October 2, 2016, Sunday - Autism Speaks Walk – Minnesota 2016

Time: 2:00pm

Location:  Target Field Station, 5th Street N and 5th Avenue N

Autism Speaks Walk – Minnesota 2016 - Tickets 

After 5 outstanding years of hosting this event, the Minnesota autism community has gathered over $980,000 for the Autism Speaks mission; allowing us to continue funding vital global, biomedical research, advance autism advocacy bills and continue to create and supply free family services for all. Thank you for your continued support! 

Autism Speaks Walk is an inspirational and impactful opportunity to raise money and awareness to help change the future for all those who struggle with autism. Participating in Autism Speaks Walk empowers you to make a difference, self-advocate, honor someone with autism and gather with your fellow autism community members in a united voice. Everyone is touched by autism in a different way, and at Autism Speaks Walk we gather together! We look forward to gathering everyone at Target Field in October! 

Please share this page, gather your team members and reach towards your team member and fundraising goals. We need the entire communities support to reach our 2016 goal of $240,000. With that said, if you have a family member, business, school or community provider that is interested in hosting a large fundraising event please email Minnesota@AutismSpeaks.org so we can help! 

Like the Facebook Page to stay on top the latest Autism Speaks and Minnesota autism community news.

October 1, 2016, Saturday - Mill City Farmers Market

Time: 9:00am - 1:00pm

Location: 704 South 2nd Street

Today at Mill City Farmers Market: Bread Festival

It is time again to honor our namesake and beautiful, historic locale with our annual Bread Festival. Join us this Saturday for mini lectures about heritage grains, sourdough starters, and more bread tips from renowned local bakers. Plus, enter your own loaf in our tasting to share the story of bread in your life.

October 1, 2016, Saturday - TCO Vikings 5K

Schedule:

6:00 a.m. - Check in begins
8:00 a.m. - TCO Vikings 5K begins!
10:00 a.m. - Kids Fun Run starts at U.S. Bank Stadium! Please check in on the main concourse near the Vikings Locker Room Store by 9:30am (North West corner of the building)
10:30 a.m. - Race awards!
8:00 - 12:00 p.m. - Post-race Healthy Living Expo, featuring games, food for participants, plus Vikings alumni autograph signing, photo ops and healthy living vendors! Open to all spectators and registered participants. 

October 1, 2016, Saturday - Mill City Emanuel Singers Rehearsal at MacPhail

Time: 2:00pm - 3:30pm

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

Mill City Emanuel Singers Rehearsal at MacPhail

A Friends of the Mill District & MacPhail Center for Music Event

It's a new season for The Mill City Emanuel 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 community project? Attend one rehearsal, you will be hooked! For more information, please contact Claudia Kittock at cjkittock@gmail.com.

October 1, 2016, Saturday - The Parchment Hour opens at the Gurthrie

Time: see show link below

Location: Guthrie Theater, McGuire Proscenium Stage, 818 S 2nd Street

The Parchment Hour

Songs and stories of the ’61 Freedom Riders

At the dawn of the Civil Rights Movement, brave women and men of all backgrounds said goodbye to their families, boarded buses and headed into the Deep South to battle discrimination. Arrested and imprisoned in Mississippi’s notorious Parchman Farm Penitentiary, these Freedom Riders endured by creating a nightly variety show called “The Parchman Hour.” The Parchman Hour is a captivating play with music, one that reveals a defining chapter in American history while celebrating the hope and resilience of a community that joined together to stand against segregation.

October 1, 2016, Saturday - Neighborhood Arts Day at Elliot Rec Center

October 1, 2016, Saturday - 13th Annual Historic Riverfront 5K Run/Walk

Time:  9:00 am

Location: Starting at Boom Island Park, 700 Sibley Street NE

Historic Riverfront 5K Run/Walk

The St. Anthony West Neighborhood Organization’s 13th Annual Historic Riverfront 5K Run/Walk will take you through historic Northeast Minneapolis, along the Mississippi River and over the Stone Arch Bridge. The race course is USATF certified, and a T-shirt included in registration. Prizes will be awarded.

Registration is $25 before August 13, $30 before September 27 or $35 on race day. All proceeds benefit the Dickman Park Summer Program and other neighborhood activities.

