April 19, 2013, Friday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 9:00pm Cover: $6

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Tonight:   Steve Noonan + Joe Carey & The Chinwaggers

April 18, 2013, Thursday - MISTERMAN at Southern Theater (4 nights)

Times: Performances are Thur-Sat at 8:00pm and Sunday at 2:00pm.

Location: The Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Avenue South

In MISTERMAN, an exciting work by Tony-award winning playwright Enda Walsh (ONCE), the forces of small town oppression and Catholic guilt work on Thomas Magill, a well-meaning evangelist who has an obsession with sin. Honed by narrow and dogmatic cultural influences, Magill is a fundamentally flawed soul who has evolved a rather twisted view of human morality. Sifting through his memory and his collection of tape recordings, he repeatedly relives his search for heavenly peace in the small town town of Innisfree, Ireland. However, since the events are revealed and relived through the central character, reality and imagination are deeply and inseparably entwined. Walsh’s visceral wit, occasional lyricism and awareness of short attention spans, ensures that this is a work that enjoys delving into the nastier zones of human behavior with a wild and mischievous exuberance.

This one-person show is performed by John Catron, directed by Frank Artistic Director Wendy Knox, with sound design by Michael Croswell, set design by Michael Sommers, lighting by Mike Kittel and costumes by Kathy Kohl, stage managed by Spencer Putney. Cameo voiceovers by Patrick Bailey, Bain Boehlke, Virginia Burke, Chris Carlson, Joe Dowling, Annie Enneking, Melissa Hart, Mark Rhein and Cheryl Willis.

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April 18, 2013, Thursday - Artist Talk with Judith Hoffman at The Soap Factory

Time: 7:00pm

Location: Soap Factory, 514 Second Street SE

Judith Hoffman is a participating artist in the R.U.R. exhibition at The Soap Factory. R.U.R. runs March 2 - April 21, 2013.

Listen to a Soapcast interview with Judith Hoffman about her work and artistic practice.

April 18, 2013, Thursday - East Downtown Council Forum at Normandy Inn

Time: Noon - 1:00 pm (Registration begins at 11:30am)

Location: Normandy Inn, 405 South 8th Street

The East Downtown Council Annual Meeting is at the Normandy Inn. This months guest presenter is David Fields, Community Development Coordinator at Elliot Park Neighborhood Inc.  David will give a presentation titled "Opportunity Sites for Development in Downtown East and Elliot Park."  He will review underutilized properties in the DEEP District (mostly surface parking lots) and discuss what their prospects might be for development in the future; whether associated with the new Vikings stadium or the "DEEP 2100" vision.
 
Please RSVP for this month's business forum by April 11, by sending an email to info@edcmpls.org.  The deadline is earlier this month to accommodate the catering schedule of the Normandy Inn.
 
In addition, this month's business forum also serves as the East Downtown Council's Annual Meeting. Elections to the board will be held.  If you have an interest in running for a seat on the board, please send an email to info@edcmpls.org by no later than Monday, April 15, to be included on the pre-printed ballot.  Board member terms are one-year.

April 18, 2013, Thursday - Neal Karlen Author of "Augie’s Secrets: The Minneapolis Mob and the King of the Hennepin Strip" at Mill City Museum

Time: 7:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 2nd Street South

Join author Neal Karlen for an illustrated presentation and book signing to celebrate the publication of "Augie’s Secrets: The Minneapolis Mob and the King of the Hennepin Strip" (MHS Press, April 2013). Augie Ratner, the proprietor of Augie’s Theater Lounge and Bar on Hennepin Avenue, was the unofficial mayor of Minneapolis’s downtown strip in the 1940s and ’50s. Augie Ratner knew everyone and everyone knew Augie and they told him everything. Mixing careful research with long suppressed family and community stories, Neal Karlen, Augie’s great-nephew, tells the real story of the seamy underside of Minneapolis, where mobsters, celebrities, comedians and politicians including Jimmy Hoffa, Henny Youngman, Kid Cann, John Dillinger, Jack Dempsey, Peggy Lee, Groucho Marx, Lenny Bruce and Gypsy Rose Lee mingled.

Following his presentation, Mr. Karlen will sign copies of the book which can be purchased in the Mill City Museum store.  A cash bar— including Manhattans, an Augie’s favorite- will open at 6 p.m.

April 18, 2013, Thursday - Book Arts Roundtable at MCBA

Time: 7:00pm

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

Visiting Artist Béatrice Coron

MCBA is very proud to welcome internationally renowned paper artist Béatrice Coron. Meet Béatrice and learn about her work at this Book Arts Roundtable -- then learn from her firsthand at our visiting artist workshop, Papercutting for Book Arts! The workshop takes place Saturday and Sunday, April 20-21, from 10am to 4pm each day. All skill levels are welcome.

