February 6, 2014, Thursday - First Thursdays in the Arts District at Northrup King Building

Time: 5:00pm - 9:00pm

Location: Northrup King Building, 1500 Jackson Street NE (see below for full list of studios)

First Thursdays in the Arts District

A multitude of painters, sculptors, printmakers, photographers, ceramists, textile and fiber artists, jewelers, furniture showrooms and more open their studios at the Northrup King Building located in the heart of the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District.

Warm up with a complimentary cup of hot chocolate with optional marshmallows and whip cream!

First Thursdays in the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District is an Open Studio and Gallery Tour held the first Thursday of each month. Many NEMAA member artists and galleries open their doors and invite you into their studios. With a more relaxed atmosphere, this mini-AAW is a great experience for the art collector and browser.

Other Open Studios from 5:00 - 9:00 PM at:
•California Building, 2205 California St. NE, Minneapolis
•Casket Arts Building, 681 17th Avenue NE, Minneapolis
•Casket Arts-Carriage House , 1720 17th Avenue NE, Minneapolis
•Grain Belt Studios, 77 & 79 13th Ave. S., Minneapolis
•Q.arma Building , 1224 Quincy St NE, Avenue NE, Minneapolis
•Solar Arts Building, 711 15th Ave. NE, Minneapolis
•Thorp Building , 1618 Central Avenue NE, Minneapolis
•Two 12 Pottery and Gifts - We will offer our usual store discount, and on top of that, all books are 20% off including books on sale! 212 13th Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413, 612.331.1556, two12pottery@yahoo.com
•Who Made Who Design Studio + Screenprint Emporium, 158 13th Ave. NE, Minneapolis

First Thursday Specials
•First Thursdays at the Red Stag Supperclub featuring Happy Hour 3pm - close and late night music at 10pm. 509 1st Avenue NE, Minneapolis.
•First Thursdays at Chowgirls Parlor, 6-11 PM
We open our doors to welcome all, especially those participating in First Thursdays in the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District. 1222 2nd Street N.E.

http://www.northeastminneapolisartsdistrict.com

February 6, 1014, Thursday - 'Blue Water Theatre Company - Into the Woods' at The Southern Theater (4 nights)

Dates and Times
Thursday, February 6 @ 7:00pm
Friday, February 7 @ 7:00pm
Saturday, February 8 @ 7:00pm
Sunday, February @ 2:00pm

Location: The Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Avenue South

Blue Water Theatre Company - Into the Woods
 
Into the Woods combines the well-known fairy tales of Cinderella, Rapunzel, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Little Red Ridinghoood with the story of the Baker and his Wife who desperately want a child. Unfortunately, the Baker and his Wife have been cursed with childlessness by a witch and must perform various missions involving the characters in the other fairy tales to break the spell.
 
Join Blue Water Theater Company as they present this hilarious and ambitious Broadway hit.
 
Tickets
Adult General Admission: $14
Student General Admission: $11
Tickets available in advance at www.bluewatertheatre.com or at the door beginning one hour prior to each performance.

February 6, 2014, Thursday - "The Queer's Book Of Journey: A User's Guide For The Lost And Found" at The Soap Factory (3 nights)

Time: 8:00pm

Location: Soap Factory, 514 Second Street SE

Performances take place Thursday, Friday and Saturday evening at 8:30pm (doors at 8pm). Performances are free, with donations gladly accepted.
 
"The Queer's Book Of Journey: A User's Guide For The Lost And Found," is a full stage metaphorical performance art journey of hardship and healing.
 
We find ourselves in a unique time:
Our older LGBT generation, grew up and lived most their lives under complete oppression. The younger generation, now coming into the world, will grow up under the most freedom we've ever had. The rest of us fall somewhere in between. We all still carry the emotional scars of oppression. Though these scars vary for each generation. These scars define us as a community, not our Community Sages. We've lost our Sages because of the A.I.D.S. epidemic, and the closet. We are just now discovering them. And they're found as they've always been found; through our stories. Now is the time to share our stories.
 
Featured performers:
 Venus DeMars
 Kate Kunkel Bailey
 Paul Canada
 Evan Boyce
 Taylor Dobson
 Nikolas Martell 

February 5, 2014, Wednesday - Mark Wunderlich Publication Launch at The Loft

Time: 7:00pm

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

Mark Wunderlich Publication Launch

Graywolf Press poet Mark Wunderlich will read from his latest collection, The Earth Avails. The collection is a book of gratitude and a moving elegy for a way of life that now feels so absent from contemporary existence. Taking its title from an Anglo-Saxon bee charm, this book comes out of the deep tradition of writing down a poem, a letter, or a spell to mark particular occasions, or to magically protect someone from disease or harm, or to praise God for the bounties of the natural world. Rendered in part from folkloric and historical sources, Mark Wunderlich’s poems reinvent these traditions with lyrical and emotive force for a new century of readers.