October 1, 2016, Saturday - Hydro-Illuminata: Playing with Fire on the Mississippi

Time: 6:30pm – 9:30pm

Location: Banks of the Mississippi at MWMO, 2522 Marshall St. NE

Hydro-Illuminata: Playing with Fire

Torches create pinpoints of light in the darkness. Dancers weave in spiraling lines down the banks of the Mississippi. Flaming boats trail glowing lines of molten light across the river. The water itself appears transformed into liquid fire. These dramatic images are the culmination of Hydro-Illuminata, a three-month long community conversation about water sustainability. Join local sculptor James Brenner and the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization for a public water and fire spectacle on the banks of the Mississippi as small, fire-filled boats are cast adrift on the water, giving tangible form to a community conversation about water sustainability.

This spectacular free public event will include an iron pour performance, music, choreography and projections.

September 30, 2016, Friday - As Curated By: Finding Your Bones at the Loft

Time: 7 PM - 9 PM

Location: The Loft Literary Center

As Curated By: Finding Your Bones

Celebrate the publication of House of Fire: A Story of Love, Courage, and Transformation, a touching and provocative memoir from author, educator, and incest survivor Elizabeth di Grazia. Elizabeth will be joined by award-winning writers Christine Stark, R. Vincent Moniz Jr., and Keno Evol for a powerful evening of stories of survival, transformational poetry, and bare bones honesty. A wine and appetizer book signing reception will follow the readings. 

September 30, 2016, Friday - The Haunted Basement Opens at Soap Factory

Ten years ago, a volunteer explored the depths of The Soap Factory’s basement and emerged with a fiendishly simple idea: hand people a poorly functioning flashlight, send them downstairs into the darkness and commit every terrified visitor to one important rule: DON’T LET GO OF THE ROPE.

A decade later, this simple idea has transformed into an ever-evolving annual tradition. The Haunted Basement has grown into one of the most notorious Halloween attractions in the Midwest. In addition, it has become a breeding ground for demented new talent ranging from visual artists and set designers to actors, dancers and all-around Creeps.

As the project has grown, one core directive has remained exactly the same since day one: to scare the living daylights out of every miserable soul who descends the entrance steps. This year, in the tenth iteration of the Haunted Basement, the themes of the basement will focus on a twisted view of real-life horrors with the designers’ mangled interpretation of a day in the life of a typical tortured soul.

This year they will also be offering other unique ways to experience the Haunted Basement: “Blind Invocation” is a special solo experience with encounters with multiple exclusive environments specially crafted to guarantee in-depth, one-on-one encounters;”Fraidy Cat Tours” is a special lights on, no actors tour of the full Haunted Basement sets; and “Un-Happy Hour” is the ‘No Touch’ Haunted Basement experience (for those who want to participate in the fun, but like their personal space).

More information. 

September 30, 2016, Friday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 9:00pm  Cover: $8

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Tonight: Marah in the Mainsail & Good Morning Bedlam

September 30, 2016, Friday - Stone Arch Trio Live at The Depot

Time: 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Location: Stone Arch Bar at The Depot, 225 3rd Avenue S
 
Stone Arch Trio Live

Come on over to the Stone Arch Bar in the Renaissance Minneapolis Hotel for food, fun and music! They will be hosting the Stone Arch Trio -- a revelatory, new modern jazz ensemble. The Stone Arch Trio will inspire you with their slinky, silky smooth sound that takes you back to the smoky jazz clubs of 1966. Join your friends or make some new ones. Grok the vibe, and groove to the best new club trio in Minneapolis.

September 30, 2016, Friday - Twin Cities Food Tours' Historic Northeast Minneapolis Food Tour

Times: 1:00pm

Twin Cities Food Tours' Historic Northeast Minneapolis Food Tour

The Historic Northeast Walking Food Tour takes place in the Minneapolis neighborhood known as Northeast, or Nordeast to locals! You’ll savor favorites from 6 locations including sausages also served at Twins Stadium, authentic Neaopolitan Pizza, traditional Greek desserts and gourmet cheeses, to name a few. You’ll also learn how these local establishments came to be, who owns them and some fun and interesting stories they have to share. The food sampled on the tour is included in the price of your ticket and is enough for a satisfying lunch.

September 29, 2016, Thursday - Night Out North Loop

September 29, 2016, Thursday - Upper Harbor Terminal Phase 1 Public Site Tour and Meeting

Time: 5:00pm – 6:30pm tour and open house; 6:30pm – 8:00pm meeting

Location: Supreme Marine, 3456 Washington Avenue N (main entrance off Washington)

Upper Harbor Terminal Phase 1 Public Site Tour and Meeting

The community is invited to learn more about the Upper Harbor Terminal site, see a concept for its redevelopment formulated by Juxtaposition Arts environmental design studio and join in a discussion of what “equity” could mean relative to this site. A tour of the Phase 1 portion of the site also will be available (but spots are limited).

