April 16, 2013, Tuesday - Chefs for Change at People Serving People

Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm (shelter tours beginning at 6:30pm)

Location: People Serving People, 614 South 3rd Street

Chefs for Change: A Chef's Table Culinary Experience

Chefs for Change is a cooking demonstration and an elegant dinner party with a purpose. It is hosted by a top executive chef from the Twin Cites Metro area. Over the past several years, chefs from restaurants including The Oceanaire Seafood Room, Porter and Frye and Capital Grille have hosted Chefs for Change events on one or more occasion.

April 16 Chefs for Change with Barbary Fig

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Questions? Email Takara Henegar or call her directly at 612-277-0258

April 16, 2013, Tuesday - DFL Ward 3 Precinct 9 Caucus at Open Book

Time:   7:00pm

Location:  Open Book, 1011 Washington Avenue South

The Minneapolis DFL will be holding precinct caucuses at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday April 16th, 2013, for the purpose of electing delegates to consider endorsement of candidates seeking election to Minneapolis Municipal Office or Park Board in 2013.

Delegates chosen at the April 16th caucuses will vote to endorse their City Council candidate at the Ward convention. The convension takes place on May 4 at DeLaSalle High School from 9:00am - 1:00pm.

April 15, 2013, Monday - Geeks Who Drink at Aster Cafe

Time: 7:30pm (no cover)

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Street SE

Geeks Who Drink is a Denver-based company that hosts bar trivia at over 200 pubs and restaurants in 21 states. Their quiz is a collective effort of dozens of quizmasters, writers, fact-checkers, graphic designers and artists.

April 15, 2013, Monday - Mill District Neighborhood Association Meeting at Mill City Museum

Time: 6:30pm – 8:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 6th Floor ADM Conference Room (Enter at 710 2nd Street South - Arrive early to assure a seat)

The Mill District Neighborhood Association meets on the 3rd Monday of each month at the Mill City Museum, unless otherwise noted.

AGENDA

6:30 / Introductions

6:40 / StoneBridge Lofts Introduction - Luke Kleckner, Builder Representative

7:00 / Izzy's Ice Cream Update - Jeff Sommers, Owner

7:20 / "East Side/West Side" Chelle Stoner, Central Riverfront Resident

A Social event for Central Riverfront residents from both sides of the river to connect, get to know each other, and informally celebrate the environment we share.

7:30 / Neighborhood Safety & Prevention Committee Update - Ken Searl

7:40 / HOA Board Best Practices Committee - Laurie Jones

8:00 / Adjournment

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COMMITTEE MEETING

8:05 / Ken Searl, Neighborhood Safety & Prevention Committee

1) Initial concept: communication tool, goal: preventative actions to promote safety in neighborhood

2) Current concept: potential 3 tiered approach, structure (today, future)

3) MPD involvement, resources

4) DID involvement, resources

5) Questions, comments

6) Next steps (walk before we run), Objectives, Timelines

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http://MillCityTimes.com

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April 14, 2013, Sunday - Race for Justice 5K

Time: 9:00am

Location: Nicollet Island

The Race for Justice proceeds benefit the Loan Repayment Assistance Program of Minnesota (LRAP-MN). By subsidizing education debts for dedicated, low-paid public interest attorneys, LRAP helps meet the legal needs of low-income Minnesotans across the state. Also, the RFJ route is highly praised by runners of all levels.

April 14, 2013, Sunday - Second Story Reading Series: Jewell Parker Rhodes and Sheila O'Connor at The Loft

Tme: 2:00pm

Location: The Loft, Performance Hall, 1011 Washington Avenue South

Second Story Reading Series: Jewell Parker Rhodes and Sheila O'Connor

Volunteer curated by children’s authors Swati Avasthi and Heather Bouwman, Second Story is the Loft’s reading series for young adult, middle-grade, and picture book authors. Perfect for families and readers of all ages, Second Story pairs an up-and-coming author with a more established voice in children’s literature. April's Second Story event pairs local author Sheila O'Connor with visiting Loft Mentor Series mentor Jewell Parker Rhodes for a beautifully balanced afternoon reading.

