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Rebecca Pfeiffer recently announced the Twin Cities Brewery Tour, the newest Taste Twin Cities Food Tours offering.
Taste Twin Cities invites you to hop on their bus for a guided beer adventure as they tour 3 local breweries: Flat Earth Brewing, Harriet Brewing, Lift Bridge Brewery. Whether you're by yourself, with a significant other, or with a group of friends; this Brewery Tour is a great way to safely enjoy an afternoon of beer sampling.
On this tour you will receive VIP brewery tours, beer tastings, learn how beer is made and get an insiders look at the Twin Cities beer culture. You'll have plenty of time to purchase your favorite beer growler.
Coach bus pick ups are located at Mall of America or Hilton Downtown Minneapolis. All Taste Twin Cities tours are offered at pre-scheduled days and times, and are also available for private bookings.
If you’re looking for great ideas for fun in the sun in Minneapolis, check out the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board’s (MPRB) 2012 Summer–Fall Guide.
The guide will be mailed to annual patron parking permit holders, and will be available at MPRB recreation centers, Hennepin County Libraries in Minneapolis and the Minneapolis Convention Center mid-May. For more information about the park system or to request a copy of the guide, call 612-230-6400.
Eagle One Media and iFN are proud to announce the nationwide theatrical release of the Spanish language horror action film ZOMBIE DAWN with the film debuting exclusively in the Minneapolis metro area at the AMC Block E Theater from May 11-17.
In a special arrangement with AMC, cinema ticket buyers shall receive a FREE limited edition copy of the ZOMBIE DAWN: Safehouse comic book that contains a prequel tie-in story to the feature film. The complimentary 28 page comic book was specifically commissioned for the film and created by comic industry veterans David A. Rodriguez and Dheeraj Verma and will be bilingual in English and Spanish.
Along with ZOMBIE DAWN, the award winning computer animated horror short HAMBUSTER will be shown before the main horror feature as an added bonus.
ZOMBIE DAWN is an action horror Spanish language film that has won praise for its presentation and kudos for the film makers in assembling such a feature while working with only a micro budget. ZOMBIE DAWN recently won awards at the Zixion Sars film festival in Chile for directors Cristian Toledo and Lucio A. Rojas, and art direction.
Glowing reviews are in regarding ZOMBIE DAWN:
"ZOMBIE DAWN is low budget zombie horror done right. It has that gritty feel as if it were made right about the same time as DAWN OF THE DEAD while embracing films like Peckinpah and the old spaghetti westerns by focusing on a morally grey merc and his men." AINITCOOL.COM
"'Zombie Dawn' Arrives in America with Originality, Micro-Budgeting" YAHOO!
"The passion for the genre is here, down to the trigger happy 'good guys'...there's a cultish charm to everything" INDIEWIRE.COM
Film premise: In 2006 a mysterious incident at a remote mining facility unleashes a zombie horde with an appetite for human flesh. It decimates large portions of the cities and countryside. The only course of action is to rapidly enclose the infected areas and seal them off from the rest of the remaining, living population. Now, 15 years later the tattered remains of the government and the mining corporation responsible where the initial event took place commit themselves to finding out what may have happened at the mining complex. The solution is to covertly send in a group of mercenaries led by a cynical but no-nonsense Colonel and investigative scientists into the quarantined zone to find answers.
Fans of ZOMBIE DAWN can be kept up to date at the official website or Facebookpage. For additional information, contact Eric Reichert, President of Eagle One Media, Inc., at eagleonemedia@yahoo.com.
In our neighborhood, mark your calendar for 7:00pm Thursday, June 7, when Brenda and Atina Diffley will be at the Mill City Museum for a discussion and book signing.
Ojibwe scholar and cultural preservationist Anton Treuer will give a presentation based on his new book from the Minnesota Historical Society Press.
White/Indian relations are often characterized by guilt and anger. "Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians But Were Afraid to Ask" cuts through the emotion and builds a foundation for true understanding and positive action.
Mill City Museum hosts the May 15, 7:00pm event. After the presentation Dr. Treuer will sign copies of the book which can be purchased in the Mill City Museum store.
Click here for more on the book and author from the Star Trib.
