August 12, 2012, Sunday - Yoga in the Park at Father Hennepin Bluffs Park

Time:  10:00am - 11:00am

Location: Father Hennepin Bluffs Park (intersection of SE Main and SE 6th Avenue, on the East Bank of the Stone Arch Bridge).

Looking for a way to take your sun salutations outside so you can truly salute the sun? The Downtown Minneapolis CorePower Yoga invites you to join them each Sunday for CorePower Yoga’s, “Yoga in the Park.” CorePower encourages yoga practioners to open their minds and join their breath and movements to the sound of music and nature all around us. All levels of yoga students are welcome and their hope is that you take this opportunity to not only practice yoga, but to find even deeper connections within your community!

These free classes will be held every Sunday starting June 3rd and running through August 26th.  All classes are 10:00am – 11:00am at Father Hennepin Bluffs Park.  Please call CorePower Yoga Downtown Minneapolis at 612-375-9642 with questions.
 
Items of note:
- Attendees should arrive 15-30 minutes prior to class starting for sign in purposes.
- Students are asked to bring their own mat, towel, water and SUNSCREEN! There is limited shade at the park.
- Classes will be lead by certified yoga instructors from downtown Minneapolis’ CorePower Yoga.

August 12, 2012, Sunday - 2012 Fringe Festival Event at Southern Theater

Time:  2:30pm

Location: Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Avenue South

The Gentlemen's Pratfall Club
By Comedy Suitcase
Created by Scrimshaw and Weinhagen

A struggling actor and a cruel French clown battle for the most coveted role in children's TV: Captain Clumsy. The creators of The Smothers Brothers Grimm bring you an uplifting comedy about falling down. 
Ticket and more info.

August 11, 2012, Saturday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 9:00pm  Cover: $10

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

dark pony

August 11, 2012, Saturday - Mill City Farmers Market

Time: 8:00am - 1:00pm

Location: 704 South 2nd Street

Today at Mill City Farmers Market: Food as Art

Produce Planner:
At the Market today you will find: turnips, radishes, spinach, spring salad mixes, arugula, spring onions, garlic, head lettuce, wild greens, purple carrots, beets, sorrel, fresh herbs, asparagus, kale, Swiss chard, collards, rhubarb, heirloom tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, broccoli, green beans, zucchini, cucumbers, cabbage, raspberries, blueberries, and sweet corn!

Mill City Cooks, 10:00am:
Chef Heather Hartman with special guest Kate Moore from Community Cooking with Kate.

Live Music/Entertainment, 11:00am to 1:00pm:
Yodel-A-Go-Go. The band draws influences from rockabilly, honky-tonk country, and 50s rhythm and blues, but plays them loud and rockin’!

Art Market, all day:
Featuring Spring Finn, Guillmero Cuellar, Aprilierre, and Crooked Wood.

August 11, 2012, Saturday - KidsFest at MacPhail

Time: 10:00am - Noon

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

At MacPhail’s Kidsfest, children and parents experience the joy of discovering music. Children can visit the Instrument Petting Zoo, where they will have the opportunity to try out a variety of musical instruments, or they can make their own instrument to take home.

MacPhail has many unique learning opportunities for children beginning at the age of 6 weeks and up, all the way through to adults, with opportunities to explore music in a creative environment and develop skills that will last a lifetime.

August 11, 2012, Saturday - Historic Main Street Walking Tour thru the Mill City Museum

Time:  1:00pm

Location:  Mill City Museum, 704 South 2nd Street

Historic Main Street Walking Tour

Stroll through Minneapolis’ oldest neighborhood with a Mill City Museum guide, and learn about the rich past and exciting future of historic Main Street. The tour will highlight the life in the village of St. Anthony, changes along Main Street throughout the years, and such landmarks as the 1855 Upton Block, 1858 Martin and Morrison Building, Our Lady of Lourdes Church, the Pillsbury A Mill and the Chalybeate Mineral Springs. This tour will begin and end at Pracna Restaurant, 117 Main Street S.E. Tours include admission to Mill City Museum.

Fee: $14 adults, $12 senior citizens, $10 children ages 6-17 and MHS members. Includes museum admission.

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

August 11, 2012, Saturday - Twin Cities Polish Festival

Time: 10:00am - 10:00pm

Location:  Old Main Street across from Riverplace and St. Anthony Main

Polish Culture in all of its Glory!

http://www.tcpolishfestival.org/

August 11, 2012, Saturday - Wilderness Inquiry Mississippi River Day Trip: Songs of the River

Time: 9:30am – 3:00pm

Location: Meet at East River Flats

Wilderness Inquiry Mississippi River Day Trip: Songs of the River

Day trips are a great way to experience the great outdoors right in your own backyard. We'll provide voyageur canoes, staff, all equipment and shuttles. These trips involve and engage everyone regardless of their age, ability or previous outdoor experience.

