September 23, 2015, Wednesday - Pub Night with Preservation Alliance of Minnesota at Clubhouse Jager

Time: 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Location: Clubhouse Jager, 923 North Washington Avenue

Come grab a beer!

As Preservation Alliance of Minnesota continues to strive to connect people to historic places, we are visiting an old favorite of ours for Pub Night, Club Jager! "A pearl of a bar since 1906", Club Jager is the perfect place to come and mix with other preservationists and PAM supporters.

Bring friends or coworkers for an extended happy hour. There is no cost but we ask you to register so we know how many to expect. This is a time to get together, interact and of course have some beer.

Register today!

If you have any questions please contact dsykora@mnpreservation.org.

September 22, 2015, Tuesday - Faith Sullivan: Book Launch for GOOD NIGHT, MR. WODEHOUSE at Open Book

Time: 7:00pm

Location: Open Book, 1011 Washington Ave S

Milkweed Editions hosts Faith Sullivan: Book Launch for GOOD NIGHT, MR. WODEHOUSE

Come join us in Target Performance Hall on the second floor of Open Book to celebrate the release of Faith Sullivan's latest novel, GOOD NIGHT, MR. WODEHOUSE.

In GOOD NIGHT, MR. WODEHOUSE, Faith Sullivan returns to Harvester, Minnesota—the setting of her bestseller, THE CAPE ANN—to tell the story of Nell Stillman, an ordinary school teacher who has lived an extraordinary life. GOOD NIGHT, MR. WODEHOUSE celebrates the strength and resourcefulness of independent women, the importance of community, and the transformative power of reading.

Sullivan writes, "Life could toss your sanity about like a glass ball; books were a cushion. How on Earth did non-readers cope when they had nowhere to turn?”

FAITH SULLIVAN is the author of seven award-winning novels. A “demon gardener, flea marketer, and feeder of birds,” Sullivan was born and raised in southern Minnesota. An indefatigable champion of literary culture and her fellow writers, she has visited well over 1,000 book clubs. She lives in Minneapolis with her husband.

September 20, 2015, Sunday - Vikings vs. Lions at TCF Stadium

Time: Noon

Location: TCF Stadium

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San Diego Chargers at Minnesota Vikings
Sun, Sep. 27th, 2015 12:00 PM
TCF Bank Stadium
 
Kansas City Chiefs at Minnesota Vikings
Sun, Oct. 18th, 2015 12:00 PM
TCF Bank Stadium
 
St. Louis Rams at Minnesota Vikings
Sun, Nov. 8th, 2015 12:00 PM
TCF Bank Stadium
 
Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings
Sun, Nov. 22nd, 2015 12:00 PM
TCF Bank Stadium
 
Seattle Seahawks at Minnesota Vikings
Sun, Dec. 6th, 2015 12:00 PM
TCF Bank Stadium
 
Chicago Bears at Minnesota Vikings
Sun, Dec. 20th, 2015 12:00 PM
TCF Bank Stadium

New York Giants at Minnesota Vikings
Sun, Dec. 27th, 2015 12:00 PM
TCF Bank Stadium

September 20, 2015, Sunday - Swing Brunch at Aster Cafe

Time: 11:00am - 2:00pm

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Today: Swing Brunch with Patty and the Buttons

September 20, 2015, Sunday - Yoga Day presented by the Minnesota Twins

Check-In: 7:15 a.m. - 7:45 a.m.
Yoga Class: 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Game Begins: 1:10 p.m.

Yoga Day presented by the Minnesota Twins

Call the Twins ticket line at 612.33.TWINS to book your ticket to receive your own Minnesota Twins yoga mat, yoga class and a game ticket as the Twins face the LA Angels. The yoga class will be held on the Great Lawn from 8-9 a.m. Visit www.twinsbaseball.com/yoga for more details.

Target Field Station has more than 104,000 square feet of space, including a public plaza for year-round special events and activities, green space, a 1,000-seat amphitheater, office space, retail shops and a 286-car underground parking garage. The Minnesota Twins, Target and Hennepin County offer programming and special events in the public space.

September 20, 2015, Sunday - Yoga Camp at Marquette Plaza

Time: 11:00am

Location: Marquette Plaza, 250 S Marquette Avenue

 

9/20 is a FREE DAY compliments of Minneapolis Women's Yoga Business Owners: Devanadi School of Yoga & Wellness, Radiant Life Yoga, YOGA Garden and Nordeast Yoga.

Mark your calendars for the summer finalé 9/20! This is a celebration of The Autumn Equinox.

