November 14, 2014, Friday - Weaver's Guild of Minnesota 40th Annual Sale (3 days)

Schedule:

Friday, November 14th: 10:00am-7:00pm
Saturday, November 15th: 10:00am-5:00pm
Sunday, November 16th:  Noon-4:00pm  

This highly coveted annual sale offers hundreds of handwoven rugs, linens, scarves, bags, hand-spun yarns and more.

All proceeds support area artists and the Weavers Guild of Minnesota, a community supported non-profit organization and school that aims to preserve and advance the arts of weaving, spinning and dyeing since 1940.

Located in the Third Floor Gallery (#332).

For more information visit www.weaversguildmn.org or call (612) 436-0463. 

November 13, 2014, Thursday - Family Storytime at Central Library (Thursdays thru November 20)

Time: 9:30am

Location: Central Library, Children's Library, 300 Nicollet Mall

Family Storytime

Future Thursday: November 20

For children of all ages and their parent or caregiver. Talk, sing, read, write and play together in a format appropriate for young children. Share books, stories, rhymes, music and movement.

November 13, 2014, Thursday - Nuruddin Farah: Hiding in Plain Sight at The Loft

Time: 7:30pm

Location: The Loft at Open Book (Performance Hall), 1011 Washington Ave S

Nuruddin Farah: Hiding in Plain Sight

From an acclaimed African writer, a novel about family, freedom, and loyalty.

When Bella learns of the murder of her beloved half brother by political extremists in Mogadiscio, she’s in Rome. The two had different fathers but shared a Somali mother, from whom Bella’s inherited her freewheeling ways. An internationally known fashion photographer, dazzling but aloof, she comes and goes as she pleases, juggling three lovers. But with her teenage niece and nephew effectively orphaned – their mother abandoned them years ago—she feels an unfamiliar surge of protective feeling. Putting her life on hold, she journeys to Nairobi, where the two are in boarding school, uncertain whether she can—or must—come to their rescue. When their mother resurfaces, reasserting her maternal rights and bringing with her a gale of chaos and confusion that mirror the deepening political instability in the region, Bella has to decide how far she will go to obey the call of sisterly responsibility.

A new departure in theme and setting for “the most important African novelist to emerge in the past twenty-five years” (The New York Review of Books) Hiding in Plain Sight, is a profound exploration of the tensions between freedom and obligation, the ways gender and sexual preference define us, and the unexpected paths by which the political disrupts the personal.

November 13, 2014, Thursday - Final Day of the 2014 GiveMN "Give to the Max Day"

GiveMN Give to the Max Day

Join thousands of Minnesotans ignite generosity and raise millions of dollars for nonprofits and schools across the state. Make a donation to your favorite cause on November 13 and be part of Minnesota's annual day of giving!

All scheduled gifts will transact on November 13 and be eligible for GiveMN Leaderboards and Golden Tickets.

There are a number of organizations participating in our neighborhood, including (but not limited to):

Henneping County Library
Open Book
The Souther Theater
People Serving People
MacPhail
Friends of the Mississippi River

Simply click on the above link and type in the organization you'd like to contribute to.

November 13, 2014, Thursday - MHNA Transportation Committee + Mississippi River Trail / Dinkytown Greenway Signage Meeting

Time: 6:30pm

Location:  Andrew Riverside Church, 403 8th Avenue SE

The Marcy-Holmes Neighborhood Association (MHNA) Transportation Committee will be sharing its November meeting with the Mississippi River Trail / Dinkytown Greenway groups.
 
Please help decide on kiosk and signage for the Dinkytown Greenway.

See the ‘Signage Wayfinding, Location Plan, & Message Study’ – CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD PDF

All are welcome to attend this meeting – please attend and help spread the word.

November 13, 2014, Thursday - Insights Business Series at Central Library

Time: 7:30a-9:00a

Location: Central Library, Pohlad Hall, 300 Nicollet Mall

INSIGHTS is a new business author series at the Library — bringing world-class business authors to the downtown Library for an intimate and rare opportunity to learn from visionaries in their respective fields.

