December 6, 2012, Thursday - First Thursdays in the Arts District at Northrup King Building

Time: 5:00pm - 9:00pm

Location: Northrup King Building, 1500 Jackson Street NE

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.

We have hundreds of items throughout the building to meet your gifting needs.

Meet our new neighbors, Indeed Brewing, located one block west of the Northrup King Building, on the corner of Quincy and 15th. The taproom will be open from 3:00pm-10:00 pm.

December 5, 2012, Wednesday - Minneapolis Park and Rec Board Meeting

Time: 5:00pm

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

Agenda

Please note that the November 28 meeting will not be broadcasted live on the City of Minneapolis Government Meeting Channel 79 or online at http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/tv/79 due to a Minneapolis City Council meeting scheduled during the same time. 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.

December 5, 2012, 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

Each Breakfast With a Preservation event features a presentation or a moderated discussion about a specific topic. Past sessions have included a presentation on historic preservation in Cuba, an audience-participation conversation about the best Modern buildings in Minneapolis, and a panel discussion about Riverside Plaza (Cedar Square West).

This event is free!

Every December we celebrate the end of the year with an invitational. You send in images and stories about your favorite historic properties. This year’s theme is: Trespass.

Please send us images of a place (or two) that you had to exercise unauthorized methods to enter because, well – you’ll have to tell us that, too.

Now is the time to think about those mini-adventures, and send us a photo, the name or description of the place, and its location. Send the info to: Stephanie Atwood at atwood@hessroise.com. Please put “December BWAP” in the subject line. All submittals are due by Monday, November 26, 2012.

Parking is available in a ramp across the street or along South Second Street in metered spaces. We begin a bit at 8:00 a.m. Coffee and bakery items will be available, as will the usual great questions and commentary.

December 4, 2012, Tuesday - Book Arts Roundtable: Julia Gualtieri at MCBA

Time: 7:00pm

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

Book Arts Roundtable:  Artist-in-Residence Julia Gualtieri

Mark your calendar for the next Book Arts Roundtable!

Join artist-in-residence Julia Gualtieri for a discussion of DIY residencies, art/bike projects, collaborations, and the work she is creating during her residency here at MCBA. Julia holds a BA in Art from the University of California, Santa Cruz and an MA in Art Education from the Rhode Island School of Design. She has worked in diverse educational settings throughout the country and the world. She is equally comfortable in a suburban elementary school classroom as a skateboard camp in a Zulu village. In addition to producing her own books and prints, Julia is involved with the Providence Comics Consortium, which teaches comics and sequential art to children and publishes their work alongside work of adult comic artists. She is currently making a book which includes creative writing assignments she has given to her mother and grandmother over the past two years.

Always free and always open to the public, MCBA's Book Arts Roundtables are where interesting, passionate, and knowledgeable people like you learn, share ideas, and get inspired.

December 4, 2012, Tuesday - Washington Avenue Public Meeting at The Loft

Time:  5:00pm - 7:00pm

Location: Open Book - Target Performance Hall, 1011 Washington Ave S

Washington Avenue Public Meeting, Hosted by Hennepin County

Project overview

Hennepin County in coordination with the City of Minneapolis, is preparing for the reconstruction of Washington Avenue South (County Road 152) between Hennepin Avenue and 5th Avenue South. The project is in the early stages of the project development process and construction is anticipated in mid 2014. Public involvement has begun and will continue with the corridor concept planning.

The goals of the public involvement process include gathering various stakeholders together to discuss concept plans and opportunities to improve the corridor as a whole (Hennepin Avenue to I-35W).

• Hennepin Avenue to 5th Avenue South will remain the limits for the proposed reconstruction project. The concept plans will be used to generate a preliminary layout on which the detailed design for the project will be based.
• 5th Avenue South to I-35W is not identified as a reconstruction project at this time. However, the concept plans will provide guidance as future projects are identified and as funding becomes available.

Project information will be made available on the website and at public meetings.

December 3, 2012, Monday - Public Skating at the Metrodome

Time: 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Location: The Dome (both levels)

Rollerdome - Let's Go Skating!