Join Jeff Toffler, Paul Spring and other river minstrels on the Mighty Mississippi to paddle and sing songs of the river. It doesn't matter if you can carry a tune, we just want you to come out and enjoy the day with some great folks. We'll provide songbooks. Bring an instrument if you have one--we'll be singing down in the river valley away from the neighbors. $45 per person; youth 17 and under: $30.

For information and to register.

August 11, 2012, Saturday - 2012 Fringe Festival Event at Southern Theater

Time:  2:30pm

Location: Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Avenue South

Isabella and The Lost Heart Adventure
By Cities Classical Dance Ensemble
Created by Amber Genetzky

This dark ballet tells the story of a little girl who has lost all hope. She runs away and falls into a bizarre world with a cast of dancing characters who lead her on a journey to find her heart again.

Additional dates: August 4, 7, 11, 12 

Ticket and more info.

August 10, 2012, Friday - Joe Kadi at The Loft

Tme:  7:30pm

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

Joe Kadi  
 
Arab Canadian writer and thinker Joe Kadi will be performing a reading as a kick-off to Mizna's new community program, Silaat/Connections.

Joe Kadi is a teacher, writer and editor living in Calgary, Alberta. He is the editor of Food For Our Grandmothers: Writings by Arab-American and Arab-Canadian Feminists, and the author of Thinking Class: Sketches from a Cultural Worker, both published by South End Press. He lived for a number of years in the Twin Cities, and regularly participated in readings and performances of Arab/Asian writers and poets. He believes in the creative force, transformative justice, and the power of community.

Mizna's Silaat will explore the creative and cultural needs of the Twin Cities Arab and Muslim communities through a series of dialogs and writing workshops.

Door is $10, $8 for students.

August 10, 2012, Friday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 9:00pm  Cover: $5

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

actual wolf (eric pollard of retribution gospel choir & low)

August 10, 2012, Friday - In Association: Collaboration in the Book Arts Opening Reception at MCBA

Time:  6:00pm - 9:00pm

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

Join us THIS FRIDAY to celebrate the opening of In Association: Collaboration in the Book Arts

"By its very nature, collaboration is about transformative experience. Ideas are brought forward and expanded upon and generated into something new. My work with Tom Rose has been about the transformation of events, images and text into the dynamic form of the book." – Wilber H. "Chip" Schilling
 
"Collaboration is integral to my work. My role is akin to that of the conductor of a small ensemble in which each member has a unique voice. The goal is to bring out the best in each player and excellence in the final composition. There is synergy and magic in that." – Harriet Bart

The book arts are, at heart, a collaborative discipline. Join us this Friday, August 10 from 6 to 9pm to celebrate the opening of four exhibitions wherein the power and potential of collaborative artmaking is revealed:

Thomas Rose and Wilber H. Schilling on view in the MCBA Star Tribune Foundation Gallery

The Collaborative Work of Harriet Bart on view in the Open Book Cowles Literary Commons

The Manulua Project on view in the Open Book lobby gallery

Burlesque of North America and Permanent Art & Design Group on view in the Open Book lobby gallery

Support MCBA by becoming a member or renewing your membership today! Minnesota Center for Book Arts is a non-profit organization (501c3) that depends on contributions from individuals, foundations, corporations and government grants to support its community outreach, artist programs and education initiatives. Visit our Giving page or call 612-215-2520.

Unless otherwise noted, all events are held at Minnesota Center for Book Arts, located in the Open Book building at 1011 Washington Ave. S. in Minneapolis. For a map, directions and more information, visit our website or call 612-215-2520.

MCBA’s educational and artistic programming is made possible in part by a grant provided by the Minnesota State Arts Board, through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature from the State’s general fund, and its arts and cultural heritage fund with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008. Additional support is provided by Target, Wet Paint, private foundations, MCBA members, and supporters like you.

Minnesota Center for Book Arts is supported in part by a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature, Wells Fargo, Target and other private funders. MCBA’s By Design teen artist program is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
 

August 10, 2012, Friday - 2012 Fringe Festival Event at Southern Theater

Time:  7:00pm

Location: Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Avenue South

The Gentlemen's Pratfall Club
By Comedy Suitcase
Created by Scrimshaw and Weinhagen

A struggling actor and a cruel French clown battle for the most coveted role in children's TV: Captain Clumsy. The creators of The Smothers Brothers Grimm bring you an uplifting comedy about falling down.

Additional dates/time: August 12, 2012, Sunday, 2:30pm

Ticket and more info.

August 9, 2012, Thursday - Midwest Photo Safari: "Minneapolis Nights" Mill Ruins Park and the Stone Arch Bridge

Time:
This safari begins 30 minutes before local sunset (your tour confirmation will have an exact time). We meet at Mill Ruins Park on the west bank of the river. The Safari runs about 90 minutes on Thursday and Friday Nights.