For more details or to register, visit our Adult Workshops page.

April 17, 2013, Wednesday - Loft Writers’ Studio Reading at The Loft

Tme: 7:00pm

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

Loft Writers’ Studio Reading

Writers who use the Loft’s studio workspaces will present works-in-progress in a range of genres. Readers include James Bettendorf, Nona Kennedy Carlson, Karlyn Coleman, Patrick Cabello Hansel, Neal Karlen, Lynne Maker Kuechle, Elmer Lovrien, David Malley, Therese Stanton, and Nico Taranovsky. A casual reception will follow.

James Bettendorf is a retired math teacher who has written poetry for years. He completed the Loft Master Track writing apprenticeship in 2009. He has had poems published in Off Channel, Main Channel Voices, Light Quarterly, Rockhurst Review, Ottertail Review, Talking Stick, Verse Wisconsin and Free Verse.
 
Nona Kennedy Carlson is the recipient of a 2011-2012 Loft Literary Center Mentor Series Award, a 2012 Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant, and a 2012 Jerome Foundation Travel and Study Grant. Her work has appeared in Crazyhorse, temenos, Dust and Fire, The Talking Stick and Minnpost. In 2012, her story “Shift” was selected by Joyce Carol Oates as a finalist for the Crazyhorse Fiction Prize and her short story “Queer” received the Jonis Agee Award. She is currently at work on Boom, a novel in stories set against the backdrop of the Bakken Oil Boom and the war in Iraq.
 
Karlyn Coleman is a certified English teacher. She has taught for seven years in both private and public schools. She is a winner of the 2009–10 Loft Mentor Series in fiction. She was recently awarded first place for her story, "Ice Roads," that is forthcoming in the 2013 summer issue of Crab Orchard Review. Her work has been published in Revolver, McSweeney’s Internet Tendencies, Writers' Block, and Paper Darts. Currently she is working on her first young adult novel and often she types to the Vertigo sound track. She lives in South Minneapolis with her husband, two boys, and a dog named Happy.
 
Patrick Cabello Hansel has published poetry in journals such as Turtle Quarterly, Main Channel Voices, Parachute, Painted Bride Quarterly, Passager and forthcoming in Hawai´i Pacific Review and Perfume River Poetry Review. His poem “Quitting Time” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Cabello Hansel was in the 2008-2009 Loft Mentor Series, and received a 2011 State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant. His novella “Searching” was serialized in 33 issues of The Alley News. With his wife Luisa, he is co-pastor at St. Paul’s Lutheran in Phillips neighborhood of south Minneapolis, and director of its Semilla Community Arts Program.
 
Neal Karlen has been a Rolling Stone Contributing Editor, Newsweek staff writer, and regular contributor to The New York Times. His journalism and fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, Esquire, and The Indiana Review. Karlen has written eight books, on topics ranging from punk rock to minor league baseball; self-loathing to Yiddish linguistics. With Prince, he wrote “The Dawn,” a thankfully never-seen rock opera, and with sex object Jenny McCarthy, he penned a best-selling feminist manifesto. His latest book is Augie’s Secrets: The Minneapolis Mob and the King of the Hennepin Strip. Karlen lives with Bunny Lebowsky, an ex-girlfriend’s rabbit.
 
Lynne Maker Kuechle is a fiscal year 2013 recipient of an Artist Initiative grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature; and by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Maker Kuechle was a 2011-2012 creative nonfiction winner in the Mentor Series at The Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis. She is at work on a memoir/series of essays about her lifelong fascination with figure skating.
 
Elmer Lovrien has been writing in journals since his college days in the late '60's. Since he completed The Loft Master Track program (now called Forward) three years ago, he has been working on the completing a coming of age story called Homer The Innocent.
 
David Malley has held staff positions at the Discovery Channel, Rolling Stone, and Maxim, and his writing has appeared in numerous publications. Before relocating to Minneapolis in 2009, he spent three years in Berlin, Germany, where he performed with theater director Michael Laub’s Remote Control Productions and played an American soldier on German television. His essay “Confessions of an Amateur Pickup Artist” was anthologized in the book Howl: The Best Contemporary Dog Wit. He was a recent fellow at the Anderson Center at Tower View and is a grateful recipient of a 2012 Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant.

MaryAnn Franta Moenck writes poetry and non-fiction. Her poems have appeared in Dogwood, Snowy Egret, Cimarron Review, Nimrod, and Water~Stone Review. She is a participant in the 2012-2013 Loft Mentor Series. She is currently at work on a poetry collection that is based on family history. MaryAnn and her blacksmith husband divide their time between their home on the east of Saint Paul and the family farm in southeast Minnesota.
 
