June 26, 2014, Thursday - Faculty Performance: Nature at MacPhail

Time: 8:00pm

Location: MacPhail Center for Music, 501 2nd Street South (on the Target Plazel)

Faculty Performance: Nature

MacPhail’s faculty concerts offer an opportunity to hear exceptional performances from our outstanding faculty of teaching artists. With more than 174 faculty members teaching 35 instruments, many faculty members use these concerts as an opportunity for collaboration and innovation. All faculty concerts are free to the public.

This concert features James Allen; David Roos; David Birrow; Adam Rappel; Bojan Hoover; Joel Alexander; Jon Iverson; Tom Pletscher; Greg Keel; Tom Pieper; and Phil Hey performing pieces by Holdman; Cangelosi and original compositions.

June 25, 2014, Wednesday - Givens Foundation Reading at The Loft

Time: 7:00pm

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

Givens Foundation Reading

Join us for a reading by the 2014 Givens Foundation Black Writers Collaborative Retreat Program participants: Chaun Webster, Jeremiah Bey, Junada Petrus, Naima Richmond, Hassen Hussein, Rachel Summers, Lula Saleh, Marshaunna Clark, Tene Wells, and Rickey Mantley.

The Givens Black Writers Collaborative Retreat Program engages ten emerging African American writers from diverse genres in an eight-month program providing mentoring and peer support, building literary community, honing literary craft, and producing new works. Each year, the program launches with a four-day, Minnesota-based retreat that includes workshops and one-on-one sessions with National and State Mentoring Writers.

This event is presented in collaboration with the Givens Foundation for African American Literature.

June 25, 2014, Wednesday - Breakfast with a Preservationist at the Mill City Museum

Time: 8:00am to 9:00am

Location: Mill City Museum, ADM Conference Room: 6th Floor, 710 South Second Street

Preserve Minneapolis

Breakfast with a Preservationist: Why do historic buildings get demolished?

A common saying in historic preservation states “You can’t save them all.”

Thus the topic of the month’s Breakfast with a Preservationist. Two presenters with public experience in historic architecture and city planning will focus on the causes of why important buildings and places are lost by demolition.

Demolition sometimes justifiably occurs within well-practiced procedures by stewards of the preservation movement, such as city planning commissions, heritage preservation commissions, community organizations and other public interest groups. Of course, building often owners play a critical role.

Other circumstances happen quite contrary to the dismay of preservation’s adherents. Building owners and city agencies occasionally mandate demolition without a thorough examination of relevant factors, despite many parts of the public who care about how our heritage is conserved and loved.

And another common saying by preservationists: “Once it’s gone, it’s gone.”

Parking is available in a ramp across the street or along 2nd Street South’s metered spaces. Coffee and bakery will be available, as will the usual great questions and commentary. We stop exactly at 9AM.

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June 25, 2014, Wednesday - Cynthia Froid Group Ice Cream Social in Gold Medal Park

June 24, 2014,Tuesday - Twin Cities Business Emerging Growth Forum at Nicollet Island Pavillion

Schedule:
3:00pm - 4:30pm | Forum
4:30pm - 6:00pm | Cocktail Reception

Location: Nicollet Island Pavilion, 40 Power Steet

$50.00 per ticket

Minnesota businesses are investing in capital expenditures, R&D, expansions and acquisitions at their strongest levels more than three years. At the same time, responsibilities for most financial executives continue to change and increase, while overall economic growth remains anemic if not uncertain.

Join us as four outstanding chief financial officers discuss how they’re tackling – or have just tackled – such challenges facing their businesses, and are preparing for what lies ahead.

Panelists:

Jason Bristow, CFO, Code42
Lois Martin, Executive Vice President & CFO, Ceridian
Gabby Matzdorff, CFO, Magnet360
Jennifer MRozek, CFO, Marco

June 24, 2014, Tuesday - Amanda Lindhout presents A House in the Sky at The Loft

Time: 7:00pm

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

Amanda Lindhout presents A House in the Sky
 
The dramatic and redemptive memoir of a woman whose curiosity led her to the world’s most beautiful and remote places, its most imperiled and perilous countries, and then into fifteen months of harrowing captivity—an exquisitely written story of courage, resilience, and grace.