Throughout the winter the upper and lower concourses of the Metrodome become the Rollerblade® Rollerdome, annually hosting thousands of inline skaters who come to relax, exercise, train, socialize, or just watch others turn endless effortless laps on the roughly half-mile smooth concrete loop. Park your car in the free lot adjacent to Gate D and enter the revolving doors.

Rollerdome Prices

Parking - Free in the Metrodome VIP lot adjacent to Gate D
Adult - $6.50
Student (with ID) $5.50
Pre-teen & Senior $4.50
Skate rental $5.00

Rollerblade® Rollerdome accepts all major credit cards, personal checks and cash.  Visit their website for updates and additional information.

December 2, 2012, Sunday - 1850s Holiday Party at the Ard Godfrey House

Time: 12:30pm–3:30pm

Location: Ard Godfrey House, in Chute Square at corner of University and Central (across from Lunds)

Enjoy light refreshments, musical entertainment and guided tours of the oldest remaining frame residence in Minneapolis. The home will be decorated in the modest style of the era, and the Woman’s Club guides will be dressed in period costume. See how the Godfrey family celebrated the holidays in the new community at St. Anthony Falls. Children are welcome and will receive free Godfrey House buttons.

Admission is free (but donations are suggested and welcome). No reservations required. Sponsored by the Woman’s Club of Minneapolis.

For information: 612-813-5300 or http://www.ardgodfreyhouse.org

Street parking available. Off-street parking in Riverplace ramp, with entrance on 2nd Street SE off East Hennepin Avenue, or at St. Anthony Public Ramp on 2nd Street SE off Central Avenue across from Winslow House.

December 2, 2012, Sunday - Spotlight Series at MacPhail

Time:  7:00pm

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

The MacPhail Spotlight Series showcases the finest musicians in six concerts staged in MacPhail’s stunning Antonello Hall. This ticketed performance series features MacPhail faculty with special guests and provides an intimate listening experience for lovers of classical, jazz, folk and more. A unique feature of the Series is the post-concert reception where guests meet the artists while enjoying light refreshments.

Tonights Spotlight: Romantics: String Sextets of Brahms and Tchaikovsky

“Romantics: String Sextets of Brahms and Tchaikovsky” – featuring Elizabeth Ericksen, violin; Alison Fahy, violin; Stella Anderson, viola; Margaret Haviland, viola; Andrea French, cello; Daniel McIntosh, cello,  performing Sextet, Op. 18 in B-Flat by Johannes Brahms and “Souvenir de Florence,” Op. 70 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

Tickets: Adults - $20, Seniors (ages 55 and older) and youth (ages 6-18) - $15.

For more information call: 612.321.0100 or go to  http://www.macphail.org/EVENTS

December 2, 2012, Sunday - 2nd Story at Spill the Wine: Together Apart: Stories of Connection

Time:  Door open at 5:00pm, Show at 5:30pm

Location: Spill the Wine – 1101 Washington Avenue South

2nd Story at Spill the Wine: Together Apart: Stories of Connection

2nd Story, the Chicago-based literary and theatrical ensemble, brings its innovative and personal style of storytelling to Spill the Wine, one of the Twin Cities' finest wine bars located in the Theater District.

The experiences we share with other people often lead to our most powerful discoveries. Whether our contact with them is fleeting or forever, certain people can change the trajectory of our lives. Join 2nd Story on Sunday December 2nd, for a special tour stop in Minneapolis as we bring you stories of connections. From a summer job at Sea World that introduces a young man to an individual of extraordinary strength, to a friendship so powerful it could function as an alternative to marriage, this winter 2nd Story comes to Minneapolis with stories of the human connections that change lives.

Tickets: $15 online (http://2ndstory.com/events/2nd-story-in-mn); $20 cash only at door

About 2nd Story:

2nd Story is a Chicago-based collective of writers, actors, directors, curators, and musicians who collaborate to create and host storytelling events in Chicago and beyond. 2nd Story believes that sharing personal, real stories is instrumental in building community.

The stories range from the serious to the silly and can at once provoke and entertain. Each story is combined with expertly-performed musical accompaniment or well-placed audio accents to enhance the spoken story and the pregnant pause.