During the next two months you'll see Chute Square Park (across from Lund's) revitalized with new tables, benches, light poles, colored and stamped concrete walkways, dog dropping receptacles and more. The Friends of Chute Square Park, a group of Northeast neighbors who live across from the park, have been working on a renewal plan since 2007.
Each Monday morning we provide an easy to reference list of events and activities for the week ahead in the Mill City neighborhood. Submit your events here...
Phillip Montgomery shared with us some information on his new film #ReGENERATION, which he wrote and directed. #ReGENERATION opens in theaters May 3rd, and is screening Sunday, April 29, at 7pm at the St. Anthony Main Theatre.
Per Phillip, "The film is produced and narrated by Ryan Gosling, and takes a hard look at the current state of activism in today's generation and the issues we face, while exploring the genesis of Occupy Wall Street and other movements across the world. In addition to a number of young voices, the film features Noam Chomky, Howard Zinn, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Kalle Lasn (founder of #OWS) and others.
It is a particularly important and heartfelt moment for me to screen the film this Sunday as part of the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival, as Eagan, MN, is my home town and we feature Eagan High School, it's teachers and students prominently in the film. I will be there in attendance for a discussion after the film, so it is a real homecoming for myself and for everyone who has helped make the film a possibility."
Two sections of West River Parkway will be closed for parkway paving and curb repair.
The parkway from the Franklin Avenue ramps south to E 26th Street will be closed beginning April 30. The second section to be closed lies between 4th Street South and 22nd Avenue S / 2nd Street S (the street sign says 22nd Ave S). Construction on this section will begin May 1.
The section of parkway between the two projects will remain open. Bike and pedestrian trails will also remain open during construction.
Each project is expected to take up to two weeks to complete.
The MacPhail Spotlight Series showcases the finest musicians in six concerts staged in MacPhail’s stunning Antonello Hall. This ticketed performance series features MacPhail faculty with special guests and provides an intimate listening experience for lovers of classical, jazz, folk and more. A unique feature of the Series is the post-concert reception where guests meet the artists while enjoying light refreshments.
This Friday, April 27, marks the conclusion of the 2011-2012 Spotlight Series.
Jim and Dave, two brothers who don’t like each other very much, are forced to come together when their dad dies in Kansas City. Dave is pretty sure he has an Alonzo Mourning Skybox Series rookie card, but Jim has other ideas. DIRECTED BY Todd Sklar, 12 min
Little Wolf
While trying to escape from two deadly hillbillies, Lowell and baby Samantha seek refuge in the most unusual place, ultimately being pinned against humanity, empathy, and faith. DIRECTED BY Christopher Peck, 6 min
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A successful businessman just living his life is thrust into a puzzling chain of events. After he returns from the war, as past and present fuse, he is forced to confront a haunting mystery. DIRECTED BY Darin Heinis, 16 min
The Well
A detached young outsider has trouble interacting with anybody, instead preferring to simply observe. When he follows his fellow classmate into the woods, he discovers a secret of hers involving an old well, and decides to investigate further. DIRECTED BY Christopher Jopp, 10 min
Seeking Sasquatch
A comedy about famed Sasquatch hunter and TV host Karl Patterson, and his fiery wife, Patty. Upon learning of Karl’s plan to search the Arctic with his sexy Russian co-host in search of Sasquatch’s Arctic cousin, Patty tells Karl the unthinkable: Sasquatch doesn’t exist! DIRECTED BY Jim Morgan, 8 min
The Pony Collector
A young boy searches for a missing pony figure that was given to him by his absent father. A sensitive, charming tale with some moments of magic. DIRECTED BY Jason Ho, 14 min
Little Words
A story of disappointment and rejection. Set in the early 60’s, R. M. Brusse is a post-modernist writer who hopes to get her first novel published. DIRECTED BY Ann Prim, 14 min
White Space
Follows the inner life of a deaf performance poet as he makes his debut at an open-mic night for a hearing audience. Can the language of the heart emancipate the inner voice, transcending the white space between a hearing audience and a deaf man’s soul? DIRECTED BY Maya Washington, 9 min
Monday, May 7, 2012 at 1:00PM;)
Rebecca Pfeiffer recently announced the Twin Cities Brewery Tour, the newest Taste Twin Cities Food Tours offering.
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