Times:
Social - 6:00pm dinner/drink specials
Discussion - 7:00pm-8:30pm
Location: Aster Cafe, 125 SE Main Street
Author: Andrew Davidson, Book: The Gargoyle (Full moon tonight!)
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
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Pohlad Hall, Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall
Guest speakers include Council Member Lisa Goodman, Park Board Commissioner Anita Tabb, Manager of Transit Oriented Development David Frank, and representatives from the Minneapolis Police Department's First Precinct.
Elections to the DMNA Board of Directors will also be held at this meeting. There are four open seats on the DMNA Board. We currently have five people running for the four seats: Andrea Christenson, Andy Hauer, Eric Laska, George Rosenquist and Wally Swan. Christenson, Hauer, Rosenquist and Swan are incumbents.
You must live, work, or own property in the Downtown East or Downtown West neighborhoods to run for a seat on the DMNA Board. If you have an interest in adding your name to the list of candiates, please email the DMNA at info@thedmna.org.
There will be coffee and cookies at the meeting provided by Dunn Brothers Coffee. The annual meeting is a great opportunity to meet other Downtown residents, and to learn more about what the DMNA is doing to make the Downtown community a great place to live, work and play.
Time: 7:00pm
Location: The Loft at Open Book (Performance Hall) 1011 Washington Avenue South
Spend an evening with poets Cary Waterman, Greg Watson, and Linda Back McKay as they read from their new collections published by Nodin Press. Cary Waterman will read from Book of Fire which explores the elusive passage of time and evokes the beauty and solace of nature. Greg Watson’s What Music Remains searches memories, libraries and coffee-shops, love and miscommunication, giving voice to melancholy reflections while capturing delicate insight with a unique turn of phrase. The Next Best Thing by Linda Back McKay contains lyrical and pithy reflections on gender equality, unemployment, Frida Kahlo, motorcycles, bears, orchids, free time, herons, and the vagaries of family history.
Cary Waterman is the author of four previous collections of poetry. Her poems are included in the anthologies Poets Against the War, To Sing Along the Way: Minnesota Women Poets from Pre-territorial Days to the Present and Where One Song Ends, Another Begins: 150 Years of Minnesota Poetry. She has received fellowships from the Minnesota State Arts Board, the Bush Foundation, the Loft and the McKnight Foundation. She lives in St. Paul and teaches creative writing at Augsburg College in Minneapolis.
Greg Watson’s work has appeared in numerous literary journals, including The Seattle Review, Tulane Review, and Poetry East. His most recent collections are Things You Will Never See Again and The Distance Between Two Hands. He lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Linda Back McKay is author of several poetry collections as well as the groundbreaking book, Shadow Mothers: Stories of Adoption and Reunion, which was inspiration for the play, “Watermelon Hill,” produced by the History Theatre in Saint Paul. She is a teaching artist, working with youth and adults. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with David McKay. As often as possible, they travel with their Harley-Davidson motorcycle, which is red, because red bikes go faster.
This event is free and open to the public.
Time: 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Location: Minnesota Center for Book Arts, 1011 Washington Avenue South
An Evening of Fine Wine & Fine Books
Sample a delectable variety of wines, cheeses and other refreshments, view the latest offerings from outstanding local and international book artists; and learn about the MCBA Collectors Forum, an affinity group for those who love artists' books and wish to learn more about their appreciation and collection. This one-evening-only event will feature a display of new work by dozens of artists from around the world, including:
Sarah Bryant (Aurora, NY)
Ginger Burrell (San Jose, CA)
Wendy Fernstrum (Marine, MN)
Karen Hanmer (Glenview, IL)
Friedrich Kerkseick (Memphis, TN)
Karen Kunc (Avoca, NE)
Peter Malutzki (Florsheim, Germany)
Kitty Maryatt (Claremont, CA)
Regula Russelle (St. Paul, MN)
Barbara Tetenbaum (Portland, OR)
Ines von Ketelhodt (Florsheim, Germany)
Heather Weston (London, U.K.)
RSVP by Saturday, October 8 to The Shop at MCBA, at 612-215-2520.
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Guthrie, Wurtele Thrust Stage, 818 2nd Street South
Renowned for her interpretive song skills, Madeleine Peyroux followed her creative muse on 2009's Bare Bones by challenging herself to write a full album of her own compositions. Now with Standing On the Rooftop, she delves deeper into her reinvention, not only writing the bulk of the songs but also pushing past any preconceived notions about her music and daring herself to expand her sonic template.
Time: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Location: Local D'Lish, 208 N 1st Street
Pie is the new cupcake. Join us for an evening of sweet heaven as we learn how to create perfect crusts and fill them with seasonal flavors. It’s not as hard as grandma made it seem. Make pie. Be happy.
Time: Noon - 5:00pm
Location: The Soap Factory, 514 2nd Street SE
Exhibition Runs: Oct 8 - Oct 9, 2011
The Soap Factory is hosting an open house as part of the Partners in Preservation Program. From making dumplings to touring the Haunted Basement, this weekend offers the public a chance to learn more about The Soap Factory and its bid to win part of the $1 million of preservation funding provided by American Express.
