March 29, 2014, Saturday - A Choice of Weapons: A Living Legacy Docent Tour at Mill City Museum

Time: 1:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 2nd Street South

A Choice of Weapons: A Living Legacy Docent Tour

Dates: March 29, April 27 and May 31, 2014

Fee: Free. $6 discounted museum admission is available.

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

Join a student photographer for a docent-led tour of the exhibit "A Choice of Weapons: A Living Legacy" on view in the museum's Mill Commons through June 8, 2014. The exhibit features work by the students alongside images by world-renowned photographer Gordon Parks. The students participated in the One Minneapolis One Read photography residency at Juxtaposition Arts working with nationally acclaimed photographer Jamel Shabazz. The docent-led tours are free, but space is limited so preregistration is encouraged.

Museum admission will be available at a discounted rate of $6/free for MNHS members. The One Minneapolis One Read book, A Choice of Weapons, will be for sale in the gift store at a 25-percent discount.

For more information visit http://www.millcitymuseum.org/choice-weapons-exhibit.  

March 29, 2014, Saturday - Bluegrass Brunch at Aster Cafe

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

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Today: Chris Silver

Chris Silver plays bluegrass, but it doesn’t stop there. Chris’ selection of covers is transcendent and his originals travel a huge landscape of experience and place. He has created a new sound with traditional roots music at the core. As a musical risk taker, he has added layers not usually found in traditional music providing a rich texture to his songs including slide guitar and intricate global rhythms.

March 28, 2014, Friday - NKB40 for One Heartland (3 days)

Time: 5:00pm

Location: Northrup King Building, 1500 NE Jackson Street

NKB40 for One Heartland

On March 28, 29 and 30, painter Mike Welton, along with 40 fine art painters from the studios and galleries of the Northrup King Building, will host a collaborative gallery show in order to raise funds for One Heartland.
 
The show will be held in the 3rd floor Gallery of Northrup King and will feature an eclectic group of painters - from representational to abstract, from landscape to portrait, from outlandish to nuanced - providing for all tastes. You are invited to purchase the prints and paintings on display - with 20 percent of all proceeds going directly to One Heartland.

The show opens Friday, March 28 from 5 to 11 p.m. with a reception, complimentary refreshments and live music from singer-songwriter, BEN KYLE, known best for being the driving force behind the beloved alt-country band, Romantica.

NKB40 will also be open on March 29 - an Open Saturday at Northrup King - from 12 to 5 p.m. – and on Sunday, March 30 from 12 to 4 p.m.
 
Participating artists:

Mike Welton: Architectural representational
Mary Bacon: Floral/landscape
Gina Louise: Abstract
Bill Sherman: Constructive Mixed media Paintings
Erin Sayers: Mural Artist
Linwood Hart: Acrylic Abstract
Mel Tudisco: Mixed Media abstract
Andre Salvadore Gambino: Oil Painter
Nanci Yermakoff: Water Colors
James Wrayge: Abstract
Judy Westergard: Landscape
Sarah Thornton: Dog Paintings
Susan Fryer Voigt: landscape
Jerry Majkrzak: Figurative
Greg Lecker: Pen air
Michele Combs: Landscape
Eric Cornett: Representational/ Landscape
Craig Bell: Abstract
Jack Dale: Abstract
Kristine Fretheim: Floral/still Life
Louise Gillis: Figure
Stephen Capiz: Abstract/Landscape
Teri Bloch: Figurative landscape
Loretta Bebeau: Conceptual
Duane Ditty: Abstract
Perry Ingli: Landscape/Abstract
Cynthia Kath: Landscape/Abstract
Alison Price: Landscape/ Abstract
Leslie Pilgrim: Abstract
Eleanor McGough: Abstract
Chris Nystrom: Conceptual/Representational Abstract
James Scherbarth: Abstract
Mary Longley: Abstract/conceptual
Kathleen Krishnan: Landscape
Barbara Roche: Abstract
Marjorie Moody: Representational
Megan Moore: Representational/Painted Illustration
Michael Schmidt: Abstract/Conceptual
Yuya Negishi: Mural/Asian Art
Joseph Reine: Landscape
Margaret Carrol: Abstract/Portrait

