October 26, 2010, Tuesday - Talk of the Stacks - Ian Frazier: Travels in Siberia at the Minneapolis Central Library

Time: 7:00pm

Location: Pohlad Hall, Minneapolis Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall

Price: free

Writer and humorist Ian Frazier is the critically-accclaimed author of Great Plains, On the Rez, and Dating Your Mom, among other works. His latest book, Travels in Siberia, is the culmination of ten years of research and travel to the mythical region of Siberia. More than just a historical travelogue, Travels in Siberia is an account of Russia since the end of the Soviet Union and a personal and often humorous reflection on this vast country – exploring the geography, the people, the history, the weather, the bugs, and the unexpected. Frequent contributor to The New Yorker, Frazier lives in New Jersey with his wife and children.

Talk of the Stacks is a reading series exploring contemporary literature and culture held at the Minneapolis Central Library in downtown Minneapolis. Programs are free and open to the public. Seating is first come, first served. Programs begin at 7 PM. Doors open at 6:15 PM.

October 25, 2010, Monday - Max Weinberg Big Band at the Guthrie

Time: 7:30pm

On the Wurtele Thrust Stage at the Guthrie.

Entering what F. Scott Fitzgerald might term the third act of an already celebrated career, Max Weinberg presents the Max Weinberg Big Band. Building upon his seventeen years as the leader of what Tom Shales, famed TV critic of the Washington Post called “the best band in late night Television,” the Max Weinberg Big Band is a bold, swinging fifteen-piece aggregation that continues the traditions established by Max’s musical heroes — among whom Frank Sinatra, Count Basie, Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa, Doc Severinsen, and Maynard Ferguson lead the pack.

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October 23, 2010, Saturday - Washburn A Mill Tour

Time: 1pm

Location: Mill City Museum

Get an in-depth look at the historic Washburn A Mill complex and the award-winning Mill City Museum 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 the challenges of preserving the 120-year-old, fire-damaged building; its art, architecture and interior design; and the St. Anthony Falls Historic District.

Although many parts of the mill can be explored during regular museum visits, this is the public's only opportunity for a guided tour through the entire museum building.

Fee: $12 adults, $10 seniors and college students, $8 children ages 6-17 and MHS members. Tour includes museum admission.

Reservations required, please call 612-341-7555

October 23, 2010, Saturday - 6th Annual Youth in Music Band Championships at the Dome

This Marching Band Festival is becoming the largest Championships in the Upper Midwest, featuring professional judging panels and fun marching band dance between the morning and evening shows.

Daytime Show: Class A, AA, AAA Contest and Minnesota State Championship. Gates open at 11:00am.
Evening Show: Upper Midwest Championship. Show begins at 7:30p.

Presale tickets are available through October 19, 2010 at www.youthinmusic.org or by calling 612-987-9576.

October 23, 2010, Saturday - Second Story: Marina Budhos, Kirsten Cronn-Mills at The Loft

Time 7:00pm

Location: Target Performance Hall at The Loft, 1011 Washinton Avenue South

Cost:  Free

Marina Budhos is an author of award-winning fiction and nonfiction. She has published the novels, Tell Us We’re Home, recently praised by the New York Times as "intelligent and earnestly passionate," Ask Me No Questions, an ALA Notable and winner of the first James Cook Teen Book Award, The Professor of Light, House of Waiting, and a nonfiction book, Remix: Conversations with Immigrant Teenagers. Her short stories, articles, essays, and book reviews have appeared in publications such as The Kenyon Review, Ploughshares, The Literary Review, The Nation, Dissent, Marie Claire, Redbook, Travel & Leisure, Ms., Los Angeles Times, and in numerous anthologies. Budhos has received an EMMA (Exceptional Merit Media Award), a Rona Jaffe Award for Women Writers, and a Fellowship from the New Jersey Council on the Arts. She has been a Fulbright Scholar to India, given talks throughout the country and abroad, and is an associate professor of English and Asian Studies at William Paterson University. She is married to editor and author Marc Aronson and their book, Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom & Science, is also forthcoming in 2010 from Clarion/Houghton Mifflin.

According to geographers, the American West begins at the 100th longitudinal meridian. Thanks to the fact that this meridian is the main street of her Nebraska hometown, Kirstin Cronn-Mills grew up six blocks east of the West. She is a poet as well as a fiction writer, and she holds a Ph.D. from Iowa State University.  Currently, she teaches literature, writing, and critical thinking classes at South Central College in North Mankato, Minnesota, where she lives with her husband and son.  Her first young adult novel, The Sky Always Hears Me and the Hills Don’t Mind (Flux/Llewellyn) was a finalist for the 2010 Minnesota Book Award in Young People’s Literature.
 

October 23, 2010, Saturday - Discover Saturday: Chemists in the Library at the Mpls Central Library

Time: 2:00pm–4:00pm

Location:  Children's Library at Minneapolis Central Library

For kids in kindergarten and up. Is it magic or is it chemistry? Explore mystery and magic with easy-to-do experiments led by this volunteer group of chemistry students, teachers and professionals eager to share the science with all ages.

Sponsored by the Minnesota Section of the American Chemical Society

October 23rd, 2010, Saturday - Twin Cities Yoga Festival at the Holiday Inn Metrodome

Time: 10:00am-11:00pm

Location: Holiday Inn Metrodome, 1500 Washington Avenue South

The 4th Annual Twin Cities Yoga Festival features over 17 teachers from around the world in one place on one day to sooth, relax, inspire, poke, provoke, uplift and reunite you with yourself and your community.

