Time: 11:00am - 12:15pm
Location: Plaza Lawn (Cancer Survivors Park) on Nicollet Mall between Washington Avenue and 3rd Street S
Life Time Athletic Target Center is taking yoga outside to the Plaza.
Price/Registration: Free for members and non-members. No registration required.
Happening monthly through August (July 30 and August 7).
Time: 7 PM - 11 PM
Location: Guthrie Theater, 818 S 2nd Street
Backyard Bash presented by Open Call
Celebrate summer with Guthrie Open Call! Enjoy drinks in the CHEERS Garden and great eats from the Food Truck Rally*, and bask in the most stunning fireworks display of the year. Bring your blankets - first 50 on the lawn get a FREE Backyard Bash beach mat!
Join us on the West River Parkway lawn and service lot from 7-11 p.m.
Fireworks start at 10 p.m.
Space is limited. Tickets are $50 ($25 for current Guthrie Open Call subscribers)
Food Truck Rally
Green + The Grain
Hot Indian Foods
Peeps Hotbox
Cookie Cart
CHEERS Garden
Fulton Beer
Carlos Creek Winery
Sociable Cider Werks
Frisa
*Drinks are included in the ticket price. However, Food Truck Rally is pay-as-you-go.
All tickets ordered at the $25 rate will be verified with a current Open Call subscriber list.
Time: Doors open at 6:00pm
Location: Courtyard Minneapolis Downtown, 1500 Washington Avenue S
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!
Future date: Saturday, August 6
Time: 8:00am - 1:00pm
Location: 704 South 2nd Street
Today at Mill City Farmers Market: SUSTAINABLE MEAT AT THE MARKET
On July 23, we are highlighting sustainable meat at the market. Pick up some pasture-raised meat and eggs from Sunshine Harvest Farm, pork and goat products from Singing Hills Farm, and learn about whole animal butchery from Red Table Meat Co., and enjoy a special cooking demonstration from Mary Jane Miller of the Sustainable Farming Association! Don't forget a delicious pulled-pork hash, turkey crepe or momo, bacon brat, or pancetta pizza from our prepared foods vendors, who source all their meat locally and sustainably!
PRODUCE PLANNER
Arugula, beets, blueberries, baby bok choi, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cherry tomatoes, cilantro, collards, cucumbers, fennel, garlic scapes, green beans, green onions, hakurei salad turnips, herbs, kale, kohlrabi, lavender, lettuce, 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, Swiss chard, thyme, zucchini and much more!
MILL CITY COOKS
10:30-11AM Market Chef Mary Jane Miller will prepare a seasonal market meal in our FREE cooking demonstration, Mill City Cooks!
KIDS' ACTIVITY
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.
LIVE MUSIC
11AM-1PM MCFM welcomes back Potluck and the Hotdishes for some folk-country music in the green music tent by the Guthrie stairs!
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.
COMMUNITY BOOTH
Sustainable Farming Association
ART MARKET
This Saturday’s featured local artists include Aprilierre, Adam Gruetzmacher, House of Talents, Willful, Jeanne Beatrice Market Baskets, Sally Fritz Clothing, and Billboard Bags. Find them in the train shed and the Chicago Expansion!
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.
Time: 6:00pm and 8:00pm
Location: 1758 N West River Rd
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 show: July 27
Time: 5:00pm – 8:00pm
Location: Boom Island, 724 Sibley Street NE
Canoe Ferry at Boom Island with Mississippi Park Connection
Help shape the future of paddling on the upper Mississippi River!
Before John Stevens set up a ferry to Nicollet Island in 1849, people could cross the river on a birch bank canoe operated by a Dakota woman named “Aza-ya-man-ka-wi” (Berry Picker). Come paddle the upper river and share the experience of the area’s earliest inhabitants, while learning more about this local watershed and about the threats facing the river today.
Join Mississippi Park Connection at Boom Island for an evening of culture, community and canoeing. Canoe Ferry is a pilot program aimed at getting new and less-experienced paddlers onto the Mississippi River. Stop by anytime between 5 pm and 8 pm for a fun, introductory canoe ride on the urban river! This event is great for kids and adults of all ages, though you must be at least 30 lbs. in order to fit the provided life jackets.
National Park Service rangers from the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area will be joined by Mississippi Park Connection staff and guides from Wilderness Inquiry offering free canoe rides on the Mississippi River in exchange for your thoughts and ideas for river programming in the North and Northeast Minneapolis area.
In addition to learning to paddle on the river, participants will also have opportunities to learn about the Mississippi River’s history, water quality, plants and animals, and the historic ferry route on which this paddle is based. Free!
