April 1, 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.

April 1, 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 the next "Wake-Up With Jacob!" - a monthly community engagement event with Minneapolis City Council Member Jacob Frey.

Council Member Frey will provide insight from City Hall and the latest news throughout the Third Ward. Bring your questions. Jacob is ready to answer. 

Attendees may purchase bottomless coffee and a pastry item for $5.00. Please RSVP now to help us plan.

March 31, 2015, Tuesday - 'Mr. Burns, a post-electric play' opens at The Guthrie

Time: 7:30pm

Location: Guthrie Theater, McGuire Proscenium, 818 Second Street South

The Guthrie Theater in a co-production with American Conservatory Theater presents Mr. Burns, a post-electric play
 by Anne Washburn
 score by Michael Friedman
 lyrics by Anne Washburn
 directed by Mark Rucker

What will endure when the apocalypse arrives? Anne Washburn’s imaginative dark comedy begins immediately after the fall of civilization with a group of people trying to recreate the iconic “Cape Feare” episode of “The Simpsons.” Seven years later, the same clan is recounting episodes of the show professionally. Flash forward 75 years, and the story is told in an entirely different way. A paean to live theater, and to the resilience of Bart Simpson through the ages, Mr. Burns is an exploration of how the pop culture of one era might evolve into the mythology of another. The New York Times named Mr. Burns one of the Top Ten Plays of 2013, saying it will “leave you dizzy with the scope and dazzle of its ideas.” Time magazine called the play “both scary and sweet, funny but dead serious, unique and wonderfully theatrical.” Don’t miss the play everyone will be talking about this season! 

March 31, 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).

March 31  - Raymond Shaw, Professor, Department of Physics, Director, Atmospheric Sciences Ph.D. Program, Michigan Technical University

How do Clouds Respond to Turbulent Mixing and Entrainment?

Upcoming Seminars:

April 7
Santiago Romero-Vargas Castrillón, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geo- Engineering, College of Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota 
Computational Studies of Confined and Interfacial Aqueous Systems

April 14
Kelly MacGregor, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Geology, Macalaster College
Deglacial Geomorphic and Environmental History of Eastern Glacier National Park, Montana: Role of Sediment Transport and Deposition

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?

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

March 29, 2015, Sunday - 30 Days of Biking: MSP Kickoff Ride at Gold Medal Park

Time: 11:00am - 2:00pm

Location: Gold Medal Park

30 Days of Biking: MSP Kickoff Ride

Led by Mario Macaruso, Minneapolis’ Bicycling Bodhisattva, let’s celebrate the beginning of 30 Days of Biking.

We’ll meet at 11 a.m., chit-chat till noon, then roll out on a slow-paced bike stroll through our spring-beautiful Twin Cities. We’ll loop right back to Gold Medal Park and end with festivities at Bike MS: Upper Midwest's headquarters. All attendees will get FREE sign-up for this year’s Twin Cities Ride, and there’ll even be treats and Porta-Potties! That’s right, we’re finally Biff-legit.

BONUS: This ride will be filmed, from on high and on foot, by the drones and pro videographers of local startup Maverick Drone Systems, and the eventual video will be scored by local bands and musicians. Awesome.

SPOKE CARDS: Find Ginny for your limited run 30DOB Spoke Card & Donate $2 (or MORE!) for Free Bikes 4 Kidz!

TIMELINE:

11:00am, Meetup
11:45am, Opening Remarks and Group Photo
Noon Roll Out
1:30pm – 2:00pm, End at the MS Society

FINALIZED ROUTE:  https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit

VOLUNTEERS:
We'll need volunteers to ride marshal and to hand out spoke cards. Contact Mario Macaruso if you want to ride marshal and Ginny Marie Herman if you want to hand out some spoke card magic.

MAKE THE PLEDGE:
Say you'll bike every day in April and share your adventures online! http://30daysofbiking.com/pledge

QUESTIONS? Email patrick@30daysofbiking.com.

March 29, 2015, Sunday - Big Little Party with Kevin Kling at Central Library

Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Location:  Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall

Little Free Library invites you to the first annual Big Little Party to celebrate our first five years of building communities one book at a time!

Thanks to the big passions of thousands of stewards all over the world, Little Free Library has become a global literacy movement with 25,000 libraries in all 50 states and in more than 70 countries worldwide.

The Big Little Party Will Include:
•A mixed media program featuring acclaimed NPR storyteller Kevin Kling emceed by author and MPR Host Heather McElhatton
•A preview of The Little Free Library Book, written by Margret Aldrich
•A chance to network with Little Free Library Stewards and other local champions of literacy
•Music by Brass Messengers
•Plenty of hors d’oeurves and cash bar
•Launch of our Big Little Campaign to double our impact in just two years. With a little help from our friends, we will go from 25,000 libraries to 50,000 to provide access to books for those in need.

Be among the first to get your signed copy of The Little Free Library Book and meet author Margret Aldrich!

