August 9, 2019, Friday - Unusual Enough at The Lab Theater (2 nights)

Time:  7:30 pm

Locatioin: The Lab Theater - Mpls, 700 N 1st Street

Emily Blacik Joos and Aaron Rice Present Unusual Enough

August 9 - 10

Seeking to create a performance experience in which live music is not just an accompaniment to dance, but an equal partner, choreographer Emily Blacik Joos and musician Aaron Rice first collaborated in late 2018 to develop Confluence -- a thirty-minute piece which fuses modern/contemporary dance with the live performance of Rice’s music. Unusual Enough, an expansion of that project, will include a re staging of Confluence as well as two all new dance/live music pieces in which Rice will share the stage with the dancers. Unusual Enough explores themes of isolation, the desire for human connection and the joy of shared experiences.

General admission: $25; students $15.  

August 9, 2019, Friday - Twin Cities Polish Festival (3 days)

Friday, August 9:     5:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Saturday, August 10:    10:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Sunday, August 11:    10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Location:  Main Street across from Riverplace and St. Anthony Main

Twin Cities Polish Festival - Polish Culture in all of its Glory!

The Twin Cities Polish Festival is a non-profit organization created to bring a world-class celebration of Polish culture and heritage to the Twin Cities. It also helps promote various community-service and Polish-American organizations.

The Twin Cities Polish Festival will immerse Minnesotans and visitors in “all things Polish”, presenting a kaleidoscope of unique cultural and educational displays, food and top-notch entertainment.

Bring a blanket, take a seat on the lawn along the Old Main Street in Minneapolis, visit with friends, watch outstanding musical and dance entertainment, enjoy traditional foods and beverages, and just simply have fun!

You’ll see for yourself why Poland has earned itself the reputation as one of the World’s most hospitable cultures.

August 8, 2019, Thursday - 6th Avenue SE Care Day!

Time: 6 PM - 8 PM

Location: Meet at the intersection of 6th Avenue SE and 2nd Street SE

6th Avenue SE Care Day!

We'll provide gloves, you bring a trowel!

If you have questions, please contact Cordelia Pierson (cell 651-815-1268 or cordelia.pierson@gmail.com), or the Marcy-Holmes office: 612.623.7633 | chris@marcy-holmes.org

Learn more about this initiative: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g5Tn_4ueByHvvxSZPFPyGOT7KlCGvxq9/view

Sign Up: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc8uO29od1tko5Y6WqD0-avkProiKMamueHzgiHsjp618UchQ/viewform

Future dates:  August 22, September 12, October 3, Novmber 2

August 8, 2019, Thursday - Hennepin Island Hydropower Tour with the Mill City Museum

Time: 10:30am - 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

Future date: August 22

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 grounds of the power plant. Along the way, 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 and is for ages 10 and up. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

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.

August 8, 2019, Thursday - Neoteric Chamber Winds 2019 Performance at MacPhail

Time: 7p - 9p

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

Neoteric Chamber Winds 2019 Performance

Join Neoteric Chamber Winds for a lively evening of modern classical music!

For our ninth season, we are presenting music spanning from 1913-2009. Program includes "Scherzo (Over the Pavements)" by Charles Ives, arrangement of "Variations on America" by Charles Ives, "Chant Lyrique" by Fernande Decruck, "Western Fanfare" by Eric Ewazen, "Attention Please" by Rika Ishige, "It began with a dream" by David Liptak, "Chamber Symphony No 5" by Darius Milhaud, "Divertimento for 10 Winds" by Robert Nagel and "Two Little Serious Pieces" by Silvestre Revueltas

Suggested donation of $10. Reception to follow!

Can't make it? We will be presenting the same program on Saturday, August 10th at Roseville Lutheran Church: https://www.facebook.com/events/2242792515937478/ 

August 8, 2019, Thursday - Girl's Night Out! Hope, Health and Humor at Minneapolis Event Center

Time: 6:00pm – 8:30 pm

Location: Minneapolis Event Center, 212 SE 2nd Street

Girl's Night Out! Hope, Health and Humor

I am so excited to share my own story of hope, health and humor. Come Join me with your favorite women for the 4th annual women’s event promoting hope and for women’s heart health!