Yoga Camp is a fun celebration of the summer and our rich yoga #commUNITY in the Twin Cities. We practice yoga without borders, rock out to live music and the kids can enjoy yoga each event too! After class we will take pictures, followed by Campfire Series - a workshop series made to feel like you were at Summer Camp!

Registration starts at 10:30, register ahead online at yogacampmpls.com to save time at the park. Yoga led by Tanya Boigenzahn, Jaina Portwood, Laurel Van Matre, and Annie Hanson and live music by Sarah White start at 11am and class will end roughly around 12:15pm, group photos directly afterwards with professional photographer.

Kids Yoga Camp will be led by Sarah Fischer, owner and creator of Lil Breathers. Kids Yoga Camp will take place during the adult yoga event.

NEW this year = Campfire Series!
This is to be reminiscent of Summer Camp Arts and Crafts. 9/20 will be a Life Coaching and Goal Setting session directed by Lindsey Zo Heiserman.

Yoga Camp will happen rain or shine, if raining, we will be inside The Plaza.

September 20, 2015, Sunday - Minneapolis Riverfront Tour at the Mill City Museum

Time: 1:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 South 2nd Street

Minneapolis Riverfront Tour

Fee: $14 adults, $12 seniors and college students, $10 children ages 6-17 and MNHS members. Includes museum admission.

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

Walk the Minneapolis riverfront and learn about its dramatic past and bright future. Participants will visit the historic district at St. Anthony Falls, which was once the milling center of the world and is now a growing cultural, recreational and residential neighborhood. A guide from Mill City Museum will lead visitors onto the Stone Arch Bridge for a spectacular view of the falls, the historic buildings surrounding it and downtown Minneapolis, and tell stories of the people who have worked and lived in the area and how it has changed over the years.

The tour includes one mile of moderately paced walking on uneven surfaces. Please call ahead to make arrangements for guests with limited mobility. The tour will begin and end at Mill City Museum. Tours are held rain or shine.

For more information visit http://www.millcitymuseum.org/tours.

September 20, 2015, Sunday - Minneapolis Bike Tour Starts at Boom Island

Time: 8:00am Bike Tour begins; 8:30am You must be on the route
 
Start and Finish: Boom Island, 724 Sibley Street NE

Minneapolis Bike Tour

The 9th annual Minneapolis Bike Tour starts and ends at beautiful Boom Island and features three fully supported routes, 16 miles, 25 miles, and 32 miles, that take riders through the spectacular park and byway system of Minneapolis at their own pace, traffic free!

The starting line is at the end of the Plymouth Ave. Bridge at the intersection of Plymouth Ave. and West River Road.

Estimated Route times (including time for water stops)
◾16-mile route times (short route): 8 am–12 pm
◾25 mile route times (intermediate route): 8 am–1:30 pm
◾32 mile route times (long route): 8 am–2:30 pm

The route closes at 2:30pm and re-opens to traffic. Anyone still on the route at 2:30pm may move off the parkway and complete their ride on the paved trails, or they may choose to have a SAG vehicle transport them and their bikes back to the finish.

Post-Ride After Party

Stick around after the ride to enjoy LIVE music, one FREE beer available to participants 21+ (must show valid ID), food from local vendors, exhibitor booths, and Bike Tour merchandise for sale!

The Post-Ride Party is open from 10 am-3 pm, with last call for beer at 2:30 pm. All ages are welcome into the beer garden including family members and spectators. Participants who would like a drink must show their ID and wear a wristband.

Registration

September 19, 2015, Saturday - Elliot Park Athletic Field Grand Opening

Time: Short ceremony begins at 10:30 am, followed by a youth soccer game

Location: Between the Hennepin County Medical Center and North Central University (NCU).

Celebrate Elliot Park's new athletic field at grand opening September 19

The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) is proud to host a grand opening ceremony commemorating the completion of the new Elliot Park athletic field on Saturday, September 19 at 10:30 am.

The new synthetic turf field replaces a battered grass field that had fallen into disrepair. Its high-quality, resilient playing surface has larger dimensions (70 x 115 yards) that give youth and adults competing in MPRB leagues an opportunity to compete on an NCAA-level facility.

“This field adds a durable, first-class amenity right in the heart of Minneapolis,” said MPRB Commissioner Anita Tabb. “I’m thrilled to see all of the hard work on this project come to fruition and am sincerely grateful for our many partners who helped make it happen.”

The grand opening ceremony – scheduled almost one year to-the-date after a ceremonial groundbreaking was held – features light refreshments and face painting and temporary tattoos for children. MPRB Commissioner Tabb and Hennepin County Commissioner Peter McLaughlin will give short speeches followed by a ceremonial goal kick and MPRB youth soccer game.

