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: 7:00pm-8:00pm
Location: 512 7th Street SE
INAUGURAL MEETING: MHNA Environment Committee
First meeting of the newly-formed Environment Committee (comprised of past, multiple task forces: Save Our Shade Trees, 6th Ave SE Greenway, Gardening, and others)
Questions? Contact the Marcy-Holmes Neighborhood Association office: 612.623.7633 | chris@marcy-holmes.org
Time: Doors open at 6:30pm, music from 8:00 - 11:00pm.
Location: Day Block Brewing Company, 1103 Washington Avenue South
Tonight: Mardi Gras Party
Ticket Price includes complimentary cocktail, beer, or glass of wine. Bring your best Mardi Gras mask for a chance to win prizes.
New Orleans themed cocktails and food menu will be served.
Purchase tickets in advance to reserve your spot.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mardi-gras-at-day-block-with-patty-and-the-buttons-tickets-20834157526
Times: 1:00pm
Location: Mill City Museum, 704 2nd Street South
Fee: $14 adults, $12 seniors and college students, $10 children ages 6-17 and MHS members. Tour includes museum admission.
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: 10:00am-Noon
Location: Minnesota Center for Book Arts, 1011 Washington Avenue South
Roses are Red with Ellen Ferrari
For families with children ages 2 and up
Begin this Valentine’s Day class with the story My Love for You by Susan L. Roth. Discover how to turn pieces of paper into a variety of pop-up and pocket valentines. Decorate them with all sorts of stamps, stickers, doilies, colors and even real valentine candies. Yum!
Join Ellen Ferrari for Saturday mornings of 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: $30 ($27 members) + $6 supply fee
Additional participants (adult or child): $15 ($13.50 members) + $3 supply fee
Time: 9:00am - 1:00pm
Location: Northrup King Building, 1500 Jackson Street NE
All Things Kid! Warehouse Sale Event to Benefit Kids With Cancer (The Pinky Swear Foundation)
A Warehouse event featuring some of your favorite Minnesota kid brands - Kiddywampus, O + Ro Soap, Minnebites, Tumblewalla, Cooper & Kid, and Anjee Mai Creations!
10% of sales to benefit the Pinky Swear Foundation.
Hosted by Cooper & Kid (studio #263) and Tumblewalla (studio #258) on the 2nd Floor of the Northrup King. Bonus - enjoy additional shopping at other open artist studios in the building! Ample free parking.
Special deals on all kid items - great for Valentine's day and helps support kids battling cancer.
Time: Run starts at 11:00am
Location: Northgate Brewing, 783 Harding Street NE
It doesn't get more simple than this: 'dash' 0.05k between NorthGate Brewing & Wander North Distillery.…drink beer...drink a cocktail... and raise money for local non-profits!
The fun starts at 11:00 AM sharp! Plan to arrive about 30 minutes prior to check-in to check out our partners, sponsors and pre-race activities. Don’t forget some extra $$$. In addition to your FREE beer + FREE cocktail and swag, there will be merchandise for sale, food trucks, and plenty more beverages!
All participants receive 1 FREE craft brew from NorthGate Brewing and 1 FREE cocktail from Wander North Distillery! Also, you'll get to take home a collectors seasonal merchandise item (it is sure to be GREAT!).
Also included: live music at each location, a food truck, and food samples, artwork
Registration is limited to 200, so sign up today! Remember: a portion of all proceeds go to benefit MN non-profits. Check out our website to see who we support and why: http://www.breweryrunningseries.com/!
Time: See ticket link for schedule
Location: Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Avenue South
Family Unit Presented by Main Street School of Performing Arts
February 5 - 28
Family Unit is a high energy original ensemble work based in the not too distant future. After years in seclusion, a family must navigate a new and unfamiliar crisis ridden world. Loyalties are tested, bonds are made, limits are broken as we discover what it means to be family, and explore the balance between our values and our survival.
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: 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Location: Aster Cafe, River Room, 125 Main St SE
WINE HAPPY HOUR WITH BILL COY EVERY 1st THURSDAY THROUGH MARCH 2016
Aster Café will be hosting a wine tasting with wine writer Bill Coy, from Minneapolis/St. Paul Magazine.
Bill will present 4-6 wines based on that month's magazine article and discuss them and answer questions.
Reservations are suggested, but not necessary.
$15 per person.
Time: 5:00pm – 9:00pm (Opening Reception)
Location: Solar Arts Building, 711 NE 15th Avenue
Spectrum ArtWorks presents The Big Picture at the Solar Arts Building
The Big Picture
Exploring wellness in recovery through art
Note - February 4 is also "First Thursday in the Art District", so the 2nd floor artist studios will be open for attendees to browse/shop art!