Therese Stanton is a fiction writer who is working on a novel about Walt Whitman and his relationship with American Indians during the Civil War. She is the recipient of many awards including: Special Mention, 2013 Pushcart Prize XXXVII, Avery Hopwood Award for Fiction, The Rona Jaffe Writer’s Award, The Barbara Deming Award for Writers. Her stories, essays and reviews have appeared in journals including: A Public Space, Meridian, Carve, Ms. Magazine, On the Issues, Changing Men, Emma, Off Our Backs, and Lakota Times. Her family is members of the Lower Sioux Indian Community in Morton, Minnesota.

April 17, 2013, 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 - What Are the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation?

Although only ten brief rules, the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation play a vital role in the practice of historic preservation. While almost every aspect of historic preservation bears relationship to the Standards, their main intent is to direct the long-term preservation of a historic property’smaterials, design, and features.

The Standards’ brevity, though, can be a source of debate regarding their interpretation. What is involved in the Standards? After years of being put into practice, are changes needed? Or do they already set the highest standard of preservation?

Our April Breakfast will feature a discussion with three professionals whose work involves the application of the Standards to historic properties within Minnesota:

Natascha Weiner, Senior Design Reviewer, Minnesota State Historic Preservation Office; Bob Mack, FAIA, Principal, MacDonald & Mack Architects; and Michael Bjornberg, AIA, Associate Vice President and Project Manager with HGA
Architects.

Stephanie Atwood, Historian / Architectural Historian with Hess, Roise and Company, will serve as moderator.

Metered street and ramp parking are available. Coffee and bakery will be provided. Donations to cover costs are appreciated.

April 17, 2013, 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.

April 16, 2013, Tuesday - Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission Public Meeting

Time: 4:30pm

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

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April 16, 2013, Tuesday - Chefs for Change at People Serving People

Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm (shelter tours beginning at 6:30pm)

Location: People Serving People, 614 South 3rd Street

Chefs for Change: A Chef's Table Culinary Experience

Chefs for Change is a cooking demonstration and an elegant dinner party with a purpose. It is hosted by a top executive chef from the Twin Cites Metro area. Over the past several years, chefs from restaurants including The Oceanaire Seafood Room, Porter and Frye and Capital Grille have hosted Chefs for Change events on one or more occasion.

April 16 Chefs for Change with Barbary Fig

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Questions? Email Takara Henegar or call her directly at 612-277-0258

April 16, 2013, Tuesday - DFL Ward 3 Precinct 9 Caucus at Open Book

Time:   7:00pm

Location:  Open Book, 1011 Washington Avenue South

The Minneapolis DFL will be holding precinct caucuses at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday April 16th, 2013, for the purpose of electing delegates to consider endorsement of candidates seeking election to Minneapolis Municipal Office or Park Board in 2013.

Delegates chosen at the April 16th caucuses will vote to endorse their City Council candidate at the Ward convention. The convension takes place on May 4 at DeLaSalle High School from 9:00am - 1:00pm.

April 15, 2013, Monday - Geeks Who Drink at Aster Cafe

Time: 7:30pm (no cover)

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Street SE

Geeks Who Drink is a Denver-based company that hosts bar trivia at over 200 pubs and restaurants in 21 states. Their quiz is a collective effort of dozens of quizmasters, writers, fact-checkers, graphic designers and artists.

April 15, 2013, Monday - Mill District Neighborhood Association Meeting at Mill City Museum

Time: 6:30pm – 8:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 6th Floor ADM Conference Room (Enter at 710 2nd Street South - Arrive early to assure a seat)

The Mill District Neighborhood Association meets on the 3rd Monday of each month at the Mill City Museum, unless otherwise noted.

AGENDA

6:30 / Introductions

6:40 / StoneBridge Lofts Introduction - Luke Kleckner, Builder Representative

7:00 / Izzy's Ice Cream Update - Jeff Sommers, Owner

7:20 / "East Side/West Side" Chelle Stoner, Central Riverfront Resident

A Social event for Central Riverfront residents from both sides of the river to connect, get to know each other, and informally celebrate the environment we share.

7:30 / Neighborhood Safety & Prevention Committee Update - Ken Searl

7:40 / HOA Board Best Practices Committee - Laurie Jones

8:00 / Adjournment

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COMMITTEE MEETING

8:05 / Ken Searl, Neighborhood Safety & Prevention Committee

1) Initial concept: communication tool, goal: preventative actions to promote safety in neighborhood

2) Current concept: potential 3 tiered approach, structure (today, future)

3) MPD involvement, resources

4) DID involvement, resources

5) Questions, comments

6) Next steps (walk before we run), Objectives, Timelines

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http://MillCityTimes.com

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April 14, 2013, Sunday - Race for Justice 5K

Time: 9:00am

Location: Nicollet Island

The Race for Justice proceeds benefit the Loan Repayment Assistance Program of Minnesota (LRAP-MN). By subsidizing education debts for dedicated, low-paid public interest attorneys, LRAP helps meet the legal needs of low-income Minnesotans across the state. Also, the RFJ route is highly praised by runners of all levels.

