Share Article September 6, 2015, Sunday - Washburn A Mill Tour at Mill City Museum
Time: 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.
September 6, 2015, Sunday - Drag Brunch with The Madams at Mattie's on Main
Time: 11:00am - 2:00pm
Location: Mattie's on Main, 43 Main Street SE
Today: Drag Brunch with The Madams of Mattie’s
The marvel, the mystique - these queens serve it hot, fresh, and with the best brunch around. There’s something for everyone and more to spare!
If you’re looking for a good time on the town, look no further than the stage at Mattie’s!
Show starts at 11:30am with a rotating cast and a different theme each month! You’ll always be surprised, and never disappointed!
No Cover, All Ages!
September 6, 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 5, 2015, Saturday - Women’s Work: History Player Eva Valesh Tour at Mill City Museum
Time: 1:00pm
Location: Mill City Museum, 704 South 2nd Street
Women’s Work: History Player Eva Valesh Tour at Mill City Museum
Fee: $14 adults, $12 seniors and college students, $10 children ages 6-17 and MHS members.
Reservations: recommended, call 612-341-7555 or register online.
A costumed actor portraying labor writer Eva Valesh will lead a walking tour highlighting the factories whose working conditions were exposed by Valesh in series of newspaper articles in 1888 and 1889. Jobs available to women in the 19th and early 20th century and some of the key events in women’s labor history in Minneapolis will be discussed. Valesh was a labor writer and orator who was also known by the pen name Eva Gay. Among the riverfront factories singled out by "Eva Gay" was the North Star Woolen Mill, still standing two blocks from Mill City Museum. Valesh served as labor editor for the Saint Paul Globe and the Minneapolis Tribune. She went on to national acclaim, working for Samuel Gompers as assistant editor of the American Federationist.
The tour includes 1.5 miles 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.
For more information visit http://www.millcitymuseum.org/tours.
September 5, 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!
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September 5, 2015, Saturday - Rails & Ales Light Rail Brewery Crawl on the Green Line
Time: 12:00pm – 6:00pm (Check-in from 11:30am to 2:00pm)
Rails & Ales Light Rail Brewery Crawl on the Green Line
Includes a stop at Day Block Brewing Company!
Details
“Hop” aboard Metro Transit’s Green Line with hundreds of your newest friends and ride the rails to nine unique local breweries all within walking distance (anywhere from 1 to 6 blocks) of the many stops between Minneapolis and St. Paul. Throughout your self-guided Light Rail “crawl”, each brewery will offer special discounts on beer, food, and merchandise just for our participants. As you travel down the tracks, you can order up pints of exclusive casks and firkins, kick-back to some live music, make some fun pit stops at other local businesses along the route, and of course…taste a wide variety of the finest brews in the Twin Cities!
YOUR ‘CRAWL’ WILL INCLUDE:
•2 Pints of Craft Beer
•Rails & Ales T-Shirt
•All-Access Light Rail Pass
•Access to All 9 Local Breweries Along the Green Line
•Event Passport
•Exclusive Firkins just for Participants
•Special Discounts on Food, Beer, & Merchandise
•Access to Food Trucks & Live Music
•Entry to Win Tons of Prizes & Giveaways
September 5, 2015, Saturday - Mill City Farmers Market
Time: 8:00am - 1:00pm
Location: 704 South 2nd Street
Today at Mill City Farmers Market:
Mill City Cooks
10 AM: Learn how to make Beans 3 Ways with Market Chef Jenny Breen!
Live Music
11 AM – 1 PM: MCFM welcomes back Orange Mighty Trio to the Market today! Check out this delightfully adventurous ensemble
Kids Activity
Storytelling Hour with the Guthrie Theater: Stories will be read at 9:30am and again at 10:00am in the music tent by the Guthrie stairs. Parents, please supervise your children during this time and feel free to join in! All are invited!
All day: Power of Produce! Kids ages 5-12 get a free $2 Token to be spent on a fruit or veggie of their choosing! Stop by the Info Booth for more information.
