Time: 12:30pm
Location: Alchemy, 120 3rd Avenue SE
365 Challenge Potluck Celebration
We did it! Six weeks of mindfulness, clean eating, and stellar workouts under our belts, which just might fit a little better now too. Join us in celebrating this kick ass community, that is YOU.
Bring your favorite dish and we'll provide the refreshments!
February 19 - March 06, 2016 2016 in the Dowling Studio
Location: Guthrie Theater, Dowling Studio, 818 S 2nd Street
The Guthrie Theater presents A Mu Performing Arts production of
You for Me for You
written by Mia Chung
directed by Randy Reyes
Following last season’s DeMayda’d, Mu Performing Arts reenters the Dowling Studio to drop the regional premiere of Mia Chung’s You for Me for You, a culture crossing tale originally developed through Mu’s 2014 New Eyes Festival. As they attempt to flee the Best Nation in the World, North Korean sisters Minhee and Junhee are torn apart at the border. Each must race across time and space to be together again – navigating the perilous Land of the Free and the treacherous terrain of personal belief.
Time: 10:00am reception, 10:30am concert
Location: MacPhail Center for Music, 501 2nd Street South
Thursday Musical’s 2015-2016 Thursday Morning Artist Series
The Thursday Morning Artist Series has been presented since 1892 at 10:30 am on Thursdays. It is the organization’s longest-running recital and chamber music series with a legacy of featuring some of the most talented classical musicians in Minnesota. Programs are currently being held in the acoustically impressive Antonello Hall at MacPhail Center for Music and inside the beautiful architecture of the Wayzata Community Church, Wayzata. Free coffee and donuts are provided in the lobby starting at 10:00 am served by members of Thursday Musical. Detailed program information will be announced throughout the season.
FULL SCHEDULE
Thursday, February 18, 2016
Arjun Ganguly, viola - Young Artist Scholarship Competition Winner 2015
Northern Lights String Quartet
Carolyn Liptak, violin, Kathryn Christie, violin, Jennifer Thomas, viola and David Holmes, cello
Debra Gilroy, soprano
Megan Wallace, piano
Thursday, March 3, 2016
Amanda Chan, piano - Young Artist Scholarship Competition Winner 2015
Beth Winterfeldt, piano
The Bishop String Trio
Meredith Vaughan, violin, Katie Ekberg, viola and Carlynn Savot, cello
Karen Rognsvoog - music and film
Thursday, March 17, 2016
Faith Farr, cello
Beth Blackledge, flute
Suzanne Kennedy, mezzo-soprano
Thursday, April 14, 2016
Rie Tanaka, piano - Young Artist Scholarship Competition Winner 2015
Mitch Blatt, clarinet
Melissa Culloton, mezzo-soprano
Mimi Tung, piano
Thursday, April 28, 2016
Elizabeth Kleiber, flute - Young Artist Scholarship Competition Winner 2015
Amy Morris, flute
Robin Helgen, soprano
Elliott Wilcox, piano
Time: 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Location: Minnesota Center for Book Arts, 1011 Washington Avenue South
Preschool Winter/Spring Session: Marbling
Get a jump on literacy in interactive pre-school book arts classes with Ellen Ferrari. Children and adults work together to make paper, print patterns, shapes and letters and construct colorful books in a fun environment. Each class begins by reading a story and continues by investigating examples produced by working artists. Vocabulary, tools and processes will also be introduced. These workshops emphasize visual decision-making, improving manual dexterity and a love of books and can be repeated over and over again as projects change each session. Dress for mess.
For families with children ages 3-5. To register: http://www.mnbookarts.org/event-registration/?ee=1034.
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Dunn Bros, 111 3rd Avene S, #220
Book Signing with Adventurist Authors Beth Dooley & Brian Peterson
Beth and Brian have been leading WI trips and championing the WI mission for years, and we're excited that each has recently released a book that highlights their incredible talents.
We'd love for you to join us to chat with the authors, buy a book and get it signed, learn about their adventures near and far, and enjoy light refreshments with Wilderness Inquiry supporters and friends.
Beth Dooley, In Winter's Kitchen:
"In Winter’s Kitchen reveals how a food movement with deep roots in the Heartland—our first food co-ops, most productive farmland, and the most storied agricultural scientists hail from the region—isn't only thriving, it's presenting solutions that could feed a country, rather than just a smatte...ring of neighborhoods and restaurants. Using the story of one thanksgiving meal, Dooley discovers that a locally-sourced winter diet is more than a possibility: it can be delicious."
