August 25, 2018, Saturday - West Bank Walking Tour with the Mill City Museum

Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Location: Carlson School of Management, 321 19th Avenue S

West Bank Walking Tour

For over 150 years, the West Bank neighborhood has been a haven for immigrants from all over the world and home to a thriving arts scene, including the famous folk and blues scene of the 1960s. In the 1960s and 1970s, the neighborhood became home for college students, artists, and citizens who successfully resisted urban renewal plans that threatened to destroy the character of the neighborhood. The legacies of welcoming newcomers and supporting the arts continue today. The tour will visit some iconic watering holes and tour participants will hear from neighborhood insiders.

This tour includes 1.5 miles of moderately-paced walking on uneven terrain. Please call ahead to make arrangements for guests with limited mobility. Some historic locations on this tour offer limited accessibility.

Future date: August 25

August 25, 2018, Saturday - Mill City Farmers Market

Time: 8:00am - 1:00pm

Location: 704 South 2nd Street

Today at Mill City Farmers Market: (check back for updates)

August 24, 2018, Friday - Paint Nite at AC Hotel

Time: 6:00pm

Location: AC Hotel, 401 Hennepin Avenue

End of Summer

Paint Nite is invading bars and restaurants near you with everything you need to create a one-of-a-kind painting. We’ll guide you and your friends through two lively hours of creativity, drinking, and laughing ‘til your cheeks hurt. The best part? You don’t have to be an artist to have an amazing time.

August 24, 2018, Friday - LIVE Boxing: James vs Montes & Truax vs Pena at The Armory

Time: 4:30 PM - 11 PM

Location: The Armory, 500 6th Street S

LIVE Boxing: James vs Montes & Truax vs Pena

Premier Boxing Champions, FS1, FOX Deportes, and Warrior Boxing present James Vs Montes & Truax vs Pena on Friday 08/24 at The Armory.

This event marks the return of boxing to The Armory - the second fight in over 45 years! This historic building hosted over 100 cards between 1915 and 1973, including a show headlined by all-time great Sugar Ray Robinson in 1942

Tickets on sale now starting at $25: www.ArmoryMN.com

Friday, August 24th
The Armory
500 South 6th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55415

Doors at 4:30pm / Fights start at 5:30pm
FS1 Live at 6:30pm CST
All Ages

August 24, 2018, Friday - Northern Coffeeworks Dinner Series

Time: 2 Seating times at 6:30pm & 7:30pm

Location:Northern Coffeeworks, 1027 S Washington Avenue

Northern Coffeeworks Dinner Series

We are excited to announce the first installment of our Dinner Series at Northern Coffeeworks!

Please join us for a special 4-course dinner menu created by chef Jake Benjamin Johnson,  focused on locally sourced, farm fresh, seasonal ingredients.

Courses will include salad, fish, beef, and dessert. Full drink menu available including coffee, tea, beer & wine.

Local farms we partner with: DragSmith Farms, Twin Organics, Peterson Craft Meats, Singing Hills Goat Dairy, The Fish Guys Inc., Hidden Stream Farm. Vegetarian options available upon request.

Tickets available at Brown Paper Tickets

August 23, 2018, Thursday - Hennepin Island Hydropower Tour with the Mill City Museum

Time: 10:30a - Noon

Location: 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).

Hennepin Island Hydropower Tour

Explore the history of waterpower at St. Anthony Falls, including special access to view the exterior of an operating Xcel Energy hydroelectric plant. During the early 20th century, more than two dozen mills and hydroelectric plants used the waterpower from St. Anthony Falls, today just one is left: Xcel's Hennepin Island Hydroelectric Plant.

On this tour, a Mill City Museum guide will lead participants to Hennepin Island and Father Hennepin Bluffs Park, including special access to the 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.

This tour is presented in partnership with Xcel Energy.

This tour includes about 1.5 miles of moderately paced walking on uneven surfaces, as well as climbing up and down several flights of stairs. Some historic locations on this tour are not wheelchair accessible. 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).

August 23, 2018, Thursday - Samatar Cross Community Celebration

August 22, 2018, Wednesday - Mill City Live at Mill City Museum

Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 S 2nd Street

Mill City Live returns for its 15th season with five great evenings of outdoor music every Wednesday in August. Held in the museum's dramatic open-air Ruin Courtyard, Mill City Live features music by some of the Twin Cities' best local artists in a unique happy hour setting. On Aug. 22, enjoy pop rock from Little Fevers. 

Music takes place from 6-8 pm with food and drink available for purchase. Ticket price includes museum admission from 4-9 pm.

