August 9, 2013, Friday - Vikings vs. Houston Texans (Preseason Game)

Time: 7:00pm (CST) at the Dome

Additional information is available at vikings.com.

August 9, 2013, Friday - Angela's Little Yogis at Central Library

Time: 11:00am –11:30am

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

Location: Cancer Survivor's Park, Marquette Plaza on Nicollet Mall between Washington and 3rd Avenue

Angela's Little Yogis

For families. Join us for child and family yoga, led by a certified children's yoga instructor, after Family Storytime in the park. Bring a beach towel to mark your yoga space. If it rains, we'll meet in the Children's Library.
Sponsored by the Base Management.

August 9, 2013, Friday - Live Music Friday at Aloft

Time: 9:00pm-11:00pm

Location: WXYZ bar, Aloft, 900 Washington Avenue South

Fridays thru August 30, enjoy live music in the courtyard (or inside if the weather doesn't cooperate).

August 9, 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.

More Information and Registration.

August 9, 2013, Friday - 2013 Minnesota Fringe Festival Events at Southern Theater

Location: Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Avenue South

The Southern Theater is hosting 11 events during the August 1- 11 2013 Minnesota Fringe Festival.

Please click here for the full list of shows, dates, times and tickets.

August 9, 2013, Friday - Stories in the Park at Central Library (Fridays thru August 23)

Time: 10:30am

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

Location: Cancer Survivor's Park, Marquette Plaza on Nicollet Mall between Washington and 3rd Avenue

Stories in the Park

For families. Join us for Family Storytime and enjoy summer storytime fun! Bring your picnic blanket and snack if you'd like. If it rains, we'll meet in the library.

August 9, 2013, Friday - Secret Stash Soul Review at The Guthrie (2 nights)

Time: 7:30pm

Location: Guthrie Theater, Dowling Studio, 818 Second Street South

In late 2012, Minneapolis based Secret Stash Records released Twin Cities Funk & Soul: Lost R&B Grooves from Minneapolis & Saint Paul 1964-1979. The double LP pressing of the compilation came with a massive 12”x12” 32 page tabloid style newspaper packed with liner notes and rare photos.

In the process of researching and licensing the music they got to know the musicians who recorded it in the 60s and 70s. To celebrate the release of the compilation, the label and musicians teamed up to put on a soul revue at The Cedar Cultural Center in September. It was comprised completely of R&B songs from the Minneapolis scene. The sold out event was named “Best Twin Cities Concert of 2012” by City Pages. In mid-January Secret Stash brought their revue to night one of 89.3 The Current’s Birthday party at First Avenue’s Main Room.

The performance was later referred to as “the high note of the parties” by the Star Tribune. The Secret Stash Soul Revue has quickly become a platform on which individual artists are once again gaining prominence.

www.secretstashrecords.com

August 9, 2013, Friday - National Coworking Day at Joule

Time: 10:00am to 2:00pm

Location: 1200 Washington Avenue South

National Coworking Day at Joule

Did you know that Minnesota is a national hotspot for working at home? Learn the benefits of coworking and why it may be a good fit for you. Isolated? Lack support and resources? Hate cold calling? The benefits of coworking include: facilitated networking (let Joule introduce you); business matchmaking (grow your business with referrals); collaborative coworkers (supportive and mentoring peers); increased productivity (get more accomplished in less time); and educational opportunities (keep skills sharp and current).

Meet members of the Joule coworking community at this event; Joule will make the introductions! Discover how easy it is to connect and grow your business when you're part of a network. Enjoy lunch with peers who understand the agony and ecstasy of having a work-at-home lifestyle. Learn how to overcome WAH frustrations from the blue ribbon panel. Smile for your new headshot!

Cost: $20.00 in advance, $30.00 at door -- includes introductions, panel discussion, buffet lunch and professional headshot. Open to all; you need not be a Joule member to attend. Details and registration at http://www.meetup.com/cojoule/.

For a complete listing of Joule's events: http://joulemn.com/calendar/.

August 8, 2013, Thursday - The Land Tells Us Who We Are: Manifest Destiny and the Indigenous Aesthetics of Resistance at Central Library

Time: 6:30pm–7:45pm

Location: Central Library, Pohlad Hall, 300 Nicollet Mall

The Land Tells Us Who We Are: Manifest Destiny and the Indigenous Aesthetics of Resistance

David Martinez, associate professor of American Indian Studies at Arizona State University, will discuss works in the current Cargill Hall exhibit "Transmissions: Contemporary American Indian Art 2003-2013" within the context of current American Indian life. To quote Martinez, "The Indigenous artists featured in Transmissions capture that spirit of resistance, demonstrating the diversity of personal visions and values, which derive from an equally diverse Indigenous community, which maintains a plurality of relationships with the world around them."

Presented in collaboration with Bockley Gallery, Minneapolis.

August 8, 2013, Thursday - 2013 Minnesota Fringe Festival Events at Southern Theater

Location: Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Avenue South

The Southern Theater is hosting 11 events during the August 1- 11 2013 Minnesota Fringe Festival.

Please click here for the full list of shows, dates, times and tickets.

August 8, 2013, Thursday - Twin Cities River Rats Waterski Show

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 8, 2013, Thursday - Minneapolis History Pub Crawl: Riverfront Red Light Districts at the Mill City Museum

Times: 6:00pm to 8:30pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 2nd Street South

Minneapolis History Pub Crawl: Riverfront Red Light Districts at the Mill City Museum

Fee: $35/$30 for MHS members.

