August 17, 2014, Sunday - 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.

August 16, 2014, Saturday - Come Out and Play Family Nature Club at B.F. Nelson Park

Time: 4:00pm – 5:00pm

Location: B.F. Nelson Park, 434 Main Street NE

You don't need to leave the city or even your neighborhood to enjoy fun in nature. It's time to get outside and play! Come Out and Play is a free, no-registration, no-obligation program that encourages families to get out and enjoy nature.

Research shows that kids who spend time in nature are more relaxed, happier, learn and sleep better, and enjoy better physical health than those who spend the majority of their time indoors. Join the club leader and her children in a natural setting for some unstructured play and exploration. Kids of all ages and their adults are welcome, including (of course) babes-in-arms. Each month the club leader picks a new location in a Minneapolis park to explore. The club meets on weekdays and weekends so all families have the opportunity to participate.

Click Here for dates and locations and to register.

August 16, 2014, Saturday - Mill City Farmers Market

Time: 8:00am - 1:00pm

Location: 704 South 2nd Street

Today at Mill City Farmers Market: Heritage Wheat and Baking

At the Market today you'll find:  Arugula, basil, beets, blueberries, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celery, cherry tomatoes, chickweed, chives, cilantro, cucumbers, currants, dill, dried beans, eggplant, fennel, garlic, green beans, green peppers, ground cherries, head lettuce, heirloom beans, herbs, kale, kohlrabi, lemon thyme, mushrooms, okra, onions, oregano, peas, pac choi, potatoes, purplette onions, radishes, raspberries, rhubarb, salad mix, scallions, snow peas, spring onions, sugar snap peas, summer squash, sweet corn, Swiss chard, tarragon, tomatoes, totsoi, turnips, zucchini, and much more!

Mill City Cooks, sponsored by Gold Medal Flour, 10 am: MCFM welcomes local baking sensation Solveig Tofte of Sunstreet Breads to the Market today! Come for some tasty bread samples and listen to tips on how to master that loaf you’re going to enter in our 2014 Bread Contest on Sept 13th!

Live Music, 11 am – 1 pm: MCFM welcomes the Roe Family Singers back to the Market today! This local jug band blends characteristic old-time sound with rock & roll influence.

Sponsor: The first 1,000 visitors to stop by the Chipotle booth get one $5 voucher to be spent on produce, meat, and dairy products at the Market today! Thank you, Chipotle!

Dot Survey, all day: Stop by and answer a few easy questions about your experience at MCFM. Your feedback is important to us!

Member Specials 8/16/2014!

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;
Northern Lakes Wild Rice: $1 off 1 lb of wild rice; 
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!
Birchberry Native Arts and Food: $1 off any $10 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!
French Nugget: 10% off any purchase;
Martha's Joy: $1 off beets;
The Bolt: $1 off any beverage!
Zula Juice: $1 off a bottle of juice or 10% off a 3 Day Cleanse.

August 16, 2014, Saturday - Yoga Rocks the Park at Father Hennepin Bluffs Park

Time: Meet at 10:30a - Class begins at 11:00am

Location: Father Hennepin Bluffs Park
 
Each weekly event features an OUTDOOR ALL-LEVELS 75-MINUTE YOGA CLASS (BEGINNERS WELCOME!) featuring the areas most inspiring local and national yoga teachers and kids yoga program, Camp YRP (for your little yogis), accompanied by LIVE MUSIC or DJ with some of the top and emerging musicians in the country.

THE 2014 LINE UP

August 16, 2014, Saturday - Hennepin Avenue Theater District Walking Tour with Preserve Minneapolis

Time: 1:00pm

Cost: $8

Buy tickets on Eventbrite

Hennepin Avenue Theater District Walking Tour with Preserve Minneapolis

Experienced guides lead you in exploring the elegant interiors of the State, Orpheum, and Pantages theaters—the dressing rooms and backstage corridors not typically open to the public. We’ll highlight architecture and historical facts and stories, and describe the city’s theater restoration efforts along “Theater Row.”
 
This tour will walk about 5 city blocks. The tour guides are Christopher Yaeger and John Smoley.

