April 30, 2019, Tuesday - Shoe Fitting & Gait Analysis with Mill City Running at LaSalle Plaza Fitness Center

Time: 11a - 1p

Location: LaSalle Plaza Fitness Center, 800 LaSalle Avenue, Suite #130 

Shoe Fitting & Gait Analysis

Stop by the Conference Center for your FREE gait analysis and shoe fitting from Mill City Running. Get ready for summer with the right shoes to keep you moving and moving well! The gait analysis and shoe fitting will be offered on a first come first serve basis and only take a few minutes. 

April 30, 2019, Tuesday - Transportation Action Plan Virtual Workshop

Time: 6:30pm – 7:30pm

Transportation Action Plan Virtual Workshop (Facebook Live) 

Help shape the City’s plan for the future of transportation! 

The City is developing the Minneapolis Transportation Action Plan, which is a 10-year action plan to guide future planning, design and implementation of transportation projects for all people in all the ways they move around. The Minneapolis Transportation Action Plan will identify specific strategies and actions to implement the transportation vision outlined in Minneapolis 2040.

We want to hear from you! The City is hosting five community workshops and one online open house to collect public input on transportation-related opportunities, issues and priorities. Can’t attend a workshop? You can learn more and provide input on our interactive website: go.minneapolismn.gov.

City of Minneapolis Facebook Page: fb.me/cityofminneapolis

April 30, 2019, Tuesday - Powering Inclusion Summit: The Relentless Pursuit of an Inclusive Economy at The Depot

Time: 7:30 am – 5:30 pm

Location: Renaissance Minneapolis Hotel, The Depot, 225 3rd Avenue S

Powering Inclusion Summit: The Relentless Pursuit of an Inclusive Economy

Our racial diversity can be one of our region’s greatest assets in our pursuit for economic growth and competitiveness, when we move from curiosity to consciousness, and begin to power inclusion. Minneapolis-St. Paul is one of the few metro areas that can boast nearly 20 Fortune 500 companies, one of the strongest economies in the nation and a skilled and diverse workforce with the talent to compete globally. Yet, our economy is slowing, and we need skills, tools and resources to engage everyone fully in our economy and build communities that thrive because of our diversity, not in spite of it.

Join the Center for Economic Inclusion for their first Annual Powering Inclusion Summit where we will equip private, public and civic change makers and policy influencers with the knowledge, tools and networks to disrupt inequitable policies and practices and take daily actions that lead to increased growth, innovation and inclusive workplaces. Together, we can shape local and national action on inclusive economic growth and increase awareness of its benefits, possibilities and pathways from awareness, to action, to accountability. The Summit will feature three exciting plenary sessions and several breakout workshops. 

April 30, 2019, Tuesday - Westminster Town Hall Forum

Time: 12:00 pm

Location: Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1200 Marquette Ave

Westminster Town Hall Forum

Barbara Brown Taylor is an Episcopal priest, teacher, and bestselling author of fourteen books on religion and spirituality, including Leaving Church, An Altar in the World and Learning to Walk in the Dark, which was featured on the cover of Time magazine and named one of the best religion books of 2014 by Publisher’s Weekly. She has served on the faculties of Piedmont College, Columbia Theological Seminary, Candler School of Theology at Emory University, McAfee School of Theology at Mercer University, and on the Certificate in Theological Studies program at Arrendale State Prison for Women in Alto, Georgia. She has been recognized by Baylor University as one of the top twelve preachers in America, and in 2015, she was named Georgia Woman of the Year. Her latest book, Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others, will be published in April 2019.

11:30am - Pre-Forum Concert
Noon - The Town Hall Forum
1:00pm - Complimentary breads 'n' spreads reception

The Westminster Town Hall Forum is always free, general admission, and all are welcome! Join us!
NEW - We now have two levels of free underground parking!

April 29, 2019, Monday - Talk of the Stacks at Central Library

Time: Doors open at 6:15:00pm; program begins at 7:00pm

Location: Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall 

Talk of the Stacks with Anna Quindlen

Join us for an evening of conversation with Anna Quindlen, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author of "Miller''s Valley."

Anna Quindlen is the author of several celebrated novels, including "One True Thing" and "Object Lessons." During her tenure as a columnist at the New York Times, she won the Pulitzer Prize and published two collections, "Living Out Loud" and "Thinking Out Loud." Her memoir "Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake," published in 2012, was a #1 New York Times bestseller. Now she returns with the lively "Nanaville," a beautiful and moving book about being a grandmother. Candid, funny, frank, and illuminating, Quindlen's singular voice has never been sharper or warmer.