Reservations: required, register online.

Discover the lost history of prostitution on the Minneapolis riverfront on this unique tour with historian Penny Petersen, author of "Minneapolis Madams: The Lost History of Prostitution on the Riverfront." The trolley tour of the Minneapolis riverfront includes stops at three former red-light districts that flourished in the late 19th and early 20th century. Petersen will highlight the surprising stories of the powerful madams who ran them. Women of independent means, madams built custom bordellos to suit their tastes and exerted influence over leading figures and politicians. Learn why the city’s vice districts were clustered near the river, how the sex trade was interconnected with the Minneapolis economy and the stories of the real women who made their living there. The tour will include a stop for beverages and appetizers at a pub near the former Main Street red light district and will conclude with a social hour with the author at a nearby pub. Ages 21 and up only. Appetizers at the first stop included in the tour price. All drinks sold separately.

Note: The tour will include up to two blocks of walking. Please advise ticketing staff of physical challenges.

August 7, 2013, Wednesday - 2013 Minnesota Fringe Festival Events at Southern Theater

Location: Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Avenue South

The Southern Theater is hosting 11 events during the August 1- 11 2013 Minnesota Fringe Festival.

Please click here for the full list of shows, dates, times and tickets.

August 7, 2013, Wednesday - A Sip of Science at Aster Cafe

Time: 5:30pm

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 SE Main Street

A SPECIAL ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA SIP OF SCIENCE:  Agricultural Change: Making a better Iowa, making a better world 
 
This special presentation of A Sip of Science is hosted by the Ecological Society of America (ESA), holding its 98th Annual Meeting August 4-9 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Learn more.
 
Want to stem biodiversity loss, enhance fresh water supplies, curtail climate change AND improve people's lives?

Then change modern agriculture.  Worldwide, agriculture is responsible for more habitat conversion, water pollution, and global warming potential than any other sector of the economy.  Furthermore, the current system of food production fails to provide adequate nourishment for one-seventh of the planet's human inhabitants.  Where do we begin this monumental task?  Iowa, USA.

Iowa's status as the leading producer of corn, soy, pork, and eggs and first-in-the-nation caucuses means the state has disproportionate influence on US farm bills - legislation that delivers food aid to the needy, incentivizes farming practices, and provides the bulk of conservation funding nationwide.  While focused within the nation's borders, farm bill legislation has a global ripple effect by tipping the economic playing field.  Thus, I posit, if you make a better Iowa, you make a better world.  How do we do that?  With perennials and partnerships.
 
About our speaker:
Lisa Schulte Moore studies coupled human and natural systems, working at the intersection of the ecological and social sides of sustainable land management through a combination of historical investigation, field studies, and modeling. Her lab has ongoing projects in agricultural landscape management, bioenergy development, oak restoration, and hemlock and pine forest management among others. For her graduate studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and postdoc research the USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station in  Grand Rapids, Minnesota, she worked in Midwestern forests. She adopted agricultural ecology as a part of her research portfolio after moving to Ames, Iowa to take a faculty position at Iowa State University in 2003.

A SIP OF SCIENCE bridges the gap between science and culture in a setting that bridges the gap between brain and belly. Food, beer, and learning are on the menu in a happy hour forum in which researchers pair with musicians, artists and storytellers to put science in context through storytelling.
  
This talk takes place during happy hour at the Aster Cafe - Food and Drink Available for Purchase.

August 7, 2013, Wednesday - Minneapolis Park and Rec Board Meeting

Time: 5:00pm

Location: Minneapolis Park and Rec Board, 2117 West River Road

Agenda

Meeting are broadcasted live on the City of Minneapolis Government Meeting Channel 79, or online at http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/tv/79. Those interested in viewing the MPRB meeting are encouraged to attend at MPRB headquarters, located at 2117 West River Road, Minneapolis, MN 55411, or view during the 10:30 p.m. Monday (12/3) rebroadcast on Channel 79.

August 7, 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 6, 2013, Tuesday - Music & Movie in the Park at Father Hennepin Bluffs Park

Time: Music 7:00pm, Movies air 15 minutes after sundown.

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.

Future dates:

August 13
August 20
August 27

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 6, 2013, Tuesday - National Night Out 2013

Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Location: Chicago Plaza (between the Guthrie and Spoonriver)

Join your Mill District neighbors for food, drink and music at the 2013 Mill District NNO!

Check out these pictures from our Mill District Neighborhood 2012 National Night Out:

August 6, 2013, Tuesday - 2013 Minnesota Fringe Festival Events at Southern Theater

Location: Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Avenue South

The Southern Theater is hosting 11 events during the August 1- 11 2013 Minnesota Fringe Festival.

Please click here for the full list of shows, dates, times and tickets.

August 6, 2013, Tuesday - Minneapolis History Pub Crawl: Washington Avenue at the Mill City Museum

Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 South 2nd Street

Minneapolis History Pub Crawl: Washington Avenue

Fee: $25; $20 for MHS members.

Discover Minneapolis' rich history and satisfy your thirst with a history pub crawl along Washington Avenue. Travel down this busy thoroughfare to see the importance of railroads, warehousing, flour milling, immigration, entertainment and vice to the story of Minneapolis. A trolley will take participants through the neighborhoods along Washington Ave. from 35W to Plymouth Ave. N, with stops at a number of historic sights, including two watering holes housed in historic buildings. Ages 21 and up only. Drink purchases are not included in the tour price. Drink specials will be made available at participating locations.

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