February 10, 2017, Friday - Seven at Southern Theater (2 nights)

Time: 7:30pm

Location: The Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Avenue South

Holo Lue Choy, Pramila Vasudevan, Anat Shinar, Deborah Jinza Thayer, Megan Mayer, Laurie Van Wieren and Charles Campbell present:

Seven

Seven Artists: A collection of new works. Seven independent dance artists with varying experiences and backgrounds go beyond the ordinary by combining and creating work together within a week of rapid-fire experimentation culminating in three nights of uninhibited performance. Featuring Holo Lue Choy, Pramila Vasudevan, Anat Shinar, Deborah Jinza Thayer, Megan Mayer, Laurie Van Wieren and Charles Campbell. General admission: $20 in advance ($24 at the door); Student (with ID): $12; ARTshare members free.

February 9, 2017, Thursday - Fireside Chat with John Anfinson at NPS Headquarters

Time: 5:30p - 7:00p

Location: NPS Headquarters, Kellogg Square, 111 East Kellogg Boulevard, Saint Paul

Fireside Chat with John Anfinson (pls use this link to register)

Sit down with the superintendent of Mississippi National River and Recreation Area for a cup of hot cocoa and an informal chat with your fellow park supporters! This event will be held at NPS Headquarters in downtown Saint Paul, overlooking the metro river.
 
Discuss the current state of the Mississippi River, successes throughout the Centennial year, and what the next century of parks might look like – specifically for urban national parks like Mississippi National River and Recreation Area.
 
This free event is open to the public. Hosted by Mississippi Park Connection

February 9, 2017, Thursday - Downtown Polar Plunge at US Bank Plaza

Time: 12 PM - 7 PM

Location: U.S. Bank Plaza, 800 Nicollet Mall

Downtown Polar Plunge

Let's go jump in a lake!

The Polar Plunge, presented by Minnesota law enforcement, is a unique opportunity for individuals, organizations and businesses to support local Special Olympics Minnesota athletes by jumping into Minnesota's frigid waters.

Join us for the 2017 Downtown Minneapolis Plunge!

The Plunge is taking it to a whole new level this year! To celebrate our 20th year of Polar Plunging, we’re dropping a pool right in the heart downtown Minneapolis. All you have to do is walk outside, jump in and support Special Olympics Minnesota.

You can choose to Plunge at the 12 - 1 p.m. or 4 - 6 p.m. time slot.

There’s no excuse to miss this Plunge! Celebrate afterwards with a happy hour hosted by your frien...ds at Atlas Grill right inside US Bank Plaza.

We have big expectations for this event — it’s going to be like no other Plunge! This is a great opportunity to get out of work early and support a great cause! Bring a change of clothes to Plunge in — it could be your swimsuit, a wacky outfit or team costume (we’ll have changing rooms on-site)! Shoes must be worn while Plunging, so don’t forget to bring a separate pair to Plunge in.

http://www.plungemn.org/events/downtown/

February 9, 2017, Thursday - Atomic Priests Live at The Soap Factory (3 nights)

Time:  9:00pm

Location: The Soap Factory, 514 2nd St SE

Atomic Priests Live

Thursday, February 9th at 9:00PM
Friday, February 10th at 9:00PM
Saturday, February 11th at 9:00PM

How do you communicate a message 10,000 years into the future? Theatre ensemble 600 Whale takes audiences on a journey through deep time to a radioactive enclave with their upcoming work, “Atomic Priests Live!” Join the Priests in the Soap Factory basement. $10.

Email sixhundredwhale@gmail.com to reserve tickets. 

February 9, 2017, Thursday - Minneapolis Downtown Council Annual Meeting

February 8, 2017, Wednesday - Minneapolis Bike Week 2015: Planning Meeting at Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition

Time: 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Location: Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition, 1428 Washington Ave S Suite 204

Open Streets Volunteer Planning Meeting

Please join us for the second meeting of the Open Streets Planning Group for 2017! We have some ideas and projects rolling, and we welcome more.

Come and bring your 2017 Vision for Open Streets to life!

All are welcome, new volunteers encouraged!

February 8, 2017, Wednesday - Family Storytime at Central Library

Time: 10:30am - 11:00am

Location: Central Library, Children's Library, 300 Nicollet Mall

Family Storytime

For children of all ages and their parent or caregiver. Talk, sing, read, write and play together in a format appropriate for young children. Share books, stories, rhymes, music and movement.

Suitable for: Babies, Preschoolers and Toddlers

This event is also offered on February 15 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM

February 8, 2017, Wednesday - Sip of Science at Aster Cafe

Time: 5:30pm

Location: Aster Cafe (River Room) 125 SE Main Street

Feb Sip of Science: A different type of hydropower: The rise of marine hydrokinetic energy

(This event is free, but RSVP is required. Please click on the above link.)

