September 22, 2012, Saturday - Live Music at Crooked Pint

Time: 10:30pm $10 Cover

Location: Crooked Pint Ale House, 501 Washington Avenue South

Tonight:  Davina and the Vagabonds

September 22, 2012, Saturday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 9:00pm Cover: $10

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Tonight: jeff arundel w. steam thresher reunion 

September 22, 2012, 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

The Riverwalk Tour explores the Mill District and St. Anthony on Main in Northeast Minneapolis.  You'll enjoy the afternoon sampling a variety of food at historical landmarks, as well as visit the Mill City Museum, stroll by the Guthrie, and enjoy gorgeous views of St. Anthony Falls while crossing 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.  Taste and chat with other food-loving guests, and leave the tour with an appreciation for these distinct neighborhoods.

Reservations.  
 
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September 22, 2012, Saturday - People Serving People's 30th Anniversary Gala - Unmasking Homelessness

6:30pm Enchanting Cocktail Hour and Silent Auction
7:30pm Dinner
8:30pm Live Jazz from Maud Hixson and The French 75 Band

Location:  Marriott City Center, 30 Street 7th Street

People Serving People's 30th Anniversary Gala - Honoring 30 years of helping families find their way home.

Join host Jason DeRusha of WCCO and People Serving People for an unforgettable evening. Support People Serving People in honoring 30 years of helping families find their way home. Enjoy signature cocktails, world class hors d'oeuvres, prize for best mask, complimentary wine and a sit-down dinner, followed by live music from Maud Hixson and The French 75.

$150 per ticket, $1,500 for table of ten. Buy tickets online, or call Lauren at 612-277-0219.

To volunteer for this event, call Mallory at 612-277-0256.

September 21, 2012, Friday - Talk of the Stacks With Michael Chabon at Central Library

Time: 7:00pm (Doors open at 6:15pm)

Location: Pohlad Hall, Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall

Talk of the Stacks With Michael Chabon

Novelist, screenwriter, columnist and short-story writer Chabon is widely considered one of the most celebrated writers of his generation. He also authored the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay," and other books. His newest book, "Telegraph Avenue" explores the intertwined lives of two families – one black and one white – in Oakland, California. Books will be available for purchase and signing. Seating is first-come, first served.

A program of the Friends of the Hennepin County Library. Presenting sponsor: The Private Client Reserve of U.S. Bank. Additional support: Dorsey and Whitney LLP, MinnPost, Magers and Quinn Booksellers and the Marquette Hotel.

September 21, 2012, Friday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 9:00pm Cover: $10

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Tonight:  reynold philipsek trio

September 21, 2012, Friday - Zen Box 1 Year Anniversary Celebration (2 days)

John, Lina and the staff at Zen Box invite you to a celebration of their one year anniversary at their 602 Washington Avenue South location.

Join them Friday, September 21, and Saturday, September 22.

There will be complimentary Edamame, fun goodies, Zen Box Logo Beer mugs & Sake cups giveaways with purchase.

September 21, 2012, Friday - Guthrie Theater 50th Anniversary Season Kickoff Celebration Sale (3 days)

The Guthrie Theater is kicking off their 50th Season with amazing Ticket Deals!

From September 21 at 11:00am until September 23 at 8:00pm - Don't miss our biggest sale of the season! Save on season tickets, preview tickets and more. Sale prices valid September 21-23, 2012.

MULTI-PLAY PACKAGE OPTIONS

Test Drive Your Seats! 2 hours only!
Saturday, September 22, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Find a theater seat that's "just right" for you and enjoy it all season long! On Saturday, September 22, we're opening our thrust and proscenium theaters for you to "test drive" a variety of seats available for various days of the week. All available seats will be identified and once you find the seat of your dreams, simply pull the card displayed on the seat, bring it to the Box Office and secure your spot for the year. Plus, many of the seats are available at 50% off regular ticket prices -- an amazing deal! Guthrie staff will be on hand to answer any questions you might have either about tickets or the plays in our 2012-2013 season.

