April 25, 2015, Saturday - 2015 Marcy Arts Gala

Time: 5:00pm

Location: Soap Factory, 514 2nd Street Southeast

The Marcy Arts Gala is an annual event held to support arts programming at Marcy Open school, a public school serving students in kindergarten through eighth grade. The funds raised at the gala enable the Marcy Arts Partnership to bring a variety of in-depth arts programs and residencies to every student at Marcy Open School, many of whom would otherwise never have such opportunities. 

Now in it's 14th year, the Marcy Arts Gala is a delightful event, which allows attendees to engage in some of the best in local visual and performing arts and entertainment. The gala's live and silent auctions will include more than 200 pieces of original art from local and national artists. Musicians performing this year include Global Prairie Rock, the Dreamland Faces, Spooner & Sellars, Ethan Osland, and Marcy alumni of the Charlie Lincoln Trio will perform throughout the evening. Local fare from Create Catering, Sen Yai Sen Lek, Restaurant Alma, and Brasa will be an event highlight.

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Valet Parking will be available!

April 24, 2015, Friday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 9:00pm $20

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Street SE

Tonight: The Driftbenders

Joey Molland (Badfinger) & Phil Solem (The Rembrandts) are The Driftbenders, an Acoustic/Electric Power Duo. They’ll be doing stripped-down versions of their respective groups’ hits and selections of their individual solo music, with some classics by their influences thrown in for good measure.

April 24, 2015, Friday - Live Music at Crooked Pint

Time: 9:00pm

Location: Crooked Pint Ale House, 501 Washington Avenue South

Tonight: Rolling Stoners 

April 24, 2015, Friday - Glitz and Giggles Gala: A Crohn's Vaccine Benefit with Comedian Mary Mack

Time: 7:00pm - 11:00pm (Doors open at 6:45pm)

Location: 514 Studios, 514 N 3rd Street Suite 101 (Same building as Corner Coffee)

Glitz and Giggles Gala: A Crohn's Vaccine Benefit with Comedian Mary Mack

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Event includes:
 Performance by comedienne Mary Mack
 Las Vegas talent Katie Steele as Lady Gaga
 Live dance band Honeywagon
 Guest musician Rich Larson
 Guest speaker Dr. Christopher Foley of Minnesota Natural Medicine
 Silent auction
 Heavy appetizers and cash bar
 *Semi-formal or formal wear is recommended

Crohn's Disease is an aggressive form of inflammatory bowel disease affecting 1.2 million people in the USA. Numbers are increasing, especially in children. Symptoms include chronic abdominal pain, bloody diarrhea, and weight loss. Up to 80% of sufferers will need surgery at some point in their lifetime. There is currently no cure.

April 24, 2015, Friday - Dress for Success Twin Cities 6th Annual Sweet Success Luncheon at Aria

Time: 11:30am to 1:30pm

Location: Aria Event Center, 105 North First Street

Dress for Success Twin Cities 6th Annual Sweet Success Luncheon

Please join us April 24th, 2015 in celebrating the success of women in our community. Our women have overcome tremendous challenges in life to achieve self-sufficiency. They turned the lemons life brought them into lemonade. This event is an opportunity to celebrate these women.

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April 23, 2015, Thursday - Urban Ag in the Twin Cities & Cuba: A Presentation & Discussion at Minnesota Social Impact Center

Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Location: Minnesota Social Impact Center, 250 N. 3rd Avenue #550

Join the Twin Cities to Cuba Urban Agriculture Delegation at 6PM on Thursday, April 16th for a presentation and discussion about urban agriculture. The group will give a short presentation on their experience in Cuba this past January visiting urban farms and farm cooperatives, the Ministry of Agriculture, INIFAT (an urban agriculture research station) and community food education organizations. Following the presentation, we will bring themes of the trip back to the Twin Cities and break into discussion groups. Examples of discussion topics are: land access, cooperative economics, local food access, and urban agriculture public policy.

Presenters: Stone's Throw Urban Farm, Writer and Food Educator Beth Dooley, Cam Gordon Policy Aide Robin Garwood, Lisa Bender Policy Aide Ben Somogyi, Tracy Sides, Executive Director of Urban Oasis, Shared Ground Farmers' Cooperative, Writer and Food Educator Anna Dvorak.

