January 15, 2012, Sunday - Urban Yoga Workshop at Southern Theater

Time:  1:00pm - 4:00p

Location:  Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Avenue South

The Urban Yoga Workshop with Phil Doucette

We are so proud to host this unique Yoga Fundraiser for the one of a kind non-profit SOUTHERN THEATER. This half-day workshop will include a live hip hop and slam poetry performance by the legendary conscious artist Guante. Then Philly D will take the mic and hit you with a Dharma Talk called "Paths 2 Freedom." We close the day with an uplifting Hip Hop Yoga class full of positive music reflective of the days theme: Freedom & Art. This event is YOGA WITH A CONSCIOUS SWAGGER.

January 15, 2012, Sunday - Tai Chi for Health Class for Beginners Workshop at Open Book

Time: 12:30pm

Location: Open Book, Target Performance Hall, 1011 Washington Avenue South

Tai Chi is an excellent means to create good health, vitality and find inner peace.  Easier to learn and more accessible than Yoga, Tai Chi is often described as meditation in movement.  Classes are informal, non-martial and open to all regardless of age or ability.

Register online at www.naturalsteptaichi.com or e-mail Colin Snow at ColinSnow@NaturalStepTaichi.com for more information.

January 15, 2012, Sunday - Rock Guitar Workshop with Randy Sobaski at MacPhail

Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Location: MacPhail Center for Music, Room 127, 501 2nd Street South

Rock Guitar Workshop with Randy Sobaski

This fun, playing-oriented workshop will consist of an introduction to open position power chords, E,A, and D. These chords will also be applied to the 12-bar blues and rock chord progressions using some common grooves/rhythmic patterns. The pentatonic scale will also be introduced about how to improvise through the use of simple licks/phrases, rhythmic ideas and note choice.

This workshop is for beginning to intermediate guitar students. Bring your guitar and be prepared to rock!

Admission $5 (Free for MacPhail students)

January 15, 2012, Sunday - Minneapolis Home & Landscape Expo at the Dome

(The Minneapolis Home & Landscape Expo runs January 6-8 and 13-15.)

Times:
Fridays 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Saturdays 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Sundays 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Location:  The Metrodome, Gates B, F and H

The 2012 Minneapolis Home and Landscape Expo will kick off a new season of activities at Hubert Humphrey Metrodome with a two-weekend event for homeowners.  The Expo offers exhibits, consultations, demonstrations, and other activities related to design and renovation. Expo exhibitors will showcase everything for home interiors including the latest in cabinetry and countertops, flooring, sunrooms and additions, basement finishing, waterproofing, smart, and energy efficient windows, as well as exterior products.

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January 14, 2012, Saturday - Live Music at Crooked Pint

Time: 9:00pm  $5 Cover

Location: Crooked Pint Ale House, 501 Washington Avenue South

Tonight:  Bethany Larson and Bees Knees

Bethany Larson and the Bee's Knees is an indie-folk band from Minneapolis fronted by singer-songwriter Bethany Larson.

January 14, 2012, Saturday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 9:00pm  Cover: $10

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Tonight:  Daniel Ellsworth & the Great Lakes CD release

January 14, 2012, Saturday - MCAD Exhibit: 125 years starts at Central Library

Location: Central Library, Cargill Hall, 300 Nicollet Mall

MCAD Exhibit: 125 years  (Runs January 14–February 2)

The Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) has been “a catalyst for creativity in Minneapolis” for 125 years. Celebrate this great milestone with history, media and art displays.

Presented in collaboration with Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

January 14, 2012, Saturday - Winning Recipes from the Pillsbury Bake-Off at Mill City Museum

Time: 2:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 Second Street South

Winning Recipes from the Pillsbury Bake-Off

See how history is revealed in a demonstration of Chocolate Cherry Bars, a Bake-Off winning recipe from 1974. Learn about the 60-year history of the Pillsbury Bake-Off, sample treats, get baking tips and take home a copy of the recipe.

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

January 14, 2012, Saturday - Minneapolis Home & Landscape Expo at the Dome

(The Minneapolis Home & Landscape Expo runs January 6-8 and 13-15.)

Times:
Fridays 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Saturdays 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Sundays 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Location:  The Metrodome, Gates B, F and H

The 2012 Minneapolis Home and Landscape Expo will kick off a new season of activities at Hubert Humphrey Metrodome with a two-weekend event for homeowners.  The Expo offers exhibits, consultations, demonstrations, and other activities related to design and renovation. Expo exhibitors will showcase everything for home interiors including the latest in cabinetry and countertops, flooring, sunrooms and additions, basement finishing, waterproofing, smart, and energy efficient windows, as well as exterior products.

More Info

January 13, 2012, Friday - Live Music at Crooked Pint

Time: 9:00pm  $10 Cover

Location: Crooked Pint Ale House, 501 Washington Avenue South

Tonight:  GB Leighton

January 13, 2012, Friday - 'Quick Week Night Meals' Class at Local D'Lish

Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Location: Local D'Lish, 208 N 1st Street

It seems like you just don’t have time to eat something healthy and local…but we can show you how to make a nutritious and locally lovely delicious meal in a flash.