August 16, 2014, Saturday - The PopUp Dinner Twin Cities - A Benefit for the Minneapolis Parks Foundation

Time: 5:00pm - 10:00pm

Location: TBA

The PopUp Dinner Twin Cities brings both this image and idea to life. A flash dinner picnic at a location only revealed moments before the start time, The PopUp Dinner combines excitement with elegance. Tables and chairs are provided, while guests are invited to bring a picnic for your friends and something to share for new friends. In accordance with the simplicity of the event, white attire is encouraged, a vibrant contrast to the evening and a symbol for the effortlessness of enjoying an evening out. It is the hope of the Hand Made Team that every PopUp Dinner will be one of spontaneity, splendor, and surprise.

Tickets

The PopUp Dinner is only a place, a time, and a group of people coming together; the memories you make are your own.

August 15, 2014, Friday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 9:00pm $8

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Tonight: Sudden Lovelys

The Sudden Lovelys describe their unique and earnest sound as Aggressive Folk. Daniel writes, plays guitar, ferociously sings, and kicks a vintage red suitcase. Paige also sings, slaps a cymbal with a tambourine, and plays a slew of funky hand percussion. While performing, their biggest joy is the connection shared with a responsive audience. There is a humble passion and honesty in their live show that can not be denied.

August 15, 2014, Friday - Janet Burroway Reading at The Loft

Time:  7:00pm

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

Janet Burroway Reading

Losing Tim is a memoir by a mother about a soldier son who killed himself. It’s not an easy read. But it’s a beautiful one. Burroway, a National Book Award nominee, welcomes readers to grieve along with her, while also providing a lens into how soldiers, and military contractors, like her son, are changed by their combat experiences. Jonathan Shay, author of Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character, a highly acclaimed volume on PTSD, and a 2007 MacArthur Foundation Fellow, comments in the foreword, ”To me, the pain recalls Homer’s Iliad, in which, as James Tatum puts it in The Mourner’s Song, ‘the beauty [of the poetry] is in the killing.”’
 
Janet Burroway is the author of eight novels, plays, poetry, essays, texts for dance, and children’s books. She was nominated for the National Book Award in 1977 for her novel Raw Silk. Her Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft is the most widely used creative writing text in America, and her multigenre Imaginative Writing is out in a third edition. Her most recent novel is Bridge of Sand (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009), and her play Medea with Child was produced in 2010 by Sideshow Theatre Company in Chicago. She is at work on a musical adaptation of Barry Unsworth’s novel Morality Play with composer Matthew M. Kiedrowski. She is the Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor Emerita at Florida State University. Her most recent book is Losing Tim, a memoir about her son, a private contractor in the Iraq War.

August 14, 2014, Thursday - Come Out and Play Family Nature Club at B.F. Nelson Park

Time: 9:00am – 10:00am

Location:  B.F. Nelson Park, 434 Main Street NE

You don't need to leave the city or even your neighborhood to enjoy fun in nature. It's time to get outside and play! Come Out and Play is a free, no-registration, no-obligation program that encourages families to get out and enjoy nature.

Research shows that kids who spend time in nature are more relaxed, happier, learn and sleep better, and enjoy better physical health than those who spend the majority of their time indoors. Join the club leader and her children in a natural setting for some unstructured play and exploration. Kids of all ages and their adults are welcome, including (of course) babes-in-arms. Each month the club leader picks a new location in a Minneapolis park to explore. The club meets on weekdays and weekends so all families have the opportunity to participate.

Click Here for dates and locations and to register.

Next date:  Saturday, August 16, 4pm – 5 pm

August 13, 2014, Wednesday - Mill City Live at Mill City Museum

Mill City Live returns for its eleventh season with four outdoor concerts on Wednesday evenings in August.

Set in the museum's dramatic open air Ruin Courtyard, "Mill City Live" features four great evenings of outdoor music by top local artists.

• Time: 6 to 8 p.m.
• Fee: $5 includes concert and museum admission from 4 to 9 p.m., an opportunity to visit Mill City Museum at a significant discount. Free for Minnesota Historical Society members.
• In case of rain, Mill City Live goes on indoors!

August 13th, 6-8pm

The Cloak Ox

Indie Rock

 

The Cloak Ox is made up of indie rock vets Andrew Broder and longtime friends and sometimes bandmates Jeremy Ylvisaker, Mark Erickson and Martin Dosh. In 2011 the group topped City Pages new artist Picked to Click list and in 2013 their full length Shoot the Dog made top ten lists by the Star Tribune and City Pages. “Shoot the Dog is loaded with the nervous, sensory-grinding energy of urban life…and the jaggedy frayed art-rock noodling of bands like Television and latter-day Wilco.”