5 plays for just $50!
Saturday, September 22, 10 a.m.
Be one of the first 50 people at the Guthrie Box Office when it opens on Saturday, September 22, and you'll receive a 5-play season subscription package for just $50! Package includes Tales from Hollywood and Appomattox plus your choice of 3 other productions. Each of the first 50 patrons may purchase up to 2 season tickets. The Box Office opens at 10 a.m. and the building opens at 8 a.m. (Valid on Sunday, Tuesday or Wednesday evenings in seating Area 2).

Save 50% on select subscription packages
September 21-23
Save at least 50% on regular ticket prices for any preview; Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday evening; or Wednesday matinee! Seniors/Students also save in Area 2 for select days; ask the Box Office for more details.

SINGLE PLAY OPTIONS

$19.63 preview tickets!
Main stage preview tickets are just $19.63* to honor our inaugural season in 1963. In addition, save 50% on previews to performances in the Dowling Studio. Off excludes A Christmas Carol.

Buy 1 get 3 for $0.50!
Buy one regular priced ticket* to a September performance of Tales from Hollywood and get up to 3 more for $0.50 each!

*Excludes seating Areas 1A and 1.

For more information about the individual offers or the Kickoff Weekend call the Guthrie Box Office at 612.377.2224.

September 20, 2012, Thursday - Artaria String Quartet at Central Library

Time: 7:00pm–8:00pm

Location: Pohlad Hall, Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall

Artaria String Quartet

Minnesota-based Artaria String Quartet, whose mission is to cultivate the next generation of chamber music performers and listeners, will perform classical chamber works by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky or Shostakovich.

September 20, 2012, Thursday - Runnin' With The Law 2012 at Father Hennepin Park

Times:  Kids Fun Run Starts 6:15pm; 5K Starts 6:30pm

Location:   Father Hennepin Park,  420 Main Street SE

Runnin' With The Law 2012

All our community partners are invited to participate the 2012 “Runnin’ With The Law” 5K Run/Walk and Kid’s Fun Run! Proceeds benefit the Minneapolis Police Department’s Fitness Team. The Fitness Team is dedicated to establishing an active, healthy culture within the Minneapolis Police Department and local community.
 
ACTIVITIES
Police exhibits and live music after the race.
 
AWARDS
Team Challenge awards for the fastest combined team time, largest team and most creative name will be awarded just after the race.
Pint glass with one complementary beer or soda provided by Rock Bottom Brewery for race participants at the end of the course.
 
FEES
Pre-register by September 18th........$25
Race Day............................................$30
Pre-register Kids Fun Run.....................$5
Race Day Kids Fun Run.......................$10
 
REGISTER
Register online at active.com or print this TRIARunninWithTheLaw2012.pdf
 
INFO
For questions or to volunteer: 651-688-9143 or mary@andersonraces.com

September 20, 2012, Thursday - Jim Heynen and Molly Beth Griffin at The Loft

Tme:  7:00pm

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

Jim Heynen and Molly Beth Griffin

The Loft Literary Center and Milkweed Editions are proud to cosponsor a publication reading by veteran author Jim Heynen and debut novelist Molly Beth Griffin. In Jim Heynen's latest novel, The Fall of Alice K., 17-year-old Alice Marie Krayenbraak appears to have it all. But in her hometown of Dutch Center, Iowa, nothing is as it seems. Behind the facade of order and tidiness, the family farm is failing. Alice's mother is behaving strangely amid fears of a coming apocalypse. And her parents have announced their plans to send her special-needs sister, Aldah, away. Funny and provocative, amusing and unsettling, The Fall of Alice K. marks a watershed moment in the publishing career of Jim Heynen. Molly Beth Griffin's debut novel for young adults, Silhouette of a Sparrow, wonderfully evokes the historical period of the 1920s, a love of birding and a girl's coming-of-age and sexual awareness. Sixteen-year-old Garnet Richardson's life changes when she is allowed to spend the summer with the Harringtons, well-to-do relatives in the Minnesota vacation spot of Excelsior. It's 1926 and a new amusement park has recently been built and a large dance hall beckons. There, Garnet discovers a love unlike anything she's experienced before with another young woman, Isabella, whom her guardians call "a harlot." Garnet must decide the course her life will take, despite her parents' wishes and the prevailing norms. Jim Heynen was born in a farmhouse near Sioux City, Iowa, and attended a one-room schoolhouse. He has written nearly twent books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. He lives in St. Paul with his wife Sarah T. Williams, the former books editor for the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Molly Beth Griffin is a graduate of Hamline University's MFA program in writing for Children and Young Adults. She is the author of the picture book Loon Baby. She lives in south Minneapolis with her partner and their toddler.

