypsy Jazz) 

Saturday
Mar042017

March 4, 2017, Saturday - Free First Saturday: Kids’ Film Festival at Walker Art Center


Time: 10a - 6pm

Location: The Walker, 725 Vineland Place

Free First Saturday: Kids’ Film Festival at Walker Art Center

Gallery admission is free for everyone on the first Saturday of each month from 10 am to 6 pm, with a variety of family activities scheduled from 10 am to 3 pm.
Saturday
Mar042017

March 4, 2017, Saturday - Taste Twin Cities Downtown Minneapolis Skyway Tour

Time: 2:00pm

Location: Begins at LaSalle Plaza (800 LaSalle Plaza), Hennepin Ave between 8th & 9th Street; ends at Metro Building (80 9th Street S)

Taste Twin Cities Food Tours Downtown Minneapolis Skyway 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 of the newest and hottest award winning restaurants 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 craft beer 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.

Saturday
Mar042017

March 4, 2017, Saturday - Mill City Farmers Market at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

The Mill City Farmers Market boasts the best indoor winter market in town from November to April. Shop from over 40 local farmers, food vendors, and artists from 10:00am to 1:00pm.

NOTE: The March 4 Market will be held at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Chanhassen.

Additional 2017 Winter Market Schedule (at the Mill City Museum):
March 11 & 25
April 8 & 22

Saturday
Mar042017

March 4, 2017, Saturday - Researching the History of Your Home at Central Library

Time: 10:30-11:30am

Location: Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall

Researching the History of Your Home

Learn about the tools and resources available at the library and throughout the city that will help you research the history of your house, neighborhood or a piece of property within Minneapolis city limits.

Saturday
Mar042017

March 4, 2017, Saturday - Washburn A Mill Tour at the Mill City Museum

Time: 1:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 S. 2nd Street

Washburn A Mill Tour 

$16 adults, $14 seniors and college students, $12 ages 5-17, $4 discount MNHS members, includes museum admission

Reservations: required, call 612-341-7555

Take an in-depth look at the historic Washburn A Mill complex and the award-winning Mill City Museum building. A guide 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. This is the only opportunity for a guided tour through the entire museum building and the only chance to see some of its nonpublic spaces.

Friday
Mar032017

March 3, 2017, Friday - The Awakening opens at the Southern Theater (thru March 18)

Time: 7:30pm

Location: Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Avenue South

The Awakening Presented by Savage Umbrella

March 3 - 18

Edna Pontellier has zero effs left to give. Nothing is really wrong, at all, except for the inconvenient fact that she’s slowly dying inside. Here we have one woman’s struggle to become her most authentic self, amidst a society unwilling to see her for who she is. Music, waves, and sexual tension thick as the humid New Orleans air. Adapted freely from Kate Chopin’s landmark feminist novel. Savage Umbrella creates new works of theater striving to engage artists and audiences in critical conversation. With lust for the uncharted and the unknown; Savage Umbrella embraces and dissects the familiar. The company believes that theater is a vehicle for important and complex conversations about who we are, how we are, where we come from, and how we connect with each other. Together is better. Get under the umbrella.

Friday
Mar032017

March 3, 2017, Friday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 9:00pm  $5

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Street SE

Tonight: Savannah Smith, Charlie Van Stee & Frequency Collisions

Thursday
Mar022017

March 2, 2017, Thursday - 2017 Meet Minneapolis Annual Meeting

Agenda:
 11:00 a.m. Registration & Networking
 11:30 - 1:00 p.m.  Lunch and Formal Presentation

Location:Minneapolis Convention Center, 1301 2nd Avenue South, Ballroom A

2017 Meet Minneapolis Annual Meeting


 

Thursday
Mar022017

March 2, 2017, Thursday - Ten Thousand Things' Fiddler on the Roof at Open Book (4 nights)

Location: Open Book, 1011 Washington Avenue South

Ten Thousand Things presents: Fiddler on the Roof

March 2-5 and March 16-19 

Performed in TTT's hallmark style, with a racially diverse cast and a one-man band, Fiddler tells the story of a father struggling to maintain his religious and cultural traditions under the persecution of a tsar. Directed by Michelle Hensley, and featuring Joy Dolo, Steven Epp, Tyson Forbes, Sheena Janson, Elise Langer, Thomasina Petrus, Kory LaQuess Pullam, Eric Sharp and Dennis Spears.

Thursday, Friday and Saturday shows start at 7:30 pm and Sunday shows at 4 pm. Tickets are $30. Pay what you can for audiences under age 30( please present ID at the door).

For information and tickets: http://www.tenthousandthings.org/season/fiddler.

Thursday
Mar022017

March 2, 2017, Thursday - Thursday Morning Artist Series at MacPhail

Time: 9:30am reception, 10:30am concert

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

Thursday Mornings' Thursday, March 2 concert:

Francophile Concert: French composers and those inspired by France 
Living Concert Notes with Guest Moderator David Evan Thomas, composer
Deanne Mohr, piano
Colleen Batty, mezzo-soprano (Thursday Musical debut)
Will Richardson, cello

Upcoming Dates:

Thursday, Mar. 16, 2017
Thursday, Apr. 6, 2017
Thursday, Apr. 13, 2017 
Wednesday
Mar012017

March 1, 2017, Wednesday - Indoor Inline Skating at US Bank Stadium

Indoor Inline Skating

Schedule
 4:45PM | Doors Open (Participants can enter through the NW Legacy Gate or Skyway)
 5-7PM | Family Skate
 7-8PM | Athletic Skate

About The Event
Tickets must be purchased at the U.S. Bank Stadium Ticket Office, limited ticket quantities available. Ticket sales will end at 7:15PM on event nights.

Additional 2017 dates: March 1, March 6, March 9, Mar 13

Wednesday
Mar012017

March 1, 2017, Wednesday - 2017 State of the (Real) Estate at Mill City Museum