December 17, 2016, Saturday - Taste Twin Cities Downtown Minneapolis Skyway Tour

Time: 2:00pm

Location: Begins at LaSalle Plaza (800 LaSalle Plaza), Hennepin Ave between 8th & 9th Street; ends at Metro Building (80 9th Street S)

Taste Twin Cities Food Tours Downtown Minneapolis Skyway Tour

While it's chilly outside, join us as we weave our way through the cozy corners of downtown Minneapolis skyways on a food adventure.  We will stroll through the "Broadway" Theatre District and enjoy VIP service as we visit some of the newest and hottest award winning restaurants downtown has to offer. The tour includes seeing the Minneapolis skyscraper that was modeled after the Washington Monument and visiting the famous Statue of Mary Richards tossing her hat.  Along the way we will also visit quaint eateries that have pride in local ownership; including a favorite since 1932.  You will participate in craft beer sampling and learn the secrets behind the great food you are enjoying.  You'll leave the tour with a tasty experience of some of the best food finds Minneapolis has to offer all while learning history of downtown and soaking in the local culture.

December 17, 2016, Saturday - Mill City Farmers Market Special Holiday Market in Mill City Museum

The Mill City Farmers Market boasts the best indoor winter market in town from November to April. Shop from over 40 local farmers, food vendors, and artists from 10:00am to 1:00pm inside the Mill City Museum.

2016/2017 Winter Market Schedule:
Holiday Markets – December 17
January 14 & 28
February 11
March 4*, 11, & 25
April 8 & 22
*At the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Chanhassen

December 16, 2016, Friday - An Eventually Christmas: Holidays at the Mill

Times: See website for daily schedule, also playing Dec 17

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 South 2nd Street

An Eventually Christmas: Holidays at the Mill

Join the Ghost of Mill City Past for an intimate look at the 1920 Washburn Crosby holiday party in this unique play set in the museum's Flour Tower elevator ride. Scenes unfold on different floors where the audience meets characters drawn from the pages of the company's employee newspaper, the Eventually News. Witness the rocky romance of Celia and Otto; meet marketing mastermind Benjamin S. Bull; experience the awesome sweeping power of Bill Smith and learn the secret origin of the Washburn Crosby marketing slogan, "Eventually—Why Not Now?"

Recommended for ages 8 and older. Ticket includes museum admission and refreshments after the play.

December 16, 2016, Friday - Indeed on Ice at The Depot

Time: 7:00pm - 11:00pm

Location: The Depot, 225 3rd Avenue South

Indeed on Ice

Indeed Brewing is at it again: join them for the Third Annual Indeed on Ice! It's a skate party at The Depot, fueled by their desire to make the most of the coldest season. Lace up, and enjoy a cold brew with the hot sounds of a DJ. Come get stir crazy...

Hosted by Indeed Brewing Company

December 15, 2016, Thursday - Milkweed Books at Modern Market

Time: 6:00pm to 9:00pm

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Location: Fast Horse, 240 9th Avenue N

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Modern Market

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Milkweed Books presents a vibrant selection of regional authors and titles at Modern Midwest's second annual Modern Market, a shopping event highlighting local and handcrafted art, accessories, foods, beverages, and other distinctly Midwestern wares. Our booksellers will feature cookbooks celebrating local ingredients, fiction rooted in the region, and explorations of the area's art, history, and industry.
$10 in advance, $20 at the door.

December 15, 2016, Thursday - East Town Business Partnership Business Forum at the Guthrie

Time:11:00am to 1:00pm

Location: Guthrie Theater - Level 5 Cafe

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The Business Side of the Super Bowl

The NFL Super Bowl 52 and related activities are coming to the Twin Cities Region and East Town in a little over a year from now. Many wonder how the business side of the Super Bowl is going to take place and how local companies may benefit and participate.

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Featured Speaker Alex Tittle

Alex is an ETBP board member and Super Bowl Host Committee Vice President of Business Connect and Corporate Affairs. Alex will explain the business model for the Super Bowl and provide key information about “Business Connect,” a business inclusion program created by the Host Committee as a means to create pathways for diverse business participation.