About Partners in Preservation
Launched in 2006, Partners in Preservation is a program in which American Express, in partnership with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, has awarded $5.5 million over a five-year period toward preserving 56 historic places throughout the United States. American Express renewed its commitment to Partners in Preservation in 2010 by pledging $10 million toward the program over the next five years. Through this partnership, American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation seek to increase the public’s awareness of the importance of historic preservation in the United States and to preserve America’s historic and cultural places. The program also seeks to inspire long-term support from local citizens for the historic sites at the heart of their communities.
Location: 514 2nd Street SE
The Soap Factory's 5th annual Haunted Basement. An artist designed, adult only Halloween experience not to be missed!
Runs October 1 - October 31, 2011 - Reservations required.
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Ritz Theater, 345 13th Avenue Northeast
Mission Nutrition, the live music and raffle hoopla and veritable who's-who in Northeast Minneapolis, is taking place 7:00 pm, Saturday, October 8, at the Ritz Theater. Tickets are $10; purchase at the door or by calling the Ritz Theater Box Office.
Featured bands include The Mighty Mofos, Alicia Corbett's Tea and Sympathy, Sister Gin, and Screaming Vermilion—band of the man with the plan, Event Chair Jeff Aronen. A surefire Midwest favorite Meat Raffle is taking place, as well as a raffle run by Northeast favorites Craig Drehmel of Gastro Non Grata and Jim Grell, owner of the Modern Café. You can take a load off and enjoy a chair massage as the event progresses.
Aronen is a volunteer driver and former Board Member of Northeast Dinner Bell and local band member for around twenty years. He knows everyone that hangs at the best dive bars and cafés - a key element in planning a killer bash, especially one run completely on volunteer power. Aronen says about the Arts District, “Northeast Minneapolis seemed like the perfect place to do an event, with its music community and its business community that is very generous.”
Northeast Dinner Bell is a Meals on Wheels nonprofit organization that brings hot meals to elderly and homebound residents in Northeast Minneapolis and Saint Anthony Village. Contact Northeast Dinner Bell at 612.789.6548 or nemealsonwheels@msn.com. More information
Time: 10:00am–2:00pm
Location: Pohlad Hall at Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall
Qualified financial planners will discuss managing your money and planning for retirement; meet one-on-one to answer your personal finance-related questions. For more information or to reserve your spot, visit www.FinancialPlanningDays.org/TwinCities, or just walk in and register the day of the event. Space is limited.
Presented in collaboration with the Financial Planning Association, the Financial Planning Association of Minnesota, the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc., the Foundation for Financial Planning and The United States Conference of Mayors.
Time: 1:00pm
Location: Mill City Museum, 704 2nd Street South
Fee: $14 adults, $12 seniors and college students, $10 ages 6-17 and MHS members.
Reservations: recommended, call 612-341-7555
Take an in-depth look at the historic Washburn A Mill complex and the award-winning Mill City Museum building on a guided tour of the 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. 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.
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Taste Twin Cities was created to share our passion of food and enjoy the taste the Twin Cities has to offer. If you love to eat, try new foods and enjoy a fun experience learning about the history of the Twin Cities, this tour if for you! Reservations.
Tour Facts
•3 hour walking tour of Minneapolis Mill District and Northeast Minneapolis neighborhoods.
•11:30am - 2:30pm
•Flat route with slight inclines and walking down 1 staircase, approximately 1.8 miles, standing most of the time, bathrooms available at some stops.
•6 stops, with tastings at each (enough food for lunch!).
•Tour limited to 12 people, advance tickets required.
•Begins at Gold Medal Park (S 10th Ave & S 2nd Street), located next to the Guthrie Theater, ends in Northeast Minneapolis (Hennepin Ave & SE University Ave).
•$43 (Prepaid at time of reservation)
Tour Description
Hungry for an off-the-beaten path Minneapolis food experience? Join us as we explore one of the city's trendy and historical neighborhoods, Mill District and Northeast Minneapolis. We will share what's hot in the Minneapolis food scene as we visit specialty shops and restaurants that are proud of their commitment to local and sustainable ingredients, and handmade treats. As you participate in tasting mouth watering pasta, compare gourmet cheeses and learn how Danish pastry is made, you'll gain an appreciation for a distinct neighborhood that most tourists never see.
We'll stroll past Museums and Theaters in the Mill District, enjoy gorgeous views the river has to offer and cross over into historical Northeast Minneapolis. You'll learn about the history of both these neighborhoods and visit the oldest street in Minneapolis. You'll taste and chat with other food-loving guests, and leave the tour with a host of restaurant recommendations and discounts for your next trip back to the Twin Cities.
Tastings
•Mouth watering pasta with an amazing atmosphere.
•Specialty Danish pastry baked in front of us, served with a variety of delicious toppings.
•Local cheese and specialty items.
•Variety of Minnesota brewed draft beers (non-alcoholic tastings available).
•European style bakery bread.
•Extravagantly blended gourmet chocolates.
•Award winning coffee including local favorite Noreast Mud (substitute options available).
