February 23, 2019, Saturday - Mill City Farmers Market in the 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.

February 23 The Cynthia Froid Group, proud annual sponsors of the  Mill City Farmers Market, invites you to their winter neighborhood appreciation event. Visit them at the Prairie Hollow Farm booth from 10a-12:00p and pick up a free bag of fresh veggies to make your very own harvest soup. While supplies last; one per household. Please register at the booth to receive your gift. 

Future 2018/2019 Winter dates:

March 9 & 23

April 13 & 27

kle March 9, 2019, Saturday - Mill City Farmers Market in the Mill City Museum

February 23, 2019, Saturday - Mpls. St.Paul Magazine Fit Fest

Time: 8 am – 2 pm

Location:University of Minnesota Recreation and Wellness, 123 Harvard Street SE

Mpls. St.Paul Magazine Fit Fest

Group Fitness Classes. Health & Wellness Seminars. Shopping. Relax & Recharge.

Get ready to be inspired and motivated. Join group fitness classes taught by some of the best instructors and trainers in the Twin Cities. Attend seminars led by experts in health and wellness and come shop and explore the expo filled with products, services and treatments for a healthy lifestyle.

This event is for everyone! From beginners to athletes, all are welcome in every group fitness class because the instructors will provide modifications to meet you where you are. Don’t feel like working out? No problem! Come for the workshops, shopping, chair massage and more!

Fit Fest sponsors: 
Alchemy 365 - Athleta - Big Raven Yoga - Bodies by Burgoon - Bullenbees - BzBody Cocoon Wellness -  Infrared Center - CM’s Fitness - Cru Row Club - CycleBar - Envy Skin Clinic - Epimonia - Essence One - Fit 1st Running - Fly Feet Running - Green Bee Juicery - Jenson Natural Jewelry - Kakookies - Lake State Kombucha - M Dining - Mai Movement - Monique Maxwell - Moxie Malas - mXe Movement Studio - N1 Motion - Northwestern Health Sciences University - Origin Meals - Pilates MN - Profile by Sanford - Py Method -Radiate Active Wear - Smude's Brand - Spoon Optional - Spot Spa Urban Wellness - Stigma Hemp Company - Still Kickin - Strive Trips - Superior Switchel - University of Minnesota - weRow - The Westin Edina Galleria -Wise Wellness - YogaFit - YWCA Minneapolis

The University of Minnesota is not endorsing or sponsoring the activities conducted by MSP Magazine on the University of Minnesota campus. The relationship between the University of Minnesota and MSP Magazine is solely that of licensor and licensee.

February 23, 2019, Saturday - Cooking Class: Ukrainian Easter Breads

Time: 10 AM – 12 PM

Location: Ukrainian American Community Center, 301 Main Street NE

Cooking Class: Ukrainian Easter Breads

Ukrainian American Community Center introduces the Ukrainian Cuisine series of cooking classes! This spring, learn about Easter breads, accompaniments, and spring desserts in our fun, small hands-on classes.

First class will focus on Ukrainian Easter breads. Family recipes for babka and paska are an integral part of the Ukrainian Easter celebration. Paska is a large, rich, slightly sweet eggy bread with beautiful braids and symbolic designs on top. Babka is a tall, cylindrical sweet bread often studded with dried fruits. You'll practice your paska decorating skills and make a small paska to bake at home. We'll also discuss Easter traditions and ideas to add Ukrainian traditions to your Easter table.

Workshop fee: Adults 16+ $50
Instructor: Hillary Robertson
Register and pay for this class on Eventbrite.

Only 10 spaces available! So sign up today!

