Time: 9:00pm $7
Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE
Tonight: Taj Raj + Vision the Kid
2013 was a big year for Be Easy Music. Taj Raj released their first EP on the label; Fine Hearts Alive, in May 2013 to much local critical acclaim. Vision the Kid split his year between weekend-warrior tours across the midwest and recording his upcoming full-length with Tru, due out 2nd Quarter 2014.
Time: Registration, lunch and networking starts at 11:30 a.m., with presentations starting at Noon.
Location: First Covenant Church, in the Fellowship Hall.
You are cordially invited to join the East Downtown Council (EDC) for the next EDC Business Forum on Thursday, January 16, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., at First Covenant Church, in the Fellowship Hall.
Please RSVP by no later than Monday, January 13, at 4:00 p.m., by sending an email to info@edcmpls.org. The cost to attend the lunch is $15. Please pay with cash or check at the door.
Forum Summary
The new Vikings stadium construction project in the East Downtown business district broke ground on December 3. The general contractor, Mortenson Construction, estimates that 7,500 construction workers will work more than 4.5 million labor hours on the new stadium over a three year period. The stated workforce goals include hiring 32% minority owned companies, and 6% women owned companies to participate in this cast of thousands.
This business forum will feature a panel of leaders close to the stadium project who will discuss the challenges, opportunities and strategies for making the stadium project one of the most equitable publicly subsidized construction projects to date.
Guest Speakers
Michele Kelm-Helgen, Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority
Alex Tittle, Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority
Robert Woods, National Association of Minority Contractors
Lynn Littlejohn, Mortenson Construction
Ravi Norman, Thor Construction
Agenda
Noon - Welcome and introductions by EDC President Dan Collison
12:05 pm - Stadium Update by Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority Chairperson Michele Kelm-Helgen
12:15 pm - Stadium Equity Plan Highlights and Strategy by Alex Tittle, MSFA
12:25 pm - Minority Business Perspectives by Robert Woods, National Association of Minority Contractors
12:35 pm - General Contractor Perspectives by Lynn Littlejohn from Mortenson Construction and Ravi Norman from Thor Construction
12:45 pm - Q&A moderated by EDC President Dan Collison
1:00 pm - Adjournment
Time: 6:00pm
Location: Open Book, 1011 Washington Avenue South
Ryan Companies Downtown East Redevelopment Update
Mark your calendars, the Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Association, Elliot Park Neighborhood, Inc., the Mill District Neighborhood Association, and the East Downtown Council are co-hosting a joint neighborhood meeting on Thursday, January 16, at Open Book, at 6:30 p.m.
The joint meeting is an opportunity for Ryan Companies to give downtown residents and businesses an update on their Downtown East Redevelopment Project. This project was approved by the City’s Community Development Committee on Tuesday, December 10, and approved by the full City Council on December 13.
Time: 10:30am - 1:00pm
Location: Central Library, (Room Location: Best Buy Learning Lab) 300 Nicollet Mall
Genealogy Research: Get Started
Register Online or call 612-543-8000.
Learn how to access family history resources, including census and immigration records and the best of what's available at the library and the Web. Register online or by calling 612-543-8000.
Time: 6:00pm to 7:45pm
Location: MPRB Board Room, 2117 West River Road North
The Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board will host a Community Advisory Committee (CAC) Visioning Workshop for the Central Mississippi Riverfront Regional Park Master Plan. During this meeting we will be defining a Vision for the plan along with creating a handful of Guiding Principles that will focus the planning effort and bring cohesiveness to the regional park. This meeting is open to the public; please join us!
CAC Visioning Workshop
Teams Central Riverfront Master Plan Team
Agenda to be posted to project page prior to meeting.
The Park Board encourages the public to attend CAC meetings to share ideas, concerns and priorities with the Central Mississippi Riverfront Regional Park design team.
For more information, please go to the MPRB project page.
Contact: Tyler Pederson, Landscape Architect
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
612-230-6418
tpederson@minneapolisparks.org
Time: 9:00pm
Location: Crooked Pint Ale House, 501 Washington Avenue South
Tonight: Hookers $ Blow
Rocking dance grooves from 60s and 70s R & B. With a rotating cast, the band is literally a super group of Twin Cities musicians.
Time: 11:00am - 1:00pm No Cover
Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE
Bluegrass Brunch with Roe Family Singers
Time: 9:00pm
Location: Crooked Pint Ale House, 501 Washington Avenue South
Tonight: Small Town Anthem
Through the marriage of rock, blues, and folk, the ensemble has developed a unique sound that infects the soul.
