October 8, 2014, Wednesday - Pillsbury A Mill Tour with Preservation Alliance of Minnesota

Time: 5:00pm and 6:00pm tours

Location: Pillsbury A Mill, 301 Main Street SE

There will be two tours of 25 people each: One starting at 5pm and the other starting at 6pm. Tours will be given by project managers from Weis with support from the developer and subcontractors. Learn about how they're going out resuing this Minneapolis riverfront landmark! Make sure to bring the tough questions for them, they'll be there to educate about this ambitious tax-credit project.

Tickets are $15/person and funds help support Preservation Alliance of Minnesota's mission to preserve, protect and promote Minnesota's historic resources!!

October 8, 2014, Wednesday - Approaching the Gate: Lynette Reini-Grandell at The Loft

Time: 7:00pm

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

Approaching the Gate: Lynette Reini-Grandell

Lynette Reini-Grandell’s long-anticipated debut collection of poetry quickens with forward movement, be it in a car that pushes towards the stars—or with a horse that suddenly spooks, leaving the speaker “knocked down, / breathless, / turning to the sight of a thousand-pound horse/ rushing the gate / and leaping over my head.” Several of the poems probe the experience of her grandparents who emigrated from Finland and settled on a farm in northern Minnesota in the early 20th century. The urge to move forward is matched with a deep love and reverence for creatures living in their natural world, for the buzz of the city, for unmet ancestors and kindred spirits, and most especially for her transgender husband.

October 8, 2014, Wednesday - Theater Latté Da presents Master Class at MacPhail (thru Nov 2)

Time: 8:00pm – 9:00pm

Location: MacPhail Center for Music, Antonello Recital Hall, 501 S 2nd Street

Master Class   October 8 – November 2, 2014
 
By Terrence McNally • Directed by Peter Rothstein • Featuring Sally Wingert• Music Direction by Andrew Bourgoin
 
Master Class is a fictionalized account of the series of classes the glamorous and commanding Maria Callas, the most influential vocal artist of the 20th century, instructed on the art of performing opera. In these classes Callas coaches the students while sharing recollections about the glories and struggles of her own life and career, including stories about her affair with the formidable Aristotle Onassis. Through a partnership with the MacPhail Center for Music, Master Class will be staged in MacPhail’s Antonello Hall.

Tickets to Master Class are only available through a Season Subscription.
Single Tickets will be made available at a later date.

Tickets

October 8, 2014, Wednesday - A Sip of Science at Aster Cafe

Time: 5:30pm

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

October Sip of Science - The Secret Life of a Tweet with Joanne Richardson, River Life, University of Minnesota

The rise of social media such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter enables people to communicate information instantaneously, whether it be a breaking news story, interesting video, or personal updates. While some of the content and contributions from social media users may have us rolling our eyes, the information conveyed through these media portals connects individuals and organizations who may not have connected otherwise. For example, social media is increasingly bringing good science to a wide, interested, and influential audience. Join us at the October Sip of Science as we use a case studies approach to explore the communications of a well-regarded academic scientist to explore the knowledge ecologies of social media communications.
 
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
 
Joanne Richardson is the digital information strategist for the University of Minnesota’s River Life program. Her undergraduate work at the University of Minnesota focused on geology, architecture, computer science and French, and she received a master’s degree in landscape architecture from the College of Design. Having spent many childhood weekends and holidays backpacking through many of the great American landscapes, she developed an early and lasting love of geology that has colored her interests ever since. She has a particular interest in digital media, strategic communications, and responsive design.

October 7, 2014, Tuesday - Public Meeting #2 Mississipp​i East Bank Trail for Peds and Bicyclists at MPRB

Time: 6:30 - 8:30 pm

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

Public Meetings re: Mississipp​i East Bank Trail for Pedestrian​s and Bicyclists

The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) will be constructing a new trail for bicyclists and pedestrians along the east bank of the Mississippi from Plymouth Avenue north to Marshall St. NE near the BNSF railroad bridge. MPRB invites you to three meetings to help plan the trail.

