Time: 2:00pm
Location: Central Library, Children's Library, 300 Nicollet Mall
Library Lab for Kids: You Never Know at Central Library
(Tuesdays thru August 11)
For families. There’s always something fun happening – games, crafts, shows or a great idea that the group chooses. Join in to discover what we’re doing this week! Materials provided.
Time: 6:30pm to 9:00pm
Location: Mill City Museum, 704 2nd Street South
Minneapolis History Pub Crawl: Washington Avenue
Fee: $25/$20 for MNHS members.
Reservations: required, call 612-341-7555 or register online.
Discover Minneapolis' rich history and satisfy your thirst with a history pub crawl along Washington Avenue. Travel down this busy thoroughfare and hear about the importance of railroads, warehousing, flour milling, immigration, entertainment and vice to the story of Minneapolis. An air-conditioned bus will take participants through the neighborhoods along Washington Avenue from 35W to Plymouth Ave. N, with stops at a number of historic sights, including two watering holes housed in historic buildings.
The tour includes two blocks of moderately paced walking. Please call ahead to make arrangements for guests with limited mobility. Tours are held rain or shine. Ages 21 and up only. Drink purchases are not included in the tour price. Drink specials will be made available at participating locations.
Tuesday, July 14
Celebrate summer and see the toe-tapping all-American family musical!
Buy a ticket to the show plus the pre-show BBQ for just $40.
6-7 p.m.
Enjoy a cold beer and a burger or bratwurst (vegetarian option available, too), delicious sides and all the fixings at a pre-show BBQ hosted at Aloft Hotel, located one block from the Guthrie at 900 Washington Avenue.
7:30 p.m.
Performance of The Music Man begins.
Space is limited! Call the Guthrie Box Office at 612.377.2224 and ask for the "BBQ" special.
*Sales end 24 hours before the event. Offer not available with other offers or on previously purchased tickets. Restrictions may apply. Soda may be substituted for beer. Vegetarian option will be available, please RSVP as such. No other food substitutions.
Mill City Summer Opera (MCSO) is excited to present Gaetano Donizetti’s brilliant comedy The Daughter of the Regiment, directed by David Lefkowich, July 11-21, 2015.
Future performances: July 15, 17, 19, 21, 8:00pm. Mill City Museum’s dramatic Ruin Courtyard will again be the venue for all performances.
This two act opera centers on Marie, the “daughter” of a regiment of soldiers who adopted her when she was a young girl and raised her as one of their own. Marie meets a local boy, Tonio, who joins the regiment in order to marry her. They soon fall in love. But the Marquise of Birkenfeld declares she is Marie’s aunt, and that Marie must leave the regiment to become a proper lady. Ultimately true love wins and Marie and Tonio are allowed to marry. The first act is set in the mountains of Tyrol, and the second takes place within the chateau of the Marquise de Birkenfeld.
Set to a French libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Jean-François Bayard, this opera is known for its lighthearted, catchy music that captures the story’s humor with its playful yet challenging vocals. The opera’s dialogue that will be in English and all music and arias are in French. Supertitles will translate the French into English.
TARGET FIELD STATION EVENTS
•Monday, July 13 Movie Night: Back To The Future (7 pm)
•Wednesday, July 15 Movie Night: Top Gun (7 pm)
•Friday, July 17 Movie Night: The Sandlot (7 pm)
•Thursday, July 23 Minneapolis Aquatennial CorePower Yoga (5:30 pm - 6:30 pm--check-in at 5:00 pm)
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.
Time: 9am
Location: Aster Cafe, 125 SE Main Street
2015 CorePower Yoga 'Take it Outside' Series
Join us at the Aster Cafe and enjoy coffee or mimosas with brunch afterward! Bring your own mat. Free.
Future events:
TARGET FIELD STATION, 417 5th Sreet North
Thursday, July 23, 5:30pm
Enjoy class in open air. Bring your own mat. Free.
ASTER CAFE
Sunday, July 26, 9:00am
Join us at the cafe and enjoy coffee or mimosas with brunch afterward! Bring your own mat. Free.
ASTER CAFE
Sunday, August 9, 9:00am
Join us at the cafe and enjoy coffee or mimosas with brunch afterward! Bring your own mat. Free.