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Agenda

11:30-Noon Networking
12:00-12:15 pm Welcome, Introductions, Membership Update, and Announcements (Paul Mellblom and Dan Collison)
12:15-12:25 pm Development Spotlight: The Kraus Anderson Block
12:25-12:55 pm Feature Presentation with Questions and Answer
12:55-1:00 pm Closing Announcements (Dan Collison)

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Registration and networking start at 11:30 a.m., with the program starting at Noon. You must register and pay in advance for this business forum.  The cost to attend this month's business forum is $20.  Please note, no cash payments will be taken on the day of the event.

The registration deadline is December 11, 2016, at Noon.  Please RSVP via Eventbrite.

* If you paid for lunch tickets with your membership, please contact ETBP Executive Coordinator Christie Rock Hantge for a coupon code to use on the registration Website.

December 15, 2016, Thursday - Holidazzle in Loring Park (Thurs-Sun)

2016 schedule:

Thursdays from 5 p.m. – 9 p.m. | Fridays from 5 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Saturdays from 11 a.m. – 10 p.m. | Sundays from 11 a.m. – 7 p.m.

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Thursday, Dec 15 - Sunday, Dec 18
Thursday, Dec 22 - Friday, Dec 23

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Check out the Holidazzle website for the full list of activities, vendors, etc.

December 15, 2016, Thursday - HoliDaydream at The Southern Theater (4 nights)

Time:  7:30 pm

Location: Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Avenue South

Minnesota Dance Collaborative presents: HoliDaydream

HoliDaydream is a festive tale of dance and drama told through the eyes of a young girl as she traverses the highs and lows of the holidays through a magical journey. Minnesota Dance Collaborative’s dynamic company showcases a multitude of dance styles and entertaining actors for a glamorous holiday experience. Admission: $24, student (with ID): $18, ARTShare members free and Tuesday – Pay What You Can.

December 14, 2016, Wednesday - Benefit Event featuring a special advance screening of A Monster Calls with the Film Society of Mpls St. Paul

New Cinema Now: A Monster Calls

A Benefit Event featuring a special advance screening of A Monster Calls, and supporting the Film Society of Minneapolis St. Paul, the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival, and the Film Society’s Nextwave education and youth engagement initiative.

“J.A. Bayona’s A Monster Calls is a masterpiece.” – Cinema Blend

A powerful testament to the art and importance of storytelling, Spanish director J.A. Bayona’s A Monster Calls, produced by Bill Pohlad and River Road Entertainment, is a visually stunning and unabashedly emotional look at coping with death, at maturing in the face of tragedy, and of the importance of family bonds.

Official Trailer | Official Website

5:00pm:
Special Private Reception for VIP Event Ticket holders with special guest and A Monster Calls Executive Producer Bill Pohlad
 
7:00pm: 
Special Advance Screening of A Monster Calls at the Film Society’s St. Anthony Main Theatre with Bill Pohlad in attendance
 
9:00pm: 
Post-Screening Party for Everyone
 
VIP Event Ticket – $500 (limited availability)

Provides entry to exclusive pre-screening reception, entry to the screening of A Monster Calls, and entry to the post-screening party (partially tax-deductible).

General Event Ticket – $125

Provides entry to the screening of A Monster Calls, and entry to the post-screening party (partially tax-deductible).

All proceeds benefit the Film Society of Minneapolis St. Paul, a 501(c)3 non-profit.

December 14, 2016, Wednesday - Sip of Science at Aster Cafe

Time: 5:30pm

Location: Aster Cafe (River Room) 125 SE Main Street

December Sip of Science - Deadliest Enemy: A war against killer germs

Michael  Osterholm PhD, MPH Regents Professor and McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair in Public Health, Director, Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

RSVP for Sip of Science Due to the increased popularity of the Sip of Science program, we are now REQUIRING RSVPs and tickets at the door. Please be sure to RSVP early and bring your ticket to the event!
 
As our world continues to become more globalized and populated, we see rising susceptibility to epidemics and even worldwide pandemics. Ironically, a pandemic on the scale of the 1918 flu that killed more than hundred million people would be deadlier today, despite a century of medical advances. With recent outbreaks of Zika and Ebola in our national conversation, we can see how unprepared we are for disease outbreaks. What can we do? What must be done to limit exposure and contain outbreaks in real-time? Join us as  Dr. Osterholm discusses the why we are so vulnerable today to infectious diseases and what we must do to be better prepared. He will discuss the nine point Crisis Agenda to respond to the current preparedness crisis. He details this agenda in his soon-to-be published book, Deadliest Enemy: A War Against Killer Germs.         

