July 19, 2014, 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 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!

Reservations.

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July 19, 2014, Saturday - Live Music at Crooked Pint

Time: 9:00pm

Location: Crooked Pint Ale House, 501 Washington Avenue South

Tonight:  Joshua Powell & the Great Train Robbery

July 19, 2014, Saturday - Bike with a Ranger: Minneapolis Riverfront

Time: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Location: Matthews Park, Minneapolis. Meet in the parking lot north of the park. Parking is free.

Bike with a Ranger is a family-friendly way to explore the Mississippi River. Join us this summer on a three-hour, nine mile ride. (For exercise enthusiasts, each ride may burn up to 350 calories for a 150 lb person!)

See the Mississippi River's only major waterfall and explore the great river's only gorge. We will ride through modern parks while exploring the river's ancient geology and its extraordinary human history that led to the founding of the Twin Cities and its development into a regional and worldwide economic powerhouse.

Cost
$8 / $5 for Mississippi River Fund Members
Kids under 10 ride for free.
Registration is required. Space is limited to the first 20 people who register. Register online with the Mississippi River Fund.

Future dates August 9 and September 13.

July 18, 2014, Friday - Mill City Summer Opera Presents Puccini’s Tosca at Mill City Museum

Minneapolis' newest opera company, the Mill City Summer Opera, presnets Tosca by Giacomo Puccini.

Tosca will be presented at 7:30 p.m. July 18, 20 and 22. Mill City Museum’s dramatic Ruin Courtyard will again be the venue for all performances.

Mill City Summer Opera was founded in 2011 to bring the Twin Cities exceptional opera performances set in a nontraditional venue. Artistic Director David Lefkowich and Music Director Brian DeMaris have assembled a first-rate design team and cast, featuring acclaimed American soprano Jill Gardner and exciting tenor Dinya Vania as Cavaradossi. Gardner and Vania sang these roles together at the Lyric Opera Baltimore in 2011 to great acclaim. 

July 18, 2014, Friday - Live Music at Mattie's on Main

Time: call to confirm, 612-886-2121

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

Tonight: Erin Schwab & Jay Fuchs

July 18, 2014, Friday - Live Music at Crooked Pint

Time: 9:00pm

Location: Crooked Pint Ale House, 501 Washington Avenue South

Tonight:  Edward David Anderson

July 18, 2014, Friday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 9:00pm $8

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Tonight: Amanda Vernon

Amanda Vernon is an internationally-acclaimed recording artist from Grand Rapids, Michigan who has shared her music across the US and in 6 foreign countries. Through a genre she calls, “soulful pop,” this singer, pianist, and composer speaks to authentic beauty through music, the language of the soul.

July 17, 2014, Thursday - Exhibit Opening: Dunwoody College of Technology in Minneapolis History at the Mill City Museum

Time: 6:00pm to 8:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 South 2nd Street

Exhibit Opening: Dunwoody College of Technology in Minneapolis History

Fee: Free

Celebrate the opening of "Dunwoody College of Technology in Minneapolis History." This new exhibit showcases photographs about the 100-year history of Dunwoody College of Technology and its impact on the local community. Dunwoody is the only private, nonprofit technical college in the Upper Midwest and a national innovator in technical education. Its founder William Dunwoody was a prominent figure in the Washburn Crosby Company, whose A Mill is the home of Mill City Museum.

Light hors d’oeuvres will be served and a cash bar will be available. The exhibit will be displayed in the museum’s central Mill Commons and is free and open to the public during regular museum hours through October 5, 2014.

July 17, 2014, Thursday - Live Music at Mattie's on Main

Time: call to confirm, 612-886-2121

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

Tonight: George Scot McKelvey and Friends

Upcoming date:
Erin Schwab & Jay Fuchs, Fri Jul 18, 2014

July 17, 2014, Thursday - 1934 Minneapolis Truckers' Strike at Central Library

Time: 6:30pm–9:00pm

Location: Central Library, Doty Board, 300 Nicollet Mall

1934 Minneapolis Truckers' Strike

In commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the 1934 truckers' strikes, Canadian labor historian Bryan Palmer will talk about his book “Revolutionary Teamsters: The Minneapolis Truckers' Strikes of 1934.” The strikes had state-wide significance and galvanized the labor movement in Minnesota. Other speakers include Minnesota historian Mary Wingerd, historian and author William Millikan, and authors David Thorstad and John Lauritsen. Books will be available for purchase.

Sponsored by Friends of the Minneapolis Central Library.

July 16, 2014, Wednesday - Brag Minneapolis with Betsy Hodges at The Southern Theater

Time: 8:00pm

Location: The Southern Theater, 1420 South Washington Avenue

The Theater of Public Policy presents Brag Minneapolis - With Betsy Hodges

In her State of the City address, Mayor Betsy Hodges said "we can't afford to be modest." She announced that July 14-20 would be "The Best Week of Bragging About Minneapolis Ever." She's shouting to the rooftops about how great our city and the people in it are.

She asked T2P2 if we'd do a show where we turn everyone's brags into hilarious comedy. We said yes, and now you have the chance to see your stories of life in Minneapolis brought to the stage! Join us for a memorable evening and come see Mayor Hodges and others as they brag!

What is the show?