Location:
This tour begins at Mill Ruins Park on the west bank of the Minneapolis riverfront.  We start by photographing  this interesting park,  then walk across the famous Stone Arch bridge to photograph the Minneapolis night skyline. We will learn the principles of low light settings on your digital SLR's or the various "scene" mode settings of your digital point and shoot camera.

More Information and Registration.

August 9, 2012, Thursday - Twin Cities River Rats

The 2012 Twin Cities River Rats shows are scheduled for 7pm Thursday nights through August 30, and take place at 1628 West River Road (between the Plymouth and Broadway).

The Twin Cities Rivers Rats describe their show as an aquatic Broadway musical featuring multiple water ski acts choreographed to music and built around a theme.

If you haven't already enjoyed a River Rats show, their website is loaded with fun videos to give you an idea of what to expect.  These are free events.

August 9, 2012, Thursday - Act Out for Adults: Be Heard! at Central Library

Time: 6:00pm–7:30pm

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

Act Out for Adults: Be Heard!

Registration required, begins July 12. Register online or call 612-543-8000.

Do you want to be heard? To be more easily understood? You will learn tips, exercises and practical applications on how to speak with a more motivating, inspiring and commanding voice from an experienced Guthrie teaching artist. No experience necessary! See related materials for further information. Find more by searching the library catalog or Ask Us.

This project is funded with money from Minnesota's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
Presented in collaboration with Guthrie Theater.

August 9, 2012, Thursday - 2012 Fringe Festival Event at Southern Theater

Time:  10:00pm

Location: Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Avenue South

The Gentlemen's Pratfall Club
By Comedy Suitcase
Created by Scrimshaw and Weinhagen

A struggling actor and a cruel French clown battle for the most coveted role in children's TV: Captain Clumsy. The creators of The Smothers Brothers Grimm bring you an uplifting comedy about falling down.

Additional dates/times:

August 10, 2012, Friday,  7:00pm  
August 12, 2012, Sunday, 2:30pm

Ticket and more info.

August 8, 2012, Wednesday - 2012 Fringe Festival Event at Southern Theater

Time:  8:30pm

Location: Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Avenue South

Nucleus...and Other Cell Bodies
By Kelly Radermacher
Choreographed by Kelly Radermacher

Two hydrogen atoms bond with one oxygen atom to make-dance! Get silly and scientific inside our peculiar kinetic bio-textbook for the stage, a bizarre and compelling movement world as seen through a microscope!

Ticket and more info.

August 8, 2012, Wednesday - Mill City Live: Davina and the Vagabonds at Mill City Museum

Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Location:  Mill City Museum, 704 South 2nd Street

Mill City Live: Davina and the Vagabonds at Mill City Museum

Fee: $5, includes museum admission from 4:00 to 9:00pm

Set in the museum's dramatic open air Ruin Courtyard, Mill City Live features four evenings of outdoor music every Wednesday night from August 8 through 29.

This year’s lineup kicks-off with Davina and the Vagabonds, a band known for their high energy stage performances and their genre-busting mix of jazz, blues and roots music. Led by Florida transplant Davina Sower’s powerful and evocative voice this guitar-less, horn-heavy band has the ability to make any crowd happy. Their latest CD "Black Cloud" was chosen by Star Tribune's Jon Bream as "the best local album of 2011, and one of the best in years."

Visit Mill City Museum before or after the show, the $5 concert fee includes admission to the museum from 4 to 9 p.m. Food and drink is available for purchase by D’Amico Catering.

Media Sponsors: 98.3 The Current and Vita.mn

August 8, 2012, Wednesday - The Soap Factory Common Room Tour

Time:  Tour will depart from the Common Room sign at The Soap Factory’s front dock at precisely 6:30pm.

Location: Soap Factory, 514 Second Street SE

For the fourth year, Sergio Vucci and Andy Sturdevant will be leading Common Room, a series of artist-led tours originating at The Soap Factory and heading by foot, bicycle and mass transit into Minneapolis, seeking to activate public spaces and redefining our relationship with our surroundings.

Common Room began as a month-long series of interactive art events, out of a refurbished art deco office at The Soap Factory. Since 2011, Vucci and Sturdevant have taken the Common Room concept outside the four walls of the Soap Factory and into the city.

August 8th: Skyway Tour
Go into the skyway system, and ask a passerby, “Why does Minneapolis have skyways?” Odds are they would say something about the weather. Popular narratives of the skyway system today begin with the premise that they were built to shelter residents from the city’s notoriously long and cold winters. Yet when the downtown skyway system was originally conceived, concerns about the cold weather climate were nowhere to be found. This after-hours tour of Minneapolis’ skyway system, with historical facts, highlights and a roving Q&A, will be led by geographer and “sidewalk philosopher” Bill Lindeke.