March 28, 2014, Friday - The Last Incantations: David Mura and Friends at The Loft

Time: 7:00pm

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

The Last Incantations: David Mura and Friends

Join us for a reading with David Mura and his fellow writers, Alexs Pate, Ed Bok Lee, Bao Phi, and Julianna Pegues. The reading will celebrate the publication of his new poetry book, The Last Incantations. It will also be a memorial for Mura’s late Aunt Ruth, who inspired his writing and artistic career, and whose birthday was March 28.

David Mura is an award-winning poet. He is a recipient of the Carl Sandburg Literary Award and a winner of the National Poetry Contest, among other honors. It’s been ten years since the publication of Mura’s last book of poetry, Angels for the Burning, and his new collection contains a wide variety of work, from lyric poems to dramatic monologues to performance pieces and a long poem about the sculptor, Isamu Noguchi.

March 28, 2014, Friday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 9:00pm $8

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Tonight: Nathan Eliot + Verskotzi + Lynn O’Brien Trio

​Nathan Eliot: ​
Nathan Eliot will release his debut album, Universe in Me, in March 2014, with additional instrumentation by drummer Alex Young, cellist Dan Lawonn, bassist Andrew Foreman, and producer/multi-instrumentalist Andy Thompson. Achingly beautiful, his melodic whirlpools are found to be emotionally rich and intricately arranged journeys asking questions about the small and unique place in the universe that humans occupy. His clear tenor floats over each instrument he plucks or strums: warm, acoustic tones; chunky, electric wails; or bright, urgent mandola arpeggios.​
 
Verskotzi:
Hailing from Minneapolis, MN, Verskotzi is Joey Verskotzi, Izaac Burkhart, Grady Kenevan & Ian Allison. Verskotzi released their new album, Lemon Heart, on November 2, 2013 at Icehouse. The album was produced by Izaac Burkhart at The Color Lounge in Minneapolis. Drawing from his 60′s, 70′s & indie rock influences, Joey has crafted an album that reveals his ‘roots’ musical tastes, and depicts his issues of addiction, trust, and relying on yourself to get through and out of the valleys.
 
Lynn O’Brien Trio:
Lynn O’Brien is a self-taught singer/songwriter and instrumentalist (piano, guitar, baritone & tenor ukulele, flute, loop pedal) and board-certified Music Therapist in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She has 3 original albums under her belt, always with a new creative project up her sleeve. Her uniquely powerful, pure voice and thoughtfully composed songs on a variety of acoustic instruments illustrate joy, sorrow, playfulness, and presence.  Lynn’s music seems to transform each audience into a peaceful family, and each stage into an intimate living room.

March 28, 2014, Friday - Live Music at Crooked Pint

Time: 9:00pm

Location: Crooked Pint Ale House, 501 Washington Avenue South

Tonight: Three bands take the stage – Symbol & Surface, Cedar, and a band to be announced.

March 26, 2014, Wednesday - Norman Borlaug and the Green Revolution at Mill City Museum

Time: 7:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 Second Street South

Norman Borlaug and the Green Revolution

Fee: Free

Noble Peace Prize Laureate Dr. Norman Borlaug (1914-2009) was a plant breeder who created disease-resistant, high-yielding strains of wheat that pulled millions out of starvation around the world. He is often credited with saving more lives than anyone else in history. He is one of only seven people to have won the Nobel Peace Prize, The Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal. Yet relatively few know his name. Join Noel Vietmeyer, author of "Our Daily Bread: The Essential Norman Borlaug" for a presentation about the importance of Borlaug's achievements, the Minnesota ties to his story, and the legacy of the green revolution. At the end of the talk Mr. Vietmeyer will sign copies of his book which will be for sale in the museum store.

