April 9, 2016, Saturday - Mill City Farmers Market in Mill City Museum

Time: 10:00am - 1:00pm

The April 9 Mill City Farmers Market is the final winter market, held inside the Mill City Museum, 704 S 2nd Street.

Produce Planner: Our farmers will let us know soon!

Live Music
11AM to 1PM Live music from Nick Jordan and Michael Keyes!

Kids Activity
Power of Produce! All Day

Kids ages 5-12 get a free $2 voucher every Market to be spent on a fruit or veggie of their choosing just for trying a raw veggie! Stop by the PoP Booth for more information!

Art Market
Products from local artisans, including: Crankosaurus Press, Crookedwood, Indigo & Snow, Ink Orchard, Jeanne Beatrice, Larissa Loden, Made by Liz P, Old World Cabinet, Sally Fritz Clothing, Sassy Knitwear

April 8, 2016, Friday - Elijah in the Wadi – the Seed of Conflict at Illusion Theater (3 nights)

Schedule:
 April 8 9:00pm
 April 9 7:30pm
 April 10 9:00pm

Location: The Illusion Theater, at The Cowles Center, 528 Hennepin Avenue

Elijah in the Wadi – the Seed of Conflict at the Right Here Showcase

Tickets Admission is through a Suggested Donation of $10-$30.

Elijah in the Wadi is part of the The Right Here Showcase, a new bi-annual juried mini-festival showcasing Minnesota-based mid-career contemporary performing artists, running April 1- 10 at the Illusion Theater.

Craig Harris’ latest multimedia dramatic work Elijah in the Wadi – the Seed of Conflict explores the character, stories and life of the Prophet Elijah, and focuses on Elijah’s personal experience as an individual dealing with issues of responsibility and isolation. Harris’ work resides between the poetic and narrative realms, integrating original music, evocative soundscapes, immersive visual projection, movement and acting.

The Prophet Elijah is a witness, and an activist. His stories have an epic quality, while preserving the highly personal relationships that he has with people from all walks of life. He speaks truth to power, has a deep connection to his people, and is a fierce advocate for the marginalized. Elijah lives in his time, our time, and all time. As the story goes, Elijah makes appearances at every Sabbath in every household each week, at Passover at every Seder every year, and at key moments in human development. Some believe he joined Moses at the transfiguration of Jesus, and will be present as a herald to the coming of the Messiah. His presence serves as a reminder to bring our highest selves into our work and interactions with our fellow humans. 

April 8, 2016, Friday - We Gotta Cheer Up Gary at Southern Theater (thru April 22)

Time:  7:30 pm

Location: Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Avenue South

We Gotta Cheer Up Gary Presented by Four Humors

April 8 - 22

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Our trained staff will be on hand to cheer up your FRIEND, GARY at the SOUTHERNTHEATER on DAYOFWEEK, MONTH DAY, YEAR at TBA o’clock. See you then!

April 8, 2018, Friday - Ralph Votapek Classical Piano Performance at MacPhail

Time: 7:30 pm

Location: MacPhail Center for Music, Antonello Hall501 Second Street South

Ralph Votapek Classical Piano Performance

Pianist Ralph Votapek’s early triumphs — as winner of the prestigious Naumburg Award and gold Medalist in the first Van Cliburn International Piano Competition — were an auspicious prelude to an even more remarkable career. Votapek’s compelling keyboard style embodies all that is best in twentieth-century piano traditions, combining the fire, poetry and tonal warmth of the grand-manner prewar era with the modern-day virtues of fastidious clarity and electrifying rhythmic flair.

Free and open to the public.

April 7, 2016, Thursday - Film: This Changes Everything, Capitalism vs the Climate at Bell Museum

Light Snacks/Mingling/Tabling 6:30 PM
Film Screening  7:00 PM
Panel  8:00 PM

Location: Bell Museum of Natural History, 10 Church Street SE

Sustainability Film Series 2016: This Changes Everything, Capitalism vs the Climate

Admission free for UMN students, staff and faculty and guest students; Others, please see Bell Museum website: https://www.bellmuseum.umn.edu/visit/hours-admission.

Come see the film that sold out its two Minneapolis based screenings last fall, based on the best-selling book by Naomi Klein, This Changes Everything,Capitalism vs the Climate. Here is what the New York Times Book Review had to say about the book: “A book of such ambition and consequence that it is almost unreviewable … the most momentous and contentious environmental book since “Silent Spring.”

The film follows people on the front lines around the world coming face to face with the impact of capitalism on our planet and shows "that we can seize the existential crisis of climate change to transform our failed economic system into something radically better".