Brian Peterson, Minnesota State of Wonders:
"Photographer Brian Peterson was born in Duluth, Minnesota, and has enjoyed a career that allows him to pursue stories he cares most about in his home state and around the world. He’s best known for his work since 1987 for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, but his photographs have also been seen in National Geographic and Sports Illustrated magazines, the New York Times and on ESPN."
Time: 10:00am
Location: Central Library, Children's Library, 300 Nicollet Mall
Play and Learn Together
Wednesdays thru February 24
For families. Enjoy a morning library "playdate" with other caregivers and their children, complete with a variety of interactive play stations that incorporate talking, reading, writing, singing and playing together.
Time: 4:00pm - 6:30pm
Location: Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall
Hennepin Avenue Public Meeting #1
Hosted by the City of Minneapolis
The City is planning to reconstruct Hennepin Avenue downtown from Washington Avenue and 12th Street in 2020. This is the first community meeting to help shape the vision for what the new Hennepin will look like. Staff will present at 4pm and 5pm and be available for feedback.
We hope you will attend! Hennepin is a critical street with lots of possibilities. But those possibilities will only come through if people come and say the want to see improvements.
Protected bike lanes, improved walking safety, more space for community gatherings, dedicated bus lanes, and less auto focus are all things that can make Hennepin more welcoming, comfortable, and lovable. Speak up for them at the meeting and with your Council Member.
Here are more on some initial ideas: http://www.mplsbike.org/make_hennepin_lovable
The City's official page for Hennepin project (where you can also sign up for email updates):
http://www.minneapolismn.gov/cip/future/WCMSP-172270
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Minneapolis Central Library, Doty Board Room
Winter Reads: Laura Waterman Wittstock
Author, radio host, journalist Wittstock and photographer, activist Dick Bancroft interpreted the history of the American Indian Movement in their book, “We Are Still Here.” This movement, founded in 1968 in Minneapolis, burst into the turbulent 1960s to protest centuries of corruption, racism and abuse. Join Wittstock to hear this dynamic story and view Bancroft's powerful photos.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Minneapolis Central Library.
Time: 9:00pm- 11:00pm
Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE
Valentine’s Day with Romantica
Join us as beloved local alt-country band (and aptly named) Romantica helps us celebrate Valentine’s Day in the River Room. Not only will they provide us with the perfect soundtrack for wooing lovers new and old, we will also have the privilege of commemorating their newly-released album. This event is sure to sell out.
TICKETS AVAILABLE BY CLICKING THIS LINK $20
Doors at 8, show begins at 9.
Please note that there will not be food service in the River Room during the show. If you would like to dine with us on Valentine’s Day, give us a call and we would be happy to make you a separate dinner reservation in the cafe.
Time: See schedule below.
Location: The Pourhouse, 10 South 5th Street
This February, help put the hilarity in charity with hundreds of crazed runners taking to the streets in celebration of their fundraising for the Children’s Tumor Foundation.
You’ll be a part of something great. Last year Cupid’s raised over $3.5 Million to #EndNF and we’re relying on YOU to join and make this year’s fundraising (and party) the biggest and best yet.
Cupid’s is a party + 1 mile fun run at your own pace + more party. We encourage undies, but we get that it’s not for everyone – so just come out and have fun and raise some money for NF research!
You can start a team for your friends, join a team, or run solo. For each friend you sign up, we give you $25 towards incentives and they’ll get 25% off their registration fee.
•11:00 AM– Doors open & the party starts!
•1:30 PM – UNDIE RUN!!!
•2:00 PM – Awards Ceremony – trophy & medals for top fundraisers and team!
•4:00 PM – Bag check closes and party ends
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.
Time: 9:00pm - 2:00am
Location: International Market Square, 275 Market Street
Carnaval Brasileiro 2016 Masquerade Ball
Time: 2:00pm
Location: MacPhail Center for Music, Antonello Hall, 501 South 2nd Street
Jazz Piano Performance and Master Class: Butch Thompson
In a career spanning over 45 years, pianist and clarinetist Butch Thompson has earned a world-wide reputation as a traditional jazz and ragtime master. He tours widely as a soloists or at the helm of any of his several ensembles, including his well-known Butch Thompson Trio, his eight-piece Jazz Originals band, the Butch Thompson Big Three or his unique blues duo with fingerstyle guitarist Pat Donohue.