Sponsored by:
American Lung Association in Minnesota
RESOURCE
Solar Arts Building
Exhibition Dates: February 4-22, 2016
Open to the public:
Thursday, Feb 4, 5 – 9pm (Opening Reception)
Saturday, Feb 20, 6-9 pm (Nothreast Farmers Market Winter Market)
Gallery Hours by appointment:
Call 612-752-8282 or email jreyes@resource-mn.org
The Big Picture, Spectrum ArtWorks upcoming peer-led and curated group exhibition explores health and aims to encourage wellness in recovery. The theme of health and wellness in recovery is inspired by the Substance and Mental Health Service Administration’s (SAMHSA) definition of recovery, “as a process of change through which individuals improve their health and wellness, live self-directed lives, and strive to reach their full potential.” Art from the show comes from core group of 15 artists living with mental illness who work publicly as a collective to challenge mental health and create community. Their work in this show gleans from the SAMHSA’s defined four major dimensions that support a life in recovery, which are health, home, purpose, and community. Some artists from the group call attention to the impacts of smoking on individuals living with mental illness while others look to our social and domestic lives when exploring self-care. More info: http://www.samhsa.gov/recovery. Artists from this group have shown with Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis Institute of Art, MacRostie Art Center, and are recipients of the VSA MN Emerging Artist Grant and the Minnesota State Arts Board’s Artist Initiative Grant.
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 4, 2016
MacPhail Center for Music
Living Concert Notes with Moderator Libby Larsen, composer
Semada Trio
Dana Donnay, oboe, Matthew Bertrand, bassoon and Seth Engelby, piano
Nicolla Melville, piano
Charles Wazanowski, tuba
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: (See ticket link for daily show times)
Location: Open Book, 1011 Washington Avenue South
Ten Thousand Things presents: Dear World
Book by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Lee
Based on "The Madwoman of Chaillot"
Music by Jerry Herman
Ten Thousand Things continues its season with the company’s first-ever production of Dear World, a musical based on Jean Giraudoux’s 1943 book The Madwoman of Chaillot. The Dear World book is by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Lee, with music by Jerry Herman. Sarah Rasmussen guest directs, with Peter Vitale as music director. Dear World follows of group of eccentrics and outcasts in Paris who band together to thwart the plans of businessmen plotting to extract oil from the land under the city’s streets and cafés. The play celebrates the power of unconventional outlooks that are unburdened by greed. The cast features Christina Baldwin, Sheena Janson, JuCoby Johnson, Kris Nelson, Janet Paone, Thomasina Petrus, Shawn Vriezen and Fred Wagner.
Following a tour of correctional facilities, low-income centers, schools, and shelters, the show will play to the public January 15–17 and 21–24 at Open Book in Minneapolis; January 28–31 at Bedlam Lowertown in St. Paul; and February 4–7 back at Open Book. Thursday, Friday and Saturday shows start at 7:30 pm and Sunday shows at 4 pm.
Tickets are $30; pay what you can for audiences under age 30 (please present ID at the door). Information and tickets.
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Location: Minneapolis Event Centers, 212 Main St SE
2nd Annual State of the Ward Address and Third aWard
Join Council Member Jacob Frey for his 2nd annual State of the Ward Address and Third aWards. Awards of the year will be given for Leader, Local Business, Neighborhood Project/Initiative, and Youth Leader.
“The Third aWards are a chance to acknowledge our amazing residents and small business owners that help make the Third Ward a dynamic place,” said Council Member Jacob Frey.
Individuals interested in making a nomination should write a brief description of the accomplishments that deserve recognition. Please submit Third aWards nominations via email (heidi.ritchie@minneapolismn.gov), fax (612-673-3940) or by mail to Council Member Jacob Frey, 350 South 5th Street, Room 307, Minneapolis, MN 55415 by Wednesday, January 27, 2016.
The State of the Ward and Third aWards will take place Wednesday, February 3, 2016 from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. at the Minneapolis Event Center, 212 2nd Street SE. Please R.S.V.P. early by calling 612-673-3126 or emailing zack.farley@minneapolismn.gov.
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.