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Mattie's on Main, 43 Main Street SE
Artist: Anna Hoover
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 dinner or cocktails 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: 11:00am - 2:00pm
Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE
Today: Swing Brunch with Patty and the Buttons
Mill City Summer Opera (MCSO) is excited to present Gaetano Donizetti’s brilliant comedy The Daughter of the Regiment, directed by David Lefkowich, July 11-21, 2015.
Performances: July 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 8:00pm. Mill City Museum’s dramatic Ruin Courtyard will again be the venue for all performances.
This two act opera centers on Marie, the “daughter” of a regiment of soldiers who adopted her when she was a young girl and raised her as one of their own. Marie meets a local boy, Tonio, who joins the regiment in order to marry her. They soon fall in love. But the Marquise of Birkenfeld declares she is Marie’s aunt, and that Marie must leave the regiment to become a proper lady. Ultimately true love wins and Marie and Tonio are allowed to marry. The first act is set in the mountains of Tyrol, and the second takes place within the chateau of the Marquise de Birkenfeld.
Set to a French libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Jean-François Bayard, this opera is known for its lighthearted, catchy music that captures the story’s humor with its playful yet challenging vocals. The opera’s dialogue that will be in English and all music and arias are in French. Supertitles will translate the French into English.
Time: 9:00am - 11:00am
Location: Guthrie Theater, 818 Second Street South
What was the inspiration for the set? Was the play rewritten in rehearsals? Aren't those wigs itchy? Through these eye-opening workshops, you can learn how the Guthrie's artists and staff create a production - from early development and designs to rehearsal, costume fittings and staging of the play. $15 per person per workshop.
Future 2015 Workshop
Stage Kiss, McGuire Proscenium Stage
Saturday, August 1, 2015
Time: Artist’s talk 6:00pm; Opening Reception 7:00pm-11:00pm
Location: The Soap Factory, 514 Second St SE
The Soap Factory presents: Shaping the Qualitative Phase of Contemporary Chinese Art
An exhibition featuring work by Lui Xuguang with artists Jia Yuming, Wang Zhi, Liu Qianyi, Meng Xianglong, Liu Danshu, and Zhang Jinghan. Curated by Professor Tom Rose.
Exhibition runs: July 11 – August 30th
The Zhuangzi is regarded as one of the greatest literary works in all of Chinese history, and has been called "the most important pre-Chin text for the study of Chinese literature”, thus predating what we currently call China. The Zhuangzi is named for and attributed to Zhuang Zhou — "Master Zhuang" (Chinese:"Zhuangzi") — born around 369 BCE in Song state, near the borders of modern Henan and Shandong provinces of modern China. He advocated a mode of understanding that is not committed to a fixed system, but is fluid and flexible, and that maintains a provisional, pragmatic attitude towards the application of categories and evaluations to existence and objects. He died around 286 BCE. A coruscating exposition of a prescient hermetic philosophy, the Zhuangzi, examines existence through the experience of an object, describing object-ness through metaphorical and metaphysical states.
The Zhuangzi posits that the metaphysical existence of objects and their intrinsic form is both a product of the human interpretation of an object’s nature, and of the various relationships that are possible between an object’s actual material state and of its essence in creating space for human spirituality. While the image of an object (art) establishes a human-centric method for the contemplation of the connections between physical states, through both time and space, art also creates multiple possible readings and meanings for existence. In art relationships between people co-exist equally with the relations with the space of existence, defining the entire process (time and space) of human and object existence. Contemporary civilization has discovered interpretations that offer a harmonious relationship between the direct vision and the space of art — through mutual connections in a common space, works of art can present similar patterns of communication.
Time: 11:30am - 2:00pm
Location: Elliot Park, 1000 E 14th Street
The City Council will hear (and almost certainly approve) a fantastic Protected Bikeway Plan on July 10. The plan calls for 48 miles of new protected bikeways in next 5-10 years! Come celebrate this great accomplishment!
Elliot Park (we'll meet up in the picnic area near intersection of 11th Ave S and 14th Street)
Snacks and drinks will be provided - Bring a grill-able if you'd like
*Rain date: Sunday, July 26
Please RSVP yes if--and only if--you plan to attend so we can get the right amount of food/drinks. https://www.facebook.com/events/1639407482942961/
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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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 dates: August 8th & 30th, September 19th
Time: 8:00am - 1:00pm
Location: 704 South 2nd Street
Today at Mill City Farmers Market: Wellness Weekend!