The event coincides with the 100th anniversary of Borlaug's birth (March 25, 1914). The day before the talk a statue of Borlaug will be unveiled in the National Hall of Statuary in the U.S. Capital. Borlaug will be the first scientist so honored.

March 26, 2014, Wednesday - Echoes Across The Pond: Voices, Irish & American at The Loft

Time: 7:00pm

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

Echoes Across The Pond: Voices, Irish & American

Join Joyce Sutphen, Tim Nolan, Patricia Kirkpatrick with special guests Anne-Marie Fyfe and Cahal Dallat for a special evening of Irish and American writing.

Joyce Sutphen is the author of Straight Out of View, Coming Back to the Body, and Naming the Stars. She was named the second Minnesota Poet Laureate following the tenure of Robert Bly.

Patricia Kirkpatrick received the first Lindquist & Vennum Poetry Prize for her book, Odessa, published by Milkweed Editions in 2012 and awarded a 2013 Minnesota Book Award.

Tim Nolan is the author of The Sound of It and And Then.

Anne-Marie Fyfe has four collections of poetry including Understudies: New and Selected Poems, and her forthcoming collection, No Second Acts, which will come out in 2015.
 
C.L. Dallat is a poet, musician, and critic. His first poetry collection, Morning Star, was published in 1998, he won the Strokestown International Poetry Competition in 2006, and his latest collection is The Year of Not Dancing.

March 25, 2014, Tuesday - Minneapolis Central Mississippi Riverfront Regional Park Master Plan Update CAC Meeting #9 at MPRB

Time: 6:00pm – 7:30 pm

Location: Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board Headquarters - Board Room, 2117 West River Rd N

Minneapolis Central Mississippi Riverfront Regional Park Master Plan Update CAC Meeting #9

The Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board (MPRB) will host the ninth Community Advisory Committee (CAC) meeting to gather public input for the Central Mississippi Riverfront Regional Park Master Plan.  The MPRB encourages the public to attend CAC meetings to share ideas, concerns and priorities with the design team.

The Park Board encourages the public to attend CAC meetings to share ideas, concerns and priorities with the Central Mississippi Riverfront Regional Park design team. For more information, please go to the Central Mississippi Riverfront Regional Park Master Plan project page.

March 24, 2014, Monday - LeagueAires Concert at MacPhail Center for Music

Time: 10:00am

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

FREE Admission

LeagueAires women’s chorus celebrates their 48th year of sponsorship by
The Junior League of Minneapolis. The Junior League and LeagueAires
celebrate their 8th year of their community partnership with MacPhail Center for Music.
Come and enjoy your favorites from Oklahoma and the music of Burt Bacharach,
as well as a selection of folk and gospel favorites.
Wheelchair accessible entrances on 2nd Street and 5th Avenue.

Large groups, please RSVP to Nancy Jamieson by March 10 at 952-405-8918 or
nancyljamieson@gmail.com.

March 22, 2014, Saturday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 9:00pm - 11:00pm $10

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Tonight: Natalie Lovejoy

Singer/songwriter Natalie Lovejoy weaves her way through quietly intense, piano driven melodies, rich vocal stylings and intimate, unveiled lyrics.

March 22, 2014, Saturday - Family Day: Women of Mill City at Mill City Museum

Time: 1:00pm to 4:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 Second Street South

Family Day: Women of Mill City

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

Celebrate Women’s History Month with performances by four Mill City Museum History Players and a series of family activities. Families can enjoy portrayals throughout the day of women in Minneapolis and the region in the 19th and 20th centuries. Visitors also take a short quiz to discover which "women’s work" of the 18th and 19th centuries would suit them best, and try their hand at the "Piecework Challenge," testing their speed against nineteenth century work standards.