PROGRAM
Reception: 5:30 – 6:45 p.m., Room 607 – By Invitation
Performance: 7:00 p.m., Antonello Hall – Open to Public
Location: MacPhail Center for Music, 501 2nd Street South
British Masterworks will feature the singers of Sonomento and the MacPhail Chamber Players in performances of Händel’s Chandos Anthem No. 4, Vaughan Williams’s Serenade to Music, O Clap your Hands, Souls of the Righteous and songs by William Walton, Edward Elgar and The Beatles. The program will conclude with a special performance of Benjamin Britten’s moving Cantata Misericordium (Blessed are the Merciful) with strings, harp and percussion. The work re-tells the story of the Good Samaritan and is dedicated to the International Red Cross and humanitarian aid for the refugee crisis in Europe. Featured soloists are Gerry Schmidt, baritone and Roy Heilman, tenor.
The Britten Cantata was first performed to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the International Red Cross in Geneva in 1963. With this performance, local leaders of the American Red Cross and MacPhail Center for Music join hearts, hands and the voices of Sonomento to honor the ongoing humanitarian work of the International Red Cross. Their volunteers are currently engaged in mitigating the suffering of hundreds of thousands of refugees in Europe fleeing the devastation of civil wars in their home countries. They have been driven from their homes, losing everything, and hope to re-build their lives.
Sonomento is the premier adult choral ensemble at MacPhail Center for Music. Under the direction of Craig Fields, the chorus has toured Europe and won two silver medals at the International Brahms Choral Festival in Germany last July.
To purchase tickets, call Student Services at 612-321-0100.
Time: 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Location: YogaFit Northeast, 520 First Avenue NE
Donation Class: The American Cancer Society's Downtown Minneapolis Relay for Life
*Join us for a donation-based class to benefit the American Cancer Society's Downtown Minneapolis Relay for Life!
*Class format will be Foundations (all-levels vinyasa-suitable for beginners!)
*We are asking for a $15 minimum donation. Bring your own mat or we have mats that you can use!
*If you have questions or to RSVP call: 612.444.2151 or email: northeastmpls@yogafitstudios.com
Webster Elementary is located at 425 5th Street NE.
Time: 10:00am-Noon
Location: Minnesota Center for Book Arts, 1011 Washington Avenue South
Marbled Valentine’s Day Cards Family Classes
For families with children ages 6 and up
Learn the ancient art of Turkish Ebru marbling to embellish cards with beautiful designs and colorful patterns. Try out techniques to create hearts, love birds and other images to make the perfect cards for your loved ones!
Adult/child pair: $54 ($49 members) + $6 supply fee Additional participants (adult or child): $27 ($24.50 members) + $3 supply fee
Time: 11:00am
Location: Tour begins at LaSalle Plaza (800 LaSalle Plaza)
Taste Twin Cities Downtown Minneapolis Skyway Tour
What You Need to Know
•Indoor 3 hour walking tour in the heart of downtown Minneapolis using the skyway system
•Flat route with slight inclines and declines, approximately .8 of a mile, bathrooms available at some stops
•5 stops
•Tour limited to 12 people, advance tickets required. Private tours available year round for larger groups.
•Begins at LaSalle Plaza (800 LaSalle Plaza), located on Hennepin Ave between 8th & 9th Street; ends at Metro Building (80 9th Street S)
•$45/pp
Tour Description
While it's chilly outside, join us as we weave our way through the cozy corners of downtown Minneapolis skyways on a food adventure. We will stroll through the "Broadway" Theatre District and enjoy VIP service as we visit some of the newest and hottest award winning restaurants downtown has to offer. The tour includes seeing the Minneapolis skyscraper that was modeled after the Washington Monument and visiting the famous Statue of Mary Richards tossing her hat. Along the way we will also visit quaint eateries that have pride in local ownership; including a favorite since 1932. You will participate in tea sampling and learn the secrets behind the great food you are enjoying. You'll leave the tour with a tasty experience of some of the best food finds Minneapolis has to offer all while learning history of downtown and soaking in the local culture.
Tastings
•Mouth watering flat bread pizza at a local hot spot
•Fine chocolates to be savored
•Locally brewed Minnesota draft beer paired with appetizer (non-alcoholic tastings available)
•Ham and Pear Crisp Sandwich with fresh home-made chips from the restaurant that has "damn good food"!
•Sinfully delicious variety of cupcakes (private tours only)
•Deliciously sweet and salty popular Chicago Mix® popcorn
•Sip on warm and comforting loose leaf tea (private tours only)
•Variety of a delicious French pastry; the Macaroon (private tours only)
•Featured on the Cooking Channel Unique Sweets - Bourbon Whiskey Caramel Donut Bread Pudding Loaf (private tours only)
*Tastings subject to change without notice. Most dietary restrictions can be accommodated.
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