August 31, 2015, Monday - Meet us at THE MARKET. at Target Field Station

Time: 4:30pm - 8:30 pm

Location:  Target Field Station & Rail Platform, 5th Street N

Meet us at THE MARKET. is a new addition to the Downtown Minneapolis experience. THE MARKET. is a destination, a place to browse an eclectic group of pop-up shops, watch a movie on the Target Field Station big screen, grab a bite and listen to musicians serenading you. THE MARKET. is an evening gathering point at downtown’s premier transportation hub. It is easy to access and conveniently runs through the evening.

For a full vendor list and more information, visit www.downtownmpls.com/themarket.

August 31, 2015, Monday - National Theatre Live: The Audience at St. Anthony Main Theatre

Time:  Aug 31 7:00pm and Sat, Sep 5 1:00pm

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

NT Live at the Film Society of Minneapolis/St. Paul: The Audience

For sixty years, Queen Elizabeth II has met with each of her twelve Prime Ministers in a private weekly meeting. This meeting is known as The Audience. No one knows what they discuss, not even their spouses.

From the old warrior Winston Churchill, to the Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair right up to today’s meetings with the current incumbent David Cameron, the Queen advises her Prime Ministers on all matters both public and personal. Through these private audiences, we see glimpses of the woman behind the crown and witness the moments that shaped a monarch.

The Audience has received three 2015 Tony Award® nominations for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play (Helen Mirren), Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role (Richard McCabe) and Best Costume Design (Bob Crowley). The production has also been nominated for 6 Outer Critics Circle Awards (including Outstanding New Broadway Play), 4 Drama League Awards (including Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play) and 2 Drama Desk Awards (including Outstanding Actress in a Play).

The Audience is written by Peter Morgan (The Queen) and directed by two-time Tony Award® winner and Academy Award®-nominated director Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot, The Hours), and was presented in the West End by Matthew Byam Shaw for Playful Productions, Robert Fox and Andy Harries.

August 30, 2015, Sunday - Swing Brunch at Aster Cafe

Time: 11:00am - 2:00pm

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Today: Swing Brunch with Patty and the Buttons

August 30, 2015, Sunday - Engineering the Falls Tour with History Player William de la Barre at Mill City Museum

Time: 1:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 2nd Street South

Engineering the Falls Tour with History Player William de la Barre

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

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

Take a walking tour of St. Anthony Falls, led by a costumed museum interpreter portraying William de la Barre, the Austrian engineer who spent half a century developing Minneapolis’ flour milling and waterpower. Visit the Minneapolis Riverfront, the west side milling district, and the Stone Arch Bridge, learning the many changes to the falls over time.

The tour includes one mile of moderately paced walking on uneven surfaces. Please call ahead to make arrangements for guests with limited mobility. 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. Tours are held rain or shine.

Future date: September 19th

August 29, 2015, Saturday - First Annual SotaFest at Parade Stadium

Celebrate summer at the first annual SotaFest!

Kindred the Family Soul headlines an afternoon of music and fun in picturesque Parade Stadium August 29

The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board is excited to partner in the first annual SotaFest happening August 29at Parade Stadium, located at 400 Kenwood Parkway. Doors open at 1 pm, music starts at 2 pm and festivities will continue throughout the afternoon framed underneath one of the best skyline views in the city.

A portion of the proceeds collected helps create opportunities for kids in Minneapolis parks by funding scholarships for youth programming.

“We appreciate having the opportunity to partner with People for Parks, 89.9 KMOJ and Bachelor Boy Entertainment in putting on another great summertime event in Minneapolis while also helping more of our city’s youth enjoy park activities,” said Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board Assistant Superintendent Nick Williams.

Nationally-renowned act Kindred the Family Soul headlines a lineup studded with dynamic performers, including Church and the Dirty Thought, Mike De’Cole, Chris Lawrence, Audiyo Element, Hustle Rose and MPLS.

Food trucks and local product vendors will also be on hand.