February 23, 2019, Saturday - Fare Tredici Opening Reception at Form+Content Gallery

Time: 6 – 8:30 pm

Location: Form+Content Gallery, 210 Second Street N

Fare Tredici Opening Reception

On exhibit: February 21 – March 30 (gallery hours Thursday to Saturday, 12 noon – 6 pm, and by appointment)

Form + Content gallery presents a group exhibition showcasing recent works by current gallery members in celebrating their 13th year. Fare Tredici is a group exhibition featuring the gallery’s current members. The phrase “fare tredici” translates as “to do 13,” a meaning for “hit the jackpot” in Italian. With 2019 marking Form + Content’s thirteenth anniversary as an active space, this exhibition highlights the breadth and spectrum of work continuing to be made by the members of Form+Content. Amidst the changing landscape of the Twin Cities’ art community, Form+Content is proud to remain a vital voice in artistic expression.

February 22, 2019, Friday - Live Music at Day Block Brewing

Time: 9pm | 21+ | $12  

Location: Day Block Brewing Company, 1103 Washington Avenue South

Tonight: Tacky Annie/Silverback Trio/Excessive

In 2018, singer/songwriter Rachelle LaNae combined forces with musician/producer Andrew Frederick, and their love of pop music forged Tacky Annie. The collision of their sounds creates dance-inspiring, carefree melodies with powerful vocals and bass-driven rhythm. Fans of Sylvan Esso, Phantogram, and Chvrches will love their light-hearted quirkiness and intense, energy-infused sound that crosses genre, explodes expectations, and keeps you moving.

Silverback Trio is an abrasive contemporary jazz / jam group from Minneapolis featuring David Hirsch on sax & keys, Byron Johnson-Blanchard on drums, and Brent Wallace on six-string bass. Their debut CD was released June 2017. An aggressive and sometimes meditative style of music encompasses a broad range of textures all the while remaining in a ‘jazz’ type of sphere making for a surprisingly broad appeal. A unique, diverse, expansive sound for essentially a bass/drums/sax line-up.

Excessive is an Electro/Acoustic looping trio, heavily improvised, and dense with groove featuring:
Eric Carranza - Keys, Synths, Guitars, Bass, Electronics
Matty Harris - Saxophones, Bass Clarinet, Flutes
Braden Dickie - Acoustic Drums and Cymbals 

February 22, 2019, Friday - NABA Twin Cities 4th Annual Black History Month Celebration!

Time:6 PM – 9 PM

Location: Hennepin Theatre Trust, 900 Hennepin Avenue

NABA Twin Cities 4th Annual Black History Month Celebration!

Join us for a warm and cozy casual social evening to celebrate Black/African American achievements across business, arts and social causes.

February 22, 2019, Friday - Minneapolis Home & Garden Show (thru Feb 24)

Time: see schedule below

Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, 1301 2nd Avenue S

Minneapolis Home & Garden Show

The Minneapolis Home + Garden Show is the place to be! In addition to inspiring garden displays and impressive homes, guests can see Drew and Jonathan Scott, HGTV's Property Brothers, LIVE on February 23, and Fixer Upper carpenter Clint Harp on March 2 and 3. Join us for home improvement inspiration, project ideas, and expert advice.

🎉GET 2-FOR-1 TICKETS WHEN YOU BUY THROUGH OUR FACEBOOK EVENT 🎉 Skip the line & save big!

Show Hours:

Friday, February 22: 10am - 9pm
Saturday, February 23: 10am - 9pm
Sunday, February 24: 10am - 6pm

Friday, March 1: 10am - 9pm
Saturday, March 2: 10am - 9pm
Sunday, March 3: 10am - 6pm

Shop, compare and save! Tickets on sale NOW! Website: www.homeandgardenshow.com

Follow us on Twitter and Instagram too (@HomeShowMPLS) for behind-the-scenes fun!

February 22, 2019, Friday - Tea 101 with Spirit Tea at Northern Coffeeworks

Time:6pm

Location: Northern Coffeeworks, 1027 S Washington Avenue

Tea 101 with Spirit Tea

Free class covering basics of tea: It's definition, history and foundations of brewing.

Spirit Tea is coming to Northern Coffeeworks to help you get excited about Camellia sinensis, as well as comfortable ordering and tasting these kinds of tea and illustrating the importance of transparency and quality purveyors.