More Info

September 19, 2015, Saturday - Taste Twin Cities Food Tours Minneapolis Riverwalk Tour

Time: 11:00am - 2:00pm

Location: Begins at Gold Medal Park (10th Avenue South & 2nd Street South), next to the Guthrie Theater - ends in Northeast Minneapolis

Hungry for an off-the-beaten path Minneapolis food experience? Join us as we explore one of the city's trendy and historical neighborhoods, Mill District and St. Anthony on Main in Northeast Minneapolis. You'll enjoy the afternoon sampling food at the first Thai restaurant in Minnesota, drinking local Minnesota brewed craft beer at the oldest restaurant in Minneapolis, and enjoy a local favorite - the cheese curds.  You'll also enjoy mouth-watering pasta located in the historical Chase building, home-made gelato, and nosh on savory European style baked bread as we stroll through the local Farmers Market.

Along with sampling food we will also visit the Mill City Museum, stroll by the Guthrie, and enjoy gorgeous views of St. Anthony Falls as we walk along the Stone Arch Bridge into historical St. Anthony on Main.  You'll learn about the history of both these neighborhoods including a stroll along the oldest street in Minneapolis.  You'll taste and chat with other food-loving guests, and leave the tour with an appreciation for these distinct neighborhoods that most tourist never see!

Reservations.

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September 19, 2015, Saturday - Street Pub Twin Cities

Time: 2:00pm - 10:00pm

Location:  N. 2nd Ave from Washington to 1st Street

Street Pub Twin Cities

We are so excited to bring our pop-up pub of epic proportions to the Twin Cities on Saturday, September 19. Our 402-foot custom bar will be pouring beers from 40 taps in downtown Minneapolis and will donate 100 percent of proceeds from Street Pub beer sales to local nonprofits. In Minneapolis, we have teamed up with Second Harvest Heartland, one of the nation’s largest and most innovative food banks.

Not only will there be a huge selection of beers flowing from the Street Pub’s multitude of taps, but there will be great food to pair with it. Our corporate executive chef, Jeff Usinowicz, will be teaming up with local Twin Cities chefs from Red Cow and Republic to create some dishes that complement the many be...ers being served (think everything from the easy-drinking Mirror Pond Pale Ale all the way to the big and bold flavors of The Abyss). Other food vendors at the event will include The Happy Gnome and Stanley’s.

This family-friendly event will also feature bar games for prizes, special samplings and a simply amazing live, local music lineup that includes Big Wu, Solid Gold, Step Rockets and BBGUN.

Want to see what Street Pub is all about? Watch our Bend Street Pub video here: http://ow.ly/NguTe

If you'd like to volunteer for this event, please click here: http://www.2harvest.org/get-involved/volunteer/deschutes.html

September 19, 2015, Saturday - Autumn Brew Review at the Grain Belt Complex

Time: 1:00pm – 5:00pm

Location: Grain Belt Complex, 19 13th Ave NE

Autumn Brew Review at the Grain Belt Complex

The 15th annual Autumn Brew Review craft beer festival will return on Saturday, September 19!

Tickets go on sale Tuesday, July 28, at noon CT and may go quickly. Beer and brewers from all across the nation will be on-site for one of the largest annual celebrations of craft beer in Minnesota. This non-profit outdoor festival, produced by and benefiting the Minnesota Craft Brewers Guild, will feature unlimited beer from 110+ breweries, as well as non-alcoholic samples, a commemorative tasting glass, live music, tasty food vendors on-site, a chance to vote for your favorite beer and table display competitions, beer educational sessions and tours, random shenanigans and a good time to be had by all at this beautiful historic venue on the banks of the mighty Mississippi.

This is a 21+ event, with ID required at entry and will be held rain or shine. Information Tickets 

September 19, 2015, Saturday - Engineering the Falls Tour with History Player William de la Barre at Mill City Museum

Time: 1:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 2nd Street South

Engineering the Falls Tour with History Player William de la Barre

Fee: $14 adults, $12 seniors and college students, $10 children ages 6-17 and MNHS members. Includes museum admission.

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

Take a walking tour of St. Anthony Falls, led by a costumed museum interpreter portraying William de la Barre, the Austrian engineer who spent half a century developing Minneapolis’ flour milling and waterpower. Visit the Minneapolis Riverfront, the west side milling district, and the Stone Arch Bridge, learning the many changes to the falls over time.

