May 16, 2014, Friday - AMP3: Alternative Motion Project at the Southern Theater (3 nights)

Show Dates and Times:
Friday, May 16 @ 8pm
Saturday, May 17 @ 2pm (Pay What You Can)
Saturday, May 17 @ 8pm
Sunday, May 18 @ 2pm

Location: Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Avenue South

AMP3: Alternative Motion Project

Alternative Motion Project returns to The Southern Theater in Minneapolis, MN for its 3rd Season, AMP 3. The program features 15 dancers, local live vocalist Alyssa Anderson, and four distinctive and dynamic World Premieres by AMP’s founders, Kristin Howe + Joanna Lees. This exciting evening of modern dance also showcases the work of local dance artist and St. Olaf Professor, Heather Klopchin, who brings her stark and physical group piece, Gridlock, to AMP’s repertory.
 
Ticket prices:

$15 General Admission
$12 Children under 12/Student/Senior/Disability
$3 off with 2013 Fringe Button (Walk Up Only)
 
To order tickets, visit www.amp3.brownpapertickets.com or call 1-800-838-3006.
 
Email alternativemotionproject@gmail.com or call 952-843-3408 for more show and ticket information.

May 16, 2014, Friday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 9:00pm $10

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Tonight: Dick Kimmel and Company

Future Friday nights in May:

Tom Lieberman
May 23 @ 9:00 pm - 11:00 pm
|$10

Falderals CD Release
May 30 @ 9:00 pm - 11:00 pm
|$10

May 16, 2014, Friday - Ten Thousand Things' Dirt Sticks at Open Book (3 nights)

Location: Open Book, 1011 Washington Avenue South

Dirt Sticks
by Kira Obolensky
directed by Michelle Hensley with music by Peter Vitale

The dead don’t rest with an untold story. After Rose Wand falls to her death, her bones go missing. Now, 20 years later, a mysterious Peddler has come to town selling glimpses of the past and stirring up thoughts about second chances. But before they can imagine a new future, Rose’s son Henry Wand, Mother Spindle and the orphan Miss Laurel have to face the stories—told and untold—that hold them captive. Dirt Sticks was written as part of a three-year playwright residency funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Produced with assistance from The Playwrights' Center. Featuring Stephen Cartmell, Sun Mee Chomet, H. Adam Harris, Thomasina Petrus and Kimberly Richardson.

For information and tickets: http://www.tenthousandthings.org/.

Dates and Times:

Friday, May 16th
Saturday, May 17th
Sunday, May 18th

Friday, May 23rd (Audio-Described)
Saturday, May 24th
Sunday, May 25th

Friday, May 30th
Saturday, May 31st
Sunday, June 1st

Friday and Saturday shows at 8pm. Sunday shows at 4pm.

May 15, 2014, Thursday - Joint Neighborhood Meeting at Open Book

Time: 6:30pm

Location: Open Book, 1011 Washington Avenue South

The Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Association, Elliot Park Neighborhood, Inc., and the East Downtown Council are co-hosting a joint neighborhood meeting on Thursday, May 15, at Open Book, at 6:30 p.m.

The joint meeting is an opportunity for Ryan Companies to give downtown residents and businesses an update on their Downtown East Redevelopment Project.

May 15, 2014, Thursday - East Downtown Council Forum

Time: 11:30am to 1:00pm  (Registration, lunch and networking starts at 11:30am, with the EDC Update, elections to the board of directors and guest presentation starting at Noon.)

Location: 1010 Building, located at 1010 Metrodome Square

“The Minnesota Vikings: New Game Day Experience"

This month's forum speakers are Lester Bagley, Vice President of Public Affairs/Stadium Development; and Steve LaCroix, Vice President of Sales and Marketing and Chief Marketing Officer
 
Please RSVP by no later than Monday, May 12, at 4:00 p.m., by sending an email to info@edcmpls.org. The cost to attend the lunch is $15.  Please pay with cash or check at the door.