This program is FREE and open to the public. Doors open at 6:15 p.m. for general admission seating. The program begins at 7 p.m.

Accessibility: To request ASL interpreting, please contact friends@hclib.org at least one week prior to the event. Assistive listening devices and wheelchair accessible and companion seating are available at all Talk of the Stacks events.

The 2019 Talk of the Stacks series is presented by U.S. Bank with additional support from the Star Tribune. 

April 29, 2019, Monday - Fashion Week MN Presents: Emerging Designer Showcase and Mixer at Canopy

Time: 6 PM – 9 PM

Location: Canopy Minneapolis Mill District, 708 Third Street S

FWMN Presents: Emerging Designer Showcase and Mixer

Fashion Week MN FWMN invites you to the first ever Emerging Designers Showcase and Mixer. The event will feature a range of Minnesota's finest new and emerging designers in a casual mix and mingle setting. Connect with the designers and their models, learn about their collections, inspiration, and future aspirations, and celebrate the incredible creative talent of the Twin Cities.

FWMN is honored to present this Emerging Designers event, made possible by our generous sponsor and host, Canopy by Hilton Minneapolis Mill District. Beverages will be provided by Prairie Organic Vodka and small bites provided by Canopy's very own restaurant and bar, UMBRA, led by Chef Kevin Aho.

At FWMN, we believe in fostering the most inclusive fashion community and making fashion accessible and enjoyable for all. As such, we are overjoyed to share that Canopy by Hilton Minneapolis Mill District is generously offering a special FWMN rate during Fashion Week. Use special rate code 'K1' at the time of booking. 

April 29, 2019, Monday - The Art of Living with Hippocrates Cafe at Abiitan

Hosted by Jon Hallberg, MD, Hippocrates Cafe cleverly combines performing arts and medicine to provide a unique and entertaining experience with actors and musicians that will explore the art of again and living well. RSVP by April 25 - call 612-254-7007. Abiitan Mill City is located at 428 S 2nd Street.

April 29, 2019, Monday - Candy Box Dance Festival at the Southern Theater (thru May 4)

Location: Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Avenue S

Matthew Janczewski's ARENA DANCES presents: Candy Box Dance Festival

April 29 – May 4

Candy Box, presented by Mathew Janczewski’s ARENA DANCES, is an annual, eclectic gathering of performances, workshops and public showings. This year’s festival features a range in levels of experiences, aesthetics and choreographic voices to offer a diverse array of treats! Featured artists are April Sellers Dance Collective, Chris Schlichting and Darrius Strong’s STRONGmovement. Works in Progress showings by Non Edwards, Brenna Mosser, Blake Nellis, Taja Will and ARENA DANCES. 

April 28, 2019, Sunday - Adopt a Street: Marcy-Holmes Volunteer Event

Time: 1p -3p

Adopt a Street: Marcy-Holmes

Great Volunteer Opportunity!

The Marcy-Holmes Neighborhood Association has adopted University Avenue SE & 4th Street SE for 2019-2020!

We are collaborating with the University of Minnesota’s Office of Off-Campus Living, the University of Minnesota Greek Community, local businesses, and residents to cleanup these major streets four times each year.

Our first clean-up is scheduled for Sunday, April 28, 2019, from 1 - 3 pm. Gloves and bags are provided.

April 28, 2019, Sunday - 6th Annual Empty Bowls NE - Minneapolis!

Time: 11a - 6p

6th Annual Empty Bowls NE - Minneapolis!

***Suggested Donation: $20 (includes handmade ceramic bowl + all you can eat soup from amazing local restaurants...no one turned away!)***

"Empty Bowls," an international grassroots effort to address hunger, is coming again to the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District for its 6th year and back where it all began at East Side Neighborhood Services!

ABOUT EMPTY BOWLS NE

Its concept is simple: Empty Bowls NE - Minneapolis asks local potters - who have teamed up with Thomas Edison High School art students - to provide handcrafted ceramic bowls and asks amazing local restaurants to provide delicious soup; guests of the event pay whatever they can and keep the bowl itself as an excellent reminder of the empty bowls in the world and in our own community.

Empty Bowls NE is a 100% volunteer-driven effort and 100% of all proceeds raised go towards three terrific NE Minneapolis hunger causes: The Sheridan Story (kids), Helping Hand Food Pantry (adults), and East Side Neighborhood Services' Senior Food Shelf (seniors), serving a spectrum of generations within our NE Minneapolis community. Last year, Empty Bowls NE raised over to $18,000 for these local hunger causes. This year's goal is to raise over $20,000.