As a child, Amanda Lindhout escaped a violent household by paging through issues of National Geographic and imagining herself in its exotic locales. At the age of nineteen, working as a cocktail waitress in Calgary, Alberta, she began saving her tips so she could travel the globe. Aspiring to understand the world and live a significant life, she backpacked through Latin America, Laos, Bangladesh, and India, and emboldened by each adventure, went on to Sudan, Syria, and Pakistan. In war-ridden Afghanistan and Iraq she carved out a fledgling career as a television reporter. And then, in August 2008, she traveled to Somalia—“the most dangerous place on earth.” On her fourth day, she was abducted by a group of masked men along a dusty road.

Held hostage for 460 days, Amanda converts to Islam as a survival tactic, receives “wife lessons” from one of her captors, and risks a daring escape. Moved between a series of abandoned houses in the desert, she survives on memory—every lush detail of the world she experienced in her life before captivity—and on strategy, fortitude, and hope. When she is most desperate, she visits a house in the sky, high above the woman kept in chains, in the dark, being tortured.

Vivid and suspenseful, as artfully written as the finest novel, A House in the Sky is the searingly intimate story of an intrepid young woman and her search for compassion in the face of unimaginable adversity.

A House in the Sky is Amanda Lindhout’s memoir, finely crafted, by co-authors Amanda and Sara Corbett during a three year collaboration.

This event is co-sponsored by Magers and Quinn Booksellers.

June 24, 2014, Tuesday - PRIDE: Queer Voices at Central Library

Time:  7–9 p.m.

Location: Central Library,  Pohlad Hall, 300 Nicollet Mall

PRIDE: Queer Voices

Registration required, begins May 27. Register online or call 612-543-8000.

“Queer Voices” is Intermedia Arts' long-running monthly reading series curated by John Medieros and Andrea Jenkins. It provides GLBT writers and audiences an accepting environment to explore the day-to-day material of life without censorship. Authors and poets featured in the past year will be highlighted at this event. An ASL interpreter will be present. Books will be available for purchase and signing.

This project is funded with money from Minnesota's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
Presented in collaboration with Intermedia Arts.

June 24, 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:

June 24 War Poets, Rock/Americana
July 01 Matt Hannah, Americana/Folk
July 08 Sabby White and the Furnace, Soul, R&B, Popular
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.
June 24 Viewer's Choice: Black & White Father Hennepin Bluffs Park
July 01 Remembering Nokutela Father Hennepin Bluffs Park
July 08 Little Big League Father Hennepin Bluffs Park
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!

June 24, 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 dates: July 15, August 12

June 24, 2014, Tuesday - Sheridan Memorial Park Raingarden Planting

Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm

Location: Sheridan Memorial Park, Northeast Minneapolis Riverfront

Help us plant and a large raingarden at Minneapolis' newest park — Sheridan Memorial! This is also the first park to be named for the Sheridan community and was the result of a long-term effort to declare a local veterans park. And this event is our first public hands-on restoration event in the "Above the Falls" riverfront in North and Northeast Minneapolis!

Capacity is limited and preregistration required. Learn more on the event page, or sign up now at volunteer@fmr.org or 651-222-2193 x24.

June 23, 2014, Monday - "Music in the Park" at Nicollet Island Amphitheater CANCELED

SCHEDULE UPDATE: TONIGHT there will be NO concert at Nicollet Island. THURSDAY the Percolators will be at Father Hennepin Bluffs Park instead of Lake Harriet Bandshell. Questions on the changes this week? Email concerts@minneapolisparks.org.

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:

June 23 - Byron Johnson-Blanchard Quartet,Jazz/Original
June 30 - Jason Roberts,singersongwriter/ modern folk
July 7 - Yo Jimbo Jazz,Classic Improvisational jazz
July 14 - The Shiny Lights,Modern pop/rock/songwriter
July 21 - Patchouli,Indie - acoustic guitar duo
July 28 - Dustin Hatzenbuhler,Pop/Singer/Songwriter
August 4 - Nordic Surf, Instrumental Surf/Rock
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

June 23, 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".  :) 

June 22, 2014, Sunday - Queer History: A Tour of Gender and Sexuality in Minneapolis

Time: 10:00am

Cost: $8  Buy tickets on Eventbrite 

A spot where Oscar Wilde stepped off a train to visit Minneapolis, the place where Josephine Baker danced, the original name of the Gay 90s (now housed in the building shown here, being constructed in 1921), the first known gay and lesbian bars in the city…this tour focuses on secrets and important sites of significance to the local LGBTQ community. Some sites are well-remembered, while others have been demolished and are largely forgotten. Please be aware that sexuality is a focus of this tour; parental discretion is strongly recommended.
 
