Entries from August 1, 2013 - August 31, 2013
Share Article August 31, 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!
Reservations.
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August 31, 2013, Saturday - Bluegrass Brunch at Aster Cafe
Time: 11:00am - 1:00pm No Cover
Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE
Bluegrass Brunch featuring: Chris Silver
August 31, 2013, Saturday - Women’s Work: History Player Eva Valesh Tour at Mill City Museum
Time: 1:00pm
Location: Mill City Museum, 704 South 2nd Street
Women’s Work: History Player Eva Valesh Tour at Mill City Museum
A costumed actor portraying labor writer Eva Valesh will lead a walking tour highlighting the factories whose working conditions were exposed by Valesh in series of newspaper articles in 1888 and 1889. Jobs available to women in the 19th and early-20th century and some of the key events in women’s labor history in Minneapolis will be discussed. Valesh was a labor writer and orator who was also known by the pen name Eva Gay. Among the riverfront factories singled out by "Eva Gay" was the North Star Woolen Mill, still standing two blocks from Mill City Museum. Valesh served as labor editor for the Saint Paul Globe and the Minneapolis Tribune. She went on to national acclaim, working for Samuel Gompers as Assistant Editor of the American Federationist.
Fee: $14 adults, $12 seniors and college students, $10 ages 6-17 and MHS members.
Reservations: required, call 612-341-7555 or register online.
August 31, 2013, Saturday - Mill City Farmers Market
Time: 8:00am - 1:00pm
Location: 704 South 2nd Street
Today at Mill City Farmers Market: Healthy Lunchbox Day
Produce Planner: Somerset seedless grapes, Beacon apples, pears, sweet corn, cantaloupe, muskmelon, blueberries, aronia berries, blackberries, raspberries, herbs, arugula, kale, Swiss chard, green beans, brussel sprouts, head lettuce varietals, spinach, kohlrabi, asparagus, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, zucchini, summer squash, fresh mushrooms, baby bok choi, cilantro, mint, basil, carrots, rhubarb, red and golden beets, purslane, jalapeño peppers, green peppers, cherry tomatoes, slicing and heirloom tomatoes, Japanese eggplant, filet beans, spring greens salad mix, spring onions, cippolini onions, red and white onions, garlic, radishes, cucumbers, pickling cucumbers, turnips, and more!
Mill City Cooks, 10 am: Join Market Chef Heather Hartman for a special demo on homemade granola bars featuring Nash Bros. ingredients.
Live Music, 11am – 1pm: MCFM welcomes back Potluck and the Hot Dishes, an energetic Twin Cities band delivering a blend of urban-folk, pop, and alt-country with soaring three-part harmonies.
Art Market, all day: Featuring The Ink Orchard, Christy Wetzig, Heinz Brummel, and Stirsby!
Community Booth, all day: Appetite for Change is a community-driven nonprofit organization in North Minneapolis that creates programming, products and services that are wanted, needed and owned by the community.
Small Business Booth, all day: Petit Organics. Stop by and learn how this all organic baby food delivery service works!
Sponsor: Thank you, Nash Brothers Trading Company!
August 30, 2013, Friday - Midwest Photo Safari: "Minneapolis Nights" Mill Ruins Park and the Stone Arch Bridge
Time:
This safari begins 30 minutes before local sunset (your tour confirmation will have an exact time). We meet at Hennepin Bluffs Park on the east bank of the river. The Safari runs 90 minutes to 2 hours on Friday Nights.
Location:
This tour begins at Hennepin Bluffs Park on the east bank of the Minneapolis riverfront. We walk across and under the famous Stone Arch bridge to photograph the Minneapolis night skyline. We will learn the principles of low light settings on your digital SLR's or the various "scene" mode settings of your digital point and shoot camera.
August 29, 2013, Thursday - Vikings vs. Tennessee Titans (Preseason Game)
Time: 7:00pm (CST) at the Dome
Additional information is available at vikings.com.
August 29, 2013, Thursday - Twin Cities River Rats Waterski Show
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The 2013 Twin Cities River Rats shows are scheduled for 7pm most Thursday nights through August 29, and take place at 1758 West River Road N (between the Plymouth and Broadway bridges).
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.
These are free events.
August 28, 2013, Wednesday - The Soap Factory Common Room Tour
Time: Tour will depart from the Common Room sign at The Soap Factory’s front dock at precisely 6:30pm.
Location: Soap Factory, 514 Second Street SE
For the fifth year, Sergio Vucci and Andy Sturdevant will be leading Common Room, a series of artist-led tours originating at The Soap Factory. This year, we'll be heading out in a 1953 Twin Cities Rapid Transit chartered bus into Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Common Room began as a month-long series of interactive art events, out of a refurbished art deco office at The Soap Factory. Since 2011, Vucci and Sturdevant have taken the Common Room concept outside the four walls of the Soap Factory and into the city, activating public spaces and redefining our relationship with our surroundings.