Reservations

January 13, 2012, Friday - Minneapolis Home & Landscape Expo at the Dome

(The Minneapolis Home & Landscape Expo runs January 6-8 and 13-15.)

Times:
Fridays 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Saturdays 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Sundays 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Location:  The Metrodome, Gates B, F and H

The 2012 Minneapolis Home and Landscape Expo will kick off a new season of activities at Hubert Humphrey Metrodome with a two-weekend event for homeowners.  The Expo offers exhibits, consultations, demonstrations, and other activities related to design and renovation. Expo exhibitors will showcase everything for home interiors including the latest in cabinetry and countertops, flooring, sunrooms and additions, basement finishing, waterproofing, smart, and energy efficient windows, as well as exterior products.

More Info

January 12, 2012, Thursday - Brenda, My Darling with Eric Utne at The Loft

Time: 7:00pm

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

The Loft is pleased to partner with Utne Institute on a publication celebration of Brenda, My Darling: The Love Letters of Fridtjof Nansen to Brenda Ueland. Winner of the 1922 Nobel Peace Prize, Nansen met Ueland, author of If You Want to Write, in New York City in 1929. The two shared an intense, year-long correspondence until his death. Nansen's letters have been called "some of the most passionate, candid and eloquent in the English language," and "a true love song." Complemented by a sampling of Ueland's published work and unpublished diaries, Brenda, My Darling offers profound insight into the lives of two extraordinary individuals. Eric Utne, editor of the collection, step-grandson of Ueland, and founder of Utne Reader, will read from and discuss the book. A reception follows.

January 11, 2012, Wednesday - '10 Key Foods to Keep You on Track in the New Year' Class at Local D'Lish

Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Location: Local D'Lish, 208 N 1st Street

It’s time to make those resolutions again. How about you make a commitment to eat real food and give your body exactly what it needs to be balanced and healthy. We will show you how.

Reservations

January 11, 2012, Wednesday - Economy Busters Wine Dinner at Spill the Wine

Seating Time: 6:30pm

Location:  Spill the Wine, 1101 Washington Avenue South

$45/person (tax included)

4 course wine dinner featuring quality wines at a low price.

Food Prepared by Chef Craig Johnson, wine presentation by Mary Beth Gallagher.

Reservations.

January 10, 2012, Tuesday - DMNA Board Meeting at Central Library

Time: 6:00pm

Location:  Central Library, Room N-202, 300 Nicollet Mall

Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Association

January 10, 2012, Tuesday - Books & Bars Series at Aster Cafe

Times: 

Social - 6:00pm dinner/drink specials
Discussion - 7:00pm-8:30pm

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 SE Main Street

Author: Patti Smith, Book: Just Kids

Books & Bars isn’t your mother’s book club. We provide a unique atmosphere for a lively discussion of interesting authors, fun people, good food and drinks.

Reservations - 612-379-3138

January 9, 2012, Monday - NT Live Filmed Presentation of Collaborators at the Guthrie

Time:  7:30pm

Location: McGuire Proscenium, Guthrie, 818 2nd Street South

The Guthrie Theater presents an NT Live FILMED PRESENTATION of Collaborators, a new play by John Hodge.

Moscow, 1938. A dangerous place to have a sense of humour; even more so a sense of freedom. Mikhail Bulgakov, living among dissidents, stalked by secret police, has both. And then he's offered a poisoned chalice: a commission to write a play about Stalin to celebrate his 60th birthday.

Inspired by historical fact, Collaborators embarks on surreal journey into the fevered imagination of the writer as he loses himself in a macabre and disturbingly funny relationship with the omnipotent subject of his drama.

January 9, 2012, Monday - Arts Town Hall Meeting at Mill City Museum

Time: 7:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 Second Street South

An open call to the arts community:

On January 9, an Arts Town Hall Meeting will be held at the Mill City Museum. PLACE, a nonprofit that builds sustainable arts communities in the United States and the United Kingdom, has been engaged by developer Dominium to perform a comprehensive artist study to determine if there is interest in the creation of at least 350 new living and working spaces for artists. The two proposed sites, the historic Schmidt Brewery in Saint Paul and the historic Pillsbury A Mill in Minneapolis, will be preserved as affordable space for the arts including apartments, studios, galleries, rehearsal and performance space and other uses. Organizers want to hear from you about the need for space, how to use the large shared spaces and how to get their survey in as many artist “hands” as possible.

January 8, 2012, Sunday - Tai Chi for Well Being & Inner Peace Complimentary Workshop at Open Book

Time: 12:30pm

Location: Open Book, Target Performance Hall, 1011 Washington Avenue South

Natural Step Tai Chi offers you the chance to try Tai Chi for Health & Vitality. Experience the many benefits for mind, body & spirit that this ancient wisdom tradition has to offer. We are not a martial art school. All Welcome.

Please register by e-mail: ColinSnow@NaturalStepTaiChi.com