-Chris Riemenschneider, Star Tribune

 

August 20th, 6-8pm

Bethany Larson & the Bees Knees

Country, rock

 

Bethany Larson and The Bee's Knees, one of Twin Cities best kept secrets as declared by Twin Cities Metro, brings a preacher’s daughter from Austin, Minn. to the local music scene. In the process of recording her sophomore album she joined forces with the "Bee’s Knees" – her brother Chris Larson on guitar, keyboards and backing vocals, Sara Horishnyk on drums and Sam Johnson on bass. “…Bethany’s voice has evolved beautifully: as much Ella Fitzgerald and Juliette Greco as Emmylou Harris and Lucinda Williams. Bethany’s lyrics about love and heartbreak have a worldly sophistication and the band has fleshed out unique and sweet arrangements that both swoon and rock.” –Adam Levy, The Honeydogs

 

Wednesday, August 27th, 6-8pm

Erik Koskinen Country, folk

Erik Koskinen grew up in a rural, working class town in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. He got his first guitar from his father when he was 12 years old. Over the years he’s made a living as a carpenter, welder, snow blower, truck driver—the list goes on. But since he moved to Saint Paul he’s built a following as a guitarist (Molly Maher, Randy Weeks), songwriter, producer (Trampled by Turtles) and engineer. “America Theatre” (2014) is Erik's second album, the follow-up to the acclaimed Keep it to Yourself. “Erik Koskinen should be recognized as a masterful songwriter and rousing country singer..." - Chris Riemenschneider - Minneapolis Star Tribune

August 13, 2014, Wednesday - A Sip of Science at Aster Cafe

Time: 5:30pm

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

August Sip of Science - Dynamic Bangladesh: Living in the Land of Superlatives

The impacts of climate change and sea level rise will disproportionately affect developing nations and low-lying coastal areas. Bangladesh is a country facing both of these challenges, having the world’s 7th largest population living amidst the vast, flat plains of the Ganges-Brahmaputra River delta. However, the first-order challenges that the country faces are met with an abundance of natural opportunity in this dynamic landscape.  For our August Sip of Science, researcher and professor Dr. Steve Goodbred will discuss this land, its people, and how their interactions may determine the fate of the region as demand on resources grows.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Steve Goodbred is an Associate Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.  His research focuses on coastal environments, particularly the low-lying landscapes built through the interaction of river and coastal processes. The sandy and muddy areas in which he has worked include Bangladesh, India, Peru, Vietnam, and Florida.

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. 

August 12, 2014, Tuesday - Kids Book Club at Central Library

Time: 2:00pm–3:00pm

Location: Central Library, Star Tribune Imagination Activity Room, 300 Nicollet Mall

Kids Book Club

What We're Reading:  No Talking, by Andrew Clements.

Registration required, begins May 20. Register online or call 612-543-8000.

Entering grades 4-6. Join other kids to talk about a great book! Sponsored by Friends of the Minneapolis Central Library.

August 12, 2014, Tuesday - "Music in the Park" at Father Hennepin Bluffs Park

Time: Music 7:00pm

Location: Father Hennepin Bluffs Park (East Bank of the Stone Arch Bridge)

Tonights entertainment: See website.

What to bring: Blanket or chair, sunblock and bugspray, picnic basket.

Reminders: Watch our facebook or twitter page for weather cancellations of the evening festivities. Post photos of you, your family and friends enjoying the concerts and movies on the facebook page Support the artists by picking up a CD or other merchandise.

2014 dates:

August 12 War Poets, Rock/Americana
August 19 The Funky United, Instrumental
August 26 Hippo Campus Pop/Rock

Music & Movies in The Parks is produced by the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board. Enjoy more than 250 FREE concerts and movies in Minneapolis parks this summer!

August 12, 2014, Tuesday - Transportation on Tap: Parking at Republic

Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Location: Republic, 221 Cedar Ave S

On Tuesday, August 12, Transit for Livable Communities welcomes you back to Republic for our third Transportation on Tap event of the year! Enjoy light appetizers on us and talk bike, walk, bus, and rail with other TLC members and friends. This month we'll dig into the topic of parking in the Twin Cities.
 
How do parking policies influence how we get around and how our neighborhoods develop? Who pays for free parking? How do parking spaces and placemaking initiatives intersect? Who is embracing bike parking? And how does parking in Minneapolis and Saint Paul compare to other cities nationally and internationally?
 