Time: 7:00pm
Location: The Loft, Performance Hall, 1011 Washington Avenue South
Mentor Series: Peter Campion
The 2013-2014 Loft Mentor Series in Poetry and Creative Prose presents poetry mentor Peter Campion reading along with program participants Sandra Evans (poetry) and Steven Lang (fiction).
Peter Campion received his BA from Dartmouth College and his MA from Boston University. His collections of poetry include Other People, The Lions, and El Dorado (due out in fall of 2013). He has also written monographs and catalog essays for the painters Joseph McNamara, Terry St. John, Mitchell Johnson, Kim Frohsin, and Eric Aho. The recipient of a Pushcart Prize, the Larry Levis Reading Prize, the Rome Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Guggenheim Fellowship, he currently teaches at the University of Minnesota.
Sandra Evans is a poet and educator living in Saint Paul, Minnesota, with her husband, two elderly dogs, and occasionally, her two grown children. She has an MFA in Poetry from Hamline University where she also served as assistant poetry editor for Water~Stone Review and an adjunct instructor. Her writing has appeared on What Light and in rock, paper, scissors.
Artist and writer Steven Lang received his BFA from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. In 2012, he was a resident artist at Elsewhere, a living museum set in a former thrift store in downtown Greensboro, NC, and was a participant in the 4th season of CSA—Community Supported Art, sponsored by mnartists.org and springboardforthearts.org. He has recently exhibited at Rosalux Gallery, Soo Visual Arts Center, and the Walker Art Center's Walker Shop. His short story, "Tandem," was included in the recent Milkweed Editions anthology Fiction on a Stick.
Time: 9:00pm $8
Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE
Tonight: Ben Glaros
Veteran Twin Cities musician Ben Glaros (most recently known for his guitar work with Fathom Lane) celebrates the launch of his dynamic new website with a solo performance and special surprise guests from his past and current projects. Visit www.benglaros.com to learn more about Ben’s substantial contributions to the local music scene and to hear and see tons of music, photos and videos.
Time: 6:00pm
Location: 1010 Metrodome Square Building (corner of 11th Avenue South and 6th Street)
The Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority, the Minnesota Vikings and Mortenson Construction invite you to a neighborhood meeting on January 9, 2014, at 6:00 p.m. to learn about the demolition and construction of the new Minnesota Multi-Purpose Stadium.
The MSFA will outline construction milestones, introduce the construction team, answer any questions you may have about the project, and describe how to get up to date information throughout the construction period.
Time: 5:30pm
Location: Aster Cafe (River Room) 125 SE Main Street
January Sip of Science: Hydrogeology and Geobiology of the Soudan Underground Mine: Applications to Terrestrial and Extra-Terrestrial Research
A SIP OF SCIENCE bridges the gap between science and culture in a setting that bridges the gap between brain and belly. Food, beer, and learning are on the menu in a happy hour forum in which researchers pair with musicians, artists and storytellers to put science in context through storytelling.
On the shores of Lake Vermilion, the Soudan Underground Mine is the oldest and deepest iron ore mine in Minnesota. With a depth of 2,341 feet below the land surface (689 feet below sea level), this mine offers more than just a peek into Minnesota’s mining history. This unique State Park offers access to what is referred to as the ‘deep subsurface’ – a world far removed from our human experience at the Earth’s surface. Geologists, physicists, hydrologists, and microbiologists have capitalized on the rare opportunity for research in this underground realm, using the mine for physics experiments where cosmic rays are minimized and exploring the geologic depths to help answer the most basic questions of how our planet (and life on it) evolved. In fact, such research also has applications to discovering life on other planets. Join University of Minnesota’s Scott Alexander as his presentation explores the ongoing research at this unique site.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Scott Alexander has worked 20+ years at the Dept. of Earth Sciences at the University of Minnesota. His projects have evolved over the years from ground water flow in karst regions, to contaminant migration in many rock types, and is now further evolving to microbiology in brines and multi-phase multi-component fluids as in CO2/brine/water/rock systems. All of this work is grounded in physical, chemical, and isotopic measurements of real world systems as a starting point for computer based and laboratory scale simulations.
This talk takes place during happy hour at the Aster Cafe - Food and Drink Available for Purchase.
Time: 9:30am
Location: Rotunda of the Minneapolis City Hall, 350 South 5th Street
All 13 Members of the new Minneapolis City Council will be sworn into office during the Minneapolis City Council Induction Ceremony.
The event is free and open to the public. Attendees are encouraged to arrive early as space will be limited and is on a first come first served basis. Following the Induction Ceremony, there will be a public reception in the rotunda where you can meet our new Council Member, Jacob Frey.