August 22, 2018, Wednesday - Boxing in the Park

Boxing in the Park

Time: 9:00am

Location: Meet at Gold Medal Park on 2nd Street S

A Friends of the Mill District Sponsored Event

Join Professional Boxer Joe Amouta in Gold Medal Park for a free boxing based fitness class:

Boxing instruction + Whole Body Workout + Light Cardio

For: All ages, fitness & skill levels

August 22, 2018, Wednesday - Charge: Power Up For More Meaningful Meetings at Chowgirls

Time: 8 AM - 11 AM

Location: Chowgirls at Solar Arts, 711 15th Ave NE

Charge: Power Up For More Meaningful Meetings

Chowgirls Killer Catering and Pollen invite you to rewire your mindset toward meetings, changing them from mundane to meaningful. CHARGE, a morning work retreat open house hosted at Chowgirls at Solar Arts, focuses on creating positive and invigorating experiences to gather for work. Guests will discover a variety of meeting environments, mindful ways to engage their bodies and brains for more productive and less stressful meetings, fun and energizing brunch and snack buffets, and healthful drink choices for balance and wellness. During a mid-morning presentation, Chowgirls founders Heidi Andermack and Amy Lynn Brown will speak on sustainability and food trends along with Julie Cohen of Pollen who will share ideas to make your meetings more meaningful. 

Chowgirls Killer Catering will be launching a new wellness menu, sharing an array of exciting new foods, including a brunch spread with personal-sized chilaquiles and frittatas, chia puddings, grilled fruit, and mezze snacking platters with house-made pita.

Featured partners include:
MN Nice Cream
Green Bee Juicery
Well Rooted Teas
Après Event Decor & Tent Rental
Alex Freese Trainer
Big Watt Coffee
Bogart's Doughnut Co.
Peace Coffee
NE Wellness
St Paul Bagelry
BeThings
AVEX
The Ring Toss Twins

Please note, this is a free event, however tickets are limited. Register today to experience this retreat with your team!

August 22, 2018, Wednesday - The Soap Factory Common Room Tour

Time:  Meet at the Soap Factory, 6:30pm walking tour

Location: Soap Factory, 514 Second Street SE

The Bathroom Tour

Restroom vs. bathroom vs. WC vs. potty vs. toilet? Gendered vs. unisex? Political wedge? ADA compliance? Pristine or horrific? To talk or avoid eye contact? To graffiti or not? Hand washing! Visiting the bathroom is a universal experience that can also be a fraught social and cultural touchpoint. Join Common Room in an exploration of some local bathrooms while discussing some global bathroom issues.

ABOUT COMMON ROOM
The Soap Factory continues its ongoing site-specific public program, Here & There: Rethinking Public Spaces, welcoming back Common Room for its 10th iteration of artist-led tours through the Twin Cities. Through August, themed tours will take place every Wednesday evening. Common Room topics provide a focus through which to explore multiple facets of the urban geography — in the past, these themes have included cats, skyways, fishing, freeway construction, weather, community kitchens, personal memory, sacred spaces, islands and more. The tours this year include The Casino Tour, The Piped Music Tour, The Bathroom Tour, and The Mobile Dance Party Tour to celebrate Common Room’s Tenth Anniversary.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Andy Sturdevant is an artist and writer living in Minneapolis. He is the author of two books of nonfiction, and he has exhibited his art projects at venues in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Seattle and elsewhere.

Sergio Vucci is a Minneapolis-based artist. He is a graduate of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and his work focuses primarily on engaging his surroundings outside of gallery spaces and on relational interactions, co-authoring ephemeral creative experiences with participants in response to place.

HERE & THERE
This project is supported and presented as part of Here & There: Rethinking Public Spaces, the Soap Factory’s ongoing site-specific public program. Rethinking Public Spaces presents artist projects that enliven underutilized spaces throughout Minnesota, rethinking public space and considering what it means to place-make through a contemporary, celebratory, and critical lens.

August 22, 2018, Wednesday - Movie Night at Target Field Station: Mary Poppins

Enjoy outdoor movie nights at Target Field Station. Bring a lawn chair or blanket, find a spot on the green grass outside the Twins’ ballpark and enjoy an evening watching a movie under the stars and the downtown skyline. This programming is part of Go Outside with Hennepin County.