Mark Wunderlich is the author of two previous poetry collections, Voluntary Servitude and The Anchorage, winner of the Lambda Literary Award. He teaches at Bennington College and is a member of the core faculty of the Bennington Writing Seminars. He lives in New York’s Hudson Valley.

February 5, 2014, Wednesday - 2014 Minneapolis Downtown Council Annual Meeting

Time:  11:30am Meet & Greet; Noon - 1:30pm Lunch & Program
 
Location: The Hilton Minneapolis, 1001 Marquette Avenue South

2014 Minneapolis Downtown Council Annual Meeting
 
Join the Minneapolis Downtown Council at the 2014 Annual Meeting.

Register online at downtownmpls.com. 

Our Mission
To preserve and enhance a vital and attractive Downtown Minneapolis for the people who invest, work, shop, visit and live here.

February 4, 2014, Tuesday - Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission Public Meeting

Time: 4:30pm

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

More Info

On the Agenda: 300 Clifton Avenue

February 3, 2014, Monday - Ceresota Building on the Minneapolis Planning Commission Meeting Agenda

Time: 4:30pm

Location: City Hall, Room 317, 350 South 5th Street

Included on the agenda for this Minneapolis Planning Commission public hearing is the following topic:

Kenneth Piper of Tanek Architecture, on behalf of the property owner, Ceresota Funding, LLC., has submitted the following land use applications to allow for the construction of a ninth floor solarium at 155 5th Ave S in the C3A Community Activity Center District, DH Downtown Height Overlay District, DP Downtown Parking Overlay District, and MR Mississippi River Critical Area Overlay Districts:

• Conditional use permit to increase the height in the Downtown Height Overlay District from 6 stories or 84 feet to 9 stories, 115 feet.

• Conditional use permit to allow an assisted living facility.

• Site plan review. The proposed solarium received approval from the Heritage Preservation Commission at its meeting of January 7, 2014.

February 1, 2014, Saturday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 9:00pm - 11:00pm, $6

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Tonight: The Falderals

February 1, 2014, Saturday - MacPhail’s Sonomento presents “SOLO-Fest” at MacPhail

Time: 7:30pm

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

MacPhail’s Sonomento presents “SOLO-Fest”

Sonomento presents the many talented ensemble and solo singers in a varied concert of songs, arias, duets, trios and more, including the music of Mozart, Schubert, Fauré, Rachmaninoff, Gershwin, Jerry Herman, Barber Shop tradition, country music, and the new songs of contemporary American composer Jon Polifrone.

Admission: $12 for Adults (suggested donation); Youth under 18 free.

For more information, call 612-321-0100.

February 1, 2014, Saturday - 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.

January 31, 2014, Friday - Live Music at Crooked Pint

Time: 9:00pm

Location: Crooked Pint Ale House, 501 Washington Avenue South

Tonight: Viva Knievel

With no fear of broken bones or loss of limb, they take the stage and attempt feats that seem impossible.

January 31, 2014, Friday - Book Arts Roundtable at MCBA

Time: 7:00pm

Location: Minnesota Center for Book Arts, 1011 Washington Avenue South

Book Arts Roundtable with visiting artist Emily Martin

Join Emily in discussion of her recently completed books, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet and Out There In Here, along with insight into her newest project, loosely titled "Desdemona Speaks Up," which incorporates prints, puppets and stop motion animation.

Emily Martin has been making movable and/or sculptural artists books since the late 1970’s. Her books are narrative sometimes autobiographical and make use of format as a metaphor for content. Emily Martin lives in Iowa City, Iowa, USA where she has her studio and also teaches at the University of Iowa Center for the Book. Her work is in public and private collections throughout the United States and internationally, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Victoria and Albert Museum, London; The Museum of Contemporary Art of Chicago; The Marvin and Ruth Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, Miami Beach, Florida and others.

Free and open to the public.

January 31, 2014, Friday - Teen Open Mic Night at MacPhail Center for Music

Time:  7:00pm - 9:00pm

Location:  MacPhail, 501 2nd Street South (Room 126)

Teen Open Mic Night hosted by the MacPhail Teen Advisory Council (MacTAC)

Open mic night is a casual, fun and social night presented by teens for teens! We’re looking for a variety of styles and instruments—everything from Bach to Rock! You are welcome to perform individually or in a group. Or—just come and enjoy the music of other performers. All teens are welcome!