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April 23, 2015, Thursday - The Jingle Dress Film Screening at Mill City Museum

Time: 6:00pm Music, 7:00pm Remarks and Screening

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 South 2nd Street

Join the filmmakers for a screening of "Jingle Dress," a narrative feature film by William Eigen. The evening begins at 6 p.m. with music, then at 7 p.m. hear remarks from the filmmakers followed by the screening. "Jingle Dress" tells the story of John Red Elk who hears from his relatives in Minneapolis that his Uncle Norton is dead and vows to go to the big city to find out what really happened to him. The film stars Chaske Spencer and Stacey Thunder, and introducing Mauricimo and S'Nya Sanchez-Hohenstein.

April 23, 2015, Thursday - Enticing Entertainment Open House at Aria

Time: 5:00pm - 8:30pm

Location: Aria, 105 1st Street N

Enticing Entertainment invites you to our open house!

Enticing Entertainment is leading the event industry by setting a new standard for professional entertainment. This showcase of our talent will give you an opportunity to witness our spectacular entertainers first hand!

Multiple Choreographed Shows + Non-Stop Entertainment including:
Aerialists,  Fire Dancers, Acrobats, Stilt Walkers, Roaming Tables
Themed Interactive Installations, DJs, Instrumentalists
LED Show, Aerial Bartender, Living Red Carpet
Complimentary Admission, Food, & Champagne
 ~ Cash Bar Available ~

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April 23, 2015, Thursday - Silhouette Artist Erik Johnson at Pacifier

Time: 10:00am - 6:00pm

Location: Pacifier, 310 E Hennepin Ave

Pacifier is Hosting Silhouette Artist, Erik Johnson, $30 silhouettes

Pacifier will be hosting silhouette artist, Erik Johnson, a highly skilled, 3rd generation silhouette artist, who learned the craft from his father. Within minutes, Erik hand cuts each silhouette by just looking at the subject's profile. When he's done you'll have an amazing keepsake silhouette of you, your child, significant other, etc. Silhouettes make great gifts!

Sign-ups are FREE! Silhouettes are $30 each, a duplicate of the same person is $15. Framing is available. Cash and credit cards accepted.

Click here for questions about Pacifier - Hosting Silhouette Artist, Erik Johnson, $30 silhouettes.

April 22, 2015, Wednesday - NIEBNA Board Meeting at De La Salle High School

Time: 6:30pm – 8:30pm

Location: Casanova Room, De La Salle High School (on Nicollet Island)

Nicollet Island East Bank Neighborhood Association

Agenda: See Website

April 22, 2015, Wednesday - Earth Day Celebration at Target Field Station

Time:  4:00pm - 6:00pm

Location: Target Field Station

Preserving our planet for future generations is an important initiative, and it takes awareness and effort to make it happen. Each year, Earth Day on April 22 is a reminder of that cause. Earth Day was created in 1970 and really helped usher in a new age of environmental preservation.

This year, Hennepin County be celebrating Earth Day presented by Hennepin County with an event at Target Field Station on April 22 from 4-6 p.m. The event will include food, music, giveaways and much more. Be sure to plan your Earth Day around this fun downtown get-together.

But Earth Day is only one day, and trying to create a greener lifestyle is a daily occurrence. Downtown Minneapolis is located in an area that is incredibly focused on doing just that. How green is our downtown community? Click here for the answers.

April 21, 2015, Tuesday - New Bites RLife Tasting at The Depot

Time:  5:00pm - 7:00pm

Location: The Depot Renaissance Minneapolis Hotel, 225 3rd Avenue South

Join us for our third tasting of some new menu items! We would love to hear your feedback. Stop in and sample our new Bacon-Onion Flatbread and Korean Wings.

Unwind in our lounge and enjoy the combination of atmosphere, delicious light fare, and a selection of intriguing beverages from our menu.

Discovery Hour from 3pm-6pm
$3.50 Domestic Taps & Well Highballs
$4.50 House Wine and Micro Tap Beer
$2 off all small plates

April 21, 2015, Tuesday - Seminar Series at the SAFL

Time: 3:30pm - 5:00pm

Location: St. Anthony Falls Laboratory (SAFL), 2 3rd Avenue SE

2015 weekly seminar series at the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory (also known as the Stream Lab).