SotaFest is an 18+ event. Advance tickets are available onlinefor $25 and at the door for $35. Concert-goers can park for $5 at Dunwoody College across the street from Parade Stadium.

Volunteers for SotaFest are still needed. Volunteer assignments include entrance gate monitors/ticket takers, parking crew, ticket sales, stage monitors, and more.

Each volunteer will receive entry to the concert and one additional ticket. View and sign-up for volunteer assignments and shifts here: http://www.SignUpGenius.com/go/20F0449AFAC22A6FB6-sotafest or email Nicole Zappa at nzappa@minneapolisparks.org with questions about volunteering.

Event Details Who:Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, People for Parks, 89.9 KMOJ-FM and Bachelor Boy Entertainment What: An afternoon of music, food and dancing headlined by nationally-renowned act Kindred the Family Soul When: Saturday, August 29. Doors open at 1 pm; music starts at 2 pm Where: Parade Stadium Why: Proceeds help fund youth programming scholarships for Minneapolis park activities Cost: $25 in advance; $35 at the door

August 29, 2015, Saturday - Free Yoga at Gold Medal Park

August 29, 2015, 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 craft 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, home-made gelato, and nosh on savory European style baked bread as we stroll through the local Farmers Market.

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 29, 2015, Saturday - Minneapolis Riverfront Tour at the Mill City Museum

Time: 1:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 South 2nd Street

Minneapolis Riverfront Tour

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

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

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 includes one mile of moderately paced walking on uneven surfaces. Please call ahead to make arrangements for guests with limited mobility. The tour will begin and end at Mill City Museum. Tours are held rain or shine.

For more information visit http://www.millcitymuseum.org/tours.

Future date:  September 20

August 29, 2015, Saturday - Mill City Farmers Market

Time: 8:00am - 1:00pm

Location: 704 South 2nd Street

Today at Mill City Farmers Market: Back to School Cooking on a Budget

Produce Planner
Aronia berries, apples, arugula, basil, beets, bell peppers, blueberries, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cantaloupe, carrots, cauliflower, cherry tomatoes, chives, cilantro, cucumbers, dill, eggplant, fennel, garlic, green beans, green shallots, kale, lettuce, mache, melons (multiple varieties), mesclun mix, mouse melons, mushrooms, new potatoes, oregano, pac choi, parsley, parsnips, pears, plums, radicchio, radishes, raspberries, sage, salad mix, scallions, shallots, shiitake, snow peas, sorrel, spinach, spring onions, sugar snap peas, summer squash, sweet corn, Swiss chard, tarragon, thyme, turnips, watercress, watermelon, zucchini, and much more!!

Mill City Cooks
10 AM: Market Chef Jenny Breen at 10 AM for some super helpful budget friendly tips for making those healthy back-to-school lunches. She will be preparing a Minnesotan smorgasbord using whole grains, proteins, and seasonal veggies to create salads, sandwiches and other quick meals.

Meet Your Vegetables
All day: Stop by the Allina Health/Meet Your Vegetables booth this week to sample this week's featured recipe Brussels Sprout Apple Salad and visit with members of the Penny George Institute. Staff members will be on hand to answer questions and provide educational materials about their holistic approach to healing.

Live Music
11 AM – 1 PM: MCFM welcomes back Light of the Moon today!

Kids Activity
All day: Power of Produce! Kids ages 5-12 get a free $2 Token to be spent on a fruit or veggie of their choosing! Stop by the Info Booth for more information.

Community Booth
All day: Tech Dump is a local social enterprise funding on-the-job training for adults facing barriers to employment through the refurbishing and recycling of electronics. Bring your cell phones and chargers to the Mill City Farmers Market for safe and secure recycling, while supporting this nonprofit.

Sponsor
The Rose is one of the healthiest, greenest places to live in the Twin Cities. Stop by their booth to learn more about this sustainable, state-of-the-art building, just blocks from downtown Minneapolis!

Art Market, all day:
Featuring Crankosaurus Press, Fringe & Fettle, Annika Kaplan & Redcruiser!