Dates:
•Tuesday, Sept. 16 Meeting #1 - Project background and neighborhood preferences.
•Tuesday, Oct. 7 Meeting #2 - Trail alignment options and discussion.
•Tuesday, Oct. 28 Meeting #3 - Final plan and next steps.

Project Website

If you require language translation or other accommodations, please contact 612-230-6472 at least 2 business days in advance of the meeting.

October 6, 2014, Monday - National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire 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:  A Streetcar Named Desire

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.

Also playing:
Tuesday, October 7 7:00 pm
Wednesday, October 8 7:00 pm

The fastest-selling production in the Young Vic’s history, Tennessee Williams’ timeless masterpiece A Streetcar Named Desire will be broadcast live from their London home by National Theatre Live. With Gillian Anderson (The X-Files, The Fall) as Blanche DuBois, Ben Foster (Lone Survivor, Kill Your Darlings) as Stanley and Vanessa Kirby (BBC’s Great Expectations, Three Sisters at the Young Vic) as Stella.

As Blanche’s fragile world crumbles, she turns to her sister Stella for solace – but her downward spiral brings her face to face with the brutal, unforgiving Stanley Kowalski. Visionary director Benedict Andrews returns to the Young Vic following his Critics’ Circle Award-winning Three Sisters.

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

October 5, 2014, Sunday - Friends of James Beard Benefit Dinner at Red Stag Supperclub

Time: 5:30pm

Location: Red Stag Supperclub, 509 1st Avenue NE

Friends of James Beard Benefit Dinner

James Beard Outstanding Restaurateur Nominee Kim Bartmann and Executive Chef TJ Rawitzer team up with local Chefs Doug Flicker of Piccolo, Erik Anderson of Brut, James Winberg, Bob Gerken and Mike Brown of Travail, and Sarah Master of Barbette to celebrate our Minnesota fall bounty. The menu will include assorted hors d’ouevres and a five-course dinner with wine pairings selected by five-time James Beard Award Winner Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl of Mpls.St.Paul Magazine and Annette Peters of Bourget Imports. Jason DeRusha, contributing writer for Mpls.St.Paul Magazine, will emcee the dinner. Live music by JT Bates, Michael Lewis and Gordy Johnson.

Seating is limited; tickets are available by calling the Red Stag Stag Supperclub at 612.767.7766. $120 James Beard members/$150 general public (+ tax and service charge).  Information.

October 4, 2014, Saturday - Uke Fest at Aster Cafe

Time: 8:00pm - 11:00pm  $10

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Tonight: Uke Fest

This show is a fundraiser for Arc GTC (An organization that assists disabled people and families) and features a varied lineup of Twin Citiesuke players. Including Savannah Smith, i like you, Keldon Ancheleta, Katy Vernon, and many many more. It’s such a fun and truly unique show!!

October 4, 2014, Saturday - SlutWalk at Father Hennepin Bluffs Park

Time: 2:00pm - 6:00pm

 

Location:  Father Hennepin Bluffs Park

Schedule for SlutWalk Minneapolis 2014

2:00 pm Sign Making Event- Bring your sign making supplies and poster board and join us in making signs before the Walk! You have the opportunity to meet fellow SlutWalk supporters, share creativity, and state your support for SlutWalk Minneapolis with signs that you and your friends made!

3:30pm Opening Ceremony- We will have some awesome guest speakers, some music, and some rallying to get us all ready for the SlutWalk. Cheering is definitely welcome!

4:00pm (approximate start time)- SlutWalk Minneapolis will begin the Walk! We will give you instructions so that everything is orderly and there is plenty of room for people to Walk.

5:00pm (approximate end time)- After the Walk, we will meet back at the Father Hennepin Pavilion for a short closing ceremony and to announce a special event that evening!

6:00pm- The Walk is officially over. We hope to see you at the special event that evening. Thank you so much for your support!

October 4, 2014, 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.

