Time: 2:00pm
Location: The Soap Factory, 514 2nd St SE
The first in a series of two artist talks for Art(ists) On the Verge 5.
Listen to a podcast interview with Emily Stover and Peter Sowinski.
Join us on April 19th for the second in our series of artist talks for Art(ists) On the Verge 5.
Time: 10:00am - 1:00pm
Location: Winter Markets are held inside the Mill City Museum, 704 South 2nd Street
Join us for our final Indoor Mill City Farmers Market! Help us bring Spring in as we prepare for our regular Outdoor Season, which kicks off Mother’s Day weekend on May 10th.
Enjoy a dynamic marketplace of over 40 local vendors where you can expect to find everything from beets and cabbage to artisan chocolates, local honey, maple syrup, hand-milled flour, locally harvested wild rice, specialty cheeses, baked goods, kimchi, preserves, and hand-made artisan ceramics, kitchen utensils, and jewelry.
Produce Planner: spinach, salad greens, turnip greens, pac choi, carrots, potatoes, onions, beets, garlic, parsnips, dried mushrooms, dried hot peppers, frozen raspberries, and MORE!
Live Music, 11 am – 1 pm: MCFM welcomes local harpist Reuben Correa today! Reuben’s harp music is a surround sound experience of beautiful original music, arrangements of popular melodies, classics, show tunes, light jazz, and Celtic stylings.
Featured Local Artists: The Ink Orchard, Chris Chookiatsirichai, Old World Cabinet, Aprilierre, and Christy Wetzig.
Community Booth: The Minneapolis/St. Paul Film Society. Come find out what’s going on at this year’s International Film Festival, April 3 – 19!
Time: 11:00am - 1:00pm, Free
Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE
Today: The Roe Family Singers
The Roe Family Singers are a Good-Time, Old-Time Hillbilly band from the Mississippi-headwaters community of Kirkwood Hollow, MN. Led by wife & husband Kim Roe (Best Female Vocalist, City Pages/Village Voice) and Quillan Roe (Accident Clearinghouse), the band blends characteristic old-time sound with rock & roll urgency and influence.
Joined by as many as seven musicians, and featuring banjo, autoharp, guitar, and washboard, the band and family of fans have been regularly filling Minneapolis’ 331 Club every Monday night since 2005. In 2010 the band opened for both Doc Watson and Del McCoury, each playing at the Cedar Cultural Center; the Grascals at the MBOTMA Winter Bluegrass Weekend; and Jim Kweskin and Geoff Muldaur at the National Jug Band Jubilee in Louisville, KY. In 2011 the band was awarded the prestigious McKnight Fellowship for Performing Musicians, and has previously won the title of “World’s Best” at the 29th annual Battle of the Jug Bands.
With a mix of original music and contemporary takes on old-time, traditional, and gospel tunes, every performance raises a ruckus.
Location: Starts and finishes at TCF Bank Stadium
Goldy’s Run at TCF Bank Stadium
Weave your way through campus, take a jaunt along the mighty Mississippi, and return into campus for an epic finish inside TCF Bank Stadium. As you cross the finish line, don’t forget to look up and see yourself as you cross the line on the second largest scoreboard in college football.
Races:
10 Mile Run (certified and chip timed)
2 Person (10 Mile) Relay
5K (certified and chip timed)
Goldy’s Gallop Kids Run
Start Times:
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
Parents are welcome to run with their child doing Goldy’s Gallop
Recommended Ages 2-10
Time: 6:00pm
Location: Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery, 1430 Washington Avenue South,
Finally, the finishing touches are being applied and there is beer in the fermenters! We're almost ready to reopen -- will you join us at 6pm on Friday, April 11th to celebrate?
Times - See schedule below.
Location: Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Avenue South
Frank Theatre presents THE THREEPENNY OPERA, the groundbreaking 1928 musical theatre piece by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill that paved the way for the modern musical theatre. Featuring a score that includes one of the most widely recorded songs of the 20th century, "Mack The Knife." Set just before the coronation of the Queen, the plot centers on the escapades of the scoundrel Macheath who has swagger, a silver tongue and a way with the ladies. When Macheath marries the respectable and virginal Polly Peachum, the daughter of the merchant J.J. Peachum, a battle ensues, threatening to disrupt the underground economy fueled by Mr. and Mrs. Peachum. A series of betrayals and briberies lead to Macheath's public hanging, interrupted at the last minute by an over-the-top reprieval from the Queen. This satire of the decadence of 1928 Wiemar Germany and capitalist society about to collapse on itself is just as timely, horrifying and outrageously funny as it was upon its premiere.