Similar projects have been held for years in nearby communities: St Catherine's University, Columbia Heights, Hopkins, Rogers, Northfield, Plymouth, Maple Grove, New Prague, and Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis.

Empty Bowls NE has secured over 500 handmade ceramic bowls. Many Northeast potters have been Empty Bowls participants in surrounding areas, but until recent years had no means to join the effort in their own community. Expanding on that community spirit, Empty Bowls NE has again partnered with Edison High School's Fine Arts department to both produce pottery and provide students exposure for their work and experience interacting with prominent local artisans.

This year's Empty Bowls NE will again feature a "Pottery Lottery" where the community can purchase raffle tickets for original artwork and ceramics donated by local artists. The proceeds from this raffle will be donated directly to Edison High School's Fine Arts department to support their Arts programming.

100% of the funds are distributed to Sheridan Story, Helping Hand Food Pantry (https://helpinghandfoodpantry.webs.com), and East Side Neighborhood Services Senior Food Programs.

April 28, 2019, Sunday - Minneapolis Prego Expo at the Convention Center

Time: 11a - 4p

Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, 1301 Second Ave S

Minneapolis Prego Expo

VIP TICKETS $60
VIP ticket holders are guaranteed a signature swag bag and are entered in twice for prize giveaways. VIP’s and one of their guests (with a purchase of general admission ticket) will be allowed early entrance into the expo 30 minutes before the expo doors open. (Supplies limited)

GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS
$15 Before the Show
$18 At the Door (Day of show)
(Children 12 and under FREE)

April 28, 2018, Sunday - The Mill Yard at Stonebridge Lofts Art Exhibit: “Infinite Abyss In Motion” Opening Reception

Time: 2:00-5:00p

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Location: Stonebridge Lofts, 1120 S 2nd Street

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“Infinite Abyss In Motion” Opening Reception

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Exhibition dates April 28 – June 30, 2019

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The Mill Yard presents a new show, “Infinite Abyss In Motion”

About the Show:

Infinite Abyss in Motion is at the intersection of Art and Science. While science seeks to understand the natural world in which we live and beyond into the furthest infinity of space or the tiniest unseen particles in front of us, what it cannot with certainty tell us is what the particles look like.  This is where artists step in to imagine, and then visually create, what many of our world’s mysteries might look like. 
Infinite Abyss in Motion imagines the “out there” question from the perspective of two artists – for Mary Simon-Casati, the infinite physical abyss, and for Jenna Murphy, the digital abyss in the infinite possibilities. Mary paints what she imagines particles might look like and how they might move and sweep across a canvas, visibly playing with the idea of an abyss that goes on and on into infinity. She strives to make the unseen not only visible, but also felt through its movement. 
Jenna’s digital compositions feature organic shapes that appear to dance, allowing a snapshot, and one of an infinite number of iterations, of the motion within the infinite abyss; an unseen world discovered.

Artists featured at the new show:

Mary Simon-Casati

Jenna Murphy

Opening Reception Only:  Brett Freund

The Mill Yard at Stonebridge Lofts thanks Luke Kleckner, Condo Development and Sales, for his generous sponsorship. 

April 28, 2019, Sunday - The Bakken Trio Presents Eight Colors at MacPhail

Time: 4p

Location: MacPhail Center for Music, 501 S 2nd Street

The Bakken Trio Presents Eight Colors at MacPhail

Don't miss our last concert of the season featuring guest artist, actor and singer Momoko Tanno. This program will include Eight Colors for String Quartet by Tan Dun as well as Maurice Ravel's Piano Trio in A minor.

For more information and to order tickets go to www.bakkentrio.org or call 612-584-1967. 

April 28, 2019, Sunday - Washburn "A" Mill Tour at Mill City Museum

Time: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 S 2nd Street

Washburn A Mill Tour

Take an in-depth look at the historic Washburn A Mill complex and the award-winning Mill City Museum building.

A guide 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 nonpublic spaces.

Tour highlights include:

• The dramatic story of the 1878 Washburn A Mill explosion, and the other dangers that mill workers faced on a daily basis
• "The Octopus," a large machine that directed wheat into nine storage bins
• The Humphrey Manlift, a vertical conveyor belt that carried workers from floor to floor
• The Rail Corridor where hundreds of boxcars arrived each day to unload wheat and carry away flour
• Millstone plaza, originally paved with retired millstones and the location for lunchtime concerts by the Washburn-Crosby employee band in the 1920s
• Evidence of the three major fires that have damaged the building in 1878, 1928, and 1991
• The East Engine House, once home to a two-story steam engine, has been remodeled into two classrooms, while preserving the original railroad car pulling machinery

The tour includes no more than 1 mile of moderately paced walking on uneven surfaces. Please call ahead to make arrangements for guests with limited mobility.