October 4, 2014, Saturday - Rewriting Hiawatha at The Loft

Time: 7:00pm

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

Rewriting Hiawatha

Join Chris Martin and guests Heid Erdrich, Gwen Westerman, Brad Zellar, Brian Laidlaw, Sarah Fox, Joe Horton, and more in an evening interrogating Minnesota's founding literary text, Longfellow's "The Song of Hiawatha," from a contemporary perspective.

Witness how these local luminaries rethink, revise, and rewrite Hiawatha in poetry, prose, and song.

October 4, 2014, Saturday - Mill City Farmers Market

Time: 9:00am - 1:00pm

Location: 704 South 2nd Street

Today at Mill City Farmers Market: Preserving the Harvest

Produce Planner: At the Market this Saturday, you will find:  Zestar, Honeycrisp and Sweet Sixteen apples, beets, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cantaloupe, cauliflower, celery, chickweed, chives, cilantro, cucumbers, dried beans, eggplant, fennel, garlic, ginger, green beans, green peppers, ground cherries, head lettuce, heirloom beans, herbs, hops, kale, kohlrabi, lemongrass, mushrooms, okra, onions, oregano, peanuts, pears, pac choi, potatoes, purplette onions, radishes, raspberries, Romanesco, salad mix, scallions, sorel, squash: butternut, delicata, acorn, and other varieties, sweet corn, Swiss chard, tarragon, tomatillos, tomatoes: cherry, Roma, heriloom, and other, totsoi, turmeric, turnips, watermelon, zucchini, and much more!
 
Mill City Cooks, 10 am: Market Chef Jenny Breen will be joined by local author Amanda Paa in our kitchen today. They will be making a recipe from Amanda’s book,Smitten with Squash - Smoky Red Pepper and Kabocha Soup as well as one of Jenny’s fall favorites - Squash Pecan Pate. Yum.

Book Signing, all day:
Come say hello to local author Amanda Paa at the Market today, both in the Mill City Cooks demo at 10 am and in the center booth for book sales and signing, featuring Smitten with Squash.

Community Booth, Pathways Minneapolis, all day:
Pathways' mission is to provide resources and services for people with life-threatening illness to explore and experience complementary healing approaches. Stop by their booth today to learn more!
 
Car2Go at the Market, all day: Learn about the benefits of becoming a member of this convenient car service, now available in neighborhoods all over the Twin Cities.
 
Live Music, 9:30 am – 1 pm: MCFM welcomes back crowd favorite Moonlight Duo today!
 
Art Market, all day: Head to the back of the train shed where you’ll find 4 talented local artists. This week, stop and see the unique works of Barn Swallow Garden, Anna Metcalfe, Larissa Loden, and Woodsport.

Member Specials 10/4/2014!

Become a Market Member and get a $5 off coupon at the Wedge Community Co-op, a free package of Mrs. Kelly's Tea of the week, weekly specials at the market all season long, and a $5 market token good for anything at the market! This Saturday's specials include:

Black Cat Natural Foods: Buy one, get one 1/2 off (of equal or lesser value) before 10 am! 
Barkley's Bistro:  Buy the "treat fleet" and get 1 pint of bones du jour for FREE;
Birchberry Native Arts and Food: $1 off any $10 purchase;
Bliss Granola: $1 off any granola or muesli;
Buffalo by Bike: $1 off ground bison;
Loon Organics: $1 off any $10 purchase;
Kiss My Cabbage: $1 off Lemon Coriander Leek Kraut;
Verdant Tea: a free drink with purchase of $25+ loose leaf tea!
Seed to Seed Farm: $1 off 1 lb of broccoli!
Mrs Kelly's Tea: $1 off any $10.50 purchase;
Singing Hills Goat Dairy: $1 off on any 2 chevre or any 2 feta;
Stones Throw Urban Farm: Basil - buy two bunches and get 3rd for half price and kale - $3 or 2 bunches for $5!
Martha's Joy: $1 off pickled beets;
Olsen Naturals: $1 off any $10 purchase;
The Bolt: $1 off any beverage!
Urban Roots: $2 off 1 lb bag of Braising Mix!