Hatha Yoga, Restorative and Gentle Yoga, beginners workshops, Mysic Yoga, Ashtanga, Vinyasa, Kundalini, Meditation, Family Yoga, Qi Gong, Guided Visualizations and more:

*Demonstrations, Lectures, Bodywork
*Vegetarian and Vegan Feasting
*Renowned Musicians
*Merchandise, Fashion, Product Samples, Art and Jewelry from local and global vendors
*Resources

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October 22, 2010, Friday - The Soap Factory's Haunted Basement Open Thursday-Sunday throughout October

Time: 6:00pm - Midnight

Location: The Soap Factory, 514 2nd Street SE

The fourth year of Haunted Basement is bursting with new talent, mind-bending phobias, and a longer run than ever before. Taking its theme as "Distortion," the disturbing masterminds behind the project will have both new and returning participants reeling from the cold genius and the unforgiving luster of each new terror. There are a limited number of tickets for sale each night.

Runs every Thursday, Friday Saturday and Sunday in October 6:00pm - Midnight.

October 22, 2010, Friday - Merry Sisters of Fate Reading and Conversation at The Loft

Time: 7:00pm

Location:  Target Performance Hall at The Loft Literary Center, 1011 Washington Avenue South

In collaboration with the national KidLitCon, the Merry Sisters of Fate – young adult fantasy novelists Maggie Stiefvater (Shiver, Linger), Tessa Gratton (Blood Magic), and Brenna Yovanoff (The Replacement) – read from and discuss their work. Free.

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October 22, 2010, Friday - Open Book Family Day

Time:  10:00am–2:00pm

Location:  The Open Book, 1011 Washington Avenue South

Not sure what to do with the kids home from school during MEA release days? Join Open Book for the first of their Family Days, a yearlong series of events to increase the visibility of Open Book's presence in the West Bank neighborhood and improve accessibility to programming at their founding tenant organizations. For the kickoff open house event, Open Book will be open to the public with experiences for kids and families on all floors of the building. There will be storytelling with Milkweed Editions, writing exercises with The Loft teaching artists, spoken word workshops and bookmaking activities with MCBA staff. There also will be refreshments, a raffle and information about more upcoming events in the Family Days series. Free and open to the public.

Click for Information, email openbook.familydays@gmail.com, or 612-215-2572.

October 22, 2010, Friday - Musical Theater: MEA Camp at the Guthrie

Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm

Location:  The Guthrie

Musical Theater Journeys, Ages 11 - 13

Experience the fun and excitement of creating musical theater with professionals! Learn the art of storytelling using a variety of songs and dance. Students will work with highly experienced and creative Guthrie teaching artists who will direct, choreograph and make their imaginative ideas come to life.

Cost: $90

To register call 612-377-2224.

October 21, 2010, Thursday - The Wind Blows, The Ice Breaks at The Loft

Time 7:00pm

Location: Target Performance Hall at The Loft, 1011 Washinton Avenue South

Cost:  Free

Nodin Press and the Loft present a reading by contributors to the anthology The Wind Blows, The Ice Breaks: Poems of Loss and Renewal by Minnesota Poets., edited by Ted Bowman and Elizabeth Bourque Johnson.

October 21, 2010, Thursday - Baby Storytime at Minneapolis Central Library

Time: 10:00am

Location:  Children's Library at Minneapolis Central Library

Thursdays through November 18, 2010. For children from birth to 24 months. Delight and stimulate your baby's senses with books and music. Build brain power.

October 21, Thursday - Make 'em Laugh MEA Camp at the Guthrie

Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm

Location:  The Guthrie

Make 'Em Laugh, Ages 11 - 13

A "serious" experience in fun-making for all levels! Students will work with some of our best trained and most experienced Guthrie comic actors. Create your own comic sketches through improvisation and learn the fine art of pratfalls, slapstick and the banana peel.

Cost: $90

To register call 612-377-2224.

October 19, 2010, Tuesday - Inaugural Critique Circle at MCBA

Time - 7:00pm

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

Bring your work-in-progress to this friendly, informal critique group, run by a rotating cast of Twin Cities artists who work with books and print.

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October 19, 2010, Tuesday - American Red Cross Blood Donor Center Open

Location: American Red Cross Minneapolis Blood Dononation Center, 1201 West River Parkway

Time: Noon-6:00pm

Donation Types: Blood

Phone: 800-448-3543

October 19, 2010, Tuesday - Minneapolis Central Library Tour

Time - 6:30pm-7:30pm

Location - 300 Nicollet Mall (parking ramp entrance on 4th)

Cost - Free

Tour this stunning Cesar Pelli structure with a green roof, an art gallery, special collections, four-story atrium and much more!

Register online or call 952.847.8000

October 18, 2010, Monday - American Red Cross Blood Donor Center Open

Location: American Red Cross Minneapolis Blood Dononation Center, 1201 West River Parkway

Time: Noon-6:00pm

Donation Types: Blood

Phone: 800-448-3543

October 18, 2010, Monday - Terry Theise Book Signing at Surdyk's

Time: 3:00pm-5:00pm

Location: Surdyk's, 303 East Hennepin Avenue

Terry Theise will be signing copies of his new book "Reading Between the Wines" his opinionated, idiosyncratic and beautifully written testament to wine. 

October 17, 2010, Sunday - Flute Master Class: Paula Gudmundson and Amy Morris at MacPhail

Time: 1:00pm-3:00pm

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

Cost:  $5 General Admission at the door; Free to MacPhail students

Amy Morris and Paula Gudmundson will present a master class focusing on students from the flute studios at MacPhail. Four students will perform short selections with piano and then receive critique and suggestions from the faculty. This class will be of particular interest to students in grades 7-12, but all are welcome to watch, listen and learn.