 Future dates: May 4, May 12, May 26

April 28, 2019, Sunday - Bakken Trio Annual Fund Raising Event at Sea Change

Tickets and more info

April 28, 2019, Sunday - The Project - An afternoon of Music at The Lab Theater

Time: 2 PM – 3:30 PM

Location: The Lab Theater, 700 First Street N

The Project - An afternoon of Music

Pinnacle Renovations, LLC and the Lab Theater present “THE PROJECT” featuring the music of Richard Haglund. 50 years in the making, Minnesota Musician Richard Haglund is joined by some of the nation’s finest musicians for an afternoon of Music and Dance. Featuring Flautist Charlotte Bartholomew, Soprano Angela Grundstad, Dancers from Alternative Motion Project (AMP) (with choreography of Kristin Howe), The Alpine String Quartet and Sankofa (African Drum Ensemble) lead by Sowah Mensah. $10 general admission tickets are available at the door or in advance by contacting the lab theater. A Champagne reception will follow this event.

April 27, 2019, Saturday - Margie Aguilar Art Opening at Level Salon

Time: 7p - 10p

Location: Level Salon, 903 Washington Avenue S

Did you know Level Salon stylist Margie Aguilar is also an artist? She's holding her first ever showing Saturday, April 27.

In addition to the Margie's art, enjoy snacks, wine, and other beverages.

View her work on Margie's Objects of Joy and Facebook.

April 27, 2019, Saturday - People for Parks at Lakes & Legends Brewery Running Series 5K

Time: 11a - 2p

Location: Lakes & Legends Brewing Company, 1368 Lasalle Avenue

People for Parks at Lakes & Legends Brewery Running Series 5K

We are fortunate to be one of the non-profit beneficiaries of the Brewery Running Series here in Minnesota. We get a portion of all proceeds and we get to table at a few events throughout the year. Stop by to learn more about our grants and grab some goodies while your here!

Sign up to volunteer at the event: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080948aaaa2ca4fa7-brewery1

Register to run!

April 27, 2019, Saturday - Pillsbury A Mill Tour at Mill City Museum

Time: 10:30am - 12:00pm

Location: A-Mill Artist Lofts, 415 Main Street SE

Pillsbury A Mill Tour

Discover the story of the National Historic Landmark Pillsbury A Mill, the largest flour mill in the world for many years, which recently reopened as the A-Mill Artist Lofts. A Mill City Museum guide will lead a tour of the former milling complex, including the rooftop deck (weather permitting) and the basement waterpower facilities.

Highlights include the largest and best-preserved waterpower system in Minneapolis, with views straight down a 50-foot drop shaft through a glass floor. Guests will discover how the building functioned during the flour milling era; see the architectural highlights of the recently completed A-Mill Artist Lofts built within the historic mill buildings; and learn about the new hydroelectric plant that helps to power the complex.

This tour is presented in partnership with A-Mill Artist Lofts and includes about 1.5 miles of moderately-paced walking indoors and outdoors with some uneven surfaces. Please call ahead to make arrangements for guests with limited mobility.

Tours begin at the gray door on 3rd Avenue SE at Main Street (around the corner from the main entrance at 315 Main Street SE).

Future dat:  May 25

April 27, 2019, Saturday - Marcy Arts Gala at Grain Belt Bottling House

Time: 6:00pm - 11:00pm

Location:  Grain Belt Bottling House, 79 13th Avenue N

Marcy Arts Gala

The Marcy Arts Gala is a fantastic event to experience! The Gala's live and silent auctions include more than 200 pieces of original art from local and national artists. 

This year's Arts Gala will feature music from critically acclaimed musical artist, DJ Tiiiiiiiip, who also happens to be a Marcy graduate. There will be amazing food from local restaurants including nationally renowned Restuarant Alma, Brasa Premium Rotisserie, and Create Catering. Thirsty? Plenty of libations will be served including some tasty local craft brews and cocktails! 

Join us as we support the vibrant arts community of Minneapolis and Marcy Open School!

The Marcy Arts Gala raises funds to bring art residencies to the classrooms. By attending, volunteering and donating to the annual Marcy Arts Gala, you are supporting arts opportunities for students at Marcy Open School while helping sustain our vibrant artist community.