July 28, 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

July 28, 2016, Thursday - Minnesota Monthly presents: Fine Spirits Classic 2016

Time: 6:30 – 9 pm

Location: Minneapolis Events Center, 212 Second Street SE

Minnesota Monthly presents: Fine Spirits Classic 2016

Celebrate cocktails at the fifth Annual Fine Spirits Classic. This highly interactive event is not to be missed, featuring many of the Twin Cities top mixologists and national/local distillers. Sample new brands and spirits from around the world while enjoying gourmet fare and gathering new cocktail recipes. Event features include multiple mixology stations presented by Bittercube, cocktail tastings and high-end spirits sampling, plus hors d’oeuvres from local restaurants.

July 28, 2016, Thursday - Let's Go to the Beach! 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 Beach! with Ellen Ferrari

For families with children ages 2-10

Celebrate summer with Hotter Than a Hot Dog! by Stephanie Calmenson. Create a GIANT tunnel book that unfolds across the floor, and turn it into an (almost) life-sized summer vacation getaway – beach, lake or poolside. And don’t forget the small tunnel book for your doll or action figure. Cool off with ice pops. 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. 

Adult/child pair: $38 ($35 members); additional participant (adult or child): $19 ($17.50 members). Prices include supply fee.

July 27, 2016, Wednesday - Capella Tower Indoor Market

Time: 11:00AM - 2:00PM

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

July 27, 2016, Wednesday - SuperALLEYfragilistic: A Tour of Public Alleys with Preserve Minneapolis

Time: 6:00pm

Location: Meet and start at Corner Coffee, 512 N 3rd Street

SuperALLEYfragilistic: A Tour of Public Alleys

 

Preserve Minneapolis and Spring in Our Steps present superALLEYfragilistic: a tour of public alleys in North Loop & Downtown West.

Join Preserve Minneapolis and the kickoff of Cincinnati-based Spring in Our Steps (SiOS) in Minneapolis with a free walking tour of public alley spaces!

We'll meet & start at Corner Coffee, where SiOS co-founder Christian Huelsman will lead us eastward over the Cedar Lake Trail and through a labyrinth of public alleys toward Hennepin Avenue. Select stops on the route will focus on alleys' relationships with historic structures in the Warehouse District, remaining or partially hidden historic infrastructure, and the value that improvements to our alleys can bring to our urban experience.

Spring in Our Steps is a Cincinnati-based 501(c)3 organization, committed to bringing a brighter future to the city’s pedestrian-scaled public spaces–such as public alleys, foot bridges, and hillside stairways–through cleanup, coordinated activities, and comprehensive planning.

We'll regroup at our post-tour meetup location (TBA) for tasty beverages & conversation about alley preservation!

July 27, 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 4. 10, 18, 23, 25 and September 1

July 27, 2016, Wednesday - Synesthesia: 3rd Annual Film Fest (3 nights)

Time: 7:30p

Location: The Southern Theater, 1420 S Washington Ave

Synesthesia: 3rd Annual Film Fest

By drawing on a broad range of innovative modes and techniques, the Ae Film Festival exhibits artists who explore the art of the moving image, including artworks that represent experimental narratives, avant-garde poetics, genre-expanding documentary, and contemporary art practices. Synesthesia, the festival's third season at The Southern Theater, offers selections of short film and video work and accompanying workshops that stretch the notion of what the moving image is and can be.

July 27, 2016, Wednesday - Izzy's Rooftop Ice Cream Social with Dessa at Crown Roller Mill Building

Time: 5:30pm – 7:30pm

Location: Crown Roller Mill Building, 105 Fifth Avenue S and Izzy's, 1100 Second Steet S

Izzy's Rooftop Ice Cream Social with Dessa

Izzy’s Ice Cream is introducing a new flavor inspired by rapper/writer/artist Dessa. Dessa’s Existential Crunch is a dark brown sugar and Creme Fraiche ice cream, flavored with Jameson Irish Whiskey and Disaronno Originale amaretto to help you contemplate the incomprehensible, all mixed with Praline Pecan pieces and a crunchy cashew brittle.

Izzy's Rooftop Ice Cream Social with Dessa

- Live music performances by Dessa and Aby Wolf

- DJ set by Ander Other

- First taste of new Izzy’s Ice Cream flavor: Dessa’s Existential Crunch 

- Beer and wine supplied by Solo Vino with bar service by Red Stag SupperClub

- Rooftop views of the Mississippi River and the Minneapolis Mill District

 

Tickets: $35 per person, 21+ event (suggested donation up to $75 per ticket). All event proceeds benefit The Bridge for Youth, a Twin Cities-based 501(c)3 non-profit organization serving youth and families in crisis. A walk down to Izzy's Minneapolis retail shop will follow for Dessa’s Existential Crunch samples and personal appearance by Dessa from 7 to 7:30 pm.

