August 14, 2016, Sunday - 10th Annual Red Stag Block Party

Time: 2:00pm - 8:00pm

Location: Reg Stag Supperclub, 509 1st Avenue NE

10th Annual Red Stag Block Party - In Cahoots! A Collaboration of Craft Brewing

 

Red Stag Supperclub & The Growler are proud to bring you Minneapolis's First Collaboration Festival - In Cahoots! 12 local breweries form 6 teams to create 6 new collaboration beers that will debut at this year's block party. You vote on the best brew! A portion of the event proceeds will be given to the winning team's local charity. The free event will be held outside at the Red Stag on Sunday, August 14th, from 2pm-8pm.

August 14, 2016, Sunday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 8:00pm $5

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Street SE

Tonight: Karl B & The Soul Surgeons (Funk Fusion) 

August 14, 2016, Sunday - Minneapolis Riverfront Tour at the Mill City Museum

Time: 1:00pm

Location:  Mill City Museum, 704 South 2nd Street

Minneapolis Riverfront Tour

Take a guided walking tour of the Minneapolis riverfront and learn about its dramatic past and bright future. Visit the historic district at St. Anthony Falls, once the milling center of the world and now a growing cultural, recreational and residential neighborhood. Stop along the Stone Arch Bridge for spectacular views of the falls, view historic buildings surrounding the riverfront and downtown Minneapolis. The tour will explore stories of the people who have worked and lived in the area and how it has changed over the years.

August 13, 2016, Saturday - Family Riverfront Quest Tour at Mill City Museum

Time: 1:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 South 2nd Street

Riverfront Quest Family Tour

Explore the Minneapolis riverfront with a family treasure hunt! Participants will make a quest journal and then solve rhyming riddles and search for hidden boxes throughout the tour. The tour is designed for ages 6-11.

August 13, 2016, Saturday - Mill City Farmers Market

Time: 8:00am - 1:00pm

Location: 704 South 2nd Street

Today at Mill City Farmers Market:  Gut Health Day

Learn the benefits of fermented foods (besides being delicious!). Stop by our pickled vegetable vendors Kiss My Cabbage and Martha's Joy for amazing, kimchi, sauerkraut, pickled watermelon rinds, and more! Or, home-picklers can pick up baskets of pickling cucumbers and other great veggies to preserve the harvest!

PRODUCE PLANNER - Arugula, beets, blueberries, baby bok choi, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cherry tomatoes, cilantro, collards, cucumbers, eggplant, fennel, garlic scapes, green beans, green onions, ground cherries, hakurei salad turnips, herbs, kale, kohlrabi, lavender, lettuce, melon, mint, microgreens, mushrooms, mustard greens, Nappa cabbage, oregano, pac choi, parsnips, radicchio, radishes (red and french breakfast), raspberries, rhubarb, okra, oregano, peppers (hot and sweet), potatoes, raspberries, spring onions, squash blossoms, salad mix, snap peas, snow peas, spinach, sweet corn, Swiss chard, thyme, tomatillos, zucchini and much more!

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YOGA

9AM – Donation-based outdoor yoga class from Joni at YogaFit Studios Northeast! The class will be in the lawn down the stairs from the Market across from River Road. Bring your own mat!

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MILL CITY COOKS

10:30-11AM Market Chef Jenny Breen will prepare a seasonal market meal with chef and owners of GYST Fermentation Bar in our FREE cooking demonstration, Mill City Cooks!

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MINI FARM

Mini Farm- Oliver H. Kelley Farm will be joining us again this season on the 2nd Saturday of every month! Little market shoppers and adults alike can experience life on a historic 1890’s farm when heritage variety sheep and hens come to the market each month!

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KIDS' ACTIVITY

Power of Produce–PoP Club!- A seasonal vegetable tasting club for kids ages 5-12. Collect punches on trading cards and receive a $2 token to spend on produce at the market for tasting this Saturday’s vegetable! This season PoP will be at the market’s green Information Booth in the center of the market on the Chicago Mall.

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LIVE MUSIC

11AM – 1PM MCFM welcomes Jack Klatt playing folk, rockabilly music in the music tent located near the Guthrie stairs.

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MEET YOUR VEGETABLES

Sample fresh, seasonal veggie recipes created and prepared by Nutrition students at our Meet Your Vegetables booth, located at the top of the Chicago Mall. Our interns will be sampling Tomato Cucumber Salad–grab a recipe and a sample and chat with medical professionals from Allina Health, the program’s sponsor.