March 21, 2014, Friday - Mentor Series: Cathy Park Hong at The Loft

Time: 7:00pm

Location: The Loft, Performance Hall, 1011 Washington Avenue South

Mentor Series: Cathy Park Hong

The 2013-2014 Loft Mentor Series in Poetry and Creative Prose presents poetry mentor Cathy Park Hong reading along with program participants Caitlin Bailey (poetry) and Kristin Fitzsimmons (poetry).

Cathy Park Hong is the author of three collections of poetry, including Translating Mo'um published in 2002 by Hanging Loose Press. Her second collection, Dance Dance Revolution, was chosen for the Barnard Women Poets Prize and was published in 2007 by WW Norton. Her third book of poems, Engine Empire, was published in 2012 by WW Norton. Hong is also the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, the New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship and a Village Voice Fellowship for Minority Reporters. She is an Assistant Professor at Sarah Lawrence College and is regular faculty at the Queens MFA program in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Caitlin Bailey holds an MFA from Hamline University where she served as an Assistant Poetry Editor for Water~Stone Review. Her poems have appeared in Hayden's Ferry Review, Bateau, Lumina, Paper Darts, Poetry City USA, Vol. 2, and elsewhere. She is currently working on a collection of poetry. She lives near the river.

Kristin Fitzsimmons received her MFA from the University of Minnesota in June 2013 and has since been a summer teaching artist at The Loft and a co-host and editor for the YouTube series What Did You Look Up on Wikipedia? Her work has most recently been published in New England Review Digital, Midway Journal, and Handsome.

March 21, 2014, Friday - Live Music at Crooked Pint

Time: 9:00pm

Location: Crooked Pint Ale House, 501 Washington Avenue South

Tonight:  Salsa del Soul 
 
Salsa del Soul is a Twin Cities-based, nine-piece orchestra performing various styles of dance music from the Spanish-speaking regions of the Caribbean.

March 21, 2014, Friday - Abe Lincoln and Uncle Tom in the White House Opens at Guthrie Theater

Time: 7:30pm

Location: Dowling Studio, Guthrie Theater, 818 Second Street South

Abe Lincoln and Uncle Tom in the White House by Carlyle Brown, directed by Carlyle Brown

Alone in the Executive Office, as he struggles with signing the Emancipation Proclamation, Abraham Lincoln is mysteriously visited by Uncle Tom, the fictional character in Harriet Beecher Stowe's abolitionist novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. In a surreal interaction, these two iconic characters - one from life, the other from literature - attempt to understand each other across the chasm of race in the midst of the Civil War.

Seating in the Dowling Studio is general admission and begins 30 minutes before curtain.

March 21, 2014, Friday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 9:00pm $6

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Tonight: Jason Roberts

Born and raised in the town of South Windsor, CT. Jason Roberts is a modern folk artist based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
 
In 2011, Jason released his debut album, “Swing So Cool, Sway So Gentle,” and since his CD release at the acclaimed 7th Street Entry, Jason has been filling up local venues with his catchy, poignant and endearing songwriting. In March of 2013, Jason released his sophomore album, “Simple Folk,” which showcases honest lyrics and melodies paired with fingerstyle guitar. Jason’s forthcoming “Bittersweet” EP is expected in early 2014.

March 20, 2014, Thursday - East Downtown Council Forum: Disaster Preparedness for Business

Time: 11:30am to 1:00pm  (Registration, lunch and networking starts at 11:30 a.m., with the EDC Update and guest presentations starting at Noon.)

Location: Miinneapolis headquarters of the American Red Cross, 1201 West River Parkway

EDC Business Forum: Disaster Preparedness for Business

Please RSVP by no later than Monday, March 17, 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. 

Forum Summary

“Preparing your business and employees to respond in moments of crisis.”

Natural or man-made disasters can have serious negative effects for businesses and employees. A disaster can often catch a business off guard. In fact, it’s estimated that 25% of companies are unable to resume operations after a major disaster. There is a tendency to think that a disaster is not going to happen “where I live”.

