Time: 5:30pm-7:30pm
Location: Sorella Wine & Spirits, 1010 Washington Avenue South
Tasting: 50+ Wines
Save 15% - 40% off all 2700 wines in the store during the March 21st - April 6th Spring Wine Sale!
Additional Spring Wine Sale Grand Tastings:
Tasting #2: Friday, March 22nd, 5:30-7:30 p.m. - Over 50 Wines
Tasting #3: Friday, March 29th, 4:30-7:00 p.m. - Over 40 Wines
Time: 5:30pm-7:00pm
Location: Meet at the Copham Apartments, 607 Washington Avenue North
Happy Hour With a Preservationist: The Copham Apartments and the ElseWarehouse Apartments
Our March Happy Hour will include not one, but two, great historic properties on North Washington Avenue.
The Copham Apartments and the ElseWarehouse Apartments sit on a stretch of Washington Avenue that has rapidly changed from industrial to a mixture of residential and commercial uses. We will tour both buildings since they are only a block apart, and hear from members of the project team about the challenges and successes of the historic rehabilitation process.
After the tours, you can grab a drink or a bite to eat at some of the hottest new restaurants in the city: the Smack Shack (in the Copham) or Borough and Parlour (ElseWarehouse). See you there!
Time: 5:00pm
Location: Minneapolis Park and Rec Board, 2117 West River Road
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.
Time: 10:30am–Noon
Location: Best Buy Learning Lab at Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall
Genealogy Research: Get Started
Register Online or call 612-543-8000.
Learn how to access family history resources, including census and immigration records and the best of what's available at the library and the Web.
March 20 - 24 Performances:
7:30pm Wednesday–Saturday
3pm matinees on Saturday and Sunday
Location: The Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Avenue South
Kingdom Undone
A revolutionary twist on a celebrated story. When revolution spins out of control, Judas Iscariot, and a young Zealot named Isaac, rush toward their ultimate liberation, or their undoing. Kingdom Undone merges earthy drama, music and unexpected humor with the passion of Jesus’ final days and the messy justice that turned the world on its head. "This has the potential to become an estimable piece in the Passion literature." -- Graydon Royce, Star Tribune.
By Jeremiah and Vanessa Gamble, founders of Theater for the Thirsty, directed by Jeffrey S. Miller (The Refreshment Committee), musical direction by Michael Pearce Donley (Triple Espresso), featuring Dustin Bronson as Judas (Pillsbury House, The Illusion, Park Square, Workhouse) and a stand-out cast of Twin Cities talent.
Tickets: $15 - $25, Discounts for groups, seniors, students and fringe buttons holders at www.kingdomundone.com or 800.838.3006.
Additional information info@kingdomundone.com
Time: 7:30pm-9:00pm
Location: Dowling Studio, Guthrie Theater, 818 Second Street South
Inuit Films: Sharing Our Stories
The Will Steger Foundation, the Consulate General of Canada in Minneapolis and the Minnesota International Center present, in partnership with the Guthrie Theater, Inuit Films: Sharing Our Stories.
The evening will include a collection of short Inuit films from the Unikkausivut: Sharing Our Stories collection produced by the National Film Board of Canada. Arctic Explorer Will Steger will share stories from his travels in the Arctic with Inuit elders and a selection of videos from his 2007 Baffin Island Expedition, executed by the Will Steger Foundation, as part of the evening program.
Tickets are available through the Guthrie Box Office, in-person or by calling 612.377.2224. This is a free event.
Time: 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Location: Mill City Museum (1st Floor Commons)
The Mill District Neighborhood Association meets on the 3rd Monday of each month at the Mill City Museum, unless otherwise noted.
After the Vikings Stadium - Opportunity Sites for Development in Downtown East and Elliot Park
It's been 30 years since the Metrodome was built, yet the surrounding remains a vast wasteland of mostly empty surface parking lots. With the looming construction of the new Vikings Stadium Minneapolis, and our neighborhood, has a once in a generation chance to get it right and transform this dead-zone into a vibrant asset to our community.
Join David Fields, urban planning and community development expert, for an audio/visual presentation and discussion including:
- A look at specific underutilized (surface parking lots) properties in the district and what might be their prospects for development. Includes a unique view of the area using Google Earth visuals.
- “Downtown East/Elliot Park 2100: Building the 21st Century Urban Community” vision report that EPNI worked on with various urban design consultants to provide a framework for new development in the neighborhoods.