July 26, 2016, Tuesday - Minneapolis Pops Orchestra at Elliot Park

Time: 6:30-8:30 pm

Location: Elliot Park, 1000 E 14th Street

Minneapolis Pops Orchestra at Elliot Park

Sit back, relax and listen to the wonderful music of the Minneapolis Pops Orchestra at their annual summer concert at Elliot Park. Then join neighbors and friends after the performance for ice cream treats courtesy of Elliot Park.

July 26, 2016, Tuesday - "Up and Down: The H.H.H. Metrodome Portfolio" Exhibit Opening Reception at Mill City Museum

Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Location:  Mill City Museum, 704 South 2nd Street

"Up and Down: The H.H.H. Metrodome Portfolio" Exhibit Opening 

A public reception will open a new exhibit of photographs by Mark E. Jensen depicting the rise and demise of the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. From 1980-1982, Jensen photographed the construction of the Metrodome using a large format field camera patented in 1898. In 2014, he was awarded an Artists Initiative Grant by the Minnesota State Arts Board to photograph the stadium's demolition. The resulting pairs of black and white photographs present the rise and demise of the Metrodome, and more than 30 years of change in downtown Minneapolis.

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Jensen will give remarks at 7 pm. A cash bar and food from D'Amico will be available for purchase. The exhibit of framed prints will be located in the museum's central Mill Commons, and is free and open to the public during regular museum hours through November 6, 2016.

July 26, 2016, Tuesday - Music & Movies in the Park at Father Hennepin Bluffs Park

Time: Music 7:00pm; Movie 15 minutes after sunset

Location: Father Hennepin Bluffs Park (East Bank of the Stone Arch Bridge)

Tonights entertainment: (See website in case of scheduling changes.)

Music:
Iron for Ghosts July 26
Niki Becker August 2
Grateful Red August 9
Hunker'd Down Blues Band August 16
The Paper Days August 23
War Poets August 30

Movies:
TC Black Film Festival Selection July 26
Pitch Perfect 2 August 2
Jaws August 9
Batkid Begins August 16
TC Black Film Festival Selection August 23

What to bring: Blanket or chair, sunblock and bugspray, picnic basket.

Music & Movies in The Parks is produced by the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board.

July 26, 2016, Tuesday - Minneapolis History Pub Crawl: Old St. Anthony

July 26, 2016, Tuesday - Minneapolis History Pub Crawl: Old St. Anthony

Time: 6:30pm - 9:00pm

Location: Community Keg House, 34 13th Avenue NE

Minneapolis History Pub Crawl: Old St. Anthony

Discover the city’s oldest neighborhoods in this bus tour of the east bank of the Mississippi River, including historic Main Street, the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood, Nicollet Island, parts of Northeast Minneapolis and the historic Grain Belt brewery complex. The town of St. Anthony began in 1849, several years before its neighbor Minneapolis across the river. Although annexed by Minneapolis in 1872, the area's unique character and history remained distinct. Hear about the people who lived and worked there and about the flour mills, churches, red light districts, Victorian homes, pubs, immigrant enclaves, commercial centers, breweries and more. The tour will stop at several significant historic places, including two watering holes in historic buildings.

This tour is for ages 21 and up, and the price includes a pint and sampling at Community Keg House. The tour includes three blocks of moderately-pace walking on uneven surfaces. 

Reservations: required; call 612-341-7582 or register online.

Additional date:  August 9

July 25, 2016, Monday - "Music in the Park" at Nicollet Island

Time: 7:00pm

Location: Nicollet Island Park

Tonights entertainment: (See website to verify any programming changes.)

2016 Music:
July 25, Mosaica
August 1, The UnderGroove
August 8, Little Diamonds
August 15, She Has Issues
August 22, The Brandon Projekt
August 29, Rob Meany

What to bring: Blanket or chair, sunblock and bugspray, picnic basket.

Music & Movies in The Parks is produced by the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board. Enjoy more than 250 FREE concerts and movies in Minneapolis parks this summer!

July 24, 2016, Sunday - Historic Main Street Tour at the Mill City Museum

Time: 1:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 South 2nd Street

Historic Main Street Tour

Stroll through Minneapolis' oldest neighborhood on a guided tour and learn about the rich past and exciting future of historic Main Street. Hear about life in the village of St. Anthony, founded in 1848, and the changes along Main Street over the years. Landmarks include the 1855 Upton Block, 1858 Martin and Morrison Building, Our Lady of Lourdes Church, the Pillsbury A Mill and the Chalybeate Mineral Springs.