May 14, 2014, Wednesday - Interact Benefit Party at Central Library

Time: 6:00pm – 9:00pm

Location: Minneapolis Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall

Interact Benefit Party

Interact Center for the Visual and Performing Arts is a non-profit organization (IRS section 501 (c) (3)).

Interact Center invites you to join them to celebrate and support Interact. They’ll have a live and silent auction, great art, music and dance and will introduce you to some amazingly talented artists. Tickets available at: http://www.interactcenter.com/.

May 14, 2014, Wednesday - Padre Spencer Reece at The Loft

Time: 7:00pm

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

Padre Spencer Reece
 
Join us as poet Spencer Reece discusses his most recent work, The Road to Emmaus.

Born in Hartford, Connecticut, and raised in Minneapolis, Spencer Reece is the son of a pathologist and a nurse. He earned a BA at Wesleyan University, an MA at the University of York, an MTS at Harvard Divinity School, and an MDiv at Yale Divinity School. He was ordained in the Episcopal Church in 2011. Reece’s debut collection of poetry, The Clerk’s Tale (2004), was chosen for the Bakeless Poetry Prize by Louise Glück and adapted into a short film by director James Franco. He is also the author of the collection The Road to Emmaus (2013).
 
Reece’s poems explore faith and family, paying attention to the fragility of each. Though he wrote in relative isolation for two decades before his first book was published, Reece received early encouragement from writer Annie Dillard and poet James Merrill. In a statement for the Poetry Society of America, Reece discussed the inspirational role T.S. Eliot has played in his work: “I often ponder Eliot's spiritual journey,” Reece noted. “When I try to write, his example is never far from my mind. At times, I'd like to think I am in conversation with him.” Reece’s own work has been compared to that of Gerard Manley Hopkins, particularly by poet Henri Cole, who observed that Reece “is a formal poet, but his form is not bloodlessly perfect. He is unafraid of smudging things to get us closer to the truth.”
 
His honors include fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, grants from the Fulbright Foundation and the Minnesota State Arts Council, a Witter Bynner fellowship from the Library of Congress, the Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship, and a Whiting Writers’ Award.
 
Chaplain to Bishop Carlos Lopez-Lozano of the Reformed Episcopal Church in Spain, Reece was awarded a Fulbright grant to work on a collaborative writing project with children at an orphanage in Honduras in 2012-2013.

May 14, 2014, Wednesday - A Sip of Science at Aster Cafe

Time: 5:30pm

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

May Sip of Science: Minnesota Falls Dam Removal and River Restoration Project with
Tom MacDonald,  Barr Engineering and Jim Bodensteiner, Xcel Energy Company

NEW: RSVP for Sip of Science  (We thank Barr Engineering for sponsoring some refreshments for the event!)
 
The US has over 75,000 dams on our rivers, many of them smaller dams that have been in place for decades.  Many dams have outlived their original function, whether that includes hydropower generation, flood control, water supply or diversion or a combination of functions.  In many cases, dam removal has become an economical alternative to dam maintenance and repair needed to maintain dam stability for public safety.
 
Beyond providing a potential economical benefit, dam removal can offer the opportunity to ‘restore’ a river by reestablishing river hydrology and ecological connectivity.  Join us for the story of the Minnesota Falls dam removal, a 100+ year-old dam initially placed as part of a hydroelectric power project . Learn of the dam’s history and operation with Xcel Energy since 1917, Xcel’s partnership with Barr Engineering to assess different alternatives for dam removal, the actual dam removal process that occurred in 2012-2013, and the site monitoring that has since occurred.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Tom MacDonald is a Water Resources Engineer at Barr Engineering Company.  His expertise is in fluvial geomorphology, sediment transport, hydraulic modeling and dam removal.  His graduate work at the University of Minnesota’s St Anthony Falls Laboratory (long, long ago) emphasized evaluation of channel migration prediction for Minnesota streams.