We also run classes and workshops, in order to empower individuals to be the storytellers of their own lives. Our training program is based in our core beliefs of the power of ensemble and sharing stories, and is geared both towards artists/writers/performers seeking to hone their technique and individuals with no experience at all who just love what we do and want to deepen their own creative practice.

December 2, 2012, Sunday - The Film Society of Minneapolis St. Paul Event

5:00-7:30pm - Private Reception at Vic's on the Riverfront

7:30pm - Screening of BARBARA at the St. Anthony Main Theatre

The Film Society of Minneapolis St. Paul is thrilled to announce a first-ever Special Benefit Event featuring Cocktails, Fabulous Appetizers and a Surprise Raffle followed by a Special Sneak Preview Screening of the award-winning new film BARBARA.

This brilliant Cold War thriller by director Christian Petzold, starring the remarkable Nina Hoss, won the Silver Bear award the 2012 Berlinale Film Festival, and is Germany's submission to the 2013 Oscars in the Best Foreign Language Film Category.

A unique fundraising effort supporting The Film Society's Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival.

Tickets to this event are $125 per person

Click here to purchase your tickets today!

December 1, 2012, Saturday - Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam at the Dome

Showtime:  7:00 PM
Gates:  Open at 5:00 PM
Pit Party:  2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Ticket Information:

Tickets available at all Ticketmaster Outlets, online, or charge by phone (800) 745-3000.

Tickets on sale at the Metrodome Box Office starting Monday, November 19, from 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM.  The box office is located outside of Gate B.

All tickets are $2 more if purchased the day of the show (Cash Only).

Groups of 12 people or more call 651-312-3486 or email grouptickets@xcelenergycenter.com for information about group tickets and packages.

$5 Off Adult Discount Coupon  
Coupon available at participating Advance Auto Parts locations from 11/12/12 through 11/30/12 while supplies last.   
                                          
Pit Passes 
Free Pit Passes are available at participating Subway locations from 11/12/12 through 12/1/12 while supplies last.
December 1st event ticket, along with Pit Pass required for entry to the Pit Party.

Visit monsterjamonline.com for additional information.

December 1, 2012, 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: recommended, 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 on this guided tour. 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. Also covered will be how the mill ruin was converted to a museum and office building.

Although many parts of the A mill can be explored on a self-guided basis during a regular museum visit, 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 as well as the Flour Tower show.

December 1, 2012, Saturday - Twice Told Tales: American Tall Tales at Central Library

Time: 10:30am

Location: Children's Library at Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall

Twice Told Tales: American Tall Tales - Calamity Jane and Pecos Bill

For families. The folktale collection of Minneapolis Central Library comes to life through special performances including singing, acting, dancing and storytelling. After performances, children and caregivers will be able to create a themed art piece. The Children’s Library will display the folktale collection and offer in-library activities during the week leading up to each performance.

This project is funded with money from Minnesota's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

December 1, 2012, Saturday - An Evening of Collaborative Percussion at MacPhail Center for Music

Time: 8:00pm

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

An Evening of Collaborative Percussion

Featuring SOM professor Fernando Meza, MacPhail President, COO and Teaching Artist Paul Babcock and MacPhail Rimshots! Percussion Ensemble.

Free admission.

December 1, 2012, Saturday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 9:00pm Cover: $12

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Tonight:
pioneer son album release party
$12 includes your choice of cd, download card, or t-shirt

December 1, 2012, Saturday - KnownUnKnowns Opening Reception at The Soap Factory

Time: 7:00pm - 11:00pm

Location: Soap Factory, 514 Second Street SE

The Soap Factory Presents: KnownUnKnowns

An exhibition curated by and featuring the work of Soap Factory volunteers.

The Soap Factory’s 2012 Volunteer Biennial, KnownUnKnowns, will feature a variety of exciting new artwork from new, emerging, and established artists among The Soap Factory’s volunteer force. During an era in which the future seems increasingly indeterminate, KnownUnKnowns presents work that plays with the balance between certainty and speculation, while exploring acquired knowledge. Following more than a decade of dismal political theater and end-of-the-world prophecies, those that claim with certainty that the end will finally come in December 2012 can only be met with a vague sense of absurdity.
 