The tour includes one mile of moderately paced walking on uneven surfaces. Please call ahead to make arrangements for guests with limited mobility. The tour will begin and end at Mill City Museum, where participants can visit the museum’s gallery, included in the price of the tour. Tours are held rain or shine.

September 19, 2015, Saturday - Mill City Farmers Market

Time: 8:00am - 1:00pm

Location: 704 South 2nd Street

Today at Mill City Farmers Market: Heritage Bread Festival!

If you've ever been curious about how to bake your own bread to make it healthier, tastier, and more digestible than store bought, this Saturday is for you! Everyone is welcome to participate in our first Heritage Bread Festival with Sunrise Flour Mill! This event offers an opportunity for bread enthusiasts, people who want to start baking, and professional bakers to improve their baking skills, share ideas, network within the artisan bread community, and enjoy good bread together. Learn about the benefits of heritage wheat, different types of leavening, mixing and kneading.

Bring your favorite home-baked loaf to share and learn from the pros.
This event begins at 9 AM in our Mill City Cooks kitchen demo area inside the train shed.

Produce Planner:
Aronia berries, apples, arugula, basil, beets, bell peppers, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, cherry tomatoes, chives, cilantro, cippollini onions, cucumbers, dill, eggplant, fennel, galangal, garlic, ginger, green beans, green shallots, kale, lemongrass, lettuce, mache, mint, mouse melons, mushrooms, nasturtiums, oregano, pac choi, parsley, parsnips, pears, potatoes, pumpkins, radicchio, radishes, raspberries, sage, salad mix, scallions, shallots, shiitake, sorrel, spinach, squash (butternut, spaghetti, kabocha), summer squash, sweet corn, Swiss chard, tarragon, thyme, tomatillos, turmeric, turnips, watercress, watermelon, zucchini, and much more!!

Live Music, 11 AM - 1 PM:
MCFM welcomes back Minnesota native and self-taught musician and lyricist Jack Klatt to the Market today!

Community Booths, all day:
Compatible Technology International is a nonprofit organization that alleviates hunger and poverty in the developing world by designing and distributing simple, life-changing food and water technologies. They will demo their hand-operated grain threshers and grinders on Saturday.
 
Kids Activity, all day:
Stop by the OHK Grange booth where kids can get creative and use seeds to create works of art!
 
Power of Produce, all day:  
Kids ages 5-12 get a free $2 Token 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, all day:
Featuring Barn Swallow Garden, Spring Finn & Co., Annika Kaplan, and Stirsby.

September 18, 2015, Friday - Alma Lights Hand-In-Glove Reception and Performance

Time:  9:00pm - 12:00am (performance will begin at 9:45pm)

Location: 530 University Ave SE (next to Restaurant Alma)

Alma Lights Hand-In-Glove Reception and Performance

This Alma Lights reception will feature a special performance by the Labor Camp Orchestra for Hand-in-Glove, a national convening for the field of alternative art spaces, artist-led projects and artists’ organizations. All are welcome.

The performance of “Malignum Aditum Puncti” is an audio elaboration on the structural ideas introduced in the physical installation by Piotr Szyhalski. A sonic intervention in the two adjacent rooms sharing a wall creates a disjointed, yet cohesive musical experience. While the intense, immaterial presence of sound commands attention, and transcends the physical limitations of objects and spaces, the audiences are able to move freely between the two environments, effectively manipulating their own experience of the work.

This new, live musical material is constructed and performed by the Labor Camp Orchestra specifically for the “Malignum Aditum Puncti” event using analogue modular synthesis system.

About Alma Lights: http://northern.lights.mn/projects/alma-lights

Northern Lights.mn is excited to team up with Restaurant Alma this summer to present Alma Lights, a temporary arts hub that will support a range of artist installations at the Alma building (528-530 University Ave SE, Minneapolis) prior to Alma’s upcoming expansion.

As Restaurant Alma plans with James Dayton Design how to reconfigure the space with expanded facilities, Northern Lights.mn is inviting 10-20 artists, including:

These artists will create interventions, installations, and experiences throughout the building between July 16 and September 15. The interventions are intended to alter one’s perceptions of the mundane aspects of almost any space - the stairways, the moldings, the doors, the hallways, the storage areas, the flooring, the windows - to release the collective imagination of what an activated space might be for residents, workers, and even the surrounding community.

Spectacular and subtle artist interventions in the details of 528-530 University Avenue reflect Northern Lights.mn’s mission to support artists who help us see the world in a new light and Restaurant Alma’s drive to “to turn the extraordinary into the ordinary every day.”

