Time: 6:30pm-10:00pm
Location: Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Avenue South
Southern Exposure 2011 - A Bright Future Together
6:30pm
Silent Auction Begins Place bids while enjoying fine wine and hors d'oeuvres
8:15pm
Live Entertainment - Dance/Music/Theater TBA
9pm
Live Auction
9:30pm
The Southern's Cakewalk Contest
Time: 10:00am-Noon
Location: Minneapolis Park Board headquarters, 2117 West River Road, Board Room
The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board launches the Minneapolis Riverfront Development Initiative (MR|DI) this month with several public and committee meetings, April 27-30, ahead of the Park Board’s planned June announcement date. MR|DI is the successor of the Minneapolis Riverfront Design Competition, the largest competition of its kind in state history, which built on the award-winning Above the Falls master plan to address 5.5 miles of the Mississippi River and adjacent neighborhoods stretching from the Stone Arch Bridge to the city’s northern border.
The Minneapolis Riverfront Development Initiative is a design-driven strategy, lead by the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, to leverage parks as the engine for sustainable recreational, cultural and economic development along the riverfront, reclaim the Mississippi – one of the three great rivers of the world and America’s “fourth coast” – as the source of our regional identity, and establish our region as a leading river community for the 21st century.
Working in partnership with TLS/KVA, announced as the winning team of the Design Competition on February 10, 2011, the Park Board has established a six-month design strategy phase that will result in a framework for development along the Upper Riverfront, as well as a selected site for the first parks-based development project of the MR|DI.
The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board will provide multiple avenues of public participation in the Minneapolis Riverfront Development Initiative. Several times throughout the next six months, the Park Board will host public meetings, beginning with three in April. Webcasts of the meetings will be archived on the MR|DI’s website. Additional public meeting dates will be announced as they are finalized. As with its precursor, the Minneapolis Riverfront Design Competition, the MR|DI will develop meaningful avenues to both engage the community in a two-way design education process and re-engage the city and broader regional community with the Upper Riverfront. The MR|DI will announce details of these community engagement projects in the coming weeks; the public is encouraged to visit the initiative’s website at MinneapolisRiverfrontDevelopmentInitiative.com for regular updates.
Time: 8:00am (Rain date: Sunday, May 1, 8 am)
Marcy Holmes Neighborhood Association Walk at Father Hennepin Bluffs Park (6th Avenue SE and Main Street)
Audubon Society’s Susan Anderson and “Wingnut” Jim Williams will lead a riverfront walk for neighbors. Bring your binoculars and bird book. There are lots of birds to see right in the park, but if we have time we’ll walk up river. Sponsored by Marcy-Holmes Neighborhood Association.
Time: 8:00am
Location: Target Performance Hall, The Loft, 1011 Washington Avenue South
Children's & Young Adult Literature Conference featuring keynote speaker Arthur Levine
Time: 10:00am - 6:00pm
Northeast Icebreaker Shop Crawl is a Neighborhood-wide progressive sale with specials, giveaways, and flowers handed out at participating businesses.
This years sponsors include: 20 Below Studio • Artistic Indulgence • Aveda Institute • Bella Lana • Belle Reve Boutique • Benessere Body in Balance • Bibelot Shops • Bone Adventure • Bulldog NE • Denny Kemp Salon • Doctor Sam • Froeber Dentistry • Ginger Hop • GH2 • Hoffman Parkin Urban Realty • Key North • Kramarczuk's Sausage • Look & See Eye Care • Melrose Antiques • Miyagi Salon • Northeast Bank • Northeast Community Acupuncture • Ollu Dog Wash • Pacifier • Parc Boutique • Punch Pizza • Red Stag Supper Club • Sir Speedy • Spot Spa Boutique • Surdyk's Liquor & Cheese Shop • T Lee Fine Designer Jewelry • Whitey's Saloon
Sign-up to win a round-trip airline ticket to anywhere in United States.