Community Booth
All day: Stop by and learn about the awesome work being done by Elpis Enterprises and learn how to build cedar bird feeders!
Sponsor
Thank you, Delta Dental!
September 3, 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 2, 2015, Wednesday - Wake-Up With Jacob! at Matties on Main
Time: 7:30pm - 9:00am
Location: Mattie's on Main at 43 Main Street NE
Join us for "Wake-Up With Jacob!" - a monthly community engagement event with Minneapolis City Council Member Jacob Frey.
September Wake-up with Jacob Join us for a conversation about goals and policies aimed at enhancing the pedestrian experience, with a focus on priority streets and public spaces. We are happy to welcome Green Minneapolis Executive Director Win Rockwell and Minneapolis Downtown Council President Steve Cramer as our guests for this community discussion.
Attendees may purchase bottomless coffee and a pastry item for $5.00. Please RSVP to zack.farley@minneapolismn.gov.
September 2, 2015, Wednesday - The Soap Factory Common Room Tour
Time: 6:30pm
Location: The Soap Factory, 514 Second St SE
Common Room began as a month-long series of interactive art events, out of a refurbished art deco office at The Soap Factory. Since 2011, Vucci and Sturdevant have taken the Common Room concept outside the four walls of The Soap Factory and into the city, activating public spaces and redefining our relationship with our surroundings.
SEPTEMBER 2: The Minnesota State Fair Tour with Peter Haakon Thompson
Join Common Room and artist Peter Haakon Thompson, founder of The A Project and co-founder of Art Shanty Projects, at the Great Minnesota Get-together. See the fair through an artist's lens as we embark on an epic, endurance version of the artist's classic Auto-ethnographic Tours of the fair and its offerings. Join for the whole day or just segments. Meeting times and locations to be posted.
September 2, 2015, Wednesday - Minneapolis Park and Rec Board Meeting
Time: 5:00pm
Location: Minneapolis Park and Rec Board, 2117 West River Road
Meeting are broadcasted live on the City of Minneapolis Government Meeting Channel 79, or online at http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/tv/79. Those interested in viewing the MPRB meeting are encouraged to attend at MPRB headquarters, located at 2117 West River Road, Minneapolis, MN 55411, or view during the 10:30 p.m. Monday (12/3) rebroadcast on Channel 79.
September 1, 2015, Tuesday - Grand Opening Event – Elliot Park Soccer Field and North Central U’s Homecoming
Join North Central University for its First Ever HOMECOMING Extravaganza on Tuesday, September 1.
Soccer Field Grand Opening / 12:30 p.m.
Officials from North Central, the city of Minneapolis, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, Elliot Park Neighborhood, and Hennepin County will christen our new $1.2 million soccer field with speeches and a ribbon cutting ceremony.
BubbleBall Soccer Tournament
Safer than football, cheaper than hockey, and bouncier than basketball, Bubbleball Soccer is guaranteed to make you spin, bounce, and laugh like no other sport in history! A bubble soccer tournament will be held from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. A ceremony for the tournament winners will be held during half time of the men’s soccer game!
Tailgate Party / 5 p.m.
The biggest outdoor bash in NCU history. Picnic cuisine will be available. Family fun for everyone. Music, yard games, personally guided tours of campus.
NCU Rams vs. Finlandia Lions
Cheer on our men’s and women’s soccer teams as they battle the Finlandia University Lions from Hancock, Mich. This is the NCU community’s chance to put our new homefield advantage to the test. Go Rams!
September 1, 2015, Tuesday - Joule High Five Celebration and Open House
Time: 11:30 am - 1 pm
Location: Joule, 1200 Washington Avenue South
Joule High Five Celebration and Open House
Five years ago Joule opened its doors in the Mill City neighborhood. During that time they've met many of their neighbors and have become a local place to work, meet, network, co-work and connect. A place to learn something new.