Hydropower is recognized as a clean, renewable energy, but traditional hydropower, typically generated by dams on rivers, can significantly impact the overall flow regime, sediment transport, and ecology of our waterways. Thus, new technologies are being explored that hopes to minimize our environmental footprint while continuing to provide clean, renewable energy. In-streams turbines, also referred as Marine Hydrokinetic turbines (MHK) or current energy converters (CEC), are a relatively new type of renewable energy technology which harnesses the flowing water of tidal channels and rivers to produce electrical energy. The operating principle is very similar to the classical wind energy turbines, albeit here water is the driving fluid that spins the turbine rotor. Like any new technology, there are many research questions that need answering before incorporating this new technology into our energy portfolio.

Join PhD student Mirko Musa from the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory at the University as he discusses one such research question: how do MHK turbines impact bathymetry (the channel bed) and sediment transport in fluvial and tidal systems?

A SIP OF SCIENCE is a science happy hour sponsored by NCED and the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory at the University of Minnesota. It is a forum for researchers to put science in context through storytelling - all over beer, in a cool bar.

February 7, 2017, Tuesday - Celebrate the Bold North at the Commons

Time: 2 PM - 4 PM

Location: Downtown Minneapolis East Commons

Celebrate the Bold North

Join us at the Downtown East Plaza and get in the winter spirit for #SB52! Minnesotans are invited to embrace the Bold North with ice sculptures, complimentary coffee or hot chocolate, and other surprises. We hope to see you there! 

February 7, 2017, Tuesday - Healing Craft Night at the Soap Factory

Time:  5:30pm - 8:00pm

Location: The Soap Factory, 514 Second St SE

Healing Craft Night

No matter your cultural background, religion, political viewpoint, age, race, gender, class, or size, you are human first. And while the preceding categories may separate us, craft is an act that unites us. People across the spectrum make work by hand.

Craft not only unites us, it heals us, too – a therapeutic act that calms and restores us by bringing focus to the act at hand. No matter your identity, each of us could benefit from a little de-stressing.

Come replenish your creative spirit and celebrate what we have in common at the Healing Craft Night, a monthly gathering where we gather to work with our hands. Sew, carve, knit, or even draw or collage – whatever activity you love and can carry with you.

To learn more about Healing Craft Nights and to stay up-to-date on upcoming events –  Join the Facebook Group here!

February 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:
Feb 21, Feb 23, Feb 27
Mar 1, Mar 6, Mar 9, Mar 13

February 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:
Feb 21, Feb 23, Feb 27
March 1, March 6, March 9, Mar 13

February 5, 2017, Sunday - Swing Brunch at Aster Cafe

Time: 11:00am - 2:00pm

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Today: Swing Brunch with Patty and the Buttons

Patty and The Buttons preach the gospel of hot rhythm and happy feet. The band is similar to what you would find in a dance hall, cafe or nightclub anywhere around the world between 1920-1940.

February 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.

February 4, 2017, Saturday - Off the Streets 5K

Time: 10:00am

Location: Target Field

Off the Streets 5K

A 5K walk/run on February 4, 2017 in the concourse of Target Field. 100% of proceeds go toward fighting human trafficking among youth in our city.

Strollers will be welcome though we encourage you to stick with more streamlined models as the concourse gets tight in some areas. Anyone under the age of 8 may register for free.

Friends and family welcome to come and cheer!

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February 4, 2017, Saturday - Big Climb MPLS at Capella Tower

Time: Event check-in opens at 7:30am. Start times will be emailed in advance to participants who reach the $75 fundraising minimum.

Location: Capella Tower, 225 South 6th Street

Big Climb MPLS

Climb the tallest indoor, chip-timed verticle challenge in the Upper Midwest!

Challenge yourself to raise money and conquer 53 or 105 floors of Capella Tower to help The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society raise $250,000 for the mission.

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is the world's largest voluntary health agency dedicated to blood cancer. The LLS mission: cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. LLS funds lifesaving blood cancer research around the world and provides free information and support services. Learn more at www.lls.org.

February 4, 2017, Saturday - Dinner Detective at Courtyard Minneapolis Downtown

Time: Doors open at 6:00pm

Location: Courtyard Minneapolis Downtown, 1500 Washington Avenue S

Dinner Detective Minneapolis

The Dinner Detective is America’s LARGEST, award-winning interactive comedic murder mystery dinner show! Our high-energy, modern-day whodunit is combined with a full four-course meal.

Our immensely popular murder mystery shows are set in the present day. Unlike other murder mystery dinner shows (or just dinner shows in general), with The Dinner Detective, you and your guests will not find themselves staring at cheesy costumes, there will be no recited campy dialogue and certainly no hokey song and dance. Our performers are dressed just like everyone else, leaving all of the guests to suspect who is a part of the show and who is not! All scripts are based on actual cold cases and are created in house. From the get go, the guests are seated with the performers and most likely will not realize it! Our Detectives enter the room, proceed to interrogate guests, find clues and start the investigation. This allows our guests to socialize with and interrogate each other, while deciphering real life-based clues. At the end of the night, prizes are awarded to the Top Sleuth who solves the crime!

February 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.

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

Time: 9:00pm $5

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Street SE

Tonight:  Jimmy Peterson, Brad Senne & Sal Inski (Folk)

February 3, 2017, Friday - 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:
Feb 6, Feb 21, Feb 23, Feb 27
Mar 1, Mar 6, Mar 9, Mar 13