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Saturday
Oct012011

October 1, 2011, Saturday - Origami Pocket Book Cover and Western Pamphlet-Stitch Bookmaking at MCBA

Time: 10:30am - noon

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

For families with children grades 1 and up.

Travel from East to West and make your own notebooks! First, learn an origami fold that makes a book cover with many pockets. Then combine that Eastern tradition with a Western style sewn binding -- the pamphlet stitch -- to create your pages.

$25 ($22) adult/child pair, $12 ($11) each additional participant

Saturday
Oct012011

October 1, 2011, Saturday - Annual Piano and Instrument Sale at MacPhail

Time:  10:00am -5:00pm by appointment

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

Every year Music Connection trades out MacPhail's gently used and well cared for pianos, and then sells them at a reduced cost.

Used pianos sold during the three-day event all come with a warranty.  New pianos will also be available.   In addition to the loan program pianos, Music Connection will be bringing in many new and used instruments to fit budgets.  Financing and delivery will be available.  Call 1-866-920-5397 to schedule an appointment.

Dates and Times:
 
Friday, September 30:  10:00am - 7:00pm (by appointment)
Saturday, October 1:  10:00am - 5:00pm (by appointment)
Sunday, October 2:  Noon - 5:00pm - Open to The Public
 
The sale is open to all MacPhail students, families, faculty, donors and friends.

Saturday
Oct012011

October 1, 2011, Saturday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 9:00pm, $10 Cover

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 SE Main Street

Tonight: Justin Roth CD Release Party

Saturday
Oct012011

October 1, 2011, Saturday - Alcina’s Island: A Picnic Operetta at Nicollet Island Farm

Time:  4:00pm

Location:  Nicollet Island Farm, Nicollet Street and Maple Place on Nicollet Island

This Alcina is rowdy and delicious!

In our colorful re-imagining of George Frideric Handel’s 1735 opera Alcina, the garden becomes a truck stop on the American highway. Scheming sorceresses Alcina and Morgana become truck stop waitresses, luring brave truckers astray. We combine Handel’s early baroque with outlaw country, trucker songs and classic old-time music.

Handel’s opera — based on Ariosto’s epic poem Orlando furious — features monsters, magic spells, rings of invisibility and a flying hippogriff.  And, of course, the glory of love and music conquers all!

The magic of this island will be all the more savory, with Chef Nick Schneider’s five course sampling menu of locally sourced treats created especially for this performance.

Saturday
Oct012011

October 1, 2011, Saturday - The Soap Factory Presents: The Haunted Basement 2011

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.

Reserve tickets online.

Saturday
Oct012011

October 1, 2011, Saturday - Live Music at Crooked Pint Ale House

Time: 9:00pm,  $5 Cover

Location: Crooked Pint Ale House, 501 Washington Avenue South

Tonight: Hookers $ Blow

Saturday
Oct012011

October 1, 2011, Saturday - Autumn Blaze Paddle with Wilderness Inquiry

Time: 9:30am – 2:00pm
 
Autumn Blaze Paddle with Wilderness Inquiry
 
Join Wilderness Inquiry for a half-day canoe trip down the Mississippi River through the Twin Cities! Explore the river and its history in our fast and stable 24-foot voyageur canoes. The river is an urban wilderness corridor and a great way to experience the National Park in your own backyard!

• Experienced WI canoe guides
• National Park Service Rangers
• Paddle in 24-ft handmade Voyageur canoes
• Life jackets, paddles, safety gear, & shuttle provided

Adult Fee: $45 | Youth Fee: $30

Saturday
Oct012011

October 1, 2011, Saturday - Taste Twin Cities Minneapolis Riverwalk Tour (Starts at Gold Medal Park)

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).

Saturday
Oct012011

October 1, 2011, Saturday - Mill City Farmers Market

Time: 8:00am - 1:00pm

Location: 704 South 2nd Street

Today at Mill City Farmers Market: Bread Festival

Mill City Farmers Market and the Mill City Museum are teaming up again to create an exciting celebration of bread-baking in America! This event will be the first of an annual event spotlighting the healthy goodness and nourishment of bread-baking.

Sponsored by:
The Gold Medal brand’s heritage and quality have earned the trust of both scratch and professional bakers alike. For over 125 years, we have remained dedicated to sourcing and milling top-grade wheat. We are committed to delivering the best quality flour for your home-baked breads, cookies, pie crusts, cakes, and brownies.

Produce Planner:
Winter squash, pumpkins, okra, grapes, peppers, tomatoes, collard greens, kale, onions, carrots, spinach, bok choy, lemongrass, herbs, salad mix, beets, zucchini, garlic, potatoes, watermelon, cucumbers, arugula, eggplant, edamame, turnips, rutabaga parsnips, brussel sprouts and much more!