Times: (see show link below for schedule)
Location: Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Avenue South
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: 1758 N West River Rd
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: July 22, 27
On Thursday, July 21, the City of Minneapolis will host a grand opening of The Commons, 424 4th Street S from 11:30am-1:00pm.
The event will take place on the East Block of the park and feature food trucks, a free yoga class by Core Power Yoga, dance performances by Asian Dance Team, and additional activities. A brief program with comments provided by Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges; Council Member Jacob Frey; Pat Ryan, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ryan Companies US, Inc.; and Mary Margaret Jones, Senior Principal of Hargreaves Associates will take place at 12:00pm. Following the remarks all event attendees will be invited to participate in a commemorative Frisbee toss.
The Commons is a 4.2 acre, new public green space downtown bounded by Park Avenue and 4th and 5th Streets. The Commons was designed as a place for respite, everyday activities, and events large and small for residents, workers, and visitors.
Everyone is invited to attend the grand opening celebration. For more information on The Commons visit http://www.commonsmpls.com/.
Schedule of Grand Opening Events:
11:30am
Asian Dance Team
Food Trucks
12:00pm
Program with brief comments by Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges, Council Member Jacob Frey, Pat Ryan and Mary Margaret Jones
12:20pm
Commemorative Frisbee Toss
12:20-1:00pm
Asian Dance Team
Food Trucks
Core Power Yoga free class
Free play activities
Time: 5:30 PM - 8 PM
Location: BKV Group, 222 N 2nd Street
Warehouse District Smartphone Photo Tour
Hosted by Preservation Alliance of Minnesota
We're going behind, between, and beneath the warehouses of Minneapolis' North Loop.
Architectural tours often present the 'glamour shot' view of buidlings. Here in the oldest section of the North Loop, we'll see those fascinating facades, but we will also slip around to the sides and backs of these historic buildings, where ghost signs, old pavements, and foundations tell another story about this lively district.
We'll gather for a drink and presentation by professional photographer Eric Mueller. Eric teaches how to maximize your smartphone for snapping stunning pictures on this tour and future excursions. Art history and architecture professor Kristin Anderson will lead us as we wind through the alleyways of the district, offering a new perspective on an old neighborhood.
Tickets: $25
Mill City Summer Opera returns for their fifth season with Sweeney Todd. See their Facebook page for Barber Seat features on performers.
Future shows:
Time: 5:30 pm
Location: Target Field Station
Aquatennial Yoga presented by CorePower Yoga
Connecting people and places, this multi-modal transportation hub at 5th Street N and 5th Avenue N in downtown Minneapolis offers public green spaces, connections to 500 trains daily via the METRO Blue and Green lines, Northstar Commuter Rail, as well as access to the North Loop community.
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
Time: 8:30pm - 10:30pm
Location: Hennepin Ave. from Basilica of St. Mary to 5th Street
The CenterPoint Energy Torchlight Parade will illuminate downtown with bands, floats and fun for all and includes a celebrity Grand Marshall.
Join us for the Aquatennial's CenterPoint Energy Torchlight Parade, set to take place Wednesday, July 20 at 8:30 p.m. Join the community as they gather and watch great floats, displays and bands march through the heart of Downtown Minneapolis. This is CenterPoint Energy's 16th year being part of the Aquatennial and sponsoring the CenterPoint Energy Torchlight Parade. Come down and celebrate on July 20!
Time: 6:00pm
Location: Meet at Mill Ruins Park - Portland Avenue South and West River Parkway
Riverfront Walking Tour with Preserve Minneapolis
Mill City Summer Opera returns for their fifth season with Sweeney Todd. See their Facebook page for Barber Seat features on performers.
Future shows:
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:
OSO July 19
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:
He Named Me Malala July 19
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.
Time: Screening begins at dusk. In case of rain or high winds, screenings will be rescheduled or cancelled.
Location: Gold Medal Park
The Film Society of Minneapolis St. Paul announces the 2016 lineup of their outdoor Movies in the Park series. Now in its second year, the popular series will feature six family-oriented classic and contemporary narrative and documentary films showing for free at Gold Medal Park.
Screenings are presented by the Film Society on behalf of the Gold Medal Park Conservancy.
Monday, July 18 - Film: O Brother, Where Art Thou?
In this Odyssey inspired, Oscar-nominated film from Minnesota native duo the Coen Brothers, Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney) is having difficulty adjusting to his hard-labor sentence in Mississippi. He scams his way off the chain gang with simple Delmar (Tim Blake Nelson) and maladjusted Pete (John Turturro), then the trio sets out to pursue freedom and the promise of a fortune in buried treasure. With nothing to lose and still in shackles, their hasty run takes them on an incredible journey of awesome experiences and colorful characters.
Future Movie Nights in Gold Medal Park:
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