To be released in April from Coffee House Press as part of its Books in Action initiative, The Little Free Library Book highlights the people behind the Little Free Library movement.

Tickets

March 29, 2015, Sunday - Baking Memories: Pillsbury Bake-Off Through the Years at Mill City Museum

Time:  2:00pm

Location:  Mill City Museum, 704 South 2nd Street

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

See how history is revealed in a demonstration of Chocolate Cherry Bars, a Bake-Off winning recipe from 1974. Learn about the 60-year history of the Pillsbury Bake-Off, sample treats, get baking tips and take home a copy of the recipe.

March 28, 2015, Saturday - Taste Twin Cities Downtown Minneapolis Skyway Tour

Time: 2:00pm

Location: 800 LaSalle Plaza (On Hennepin Avenue between 8th & 9th)

Taste Twin Cities Food Tours - Downtown Minneapolis Skyway

Tour Facts
•Indoor 3 hour walking tour in the heart of downtown Minneapolis using the skyway system
•Saturdays at 2:00pm
•Flat route with slight inclines and declines, approximately .8 of a mile, bathrooms available at some stops
•5 stops
•Tour limited to 12 people, advance tickets required. Private tours available year round for larger groups.
•Begins at LaSalle Plaza (800 LaSalle Plaza), located on Hennepin Ave between 8th & 9th Street; ends at Metro Building (80 9th Street S)
•$45/pp

While it's chilly outside, join us as we weave our way through the cozy corners of downtown Minneapolis skyways on a food adventure. We will stroll through the "Broadway" Theatre District and enjoy VIP service as we visit some of the newest and hottest award winning restaurants downtown has to offer. The tour includes seeing the Minneapolis skyscraper that was modeled after the Washington Monument and visiting the famous Statue of Mary Richards tossing her hat. Along the way we will also visit quaint eateries that have pride in local ownership; including a favorite since 1932. You will participate in tea sampling and learn the secrets behind the great food you are enjoying. You'll leave the tour with a tasty experience of some of the best food finds Minneapolis has to offer all while learning history of downtown and soaking in the local culture.

•Mouth watering flat bread pizza at a local hot spot
•Fine chocolates to be savored
•Locally brewed Minnesota draft beer paired with appetizer (non-alcoholic tastings available)
•Ham and Pear Crisp Sandwich with fresh home-made chips from the restaurant that has "damn good food"!
•Sinfully delicious variety of cupcakes
•Deliciously sweet and salty popular Chicago Mix® popcorn
•Sip on warm and comforting loose leaf tea (private tours only)
•Variety of a delicious French pastry; the Macaroon
•Featured on the Cooking Channel Unique Sweets - Bourbon Whiskey Caramel Donut Bread Pudding Loaf (private tours only)

*Tastings subject to change without notice. Most dietary restrictions can be accommodated.

Register.

March 28, 2015, Saturday - Washburn A Mill Tour at Mill City Museum

Times: 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.

March 28, 2015, Saturday - Mill City High School Information Event

Attend this event to learn more about the new Mill City High School.

March 26, 2015, Thursday - Publication Party for Visibility: Ten Miles, a Prairie Memoir in Photography at Open Book

Time:  7:00pm

Location: Open Book, Target Performance Hall, 1011 Washington Avenue S

Ten Miles, a Prairie Memoir in Photography

Publication Party for Visibility: Ten Miles, a Prairie Memoir in Photography and Poetry by Sharon Chmielarz, reading with Becca Barniskis and Nick Jaffe, Downrange Telemetrics music. Refreshments following.

March 26, 2015, Thursday - March for Meals - Meals on Wheels Fundraiser at Mattie's on Main

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

March 25, 2015, Wednesday - Happy Hour with a Preservationist at the Grain Belt Office Building

Time: 5:30pm - 7:00pm

Location:  Grain Belt Office Building, 1215 Marshall Street NE

Join us in lifting a glass to celebrate the rebirth of the historic Grain Belt Office Building in Northeast Minneapolis!

Preserve Minneapolis first visited the property several years ago when it was vacant and owned by the city. The building and neighboring land have since been purchased by Everwood Company, which has just completed a historic rehabilitation of the building. The property also includes two new apartment buildings, and a public plaza over the ruins of Minneapolis’s oldest brewery.

The project team will give us a special tour of the office building and site (weather permitting). Happy hour refreshments will also be available. Free parking can be found on Marshall Street and Thirteenth Avenue NE. The event is free, but reservations are required.

RSVP here

March 25, 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

March 25, 2015, Wednesday - RLife LIVE Stone Arch Game Night at The Depot

Time:  4:00pm - 11:00pm

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

Join us in the Stone Arch Bar of the Renaissance Minneapolis for your favorite board games! Challenge your friends or meet some new ones while enjoying the urban charm of the locomotive age. Unwind by the fireplace 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

March 24, 2015, Tuesday - Open Streets Planning Work Group at Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition

Time: 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Location: Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition, 1428 Washington Ave S Suite 204

Minneapolis Bike Week is Happening!