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COMMUNITY BOOTH

MSP Film Society

ART MARKET

This Saturday’s featured local artists include Made By Liz P, Fringe & Fettle Ceramics, Spring Finn & Co., Crookedwood, Indigo & Snow, Larissa Loden Jewlery, ArtAndes, Jeanne Beatrice Market Baskets, and Sassy Knitwear. Find them in the train shed and on the Chicago Expansion!

August 13, 2016, Saturday - North Loop Crawl for a Cure

Join your neighbors for the North Loop Crawl for a Cure on August 13. The money raised from this crawl will go directly to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.  Click the above link for more info.  :)

August 13, 2016, Saturday - Free Yoga in Gold Medal Park

Time: 9:00am - 10:00am

Location: Gold Medal Park

Saturday yoga in Gold Medal Park returns! Grab your mat (or a towel) and a neighbor and meet us by the letters. The sessions are free of charge and sponsored by Friends of the Mill District. We will meet every Saturday through September 3rd. Come salute the sun and enjoy the beauty of our neighborhood with your friends and neighbors.

August 12, 2016, Friday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 9:00pm $5

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Street SE

Tonight: James Morgan (Saloon Singer)

August 12, 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.

August 12, 2016, Friday - LifePower Yoga: Gateway to the Stars at Mill City Museum

Time: 7:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum (courtyard)

LifePower Yoga: Gateway to the Stars - Tickets

August 12, 2016, Friday - Twin Cities Polish Festival (3 days)

Times: See below schedule

Location: Old Main Street across from Riverplace and St. Anthony Main

Polish Culture in all of its Glory!

http://www.tcpolishfestival.org/

2016 Twin Cities Polish Festival Hours:
Friday, August 12: 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Saturday, August 13: 10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Sunday, August 14: 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM

August 12, 2016, Friday - Murder Mystery at Old Spaghetti Factory

Time: 8:00pm

Location: Old Spaghetti Factory, 233 Park Avenue (Park and Washington Avenue S)

Midnight at the Masquerade

The rustle of silks and feathers under muted conversation was probably the last thing heard by the tragically and unexpectedly deceased at the Annual Billionaires Club Masquerade Ball. With a mystery under each feathery façade, unmasking the killer may be quite a challenge. It’s up to you to determine which partygoer is guilty, bring this crime to justice, and save the party!

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Attend the Billionaires’ Club Annual Masquerade Ball and help get this soiree back on track by trading clues with your guests, gathering information, and solving the crime before the masked menace gets away! Evening wear, ball gowns, Venetian masks, suits, and tuxes are what to wear to this high class night of masks and murder. Get ready for a glamorous evening of mystery, intrigue and, murder.

August 11, 2016, Thursday - Northeast Farmers Market at The Grain Belt

Time: 4:30pm - 7:30pm

Location: The Grain Belt Apartments, 1215 Marshall Street NE

Northeast Farmers Market at The Grain Belt

Thursdays thru August 25th

A dozen vendors providing the neighborhood with fresh fruits and vegetables, locally made art, specialty foods, and live music every Thursday!

VENDORS
Kiss My Cabbage
Fieldstone Family Farm, LLC
Lil Momma Cakes
Creature Comfort Hot Sauce
Superior Switchel Co.
Whole Sum Kitchen
The Moral Omnivore
The Green Hare Farm
Paul Ronyak Wood Work
Violett's Blossoms Fresh Flower and Vegetables
HipNoses Handcrafted Candles
Desdamona Doolittle Leather Work
Teresa Audet - Object Maker
FrioFrio MN Ice Popsicles
The Caramel Jar
The Bitter Buffalo

August 11, 2016, Thursday - Hennepin Island Hydropower Tour with the Mill City Museum

Time: 1:00pm-2:30pm, approx. 1.5 miles

Location: Meet at 125 Main Street SE (at the green awning between Pracna on Main and the Aster Café).

Tickets on sale online or at 612-341-7555.

Future date: Aug 25, Sept 1

Mill City Museum and Xcel Energy will partner on a series of weekday walking tours highlighting the story of waterpower at St. Anthony Falls, including rare access to an operating power plant.