 Panel Information as of 3/4/2016:
 Charlie Thayer - from Honor the Earth, MN 350 Board Member
 Melissa Hortman - Minnesota State Representative with legislative focus on renewable energy

April 7, 2016, Thursday - LeagueAires Annual Symposium at MacPhail

Time: 7:00pm

Location: MacPhail Center for Music, Antonello Hall, 501 2nd Street South

LeagueAires Annual Symposium featuring keynote speaker, Anne Basting (Ph.D.) “Building Community through Creative Engagement — Radical Thoughts from the Frontlines of Aging”

The LeagueAires Annual Symposium, sponsored by the Suzanne Holmes Hodder Legacy Fund, was established in 2012 to offer public educational events on the joy and healing power of music. Anne Basting (Ph.D.) is an educator, scholar, and artist whose work focuses on the potential for the arts and humanities to improve our quality of life as communities and individuals. Basting holds a Ph.D. in Theatre Arts from the University of Minnesota, and a Masters in Theatre from the University of Wisconsin. As Director of the UWM Center on Age & Community (aging.uwm. edu), Basting fosters partnerships between scholars, students, and service providers, and translates applied research into innovative educational tools including manuals, films, and social media. She continues to direct the awardwinning TimeSlips Creative Storytelling Project, which she founded in 1998, and which features a new ( free!) interactive website (timeslips.org), with a prompt library of over 100 images and questions. For over 15 years, Basting has developed and researched methods for embedding the arts into long term care, with a particular focus on people with cognitive disabilities like dementia.

http://www.anne-basting.com/

April 7, 2016, Thursday - 35th Annual Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival Opens

Find out more!

This year’s lineup includes more than 250 films – more than 160 features and more than 90 shorts – representing 71 countries. The Festival’s always highly anticipated Opening Night Presentation will be revealed later in March.

April 7, 2016, Thursday - The King of Skid Row Exhibit Opening and Author Event at Mill City Museum

Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 2nd Street South

The opening of a new photo exhibit "Skid Row Minneapolis," featuring the faces and places of downtown's Gateway District in its final years, as photographed by the city of Minneapolis and John "Johnny Rex" Bacich. Bacich owned a bar, a liquor store and a cage hotel, and documented the gritty neighborhood’s last days through photographs and film of his clientele.The exhibit is a companion to the book The King of Skid Row: John Bacich and the Twilight Years of Old Minneapolis by James Eli Shiffer.

Join author James Eli Shiffer for an illustrated presentation and exhibit of photographs based on his new book, The King of Skid Row: John Bacich and the Twilight Years of Old Minneapolis. The book takes readers into the vanished world of Skid Row in Minneapolis through the words and photographs of its most colorful character, John Bacich, a.k.a. Johnny Rex. Rex owned a bar, liquor store and cage hotel and documented the gritty neighborhood's last days through photographs and film of his clientele.

Drawing on hours of interviews conducted before Bacich's death in 2012, Shiffer brings to life the eccentric characters and strange events of an American skid row. Supplemented with archival and newspaper research and his own photographs, Bacich's stories recreate the violent, alcohol-soaked history of a city best known for its clean, progressive self-image.

The event will include a screening of Johnny Rex's skid row films and a small exhibit of his photographs. After the talk, Shiffer will sign copies of the book, which can be purchased in the Mill City Museum store. A cash bar will be available beginning at 6 pm. The presentation begins at 7 pm.

The exhibit will be located in the museum’s central Mill Commons, and is free and open to the public during regular museum hours through July 4, 2016.

April 6, 2016, Wednesday - Open Streets Downtown Business Meeting at The Freehouse

Time: 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Location: The Freehouse, 701 N Washington Ave #101

Open Streets Downtown Business Meeting

Contact Alex Tsatsoulis for more information - alex@mplsbike.org

Open Streets Downtown returns this summer.  Attend this information session to learn how your organization or business can participate:

April 4, 2016, Monday - Let's Talk Baseball with Dave St. Peter and Jack Morris

Time: Noon

Location: Star Tribune, 650 3rd Avenue S (In the public atrium between the Star Tribune Building and Capella Tower)

Let's talk baseball with Dave St. Peter and Jack Morris

Join Twins president Dave St. Peter, former Twins pitching ace Jack Morris and a panel of Star Tribune sports journalists for a round of conversation and predictions for the 2016 Twins season.

St. Peter and Morris will sit down with columnist Patrick Reusse and MLB beat reporter La Velle E. Neal III to pick favorites, debate the team's prospects and answer reader questions. Digital sports writer Michael Rand will act as host and emcee, fielding questions via Twitter and the live audience.

We'll have free brats from Sheboygan Sausage Company, free samples of Izzy's Ice Cream, plus free pours of Killebrew Root Beer and Killebrew Cream Soda. And we'll do a drawing for free tickets to the 2016 Twins home opener.

April 4, 2016, Monday - The Minnesota Sinfonia’s Spring Fundraiser at 301 on Main

Time: 5:30pm

Location: 301 on Main, 301 Main Street NE

Minnesota Sinfonia Spring Fling

Join the Minnesota Sinfonia for its annual fundraiser, the Spring Fling. The Sinfonia will kick off this cocktail party event with a short performance by the orchestra. The evening also will include games, a silent auction, complementary hors d'oeuvres and desserts and a cash bar.

Free parking is available at 301 on Main. Information and tickets.

April 3, 2016, Sunday - Washburn A Mill Tour at Mill City Museum

Times: 1:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 2nd Street South

Reservations: required, call 612-341-7555 or register online.