September 18, 2015, Friday - Fine Arts Show Opening Reception at Solar Arts Building

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September 17, 2015, Thursday - Creative City Road Map Open House

Time: 4:00pm – 6:00pm

Location: Public Functionary, 1400 12th Avenue NE

The Creative City Road Map is the City of Minneapolis’ planning process to think more strategically about how its arts and creative assets can best contribute to the local and regional economy and improve Minneapolis’ quality of life. The role of arts and culture in the City of Minneapolis, and the way the City chooses to support these industries and activities, are changing.

The planning process is guided by an interest in how arts, culture and the creative economy make Minneapolis a more welcoming and desirable place to live and gives underserved Minneapolitans access to economic and social returns. The Creative City Road Map’s vision is that arts and cultural activities have the capacity to expand the economic ‘pie’ and help more people reap benefits. At this open house, come take in music by local artists, mingle with the Artist Engagement Teams, talk to City staff and learn about the vision and data behind the planning process, and provide feedback on key parts of the draft Road Map. Your comments will help inform the final Road Map document and guide Road Map implementation.

For more information: http://www.creativeminneapolis.org/.

September 17, 2015, Thursday - Next Generation Parks Lecture: Cities for All: The Role of Parks and Open Spaces

Time: 5:30pm – 8:00pm (presentation at 6:00pm)

Location: Capri Theater, 2027 West Broadway Avenue

Next Generation Parks Lecture: Cities for All: The Role of Parks and Open Spaces

Through the Minneapolis Parks Foundation’s Next Generation of Parks™ Lecture Series, global design innovators and local thought-leaders showcase the most exciting new parks destinations and delve into important issues affecting our vibrant city and region.

The 2015 series features impressive talent and dynamic speakers from across the county and around the world – including our own backyard. This event will feature Gil Penalosa, Executive Director of 8-80 Cities. How can we create vibrant and healthy cities for everyone, regardless of age or social status? How can parks and open spaces improve the quality of life that attracts and retains people to their communities? How can we meaningfully engage citizens in the process of place making? Gil answers these questions in a dynamic and inspiring presentation about creating more livable cities that put people and nature at their center. Drawing on his experience as Commissioner of Parks and Recreation in Bogota, Gil presents some of the now widely celebrated approaches to urban regeneration through investments in parks and public spaces. Gil also draws upon examples in cities at the forefront of innovation in public space reclamation that demonstrate the many benefits parks and public spaces have on health, social inclusivity and city vitality. A reception and walk-up work stations will immediately follow the presentation. Proudly presented in collaboration with: City of Skate, Juxtaposition Arts, Major Taylor Bicycling Club of Minnesota, Minneapolis Bike Coalition, Minneapolis Riverfront Partnership and The Loppet. General admission tickets are $5 + fees ($6.27 total).

To register: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/cities-for-all-part-of-the-2015-next-generation-of-parkstm-lecture-series-tickets-18135046412?aff=mcivte.  http://mplsparksfoundation.org/projects/lecture-series/.

September 17, 2015, Thursday - Northeast Minneapolis Farmers Market at The Grain Belt

Time: 4:00pm – 7:00pm

Location: The Grain Belt Apartments, 1215 Marshall Street NE

Northeast Minneapolis Farmers Market at The Grain Belt 

Thursdays thru September 24th

The Northeast Minneapolis Farmers Market is pleased to announce the opening of a new weekday market at The Grain Belt Apartments.

Enjoy the same great live music while visiting with new friends and familiar faces. We’ll bring you fresh, locally grown produce, flowers, baked goods, jam, specialty foods, cold treats, a food truck and more.

September 17, 2015, Thursday - Hand-in-Glove III at The Soap Factory (4 days)

Time: See this link for schedule of events

Location: The Soap Factory, 514 Second St SE

The Soap Factory and Works Progress Present: Hand-in-Glove III
Exhibition Runs: Sep 17 - Sep 20, 2015

A national conference of alternative spaces and places. Supported by Common Field, curated and organized by Works Progress and The Soap Factory

Hand-in-Glove is a national convergence for those engaged in the imaginative possibilities and pragmatic realities of artist organzing, including independent artist-led exhibitions, re-granting initiatives, publications, residencies, public programs, pedagogical experiments, community enagement platforms, and a variety of other projects that develop and advance grassroots production and reception models for art and culture.

The first Hand-in-Glove was a four day conference hosted by Threewalls in Chicago in October 2011. Hand-in-Glove continues as an itinerant convergence, now affililated with Common Field (www.commonfield.org), organized by Press Street in New Orleans in October 2013 and continuing in Minneapolis in September 2015.

For ongoing information about this exciting event, please join our Facebook page.