August 28, 2015, Friday - Erin Schwab & Jay Fuchs at Mattie's on Main

Time:  9:00pm

Location: Mattie's on Main, 43 Main Street SE

Tonigt: Erin Schwab & Jay Fuchs know how to work a song, and an audience. Erin has built that up over a career in musical theater with the likes of Tina ‘n’ Tony’s Wedding and the national tour of School House Rock Live! That experience allows her to tackle just about anything under the sun, from covers of tunes by the Police to a selection from Avenue Q to originals based on her years as a working performer.

August 28, 2015, Friday - Four Humor’s Lolita: A Three Man Show opens at the Southern Theater

Time: See Schedule

Location: Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Avenue South

Four Humor’s Lolita: A Three Man Show

August 28 – September 27

Armed only with a vague understanding of Stanley Kubrick's 1962 film Lolita, three idiots are let loose on a stage to perform a story that is much too big and complex for them to ever hope to tell in their lifetimes, let alone an hour. As the clock ticks along, these three idiots (four, including the director) make mistake after mistake trying their best to bring this adaptation of an adaption of an adaption to life. In the end, the four idiots (five, including the playwright) discover bigger truths about themselves and this classic tale that Vanity Fair called ""the only convincing love story of our century.”

Info and Tickets

August 27, 2015, Thursday - Hennepin Island Hydropower Tour with the Mill City Museum

Time: 1:00pm-2:30pm, approx. 1.5 miles

Location: Meet at 125 Main Street SE (at the green awning between Pracna on Main and the Aster Café).

Future dates: August 13th & 27th

$14 adults, $12 senior citizens & college students, $10 children ages 6-17 and MHS members. Includes a voucher for museum admission. Tickets on sale online or at 612-341-7555.

Mill City Museum and Xcel Energy will partner on a series of weekday walking tours highlighting the story of waterpower at St. Anthony Falls, including rare access to an operating power plant.

During the early 20th century over two dozen mills and hydroelectric plants used the water power from St. Anthony Falls. Today there is just one left: Xcel Energy’s Hennepin Island Hydroelectric Plant. On this tour of Hennepin Island and Father Hennepin Bluffs Park led by a Mill City Museum guide, participants will get special access to this power plant. Along the way participants will learn about the historic uses of waterpower at the falls for flour milling, sawmilling, and hydroelectricity, the role of hydroelectricity in Xcel Energy’s green energy and energy efficiency initiatives, and the future of waterpower on the Minneapolis riverfront.

August 27, 2015, Thursday - Elena Stabile Recital at Our Lady of Lourdes

Time: 7 pm

Location: Our Lady of Lourdes Church, One Lourdes Place

Elena Stabile, Soprano, will present a recital of works by various composers. Elena is an accomplished young singer who has recently returned from programs of study and performance in Italy and the Czech Republic. She is a cantor at Our Lady of Lourdes and will be entering her final year of study towards a Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance and a Bachelor of Arts in English at Lawrence University and Conservatory in Appleton, Wisconsin, in the fall. Elena will accompanied by Chris Ganza.

Admission is free, although a donation of $15 per person is suggested. Proceeds will go to supporting the Sacred Music Ministry at Our Lady of Lourdes.

August 26, 2015, Wednesday - The Encore Open House at Aloft Hotel

Time: 4:30pm – 6:30pm

Location: The Aloft Hotel – W XYZ Bar, 900 Washington Avenue S

You're invited to The Encore Open House for an opportunity to preview Penthouse and Townhome layouts, customizable finish packages, as well as learn about the ability to reserve these exclusive units. Light appetizers and drinks will be provided along with exclusive access to The Encore development and marketing team, including:

Chris Sherman – Vice President of Portfolio Operations
Shane LaFave – Developer
Laura Fitzgibbons – Manager of Sales & Marketing
Sydney Anderson – Owner Representative

General project information such as amenities and services will also be available.

Please RSVP to Leasing@MPLSEncore.com, attendance is limited.  