During the early 20th century, more than two dozen mills and hydroelectric plants used the water power from St. Anthony Falls. Today just one is left: Xcel Energy's Hennepin Island Hydroelectric Plant.

On this tour, a Mill City Museum guide will lead participants to Hennepin Island and Father Hennepin Bluffs Park, including special access to the power plant. Along the way, participants will learn about the historic uses of waterpower at the falls for flour milling, sawmilling and hydroelectricity, the role of hydroelectricity in Xcel Energy's green energy and energy efficiency initiatives and the future of waterpower on the Minneapolis riverfront.

Hennepin Island Hydropower Tour is presented by Xcel Energy.

August 11, Thursday - Minneapolis Art Lending Library (MALL) Fundraiser at The Soap Factory

Time:  5:30 PM - 8 PM

Location: The Soap Factory, 514 2nd St SE

Minneapolis Art Lending Library (MALL) Fundraiser 

Join us to celebrate MALL's first year as a nonprofit and support the ongoing growth of this free art lending library! Enjoy previewing the work of artist residents, a live auction, and complimentary food, drinks, and entertainment. 

There is no cost to attend the event--just like there is no cost to borrow a piece of art from MALL. We are asking MALL enthusiasts and supporters to keep this awesome community project free and accessible to the community.

YOU MUST RSVP TO ATTEND! rsvp@artlending.org

The Minneapolis Art Lending Library is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Our mission is to provide exposure for artists, build ongoing support of the arts, and share the joy of art with all members of our community through the free lending of artwork.

Twin Cities community members have the rare opportunity to borrow original works of art for a three month period, free of charge. The collection features a changing selection of approximately 95 contemporary artworks, with a focus on work from Twin Cities artists and includes paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, ceramics, sculptures, and more.

August 11, 2016, Thursday - Let's Go to the Fair! Workshop with Ellen Ferrari at MCBA

Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Location: Minnesota Center for Book Arts, 1011 Washington Avenue South

Let's Go to the Fair! with Ellen Ferrari

For families with children ages 2-10

Get ready for the Minnesota State Fair with Donald Crews' Night at the Fair. Buy your ticket (book) -- yay! Enjoy some scrumptious food on a stick (book) -- yum! Visit your favorite animals at the livestock barn (book) -- noisy! Take a spin on a midway ride (book) -- whee! And of course, snacks on a stick!

Join Ellen Ferrari for family book arts fun! Each workshop starts off with a story and game to warm up your creativity and then dives into a book arts project. Workshops accommodate a range of developmental levels so that adults and children (or adult/child teams) may choose to work together or side-by-side. Each participant receives supplies to use during the workshop, but may choose to bring one set home if working with his or her partner. Ellen will provide older children with suggestions for extending their learning.

August 11, 2016, Thursday - NIEBNA Meeting at DeLaSalle High School

Time: 6:30pm – 8:30pm

Location: DeLaSalle High School (subject to change)

Nicollet Island East Bank Neighborhood Association

August 10, 2016, Wednesday - Mill City Live at Mill City Museum

Set in the museum's dramatic open air Ruin Courtyard, Mill City Live features outdoor concerts every Wednesday night in August by some of the best local artists for a unique happy hour experience. Visit Mill City Museum before or after the show; the concert ticket includes admission to the museum from 4 to 9 pm. Food and drink by D’Amico Catering will be available for purchase.

Enjoy a concert of the rock/folk stylings of Twin Cities singer-songwriter Dan Israel, who has been recording and performing for over two decades. 

• Time: 6 to 8 p.m.
• Fee: $5 includes concert and museum admission from 4 to 9 p.m., an opportunity to visit Mill City Museum at a significant discount.  Free for Minnesota Historical Society members.  
• In case of rain, Mill City Live goes on indoors! 

August 10, 2016, Wednesday - River Rats Water Ski Show

Time: 6;30pm

Location: 1758 N West River Rd

River Rats Water Ski Show

Join the River Rats for some excitement on the river! The show will feature pyramids, barefoot skiers, ballet line, swivel skiers and much more!

Development show at 6:30, main show at 7:00.

Bring blankets or lawn chairs and enjoy this free waterski show for the whole family along the banks of the Mississippi River.

Future shows: August 18, 23, 25 and September 1

August 10, 2016, Wednesday - Capella Tower Indoor Market

Time: 11:00AM - 2:00PM

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