September 19, 2012, Wednesday - Minneapolis Park and Rec Board Meeting

Time: 5:00pm

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

Agenda

The regular meetings are rebroadcast on Channel 79 on Saturdays at 1 p.m. and on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month at 5 p.m.

Webcasts of MPRB regular board meetings are posted on the MPRB website two to five business days after each meeting and are available for viewing, along with Webcasts for the recent two months, at http://www.minneapolisparks.org/default.asp?PageID=900

September 19, 2012, Wednesday - Stone Arch Patio Party at The Depot

Take advantage of this beautiful autumn season - enjoy a Stone Arch Patio Party!

September 19, 2012, Wednesday - Emma Straub & Steve Stern Publication Reading at The Loft

Tme:  7:00pm

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

Emma Straub & Steve Stern publication reading 
 
Join the Loft for an evening of reading and conversation with authors Emma Straub (Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures) and Steve Stern (The Book of Mischief: New and Selected Stories).

Emma Straub is the author of the short story collection Other People We Married and the novel Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures, both from Riverhead Books. Her fiction and nonfiction has been published in Tin House, The Paris Review Daily, The Wall Street Journal, Slate, The New York Times, and elsewhere. A staff writer for Rookie, Emma lives in Brooklyn, New York, with her husband.

Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures follows the life of a midwestern girl turned golden-age Hollywood star. "An exquisite debut novel that brings Depression-era Hollywood to life with startling immediacy. Laura Lamont is a memorable character, and Emma Straub illuminates her inner life with uncanny authority." — Tom Perrotta

Steve Stern is the author of several novels and story collections, including The Frozen Rabbi and The Wedding Jester. Winner of the National Jewish Book Award, Steve teaches at Skidmore College in upstate New York.

The Book of Mischief showcases twenty-five years of work by one of the masters of the short story. "Sten's characters ar subtle, slyly humorous and at times poignant...An intricate and cleber web of stories steeped in both sacred and mundane Jewish culture." — Kirkus Reviews

September 19, 2012, Wednesday - Twin Cities Public Television Celebrates Arts & the Mind at MacPhail

Time: 5:30pm - 8:00pm

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

Twin Cities Public Television celebrates Arts & the Mind

The Next Avenue Experience presents an interactive community event to celebrate tpt’s newest documentary Arts & the Mind.

Join Kairos Dance, an interactive dance company, with Irv Williams on saxophone and guest artists from ARTSAGE at the MacPhail Center for Music, and learn how music, dance, painting, poetry and theater markedly improve well-being at all stages of life.

•Wednesday, September 19 from 5:30-8:00 p.m.
•MacPhail Center for Music, Minneapolis, MN
•Light refreshments will be served
Click the RSVP tab to reserve your spot. Space is limited – one name per registration, please.

Arts & the Mind journeys across America to reveal compelling present-day examples, cutting-edge science, and historical context that explore how the arts can impact our cognitive abilities and why they are vital to our health and well-being – especially during childhood and more advanced ages.

September 18, 2012, Tuesday - Adult Anime Club at Central Library

Time:  5:00pm–7:00pm

Location: Doty Board Room, Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall

Adult Anime Club

Get together with other adult anime and manga fans to watch episodes, discuss manga, play games and generally geek out. This club is for anyone aged 18 and older. Please be prepared to present proof of age.

Additional dates:

Tuesday, Oct. 2, 5–7 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 16, 5–7 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 30, 5–7 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 13, 5–7 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 27, 5–7 p.m.

September 18, 2012, Tuesday - Women’s Human Rights Film Series: Saving Face Film and Discussion at Central Library

Time:  7:00pm

Location: Pohlad Hall, Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall

Women’s Human Rights Film Series: Saving Face Film and Discussion

An Academy Award-winning film chronicling the lives of two acid-attack survivors in Pakistan, Zakia and Rukhsana, as they attempt to bring their assailants to justice and move on with their lives. Film introduction and discussion led by staff at The Advocates for Human Rights.