Jim Bodensteiner is a Principal Environmental Analyst at Xcel Energy Company.  His work experience has entailed ecological study development, implementation and oversight, particularly related to the cooling water intakes for and the thermal discharges from the company’s many steam electric plants sited along rivers in the upper Midwest.  He works on water resource and water quality issues for the company, including work in waters (e.g. dam maintenance or repair) projects and including discharge permitting and compliance.  He has a B.S. in biology and conducted Graduate Fisheries Science work at the University of Minnesota. 

May 13, 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

Growing to scale is the most important challenge facing an emerging growth company. Doing so can lead it to self-sustainability, while demonstrating its potential for generating real wealth to investors needed to help it grow further. Yet too often, the race for scale overlooks critically important steps that lead to a weak foundation, and a setup for failure.

This panel will discuss the “how” behind growing to scale: best practices including how to find and retain the right talent, mistakes to be avoided, and next steps – including how to avoid “death valley,” that lonely and often deadly period between friends, family and angel investors, and a company’s first round of venture or institutional financing.

Ticket Information:
$50.00 per ticket
$400.00 per table of 8

May 13, 2014, Tuesday - Preview of "One Flea Spare" at The Soap Factory (2 nights)

May 13 @ 7:30pm (doors open 7pm)
May 14 @ 7:30pm (doors open 7pm)

Location: The Soap Factory, 514 2nd St SE

One Flea Spare presented by Theatre Coup d'Etat and The Soap Factory

One Flea Spare presents a world ravaged by the bubonic plague where power, sexuality, and class structure have been inverted. Playwright Naomi Wallace uses vivid poetry, life-or-death stakes, and darkly-twisted comedy to transcend the themes of the play with contemporary context. This actor-driven production from Theatre Coup d’Etat brings characters and audience together in an intimate, haunting setting within The Soap Factory.

Please keep in mind that these performances on May 13th and 14th are preview showings.

Become a member at The Soap Factory and receive $5 off your tickets! More Info

May 13, 2014, Tuesday - Murder Mystery at Old Spaghetti Factory

Time: 7:00pm

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

"Noir She Didn't"

The Murder Mystery Company has done it again with its brand spankin' new, hot off the presses, 1920's thriller, "Noir She Didn't".

Things are hopping at Don Terry Bull's Legitimate Restaurant, and someone is plotting something sinister amidst the chaos.

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

Information and tickets.

May 13, 2014, Tuesday - KEEP THE BEAT 2nd Precinct Substation Fundraiser at Vic's

Time: 5:00pm–7:00pm

Location: Vic's on the River, 201 Main Street SE

“KEEP THE BEAT” 2nd Precinct Substation Fundraiser

Come and meet the business owners and residents of this great neighborhood and help the NE Business Association in supporting the 2nd Precinct Substation with a raffle and silent auction featuring prizes from local neighborhood businesses.

May 13, 2014, Tuesday - Water Walk: Stewardship and the Land Grant University

Time: Noon

Starting location: The walk begins at Noon in the parking lot north of Elliot Hall on the East Bank (75 E River Pkwy). Elliot Hall is south of the Institute of Child Development, and Shevlin Hall.

Join us for a walk along with Andrew Caddock, senior planner at the University’s Capital Planning and Project Management department, as he talks with us about the University’s roots as a land grant institution, and how this relates to the Mississippi River. How can ongoing stewardship of the natural and built environments of the University and river be managed to meet diverse goals?

Meeting in the parking lot north of Elliot Hall at Noon, Tuesday, May 13.

Explore the connections between campus and the Mississippi and learn about important aspects of the river corridor and the water system that supports it (and us!). Students, staff, faculty, and friends all welcome!

If you’d like to receive email notifications of topic and meeting place before each River Walk, please email Joanne Richardson.

May 13, 2014, Tuesday - Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission Public Meeting

Time: 4:30pm

Location: Room 317, City Hall, 350 South Fifth Street

More Info

May 12, 2014, Monday - 1st Precinct Open House

Time: 11:00am - 1:00pm

Location: 19 N 4th Street

Inspector "Rondo" and the entire MPD First Precinct cordially invite you to the 1st Precinct Open House.