•Thursday, November 13: Dr. Pam Henderson presents “You Can Kill An Idea, But You Can’t Kill An Opportunity: How to Discover New Sources of Growth for Your Organization”
 
Tickets: Individual tickets (which include the book) are $50 for 1 event or $120 for all 3 events. Prices include a signed book, admission to the lecture and coffee/pastry morning reception. Friends of HCL members receive an additional discount of $5 per ticket or $10 per subscription.
 
Event details and timing: Held at Hennepin County Library – Minneapolis Central (300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, each event kicks-off with a morning mingle from 7:30 – 8 am, the author presentation begins at 8 am followed by an audience question and answer session. Attendees walk out the door with a signed book by 9 am.

For information and to purchase tickets call our box office: 612-543-8112
Order tickets by phone or online.

November 12, 2014, Wednesday - A Sip of Science at Aster Cafe

Time: 5:30pm

Location: Aster Cafe (River Room) 125 SE Main Street

November Sip of Science - Drying out: the future of water in the West with Gordon Grant, USDA Forest Service

The noted sage Yogi Berra once said: “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” Despite this warning, it is clear that the availability and distribution of water will look very different in 50 years than it does today. While this is likely to be particularly true for regions where water is already scarce, such as the dry American Southwest, it’s also true for regions where water is currently abundant – such as Minnesota and the Pacific Northwest.  This talk will focus on what we’ve learned over the past 15 years about where water is likely to be in the western U.S., what factors control its availability and likely changes in the future, and what we can do about it.  Drawing on recent studies in hydrology and geology as well as large integrated assessments of river basins in the Pacific Northwest, this talk will explore the uncertain and at times paradoxical future of water in the West.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Gordon Grant is a Research Hydrologist with the USDA Forest Service at the Pacific Northwest Research Station in Corvallis, Oregon, and also Courtesy Professor in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University He began his career with the research branch of the Forest Service in 1985 with the overarching goal of advancing understanding of how stream networks, watersheds, and entire landscapes respond to changes in streamflow, sediment transport, and wood entrainment. Over the course of his career he has studied diverse drivers of fluvial regimes, including responses to natural disturbances such as fire and volcanic eruptions, changes in forest land use, effects of dam construction or removal, river restoration, climate change, and the intrinsic evolution of geomorphic systems.

RSVP for Sip of Science  No cover; food and drink available for purchase.

A SIP OF SCIENCE bridges the gap between science and culture in a setting that bridges the gap between brain and belly.  Food, beer, and learning are on the menu in a happy hour forum that puts science in context through storytelling. 

November 10, 2014, Monday - National Theatre Live: Skylight 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: Skylight

NT Live is a groundbreaking initiative of London's National Theatre that broadcasts the world's finest stage performances to cinema screens to 22 countries around the globe.

Bill Nighy (Love Actually, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) and Carey Mulligan (Inside Llewyn Davis, The Great Gatsby) feature in the highly anticipated production of David Hare’s Skylight, directed by Stephen Daldry (The Audience), broadcast live from the West End by National Theatre Live.

On a bitterly cold London evening, schoolteacher Kyra Hollis (Carey Mulligan) receives an unexpected visit from her former lover, Tom Sergeant (Bill Nighy), a successful and charismatic restaurateur whose wife has recently died.

As the evening progresses, the two attempt to rekindle their once passionate relationship only to find themselves locked in a dangerous battle of opposing ideologies and mutual desires.

Also playing: Saturday, November 29 at 1:00 pm

Tickets are available through the Film Society. $20 Regular; $15 Film Society Members

November 9, 2014, Sunday - Art Attack 2014 at Northrup King Building

Time: Noon – 5:00pm

Location: Northrup King Building, 1500 Jackson Street

Art Attack is an annual open studio and gallery crawl at the Northrup King Building, in the heart of the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District. The weekend-long event features over 200 artists working in painting and drawing, sculpture, photography, custom furniture, fiber arts, metal, ceramics, glass, hand-crafted and custom jewelry, mixed media, mosaics, textiles, and more.