Email macphail.tac@gmail.com to sign up or if you have any questions.

Deadline: Monday, January 13

Please include your name, song title and song length (under 6 minutes, please) and if you have any set up needs. An accompanist will be provided if you sign up in advance. The accompanist needs 2 weeks of lead time. Please include piano part to accompanist with form (will be emailed to you at time of sign up).

Free Admission.

January 29, 2014, Wednesday - Central Mississippi Riverfront Regional Park Master Plan CAC Meeting

Time:  6:00pm – 7:45pm

Location: Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, 2117 West River Road North, Board Room

The Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board will host the sixth Community Advisory Committee (CAC) meeting to gather public input for the Central Mississippi Riverfront Regional Park Master Plan.

This meeting is open to the public and will focus on the Boom Island and B.F. Nelson sites. 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.

More information.

January 28, 2014, Tuesday - City of Minneapolis Public Meeting at City Hall

Time: 4:30pm

Location: City Hall, Room 319, 350 South 5th Street

City of Minneapolis Public Meeting Scheduled for January 28

The City of Minneapolis is hosting a public meeting to discuss the proposed Conservation District Ordinance, on Tuesday, January 28, 2014, at 4:30 p.m., at City Hall in Room 319. This ordinance is designed to ensure development in notable areas respects neighborhood character.

Developed using public input, the ordinance conserves notable visual character in a manner that offers more protections than the zoning code, but fewer protections than historic district design guidelines.

Under this proposed ordinance, two-thirds of property owners in a contiguous area with notable visual character would have the opportunity to request conservation district status. If passed, the proposed ordinance would amend the City's existing Heritage Preservation Regulations.

Comments on the draft of this ordinance will be accepted in person during the public meeting or by emailing City staff member John Smoley at john.smoley@minneapolismn.gov through 4:30p.m., on February 4.

Following the gathering of public input, the ordinance will be revised and prepared for review by the State Historic Preservation Office, the Heritage Preservation Commission, and the City Council. For updated project information, please visit the Heritage Preservation Commission Web site.

January 26, 2014, Sunday - Baking Memories: White vs. Whole Wheat: A Tale of Two Flours at Mill City Museum

Time: 2:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 South 2nd Street

White vs. Whole Wheat: A Tale of Two Flours at Mill City Museum

See how history is revealed in food through a baking demonstration focusing on the story behind white and whole wheat flour. Discover how Minneapolis millers perfected a way to make white flour on an industrial scale, hear about the popularity of white flour in the 19th century, what effects this had on nutrition, and why flour today is frequently enriched. Visitors will also learn why Sylvester Graham developed a whole wheat cracker "to improve health and morality," hear the pros and cons of each type of flour, sample baked goods made from each, and take home a copy of the recipes.

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

January 25, 2014, Saturday - Live Music at Crooked Pint

Time: 8:00pm

Location: Crooked Pint Ale House, 501 Washington Avenue South

Tonight: Kelly McGuire Trio

Jimmy Buffet Fan Club event featuring the Kelly McGuire Trio.

January 25, 2014, Saturday - History Day Hullabaloo at Central Library

Time: 11a.m.–3 p.m.

Location: Central Library, (Room Location: N-361) 300 Nicollet Mall

History Day Hullabaloo

For teens. Get personalized help with narrowing your topic, developing your paper, identifying primary resources and finding the best library materials. Librarians, Minnesota History Day staff and mentors from the University of Minnesota will help you make sense of and break down your project into workable phases. Plenty of time for questions.

Presented in collaboration with Minnesota Historical Society.

January 25, 2014, Saturday - Free Family Music Series: Carnival of the Animals at MacPhail

Time: 10:00am and 11:00am

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

The Carnival of Animals - Featuring MacPhail faculty and guests

Free Familty Music Series A family event for music-loving families, as well as for those who want to explore music for the first time! The centerpiece of this series is a live concert. Before and after each concert, the musicians will give free sample lessons to kids and adults on the instruments featured in the concert. MacPhail Early Childhood Music staff will also be on site to engage families in a music-themed art project. Light refreshments will follow the concert.

January 24, 2014, Friday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 9:00pm $8

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Tonight: Vicky Emerson + Matt Patrick

Americana singer/songwriter, Vicky Emerson, and her band will be making their debut at the Aster. Emerson has recently relocated to Minneapolis after living in NYC and San Francisco. The evening will be filled with her honeysuckle voice and trademark blending of folk and blues.

“Her songs thoughtfully reflect on love and loss… with graceful turns of phrase and affecting, country-tinged melodies that her lovely, hushed voice brushes with emotion.” -CityPages