August 26, 2015, Wednesday - The Soap Factory Common Room Tour

Time:  6:30pm

Location: The Soap Factory, 514 Second St SE

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.

Scroll down to take a look at this summer's tour descriptions!

2015 Common Room Tours

Wednesday, August 26, at 6:30 pm // The Youth Tour

Wednesday, September 2, time TB // The Minnesota State Fair Tour with Peter Haakon Thompson

AUGUST 26
The Youth Tour: The geography of childhood is radically different than the geography of adults. A group of students from the Marcy Open School near The Soap Factory, ranging in ages from 10 to 13, have created a tour focused around Marcy Field, the open park that serves as a playground, gathering place and landmark for the school. The students will walk Common Room attendees through important historical landmarks, remembered experiences, sites for games, points of conflict, and other notable spaces they've experienced through in their childhoods.

SEPTEMBER 2
The Minnesota State Fair Tour with Peter Haakon Thompson: Join Common Room and artist Peter Haakon Thompson, founder of The A Project and co-founder of Art Shanty Projects, at the Great Minnesota Get-together. See the fair through an artist's lens as we embark on an epic, endurance version of the artist's classic Auto-ethnographic Tours of the fair and its offerings. Join for the whole day or just segments. Meeting times and locations to be posted.

August 25, 2015, Tuesday - Music & Movies at Father Hennepin Bluff Park

Time: Music 7:00pm

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

Tonights entertainment: (See website in case of scheduling changes.)

Music:
August 25 Manny Phesto
September 1 Doug Otto & the Getaways

Movie:
August 25 Top Gun

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 of you, your family and friends enjoying the concerts and movies on the facebook page 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 25, 2015, Tuesday - Create Yourself! Youth Fair at Target Field Station

Time: 5pm - 8pm

Location:  Target Field Station & Rail Platform, 5th Street NE

Join the Minneapolis Youth Coordinating Board, Minneapolis Youth-Congress and The Musicant Group in Creating Ourselves for the upcoming school year.

Get hooked up with....

Free food (while supplies last)

Films on the Jumbotron from local artist Chitwood Media and Freedom Radio and TV

Creative college demos

Hip hop dance classes

School backpacks

Live DJ & art

Good vibes...be there

August 24, 2015, Monday - Meet us at THE MARKET. at Target Field Station

Time: 4:30pm - 8:30 pm

Location:  Target Field Station & Rail Platform, 5th Street NE

Mondays - August 24 and 31

Meet us at THE MARKET. is a new addition to the Downtown Minneapolis experience. THE MARKET. is a destination, a place to browse an eclectic group of pop-up shops, watch a movie on the Target Field Station big screen, grab a bite and listen to musicians serenading you. THE MARKET. is an evening gathering point at downtown’s premier transportation hub. It is easy to access and conveniently runs through the evening.

For a full vendor list and more information, visit www.downtownmpls.com/themarket.

August 23, 2015, Sunday - Swing Brunch at Aster Cafe

Time: 11:00am - 2:00pm

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Today: Swing Brunch with Patty and the Buttons

August 23, 2015, Sunday - Disasters of the Riverfront Tour at the Mill City Museum

Time: 1:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 South 2nd Street

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

Reservations: recommended, call 612-341-7555 or register online 

The rise and fall of the St. Anthony Falls milling district led to some of the most tragic disasters in Minnesota history. On this tour, hear the stories of fires, floods, explosions, collapses and other calamities; explore the consequences for the people involved; and learn what these tales reveal about Minneapolis history. Stories include the Eastman Tunnel Collapse in 1869, the Great Conflagration of 1893, bridge collapses in 1859 and 2007, numerous fires and massive landscape changes.

The tour includes 1.5 miles of moderately paced walking on uneven surfaces. Please call ahead to make arrangements for guests with limited mobility. The tour begins and ends at Mill City Museum. Tours are held rain or shine.

For more information visit http://www.millcitymuseum.org/tours.