The evening features:
– An interactive marketplace with local female artists and businesses

– An inspirational talk from Twin Cities author https://www.facebook.com/LeeBlumAuthor/

– Expert insights from Minneapolis Heart Institute® female cardiologists

Individual Tickets: $49

Group Discount! Bring a group of friends, colleagues or family – 10 tickets for $350!

Proceeds from the event will benefit women’s heart health research at Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation.

August 8, 2019, Thursday - Paint Nite at Aloft

Time: 7p - 10p

Location: Aloft Minneapolis, 900 Washington Avenue S

Paint Nite: Ocean Love

Grab your friends and unleash your inner artist at the Original Paint Nite. You’ll go from a blank canvas to a masterpiece of your own, with plenty of laughs along the way. Guided by a talented and entertaining artist, you'll be amazed at what you create, and how much fun you have doing it.

Yaymaker events give you everything you need to get up, get out, and get making! Instruction is provided by an expert host, so no experience is required, and everything you need is supplied. Grab your friends to paint, plant, tinker, and build—and give your week something to shout about.

August 8, 2019, Thursday - The Builders: Shaping Minnesota's Architectural Landscape on the Color Line Exhibit Opening at Mill City Museum

The Builders: Shaping Minnesota's Architectural Landscape on the Color Line Exhibit Opening

On exhibit: August 8 – October 27

Opening program: Thursday, August 8, 6pm (remarks at 7 pm)

Enjoy the new exhibit The Builders: Shaping Minnesota's Architectural Landscape on the Color Lineby the African American Interpretive Center of Minnesota. This exhibit showcases the social history of three black Minnesotans who impacted the architecture and design of Minneapolis and St. Paul: Clarence "Cap" W. Wigington, Casiville Bullard and William Hazel.

The exhibit features maps and blueprints that will encourage visitors to appreciate familiar Twin Cities buildings in a new way. Cap Wigington's designs for the Winter Carnival Ice Castles and the Highland Park Water Tower made him a force in Minnesota architectural circles. His contemporary, Casiville Bullard, left Tennessee for Minnesota in the late 1890s to complete stonework on the State Capitol. As a stoneworker, Bullard contributed his skill to a variety of structures in the state including Pilgrim Baptist Church, the St. Paul Cathedral and the Foshay Tower. William Hazel was a known architect and sought-after stained-glass artist, and his move to Minnesota grabbed the attention of local Minnesotans when The Appealnewspaper announced his arrival.

The exhibit also will create a snapshot of the racial climate in which the builders performed their craft and illustrate what career development looked like for black people in Minnesota in the 19th- and 20th-centuries.

The exhibit is located in the museum's central Mill Commons and is free and open to the public during regular museum hours, through October 27, Free. 

August 7, 2019, Wednesday - Mill City Live at Mill City Museum

Time: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 S 2nd Street

Mill City Live: Matt Wilson & His Orchestra

Mill City Live returns for its 16th season with live music on Wednesday evenings in August. Set in the museum's dramatic open-air Ruin Courtyard, Mill City Live features four great evenings of outdoor music by some of the best local artists and a great opportunity to visit the museum in the evening at a discount.

On Aug. 7, enjoy an evening of music from Matt Wilson & His Orchestra. Minneapolis singer and songwriter Matt Wilson presents his music on a featherbed of banjo rhythms and arpeggiating harp.

Using tones mellow and grassy, Wilson and his band spin out the best songs of his career, reaching back beyond his days as songwriter and lyricist with Trip Shakespeare and The Twilight Hours and back to his first songwriting explorations of classic forms, country melodies, tear-jerking ballads.

Food and drink will be available for purchase from D'Amico. Tickets include admission to the museum from 4 to 9 pm.

Future Mill City Live dates:

Charanga Tropical - August 14

Jaedyn James & The Hunger - August 21

Willie Wisely - August 28

August 7, 2019, Wednesday - RAW Minneapolis presents Arise at The Pourhouse

Time: 7 PM – 11 PM

Location: The Pourhouse, 10 5th Street S

RAW Minneapolis presents Arise

RAW Artists returns to Minneapolis to spotlight local independent talent in visual art, film, fashion, accessory design, music, performance art, beauty, handmade crafts, tech, and photography.