He has performed with many symphony orchestras, including the Hartford Symphony, the St. Louis Symphony, the Erie Philharmonic, the Minnesota Orchestra and the Cairo (Egypt) Symphony. Widely known for his 12-year stint as house pianist on public radio’s “A Prairie Home Companion,” where the Butch Thompson Trio was the house band, he continues on the show as a frequent guest.
$5 general admission; free to MacPhail students at the door.
Performances:
Feb 12-13, 18-20, 22, 25-27, Mar 3-5 @ 7:30pm
Feb 14, 21, 28 @ 5:00pm
Mar 6 @ 2:30pm
Location: The Lab Theater, 700 1st North Street
SILENCE! The Musical is a hilarious ‘unauthorized’ parody based on the Academy Award winning film, The Silence of the Lambs. Rookie FBI agent Clarice Starling (Emily Jabas) matches wits with the brilliant but insane cannibal, Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Tim Kuehl) in order to catch the serial killer known as Buffalo Bill (Ryan London Levin). Clarice faces her own demons while racing the clock to unlock Lecter’s clues before another innocent girl is killed and skinned. This laugh-out-loud naughty satire features a singing chorus of floppy eared lambs narrating the action as Buffalo Bill gleefully dances a hoedown while kidnapping hapless Catherine Martin (Amanda Weis). Even Dr. Lecter, scary as ever, sings about the life he’d like to lead someday outside the prison walls.
Fueled by a rabid cult following since the songs debuted online in 2002, SILENCE! was expanded into a live stage show and shattered every box-office record at the 2005 FringeNYC Festival. Winner of the FringeNYC Festival’s Best Musical Award, SILENCE! The Musical combines whip-smart dialogue and shocking songs to make a musical parody of The Silence of the Lambs that’s sure to be popular with seasoned fans of the movie and FBI rookies alike.
Tickets:
$40 - VIP (front cocktail table, includes complimentary drink)
$30 - General Admission
$20 - Group 10+ (Please call 612-333-7977 for assistance)
$15 - Industry rate Mon, Feb 22 ONLY "Show us your theatre scars for discount"
Time: See ticket link for schedule
Location: Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Avenue South
June Presented by Savage Umbrella
February 12 - 26
Set in pre-Stonewall America, June explores the roles we play and the secrets we hide. As McCarthyism abounds and the burgeoning queer social scene picks up steam, an ensemble of women grappling with fear, love, and identity explore what it means to be seen—by themselves, by each other, and by a society that may not be ready to see them as they are.
Audiences described the 2014 work-in-progress as mysterious, human, incisive, daring, magnetic, and “a crisp delight / a tangy surprise”. Savage Umbrella uses music, movement, and text to dig even further into themes of privilege, gender roles, and sexual identity turning the traditional mid-century American narrative on it's head.
Tickets: (no additional per ticket fees)
General Admission: $24
Student (with ID): $18
ARTshare Members: FREE
Tuesday - Pay What You Can: $0, $5, $10, $15, $20 or $24
Time: 7:00pm
Location: The Loft Literary Center, at Open Book (Performance Hall), 1011 Washington Ave
This free special workshop will teach Wikipedia basics in an effort to create, update, and edit Wikipedia entries for artists from marginalized communities. Bring a laptop and power cord! Light snacks and refreshments will be available.
Any and all people are welcome to this workshop, but please pre-register with Loft Program Director Bao Phi at bphi@loft.org.
Time: 6:30pm
Location: Wilde Roast Cafe, 65 Main Street SE
No experience required! Just follow along while our Social Painting Instructor guides you step-by-step through the featured painting in about two hours. If you’re feeling creative, change the colors to suit your décor or go completely rogue. We provide all the painting supplies: a 16”x20” canvas, acrylic paint, brushes, smock, music, and a good time.
Come out early to enjoy some drinks or dinner before we get started, just let them know you’re with Paint Nite. Secure your seats 15 minutes before start time, especially if part of a large group. Food and drinks are available for purchase from the venue and NOT included in the ticket price. Outside food and drink are not allowed - NO BYOB. Events are for adults, 21+ only.
Time: 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Location: Minneapolis Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall
Join the Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition and Bikeways for Everyone at the Minneapolis Central Library in the Mark E. Johnson Conference Room, N-202 for a one-hour discussion on what should be biking priorities in 2016. Come and have your voice heard!
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