*Free samples for participants

Artwork by Maddelyn Kartoffel

February 21, 2019, Thursday - East Town Business Partnership Business Forum

February: Ways the Social Determinants of Health are Transforming Institutions

The next East Town Business Partnership Business Forum is scheduled for Thursday, February 21, 2019 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., at The Depot – 225 3rd Avenue South.  The title of this month’s forum is “Ways the Social Determinants of Health are Transforming Institutions.”  Registration, lunch and networking starts at 11:30 a.m. with the program starting at Noon. Please register via Eventbrite.  If you are a Platinum member, or if you purchase lunch coupons with your membership, please contact Christie for the coupon code.

The World Health Organization defines the social determinants of health as “the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age.” In this forum East Town and Hennepin Healthcare’s Upstream Health Innovation Team will discuss cutting edge research, measurements, and health care programs that are changing the very nature of health care itself.

Register

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Future ETBP 2019 Business Forums:

March | The Economic Opportunities of Engaging Homelessness

Downtown Minneapolis is home to nationally recognized thinkers and organizations that work to end homelessness. This joint forum with the mpls downtown council will feature People Serving People CEO Daniel Gumnit moderating a panel focusing on where economic innovations meet human need.

April (Annual Meeting) | Advancing Arts and Entertainment in East Town
East Town is known for the Guthrie Theater, MacPhail Center for Music, and the US Bank Stadium. Are you also familiar with Gamut Gallery, Good Arts Collective, Armory Event Center, and neighborhood art venues? This season’s Annual Meeting will feature our growing arts and entertainment scene!

May | Crime and Safety, Sentencing and Restorative Justice
This forum will feature a candid panel conversation about the intersection of downtown crime, modern policing, sentencing, incarceration, and restorative justice.

June | Toward an Inclusive Downtown
This joint forum with the mpls downtown council will unveil the results from the yearlong “Inclusive Downtown Think Tank” co-sponsored with the YMCA that set out to cast a bold new vision for an increasingly welcoming downtown. 

February 21, 2019, Thursday - Proxy opens at The Lab Theater

Times: See below link

Location: Lab Theater, 700 First Street N

Crash.Dance.Productions presents: Proxy

February 21 – 24

Inspired by the “brain in a vat” thought experiment, where experiences are simply figments in a disembodied brain, Proxyleaves the repetitious, unexamined world to discover what lies behind the veil of the reality accepted as truth. Dancers become cartographers, creating a stage-wide image of coordinates, waves and lines. Like a morphing inkblot, our discoveries lie in precisely how much we let ourselves see. First presented at the Lab in August of 2018, Proxy returns by popular demand. General admission: $15; priority seating: $30.

February 21, 2019, Thursday - Ten Thousand Things' Into the Woods opens at Open Book (thru March 24)

Date/Times - see below show link.

Location: Open Book, 1011 Washington Avenue S

Ten Thousand Things presents: Into the Woods

Play dates: Feb 21-23, Feb 28-March 3, March 17, and March 21-24

Ten Thousand Things’ new Artistic Director, Marcela Lorca, will make her directorial debut for TTT with Into the Woods. This delightful musical invites us to confront our deep desires and fears, and ride alongside familiar fairy tale characters with one of the best scores ever written. Featuring Brian Bose, Rajané Brown, Aimee Bryant, Tyson Forbes, Sheena Janson Kelley, Jim Lichtscheidl, Ben Lohrberg, Elizabeth Reese and Austene Van.

February 21, 2019, Thursday - Schubert Club Mix: The Westerlies at Machine Shop

Time: 7:30 pm

Location: Machine Shop, 300 Second Street SE

Schubert Club Mix: The Westerlies

Based out of New York (but originally from Seattle), the self-described “accidental brass quartet” featuring two trumpets and two trombones takes its name from the prevailing winds that travel from the West to the East. “Skilled interpreters who are also adept improvisers” (NPR’s Fresh Air), this Mix performance in the Schubert Club’s newest venue, Minneapolis’ Machine Shop, will explore jazz, roots and chamber music influences to create the rarest of hybrids: music that is both "folk-like and composerly, lovely and intellectually rigorous” (NPR Music).