Time: Noon and 2:00pm
Location: Mill City Museum, 704 2nd Street South
Join Chef Lucia Watson, proprietor of Lucia’s Restaurant in Minneapolis, in the Baking Lab for a demonstration connecting visitors with local and sustainable food. Visitors of all ages will learn about local food sources, and take away recipes to make together at home. Samples will be provided. Watson’s books, "Savoring the Seasons of the Northern Heartland" and "Cooking with Freshwater Fish," will be available for purchase, and she will be available for signing following each demonstration.
Fee: Programs included with museum admission of $10 adults, $8 seniors and college students, $5 children ages 6-17; free for MHS members.
Time: 11:30am – 1:30pm
Location: Minneapolis Park Board headquarters, 2117 West River Road, Board Room
The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board launches the Minneapolis Riverfront Development Initiative (MR|DI) this month with several public and committee meetings, April 27-30, ahead of the Park Board’s planned June announcement date. MR|DI is the successor of the Minneapolis Riverfront Design Competition, the largest competition of its kind in state history, which built on the award-winning Above the Falls master plan to address 5.5 miles of the Mississippi River and adjacent neighborhoods stretching from the Stone Arch Bridge to the city’s northern border.
The Minneapolis Riverfront Development Initiative is a design-driven strategy, lead by the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, to leverage parks as the engine for sustainable recreational, cultural and economic development along the riverfront, reclaim the Mississippi – one of the three great rivers of the world and America’s “fourth coast” – as the source of our regional identity, and establish our region as a leading river community for the 21st century.
Working in partnership with TLS/KVA, announced as the winning team of the Design Competition on February 10, 2011, the Park Board has established a six-month design strategy phase that will result in a framework for development along the Upper Riverfront, as well as a selected site for the first parks-based development project of the MR|DI.
The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board will provide multiple avenues of public participation in the Minneapolis Riverfront Development Initiative. Several times throughout the next six months, the Park Board will host public meetings, beginning with three in April. Webcasts of the meetings will be archived on the MR|DI’s website. Additional public meeting dates will be announced as they are finalized. As with its precursor, the Minneapolis Riverfront Design Competition, the MR|DI will develop meaningful avenues to both engage the community in a two-way design education process and re-engage the city and broader regional community with the Upper Riverfront. The MR|DI will announce details of these community engagement projects in the coming weeks; the public is encouraged to visit the initiative’s website at MinneapolisRiverfrontDevelopmentInitiative.com for regular updates.
Time: 8:00pm
Location: MacPhail Center for Music, Antonello Hall, 501 South 2nd Street
Enjoy a rich mix of lively tempos and memorable
folk music from around the world. From classics to original compositions, this music is created with imagination and performed with breathtaking precision. The concert will
feature three unique performance segments.
Alan Johnston, guitar; Heather MacLaughlin, piano
PLANXTY Heather MacLaughlin and Alan Johnston by Ian Krouse
Julie Johnson, flute; Jacqueline Ultan, cello; Adam Linz, bass; JT Bates, percussion
Original arrangements by Julie Johnson and Jacqueline Ultan based on folk tunes from around the world
Peter Ostroushko, mandolin and fiddle
Selections will be announced from the stage
Time: 8:00pm
Location: Target Performance Hall, The Open Book, 1011 Washington Avenue South
Man of LaMancha by Dale Wasserman, Joe Darion and Mitch Leigh Directed by Michelle Hensley Music by Peter Vitale With Steven Epp, Luverne Seifert, Regina Williams, Tracey Maloney, Matt Guidry, and T. Mychael Rambo In its inimitable barebones style, TTT looks at the complexities and consequences of believing in an impossible dream-despite the evidence that reality presents Only 2 Show at Open Book, Friday April 29 and Saturday April 30 ALL others are performed at MN Opera Center April 15-17, 22-24, and May 6-8, 2011 See the Ten Thousand Things home page for more details.
Time: Noon
Location: MacPhail Center for Music, Antonello Hall, 501 South Second Street
Cost - Free
Voices of Experience, a choir for adults ages 55 and older, was created last fall as collaboration with The Minnesota Chorale and MacPhail Center for Music. Dr. Mary Kay Geston, an associate professor of music at Northwestern College in St. Paul, is the ensemble’s conductor.