Everyday, somewhere in the world, someone – most likely a woman – is victimized by a brutal acid attack while numerous other cases go unreported. Many reported assailants, often a husband or someone else known to the victim, receive minimal if any punishment for this grave human rights violation. The Academy Award-winning film, “Saving Face” chronicles the lives of two acid-attack survivors in Pakistan, Zakia and Rukhsana, as they attempt to bring their assailants to justice and move on with their lives.

Co-sponsored by The Advocates for Human Rights, The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library and Friends of the Hennepin County Library.

September 18, 2012, Tuesday - Book Arts Roundtable with Paper Darts Magazine at MCBA

Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm

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

Book Arts Roundtable with Paper Darts Magazine

Since its founding in 2009, Paper Darts has taken the Twin Cities literary world by storm, growing from a handmade zine to include a book publishing wing and a literary agency. Combining contemporary writing with high-quality visual art, they make one of the best-looking literary magazines around. Come hear editors Meghan Murphy, Jamie Millard, Courtney Algeo, and Holly Harrison talk about their recent projects, straddling the print/digital divide, and more.

Minnesota Center for Book Arts is a hub of creativity where interesting, passionate, and knowledgeable people like you learn, share ideas, and get inspired. Join the conversation by attending our fun, interactive Book Arts Roundtables in MCBA's lively studios. Always FREE and always OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

September 16, 2012, Sunday - Second Story: Banned Books at The Loft

Time: 2:00pm

Location: The Loft, Target Performance Hall

Second Story, the Loft's reading series for children's and young adult authors, present BANNED! [The Title of This Event Has Been Censored] a lively panel discussion of literature and censorship with authors, educators, and librarians. Readings by the authors follows the discussion.

Panelists:

Pete Hautman is the author of more than twenty novels for adults and teens, including the 2004 National Book Award winner Godless and the time travel adventure Mr. Was. His most recent book is The Obsidian Blade, book one of The Klaatu Diskos trilogy, published by Candlewick Press. Learn more about Pete on his website: www.petehautman.com

Ellen Hopkins is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Crank, Burned, Impulse, Glass, Identical, Tricks, Fallout, and Perfect, as well as the adult novel Triangles. Her newest title Tilt, will be published in September 2012 by Margaret K. McElderry Books/S&S Children's. She lives with her family in Carson City, Nevada. Visit her at www.EllenHopkins.com and on Facebook, and follow her on Twitter at @EllenHopkinsYA.

Pamela Klinger-Horn has been a children's book club facilitator at Immaculate Heart of Mary for eight years, working with 6th to 8th grade girls. She also facilitates a book club for 4th - 6th grade girls at Excelsior Library. She is on the board of the Friends of the Excelsior Library and The Rain Taxi Literary Review of Books.

James Klise is the author of Love Drugged (Flux), a Stonewall Honor book, ALA Rainbow List selection, and a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award. James earned an MFA from Bennington College in Vermont and his next YA novel will appear in the fall of 2013. By day, James works as a high school librarian in Chicago, where he advises the school's literary journal, book club, and gay-straight alliance.

Charlotte Sullivan has taught English and writing for over sixteen years, starting in the public schools and now at Normandale Community College, where she specializes in Children's and YA Literature. She writes children's fiction, literary essays, and poetry and interviews authors and editors of YA and children's literature for KFAI's Write On! Radio.

This event is free and open to the public.

September 16, 2012, Sunday - Minneapolis Riverfront Tour at the Mill City Museum

Time: 1:00pm

Location:  Mill City Museum, 704 South 2nd Street

Minneapolis Riverfront Tour

Walk the Minneapolis riverfront and learn about its dramatic past and bright future. Participants will visit the historic district at St. Anthony Falls, which was once the milling center of the world and is now a growing cultural, recreational and residential neighborhood. A guide from Mill City Museum will lead visitors onto the Stone Arch Bridge for a spectacular view of the falls, the historic buildings surrounding it and downtown Minneapolis and tell stories of the people who have worked and lived in the area and how it has changed over the years. The tour begins and ends at Mill City Museum where participants can visit the museum gallery (included in the price of the tour) and enjoy refreshments at the Mill City Museum Café.

Fee: $14 adults, $12 seniors and college students, $10 children 6-17 and MHS members. Includes museum admission.

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