ABOUT THIS MONTH'S SPEAKER

Dr. Osterholm is Regents Professor, McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair in Public Health, the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP), Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, a professor in the Technological Leadership Institute, College of Science and Engineering, and an adjunct professor in the Medical School, all at the University of Minnesota. He is also a member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) and the Council of Foreign Relations and a former member of the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity. The author of more than 315 papers and abstracts, including 21 book chapters, Dr. Osterholm is a frequently invited guest lecturer on the topic of epidemiology of infectious diseases around the world. He serves on the editorial boards of nine journals and he is a reviewer for 24 additional journals.

December 14, 2016, Wednesday - Art Circle -- Putting Down Roots at MWMO

Time:   5pm – 8 pm

Location: Mississippi Watershed Management Organization, 2522 Marshall Street NE

Art Circle – Putting Down Roots

Also Friday, December 16, 10 am – 12 noon

Help create new fiber art for the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization’s Putting Down Roots exhibit. Use your talents to help bring awareness about keeping the Mississippi River clean! MWMO is looking for works made from any fiber and constructed using any technique. Ideally works will be life-sized and three-dimensional. Pieces should represent plants that are good for clean water and habitat and/or species that benefit from these plants.

December 12, 2016, Monday - Glam Party at Grumpy's NE

Time: 6 PM

Location: Grumpy's Northeast, 2200 4th Street NE

Glam Party at Grumpy's NE

Join Glam Doll Donuts for a night of donuts, drinks and fun at Grumpy's NE on Monday December 12th from 6-9pm! We are thrilled to be moving in to the NE hood and can't wait to celebrate with you at our favorite bar! See you then!

December 12, 2016, Monday - NT Live: War Horse at St. Anthony Main Theatre,

Time: 7:00pm

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

NT Live: War Horse

At the outbreak of World War One, Joey, young Albert’s beloved horse, is sold to the Cavalry and shipped to France. He’s soon caught up in enemy fire, and fate takes him on an extraordinary journey, serving on both sides before finding himself alone in no man’s land. Albert, who remained on his parents’ Devon farm, cannot forget Joey. Though still not old enough to enlist he embarks on a treacherous mission to find him and bring him home.

Based on the beloved novel by Michael Morpurgo, this powerfully moving and imaginative drama, filled with stirring music and songs, is a show of phenomenal inventiveness. At its heart are astonishing life-sized horses by South Africa’s Handspring Puppet Company, who bring breathing, galloping, charging horses to thrilling life on stage. War Horse is an unforgettable theatrical event which takes audiences on an extraordinary journey from the fields of rural Devon to the trenches of First World War France.

 

NT Live is a groundbreaking initiative of London's National Theatre that broadcasts the world's finest stage performances to cinema screens in 22 countries around the globe. Through a partnership with the Film Society of Minneapolis/St. Paul, National Theatre Live has moved from the Guthrie across the river to the Film Society's St. Anthony Main Theatre. Tickets are available through the Film Society and are $20 Regular; $15 Film Society members.

December 12, 2016, Monday - Kevin Kling at the Guthrie

Time: 7:30pm

Location: Wurtele Thrust Stage, Guthrie, 818 2nd Street S

Kevin Kling - Tales from the Charred Underbelly of the Yule Log

Best known for his popular commentaries on National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered” and his storytelling stage shows, Kevin Kling delivers hilarious, often tender stories that have delighted audiences around the country. With Yule Log, Kling spins hilarious yarns of family traditions and holiday merriment.

December 12, 2016, Monday - Washington Avenue Bikeway Open House at Open Book

Time: 5:30p -7:00pm

 

Location: Open Book, 1011 S Washington Avenue

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Washington Avenue Bikeway Open House

Join the Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition and the Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Association (DMNA) for an open house about bike lanes on Washington Avenue in the Mill District. Feel free to come anytime between 5:30 and 7pm.

Hennepin County is opening protected bike lanes from Hennepin to 5th Ave S next year. We want your input on the best way to connect those protected bike lanes through the Mill District to the U of M area.

We will share some options and get your thoughts.

More info on protected bikeways.