Expect the precision of a string quartet, the audacity of a rock band and the charm of a family sing-along.

February 21, 2019, Thursday - 10th Minnesota Cuban Film Festival at St. Anthony Main (Thursdays thru March 28)

Time: 7:00pm Thursdays thru March 28

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

The Minnesota Cuba Committee presents: Minnesota Cuban Film Festival

Film schedule:

Feb 21: The Forbidden Shore, 2016, 86 min, Cuba-Canada, documentary
https://www.facebook.com/events/2062985187155045/
Feb 28, The Good Demons, 2017, 88 min, Cuba, fiction
https://www.facebook.com/events/424795188060356/
March 7, Cuban Women in Revolution, 2018, 84 min Argentina, documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOEuXRdg8Os
March 14, Sergio and Sergei, 2017, 93 min, Cuba, fiction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggIAESJuclY
March 21, The Return, 2018, 104 min, Cuba, fiction
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6856264/
March 28, Ghost Town to Havana, 2015, 85 min, Cuba-US, documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfFfZAdgSiI

February 21, 2019, Thursday - Minnesota Public Radio presents: Kim Bartmann: From Coffee Shop to Dining Empire at FOOD BUILDING

Time: 6 – 8 pm

Location: FOOD BUILDING, 1401 Marshall St. NE

Minnesota Public Radio presents: Kim Bartmann: From Coffee Shop to Dining Empire

Kim Bartmann loves the creativity and energy that comes from imagining and opening a restaurant. Her career started with one coffee shop. She now owns numerous Twin Cities restaurants such as Barbette and Tiny Diner. As her business has grown and expanded so has her activism, from supporting women chefs to embracing sustainability. Join Chris Farrell on February 21 for the next Conversation on the Creative Economy to learn more about Bartmann’s creative journey and her plans for the future. Free.

February 21, 2019, Thursday - February NIEBNA Board Meeting

Time: 6:30pm

Location: DeLaSalle High School, 1 DeLaSalle Drive

The regular board meeting of the Nicollet Island - East Bank Neighborhood Association will be held on Thursday, February 21st at 6:30 pm. The meeting will take place at DeLaSalle High School.

The NIEBNA board will learn about the latest designs for the potential project at the REPS Center site (416 E. Hennepin Avenue).

February 20, 2019, Wednesday - Ward 3 Happy Hour: Transportation Action Plan at Honey

Time: 5:00p-7:30pm

Location: honey mpls, 205 E Hennepin Avenue

Ward 3 Happy Hour: Transportation Action Plan

Join Council Member Fletcher and Minneapolis Public Works staff at our first Ward 3 Happy Hour to learn more about the Minneapolis Transportation Action Plan and share your input to shape it.

The Minneapolis Transportation Action Plan is a 10-year action plan to guide future planning, design, and implementation of transportation projects for all people in all the ways they move around. It will identify specific actions for the City and its partners to take to implement the transportation vision outlined in Minneapolis 2040.

Learn more at http://go.minneapolismn.gov/

February 20, 2019, Wednesday - Instagram Stories & IGTV Workshop from Twin Cities Collective

Time: 6:30-8:30pm

Location:Spaces - Minneapolis, North Loop, 121 N Washington Avennue

Instagram Stories & IGTV Workshop from Twin Cities Collective

Do you struggle with understanding Instagram Stories & how to use it?

Do you want to learn more about fun and interesting ways to use it to grow your brand?

Twin Cities Collective is excited to have an instagram stories masterclass workshop held at Spaces in Minneapolis from 5:30-7:30pm. If this workshop sells out, we will have further workshops.

If this event sells out, we will have additional sessions, but only once they sell out.