Take an in-depth look at the historic Washburn A Mill complex and the award-winning Mill City Museum building. A museum interpreter 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 non-public spaces. The tour includes admission to the museum gallery, Baking Lab, Water Lab and Flour Tower show.

April 2, 2016, Saturday - Nutrition Workshop - Create a Supportive Food Environment with Healthy Behaviors at 501F1T

Time:  9:00am

Location:  501F1T, 501 Washington Ave S, 3rd Floor

Nutrition Workshop - Create a Supportive Food Environment with Healthy Behaviors

We are thrilled to partner with Kristina DeMuth, MPH, RD to bring nutritional services to 501F1T and G-Werx South Minneapolis clients. Kristina will provide workshops in partnership with 501FIT which will inform and education clients. Private coaching and nutritional services will also be available if clients choose to pursue those options with Kristina.

April 2, 2016, Saturday - Mill City Emanuel Singers - Spring Season | Come Sing With Us at the Guthrie

Time: 2:00pm - 3:30Pm

Location: Guthrie Theater, 818 S 2nd Street

Mill City Emanuel Singers - Spring Season | Come Sing With Us

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

The Mill City Emmanuel Singers are led by nationally acclaimed producer/artist JD Steele, accompanied by his brother Fred Steele. The choir is open to all, with all skill levels. No need to be able to attend all sessions, attend as often as you can.

Rehearsal dates, times, and locations:
  April 2, 2:00-3:30pm, Guthrie rehearsal room
  April 9, 2:00-3:30pm, American Academy of Neurology
  April 16, 2:00-3:30pm, Guthrie rehearsal room
  April 23, 2:00-3:30pm, American Academy of Neurology
  April 30, 2:00-3:30pm, Guthrie rehearsal room

There will be a public performance, to be announced.

For more information, please contact Claudia Kittock at cjkittock@gmail.com.

ABOUT MILL CITY EMANUEL SINGERS
The Mill City Emanuel Singers is a community choir made up of of Downtown Minneapolis neighbors and workers who rehearse on Saturday afternoons, often at the Guthrie Theater, sometimes at the American Academy of Neurology in the Mill District of Downtown Minneapolis. We are directed by JD Steele whose skill as a conductor is remarkable. No singing talent is needed, JD will find it!

The idea for the singers began on a run with a group of neighbors, brainstorming about ways to bring more music into the neighborhood. We sang at the 2015 Holidazzle, and will be singing at the MacPhail Music Matters Luncheon on May 3rd. Come sing with us - the only requirement is a desire to make music with your neighbors.

April 2, 2016, Saturday - Big Ideas: Your Minneapolis at the Minneapolis Convention Center

Time: 8:00am - 3:00pm

http://www.minneapolismn.gov/ncr/conf/index.htm

April 2, 2016, Saturday - Indoor Music & Art Festival at Day Block Brewing

Time: 7:00pm

Location: Day Block Brewing, 1105 Washington Avenue S

Indoor Music & Art festival feat. Yonatan Gat, American Cream, Sex Rays, Hardcore Crayons and More

ADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE

 YONATAN GAT  https://yonatangat.bandcamp.com/Press
 HARDCORE CRAYONS http://hardcorecrayons.com/ 
 AMERICAN CREAM http://realamericancream.bandcamp.com/
 SEX RAYS https://www.reverbnation.com/thesexrays

April 2, 2016, Saturday - 30 Days of Biking 2016 Kick Off at Gold Medal Park

Time: 11:00am

Location:  Gold Medal Park

30 Days of Biking: MSP Kickoff Ride 2016!

Reconvene with your #30daysofbiking community. Celebrate 30 Days of Biking’s seventh year with our community of joyful cyclists!

Pledge to bike every day in April at http://30daysofbiking.com/pledge.

April 1, 2016, Friday - Semi-Pro Comedy Show at Day Block Brewing

Time: Starts at 8pm, $5 cover

Location: Day Block Brewing Company, 1103 Washington Avenue South

Semi-Pro Comedy Show at Day Block

Local live comedy in the taproom featuring:
• John Thomas
• Mike Linden
• Andrew Cahak
• Courtney Baka

April 1, 2016, Friday - The Last Polka at Nye's

April 1, 2016, Friday - DIRTY WORKS: First Fridays at MCBA

Time: Happy hour 5–6pm (hosted by Indeed Brewing); Class 6–8pm

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

DIRTY WORKS: First Fridays at MCBA

April 1 - Dirty Works: A Hand-Written Accordion Book with Julie Baugnet  Make and accordion book with your own hand-drawn type! Learn the basics of type terminology, paper folding, as well as, traditional and alternative writing tools. Please bring a favorite quote to include in your book.  $35 + $5 supply fee

Escape the digital world — get your hands dirty and make something! Check out Dirty Works, MCBA’s First Fridays happy-hour workshop series!

Join MCBA for Dirty Works, a new series of casual classes, taking place on the first Friday of each month. Activities are designed for the bookishly curious and the creatively apprehensive; absolutely no experience needed.

Each Dirty Works starts with a Happy (Half) Hour from 5:30 to 6pm, then a hands-on activity from 6 to 8pm. Pair it with dinner at one of the many great restaurants in our neighborhood for a perfect date night!