We're now in full planning mode!  Interested in helping us create an exciting week of events, celebrations and rides?

Bike Week is in three buckets:

- Pre Events: May 4th - 8th:
30 Days of Biking Partnership, Bike to School Day (Weds May 6th), and Fix It Clinics at your Local Bike Shops (LBS)

- Minneapolis Bike Week: May 10-16th:
Theme Days, Pit Stops, Group Rides

- Bike to Work Day: Friday May 15th:
Elected Officials Ride, Downtown Bike Expo, Ice Cream Social & Happy Hour Ride

Sponsorship Opportunities are available. Your thoughts, input & planning skills are all appreciated.  Let's work together to create an incredible week that'll make Minneapolis Proud!

Please RSVP: MPLS BIKE WEEK to Ginny@mplsbike.org so she can plan treats & snacks & drinks. Thanks!

March 23, 2015, Monday - "The Jewel of Minneapolis: The Mississippi River Gorge Becomes a Park" with Local Historian, David C. Smith

Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Location: St. Peder’s Lutheran Church, 4600 E. 42nd Street

The Jewel of Minneapolis: The Mississippi River Gorge Becomes a Park
Talk by David C. Smith, author of City of Parks: The Story of Minneapolis Parks

Nearly the entire length of the Mississippi River Gorge in Minneapolis is a city park. Find out how and why that happened — and who we should thank.

Hosted by LCC’s River Gorge Committee and Becketwood’s Environment Committee. This event is free and open to the public.

For further information contact JoAnna (joannalund@longfellow.org).

March 23, 2015, Monday - Chefs for Change at People Serving People

Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm (shelter tours beginning at 6:30pm)

Location: People Serving People, 614 South 3rd Street

Chefs for Change: A Chef's Table Culinary Experience

Chefs for Change is a cooking demonstration and an elegant dinner party with a purpose. It is hosted by a top executive chef from the Twin Cites Metro area. Over the past several years, chefs from restaurants including The Oceanaire Seafood Room, Porter and Frye and Capital Grille have hosted Chefs for Change events on one or more occasion.

Treat yourself to a chef’s table experience hosted by local restaurant, The Oceanaire Seafood Room, as you support the children and families at People Serving People. 100% of proceeds directly support services provided to homeless families staying at our shelter.

Tickets

March 22, 2015, Sunday - Drag Brunch with The Madams of Mattie’s on Main

Time: 11:30am

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

The marvel, the mystique, The Madames of Mattie’s the 2nd and 4th Sunday of every month. 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!

March 21, 2015, Saturday - Taste Twin Cities Downtown Minneapolis Skyway Tour

Time: 2:00pm

Location: 800 LaSalle Plaza (On Hennepin Avenue between 8th & 9th)

Taste Twin Cities Food Tours - Downtown Minneapolis Skyway

Future date: March 28

Tour Facts
•Indoor 3 hour walking tour in the heart of downtown Minneapolis using the skyway system
•Saturdays at 2:00pm
•Flat route with slight inclines and declines, approximately .8 of a mile, bathrooms available at some stops
•5 stops
•Tour limited to 12 people, advance tickets required. Private tours available year round for larger groups.
•Begins at LaSalle Plaza (800 LaSalle Plaza), located on Hennepin Ave between 8th & 9th Street; ends at Metro Building (80 9th Street S)
•$45/pp

While it's chilly outside, join us as we weave our way through the cozy corners of downtown Minneapolis skyways on a food adventure. We will stroll through the "Broadway" Theatre District and enjoy VIP service as we visit some of the newest and hottest award winning restaurants downtown has to offer. The tour includes seeing the Minneapolis skyscraper that was modeled after the Washington Monument and visiting the famous Statue of Mary Richards tossing her hat. Along the way we will also visit quaint eateries that have pride in local ownership; including a favorite since 1932. You will participate in tea sampling and learn the secrets behind the great food you are enjoying. You'll leave the tour with a tasty experience of some of the best food finds Minneapolis has to offer all while learning history of downtown and soaking in the local culture.

•Mouth watering flat bread pizza at a local hot spot
•Fine chocolates to be savored
•Locally brewed Minnesota draft beer paired with appetizer (non-alcoholic tastings available)
•Ham and Pear Crisp Sandwich with fresh home-made chips from the restaurant that has "damn good food"!
•Sinfully delicious variety of cupcakes
•Deliciously sweet and salty popular Chicago Mix® popcorn
•Sip on warm and comforting loose leaf tea (private tours only)
•Variety of a delicious French pastry; the Macaroon
•Featured on the Cooking Channel Unique Sweets - Bourbon Whiskey Caramel Donut Bread Pudding Loaf (private tours only)

*Tastings subject to change without notice. Most dietary restrictions can be accommodated.

Register.