September 29, 2016, Thursday - East Town Business Partnership Networking Event

Time: 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Location: KC Truth Bar, 310 4th Ave S

ETBP Happy Hour Networking event at KC Truth Bar

The East Town Business Partnership is hosting its first ever Happy Hour Networking event on Thursday, September 29, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at KC Truth Bar - 310 4th Ave S, Minneapolis. This is an opportunity to meet and network with other ETBP members and hear a presentation titled the "Art of Networking," given by Wendy Blomseth from the Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal. You must register for this event, so we can provide an attendee count to our caterer, Day Block Brewing, but this event is FREE.  We are capping registrations at 60.

A big thank you to KC Truth for hosting and Day Block Brewing for providing hospitality at this event!

September 29, 2016, Thursday - Public Forum: Samatar Crossing (5th Street Reconnection)

Time:  7:00pm

Location: Normandy Inn, Continental Room, 405 S 8th Street

Public Forum: Samatar Crossing (5th Street Reconnection)

Join Council Members Warsami and Frey along with City staff in a conversation about the proposed 5th Street Reconnection (to be named Samatar Crossing).

Samatar Crossing will restore the physical connection between Downtown Minneapolis and Cedar-Riverside by converting the now closed 5th Street freeway exit ramp into a traversable through-way between 11th Ave S & 15th Ave S. 

Multiple concepts as to how this road will be designed and the modes of transportation that will be prioritized are being evaluated. Come to this meeting to provide feedback on potential designs and learn more about their anticipated impact on traffic.

Project Homepage: http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/cip/2016/WCMSP-173830

September 28, 2016, Wednesday - Mill District Smartphone Photo Tour

Time: 5 PM - 7 PM

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Location: Starting point is the A Mill Artist Lofts, 315 SE Main Street

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Mill District Smartphone Photo Tour with Preservation Alliance of Minnesota (PAM)

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See the Legendary Mill District through a New Lens: Your Phone

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Join us for an evening of history and photography in Minneapolis’ Mill District. Part hands-on workshop, part cultural exploration, our second Mill District Smartphone Photography Tour leads you through some of this area's most architecturally unique spots, and teaches phone photography techniques to use anywhere.

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We'll start at the new/old A Mill Artist Lofts for a drink and short presentation by professional photographer Eric Mueller. Eric goes beyond filters, teaching how to maximize your smartphone for snapping amazing pictures on this tour and future excursions. The built and natural environments of the Mill District feature a range of construction styles, shapes, and textures – ideal for photographic experimentation.

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Art history and architecture professor Kristin Anderson will join in and lead us up Main Street. You'll discover the stories behind the Mill District’s development, industry, and architecture, and stop at key points to practice your new photography skills.

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The evening winds down at the super- photogenic Stone Arch Bridge. We’ll grab a group pic and be on our way!

September 28, 2016, Wednesday - The Soap Factory's Haunted Basement "Crash Test Shows"

Ten years ago, a volunteer explored the depths of The Soap Factory’s basement and emerged with a fiendishly simple idea: hand people a poorly functioning flashlight, send them downstairs into the darkness and commit every terrified visitor to one important rule: DON’T LET GO OF THE ROPE.

A decade later, this simple idea has transformed into an ever-evolving annual tradition. The Haunted Basement has grown into one of the most notorious Halloween attractions in the Midwest. In addition, it has become a breeding ground for demented new talent ranging from visual artists and set designers to actors, dancers and all-around Creeps.

As the project has grown, one core directive has remained exactly the same since day one: to scare the living daylights out of every miserable soul who descends the entrance steps. This year, in the tenth iteration of the Haunted Basement, the themes of the basement will focus on a twisted view of real-life horrors with the designers’ mangled interpretation of a day in the life of a typical tortured soul.

This year they will also be offering other unique ways to experience the Haunted Basement: “Blind Invocation” is a special solo experience with encounters with multiple exclusive environments specially crafted to guarantee in-depth, one-on-one encounters;”Fraidy Cat Tours” is a special lights on, no actors tour of the full Haunted Basement sets; and “Un-Happy Hour” is the ‘No Touch’ Haunted Basement experience (for those who want to participate in the fun, but like their personal space).

More information. 

September 26, 2016, Monday - Alchemy's A10 Class at Target Field Station

Time: 5:30 pm

Location: Target Field Station, 335 N 5th Street

Join us for Alchemy's A10 Class! 

The A10 class combines three proven fitness disciplines: Yoga, strength and conditioning in the most unexpected and refreshing way. This is a class for all levels, and coaches are well-practiced in providing scaling options at the start of every class.

All equipment is provided, and mats are not required to participate