They invite you to help them celebrate the first five years and come as their guest for lunch! Please RSVP
August 31, 2015, Monday - Meet us at THE MARKET. at Target Field Station
Time: 4:30pm - 8:30 pm
Location: Target Field Station & Rail Platform, 5th Street N
Meet us at THE MARKET. is a new addition to the Downtown Minneapolis experience. THE MARKET. is a destination, a place to browse an eclectic group of pop-up shops, watch a movie on the Target Field Station big screen, grab a bite and listen to musicians serenading you. THE MARKET. is an evening gathering point at downtown’s premier transportation hub. It is easy to access and conveniently runs through the evening.
For a full vendor list and more information, visit www.downtownmpls.com/themarket.
August 31, 2015, Monday - National Theatre Live: The Audience at St. Anthony Main Theatre
Time: Aug 31 7:00pm and Sat, Sep 5 1:00pm
Location: St. Anthony Main Theatre, 115 Main Street SE
NT Live at the Film Society of Minneapolis/St. Paul: The Audience
For sixty years, Queen Elizabeth II has met with each of her twelve Prime Ministers in a private weekly meeting. This meeting is known as The Audience. No one knows what they discuss, not even their spouses.
From the old warrior Winston Churchill, to the Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair right up to today’s meetings with the current incumbent David Cameron, the Queen advises her Prime Ministers on all matters both public and personal. Through these private audiences, we see glimpses of the woman behind the crown and witness the moments that shaped a monarch.
The Audience has received three 2015 Tony Award® nominations for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play (Helen Mirren), Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role (Richard McCabe) and Best Costume Design (Bob Crowley). The production has also been nominated for 6 Outer Critics Circle Awards (including Outstanding New Broadway Play), 4 Drama League Awards (including Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play) and 2 Drama Desk Awards (including Outstanding Actress in a Play).
The Audience is written by Peter Morgan (The Queen) and directed by two-time Tony Award® winner and Academy Award®-nominated director Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot, The Hours), and was presented in the West End by Matthew Byam Shaw for Playful Productions, Robert Fox and Andy Harries.
August 30, 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
August 30, 2015, Sunday - 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.
Future date: September 19th
August 29, 2015, Saturday - First Annual SotaFest at Parade Stadium
Celebrate summer at the first annual SotaFest!
Kindred the Family Soul headlines an afternoon of music and fun in picturesque Parade Stadium August 29
The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board is excited to partner in the first annual SotaFest happening August 29at Parade Stadium, located at 400 Kenwood Parkway. Doors open at 1 pm, music starts at 2 pm and festivities will continue throughout the afternoon framed underneath one of the best skyline views in the city.
A portion of the proceeds collected helps create opportunities for kids in Minneapolis parks by funding scholarships for youth programming.
“We appreciate having the opportunity to partner with People for Parks, 89.9 KMOJ and Bachelor Boy Entertainment in putting on another great summertime event in Minneapolis while also helping more of our city’s youth enjoy park activities,” said Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board Assistant Superintendent Nick Williams.
Nationally-renowned act Kindred the Family Soul headlines a lineup studded with dynamic performers, including Church and the Dirty Thought, Mike De’Cole, Chris Lawrence, Audiyo Element, Hustle Rose and MPLS.
Food trucks and local product vendors will also be on hand.
SotaFest is an 18+ event. Advance tickets are available onlinefor $25 and at the door for $35. Concert-goers can park for $5 at Dunwoody College across the street from Parade Stadium.
Volunteers for SotaFest are still needed. Volunteer assignments include entrance gate monitors/ticket takers, parking crew, ticket sales, stage monitors, and more.
Each volunteer will receive entry to the concert and one additional ticket. View and sign-up for volunteer assignments and shifts here: http://www.SignUpGenius.com/go/20F0449AFAC22A6FB6-sotafest or email Nicole Zappa at nzappa@minneapolisparks.org with questions about volunteering.
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Event Details Who:Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, People for Parks, 89.9 KMOJ-FM and Bachelor Boy Entertainment What: An afternoon of music, food and dancing headlined by nationally-renowned act Kindred the Family Soul When: Saturday, August 29. Doors open at 1 pm; music starts at 2 pm Where: Parade Stadium Why: Proceeds help fund youth programming scholarships for Minneapolis park activities Cost: $25 in advance; $35 at the door |