THREEPENNY features a stellar cast, with Bradley Greenwald as Macheath, Gary Briggle as Mr. Peachum, Janis Hardy as Mrs. Peachum, Vern Sutton as the Street Singer, Molly Sue McDonald as Jenny, Suzie Juul as Polly Peachum, Kira Lace Kawkins as Lucy Brown, Jim Ramlet as Tiger Brown, and Laura Adams, Marisa Asp, Joe Botten, Adara Bryan, Tessa Flynn, Zach Garcia, Shavunda Horsley, Jen Maren, Elisa Pluhar, James Rodriguez and Grant Sorenson in a delightful assemblage of whores, gang members and other salacious characters. THREEPENNY is directed by Wendy Knox, with Musical Direction by Sonja Thompson, Choreography by Wynn Fricke, Set Design by Joe Stanley, Costume Design by Kathy Kohl, Lighting Design by Karin Olson, Sound Design by Sean Healey, Dramaturgy by Steve Matuszak and Stage Managed by Spency Putney.
Show Dates and Times:
Friday, April 11 @ 8pm
Saturday, April 12 @ 8pm
Sunday, April 13 @ 2pm
Thursday, April 17 @ 8pm
Firday, April 18 @ 8pm
Saturday, April 19 @ 8pm
Sunday, April 20 @ 2pm
Thursday, April 24 @ 8pm
Friday, April 25 @ 8pm
Saturday, April 26 @ 8pm
Sunday, April 27 @ 2pm
Thursday, May 1 @ 8pm
Friday, May 2 @ 8pm
Saturday, May 3 @ 8pm
Sunday, May 4 @ 2pm
Ticketing Info:
Tickets $25
Purchase tickets online via BrownPaperTickets.com
More Information:
More info can be found on Frank Theatre's website
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Call (612) 724-3760 or email admin@franktheatre.org
Time: 9:00pm
Location: Crooked Pint Ale House, 501 Washington Avenue South
Tonight: Get It On Presents 5-Band Showcase
$8 Cover/21+
Time: 3:00pm - 9:30pm
Location: Mill City Museum, 704 South 2nd Street
Watershed Event: Exploring a New Water Ethic for Minnesota
Fee: Free
The University of Minnesota Students for Design Activism will host Watershed Event, a public symposium on future scenarios and imagined solutions to clean, abundant water in Minnesota. This event will bring together water-focused leaders within farming, design, science, activism, and policy to share knowledge, ideas and strategies that will build a future for how we use and value water. A panel discussion, audience engagement and a premier film-screening, Watershed Event will catalyze statewide dialogue and action to improve the quality and quantity of Minnesota’s water. See the schedule of events.
Watershed Event is co-curated by Floodplain Collective, University of Minnesota Department of Landscape Architecture, and Mill City Museum. All programs are free and open to the public.
For more information visit http://watershed.design.umn.edu/#home.
Time: 9:00pm $7
Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE
Tonight: Symbol & Surface + Almighty American + We Are The Willows (Pete Miller)
Symbol & Surface Brothers Brian and David Bauernfeind began their songwriting partnership sharing a childhood together, but it did not blossom until they both found themselves leaving home for the Twin Cities to attend college. It was here that their craft matured along with their personal lives, sped up through the addition of Stefan Kuhl (Bass), Matt Decker (drums) and John Nielsen (guitar, vocals/harmonies). Mixing their acoustic roots with a full-band sound and stature, it’s not hard to feel a sense of familiarity with Symbol & Surface. From their all-in-the-family beginnings, to their eventual expansion into a band of best friends, everything about the quintet makes you feel comfortable in all the right ways, yet anticipatory of what may come next.
Time: 8:00pm
Location: The Soap Factory, 514 2nd St SE
Talking Image Connection
Talking Image Connection brings together writers, performers, contemporary art and new audiences in art galleries around the Twin Cities.
Featuring :
Brett Elizabeth Jenkins
Sarah Certa
Safy Hallan-Farah
Neal Karlen
J. Fossenbell
Katherine J. Lee
For more information about Talking Image Connection email yackmor@talkimage.org
Time: 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Location: Nicollet Island Pavilion, 40 Power Street
Local professional chefs will be presenting their best pastries featuring dandelion honey. Restaurant chefs are competing from: Spoonriver, Lucia’s, Restaurant Alma, Birchwood, Anodyne, Gigi’s Café Uptown, Mason Restaurant Barre, Open Arms, Seward Co-op Bakery, as well as Abby Boone of Treat, Susan Brown of Mademoiselle Miel and chef/ educator Jenny Breen of the University of Minnesota.
