August 23, 2012, Thursday - Twin Cities River Rats

The 2012 Twin Cities River Rats shows are scheduled for 7pm Thursday nights through August 30, and take place at 1628 West River Road (between the Plymouth and Broadway).

The Twin Cities Rivers Rats describe their show as an aquatic Broadway musical featuring multiple water ski acts choreographed to music and built around a theme.

If you haven't already enjoyed a River Rats show, their website is loaded with fun videos to give you an idea of what to expect.  These are free events.

August 22, 2012, Wednesday - Mill City Live: Roe Family Singers at the Mill City Museum

Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Location:  Mill City Museum, 704 South 2nd Street

Mill City Live: Roe Family Singers

Fee: $5, includes museum admission from 4:00 to 9:00pm

Set in the museum's dramatic open air Ruin Courtyard, Mill City Live features four evenings of outdoor music every Wednesday night from August 8 through 29.

The Roe Family Singers hail from Kirkwood Hollow, Minnesota and are led by wife and husband team Kim Roe (Best Female Vocalist, City Pages/Village Voice) and Quillan Roe (Accident Clearinghouse.) The band blends characteristic old-time hillbilly sound with rock and roll urgency and influence.

Media Sponsors: 98.3 The Current and Vita.mn

August 21, 2012, Tuesday - Movie in the Park at Father Hennepin Bluffs Park

Time:  Movie starts 15 minutes after sunset. Click here to find out sunset time.

Location: Father Hennepin Bluffs Park (East Bank of the Stone Arch Bridge)

Tonights Movie:  Dakota 38

What to bring: Blanket or chair, sunblock and bugspray, picnic basket.

Reminders: Watch our facebook or twitter page for weather cancellations of the evening festivities. Post photos on our facebook page of you enjoying the concerts. Support the artists by picking up a CD or other merchandise.

Enjoy Music and Movie combo nights: Tuesdays at Father Hennepin Bluffs Park, start your evening with 7:00pm music!  June 12, 19, 26, July 10, 17,24, 31, August 7, 14, 21.

Questions or comments? Email us at concerts@minneapolisparks.org

Music & Movies in The Parks is produced by the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board. Enjoy more than 250 FREE concerts and movies in Minneapolis parks this summer!

August 21, 2012, Tuesday - Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission Public Meeting

Time: 4:30pm

Location: Room 317, City Hall, 350 South Fifth Street

More Info

Agenda Includes:

Public Hearing

1. 2707 ½ East Lake Street, Town Talk Diner (BZH #26781, Ward 9) (Vrchota)

Request for an Extension of Interim Protection for an in-progress landmark designation study for the property located at 2707 ½ East Lake Street, the Town Talk Diner.

2. 2705 3^rd Street North, Individual Landmark (BZH #27389, Ward 3) (Hanauer)

Lisa and Anderson Mitchell submitted an application for a Certificate of Appropriateness to allow for a rear addition to their residence at 2705 3^rd Street North, one of seven concrete block houses that are designated as Minneapolis local landmarks.

3. 643 5^th Street North (BZH #27395, Ward 5) (Widmeier)

John Carlson of Trammell Crow Company has submitted a Demolition of Historic Resource application to allow for the demolition of the building formerly known as Regan Brothers Bakery located at 643 5^th Street North.

4. 413 Main Street SE, St. Anthony Falls Historic District (Ward 3) (Schaffer)

Plan for the protection and stabilization of the Red Tile Elevator, Warehouse I and the single grain silo located to the east of the Manildra Building during the demolition.

Information Items

5. 2925 Cedar Avenue South, Layman’s Cemetery (Ward 9) (Hanauer)

Update on Phase III, Pioneers & Soldiers Fence.

6. St. Anthony Falls Historic District Design Guidelines (Wards 3 and 7) (Schaffer)

Update on the St. Anthony Falls Historic District Design Guidelines.

August 21, 2012, Tuesday - Grassroots Event With Vice President Joe Biden At The Depot

Time: Doors Open at 10:30am

Location: The Depot, 225 South 3rd Avenue

Grassroots Event With Joe Biden In Minneapolis On August 21, 2012

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August 21, 2012, Tuesday - Music in the Park at Father Hennepin Bluffs Park

Time: 7:00pm

Location: Father Hennepin Bluffs Park (East Bank of the Stone Arch Bridge)

Tonights entertainment:  Mankato Symphony Orchestra - With the Maza Kute drum group

What to bring: Blanket or chair, sunblock and bugspray, picnic basket.

Reminders: Watch our facebook or twitter page for weather cancellations of the evening festivities. Post photos on our facebook page of you enjoying the concerts. Support the artists by picking up a CD or other merchandise.

Enjoy Music and Movie combo nights:
Tuesdays at Father Hennepin Bluffs Park
Fridays at the Lake Harriet Bandshell (beginning June 9th).

Questions or comments? Email us at concerts@minneapolisparks.org

Music & Movies in The Parks is produced by the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board. Enjoy more than 250 FREE concerts and movies in Minneapolis parks this summer!