Produce Planner
Arugula, asparagus, baby beets, bok choi, broccoli, carrots, cherry tomatoes, chickweed, chives, cilantro, cucumbers, garlic scapes, green beans, green garlic, kale, lambs quarter, lettuce (little gem, red butter, & romaine varieties), mache, mesclun mix, mushrooms, mustard greens, nettles, oregano, pac choi, parsley, parsnips, radishes, rhubarb, salad mix, salad turnips, snow peas, sorrel, spinach, spring onions, strawberries, Swiss chard, tarragon, thyme, watercress, and much more!
Yoga
8 AM: Bring your mat and join Kylie Saltzman on the Guthrie terrace today for free yoga practice before you get your groceries!
Mill City Cooks
10 AM: with guest chef Beth Dooley!
Live Music
11 AM – 1 PM: MCFM welcomes local folk artist Sam Timmreck.
Mini Farm
All day: Come say hello to your furry and feathered friends from Oliver H. Kelley Farm this Saturday!
Sponsor
Thank you, Masonic Cancer Center!
Time: 9:00pm
Location: Crooked Pint Ale House, 501 Washington Avenue South
Tonight: Charles Walker Band with Ali and The Scoundrels
Time: 7:00pm
Location: The Loft Literary Center, at Open Book (Performance Hall), 1011 Washington Ave
Secret Colors Revisited: A Dialogue on Race & the Arts
Alexs Pate in conversation with David Mura
Writers Alexs Pate and David Mura are long time collaborators who have written fifteen books between them, in multiple genres, all examining the issues of race and African American and Asian American identity respectively. This conversation will explore their work as Minnesota writers of color; the creative writing workshop they co-teach, “Writing on Race;” the relationship between their communities; and other current issues regarding race and the arts. They will also discuss Pate’s work on the Innocent Classroom, a program designed to address the racial achievement gap in education by training teachers to improve their relationships with students of color.
Over twenty years ago, Alexs Pate and David Mura created a performance piece, “Secret Colors,” in response to the video of the Rodney King beating and the violence in L.A. following the ruling that found the police innocent of any wrong doing. Their piece explored the issues arising out of those events, and, in light of the interracial tensions in L.A., the relationships between the African American and Asian American communities. This conversation enables these two to explore the issues of that piece and their PBS film, Slowly This, in light of the events of the past year, including the Black Lives Matter and Million Artists movements.
Time: 9:30am
Location: Central Library, Children's Library, 300 Nicollet Mall
Location: Cancer Survivors Park at Marquette Plaza on Nicollet Mall between Washington and 3rd Avenue
Stories in the Park
For families. Join us for Family Storytime and enjoy summer storytime fun! Bring your picnic blanket and snack if you'd like. If it rains, we'll meet in the library.
Thursdays thru August 13.
Time: 8:00pm
Location: Mattie's on Main, 43 Main Street SE
Tonight: TIMM HOLMLY and DAVID HAMILTON
TIMM HOLMLY is an accomplished vocalist and recording artist, singing professionally for 30+ years. He has performed at many venues throughout the region, from nightclubs to musical theatre productions. Timm has been performing at the Seasons Dinner Theatre at Majestic Oaks for 15 years; is one of the creators & performers in POP UP MUSICAL, that just finished a two- month run at the Plymouth Playhouse; has sung on the Minnesota Zephyr, and written & performed his own cabaret shows. Timm is a founding member of theTwin Cities Cabaret Artist Network (TCCAN), which performs regularly around the Cities. He has recorded two solo CDs & has sung many commercial jingles, nationally & regionally. Timm has been working with jazz pianist, David Hamilton for the past 5 years, where they were the house musicians at Thistles for two years.
DAVID HAMILTON is a former West Bank School of Music of Jazz and Blues instructor, who served as the house pianist for Thistles Restaurant for two years, where he backed various jazz singers including Timm Holmly, Christine Rosholt, and the internationally renowned Nancy Harms. His wide range of musical pursuits were fostered by living abroad in Brazil, Southern Africa and Portugal at an early adage. David has been a member of numerous R & B bands including Power of 10, High and Mighty, Who Nu and the New Orleans Beaukoo Jacks. Jazz groups include the Tommy Robinson Trio, JazZen, Pop’s Jazz Orchestra, Ahmed and the Jazz Creators and Le Cirque Rouge.
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