*Tastings subject to change without notice. Most dietary restrictions can be accommodated.
Location
Our Tour begins at Gold Medal Park (S 10th Ave & S 2nd Street).
Time: 8:00am - 1:00pm
Location: 704 South 2nd Street
Today at Mill City Farmers Market: Eating Local Year Round
Even well-intentioned locavores fall off the wagon when winter in Minnesota approaches. We've heard it before: "I like supporting local foods, but I can only eat so many turnips!" Eating local year round in Minnesota is challenging, but it only takes a little bit of planning to enjoy a locally grown and varied diet throughout the winter. To help you be a successful and full-time local foods consumer, we've made this helpful guide.
PRODUCE PLANNER for the WINTER:
Stock up now on storage veggies, like carrots, onions, beets, squash, pumpkins, potatoes, garlic, parsnips, celeriac and apples. Hang herbs and carrot greens to dry or dehydrate them to use all year long. Freeze kale, Swiss chard and collards. Can tomatoes, tomatillos and peppers. Or, get a winter CSA and visit Winter Farmers Markets!
Mill City Cooks, 10:00am:
Local food writer and cooking instructor, Beth Dooley joins Heather Hartman in the demo kitchen to answer the question, "How do you eat local foods year round... in Minnesota?" They'll be making two delicious autumnal recipes.
Meet Your Vegetables! Sponsored by Allina 9:00am - 1:00pm
Get down with greens! Try a simple preparation of cooking greens and take home a recipe. Ask the interns about the nutritional benefits of these veggies and learn how to keep eating them all year!
Live Music, 11:00am - 1:00pm:
Vocalist Karen Quiroz presents a stunning repertoire of popular music from Brazil and Latin America; non-stop rhythm, lush harmonics, and melodies.
Community Booth:
North House Folk School is an educational non-profit on the shores of Lake Superior in Grand Marais, MN. They foster a non-competitive learning environment devoted to teaching traditional northern craft in over 350 courses year round and will be demonstrating wood carving at the Market this Saturday.
Art Market, all day:
Featuring The Ink Orchard, ceramics by Guillermo Cuellar, Barnswallow Garden, and woodwork by Jim Benson.
Time: 9:00am - Noon
Location: Mill Ruins Park
Please join the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board at an open house for Mill Ruins Park 9:00am-noon, Saturday, October 8.
The open house, free and open to the public, will allow visitors to learn about the site's history, its bid to win funding for proposed preservation projects and details about the projects and the effort to preserve historical significance. There will be a staffed display, tent and promotional materials.
Share your stories.
We’d love to hear your stories about the Mill Ruins Park. Tell us what the park mean to you and how it may be significant in your life. You are encouraged to share photos, too! Visit our Mill Ruins Park Facebook page to share your stories and photos.
About the park.
Mill Ruins Park is located along the Mississippi River adjacent to St. Anthony Falls. The falls were the literal driving force behind the development of Minneapolis, providing power for lumber and flour mills. Minneapolis served as the Midwestern hub to transform wheat to flour and was known as the “flour capital of the world.” Iconic companies, mill owners and civic leaders that got their start at the river have left their mark on the Minneapolis landscape including Pillsbury, General Mills, Washburn, Cargill, Peavey and Loring.
As part of the Central Mississippi Riverfront Park with its 1.6 million annual visitors, Mill Ruins Park is mostly used for its trails, its up close access to ruins and the tailrace canal, its scenic overlooks and self-directed river quest. The proposed project would reveal mill features, engage the public in archaeology and increase opportunities for interpretation. The proposed use will contribute to the preservation of the Mill district for future generations.
Time: 4:00pm - 2:00am
The 2011 Zombie Pub Crawl (ZPC VII) has expanded to include St. Paul. While the Minneapolis activities are concentrated on the West Bank this year, Grumpy's and Maxwell's are still on their Zombie-friendly list.
You must have a wristband to get into the Zombie Pub Crawl bars and block parties! The Zombie Pub Crawl WILL SELL OUT, so purchase early. Tickets.
Don't forget to stop in the Monster Halloween store at 1211 Washington Avenue South for costume and make up needs.
Check out Mill City Times' 2010 Zombie Blog - we've posted a new picture every day since last year's Crawl.
Time: 10:00pm, $5 Cover
Location: Crooked Pint Ale House, 501 Washington Avenue South
Tonight: The Irresistibles Sweet Soul Show featuring Mick Sterling
Time: Opens at Noon, Music 1:00pm-10:00pm
Location: Star Tribune Parking Lot at Portland and 3rd Street South
Peghead Recordsand the American Legion #600 present Peghead Palooza, to raise money for North Minneapolis tornado victims. Food, music, beer gardens, tattooing and more.
Time: 11:00am - 1:00pm
Location: Minnesota Center for Book Arts, 1011 Washington Avenue South
Create your own magical world with MCBA and The Loft Literary Center! Kids can get a taste of one of our most popular writing and book arts "combo classes", including pop-up book making with MCBA artist-instructors!
FREE and open to the public; all ages are welcome.
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