Sheila O’Connor is the award-winning author of four novels: Keeping Safe the Stars, Sparrow Road, Where No Gods Came and Tokens of Grace. Her poetry and fiction have been recognized with fellowships from the Bush Foundation, Loft McKnight and the Minnesota State Arts Board. A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, she is a professor in the MFA program at Hamline University where she also serves as fiction editor for Water~Stone Review. Sheila’s books have been honored with the Michigan Prize for Literary Fiction, Minnesota Book Award, International Reading Award, Midwest Booksellers Award finalist and Best Books of 2012 from VOYA, Bank Street Books, Booklist, and Chicago Public Libraries. Visit her website at sheilaconnor.com.    

Jewell Parker Rhodes is the author of Ninth Ward, a children’s book, the forthcoming children’s novel Sugar, as well as six novels for adults: Voodoo Dreams, Magic City, Douglass’ Women, Voodoo Season, Yellow Moon, and Hurricane and a memoir Porch Stories: A Grandmother’s Guide to Happiness. Her writing guides include Free Within Ourselves: Fiction Lessons for Black Authors and The African American Guide to Writing and Publishing Nonfiction. Among her honors are the American Book Award, two Arizona Book Awards, the National Endowment for the Arts Award in Fiction, the PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Award for Outstanding Writing, and the Black Caucus of the American Library Award for Literary Excellence. She is the Virginia G. Piper Chair in Creative Writing and Artistic Director of Piper Global Engagement at Arizona State University.

April 13, 2013, Saturday - 3rd Annual Goldy's Run (10 Mile, 5K and Kids Run)

8:00 am: 10 Mile & 10 Mile Relay Start
8:10 am: 5k Run & Walk Start
- Single wide strollers are welcome on the race course
- The 5K is a timed event
10:30 am: Goldy's Gallop Kid's Run Start
 - You are welcome to run with your child doing Goldy's Gallop
 - Recommended for children ages 2-10

Goldy's Run website

Join thousands of runners on the beautiful 5K route through campus or the 10 mile that runs along the Mississippi River, through campus and ends with a spectacular finish on the 50 yard line inside TCF Bank Stadium. See your own finish on one of the biggest screens in college football!

April 13, 2013, Saturday - Guest Chef: Modern Maple with Teresa Marrone at Mill City Museum

Time:  Noon

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 2nd Street South

Guest Chef: Modern Maple with Teresa Marrone

Fee: Programs included with museum admission of $11 adults, $9 seniors and college students, $6 children ages 6-17; free for MHS members.

Join food writer Teresa Marrone as she celebrates the publication of her new book, "Modern Maple," with a cooking demonstration in the museum's Baking Lab. Maple syrup is a genuine product of the north, made in the northeastern quarter of the United States, including Minnesota and Wisconsin, and adjoining Canadian provinces. "Modern Maple" celebrates this local treasure in ways both traditional and contemporary, with seventy-five recipes using maple to season, flavor and sweeten dishes ranging from traditional breakfast favorites to appetizers, sandwiches, vegetables, main courses, breads and desserts.

The book will be available for purchase and author signing after each demonstration and at the Mill City Farmers Winter Market from 10 to 11 a.m.

April 13, 2013, Saturday - Printed Handmade Kites Class at MCBA

Time: 10:00am-Noon

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

Printed Handmade Kites

For families with children ages 6 and up

Decorate the sky with your own printed kite this summer. Learn the "pressure printing" technique and use MCBA's Vandercook printing presses to print your design on delicate Japanese Kozo paper. After the printing, construct your own kite using your printed paper, bamboo sticks, glue and thread. Take the kite home with you to fly!

April 13, 2013, Saturday - Taste Twin Cities Food Tours Minneapolis Riverwalk Tour

Time: 11:00am - 2:00pm

Location: Begins at Gold Medal Park (10th Avenue South & 2nd Street South), next to the Guthrie Theater - ends in Northeast Minneapolis

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 St. Anthony on Main in Northeast Minneapolis. You'll enjoy the afternoon sampling food at the first Thai restaurant in Minnesota, drinking local Minnesota brewed beer at the oldest restaurant in Minneapolis, and enjoy a local favorite - the cheese curds.  You'll also enjoy mouth-watering pasta located in the historical Chase building, fresh baked European style bread at a local Farmers Market, home-made gelato, and lip smacking BBQ sliders from a historical restaurant that once operated as a mattress company.

