June 6, 2015, Saturday - The Lost Gateway District of Minneapolis: Walking Tour with Preserve Minneapolis

Time: 10:00am

Location: Tour meets outside The Gay '90s, 408 Hennepin Avenue

Tickets

During the early twentieth century, the Gateway, also known as the Lower Loop, was the largest skid row in the Upper Midwest. The seedy stretch included flophouses, missions, and bars with a mish-mash of respectable businesses that needed cheap rents and a central location. Between 1959 and 1963 the City of  Minneapolis demolished 25 blocks in an effort to clean up the area — almost 40 percent of its historic downtown. This vibrant part of the city was reduced to a wasteland of surface parking lots.

Revisit the history of the Gateway District and its redevelopment and learn about current proposals to return street life to this formerly bustling area.

This tour will walk about 1.5 miles. The tour guides are Kirsten Delegard and James Eli Shiffer.

June 6, 2015, Saturday - 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.

June 6, 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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June 5, 2015, Friday - Dirty Works at MCBA

Time: 5:30 pm

Location: Minnesota Center for Book Arts, 1011 Washington Avenue South

Escape the digital world — get your hands dirty and make something!

Check out Dirty Works, MCBA’s First Fridays happy-hour workshop series! Join MCBA for Dirty Works, a series of casual classes, taking place on the first Friday of each month. Activities are designed for the bookishly curious and the creatively apprehensive; absolutely no experience needed. Each Dirty Works starts with a Happy (Half) Hour from 5:30 to 6 pm, then a hands-on activity from 6 to 8 pm. Pair it with dinner at one of the many great restaurants in our neighborhood for a perfect date night! Happy Hour snacks and refreshments are served courtesy of MCBA’s generous sponsors.

For information on the two June classes: http://www.mnbookarts.org/dirtyworks/.

June 4, 2015, Thursday - Twin Cities River Rats Waterski Show

The 2015 Twin Cities River Rats shows are scheduled for 7pm most Thursday nights through August 27, and take place at 1758 West River Road N (between the Plymouth and Broadway bridges).

About the Show

6:30pm – Development show - Our members under the age of 18 and our new members get the opportunity to perform for the crowd before jumping into the “big” show.

7:00pm – The Big Show! - The ski show is a 1 hour long themed-show. In between daring and beautiful acts on water, a storyline unfolds. We encourage audience participation and love applause!

8:00pm – Photos! - Photo opportunities with the cast of the show, visit with the skiers, and even take a ride in our “triple-rig” boat (for a price!)

The River Rats perform an hour long show combining various water skiing acts with skits and music. Our acts include Barefooting, Pyramids, Doubles, and more. All shows are free and concessions are available. Click Here to see our Schedule.

June 4, 2015, Thursday - Bohemian Flats Walking Tour with the Mill City Museum

Time: 6:30pm -8:00pm

Location: Meet at Bohemian Flats Park, 2200 West River Parkway

$14 adults, $12 senior citizens & college students,
$10 children ages 6-17 and MHS members.
Includes museum admission.   Tickets on sale online or at 612-341-7555

Enjoy a special evening walking tour of the historic Bohemian Flats, led by the Rachel Hines and Stefanie Kowalczyk, the University of Minnesota students who developed the exhibit “Remembering the Bohemian Flats: One Place, Many Voices.”  Hear how immigrants built a community in this flood-prone area, the diverse perspectives of the many people who lived there, and how the flats have changed over time.   The tour group will meet at the parking pay box next to parking lot of Bohemian Flats Park, 2200 West River Parkway, Minneapolis MN 55415.

The tour includes about 1.5 miles of moderately-paced walking on uneven surfaces.  If someone in your party uses a cane, wheelchair, walker, or has otherwise limited mobility, please call at least two weeks in advance of your tour so we can do our best to accommodate their needs. Tours are held rain or shine. Please dress accordingly.

Also available June 25.

June 3, 2015, Wednesday - Ground Breaking Celebration for The Encore

Time: 4:00pm-5:00pm

Please join us as we celebrate the Mill District’s newest luxury apartment homes, The Encore.

Program will be held at the corner of 10th Avenue South and South 2nd Street (across from Gold Medal Park).

Drinks and light appetizers starting at 4:30pm at the Aloft Hotel, 900 Washington Avenue South.

Please RSVP by Tuesday, June 2nd, to bwebb@sherman-associates.com.

June 3, 2015, Wednesday - Library Lab for Teens: You Never Know at Central Library

Time: 4:30pm–5:30pm 

Location:  Central Library, Teen Central, 300 Nicollet Mall

Library Lab for Teens: You Never Know at Central Library

For teens. 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.

Additional Dates:

Wednesday, July 1, 4:30–5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, July 29, 4:30–5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 5, 4:30–5:30 p.m.

June 3, 2015, Wednesday - Mill City High School Open House

Time:  4:30pm - 6:30pm

Location: Mill City High School, 810 S. 7th Street

Mill City High is convenient to bus and light rail. Free parking for this event in the First Covenant Church parking lot east of Chicago Avenue, between 6th and 7th Streets.

Now Enrolling 9th and 10th Graders.

Come visit with Mill City High staff and board members, and learn more about a free, high-quality
public education designed to:
- Close the achievement gap
- Prepare students for college and career
- Develop critical thinking skills

Learn more at www.millcityhigh.org, send questions to millcityhigh@gmail.com or call 612-722-0770.