For more information call 612-321-0100.
Time: 7:00-9:00pm
Location: Minneapolis Park Board headquarters, 2117 West River Road, Board Room
The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board launches the Minneapolis Riverfront Development Initiative (MR|DI) this month with several public and committee meetings, April 27-30, ahead of the Park Board’s planned June announcement date. MR|DI is the successor of the Minneapolis Riverfront Design Competition, the largest competition of its kind in state history, which built on the award-winning Above the Falls master plan to address 5.5 miles of the Mississippi River and adjacent neighborhoods stretching from the Stone Arch Bridge to the city’s northern border.
The Minneapolis Riverfront Development Initiative is a design-driven strategy, lead by the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, to leverage parks as the engine for sustainable recreational, cultural and economic development along the riverfront, reclaim the Mississippi – one of the three great rivers of the world and America’s “fourth coast” – as the source of our regional identity, and establish our region as a leading river community for the 21st century.
Working in partnership with TLS/KVA, announced as the winning team of the Design Competition on February 10, 2011, the Park Board has established a six-month design strategy phase that will result in a framework for development along the Upper Riverfront, as well as a selected site for the first parks-based development project of the MR|DI.
The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board will provide multiple avenues of public participation in the Minneapolis Riverfront Development Initiative. Several times throughout the next six months, the Park Board will host public meetings, beginning with three in April. Webcasts of the meetings will be archived on the MR|DI’s website. Additional public meeting dates will be announced as they are finalized. As with its precursor, the Minneapolis Riverfront Design Competition, the MR|DI will develop meaningful avenues to both engage the community in a two-way design education process and re-engage the city and broader regional community with the Upper Riverfront. The MR|DI will announce details of these community engagement projects in the coming weeks; the public is encouraged to visit the initiative’s website at MinneapolisRiverfrontDevelopmentInitiative.com for regular updates.
Time: 5:00pm–10:00pm
Location: Sanctuary, 903 Washington Avenue South
Help fight HIV/AIDS. Sanctuary will donate 15% of dinner sales to The Aliveness Project.
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CELEBRATING THE BEST OF INTERNATIONAL AND INDEPENDENT FILM!
The Film Society of Minneapolis-St. Paul 2011 Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival began April 14 and runs through May 5. They will be presenting over 170 films from some 50 countries at the five-screen St. Anthony Main Theatre. For three weeks, the Twin Cities celebrates the arrival of the best of international and independent filmmaking in the region.
Click here for daily list of films.
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Pohlad Hall, Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall
In celebration of National Poetry Month.
Local poetry legend Jim Lenfestey has edited a new collection of poems on the subject of pigs. This porcine-anthology, Low Down and Coming On: A Feast of Delicious and Dangerous Poems about Pigs, features the work of 105 poets from around the world and throughout time, including works by Margaret Atwood, William Blake, Pablo Neruda, Sylvia Plath, and dozens of local authors.
The idea behind the collection came from Minnesota author Bill Holm before he died in 2009. In the introduction dedicated to Holm, Jim roots through the history of pig poetry since Homer, uncovering many tasty surprises. Join Jim and contributing poets Jim Heynen, Jill Breckenridge, and Katherine Grant for an evening of rhyme swine, and wine. A wine toast will kick-off the program and a book signing reception will follow.
Times: 7:30am
Location: Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Avenue South
International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) - Prism Path: Music of Phyllis Chen, Steve Lehman and Mario Diaz de León
A “powerhouse of new music programming” (The New Yorker), ICE has established itself as one of the leading and most innovative musical ensembles in the U.S. and a champion of young composers. Members of ICE pair with three brilliant young composers to incubate new chamber music tailor-made for this Southern Theater performance. Toy pianist and multimedia magician Phyllis Chen weaves light, sound and video into an elegant package. Master jazz saxophonist Steve Lehman breaks jazz harmony and rhythm into its spectral components. Minneapolis native Mario Diaz de León creates a hybrid sound that fuses the energy of metal and noise bands with acoustic instruments.