October 3, 2014, Friday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 9:00pm $10

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Tonight: Shiny Lights + Lucy Michelle solo

If experience was gold, The Shiny Lights would be rich. One of the more promising new bands to pop out of the always crowded music scene in Minnesota – aka The Land of 10000 bands – in 2010, The Shiny Lights have about a century’s worth of collective experience behind them, something that is immediately evident when you hear the inspired pop/rock on their self-titled debut EP. Equally adept at up-tempo rockers and delicate pop craft – and most everything in between – this is a band that clearly is serious about its business.

Lucy Michelle is a songwriter as serious as they come. Twin Cities natives will know her as frontwoman of gypsy-pop outfit Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles, a raucous and eclectic six-piece. At home and on the road, Lucy has stood boldly amidst that chugging whirlwind of cello and accordion, stomping her foot and singing out fiercely over the top of it all. It’s a collaboration five years strong whose catalogue reveals an artist developing not only her craft, but also personally.

October 3, 2014, Friday - DIRTY WORKS: First Fridays at MCBA

Time: Happy hour 5:30pm–6:00pm, class 6:00pm–8:00pm

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

DIRTY WORKS: First Fridays at MCBA - Way Easy Decorative Spine Bindings with Jeff Rathermel
 
Bind a trio of small, soft cover journals with unique exposed-spine structures. While working, you will be introduced to terminology, traditional materials, and a bit of book art history. After learning the basics in class, you will be able to adjust sizes and materials to meet your own needs -- whether you write, draw, paint or collage.
 
$35 + $5 supply fee.  Register.

October 2, 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: October 9, 23, November 6, 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.

October 2, 2014, Thursday - Arena Dances presents: The Main Street Project at Southern Theater (4 nights)

Time: (see schedule below)

Location: Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Avenue South

Arena Dances presents: The Main Street Project October 2 – 5

The Main Street Project explores how current attitudes, relationships and habits have changed in an information-driven technological world by utilizing integrative forms of media – juxtaposing visceral and explosive movement with electro/techno/pop music, folk-inspired songs and projections of filmed interviews with people from diverse communities and backgrounds. The work illuminates themes of isolation and belonging in contemporary society to ask the question, does “Main Street” still exist? The Main Street Project is informed by ARENA’s Intergenerational Residency Program, which utilizes community outreach between youth and elder communities to create dialogue about topics such as home, community and connection. Local photographers Jake Armour, Keri Pickett and Wing Yung Huie will reveal their perspective on community as part of The Main Street Project’s premiere. In collaboration with Minneapolis Art on Wheels, these photos will be projected on the exterior wall of the Southern Theater and surfaces across the city. The unveiling ceremony will take place on September 15, 6 – 9 pm, at the Marriott Courtyard in downtown Minneapolis.

Show Times:
Thursday, October 2 @ 8pm
Friday, October 3 @ 8pm
Saturday, October 4 @ 8pm
Sunday, October 5 @ 2pm

Information and tickets.

October 2, 2014, Thursday - Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Assoc Meeting at Pizza Luce

Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Location:  Pizza Luce, 119 N 4th Street

The Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Association

Meeting Agenda

6:00 pm Call to order and introductions
6:05 pm Consideration of agenda
6:10 pm MPRB Update by 4th District Commission Anita Tabb
6:20 pm Public Comment
6:25 pm Consent Agenda
 Consideration of September 4, 2014 Board meeting minutes
 Consideration of the October 2014 Financial Report
 Consideration of September Staff Report
6:30 pm Guest Presentations / Speakers
 Third Ward update by City Council Member Jacob Frey
6:35 pm Community Development Committee Update
 Downtown East Redevelopment Update presented by Tony Barranco from Ryan Companies
 Nate’s Clothing (401 1sth Avenue N.) building conversion project presented by Shawn Smith
7:00 pm Other Committee Updates
 Outreach and Engagement Taskforce – Update on Annual Meeting
7:15 pm Strategic Thinking / Planning Discussion
7:30 pm Old business / new business / other business
 Update on outreach and collaboration with other downtown organizations
8:00 pm Adjournment

The next DMNA Board Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, November 6, at 6:00 p.m. Location TBD

October 1, 2014, Wednesday - 7th Annual Minneapolis Underground Film Festival at St. Anthony Main Theatre (5 day event)

The festival will run October 1 - 5 at St. Anthony Main Theatre, 115 Main Street SE.