All tours will depart via bus from the Common Room sign at The Soap Factory’s front dock at precisely 6:30 p.m. every Wednesday in August. The tours will be approximately 90-120 minutes. Our buses will only accomodate about fifty people, so advance registration will be recommended, check back here in July for ticket information.
August 27, 2013, 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: See website.
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.
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 27, 2013, Tuesday - Tunnel Book on a Stick Family Workshop at MCBA
Time: 10:00am-Noon
Location: Minnesota Center for Book Arts, 1011 Washington Avenue South
Tunnel Book on a Stick Family Workshop
For families with children age 3 and up
What better way to capture your favorite summer or State Fair memories than in your very own book, ON A STICK! An MCBA instructor will guide you through the steps to create your tunnel-book-on-a-stick and then you will have time to get creative and illustrate your memories inside your book using a variety of art materials.
$30 ($27 members) + $8 supply fee for an adult/child pair;
$15 ($13.50 members) + $4 supply fee for each additional participant
August 25, 2013, Sunday - Minneapolis Duathlon 2013
Time: First Wave starts for the Minneapolis Duathlon at 7:05am
The Minneapolis Duathlon is a 3-mile run, 15-mile bike and 3-mile run from downtown Minneapolis along the Mississippi River and back. The first wave will start at 7:05am.
The run course begins on 3rd Avenue South, goes across the river and back down Main Street, returns on the Stone Arch Bridge and goes north on West River Parkway on a brief "out and back" to finish up your run. This is the same run course you do for the other run leg. There will be a water stop at mile 2.5 of the run.
The bike course takes you out on 2nd Street, eventually to West River Parkway where you travel south to the turnaround. Then the course takes you back up to 2nd street to the bike dismount area near the transition.
August 25, 2013, Sunday - Midwest Photo Safari: "Minneapolis Nights" St. Anthony Main
Time:
The session begins 1/2 hour before local sunset. Your confirmation lists the exact starting time.
Location:
Join us on historic Main street near St. Anthony Main for a 90 minute to 2 hour photo safari running Saturday evening only.
Before we begin, we will have a short presentation covering basic principles of low light/night photography. When darkness sets in, this area comes alive with interesting lights. We will help you capture stunning night images you are sure to want to frame.
This safari is best done with a digital SLR or a better quality digital point and shoot with advanced scene modes. Your Safari guide / photographer will be carrying a Sony digital point and shoot to demonstrate the techniques we will be covering. For this safari, a sturdy tripod an absolute necessity... Midwest Photo Safari can provide pro-quality rental tripods on request. A remote shutter release is also very handy to have along, or you may use the "self timer" feature of your camera.
August 25, 2013, Sunday - Railroad History Tour at the Mill City Museum
Time: 1:00pm
Location: Mill City Museum, 704 South 2nd Street
Beginning with the arrival of Minnesota’s first rail line in 1862, Minneapolis boomed in population, flour milling, lumber production and warehousing as a rail network extended throughout the Upper Midwest. Take a guided tour to discover the impact of railroads on the Mill City, visiting railroad landmarks such as the Stone Arch Bridge, Milwaukee Road Depot and the Minneapolis Eastern Railway engine house and trestle. Along the way find clues to the vanishing railroad landscape and learn about the future of Twin Cities rail. The tour will begin and end at Mill City Museum, where participants can visit the museum’s gallery, included in the price of the tour.
Fee: $14 adults, $12 seniors and college students, $10 children ages 6-17 and MHS members. Includes museum admission.
August 25, 2013, Sunday - Classic Film in the Aster Cafe Courtyard
August 25 is the final Sunday to experience a classic film on the courtyard of the Aster with the Film Society of Minneapolis-St. Paul. No charge! Presented by 2 Gingers and Bad Weather Brewing… Enjoy one of the Aster's signature appetizers along with 2 Gingers whiskey and Bad Weather pint specials during each film! Go to the movies... get yourself a proper drink.
Tonights feature is Annie Hall. Film will begin around 8:30pm.
August 24, 2013, Saturday - Bluegrass Brunch at Aster Cafe
Time: 11:00am - 1:00pm No Cover
Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE
Bluegrass Brunch featuring: The Moonlight Duo (Mary DuShane & Nick Jordan)
August 24, 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!
Reservations.
Follow Taste Twin Cities on Facebook and Twitter.
August 24, 2013, Saturday - Guthrie Theater / YMCA Play Care! for Born Yesterday
Time: Performances begins at 1:00pm, child care drop off begins at 12:30pm
Location: Guthrie Theater, 818 2nd Street South
Bring your children (ages 4 to 11) to the Guthrie's Level Eight Education Suite where they will explore a variety of activities developed and led by qualified and trusted YMCA child care professionals. All activities are tailored to your child's age (ages 4 & 5, 6 & 7, 8 & 9, 10 & 11), including movement, arts & crafts, games and more. Once they're settled in, head downstairs, take your seat and prepare to be entertained!
To purchase, call the Guthrie Box Office at 612-377-2224 or order in person at the Guthrie Box Office.