Celebrity judges to decide the winners include Dr. Marla Spivak, Ann Bancroft, Stephanie Musich, Brenda Langton, Ann Kim and Dara Maskowitz-Grumdahl.
Price: $30 in advance at www.thebeezkneezdelivery.com/pastrychef/, $35 at the door. Ticket includes samples of pastries, live music, cash bar and a chance to win door prizes. Free parking also available!
Sponsored by Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board and The Seward Community Co-op.
Time: 7:00m – 8:30pm
Location: Central Library, Pohlad Hall, 300 Nicollet Mall
Baseball in the Combat Zone
Celebrate the new baseball season with three award-winning authors. John Rosengren, Tim Wendel and Robert Weintraub will discuss their latest books, including "Down to the Last Pitch," "The Victory Season" and "The Fight of Their Lives." Twins TV broadcaster Dick Bremer will moderate the panel and lively Q&A session.
Time: 6:30pm –7:15pm
Location: Central Library, Children's Library, 300 Nicollet Mall
Dance Together - Wednesdays, April 2–16
Registration required, begins Mar 5. Register online or call 612-543-8000.
For children 1 and up. Dance with your child to develop their physical, social and literacy skills.
This project is funded with money from Minnesota's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
Presented in collaboration with Young Dance.
Times: 1:00pm
Location: Mill City Museum, 704 2nd Street South
Fee: $14 adults, $12 seniors and college students, $10 children ages 6-17 and MHS members. Tour includes museum admission.
Reservations: required, call 612-341-7555 or register online.
Take 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.
This is the only opportunity for a guided tour through the entire museum building and the only chance to see some of its non-public spaces. The tour includes admission to the museum gallery, Baking Lab, Water Lab and Flour Tower show.
Time: 11:00am - 1:00pm, Free
Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE
Today: Adam Granger
Adam Granger has played the guitar since 1959, having taught himself in his native Oklahoma. He started teaching and performing professionally in 1962. After playing in the obligatory folk and rock and roll groups around the state of Oklahoma, he took up 5-string banjo, which he learned from world-class banjoist Alan Munde in 1967. He played banjo and electric lead guitar in Arkansas, Oklahoma and on the road out of Nashville through 1972. Adam then moved back to Oklahoma, where he played guitar in the infamous bluegrass band The Upper Middle Grass.
In 1974, Granger moved to Minnesota, where he became a charter member of the Powdermilk Biscuit Band, the first house band for Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion. During that time, he also wrote for the show and, on five occasions, substitute-hosted for Keillor.
Time: 11am to 1pm
Location: Mattie's on Main, 43 Main St SE
On Saturday April 5th Mattie's will host a KickStarter OPEN HOUSE. If you are a KickStarter supporter or thinking of supporting we will open our doors so you can get a preview of our space and some of our menu items.
Time: Happy hour 5–6pm; Class 6–8pm
Location: Minnesota Center for Book Arts, 1011 Washington Avenue South
DIRTY WORKS: First Fridays at MCBA - Double Pamphlet Stitch and Map Fold with Anna Boyer
Great for beginners.
Simple and elegant, the double pamphlet stitch book with map fold is surprisingly dimensional and functional. Using basic bookbinding tools and helpful measuring tricks, two pamphlet stitch book variations will be made during the evening.
Join MCBA for Dirty Works, a new series of casual classes, taking place on the first Friday of each month. Activities are designed for the bookishly curious and the creatively apprehensive; no experience needed. Plus, the registration fee includes a free beer, wine or coffee drink!
$30 + $5 supply fee
This workshop is full and registration is closed. If you would like to be added to a waitlist in case of any cancellations, please call The Shop at 612-215-2520.
Time: 7:00pm
Location: The Loft at Open Book (Performance Hall), 1011 Washington Ave S
Join us for a reading with winners of the Minnesota State Arts Board Grant.
Time: 9:00pm
Location: Crooked Pint Ale House, 501 Washington Avenue South
Tonight: Shift Forward
Cover charge
Time: 9:00pm $10
Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE
Tonight: Dick Prall + Sleep Study
April 4 @ 9:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Dick Prall:
Dodging in and out of pop ditties, lilting melodies, and quirky song structures, Dick Pralls inability to stay in one musical place is reflective in a body of work that mirrors his personality: youthfully distracted and sweetly cynical.
Sleep Study:
“‘70s British rock meets ’80s power pop in this Minneapolis quartet. The infectious track ‘Flower Girl’ off the band’s debut album was recently nominated for an Independent Music Award (Best Indie/Alt Rock Song)’”… Paste Magazine.
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