August 20, 2012, Monday - Music in the Park at Nicollet Island Amphitheater

Time: 7:00pm

Location: Nicollet Island Amphitheater

Tonights entertainment: Caprice Saxophone Quartet - Engergizing music for saxophone quartet

What to bring: Blanket or chair, sunblock and bugspray, picnic basket.

Reminders: Watch our facebook or twitter page for weather cancellations of the evening festivities. Post photos on our facebook page of you enjoying the concerts. Support the artists by picking up a CD or other merchandise.

Questions or comments? Email us at concerts@minneapolisparks.org

Music & Movies in The Parks is produced by the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board. Enjoy more than 250 FREE concerts and movies in Minneapolis parks this summer!

August 19, 2012, Sunday - Minneapolis Riverfront Tour at the Mill City Museum

Time: 1:00pm

Location:  Mill City Museum, 704 South 2nd Street

Minneapolis Riverfront Tour

Walk the Minneapolis riverfront and learn about its dramatic past and bright future. Participants will visit the historic district at St. Anthony Falls, which was once the milling center of the world and is now a growing cultural, recreational and residential neighborhood. A guide from Mill City Museum will lead visitors onto the Stone Arch Bridge for a spectacular view of the falls, the historic buildings surrounding it and downtown Minneapolis and tell stories of the people who have worked and lived in the area and how it has changed over the years. The tour begins and ends at Mill City Museum where participants can visit the museum gallery (included in the price of the tour) and enjoy refreshments at the Mill City Museum Café.

Fee: $14 adults, $12 seniors and college students, $10 children 6-17 and MHS members. Includes museum admission.

Reservations: required, call 612-341-7555 or register online.

August 19, 2012, Sunday - The Homegrown Experience at Nicollet Island Pavilion

Time: 11:00am - 4:00pm

Location:  Nicollet Island Pavilion

Give your taste buds a treat and experience delectable food grown locally and sustainably here in Minnesota! Featuring a vast variety of food samples from breads and jams to macaroons and smoked fish, The Homegrown Experience is sure to please your palate.

A Food & Wine event focusing on local, organic & sustainable food available in the Twin Cities Metro Area.The event features chef demonstrations, an educational stage will give people the ability to talk one-on-one with local farmers, community supported agriculture (CSA), co-ops, food producers, vintners and brewers. Participants will be able to sip, sample, purchase and learn about local, sustainable and organic foods.

Tickets are available online.  Cost is $20 in advance; $25 at the door.  The event is for ages 21 and over.

August 19, 2012, Sunday - Yoga in the Park at Father Hennepin Bluffs Park

Time:  10:00am - 11:00am

Location: Father Hennepin Bluffs Park (intersection of SE Main and SE 6th Avenue, on the East Bank of the Stone Arch Bridge).

Looking for a way to take your sun salutations outside so you can truly salute the sun? The Downtown Minneapolis CorePower Yoga invites you to join them each Sunday for CorePower Yoga’s, “Yoga in the Park.” CorePower encourages yoga practioners to open their minds and join their breath and movements to the sound of music and nature all around us. All levels of yoga students are welcome and their hope is that you take this opportunity to not only practice yoga, but to find even deeper connections within your community!

These free classes will be held every Sunday starting June 3rd and running through August 26th.  All classes are 10:00am – 11:00am at Father Hennepin Bluffs Park.  Please call CorePower Yoga Downtown Minneapolis at 612-375-9642 with questions.
 
Items of note:
- Attendees should arrive 15-30 minutes prior to class starting for sign in purposes.
- Students are asked to bring their own mat, towel, water and SUNSCREEN! There is limited shade at the park.
- Classes will be lead by certified yoga instructors from downtown Minneapolis’ CorePower Yoga.

August 18, 2012, Saturday - Children's Book Sale at Central Library Book Store

Time: 10:30am - 3:30pm

Location: Central Library Book Store, 300 Nicollet Mall

A book sale to raise funds for the local library. Each sale features hundreds of children’s fiction and nonfiction books in hardcover and paperback. All children’s books are $.50.

More Info
http://www.supporthclib.org/events/book-sales/

August 18, 2012, Saturday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 9:00pm  Cover: $6

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

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August 18, 2012, Saturday - Wilderness Inquiry Mississippi River Day Trip: Taste of the Mississippi with Beth Dooley

Time: 9:30am – 3:00pm

Location: Meet at East River Flats

Wilderness Inquiry Mississippi River Day Trip: Taste of the Mississippi with Beth Dooley

Day trips are a great way to experience the great outdoors right in your own backyard. We'll provide voyageur canoes, staff, all equipment and shuttles. These trips involve and engage everyone regardless of their age, ability or previous outdoor experience.