April 14, 2013, Sunday - Second Story Reading Series: Jewell Parker Rhodes and Sheila O'Connor at The Loft

Tme: 2:00pm

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

Second Story Reading Series: Jewell Parker Rhodes and Sheila O'Connor

Volunteer curated by children’s authors Swati Avasthi and Heather Bouwman, Second Story is the Loft’s reading series for young adult, middle-grade, and picture book authors. Perfect for families and readers of all ages, Second Story pairs an up-and-coming author with a more established voice in children’s literature. April's Second Story event pairs local author Sheila O'Connor with visiting Loft Mentor Series mentor Jewell Parker Rhodes for a beautifully balanced afternoon reading.

Sheila O’Connor is the award-winning author of four novels: Keeping Safe the Stars, Sparrow Road, Where No Gods Came and Tokens of Grace. Her poetry and fiction have been recognized with fellowships from the Bush Foundation, Loft McKnight and the Minnesota State Arts Board. A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, she is a professor in the MFA program at Hamline University where she also serves as fiction editor for Water~Stone Review. Sheila’s books have been honored with the Michigan Prize for Literary Fiction, Minnesota Book Award, International Reading Award, Midwest Booksellers Award finalist and Best Books of 2012 from VOYA, Bank Street Books, Booklist, and Chicago Public Libraries. Visit her website at sheilaconnor.com.    

Jewell Parker Rhodes is the author of Ninth Ward, a children’s book, the forthcoming children’s novel Sugar, as well as six novels for adults: Voodoo Dreams, Magic City, Douglass’ Women, Voodoo Season, Yellow Moon, and Hurricane and a memoir Porch Stories: A Grandmother’s Guide to Happiness. Her writing guides include Free Within Ourselves: Fiction Lessons for Black Authors and The African American Guide to Writing and Publishing Nonfiction. Among her honors are the American Book Award, two Arizona Book Awards, the National Endowment for the Arts Award in Fiction, the PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Award for Outstanding Writing, and the Black Caucus of the American Library Award for Literary Excellence. She is the Virginia G. Piper Chair in Creative Writing and Artistic Director of Piper Global Engagement at Arizona State University.

April 13, 2013, Saturday - 3rd Annual Goldy's Run (10 Mile, 5K and Kids Run)

8:00 am: 10 Mile & 10 Mile Relay Start
8:10 am: 5k Run & Walk Start
- Single wide strollers are welcome on the race course
- The 5K is a timed event
10:30 am: Goldy's Gallop Kid's Run Start
 - You are welcome to run with your child doing Goldy's Gallop
 - Recommended for children ages 2-10

Goldy's Run website

Join thousands of runners on the beautiful 5K route through campus or the 10 mile that runs along the Mississippi River, through campus and ends with a spectacular finish on the 50 yard line inside TCF Bank Stadium. See your own finish on one of the biggest screens in college football!

April 13, 2013, Saturday - Guest Chef: Modern Maple with Teresa Marrone at Mill City Museum

Time:  Noon

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 2nd Street South

Guest Chef: Modern Maple with Teresa Marrone

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

Join food writer Teresa Marrone as she celebrates the publication of her new book, "Modern Maple," with a cooking demonstration in the museum's Baking Lab. Maple syrup is a genuine product of the north, made in the northeastern quarter of the United States, including Minnesota and Wisconsin, and adjoining Canadian provinces. "Modern Maple" celebrates this local treasure in ways both traditional and contemporary, with seventy-five recipes using maple to season, flavor and sweeten dishes ranging from traditional breakfast favorites to appetizers, sandwiches, vegetables, main courses, breads and desserts.

The book will be available for purchase and author signing after each demonstration and at the Mill City Farmers Winter Market from 10 to 11 a.m.

April 13, 2013, Saturday - Printed Handmade Kites Class at MCBA

Time: 10:00am-Noon

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

Printed Handmade Kites

For families with children ages 6 and up

Decorate the sky with your own printed kite this summer. Learn the "pressure printing" technique and use MCBA's Vandercook printing presses to print your design on delicate Japanese Kozo paper. After the printing, construct your own kite using your printed paper, bamboo sticks, glue and thread. Take the kite home with you to fly!

April 13, 2013, 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, fresh baked European style bread at a local Farmers Market, home-made gelato, and lip smacking BBQ sliders from a historical restaurant that once operated as a mattress company.

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!

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