WHAT’S NEW:
- What’s the best compliment to bread? BUTTER! Local D’Lish General Store will be sampling the delicious butter from Hope Creamery.
- Ames Farm has a beautiful new crop of apples for all your baking and munching needs! Some of their varieties include Sweet Sixteen, Honeycrisp, and Chestnut Crab.
- The bakers from Solomon’s Snacks & Bakery are bringing fall flavors in their pastries and baked goods, with lovely pumpkin muffins and sweet potato tarts!
- Prairie Hollow Farm has their first pumpkins of the season, as well as some beautiful deep purple grapes, and fresh oyster mushrooms.
- Sunrise Flour Mill is selling a new variety of organic, open-pollinated cornmeal. It makes polenta-like you’ve never tasted before, and has potential to be incorporated into all sorts of cold-season comfort foods—delicious!
- Mill City Farmers Market will not be selling turkeys from Wild Acres Farm this year. You can find these lovely birds at Kramarczuk’s and Clancey’s Meats

Baking Contest:
Calling all Bakers! Enter your home-baked bread in our first ever bread-baking contest! Enter in the Quick Bread or Yeast Bread categories and have your goodies judged by a panel of experts. For more info follow this link.

Mill City Bakes, 9:30am and 10:15am:
Be awed by the wholesome goodness created by local baking masters, Zoe Francois and Jeff Hertberg, authors of Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day and Salty Tart’s, Michelle Gayer in outdoor ovens courtesy of Lorenzo’s Ovens

Grain Art Activity for Kids, 1:00am – 1:00pm (while supplies last): Were you inspired by the crop art at the MN State Fair? Try your hand at this historic craft and learn more about whole grains!

Community Booth:
Compatible Technology International is a nonprofit organization that alleviates hunger and poverty in the developing world by designing and distributing simple, life-changing food and water technologies. They will demo grain grinders, their “tools for harvest, hope for the hungry.”

Live Music, 11:00am – 1:00pm:
Hear the classics from Potluck & the Hot Dishes

Art Market, all day: Featuring Weavers Guild, ceramics by Matthew Krousey, Spring Finn & Co., and Stirsby.

Saturday
Oct012011

October 1, 2011, Saturday - Great Minnesota Pet Together

Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm

Location: MN State Fairgrounds, International Bazaar

Thinking about getting a pet but still haven't found your perfect match?  Consider bringing the family to the Great Minnesota Pet Together at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds on Saturday, October 1st.  Hundreds of puppies, dogs, cats and kittens will be onsite for this one-day super pet adoption. Adoptable pets from more than 25 animal welfare and rescue organizations from around the state will be ready to leash up and head home including 100 adorable, ready to go home furry friends from Animal Humane Society.  There is no charge for admission to the event.

Adoption fees and policies are set by each participating group and not by event sponsors. All dogs and cats will have received a medical check-up and age-appropriate vaccinations.  For health and safety reasons, please leave your currents pet at home.

This pet adoption extravaganza is sponsored by PetSmart Charities® and MnPAW(Minnesota Partnership for Animal Welfare). MnPAW is a coalition of animal welfare organizations throughout Minnesota who are committed to working together to aid animals.  Visit the web site for more information, or call 763-489-2250.

MnPAW members include: Animal Allies Humane Society, Animal Humane Society, A Rotta Love Plus, Chuck & Don's Pet Food Outlet, Minneapolis Animal Care & Control, Minnesota Spay/Neuter Project, The Pet Project, Pet Haven Inc. of Minnesota, RAGOM - Retrieve A Golden of Minnesota, Tri-County Humane Society and The Humane Society of Kandiyohi & Meeker Counties.

Friday
Sep302011

September 30, 2011, Friday - Annual Piano and Instrument Sale at MacPhail

Time:  10:00am - 7:00pm (by appointment)

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

Every year Music Connection trades out MacPhail's gently used and well cared for pianos, and then sells them at a reduced cost.

Used pianos sold during the three-day event all come with a warranty.  New pianos will also be available.   In addition to the loan program pianos, Music Connection will be bringing in many new and used instruments to fit budgets.  Financing and delivery will be available.  Call 1-866-920-5397 to schedule an appointment.

Dates and Times:
 
Friday, September 30:  10:00am - 7:00pm (by appointment)
Saturday, October 1:  10:00am - 5:00pm (by appointment )
Sunday, October 2:  Noon - 5:00pm - Open to The Public
 
The sale is open to all MacPhail students, families, faculty, donors and friends.

Friday
Sep302011

September 30, 2011, Friday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 9:00pm  $10 Cover

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 SE Main Street

Tonight: Dark Pony

Friday
Sep302011

September 30, 2011, Friday - Live Music at Crooked Pint Ale House

Time: 10:00pm, $5 Cover

Location: Crooked Pint Ale House, 501 Washington Avenue South

Tonight:  Sell Out Stereo (S.O.S)

Friday
Sep302011

September 30, 2011, Friday - Fall Sale Tasting Series at Sorella Wine & Spirits

Time: 4:30pm-7:00pm

Location:  Sorella Wine & Spirits, 1010 Washington Avenue South

Fall Sale Tasting Series - Free, in store.  We will be tasting each of these fabulous 18 wines:
 