In addition to our lineup of MN Original artists we are also featuring other projects, readings, music and more:

John Ebert presents Determination – a map of the United States made strictly out of U.S. pennies (about 24,000 of them)! This insanely massive and unique piece of art work will be displayed throughout the weekend in Hedberg Maps studio space – studio 314.

Tom Combs, an Emergency Medicine physician with over 20 years experience, presents a reading of his new book – Nerve Damage – a suspense/thriller novel that has been well-received, strongly reviewed and is selling well. It involves unforgettable characters, fast-paced action and intrigue that unfolds in iconic Twin Cities locales.

Music by:
- Bitter Ridge Bluegrass Band, music hosted by Easel Street Annex throughout the weekend, studio 347.
- Vanessa Bray, acoustic guitar / singer

Today's food truck is Simply Steve’s

Art Attack is an exciting opportunity to gain admission to private studios and to buy original art direct from local, nationally and internationally known artists. Enjoy live music and live demonstrations.

November 9, 2014, Sunday - Reception and Reading to Celebrate the Artist's Book Echoes and Exhibition One Book, Many Vessels at MCBA

Time: 1:00pm–4:00pm, with a reading at 2pm

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

Join us for a reception celebrating this exhibition and the publication of Echoes, an artist’s book featuring poetry by Georgia A. Greeley, Diane LeBlanc, Jim Moore and Yvonne Pearson, and essays by Sue Bjerke and Karen Hering.
 
One Book, Many Vessels
October 31, 2014 – January 18, 2015
MCBA Lerner Bindery Gallery

One Book
Echoes. The cave paintings, rune stones, petroglyphs and other ancient markings are echoes of our human ancestry in a past so distant as to be unimaginable. What did the images mean to the originators? What do they mean to us today? Were these ancient scribes making a history for their own people or for future populations? Were they recording important rites and events or simply trying to ornament their lives? We study and speculate using other archeological remains but we can never know with any certainty what these long-dead people meant by leaving marks. We can only imagine as we see the images and try to hear those distant echoes.
 
Many Vessels
Modern cartonnage grows out of the long-standing French tradition of handmade structures covered with decorative materials. Sue Bjerke’s emphasis is on using book board and marbled papers.
 
This event is free and open to the public; light refreshments will be served.

November 9, 2014, Sunday - Origami Minnesota Meet-up at MCBA

Time: 1:00pm-4:00pm

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

Origami Minnesota Meet-up

All skill levels welcome.

Hosted by Origami Minnesota. Meet other folders, learn new models, see the latest books and papers, and join the group for fellowship! Bring books, models and ideas to share.

To learn more about Origami Minnesota, visit their Facebook page.

$5 payable at the meet-up; supply your own paper.
No need to pre-register, just drop in!

November 8, 2014, Saturday - Bookmatch: A New Literary Love Connection at Central Library

Time: 7:00pm

Location: Central Library, Pohlad Hall, 300 Nicollet Mall

Looking for a new literary love connection? Bookmatch is a fun, fast-paced reading series that unites passionate readers with books from highly-eligible authors. Bookmatch showcases six Minnesotan authors and three genres in one hour. Authors will reveal dark secrets, readers will be torn by choices and free books will be given at the altar. Come toss your heart in the ring! Meet six new books, discover new worlds. You might just find a new true love between the pages.

Hosted by Heather McElhatton, bestselling author and host of MPR’s A Beautiful World, Bookmatch showcases authors from a variety of genres and backgrounds. It’s the literary equivalent of speed dating. Its Love Connection meets CNN Book World.

Meet the following new books (and their authors):
• Ambassador and its author Will Alexander
• Soul Over Lightning and its author Ray Gonzalez
• We’ll Be the Last Ones to Let You Down and its author Rachael Hanel
• Fat Boy vs. the Cheerleaders and its author Geoff Herbach
• Augie’s Secrets and its author Neal Karlen
• Dear Committee Members: A Novel and its author Julie Schumacher

But wait… there’s more! Live Music by Joe Hastings (of Hastings 3000 and Sex Rays fame), in-person book signings, slightly astonishing door prizes, random book giveaways and oddly sexy desserts provided. Laughter guaranteed. Admission is free, but pre-registration is requested.