Along with sampling food we will also visit the Mill City Museum, stroll by the Guthrie,  and enjoy gorgeous views of St. Anthony Falls as we walk along the Stone Arch Bridge into historical St. Anthony on Main.  You'll learn about the history of both these neighborhoods including a stroll along the oldest street in Minneapolis.  You'll taste and chat with other food-loving guests, and leave the tour with an appreciation for these distinct neighborhoods that most tourist never see!

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April 13, 2013, Saturday - Paint It Green: The African Gris Gris at Central Library

Time: 1:00pm–2:00pm

Location: Children's Library at Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall

Paint It Green: The African Gris Gris

Register Online or call 612-543-8000.

K-grade 6. A gris gris is a decorated pouch that holds something that might bring good luck and is worn around the neck or attached to a belt. Use leather or fabric scraps to create your own shape, size and color of gris gris. Materials provided.

This project is funded with money from Minnesota's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
Presented in collaboration with ArtStart.

April 13, 2013, Saturday - Live Music at Crooked Pint

Time: 9:00pm

Location: Crooked Pint Ale House, 501 Washington Avenue South

Tonight:

Downstairs Mix UP - Live Karaoke

DSMU will soon be your favorite live karaoke band – if they're not already!

April 13, 2013, Saturday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 9:00pm Cover: $10

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Tonight: Okemah Prophets with special guests

April 13, 2013, Saturday - Monster Energy AMA Supercross at the Dome

Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, will be making a return to the Metrodome for the 2013 season on April 13.

Time: Main Event - 7:00 PM

Doors Open/Practice & Qualifying - 12:30 PM

Tickets: Available at all Ticketmaster Outlets, online at ticketmaster.com, or charge by phone at (800) 745-3000.

Tickets will go on sale at the Metrodome box office outside Gate B starting April 1st. The box office will be open from 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Monday - Friday and will accept cash only.

All tickets are $2 more if purchased the day of the show.  Additional fees may apply.

Click here for map of track.

Pit Party: 12:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Pit Passes: Available at participating Subway locations from 3/25/13 thru 4/12/13 while supplies last. Pit Passes will also be available to purchase at the Metrodome Box Office starting April 1 for $10. The box office will be open Monday thru Friday from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM and will accept cash only.

Visit www.supercrossonline for more details

April 12, 2013, Friday - Mentor Series Reading: Jewell Parker Rhodes at The Loft

Tme: 7:00pm

Location: The Loft, Performance Hall, 1011 Washington Avenue South

Mentor Series Reading: Jewell Parker Rhodes

The 2012-2013 Loft Mentor Series in Poetry and Creative Prose presents fiction mentor Jewell Parker Rhodes reading with Jennifer Bowen Hicks (nonfiction) and Paige Riehl (poetry).
 
Jennifer Bowen Hicks has published work in North American Review, The Iowa Review, The Rumpus, Brevity, Defunct Magazine, and Connotation Press. She is the Nonfiction Editor for the literary journal Hunger Mountain. She started a prison writing workshop in the Twin Cities, where she lives with her husband, two sons, and a mess of backyard chickens.
 
Paige Riehl is a poet and college faculty who teaches literature, composition, and creative writing. Her poetry and prose have appeared in several literary publications, including Meridian, Saint Paul Almanac, South Dakota Review, and Nimrod. She won first place in the 2011 Literal Latte Poetry Contest and was a finalist for the 2011 Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry sponsored by Nimrod International Journal. Paige loves to travel and has explored 17 countries. She lives in Saint Paul with her husband and son.
 