The Film Society of Minneapolis St. Paul will sponsor and host the 2014 Minneapolis Underground Film Festival. The festival will run Wednesday, October 1 through Sunday October 5 at the St. Anthony Main Theatre in Minneapolis.

Film highlights include the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival opener NAS: Time is Illmatic by director One9. The feature length documentary film delves deep into the making of Nas’ 1994 debut album, Illmatic, and the social conditions that influenced its creation. Also premiering at the festival is Joseph Hillel’s prescient documentary portrait of Haiti’s ongoing reconstruction Ayiti Toma: The Land of the Living, and writer/director Eddie Mullins pre-apocalyptic comedy, Doomsdays, which follows the misadventures of Dirty Fred (Justin Rice) and Bruho (Leo Fitzpatrick), a pair of free-wheeling squatters with a taste for unoccupied vacation homes.

The full slate will be announced on www.mplsundergroundfilmfest.com on September 9. Tickets will be available on The Film Society’s website: mspfilm.org and at the St. Anthony Main Theatre box office starting September 12.

7th Annual Minneapolis Underground Film Festival

October 1, 2014, Wednesday - Nodin Press presents Jill Breckenridge and Carol Rucks at The Loft

Time: 7:00pm

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

Nodin Press presents Jill Breckenridge and Carol Rucks

Join us as Nodin poets, Jill Breckenridge (The Sometimes Poems) and Carol Rucks (Evidence of Rain), launch new collections.
 
Jill Breckenridge grew up in the West, but now lives and writes in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She and playwright John Fenn raised a combined family of five children together. Jill works as an editor, focusing on both writing product and process. A former Director of The Loft Literary Center, she originated The Mentor Series, a program connecting national and local writers. Jill won The Bluestem Award, judged by William Stafford, for her book of poems, How To Be Lucky.  Her sequence of poetry and prose about the Civil War, Civil Blood, was published by Milkweed Editions.The book was nominated for the American Library Association’s Notable Books of 1986. Jill’s honors include a Bush Foundation Fellowship, two Minnesota State Arts Board grants, and Loft-McKnight Awards in both poetry and prose.
 
 Her poems have appeared in many publications, and are anthologized in Minnesota Writes: Poetry; 25 Minnesota Poets; Woman Poet: Midwest; Looking for Home: Women Writing about Exile; Family Reunion: Poems about Parenting Grown Children; To Sing Along The Way: Minnesota Women Poets from Pre-Territorial Days to the Present; and Where One Voice Ends Another Begins: 150 Years of Minnesota Poetry.
 
Jill holds an MFA in Creative Writing and a Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology, with an emphasis on creativity.  Her web site is http://www.jillbreckenridge.com/.

Carol Rucks grew up in a large family in Central Wisconsin. She was educated at the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, where she studied Literature and Creative Writing with David Steingass, and Dave Engel. She has traveled widely in Eastern and Western Europe and in Latin America. She studied poetry with Rosann Lloyd in Guatemala, as part of Art Workshops in Guatemala. She has worked mainly in libraries, including the Golda Meir Library in Milwaukee, and also the Art/Music/Literature Department of the Minneapolis Central Library, which later became part of the Hennepin County Library system. Her poems have appeared in Abraxas, Energy Review, Colere, West Branch, Dust and Fire, and elsewhere. She is actively involved with the Loft Literary Center and its classes and readings, and was a finalist in the 2012 Loft Mentor Series. She lives in Minneapolis with her husband, Mark McHugh.

October 1, 2014, 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.