Immerse yourself in the diversity and originality of the local creative culture. Explore the pop-up visual art gallery and artisan shops, while watching live performances and runway fashion shows.

This is not your average art show. We are loud, colorful, creative, and all about supporting local art. We are RAW!

Check out the artist line-up and purchase tickets here: rawartists.org/minneapolis/arise

August 7, 2019, Wednesday - Free Water Ski Show with the Twin Cities River Rats!

Time: Pre-show begins at 6:30pm, main show starts at 7pm. 

Location: 1758 West River Road N between the Broadway and Plymouth Avenue Bridges (www.tcriverrats.com/location) 

The Twin Cities River Rats present Ratty Wonka and the Chocolate Factory!

Join the River Rats as they travel through Mr. Wonka’s Chocolate Factory! The nationally ranked Twin Cities River Rats Water Ski Show Team puts on an exciting blend of water skiing, acrobatics and high speed thrills! Join Mr. Wonka, Charlie Bucket, the Oompa Loompas and the lucky golden ticket winners as they take on the adventures of the factory.

Will their high flying jumps, careful balancing acts and barefoot tricks be enough to win the chocolate factory? Join us for a free family show to find out! 

Street parking only along West River Road (arrive early for easier parking). Bring a blanket or a lawn chair. Concessions are available.

August 7, 2019, Wednesday - Crime and Safety Public Forum at Open Book

Time: 6p - 8p

Location: Open Book, 1011 Washington Avenue S

Crime and Safety Public Forum

The Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Association and the North Loop Neighborhood Association are co-hosting a public forum on Crime and Safety coming up on Wednesday, August 7, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., at Open Book, 1011 Washington Avenue South, 2nd Floor Performance Hall.  Representatives from the Minneapolis Police Department will be addressing the increase in crime in the downtown community this summer and discussing solutions to the problem. Please help spread the word about this important event.

August 7, 2019, Wednesday - Public Hearing on Above the Falls Regional Park Master Plan at MPRB

Time:  6pm

Location: Minneapolis Pard and Rec Board Headquarters, 2117 West River Road. 

A public hearing on the Above the Falls Regional Park Master Plan is scheduled at 6 pm during the regular Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) of Commissioners meeting Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019, at Mary Merrill MPRB Headquarters, 2117 West River Road. 

Interested parties who wish to speak about the master plan can sign up outside the Board Room before the hearing or by calling 612-230-6400 before 3 pm on Aug. 7. A draft of the plan opened for a 45-day public comment period on Feb. 14, 2019 and closed April 1, 2019. Comments received during that time have been reviewed and, as warranted, incorporated into the current draft Master Plan for Board consideration.

The master plan is split into 12 sections and two appendices, which are linked below. It's also available on the Above the Falls Regional Park Master Plan project page, in the right column under "Key Documents."

To learn more about this project and others, visit www.minneapolisparks.org/planning.

August 7, 2019, Wednesday - Dog Days Of Summer at Canopy

Time: 5 PM – 7 PM

Location: Canopy Minneapolis Mill District, 708 Third Street S

Dog Days Of Summer

Join us for Dog Days Of Summer at Canopy Minneapolis Mill District! Bring your furry friend to shop our pup-up shops!

Enjoy:
- Get a Pet portrait taken by Lauren Engfer
- Live illustrations with you and your pup by Claire Ward Illustration
- Meet and greet of adoptable pups from Ruff Start Rescue
- Learn more about Canine Inspired Change
- Shop Pup-Up Shops
- Visit local non profits and learn how to get involved!

Drinks will be provided by Prairie Organic Spirits, and food by Umbra Minneapolis! Canopy By Hilton is a dog friendly hotel right in the heart of Mill City!

Pup- Up Shops Include:
-Just Dogs Gourmet MOA.
- Chuck & Don's Pet Food & Supplies

Giveaways from:
- Bone Marché
- Superior Labb

*All dogs must be on leash during the event and they aren't allowed on the furniture.

August 6, 2019, Tuesday - NNO at Minneapolis Bouldering Project

Time: 5p - 11p

Location: Minneapolis Bouldering Project, 1433 W River Road N

National Night Out at Minneapolis Bouldering Project

"National Night Out" is intended to encourage the neighborhood to get out, meet people, and build community. Let's climb, eat, drink, and dance at MBP on the evening of Tuesday, August 6th.