RSVP FOR FREE ONLINE

Questions: 612-543-8107

Co-presented and co-curated by The Loft Literary Center and Friends of the Hennepin County Library.

November 8, 2014, Saturday - Art Attack 2014 at Northrup King Building

Dates/Times:
Saturday, November 8, 2013 - Noon – 8:00pm
Sunday, November 9, 2013 - Noon – 5:00pm

Location: Northrup King Building, 1500 Jackson Street

Art Attack is an annual open studio and gallery crawl at the Northrup King Building, in the heart of the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District. The weekend-long event features over 200 artists working in painting and drawing, sculpture, photography, custom furniture, fiber arts, metal, ceramics, glass, hand-crafted and custom jewelry, mixed media, mosaics, textiles, and more.

We are pleased to announce that the Northrup King Building is collaborating with tpt 2’s MN Original on Saturday, November 8th to bring even more flavor, variety and entertainment to Art Attack 2014.

In addition to our lineup of MN Original artists we are also featuring other projects, readings, music and more:

John Ebert presents Determination – a map of the United States made strictly out of U.S. pennies (about 24,000 of them)! This insanely massive and unique piece of art work will be displayed throughout the weekend in Hedberg Maps studio space – studio 314.

Tom Combs, an Emergency Medicine physician with over 20 years experience, presents a reading of his new book – Nerve Damage – a suspense/thriller novel that has been well-received, strongly reviewed and is selling well. It involves unforgettable characters, fast-paced action and intrigue that unfolds in iconic Twin Cities locales.

Music by:
- Bitter Ridge Bluegrass Band, music hosted by Easel Street Annex throughout the weekend, studio 347.
- Vanessa Bray, acoustic guitar / singer

There will also be a variety of different food trucks available:
- Saturday: Kabomlette and Scratch
- Sunday: Simply Steve’s

Art Attack is an exciting opportunity to gain admission to private studios and to buy original art direct from local, nationally and internationally known artists. Enjoy live music and live demonstrations.

November 8, 2014, Saturday - Baking Memories: White vs. Whole Wheat: A Tale of Two Flours at Mill City Museum

Time: 2:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 South 2nd Street

White vs. Whole Wheat: A Tale of Two Flours at Mill City Museum

See how history is revealed in food through a baking demonstration focusing on the story behind white and whole wheat flour. Discover how Minneapolis millers perfected a way to make white flour on an industrial scale, hear about the popularity of white flour in the 19th century, what effects this had on nutrition, and why flour today is frequently enriched. Visitors will also learn why Sylvester Graham developed a whole wheat cracker "to improve health and morality," hear the pros and cons of each type of flour, sample baked goods made from each, and take home a copy of the recipes.

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

November 7, 2014, Friday - Minnesota State Arts Board Reading at The Loft

Time: 7:00pm

Location: The Loft at Open Book (Performance Hall), 1011 Washington Ave S

Minnesota State Arts Board Reading

Winners of the Minnesota State Arts Board grants will share their insights about the proposal process and read from their award-winning projects.

November 7, 2014, Friday - Art Attack 2014 at Northrup King Building (3 days)

Dates/Times:

Friday, November 7, 2013 - 5:00pm-10:00pm
Saturday, November 8, 2013 - Noon – 8:00pm
Sunday, November 9, 2013 - Noon – 5:00pm

Location: Northrup King Building, 1500 Jackson Street

Art Attack is an annual open studio and gallery crawl at the Northrup King Building, in the heart of the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District. The weekend-long event features over 200 artists working in painting and drawing, sculpture, photography, custom furniture, fiber arts, metal, ceramics, glass, hand-crafted and custom jewelry, mixed media, mosaics, textiles, and more.

We are pleased to announce that the Northrup King Building is collaborating with tpt 2’s MN Original on Saturday, November 8th to bring even more flavor, variety and entertainment to Art Attack 2014.