Taking cues from social, political, and personal experiences, KnownUnKnowns examines the search for truth and the fragility of that which we believe to be real. This exhibition of local artists will showcase a wide range of media including painting, photography, installation, video, and interactive works. From a memory-shredding machine to a simulated experience of life on another planet, the featured artists take a variety of approaches to push boundaries and decipher the nature of knowledge.
 
Thirty-six of The Soap Factory’s volunteers are presenting their own work in this collaborative biennial show. Created and planned by artists who know The Soap Factory best, KnownUnKnowns showcases both the talents of The Soap Factory’s volunteer force and the creative potential of its historic industrial space.

Exhibition Runs: Dec 1 - Dec 21, 2012

November 30, 2012, Friday - Mustache Party at Keegan's Pub

Time: 6:00pm – 10:00pm

Location: Keegan’s Pub, 16 University Avenue NE

Keegan’s annual mustache party will be held on Friday, November 30. Everyone with a mustache gets a two-for-one pint of Guinness on his or her first drink.

November 30, 2012, Friday - Sounds Like Home Benefit for People Serving People at Grainbelt Bottling House

Schedule:

  7:00pm DJ ESPADA, COCKTAIL/NETWORKING HOUR

  8:00pm MELISMATICS

  9:00pm ALLISON SCOTT

10:00pm MALLY

11:00pm VILLA ROSA

Midnight  DJ ESPADA

 

Location: Grain Belt Bottling House, 79 13th Avenue NE

 

SOUNDS LIKE HOME  - CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY

BENEFITS PEOPLE SERVING PEOPLE'S PROGRAMS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN

 

TICKETS:

$35 FOR INDVIDUAL TICKET
$300 FOR TEN TICKETS
$50 FOR VIP TICKET

Refreshments courtesy North Star Bartenders Guild.

This event is sponsored by:

VITA.MN - W MARKETING - 89.3 THE CURRENT - CUB FOOS - CORSET STYLING - BOND & DEVICK FINANCIAL NETWORK

November 30, 2012, Friday - 2nd Story at Spill the Wine: Eyes Wide Open: Stories of Revelation

Time: Doors at 7:00pm, Show at 7:30pm

Location: Spill the Wine - 1101 Washington Avenue South

2nd Story at Spill the Wine: Eyes Wide Open: Stories of Revelation

2nd Story, the Chicago-based literary and theatrical ensemble, brings its innovative and personal style of storytelling to Spill the Wine, one of the Twin Cities' finest wine bars located in the Theater District.

2nd Story storytellers answer these questions: "Have you ever had a moment of complete awakening? Maybe someone surprised you with a secret side of themselves, or you experienced a moment of profound clarity?" These incidents can be scary and beautiful, and they often produce a level of insight that would’ve been impossible to attain otherwise. Join 2nd Story Friday on November 30th, for a special tour stop in Minneapolis as we bring you stories of the unknown. From a young man searching for Bigfoot while learning to drive to a woman stunned by the actions of her new crush, this winter 2nd Story comes to Minneapolis, and all will be revealed.

Tickets $15 online (http://2ndstory.com/events/2nd-story-in-minnesota); $20 cash at door.

About 2nd Story:

2nd Story is a Chicago-based collective of writers, actors, directors, curators, and musicians who collaborate to create and host storytelling events in Chicago and beyond. 2nd Story believes that sharing personal, real stories is instrumental in building community.

The stories range from the serious to the silly and can at once provoke and entertain. Each story is combined with expertly-performed musical accompaniment or well-placed audio accents to enhance the spoken story and the pregnant pause.

We also run classes and workshops, in order to empower individuals to be the storytellers of their own lives. Our training program is based in our core beliefs of the power of ensemble and sharing stories, and is geared both towards artists/writers/performers seeking to hone their technique and individuals with no experience at all who just love what we do and want to deepen their own creative practice.

November 30, 2012, Friday - Live Music at Crooked Pint

Time: 10:00pm $5 Cover

Location: Crooked Pint Ale House, 501 Washington Avenue South

Tonight: The Dollys  - Joanna Jahn, Kari Shaw, and Megan Shaw Harmonize to the music of female country artists of the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s.