Jewell Parker Rhodes is the author of Ninth Ward, a children’s book, the forthcoming children’s novel Sugar, as well as six novels for adults: Voodoo Dreams, Magic City, Douglass’ Women, Voodoo Season, Yellow Moon, and Hurricane and a memoir Porch Stories: A Grandmother’s Guide to Happiness. Her writing guides include Free Within Ourselves: Fiction Lessons for Black Authors and The African American Guide to Writing and Publishing Nonfiction. Among her honors are the American Book Award, two Arizona Book Awards, the National Endowment for the Arts Award in Fiction, the PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Award for Outstanding Writing, and the Black Caucus of the American Library Award for Literary Excellence. She is the Virginia G. Piper Chair in Creative Writing and Artistic Director of Piper Global Engagement at Arizona State University.
 
Presented in collaboration with the Givens Black Books Community Reading Program.

April 12, 2013, Friday - Crime and Pun-Ishment Murder Mystery at Old Spaghetti Factory

Time: 7:00pm

Location: Old Spaghetti Factory, 233 Park Avenue (and Washington Avenue South)

Crime and Pun-Ishment

Step back in time to the era of gangsters and their molls. Minneapolis, grab your beaded frocks and pin striped suits and brace yourselves for this "roaring twenties" style murder mystery. Un-organized crimes prevail in The Murder Mystery Company's award winning show, Crime and Pun-ishment. Bring your friends, family and don't forget your detective skills to help solve the case!

Information and tickets.

Upcoming dates:

April 19, 2013 @ 7:00pm
April 25, 2013 @ 7:00pm
April 26, 2013 @ 7:00pm
May 3, 2013 @ 7:00pm
May 5, 2013 @ 5:00pm
May 9, 2013 @ 7:00pm
May 12, 2013 @ 5:00pm
May 16, 2013 @ 7:00pm
May 19, 2013 @ 5:00pm
May 24, 2013 @ 7:00pm
May 26, 2013 @ 5:00pm
June 9, 2013 @ 7:00pm

April 12, 2013, Friday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 9:00pm Cover: $10

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Tonight:   Havana Hi-Fi

April 12, 2013, Friday - Live Music at Crooked Pint

Time: 9:00pm

Location: Crooked Pint Ale House, 501 Washington Avenue South

Tonight:

Davina and the Vagabonds

Hot jazz-blues-cabaret-soul-lounge-rock that warms the soul an just plain makes ya wanna dance.

April 11, 2013, Thursday - MISTERMAN at Southern Theater (4 nights)

Times: Performances are Thur-Sat at 8:00pm and Sunday at 2:00pm.

Location: The Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Avenue South

In MISTERMAN, an exciting work by Tony-award winning playwright Enda Walsh (ONCE), the forces of small town oppression and Catholic guilt work on Thomas Magill, a well-meaning evangelist who has an obsession with sin. Honed by narrow and dogmatic cultural influences, Magill is a fundamentally flawed soul who has evolved a rather twisted view of human morality. Sifting through his memory and his collection of tape recordings, he repeatedly relives his search for heavenly peace in the small town town of Innisfree, Ireland. However, since the events are revealed and relived through the central character, reality and imagination are deeply and inseparably entwined. Walsh’s visceral wit, occasional lyricism and awareness of short attention spans, ensures that this is a work that enjoys delving into the nastier zones of human behavior with a wild and mischievous exuberance.

This one-person show is performed by John Catron, directed by Frank Artistic Director Wendy Knox, with sound design by Michael Croswell, set design by Michael Sommers, lighting by Mike Kittel and costumes by Kathy Kohl, stage managed by Spencer Putney. Cameo voiceovers by Patrick Bailey, Bain Boehlke, Virginia Burke, Chris Carlson, Joe Dowling, Annie Enneking, Melissa Hart, Mark Rhein and Cheryl Willis.

Tickets

April 11, 2013, Thursday - Artist Talk with Pritika Chowdhry at The Soap Factory

Time: 7:00pm

Location: Soap Factory, 514 Second Street SE

Pritika Chowdhry is a participating artist in the R.U.R. exhibition, March 2 - April 21st, 2013.

Listen to a Soapcast interview with Pritika Chowdhry about her work in R.U.R.