This tour begins and ends at 125 Main Street SE (the green awning between Pracna on Main and the Aster Cafe) and includes about one mile of moderately-pace walking on uneven surfaces.

Future date: August 20, September 10

July 24, 2016, Sunday - Mill City Summer Opera: Sweeney Todd at Mill City Museum Ruin Courtyard

Mill City Summer Opera returns for their fifth season with Sweeney Todd. See their Facebook page for Barber Seat features on performers. Ticket info

July 24, 2016, Sunday - Open Streets East Lake

Time: 11:00am - 5:00pm

Location: East Lake Street: between Elliot & 42nd

Open Streets East Lake Street: Sunday, July 24

Balance of Open Streets 2016 Schedule:

Open Streets Northeast: Sunday, August 7

Northeast: 13th from 2nd to 5th / 5th from 13th to 22nd /
22nd from 5th to Central / Central from Lowry to 18 1/2th

Open Streets Franklin: Sunday, August 21
Franklin: Between Portland & 28th

Open Streets W Broadway: Saturday, September 10
Broadway: Between Lyndale & Penn Ave N

Open Streets Nicollet: Sunday, September 18
Nicollet: Between Lake & 46th Ave S

Open Streets University of MN: Saturday, October 1
University of MN: Cedar Riverside / West Bank / Dinkytown

July 23, 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.

July 23, 2016, Saturday - Twin Cities Carifest

Time:  11:00am – 10:00pm

Location: West River Parkway between Plymouth Avenue and West Broadway Avenue

For more than two decades, Twin Cities Carifest has been the premier Caribbean Festival featuring Caribbean food, music, arts, crafts, and a traditional carnival parade with colorful costumes and dance. Held along the banks of the Mississippi River, you can see the Minneapolis Aquatennial Target Fireworks!

More info

July 23, 2016, Saturday - Target Aquatennial Fireworks and Pre-Fireworks Events

Time: 6:00pm - 10:00pm

Location: West River Parkway along the Mississippi River

Aquatennial Pre-Fireworks Events 6:00pm - 10:00pm

Join the fun for the Aquatennial Pre-Fireworks events leading up to the Target Fireworks at 10 pm. Stop by for music, food and more as you await one of the nation's top five fireworks shows. Location: West River Parkway near Portland Avenue

Fireworks will take place at 10:00pm.

More information.

July 23, 2016, Saturday - US Bank Stadium Open House (2 day event)

Times: Saturday 9:00am - 6:00pm; Sunday 10:00am - 5:00pm

Location: US Bank Stadium

This is a free event, but tickets indoors events are required. 

Celebrate the Grand Opening of U.S. Bank Stadium on Saturday, July 23 and Sunday, July 24 with a two-day Open House. Timed-tickets will be available at no charge and will offer access to the main concourse, Hyundai Club and upper concourse, with spectacular views of the field. Outdoor events will feature a large range of family-friendly activities including a playground on the plaza, a 3-D chalk art installation, live music from local bands, giant-sized Connect Four and Jenga, and movies in the park each day.

PLEASE NOTE: A ticket will not be necessary to enjoy outdoor activities during the U.S. Bank Stadium Open House, but are mandatory for admittance to U.S. Bank Stadium. The public is encouraged to arrive at the Legacy Gate Entrance at their ticketed time as attendance to this free Open House is expected to be very high.

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OPEN HOUSE CONCERT SCHEDULE

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Saturday, July 23

DJ Neil | 10AM – 11AM

Sonic Death Monkey | 11AM-12:30PM

DJ Neil | 12:30PM – 1PM

Good For Gary | 1PM – 2:30PM

DJ Neil | 2:30PM – 3PM

Big Epic Show | 3PM – 4PM

Backroad Kickers | 4PM – 4:30PM

GB Leighton | 4:30PM – 5:15PM

DJ Neil | 5:15PM – 6PM

Tim Mahoney Ful Band | 6PM – 8PM

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Sunday, July 24

DJ Neil | 10AM – 10:30AM

Bill Koncar Polka Band | 10:30AM-11:30AM

DJ Neil | 11:30AM – 12PM

Chris Kroeze | 12PM – 12:45PM

Backroad Kickers | 12:45PM – 1:15PM

The White Keys | 1:15PM – 2:15PM

DJ Neil | 2:15PM – 3PM

Nightlights | 3PM – 4PM

Chris Hawkey Band | 4:15PM – 5:15PM