There will be informational displays from the Bomb Squad, Canine, Horse Patrol, S.W.A.T. and the Minneapolis Fire Department.

Join us for a snack and learn more about your Police Department.

For questions, contact:

Renee Allen, Crime Prevention Specialist
Minneapolis Police Department, First Precinct
renee.allen@minneapolismn.gov
(612) 673-5163

May 10, 2014, Saturday - Mill City Farmers Market

Time: 8:00am - 1:00pm

Location: 704 South 2nd Street

Today at Mill City Farmers Market: Opening Day!

Come kick off Mother’s Day weekend at Mill City Farmers Market on Saturday, May 10th! We will celebrate the much awaited spring season, farm-fresh foods, local fine arts and crafts, and honor MOMS with spring flowers and family friendly activities. 

Produce Planner: At the Market this Saturday, you will find: sweet sugar pea shoots, micro greens, herbs, arugula, spinach, carrots, rhubarb, beets,  mesclun mix, radishes, starter plants, hanging baskets and patio pots, lots of bedding plants, plenty of SEED STARTS: summer squash, melon/watermelon, heirloom tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, and more!
 
Mini-farm, all day: With furry creatures from Oliver H. Kelley Farm.
 
Mill City Cooks, 10am: Don’t miss this special kitchen demo with Market Chef Heather Hartman, who will be assisted by her daughter Josephine in honor of Mother’s Day!
 
Live Music, 11am – 1pm: Daddy Squeeze.
 
Art Market, All Day: Featuring Fresh Mud, Christy Wetzig, Larissa Loden, and Old World Cabinet.
 
Community Booth: Budding Farmers. This local nonprofit organization is an innovative enrichment program that connects children with the healthy food found at their local participating Farmers Market or participating Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Farm!  Stop by and see their cool Budding Farmers Fun Books!
 
Sponsors: Thank you to today’s sponsor Wedge Community Co-op!

May 10, 2014, Saturday - Family Day: Keystones of the Stone Arch Bridge at Mill City Museum

Time: 11:00am-3:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 2nd Street South

Family Day: Keystones of the Stone Arch Bridge

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

Celebrate Mother’s Day with a fun-filled day of activities for the entire family. Young visitors can join in a storytime led by Mill City Museum interpreter Carolyn Ruff, author of the new book "Keystones of the Stone Arch Bridge." Other activities include building a roman arch like those on the Stone Arch Bridge, making a cast of local fossils, viewing a flour dust explosion demonstration and more.

May 10, 2014, Saturday - Bluegrass Brunch at Aster Cafe

Time: 11:00am - 1:00pm, Free

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Today: Bluegrass Brunch with Roe Family Singers

May 10, 2014, Saturday - Faculty Performance: New Beginnings at MacPhail

Time: 8:00pm

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

Faculty Performance: New Beginnings

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 Joey Clark; Antonia Dasklova; Rebecca Hass; Miroslava Kisilevitch; Jeremy Swider; Krista Broadway Swider; Julie Johnson; Carrie Vecchione; Gail Olszewski; Rolf Erdahl performing pieces by Wolf; Vladiguerov; Pixinguinha; Lacerda; Kosenko; Milhaud; and Wilder.

May 10, 2014, Saturday - 'We Are Water' Opening Reception at The Soap Factory

Time:  7pm-11pm

Location: The Soap Factory, 514 2nd Street SE

Exhibition Runs: May 10 - Jun 7, 2014

The Soap Factory presents We Are Water a month-long curatorial collaboration between Kinship of Rivers and The Soap Factory; artists from Twin Cities and New Orleans, music, performance, interactive creativity, poetry, food and celebration.

The We Are Water exhibition is the final iteration of the Kinship of Rivers project, the culmination of a three-year poetic multi-disciplinary project linking the spiritual cultures on the Yangtze and Mississippi rivers. Learn more about Wang Ping's Kinship of Rivers project.

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