- An extended Q&A and discussion session with Mr. Fields.
Hosted by Judy Borger, Mill District resident and member of the Vikings Stadium Implementation Committee.
About David Fields
- Community Development Coordinator, Elliot Park Neighborhood Inc.
- Doctor of Philosophy, American Studies, University of Minnesota
- M.A. in American Studies, University of Minnesota
- B.A. Journalism & Mass Communications, University of Washington
Mr. Fields is the staff coordinator of the Building, Land Use & Housing citizen participation committee (BLUH), which deals with land use, zoning, and development issues in Elliot Park Neighborhood. He served as project manager for the Elliot Park Neighborhood Master Plan and has administered the business of the many citizen design and development review task forces that have been engaged with a variety of development proposals in Elliot Park. Mr. Fields has served in several commission and advisory capacities: a seven-year member of the Minneapolis Zoning Board of Adjustment; an Officer of the Central Community Housing Trust Board of Directors; a member of the Technical Advisory Committee for the City’s Downtown East/North Loop Master Plan. He teaches Urban Studies colloquia at the University of Minnesota.
Underwritten by Mill City Times
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.
Time: 4:00pm – 10:00pm
Location: Keegan’s Irish Pub, 16 University Avenue NE
St. Patrick’s Day Festivities Saturday and Sunday, March 16 and 17
St. Patrick's Day falls on Sunday, March 17, so Keegan’s will have their tent party on both Saturday and Sunday. Saturday, March 16, is the official day for the parades. The Minnesota Police Pipe Band will make their annual visit to the pub at about 4:45 pm. Keegan’s big tent will open at 4 pm, and Four Pints Shy will play from 7 to 10.
Sunday, March 17, is the actual St. Patrick's Day. The tent will open at 4 pm, and Erin Rogue will play from 6 to 10. The pub will open both days at 9 am for breakfast. Spontaneous visits from the Guinness Girls can be expected any time during the weekend. They love to hand out beads and other trinkets and samples of that special beer.
Time: 3:30pm
Location: Antonello Hall, MacPhail Center for Music, 501 2nd Street South
Concerto & Aria Concert
FREE Admission
Featured soloists on the program are
Akira Ea, piano; student of Richard Tostenson
Briana Furst, voice; student of Manon Gimlett
Mary Alice Hutton, violin; student of Lucinda Marvin
Jasmine Lim, piano; student of Irina Elkina
Leah Reichardt, voice; student of Manon Gimlett
Ava Szychalski, Mairead Howley, Angie Vaaler and Miranda VanPilsum-Johnson, violin quartet; students of Katie Bast
The Concerto and Aria Concert is MacPhail's premier performance event featuring students performing solos with a professional orchestra under the baton of acclaimed guest conductor Mischa Santora. The concert celebrates the highest honor that a MacPhail student can achieve. Soloists are selected by two rounds of competitive auditions, they receive award certificates and a special reception is held in their honor.
The program will feature music by Shostakovich, Mechem, Sibelius, Scriabin, Gounod and Vivaldi. Join us for this rare opportunity to see nine of MacPhail's finest students perform with a professional orchestra!
Time: 9:00am-3:30pm
Location: Minnesota Center for Book Arts, 1011 Washington Avenue South
Around the World in a Day with MCBA and The Loft Literary Center
For ages 9-11
Where have you traveled? Where do you want to go? What do you think it would be like to travel the world? Come on this literary journey as we write about past adventures, as well as ones hoped for in your imagination. Then we'll take the words and put them into your own handmade travel journal, joining your words and pictures inside a book format called a contour-line concertina. Feel free to bring journals, pictures, and drawings from previous trips. Even if you've never left Minnesota, bring your memories of our state. We'll also provide travel guides that will allow your imagination to travel the world!
Time: 10:30am – 3:00pm
Location: Friends of HCL Bookstore at Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall
Children’s Book Sale
A book sale to raise funds for the local library. Each sale features hundreds of children’s fiction and nonfiction books in hardcover and paperback. All children’s books are $.50.
Hosted by Friends of HCL Bookstore, in partnership with the Friends of the Minneapolis Central Library.
Time: 10:30am–11:30am
Location: Pohlad Hall at Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall
Color Me Boing Boing! Colorful and zany award-winning animated shorts heavily influenced by minimalism and mid-century modern style and sensibilities. Make Book Art before the show with artists from Minnesota Center for Book Arts.