This tour walks about a mile; the tour guide is Stewart Van Cleve.

More Preserve Minneapolis Tours

June 22, 2014, Sunday - NE Pedal Pub Races

An exciting opportunity for friends, family, neighbors, & co-workers to “pedal” their way down Hennepin Ave!

Register your own Pedal Pub Team to compete for a chance to win the Pedal Pub Race Title and celebrate Northeast food, music, and more.

2014 Race Description & Details
The race is a bit like a relay – pubs will race down University from E Hennepin to 1st Ave, stop, hop off, and mount another Pedal Pub and race back the other direction. Each team will Race two races and possibly a third. The second race will be 1 1/2 to 2 hours after your first race. The third race will determine 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. (based on times)

What to Bring/Wear
Wear comfortable clothes and shoes, and to carry all wallets, cell phones, etc. INSIDE pockets – things tend to work their way out of back pockets when pedaling!

Food & Beverage
We have a license from the City to drink IN the Surdyk’s parking lot, but NOT on University. You’ll be asked to leave your drinks in the Surdyk’s lot before you race your heat. Food trucks may be available the day of the event for food purchase however amazing area establishments (on the same block!) include Keegan’s & New Bohemia.

Seating: Shade
If you have access to a tent for your team please notify us with your team name so we can reserve you a spot. There are some tables and chairs, but don’t hesitate to bring a few of your own.

Parking
Street parking is FREE on Sundays on the street. Biking to the event is highly encouraged.

June 21, 2014, Saturday - Mill City Farmers Market

Time: 8:00am - 1:00pm

Location: 704 South 2nd Street

Today at Mill City Farmers Market: Brain Health Day!

At the Market this Saturday, you will find: Strawberries, asparagus, rhubarb, pac choi, totsoi, fennel, beets, onions, scallions, salad mix, head lettuce,red butter lettuce, little gem romaines, sugar snap peas, snow peas, herbs, spring onions, ramps, garlic scapes, chives, arugula, nettles, chickweed, radishes, carrots, kale, Swiss chard, stinging nettles, potatoes, purslane, cilantro, oregano, tarragon, lemon thyme, dill, fresh mushrooms, dried beans, and much more!
 
Mill City Cooks, 10 am: Market Chef Heather Hartman will be focusing on brain healthy ingredients today and will be preparing Swiss Chard Wraps with Spinach-Walnut-Flax Seed Pesto and Poached Wild Salmon.
 
Live Music, 11 am – 1 pm: MCFM welcomes back Potluck and the Hot Dishes, an energetic Twin Cities band delivering a blend of urban-folk, pop, and alt-country with soaring three-part harmonies.
 
Community Booth: Restart is a nonprofit organization that teaches life skills to adults with brain injury and related disabilities who are struggling to live independently.
 
Mini-Farm, all day: Our furry friends from Oliver H. Kelley Farm are back this week!

Dot Survey, all day: Stop by and answer a few easy questions about your experience at MCFM!
 
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 Ink Orchard, Matthew Krousey, Annika Kaplan, and Old World Cabinet, and don't miss The Abbey, Larissa Loden, and Aprilierre just across 2nd St! 
Sponsor: Thank you to American Academy of Neurology and American Brain Foundation!

Arrive early to receive a FREE bike helmet courtesy of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) and American Brain Foundation (ABF).  In an effort to raise awareness and prevent head injuries in Minnesota, the AAN and ABF will be giving away 1,000 bike helmets starting at 8:00 a.m. Visit their tent to pick up your bike helmet and learn why it's important to protect and maintain a healthy brain.  Plan to be there early as quantities are limited.

Member Specials 6/21/2014!

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: 

Art Andes:10% off everything!   