The reality is that storms, floods, fires and human-caused hazards like accidents and acts of violence can strike anytime and anywhere. Planning ahead for your own post-disaster recovery is a good step toward protecting your employees, your business and your community. Studies have also found that every dollar invested in preparedness results in savings of four to ten dollars in post-disaster costs.

During this presentation the American Red Cross will provide an inside look at business and employee readiness for emergencies and disasters. This engaging program will give you a brief overview of the work the Red Cross is doing make our communities safer and more resilient, and will feature information about several new applications, online tools, hands-on programs, training programs and resources that will quickly get you on the path to being ready for most emergencies. Join us to learn about tools (many of which are free of cost) that will help you and your employees with a range of needs from increasing safety to ensuring the continuity of your operations. We will help you be safer and more resilient in the face of emergencies.

Guest Speaker
Phil Hansen, Regional CEO, American Red Cross Northern Minnesota Region

Hansen has served in the nonprofit sector as a strategic leader, successful executive and emergency services professional for more than 25 years and is currently the Regional Chief Executive for the American Red Cross Northern Minnesota Region headquartered in Minneapolis, and serving 45 counties in the upper two-thirds of the state, as well as three counties in the St. Croix Valley area of Wisconsin.

Hansen began his career as a District Executive with the Boy Scouts of America-Gateway Area Council in La Crosse, Wisconsin. During his career with the American Red Cross, he has successfully served as director of numerous programs including disaster services, health and safety services, regional development and as a Chapter Executive in Madison and La Crosse, Wisconsin. As a Service Area Executive for the national American Red Cross, he was responsible for overseeing 140 Red Cross chapters in eight northeastern states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. He has responded to hundreds of disasters across the country serving in a variety of leadership roles, including a recent deployment to provide executive leadership for the Red Cross’ response to Superstorm Sandy.

From board room to disaster shelter, Hansen is known for his integrity, boundless passion and commitment to the mission. He is the recipient of the Red Cross Presidential Award for Employee Excellence, one of the highest honors in the organization. A frequent presenter at industry forums, civic organizations and professional associations, Hansen embodies and champions servant leadership, relationship-based fundraising and the vital work of the American Red Cross.

Hansen holds a B.S. in Public Administration from the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse and a Masters in Nonprofit Management from Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota. He’s a member of the Minneapolis Rotary Club, Downtown Council and the Minneapolis and St. Paul Chambers of Commerce among other organizations. In addition, Hansen shares his skills as an instructor in board member development at MAP for Nonprofits. He and his wife Linda live in St. Paul.

Agenda
1. Noon - Welcome and introductions by EDC President Dan Collison
2. 12:10 pm - "Disaster Preparedness for Business" presented by Phil Hanson
3. 12:40 pm - Q&A with attendees moderated by EDC President Dan Collison

March 19, 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.

March 18, 2014, Tuesday - Water Works Design Discussion at MPRB

Time: 6:00pm to 7:30pm

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

The MPRB will be hosting a design discussion for the Water Works project. Both the project CAC and the TAC will be present. Along with discussing the plan to date, we will be talking through the option of a new pavilion location and how it is programmed. If you have not yet seen the latest plan, please check out the links below.

Project Page

Full Presentation (Feb 13, 2014)

Labeled Plan View

Zoning Diagrams

Bird’s Eye View from Mill City Museum

The Water Story

The Park Board encourages the public to attend CAC meetings to share ideas, concerns and priorities with the Central Mississippi Riverfront Regional Park design team.

Please join us!

CAC/TAC Design Discussion (CAC Meeting #8/TAC Meeting #8)

Contact: Tyler Pederson, Landscape Architect, (612) 230-6418, tpederson@minneapolisparks.org

March 18, 2014, Tuesday - Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission Public Meeting

Time: 4:30pm

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

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