Time: 7:00pm
Barbara Meyer "Midwestern Roots Rock & Reggae"
Brought to us by the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board. You can also find them on Facebook and Twitter.
Taking place along historic Main Street and West River Parkway. For information on all of the 2011 Minneapolis Red, White and Boom activities, check out www.mplsredwhiteboom.com.
Live music will be available on four different stages on both sides of the river. Click here for a schedule.
Enjoy an evening of free entertainment, activities and then spectacular fireworks at 10:00pm.
Time: Directly following the fireworks at St. Anthony Main
Location: The Soap Factory, 514 2nd Street SE
The Ten Second Film Festival is an outdoor screening of the top 100 ten-second films.
The Ten Second Film Festival starts after the St. Anthony Main fireworks. Join us for 100 of the most surprising, inventive, disturbing, hilarious movies you'll ever seen. The Ten Second Film Festival is a free event, open to the public.
Time: 6:00pm
Red, White & BOOM 4th of July Celebration, featuring Herman Jones My Funk
Brother Band.Brought to us by the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board. You can also find them on Facebook and Twitter.
Time: 1:00pm
Location: Mill City Museum, 704 2nd Street South
Fee: $12 adults, $10 seniors and college students, $8 children ages 6-17 and MHS members. Tour includes museum admission.
Reservations: required, call 612-341-7555
Walk the Minneapolis riverfront and learn about its dramatic past and bright future. Participants will visit the historic district at St. Anthony Falls, which was once the milling center of the world and is now a growing cultural, recreational and residential neighborhood. A guide from Mill City Museum will lead visitors onto the Stone Arch Bridge for a spectacular view of the falls, the historic buildings surrounding it and downtown Minneapolis and tell stories of the people who have worked and lived in the area and how it has changed over the years. The tour begins and ends at Mill City Museum where participants can visit the museum gallery (included in the price of the tour) and enjoy refreshments at the Mill City Museum Café.
It's an action packed 2-day Independence celebration! Check out the Red, White and BOOM website for a complete list of races, music, movies, fireworks and family activities.
Time: 6:30pm
Location: Father Hennepin Bluffs Park
Run for the Boom! Participate in the inaugural Hot Dam 5K Fun Run on July 3rd. Take in the beautiful view of the Minneapolis skyline as you enjoy a comfortable walk or run on the most scenic course in Minneapolis, which includes historic Main Street and the Stone Arch Bridge. Funds raised will benefit future Red, White and Boom Celebrations in Minneapolis
Time: 7:00pm
3rd of July Music and Movie "Great Band followed by a Movie"
Brought to us by the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board. You can also find them on Facebook and Twitter.
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Taste Twin Cities was created to share our passion of food and enjoy the taste the Twin Cities has to offer. If you love to eat, try new foods and enjoy a fun experience learning about the history of the Twin Cities, this tour if for you! Reservations.
Tour Facts
•3 hour walking tour of Minneapolis Mill District and Northeast Minneapolis neighborhoods.
•11:30am - 2:30pm
•Flat route with slight inclines and walking down 1 staircase, approximately 1.8 miles, standing most of the time, bathrooms available at some stops.
•6 stops, with tastings at each (enough food for lunch!).
•Tour limited to 12 people, advance tickets required.
•Begins at Gold Medal Park (S 10th Ave & S 2nd Street), located next to the Guthrie Theater, ends in Northeast Minneapolis (Hennepin Ave & SE University Ave).
•$43 (Prepaid at time of reservation)
Tour Description
Hungry for an off-the-beaten path Minneapolis food experience? Join us as we explore one of the city's trendy and historical neighborhoods, Mill District and Northeast Minneapolis. We will share what's hot in the Minneapolis food scene as we visit specialty shops and restaurants that are proud of their commitment to local and sustainable ingredients, and handmade treats. As you participate in tasting mouth watering pasta, compare gourmet cheeses and learn how Danish pastry is made, you'll gain an appreciation for a distinct neighborhood that most tourists never see.
We'll stroll past Museums and Theaters in the Mill District, enjoy gorgeous views the river has to offer and cross over into historical Northeast Minneapolis. You'll learn about the history of both these neighborhoods and visit the oldest street in Minneapolis. You'll taste and chat with other food-loving guests, and leave the tour with a host of restaurant recommendations and discounts for your next trip back to the Twin Cities.
Tastings
•Mouth watering pasta with an amazing atmosphere.
•Specialty Danish pastry baked in front of us, served with a variety of delicious toppings.
•Local cheese and specialty items.
•Variety of Minnesota brewed draft beers (non-alcoholic tastings available).
•European style bakery bread.
•Extravagantly blended gourmet chocolates.
•Award winning coffee including local favorite Noreast Mud (substitute options available).
*Tastings subject to change without notice. Most dietary restrictions can be accommodated.
Location
Our Tour begins at Gold Medal Park (S 10th Ave & S 2nd Street).
Time: 8:00am - 1:00pm
Location: 704 South 2nd Street
Today at Mill City Farmers Market: Strawberries!
PRODUCE PLANNER:
Snap peas, Hakurei turnips, radishes, spinach, spring salad mixes, arugula, spring onions, green garlic, head lettuce, herbs, wild greens, sorrel, asparagus, kale, Swiss chard, rhubarb, WI high tunnel-grown heirloom tomatoes, broccoli raab and green beans, and garlic scapes!
WHAT’S
NEW:
- Philip Hess from Home Hearth Grains is raising buckwheat for the first time this season. Buckwheat’s growing season is two to three months, so depending on weather and luck, freshly harvested buckwheat may be available by the end of the market season.
- Kirstin and Julie at Star Prairie Trout Farm always seem to sell out
of their favorite kind of smoked trout – the cajun. That may be
because they’re good at talking up its “perfect balance” between the spice and trout flavor. The fish sold on Saturday “was swimming on Thursday,” in natural artisan ponds by the Apple River that are 49 degrees year-round.
- Round out your shopping list at the Local D’Lish General Store, where you will find pasta, crackers, milk, butter, kefir, peanut butter and SO much more!
Mill City Cooks, 10:00am:
Though strawberries are delicious unadulterated, Market Chef, Heather Hartman invites two dynamic local food gurus to explore the wonders of this seasonal treasure – Chris Bundy of spoonriver restaurant and Jenny Breen of Good Life Catering and author of “Cooking up the Good Life.”
Discover You Can! Strawberry Fields: Learn how to make Strawberry Rhurbarb Jam with jam connoisseur, Zoie Glass of Lucille’s Kitchen Garden!
Live Music, 11:00am-1:00pm: Dean Harrington Trio
Book Signing, All Day:
Local food guru, Jenny Breen is spreading the word about “Cooking up the Good Life“!
Art Market, All Day:
Plantworn, Matthew Krousey, Fruits of the Sea, and Jim Benson
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