For families. A program of children's cinema and arts, featuring unique films, hands-on arts activities, live entertainment and educational introductions for children's film fans. For more information, visit: www.supporthclib.org. Seating is first-come, first-served.
A program of the Friends of the Hennepin County Library. Sponsors: CRASH+SUES, Lerner Publishing Group, Minnesota Parent, Weston Woods Studios and Whole Foods Market.
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.
Tme: 7:00pm
Location: The Loft, Performance Hall, 1011 Washington Avenue South
Author Barrie Jean Borich reads from her new memoir Body Geographic
About Body Geographic:
A memoir from the award-winning author of My Lesbian Husband, Barrie Jean Borich's Body Geographic turns personal history into an inspired reflection on the points where place and person intersect, where running away meets running toward, and where dislocation means finding oneself. Covering rough terrain--from the hardships of her immigrant ancestors to the travails of her often-drunk young self, longing to be madly awake in the world, from the changing demographics of midwestern cities to the personal transformations of coming out and living as a lesbian--Body Geographic is cartography of high literary order, plotting routes, real and imagined, and putting an alternate landscape on the map.
"Body Geographic is as astonishingly original as it is profoundly humane. Barrie Jean Borich writes of the body, the psyche, the land, and real life with a reach so grand and a mastery so definitie it clutches the heart. This is a beautiful, bold, blow-your-mind book." -- Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild.
About Barrie Jean Borich:
Barrie Jean Borich teaches creative writing in the English Department and the MA in Writing and Publishing program at Chicago's DePaul University. She divides her time between Minneapolis and Chicago.
Time: 9:00pm
Location: Crooked Pint Ale House, 501 Washington Avenue South
Tonight:
Shagagogo! International man of mystery, Austin Powers, rocks the world with his band, Shagagogo. This Vegas-style high-energy show plays the greatest hit songs of 5 decades. Jump into Dr. Evil's time transporter and relive the songs from the 60s, 70s, and today! It's Shagagogo time baby!
Time: 11:00am - 1:00pm (no cover)
Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE
Bluegrass Brunch from 11:00-1:00 featuring: High 48s
Time: 2:30pm
Location: 800 LaSalle Plaza (On Hennepin Avenue between 8th & 9th)
Taste Twin Cities Food Tours
While it's chilly outside, join us as we weave our way through the cozy corners of downtown Minneapolis skyways on a food adventure. We will stroll through the "Broadway" Theatre District and enjoy VIP service as we visit some of the newest and hottest award winning restaurants downtown has to offer. The tour includes seeing the Minneapolis skyscraper that was modeled after the Washington Monument and visiting the famous Statue of Mary Richards tossing her hat. Along the way we will also visit quaint eateries that have pride in local ownership; including a favorite since 1932. You will participate in tea sampling and learn the secrets behind the great food you are enjoying. You'll leave the tour with a tasty experience of some of the best food finds Minneapolis has to offer all while learning history of downtown and soaking in the local culture.
Register.
Time: All performances begin at 1:00pm, child care drop off begins at 12:30pm
Location: Guthrie Theater, 818 2nd Street South
Bring your children (ages 4 to 11) to the Guthrie's Level Eight Education Suite where they will explore a variety of activities developed and led by qualified and trusted YMCA child care professionals. All activities are tailored to your child's age (ages 4 & 5, 6 & 7, 8 & 9, 10 & 11), including movement, arts & crafts, games and more. Once they're settled in, head downstairs, take your seat and prepare to be entertained!
2013 Play Care Dates (advance reservations are required):
• Saturday, March 16, 1 p.m. - The Taming of the Shrew
• Saturday, March 23, 1 p.m. - Twelfth Night
• Saturday, April 20, 1 p.m. - Nice Fish
• Saturday, May 18, 1 p.m. - Nice Fish
• Saturday, June 1, 1 p.m. - The Primrose Path
• Saturday, June 15, 1 p.m. - The Primrose Path
• Saturday, July 13, 1 p.m. - Clybourne Park
• Saturday, July 27, 1 p.m. - Clybourne Park
• Saturday, August 17, 1 p.m. - Born Yesterday
• Saturday, August 24, 1 p.m. - Born Yesterday
To purchase, call the Guthrie Box Office at 612-377-2224 or order in person at the Guthrie Box Office.
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