Barkley's Bistro: $1 off a bag & bone combo; 

Northern Lakes Wild Rice: $1 off 1 lb of wild rice; 

Loon Organics: $1 off any $10 purchase; 

Birchberry Native Arts and Food: $1 off any $10 purchase;
Seed to Seed Farm:  Buy a bunch of carrots and get $1 of any other item!
Sassy Knitwear: $1 off any hat! 

Olsen Naturals: $1 off any $10 purchase; 

Sunrise Flour Mill: Buy any 2 bags of heritage flour, get one 2.5 lb bag Red Fife Heritage Bolted Flour for $5 (regularly $10); 

Singing Hills Goat Dairy: $1 off on any 2 chevre or any 2 feta; 

Stones Throw Urban Farm: French breakfast radishes - buy 2 get 1 for 1/2 price!

Sunshine Harvest Farm: 10% off all lamb products;

French Nugget: 10% off any purchase; 

The Bolt: $1 off any beverage! 

June 21, 2014, Saturday - HeartBeat 5000 at Father Hennepin Bluffs Park

Schedule:
Registration Opens: 7:30 a.m.
Kids Activities: 8 - 11 a.m.
Team Photos: 8 - 11 a.m.
Kids' photo: 8:45 a.m.
Kids' fun run: 9 a.m.
5K run/walk: 9:30 a.m.

Location: Father Hennepin Bluffs Park

HeartBeat 5000 Race to support children's heart health.

Celebrate with us the work of Children's physicians, nurses, staff, and volunteers and recognizes the quality of life provided by innovation and technology. This event raises funds for the cardiovascular program and family needs fund at Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota.

June 21, 2014, Saturday - Live Music at Crooked Pint

Time: 9:00pm

Location: Crooked Pint Ale House, 501 Washington Avenue South

Tonight: Hookers$Blow

June 21, 2014, Saturday - Family Riverfront Quest Tour at Mill City Museum

Time: 1:00pm (Bookmaking 1:00 - 1:30pm; Tour 1:30 - 2:30pm)

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 South 2nd Street

Riverfront Quest Family Tour

Fee: $11 adults, $9 seniors and college students, $10 children ages 6-17; $7 MHS members ages 6-17, free for adult and senior MHS members.

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

Try out questing with a family-focused tour of the Minneapolis riverfront outside Mill City Museum. A Quest is a community treasure hunt that guides people through, and teaches them to see, a unique part of their community. This quest includes solving rhyming riddles and searching for hidden boxes with pictures to place in a quest journal that participants can make before the tour. Journal materials and admission to Mill City Museum are included in the tour cost. The tour is designed for ages 6–11, but can be enjoyed by all ages. Adults and seniors must be accompanying a child.

The tour includes one mile of moderately paced walking on uneven surfaces. Please call ahead to make arrangements for guests with limited mobility. The tour will begin and end at Mill City Museum, where participants can visit the museum’s gallery, included in the price of the tour. Tours are held rain or shine.

For more information visit http://www.millcitymuseum.org/tours.

Additional dates: July 19 and August 16

June 21, 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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June 21, 2014, Saturday - Solstice River XVIII at Stone Arch Bridge

Time: 8:00pm

Location: The Stone Arch Bridge

Global Site Performance and Hamline University’s Center for Global Environmental Education present Marylee Hardenbergh’s Solstice River XVIII -- the eighteenth annual site-specific performance at the Stone Arch Bridge in downtown Minneapolis. The performance honors the Mississippi River on the longest day of the year. Created by Marylee Hardenbergh, with music by J. David Moore simulcast over KBEM FM 88.5.

Global Water Dances is a series of dances performed on the same day through out the world, bringing local and global attention to water quality issues.

In partnership with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, Guthrie Theater, A Minneapolis Milfoil Project, Mill City Museum, the Twin Cities T’ai-Chi Ch’uan Studio and Jeff Grundtner.

This activity is funded, in part, by an appropriation from the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the State’s general fund. Thanks also to the Marbrook Foundation, the Hayes Fund of the HRK Foundationand Onan Family Foundation.

Free and open to the public, the event will be held rain or shine. Click here for more information on the Minneapolis Global Water Dances event.