December 11, 2016, Sunday - Tales of the Falls, a Storytelling Tour at Mill City Museum

Times: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 2nd Street South

Tales of the Falls, a Storytelling Tour

The story of the Minneapolis riverfront will come alive in this unique program led by master storyteller Richard Rousseau. Rousseau will spin three tales that weave the history of St. Anthony Falls with the expectations of the present in three different historic spaces within Mill City Museum. Between stories, participants will walk to the next location while learning about the Washburn A Mill, the home of Mill City Museum.

The tour includes about two blocks of moderately-paced walking.

December 11, 2016, Sunday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 8:000pm $5

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Street SE

Tonight:  Daniel Schwartz + Gabriel Andrews (Finger-Style Acoustic Folk)

Daniel Schwartz: Starting at the very beginning, his dad’s interest in The Grand Ole Opry and his mom’s fondness for American Bandstand immersed Dan Schwartz in a wide variety of great music. This influence resonates in the range of music he composes, records and performs today in his solo work and with group: The Neighborhood Trio. Dan has written and released nine CDs and has been featured on several internationally released acoustic guitar compilations including Narada Records Masters of Acoustic Guitar. His recordings have earned him a nomination for guitarists of the year (Minnesota Music Academy) and local Folk/roots album of the year (Mpls. St Paul Magazine). He has a new solo CD in the works – a collection of finger-style guitar tunes played on harp guitar and acoustic lap steel, to be released in fall 2016.

Gabriel Andrews is an emerging Australian acoustic guitarist, taking first prize in the 2014 Wilson Centre International Guitar Competition (Milwaukee, USA), and opening for Canadian Guitarist Jesse Cook in the evening showcase. 2015 saw Gabriel complete a Master of Music at the Peck School of the Arts, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, place third in the Kentucky International Home of the Legends Thumb-picking Championship, and reach the semi-final round of the ISC instrumental category for his composition “Here & Now.” The afore mentioned piece was recorded on his first solo album Pathways (2013), released at the Blue Mountains Music Festival in Sydney, Australia.

December 10, 2016, Saturday - Winter Book Publication Party at Open Book

Time: 7pm

Location:  Open Book, Target Performance Hall, 1011 Washington Avenue South

Winter Book Publication Party

7pm reading by Heid E. Erdrich followed by a book signing and public reception with light refreshments in MCBA’s studios and gallery. Free and open to the public.

RSVP to the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1781706438763552/

December 10, 2016, Saturday - Friends of the Mill District Singers Rehearsal at the Guthrie

Time: 2:00pm - 3:30Pm

Location: Guthrie Theater, 818 S 2nd Street

For more information, please contact Claudia Kittock at cjkittock@gmail.com.

December 10, 2016, Saturday - 12 Bars of Xmas Crawl

12 Bars of Xmas Crawl

The 12 Bars of Christmas Crawl will be Saturday December 10th from 12pm-6pm!! Grab you best holiday onesies, Santa suits, ugly sweaters, and elf costumes and get ready to crawl!

What you get:
- 22oz Bad Santa Stadium Cup for all your drinks!
- Commemorative Santa hat!
- No cover with your ticket purchase!
- Drink specials at all participating bars!
- Everyone dressed in outrageous costumes!

Participating Bars:

Brothers Bar and Grill (Registration location. 9am-11am for Super Early Bird ticket holders. 11a-3p all other tickets.)...
$3 Fireball, $4 Stell Artois small / $5 Stell tall, $3 Jolly Rancher shots, $2 mini Cherry bombs

The Pourhouse
$3 Bud/Bud Light/Michelob Golden, $4 Aboslut, $5 Jager bombs

Kierans's Irish Pub
$5 22oz Big or Skinny Ginger, $5 22oz Finnegans, $4 22oz Miller Lite, $5 Wee Ginger shot

The Exchange
$4 domestic beers, $5 Vodka Red Bull

Huberts Sports Bar
$4 22oz domestic drafts, $3 rails

Cowboy Jacks
$3 Bud/Bud Light, $5 Vodka Red Bull

The 508 Bar
$3 domestic taps, $4 craft taps, $4 rail drinks, $4 Fireball shots

The Pint
$3 Fireball, $4 Jameson & water moccassins, $5 22oz domestic draft, $4 rails (8p-11p only)

Must be 21 to participate. Event will go on rain, snow, or shine! All sales final, no refunds.