Time: 9:00pm
Location: Crooked Pint Ale House, 501 Washington Avenue South
Tonight: Davina and The Vagabonds
Davina and The Vagabonds play hot jazz-blues-cabaret-soul-lounge-rock that warms the soul an just plain makes ya wanna dance.
Time: 11:00am - 1:00pm No Cover
Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE
Bluegrass Brunch with Adam Granger
Times: 1:00pm
Location: Mill City Museum, 704 2nd Street South
Fee: $14 adults, $12 seniors and college students, $10 children ages 6-17 and MHS members. Tour includes museum admission.
Reservations: required, call 612-341-7555 or register online.
Take an in-depth look at the historic Washburn A Mill complex and the award-winning Mill City Museum building. A museum interpreter will take visitors into the building’s many nooks and crannies, highlighting the lives of the men and women who worked there, how the building functioned during its peak flour milling years and the many changes to the building over time.
This is the only opportunity for a guided tour through the entire museum building and the only chance to see some of its non-public spaces. The tour includes admission to the museum gallery, Baking Lab, Water Lab and Flour Tower show.
Time: Doors at 8, the show starts at 9:00pm
Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE
Buzzedwords is a live discussion and game show featuring two interesting people, a bottle of whiskey, and ten forbidden words. Hosted by Jeff Kamin.
Panelists Sharon Stiteler (aka Birdchick) and Andy Sturdevant (The Soap Factory, Art Of This Gallery, and, this fall, the Minneapolis Institute of Art) talk around birds and Contemporary Art Spaces in the Twin Cities, 2005-present.
Time: 5:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Northrup King Building, 1500 Jackson Street NE (see below for full list of studios)
First Thursdays in the Arts District
A multitude of painters, sculptors, printmakers, photographers, ceramists, textile and fiber artists, jewelers, furniture showrooms and more open their studios at the Northrup King Building located in the heart of the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District.
First Thursdays in the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District is an Open Studio and Gallery Tour held the first Thursday of each month. Many NEMAA member artists and galleries open their doors and invite you into their studios. With a more relaxed atmosphere, this mini-AAW is a great experience for the art collector and browser.
Other Open Studios from 5:00 - 9:00 PM at:
•California Building, 2205 California St. NE, Minneapolis
•Casket Arts Building, 681 17th Avenue NE, Minneapolis
•Casket Arts-Carriage House , 1720 17th Avenue NE, Minneapolis
•Grain Belt Studios, 77 & 79 13th Ave. S., Minneapolis
•Q.arma Building , 1224 Quincy St NE, Avenue NE, Minneapolis
•Solar Arts Building, 711 15th Ave. NE, Minneapolis
•Thorp Building , 1618 Central Avenue NE, Minneapolis
•Two 12 Pottery and Gifts - We will offer our usual store discount, and on top of that, all books are 20% off including books on sale! 212 13th Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413, 612.331.1556, two12pottery@yahoo.com
•Who Made Who Design Studio + Screenprint Emporium, 158 13th Ave. NE, Minneapolis
First Thursday Specials
•First Thursdays at the Red Stag Supperclub featuring Happy Hour 3pm - close and late night music at 10pm. 509 1st Avenue NE, Minneapolis.
•First Thursdays at Chowgirls Parlor, 6-11 PM
We open our doors to welcome all, especially those participating in First Thursdays in the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District. 1222 2nd Street N.E.
Lifetime Fitness Commitment Day 5K
Make a commitment to join us for a New Year's day fun run in downtown Minneapolis. Begin 2014 with a commitment to a healthy way of life as you enjoy scenic views of the city with family and friends.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
7:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Race-day registration and packet pickup at The Depot in the Winter Garden
and Great Hall Rooms – 225 South 3rd Ave, Minneapolis
7:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Expo at the Depot in the Winter Garden and Great Hall Rooms
9:00 a.m. Ice skating at The Depot Rink. Limited skates are available to rent, and you'll
receive a $2 discount on the rink entrance fee if you bring your own skates.
Rink entrance fee is not included with Commitment Day registration.
10:00 a.m. Race begins
10:10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Post-race nutrition and refreshments at The Depot in the Winter Garden and
Great Hall Rooms
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Course begins on S 2nd St at 5th Ave S and heads toward 2nd Ave S. Take a right on 2nd Ave S. then a left on 1st St. S. Follow 1st St S. as it turns into 1st St. N. Then take a right on N. 4th Ave. followed by a right on W. River Pkwy. Continue on W. River Pkwy until 13th Ave S, take a right on 13th Ave S. Finally take a right on 2nd St. S and follow to the start/finish line. After finish return into The Depot in the Winter Garden and Great Hall for post-race refreshments and nutrition.
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