June 3, 2015, Wednesday - Wake-Up with Jacob at Mattie's on Main

Time: 7:30am - 8:45am

Location: Mattie's on Main, 43 Main Street SE

We are talking soccer at our next Wake-Up with Jacob event on Wednesday, June 3, 2015. Join us for a conversation about the Minnesota United Futbol Club and ownerships interest in building a stadium in Minneapolis. Find out what is happening, share your thoughts and let us know your questions. Our guests will be Nicholas Rogers, President of the MN United Futbol Club and Chuck Lutz, Deputy Director of Community Planning & Economic Development for the City of Minneapolis.

Bottomless coffee and a pastry item will be available for $5.00. 

June 3, 2015, Wednesday - Minneapolis Park and Rec Board Meeting

Time: 5:00pm

Location: Minneapolis Park and Rec Board, 2117 West River Road

Agenda

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.

June 2, 2015, Tuesday - Minneapolis History Pub Crawl: Washington Avenue at Mill City Museum

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.

Future dates: June 16 and 30, July 14

June 1, 2015, Monday - National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem at St. Anthony Main Theatre

Time: 7:00pm

Location: St. Anthony Main Theatre, 115 Main Street SE

NT Live at the Film Society of Minneapolis/St. Paul: The Hard Problem

Acclaimed playwright Tom Stoppard (Shakespeare in Love, Arcadia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead) returns to the National Theatre with his highly-anticipated new play The Hard Problem, directed by Nicholas Hytner (Othello, Hamlet, One Man, Two Guvnors).

Hilary, a young psychology researcher at a brainscience institute, is nursing a private sorrow and a troubling question at work, where psychology and biology meet. If there is nothing but matter, what is consciousness? This is ‘the hard problem’ which puts Hilary at odds with her colleagues who include her first mentor Spike, her boss Leo and the billionaire founder of the institute, Jerry. Is the day coming when the computer and the fMRI scanner will answer all the questions psychology can ask? Meanwhile Hilary needs a miracle, and she is prepared to pray for one.

Series: NT Live

A groundbreaking initiative of London's National Theatre that broadcasts the world's finest stage performances to cinemas around the world.

May 31, 2015, Sunday - Minneapolis Marathon

The 2015 Minneapolis Marathon, Half Marathon and Marathon Relay have new routes.

Marathon Info - Start time: 6:30am

Half Marathon Info - Start Time: 7:30am

Click here for more course information.

May 30, 2015, Saturday - Cracked Walnut Literary Festival: Urbanization at Mill City Museum

Times: 12:30pm - 2:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 2nd Street South

Cracked Walnut Literary Festival: Urbanization

Fee: Programs included with museum admission of $11 adults, $9 seniors and college students, $6 children ages 6-17; free for MNHS members.

Cracked Walnut presents "Urbanization," a literary reading in the museum's Ruin Courtyard. Hear from local writers as they read or perform their own creative work that reflects the theme of urbanization and Minneapolis. This reading is part of the 2015 Cracked Walnut Literary Festival, a series of 25 almost daily readings happening in the metro area. Each reading will feature a different cadre of writers in a different locale in the metro area.

Weather permitting, bring a picnic lunch to eat before the program in the Ruin Courtyard or purchase food at the museum's D’Amico and Sons Café. More information.

May 30, 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.

Follow Taste Twin Cities on Facebook and Twitter.

May 30, 2015, Saturday - How'd They Do That Workshop at The Guthrie: Juno and the Paycock

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.

2015 Workshops

Juno and the Paycock, McGuire Proscenium Stage
Saturday, May 30, 2015

The Music Man, Wurtele Thrust Stage
Saturday, July 11, 2015

Stage Kiss, McGuire Proscenium Stage
Saturday, August 1, 2015

May 30, 2015, Saturday - Farewell to Nye's Pregame Party at Target Field

Time: Pregame party will take place at the Target Field Station from 11am - 1pm;  Game at 1:10pm

The Minnesota Twins are proud to pay tribute to a Twins Cities favorite - Nye's Polonaise Room. Patrons, fans and friends can purchase a discounted ticket to see the Twins take on the Toronto Blue Jays.

Prior to the game, the Twins will host a pregame party featuring the "World's Most Dangerous Polka Band" along with Polish food & drink specials. Join us as we help say farewell to Nye's!

Tickets: http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/min/ticketing/groups/offers.jsp?loc=nyes

May 30, 2015, Saturday - Live Music at Mattie’s on Main

Time: 10:00pm

Location: Mattie's on Main, 43 Main Street SE

Tonight: Folk and Blues LIVE: Lakeland Cementery, Courtney McClean & The Dirty Curls, The Beavers

May 30, 2015, Saturday - National Theatre Live: The Hard Problem at St. Anthony Main Theatre

Time: 1:00pm

Location: St. Anthony Main Theatre, 115 Main Street SE

NT Live at the Film Society of Minneapolis/St. Paul: The Hard Problem

Acclaimed playwright Tom Stoppard (Shakespeare in Love, Arcadia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead) returns to the National Theatre with his highly-anticipated new play The Hard Problem, directed by Nicholas Hytner (Othello, Hamlet, One Man, Two Guvnors).

Hilary, a young psychology researcher at a brainscience institute, is nursing a private sorrow and a troubling question at work, where psychology and biology meet. If there is nothing but matter, what is consciousness? This is ‘the hard problem’ which puts Hilary at odds with her colleagues who include her first mentor Spike, her boss Leo and the billionaire founder of the institute, Jerry. Is the day coming when the computer and the fMRI scanner will answer all the questions psychology can ask? Meanwhile Hilary needs a miracle, and she is prepared to pray for one.

Series: NT Live

A groundbreaking initiative of London's National Theatre that broadcasts the world's finest stage performances to cinemas around the world.