Our interview based show is a powerful medium for exploring issues and bringing them to life using theater. All of the ideas and challenges brought up in this conversation serve as the inspiration for the improvised scenes to follow. The improvisers tasks are not to make light of the issues or mock the players involved. Instead, scenes make the previous conversation come to life with living, breathing characters in the situations described. It’s a show unlike any other.

July 16, 2014, Wednesday - Art Out of the Box: Eye Wonder at Central Library

Time: 2:00pm–3:00pm

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

Art Out of the Box: Eye Wonder

Registration required, begins Jun 18. Register online or call 612-543-8000.

Entering grades 2-5. Discover artists' secrets and uncover illusions meant to trick the eye by looking closely at art from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Museum-trained teens will help you make art to hide your own secret messages. Materials provided.

Presented in partnership with Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Sponsored by the Friends of the Hennepin County Library.

July 16, 2014, Wednesday - Mill City Summer Opera Presents Puccini’s Tosca at Mill City Museum

Minneapolis' newest opera company, the Mill City Summer Opera, presnets Tosca by Giacomo Puccini.

Tosca will be presented at 7:30 p.m. July 16, 18, 20 and 22. Mill City Museum’s dramatic Ruin Courtyard will again be the venue for all performances.

Mill City Summer Opera was founded in 2011 to bring the Twin Cities exceptional opera performances set in a nontraditional venue. Artistic Director David Lefkowich and Music Director Brian DeMaris have assembled a first-rate design team and cast, featuring acclaimed American soprano Jill Gardner and exciting tenor Dinya Vania as Cavaradossi. Gardner and Vania sang these roles together at the Lyric Opera Baltimore in 2011 to great acclaim. 

July 16, 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.

July 15, 2014, Tuesday - Pedalopolis Kick Off

Editors Note:  The Journal article indicates the starting point is Gold Medal Park.  However, the Twin Cities BIKEFUN! website lists the starting point as Matthews Park in the Seward neighborhood.  If you are interested in participating, please contact the organizer for exact details.

Via a July 8 Journal post:

Twin Cities BIKEFUN! has organized the first Pedalopolis, a crowd-sourced social bike ride festival that will be taking place at various sites around Minneapolis and St. Paul from July 15 to 20.
 
Pedalopolis will begin with a parade meeting at Gold Medal Park at 5 p.m. on July 15. The parade will leave at 6 p.m. and end at Powderhorn Park, where a potluck barbecue will be waiting. Pedal Bear, a pedal-powered Polar Bear created by the Crank Art Collective will be featured in the parade.
 
Once the parade is over, there will be a variety of bike rides that anyone can participate in. These rides have been created by members of the community and have different themes. There are storytelling rides, meditation themed rides and rides that will take you on a tour.
 
The closing event of Pedalopolis will be the Short Jorts dance party, where community members are encouraged to wear their shortest jean shorts. The party will be held at 10 p.m. on July 19 at the Bedlam Lowertown in St. Paul. Music will be provided by the River City Soul Collective.
 
To see the current list of rides visit http://www.tcbikefun.org/pedalopolis. A printed calendar has also been distributed to bike shops across the city. If you would like to submit a ride, it will not be featured in the printed calendar, but it will be featured online.

July 15, 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:
Tuesday, July 15: A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle.
Tuesday, August 12: 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.

July 15, 2014, Tuesday - "Music & Movies in the Park" at Father Hennepin Bluffs Park

Time: Music 7:00pm; Movies air 15 minutes after sundown.

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:

July 15 Nick Riley Band,Rock, Blues, Pop
July 22 Barbara Meyer Band, Roots rock & reggae
July 29 Tortuga!, Jazz/Rock/World
August 05 Charity Huot and the Summit Hill Band, Acoustic Alternative Folk
August 12 War Poets, Rock/Americana
August 19 The Funky United, Instrumental
August 26 Hippo Campus Pop/Rock

Movies start 15 min after sunset.

July 15 TCBFF Selection Father Hennepin Bluffs Park
July 22 Beetlejuice Father Hennepin Bluffs Park

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!

July 15, 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.

Future date: August 12

July 14, 2014, Monday - National Theatre Live: A Small Family Business 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

Through a partnership with the Film Society of Minneapolis/St. Paul, National Theatre Live has moved across the river to the Film Society's St. Anthony Main Theatre, located at 115 Southeast Main Street, Minneapolis.

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.

Tickets are available through the Film Society. Information about The Film Society of Minneapolis St. Paul and details of its programming can be found at http://www.mspfilmsociety.org/. $20 Regular; $15 Film Society Members

A Small Family Business
 
Jack McCracken: a man of principle in a corrupt world. But not for long. Moments after taking over his father-in-law's business he's approached by a private detective armed with some compromising information. Jack's integrity fades away as he discovers his extended family to be thieves and adulterers, looting the business from their suburban homes. Rampant self-interest takes over and comic hysteria builds to a macabre climax.
 
A riotous exposure of entrepreneurial greed by Olivier Award-winning playwright Alan Ayckbourn, A Small Family Business returns to the National Theatre for the first time since its celebrated premiere in 1987, when it won the Evening Standard Award for Best Play.

Also playing: Saturday, July 19 at 1:00pm

More information.

July 14, 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 Chef Shack 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".  :)