Join famed food critic and author Beth Dooley on this special canoe trip on the Mighty Mississippi. Beth has written several cookbooks, including the Northern Heartland Kitchen and several others. Beth will amaze you with culinary delights on this trip, all locally grown and very healthy. Join us for a canoe trip on the river that you will never forget! Because of the extra cost for gourmet food the fee for trip is higher than for our regular Mississippi River day trips. $80

For information and to register.

August 18, 2012, Saturday - Mill City Farmers Market

Time: 8:00am - 1:00pm

Location: 704 South 2nd Street

Today at Mill City Farmers Market: Summer Bounty

Produce Planner: At the Market today you will find: turnips, radishes, spinach, spring salad mixes, arugula, garlic, head lettuce, wild greens, rhubarb, carrots, beets, sorrel, fresh herbs, kale, Swiss chard, collards, peppers, sweet onions, red potatoes, brussel sprouts, heirloom tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, tomatillos, broccoli, green beans, zucchini, cucumbers, eggplant, summer squash, cabbage, raspberries, grapes, sweet corn, watermelon, musk melon, and more!

Mill City Cooks, 10 am: Chef Heather Hartman helps us recognize our Hmong farmers with two recipes using traditional Asian vegetables.  Be sure to try Grilled Eggplant with Orange-Miso Glaze and Charred Long Beans with Olives!

Live Music/Entertainment, 11 am to 1 pm: Crankshaft. A sound heavily rooted in blues, country, swing, rock ‘n’ roll and surf.

Book Signing, 11 am to 12:30 pm: Famed local foods cook book author Deborah Madison will be joining us in the kitchen today!

Meet Your Vegetables, 9 am (while supplies last): Meet Fennel! Visit UMN Public Health Nutrition grad students for a healthy taste of this nutrient packed herb & take a recipe home with you!

Community Booth, all day: Bike and Bite with IATP.

Sponsor, all day: Thank you Mrs. Meyers!

Art Market, all day: Featuring Weavers Guild, Anna Metcalfe, and Woodsport. 

August 18, 2012, Saturday - Family Riverfront Quest Tour at Mill City Museum

Time: 1:00pm (Bookmaking 1:00 - 1:30pm; Tour 1:30 - 2:30pm)

Location:  Mill City Museum, 704 South 2nd Street

Family Riverfront Quest Tour at Mill City Museum

Try out questing with a family-focused tour of the Minneapolis riverfront outside Mill City Museum. A Quest is a community treasure hunt that guides people through, and teaches them to see, a unique part of their community. This quest includes solving rhyming riddles and searching for hidden boxes with pictures to place in a quest journal that participants can make before the tour. Journal materials and admission to Mill City Museum are included in the tour cost. The tour is designed for ages 6–11, but can be enjoyed by all ages. Adults and seniors must be accompanying a child.

Fee: $11 adults, $9 seniors, $10 ages 6-17, $7 MHS Members ages 6-17, Free for Adult and Senior MHS members

Reservations: required, call 612-341-7555 or register online.

August 18, 2012, Saturday - Live Music at Crooked Pint

Time: 10:00pm  $10 Cover

Location: Crooked Pint Ale House, 501 Washington Avenue South

Tonight: Hookers $ Blow

Hookers $ Blow delves deep into the Soul pantheon treating audiences to rocking dance grooves from 60s and 70s R & B.

August 17, 2012, Friday - Vikings vs. Buffalo Bills (Preseason Game)

Time:   7:00pm (CST) at the Dome

• TV: NBC KARE - 11
• Radio: KFAN (FM 100.3)

Additional information is available at vikings.com.

August 17, 2012, Friday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 9:00pm  Cover: $10

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

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August 17, 2012, Friday - Minneapolis Underground Film Festival at St. Anthony Main Theatre (3 day event)

Times:  See Website

Location:  St. Anthony Main Theatre, 115 Southeast Main Street  

About
The Minneapolis Underground FIlm Festival - MUFF is sponsored/hosted by The Film Society of MSP. Screening August 17-19, 2012 at St. Anthony Main Theater. Email: Minneapolisuff@gmail.com

Description
Hosted by The Film Society of Minneapolis/St. Paul, the Minneapolis Underground Film Festival MUFF utilizes the St. Anthony Main Theater to showcase underground cinema’s most provocative and original work. Selected filmmakers will be on hand for an audience Q&A after their screenings.

This year’s Underground Film Festival will take place in the summer featuring standout local, national and international films, a outdoor screenings and after-parties featuring local bands and DJ’s. Channel Z produces our awards ceremony with sponsored awards for the winners!

For more info check our website.

August 16, 2012, Thursday - Twin Cities River Rats

The 2012 Twin Cities River Rats shows are scheduled for 7pm Thursday nights through August 30, and take place at 1628 West River Road (between the Plymouth and Broadway).

The Twin Cities Rivers Rats describe their show as an aquatic Broadway musical featuring multiple water ski acts choreographed to music and built around a theme.

If you haven't already enjoyed a River Rats show, their website is loaded with fun videos to give you an idea of what to expect.  These are free events.