Movie starts at 7pm:  August 22 - Mary Poppins

August 21, 2018, Tuesday - Mill City Players at MacPhail Center For Music

Time: 7:00pm

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

It is show time for the Mill City Players!  Rehearsing since mid-June, this energetic and talented group of young people are ready to perform. We hope you can join us August 21st at 7 p.m. in MacPhail Center for Music's Antonello Hall, or on August 25th at 1:30 p.m. in Central Library's Pohlad Hall. Performance will be in 3 sections: Movement, Drumming, and Acting. The actors have been writing - you can expect to hear their own words, and they are powerful.

We are so honored to have an incredible team of professionals leading the Mill City Players. James A. Williams is the Artistic Director and comes to this project with 42 years of theater experience and incredible skills. JW (as he is known) has been a professional actor, director, producer, and writer for almost 40 years.  Patricia Brown, adjunct professor of dance at the University of Minnesota and Macalester, teaches movement and serves as Associate Director. Ahanti Young, professional percussionist, actor, and spoken word artist teaches our actors drumming on paint pails and also serves as Associate Director.     

This troupe was created and is sponsored by the Friends of the Mill District. We began a year ago and are now preparing to make this troupe a permanent group. The mission of the Friends is to create and support activities that build community, and are free of charge to all participants. We hit a home run with this group!  Come and see for yourself. You do not want to miss a chance to see what these actors have to say.

August 21, 2018, Tuesday - MNSpin LIVE at Hook and Ladder

Thank you for joining us for MNSpin LIVE at the Hook and Ladder on August 21st! Doors will open at 6pm. Your RSVP through this form will guarantee your entry to the event.

If you have any questions about the event, please email friends@hclib.org or call 612-543-8107.

August 21, 2018, Tuesday - Mill City Farmers Market Night Market at The Commons

Time: 4:00pm to 8:00pm

Location: The Commons, 425 Portland Avenue S

Mill City Farmers Market Night Market

This will be an ongoing event through Tuesday, September 25.

Pick up farm fresh, organic produce and local artisan foods for an easy weeknight meal. Prepared food vendors will be cooking up seasonal recipes all evening, so come hungry, stay, listen to live music and have a picnic supper in The Commons!

PROGRAMS

At our Tuesday Night Market we will continue to offer “can do” cooking and wellness activities and live entertainment, such as

• Free outdoor yoga
• Monthly Beer, Wine & Cider Nights with Day Block Brewing (dates TBD)
• Live Music every week
• Bag toss, kubb and other lawn games
• Meet Your Vegetables demonstrations
• Power of Produce kids veggie tasting club
• CSA pick-up

NOTE - Monitor MCFM's Facebook for any weather-related cancellation updates!

KLE August 21, 2018, Tuesday - Mill City Farmers Market Night Market at The Commons

August 21, 2018, Tuesday - Music and Movie 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 in case of scheduling changes.)

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 20, 2018, Monday - Happening: An Immigrants’ Cabaret at The Guthrie

Time: 7:30pm

Location: Guthrie Theater, 818 Second Street S

Happening: An Immigrants’ Cabaret

Free and open to the public. Reservations required.

From our dedicated year-round staff to the talented artists who join us for the run of a show, each person pours their unique background, sensibilities and perspectives into the artistry displayed onstage. To celebrate this collective of voices and the experiences of U.S. immigrants past and present, we are proud to present a special evening of reflection by our immigrant family. Join us for cabaret-style music, dance, poetry and storytelling performed by members of the WEST SIDE STORY cast and Guthrie staff.

An Immigrants’ Cabaret will also celebrate two organizations supporting immigrant rights locally and nationally. 

The Advocates for Human Rights
Based in Minneapolis, this independent, non-partisan organization seeks to implement international human rights standards to promote civil society and reinforce the law. Learn more at www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org.

Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES)
This Texas-based non-profit promotes justice by providing free and low-cost legal services to underserved immigrant children, families and refugees in Central and South Texas. Learn more at www.raicestexas.org.

August 20, 2018, Monday - DMNA Meeting at Mill City Museum

Time: 5:30pm - 8:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum - ADM Room (Floor 6, 710 2nd St. entrance)

The next Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Association board meeting is scheduled for Monday, August 20, at the Mill City Museum.

DMNA Board Meeting Agenda.

August 20, 2018, Monday - Mayor Frey Summer Social at Pryes Brewing

We have rescheduled our summer event to August 20th at Pryes Brewing

August 20, 2018, Monday - Music in the Park at Nicollet Island

Time: 7:00pm

Location: Nicollet Island Park

Tonights entertainment: (See website to verify any programming changes.)

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 enjoying the concerts 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 20, 2018, Monday - Music in the Park at Nicollet Island