Click for information and tickets.
Time: 6:00pm
Location: Aster Cafe, 125 SE Main Street
Author Peter Bognanni discusses his book, The House of Tomorrow.
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.
Time: 6:30pm – 9:00pm
Location: City Hall, Room 319, 350 South Fifth Street (Enter City Hall at the Fourth Street South Entrance)
The City of Minneapolis announces an upcoming community meeting on the development of the new Historic District Design Guidelines for the St. Anthony Falls Historic District. The Public is invited to help shape Design Guidelines for the St. Anthony Falls Historic District
This is the second public meeting regarding these guidelines. Attendees will participate in exercises to:
- Refine and define character areas within the district.
- Indentify key views.
- Define the vision and guiding principals of the design guidelines.
- Identify design issues.
What are Historic District Design Guidelines?
Historic district design guidelines are a local policy and regulatory tool used in decision-making to evaluate alterations and new development within the historic district. The new design guidelines will include guidance on the following:
- Archaeological sites and sites of specific cultural/historical significance.
- Existing and new infrastructure; sites of specific engineering and transportation significance.
- Natural features and open space.
- Existing buildings and the construction of new buildings; sites of specific architectural significance.
More information on the project can be found online or by contacting:
Brian Schaffer, AICP, Senior City Planner
Minneapolis Department of Community Planning & Economic Development
Planning Division, Preservation & Design
250 South 4th Street, Room 300, Minneapolis, MN 55415
Phone: 612-673-2670 Fax: 612-673-2526
brian.schaffer@ci.minneapolis.mn.us
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Guthrie Theater, McGuire Proscenium Stage
A number of Jonathan Coulton’s songs have become full-fledged internet hits: his folkrock cover of Sir Mix-a-Lot's "Baby Got Back," the unrequited love of a mad scientist in "Skullcrusher Mountain" and "Code Monkey", the anthem of software designers everywhere. The office zombie song "Re: Your Brains" made the Dr. Demento Funny 25 countdown for 2006. But beneath the geeky comedy there is real heart. “I’ve always been a math and science guy, so I think about robots and fractals all the time. But on a deeper level, there’s a thread running through my songs about how it feels to be a nerd – this kind of alienation, a sense of not belonging, not being accepted. And it’s not just limited to actual nerds – I think we’re all familiar with that feeling, no matter how popular we were in school,” says Coulton.
Coulton releases all his music under a Creative Commons license that allows for legal file sharing and copying, as well as non-commercial derivative works. His worldwide community of fans has rallied around him to generate airplay on hundreds of podcasts, create a library of music videos and arrange gigs around the United States.
Tickets available at the Guthrie Theater Box Office, charge by phone at 612-377-2224 and online. For information: http://www.suemclean.com/shows/jonathan-coulton/.
Time: 10:00am-Noon
Location: Minnesota Center for Book Arts, 1011 Washington Avenue South
Families with children ages 2 and up.
Anne Rockwell's Our Earth kicks off our papermaking celebration. Pull circle sheets of white cotton paper and color with ocean blue, land green and more. Decorate with recycled yarns, shredded papers and cut outs of people, plants and animals. Plant seeds in your paper, too! Waterproof shoes suggested.
Join Ellen Ferrari for Saturday mornings of family book arts fun! Each workshop starts off with a story and game to warm up your creativity and then dives into a book arts project. Workshops accommodate a range of developmental levels so that adults and children (or adult/child teams) may choose to work together or side-by-side. Each participant receives supplies to use during the workshop, but may choose to bring one set home if working with his or her partner. Ellen will provide older children with suggestions for extending their learning.
Time: 1:00pm
Location: Mill City Museum, 704 2nd Street South
Fee: $12 adults, $10 seniors and college students, $8 children ages 6-17 and MHS members. Tour includes museum admission.
Reservations recommended - call 612-341-7555
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.
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