In addition to our lineup of MN Original artists we are also featuring other projects, readings, music and more:

John Ebert presents Determination – a map of the United States made strictly out of U.S. pennies (about 24,000 of them)! This insanely massive and unique piece of art work will be displayed throughout the weekend in Hedberg Maps studio space – studio 314.

Tom Combs, an Emergency Medicine physician with over 20 years experience, presents a reading of his new book – Nerve Damage – a suspense/thriller novel that has been well-received, strongly reviewed and is selling well. It involves unforgettable characters, fast-paced action and intrigue that unfolds in iconic Twin Cities locales.

Music by:
- Bitter Ridge Bluegrass Band, music hosted by Easel Street Annex throughout the weekend, studio 347.
- Vanessa Bray, acoustic guitar / singer

There will also be a variety of different food trucks available:
- Friday: 128 Cafe
- Saturday:  Kabomlette and Scratch
- Sunday:  Simply Steve’s

Art Attack is an exciting opportunity to gain admission to private studios and to buy original art direct from local, nationally and internationally known artists. Enjoy live music and live demonstrations. 

November 7, 2014, Friday - American Women Rebuilding France 1917-1924 Opening Talk at Alliance Française

Time: 7:00pm

Location: Alliance Française, 113 N First Street

American Women Rebuilding France 1917-1924 - An exhibition of photographs and silent films from the Franco-American Museum in Picardy, France, runs November 7 to 26, 2014, at Alliance Française Grande Salle.

Opening Talk with Elaine Uzan Leary, Executive Director of the American Friends of Blérancourt and  Miles Morgan, great nephew of Anne Morgan and great-grandson of JP Morgan

The exhibit consists of reproductions of WWI-era photographs and rare silent film footage that bring to life the extraordinary work undertaken between 1917 and 1924 by 350 American women, all volunteers, who left comfortable lives in the United States to help the war-ravaged civilian population in Picardy, in northeastern France.

$10 AF members; $15 general public.

This event was made possible with the support from the Federation of Alliance Française USA, the Délégation générale de l'Alliance Française aux E-U, the American Friends of Blerancourt, the Florence Gould Foundation, and the French Ministry of Culture and Communication, and RMN l’agence photographique.

November 7, 2014, Friday - Rare and Collectible Book Sale at Central Library (2 day event)

Location: Central Library, Children's Library, 300 Nicollet Mall

Rare and Collectible Book Sale

Calling all book collectors and bibliophiles! Friends of HCL is hosting a Rare & Collectible Book Sale. Featured items (valued from $40 to $15,000+) include first editions, classics, volume sets and more. Held inside Minneapolis Central Library's Doty Board Room, the sales' proceeds benefit Hennepin County Library.

Collectors' Preview Night

Friday, November 7, 4 - 7 PM

Advanced tickets: $20 - nonmembers / $10 - members 

• Be among the first to view and purchase hundreds of rare books 
• Listen to music from Modinha Ensemble
• Enjoy complimentary wine and snacks
• View letterpress demonstrations

Rare Book Sale

Saturday, November 8, Noon - 7 PM

Admission $5 - nonmembers / Free for members  

• Shop rare books, maps, comics & other items
• Enjoy complimentary coffee and cookies
• Stay for the free Bookmatch program at 7 PM featuring 6 local authors with new books 

  INFORMATION AND TICKETS 

November 6, 2014, Thursday - Family Storytime at Central Library (Thursdays thru November 20)

Time: 9:30am

Location: Central Library, Children's Library, 300 Nicollet Mall

Family Storytime

Future Thursdays: November 13 and 20

For children of all ages and their parent or caregiver. Talk, sing, read, write and play together in a format appropriate for young children. Share books, stories, rhymes, music and movement.

November 6, 2014, Thursday - Murder Mystery at Old Spaghetti Factory

Time: 7:00pm

Location: Old Spaghetti Factory, 233 Park Avenue (and Washington Avenue South)

"A Dance With Death"

Do you have the necessary detective skills to collar the criminal?

Information and tickets.