This Transportation on Tap, TLC has invited panelists from the City of Minneapolis, the Minneapolis Downtown Improvement Zone, and the City of Saint Paul to examine how our cities are thinking about parking. We'll explore policies, costs, demand, reform and innovation, ties to development and walkability, and more. TLC's Barb Thoman will moderate. Bring your questions for another lively conversation!
 
Featured Panel:
•Ben Shardlow, Director of Public Realm Initiatives, Minneapolis Downtown Improvement District
•Jason Wittenberg, Manager of Land Use, Design and Preservation, City of Minneapolis
•Sarah Zorn, Senior Project Manager, City of Saint Paul
•Barb Thoman (moderator), Executive Director, Transit for Livable Communities
 
We hope to see you on the 12th! All are welcome, but RSVPs are always appreciated.
 
Questions? Contact Jennifer at jenniferh@tlcminnesota.org or 651-789-1416.

August 12, 2014, Tuesday - Minneapolis History Pub Crawl: Washington Avenue at Mill City Museum

Time: 6:30pm to 8:30pm

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.

August 11, 2014, Monday - Food Truck Monday in the Mill District

Mark your calendars Mondays from 11:00am-1:00pm for Food Truck Mondays in the Mill District! The Brava Food Truck will be parked at 709 2nd Street South, across from the Mill City Museum. A sure cure for "a case of the Mondays". :)

August 11, 2014, Monday - "Music in the Park" at Nicollet Island Amphitheater

Time: 7:00pm

Location: Nicollet Island Amphitheater

What to bring: Blanket or chair, sunblock and bugspray, picnic basket.

Reminders: Watch our facebook or twitter page for weather cancellations of the evening festivities. Post photos of you enjoying the concerts on the facebook page. Support the artists by picking up a CD or other merchandise.

Tonights entertainment: See website

Music & Movies in The Parks is produced by the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board. Enjoy more than 250 FREE concerts and movies in Minneapolis parks this summer!

2014 dates:
August 11 - Bossa Jazz Band, Jazz with a Bossa Twist
August 18 - Standing Waves, Melodic, twisted folk/rock
August 25 - Chico Chavez World Music Band, World fusion jazz

August 10, 2014, Sunday - Twin Cities Polish Festival

Time: 11:00am - 5:00pm

Location: Old Main Street across from Riverplace and St. Anthony Main

Polish Culture in all of its Glory!

http://www.tcpolishfestival.org/

August 10, 2014, Sunday - Historic Main Street Tour at the Mill City Museum

Time: 1:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 South 2nd Street

Historic Main Street Tour

Fee: $14 adults, $12 seniors and college students, $10 children ages 6-17 and MHS members. Includes museum admission.

Reservations: required, call 612-341-7555 or register online.

Stroll through Minneapolis’ oldest neighborhood with a Mill City Museum guide, and learn about the rich past and exciting future of historic Main Street. The tour will highlight the life in the village of St. Anthony, changes along Main Street throughout the years, and such landmarks as the 1855 Upton Block, 1858 Martin and Morrison Building, Our Lady of Lourdes Church, the Pillsbury A Mill and the Chalybeate Mineral Springs.

This tour begins and ends at Pracna Restaurant, 117 Main Street S.E. The tour includes one mile of moderately paced walking on uneven surfaces. Please call ahead to make arrangements for guests with limited mobility. Tours include admission to Mill City Museum and are held rain or shine.

Additional date: September 13

August 9, 2014, Saturday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 9:00pm - 11:00pm $8

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Today: BRIAN JUST BAND + JIM O’NEILL

Brian Just Band
After releasing two contemplative folk EPs as a solo artist, Brian Just knew he needed to put together an eclectic band to reproduce the sounds for the new music he was hearing in his head. Enlisting some of the finest folk and jazz influenced talents in the Minneapolis music scene (including members of the Como Avenue Jug Band, The Brass Kings, Dan Israel and Corpse Reviver) the seven-piece Brian Just Band spent two years writing and recording their second full-length album Enlightenment released in June of 2013.

Jim O’Neill
Opener Jim O’Neill is a Twin Cities musician who plays regularly with local acts Brian Just Band (bassist/producer), Dan Israel (keyboards) and Emot (keyboards). He’ll step out from behind the keyboards to sing and play guitar as he returns to the Aster with bassist Justin Hartke (Sleep Study) & Peter Anderson (The Honeydogs, The Ocean Blue) to present an eclectic set of his originals.