With TCC founder Jenna Redfield, you will learn more about all her tips on growing her Instagram Stories.

There will be some light snacks as well as time for networking.

Here's some of the topics that will be covered
-Why use InstaStories & How to
-Editing your photos & videos
-Creating Graphics
-Animations
-Using Gifs & stickers
-Unique Apps to use with Stories
-Tracking Analytics & Conversions of Stories
-Using IGTV
-Video Editing & Filming on an iPhone
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Timeline:
5:30-5:50 Arrival & Networking
5:50-6:00 Introductions
6:00-7:00 Presentation
7:00-7:30 Questions & Networking

Come and join us!
$30 early bird tickets (save $5 with code in the FB group!)
$40 Regular tickets

About the Twin Cities Collective
The Twin Cities Collective is an organization that educates local entrepreneurs & bloggers about the marketing & social media tips they need to succeed at growing their online followings and businesses. You can learn more at twincitiescollective.com

Join our Facebook Group to get the discount code.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/twincitiescollective

February 20, 2019, Wednesday - Annette Peters European Masterclass with 1010 Washington Wine & Spirits at Aloft

2/20/19 UPDATE: Due to miserable driving conditions and wanting our customers to be safe and warm, we have decided to reschedule the tasting with Annette Peters to March 6th from 6:30 to 8:30 at the Aloft Hotel

Time: 6:30-8:30pm

Location: Aloft Hotel, 900 Washington Avenue S

Annette Peters European Masterclass hosted by 1010 Washington Wine & Spirits

Reservations: Call 1010 Washington Wine & Spirits at 612-339-4040, or email info@1010wws.com. The cost of the event is $25, which can be used toward the purchase of anything that night. 

Annette Peters is the President of Domaines and Appellations, a local importer. Domaines and Appellations seeks out small producers and family farms making wines that reflect their place of origin  as purely and naturally possible. The goal is to deliver wines with a high pleasure factor, precisely made, easy to drink wines that are affordable, made more for the glass and less for the pedestal, but inspiring  intellectual exercise if you should so chose. They also are conscientiously geared to serve a legacy of family, environment, tradition, and culture.

We look forward to many exciting tastings in the new year. This is one of our favorites.  I encourage the wine novice to the serious oenophile to attend this tasting of some of Annette's favorite selections.  Ask the people who attended Annette's Class last year, it will be memorable. 

This is the tentative line up:

Tissot Cremant NV (Jura, France)
Pra 'Otto' Soave 2017 (Veneto, Italy)
3 Cellier Chateaneuf-du-Pape Blanc 2017 (Rhone, France)
Thillardon 'Les Carriers' Chenas 2017 (Burgundy, France)
Ampeleia Unilitro Rosso 2017 (Tuscany, Italy)
Chave 'Mon Couer' Cotes-du-Rhone 2016 (Rhone, France)
3 Cellier Chateauneuf-du-Pape Rouge 2016 (Rhone, France)
Bedrock Wine Co. Evangelho Heritage Red 2016 (Contra Costa, Cali)

February 20, 2019, Wednesday - Minneapolis Park and Rec Board Meeting

Time: 5:00pm

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

Click here for tonights agenda. 

Stream Live Meetings Online or watch on TV on Minneapolis 79.

February 19, 2019, Tuesday - Joint Minneapolis Downtown Council - East Town Business Partnership Happy Hour Networking Event

Time: 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM

Location: broadhead / North 401 Studios, 401 1st Ave N - 2nd Floor

East Town Business Partnership Happy Hour Networking Event

This presentation will unfurl a compelling narrative that mpls in specific, and the Twin Cities region overall, are at the leading edge of several nationally bench-marked competitive economic indices. It will explore the high level economic drivers and provide analysis of the fundamentals that are driving real estate returns as well as other key areas of investment.

Feature presenter: Matthew Mowell, Senior Economist & Head of Americas Cities Research, Oxford Economics