April 21 - Barr Engineering Lecture: Said Elghobashi, Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, University of California, Irvine
How do Dispersed Inertial Particles Modify Turbulent Flows?

Upcoming Seminars:

April 28
Distinguished Lecture Series on Earth-Water-Life: Antonello Provenzale, Research Director, Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Department of Earth System Science and Environmental Technologies, National Research Council, Torino, Italy

May 5
Giacomo Valerio Iungo, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas, Dallas
Smart Sensing of Wind Turbine Wakes and Data-Driven Algorithms for Maximization of Wind Power Harvesting

April 19, 2015, Sunday - Choosing a College: A Workshop for High School Musicians at MacPhail

Time: 3:00pm–4:30pm

Location: MacPhail Center for Music, Room 125, 501 South 2nd Street

Do you want to be a music major or involved in music in college? Hear from MacPhail faculty members Bob Adney and Karl Wiederwohl and former MacPhail piano student Tim Goh...they’ve been there.

Hosted by the MacPhail Teen Advisory

Topics we’ll cover:
• Picking a school based on your needs
• Tips on organizing audition requirements and school preferences
• Audition tips
• The college visit and interview
• Web resources for schools and scholarships
• And more!

We also will welcome former MacPhail Prelude parent Janice Feinberg from Stepping Stones College Consultants who will share some of her expertise that will be helpful to music majors and non-music majors alike.

April 18, 2015, Saturday - Cherry & Spoon Run with City Running Tours

Time: 8:00am

Start Location: Mary Tyler Moore Statue (700 Nicollet Mall)

Cherry & Spoon Run with City Running Tours

Join us for a guided running tour to the famous Cherry & Spoon sculpture in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. You will experience downtown Minneapolis, Nicollet Mall, a few of the many beautiful parks, the Downtown theatre district, and of course the Minneapolis Sculpture Gardens - home of the Cherry & Spoon! 

DISTANCE: Approximately 5K (3.1 miles)
TERRAIN: Paved sidewalk & trail. One optional staircase
ELEVATION: 1 Moderate Hill
TOUR DURATION: 1 Hour

Register Cost $35

April 18, 2015, Saturday - DeLaSalle "Island Cleanup" Event

Time: 1:00pm-3:00pm

Location: DeLaSalle High School

Residents of the Nicollet Island-East Bank Neighborhood, especially those who live on Nicollet Island, are invited to join the DeLaSalle school community in their Island Cleanup event on Saturday, April 18.

Volunteers will meet at DeLaSalle, then go out in groups to clean up Nicollet Island. DeLaSalle encourages volunteers to bring a rake and gloves, if they have them. The work will include raking, picking up garbage, and other cleanup efforts.

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April 18, 2015, Saturday - The Twin Cities Craft Beer Festival at The Depot

Times: 1:00-4:00pm and 6:00pm-9:30pm

Location: The Depot, 225 3rd Ave S

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The Twin Cities Craft Beer Festival - “Spring Seasonal” Will occur on April 18th,  a top-shelf experience of Craft Brewing featuring Winter and Spring Release Beers. 

A True GRAND TASTING:

From the established craft brewers to the mid-majors and up-and comers, the diversity and creativity of the Twin Cities Area Craft Brewing Community has proven to be limitless. For our Grand Tasting, we will be featuring an extensive variety of these artisanally produced creations from America’s Top Breweries. Nearly 75 participating breweries from across the country. Breweries are each expected to showcase 2 of their finest offerings (about 150 beers total) with a strong emphasis on their Limited Release and Seasonal selections.

Taste the flavors of the season in liquid form!

April 18, 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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April 18, 2015, Saturday - Live Music at Crooked Pint

Time: 9:00pm

Location: Crooked Pint Ale House, 501 Washington Avenue South

Tonight: The Cellar Kings

April 18, 2015, Saturday - Northeast Spring Awakening Crawl

Time: 11:00am-6:00pm

Shop three Northeast boutiques during a Spring Awakening Crawl.

Mona Williams offers 40 percent off all vintage, Primrose Park offers 20 percent off regular price items (some exclusions), and Pacifier offers 20 percent off regular price items and 15 percent off car seats, strollers, and furniture for the event.