It's a Tuesday, what else are we going to do?
- $5 after 5pm
- DJ Omaur Bliss
- Pryes Brewing Company serving $3 pints with proceeds donated to American Alpine Club - Twin Cities Chapter
- Food trucks: KCM EggRolls & MN Nice Cream
- Local climbing organizations: AAC - Twin Cities, MCA - Minnesota Climbers Association, and local Access Fund rep

August 6, 2019, Tuesday - Street Store on Nicollet Mall

Time: 4 PM – 6 PM

Location: 651 Nicollet Mall

933rd Street Store - Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

HOSTED BY: Minneapolis Downtown Improvement District and The Spread Sunshine Gang

Minneapolis Downtown Improvement District (providing clean, green, safe, and better services throughout the 120+ block district) and The Spread Sunshine Gang (a non-profit with the mission to share goodness, kindness, and generosity to the Twin Cities metro area and beyond) are collaborating on The Street Store to provide a dignified shopping experience for our friends experiencing homelessness.

August 6, 2019, Tuesday - NNO & The Goonies Movie Night at The Commons

Time: 5p - 9p

Location: The Commons, 425 Portland Ave S

National Night Out & The Goonies Movie Night at The Commons

A neighborhood National Night Out event at The Commons, including a free outdoor movie screening of The Goonies, presented in partnership with the Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Association and sponsors Freestyle Productions, Inc. and Izzy's Ice Cream. Other activities to be announced.

The Goonies will air on an LED screen, beginning at 7pm. 1 hour, 54 minutes (PG). Come early to picnic, meet your downtown neighbors, and receive a free scoop of Izzy's Ice Cream!

National Night Out is an annual nationwide event that encourages residents to get out in the community, holding block parties and getting to know their neighbors as a way to encourage crime prevention. It's a great way to promote community-police partnerships and enjoy a Minnesota summer evening surrounded by friends and family.

As with many past National Night Outs, Minneapolis has been ranked #1 among all U.S. cities over 250,000 population for many years, and was ranked #2 in 2018. Over 1,600 events were registered in 2018.

This is not a 'BYO-alcohol' event.

August 6, 2019, Tuesday - Music in the Parks Series at Father Hennepin Park

Time: 7 pm 

Location: Father Hennepin Bluffs Park, 420 Main Street SE

Tonight: Wax Lead (post-punk soundscapes and ballads)

View full Music and Movies in the Parks schedule.

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

Reminders: Watch facebook or twitter for weather cancellations of the evening festivities.

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!

Upcoming shows:

Tuesday 13-Aug 7:00 Brooke Elizabeth singer-songwriter, pop/R&B

Tuesday 20-Aug 7:00 Demoliton Means Progress dryly peppy classic guitar pop

Tuesday 27-Aug 7:00 The Common Ground Company woman fronted newgrass

August 13, 2019, Tuesday - Music in the Parks Series at Father Hennepin Park

August 6, 2019, Tuesday - Let's Go to the Pet Store! Workshop at MCBA

Time: 10:00am-12:00pm

Location: Minnesota Center for Book Arts, 1011 Washington Avenue South

Let's Go to the Pet Store! with Ellen Ferrari

Celebrate pets with And Here’s to You by David Elliot. Create imaginary pets with shape stamps. Fill a pet store with animal stamps and cookie cutters. Print pet pictures using letters D-O-G, C-A-T, etc. Celebrate running and flying pets with a roller stamp. Celebrate swimming pets by fish printing. Animal crackers for all.

Join Ellen Ferrari for Tuesday mornings of family book arts fun! Each workshop starts off with a story and game to warm up your creativity and then dives into book arts projects. Workshops accommodate a range of developmental levels so that adults and children (or) adult/child teams may choose to work together or side-by-side. Each participant receives supplies to use during the workshop, but may choose to bring one set home if working with his or her partner. Ellen will provide older children with suggestions for extending their learning.

Adult/child pair: $40 (10% discount for MCBA memberss) + $5 supply fee
Additional participants (adult or child): $20 (10% discount for MCBA members) + $2.50 supply fee

August 6, 2019, Tuesday - National Night Out in Gold Medal Park

National Night Out in Gold Medal Park