Malvira',Roero Arneis,2008 Reg. 23.99 Sale $17.47
Vigin,Moscato d'Asti,2010 17.99 13.97
Malvira',Roero Trinita,2003 49.99 39.97
Opolo,Mt. Zinfandel,2008 23.99 19.97
Malvira',Barbera d'Alba SM,06 26.99 18.77
Amavi,Cabernet Sauvignon,07 29.99 24.97
Gato Negro,Chardonnay,2010, Chile 8.49 5.97
Mionetto,Prosecco Organic,NV 15.99 9.97
Verdillac,Bordeaux Blanc,2009 9.99 8.27
Gundlach Bundschu,Mountain Cuvee,07 19.99 12.47
Gundlach Bundschu,Cabernet Sauvignon,2007 37.99 27.97
Coppola,Malbec Diamond,2009 18.99 13.97 
Juve y Camps,Cava Reserve Familia,05 19.99 12.47
Arona,Sauvignon Blanc,2010 10.99 8.77
Cune,Rioja Crianza,2007 13.99 9.97
Hecht Bannier,CdRousV,2008 26.49 20.97
Hecht Bannier,Minervois,2007 20.99 15.97
Punto Final,Malbec,2009 13.99 9.97
 
15% - 40% off all 2600 wines in stock.  While supplies last - Arrive early for best selection!

Friday
Sep302011

September 30, 2011, Friday - Quick Weeknight Meals Class at Local D'Lish

Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm

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

The daily dilemma: What to have for dinner? Worry not! This class will provide you with tips and techniques for easy and elegant meals that only taste like they took all day.

Reservations

Thursday
Sep292011

September 29, 2011, Thursday - “Presence” A Multimedia Performance about the Dakota People at Mill City Museum

Time: 8:30pm, Doors Open at 7:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 2nd Street South

Enjoy a multimedia performance using video projections, spoken word, readings, pre-recorded sounds and music. “Presence” evokes the Dakota people’s long, many-layered presence along the Mississippi River. Pre-show music will be provided by classical guitarist Cantemaza (Neil McKay).

Developed by award-winning artist Mona Smith, a member of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota, the performance is offered in conjunction with “Cloudy Waters: Dakota Reflections on the River,” a new audio installation in Mill City’s Ruin Courtyard. “Cloudy Waters” and “Presence” are supported by a grant from the St. Anthony Falls Heritage Board.

Both the performance and the audio installation are FREE.

Thursday
Sep292011

September 29, 2011, Thursday - Talk of the Stacks: Lisa Randall at Central Library

Time: 7:00pm

Location: Pohlad Hall at Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall

Harvard professor, expert in string theory and cosmology, winner of numerous awards, Time's "100 Most Influential People" and Esquire's "75 Most Influential People," Randall’s new "Knocking on Heaven's Door" explains how scientists decide what to study and how they go about doing it. Books will be available for purchase and signing. Seating is first-come, first-served. Doors open at 6:15 p.m.

A program of the Library Foundation of Hennepin County. Premier sponsor: The Private Client Reserve of U.S. Bank. Additional support provided by National Endowment for the Arts, Marquette Hotel, Minnpost.com, and Magers and Quinn Booksellers.

Thursday
Sep292011

September 29, 2011, Thursday - Midwest Photo Safari St. Anthony Falls Heritage Trail Tours

Tour Time: 2:00pm - 6:00pm

Join Midwest Photo Safari near downtown Minneapolis on St. Anthony Main to photograph the sites of the St. Anthony Falls Heritage Trail. This tour will take us along selected parts of this historically significant trail.

Your tour directors and photographer/guides will provide you with the best exposure, angles, and composition tips. You are sure to come away with compelling images of your visit to this historically significant Minneapolis area.

The afternoon session takes place on the WEST BANK (Minneapolis side) of the Heritage Trail. Highlghts include these attractions:

Mill Ruins Park - The West Approach of the Stone Arch Bridge - The Hennepin Avenue Bridge at First Bridge Park - The Plaza of the  Federal Reserve Bank - The Famous Grain Belt Beer Sign - The Public Lobbies of the Guthrie Theatre and Mill City Museum located at the site of the historic Washburn Crosby Flour Mill.

More info and registration.

Thursday
Sep292011

September 29, 2011, Thursday - 6-Course "Pink" Tasting Menu to Benefit Breast Cancer at Sanctuary

Wednesday
Sep282011

September 28, 2011, Wednesday - Free Bar & Patio Party at the Depot

Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Location: The Depot, 225 3rd Avenue South

Live Out Loud...On the Patio!

A night designed around our friends, family and followers to spend on the Stone Arch Bar and Patio at The Depot Renaissance Minneapolis Hotel.

This event will feature Flat Earth Brewing Company of St. Paul who will be offering a beer tasting! Don't worry, we'll have a drink special for our non-beer drinking friends too as well as a cheese, cracker... and fruit display. DJ Adrian Perryman of Events by MV will be spinning the tunes again!

If the weather is nice, we'll be outside gathered around the firepit and as always, seating inside the bar is always open.

Happy hour specials will be from 3-6pm as well ($3.50 well and tap beer, $4.50 for house wine, $5 Charley's Pizza and $5 Sunset Martini's)!

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Parking available on the street or enter our ramp from 5th Avenue side.