July 15, 2014, Tuesday - Pedalopolis Kick Off

Editors Note:  The Journal article indicates the starting point is Gold Medal Park.  However, the Twin Cities BIKEFUN! website lists the starting point as Matthews Park in the Seward neighborhood.  If you are interested in participating, please contact the organizer for exact details.

Via a July 8 Journal post:

Twin Cities BIKEFUN! has organized the first Pedalopolis, a crowd-sourced social bike ride festival that will be taking place at various sites around Minneapolis and St. Paul from July 15 to 20.
 
Pedalopolis will begin with a parade meeting at Gold Medal Park at 5 p.m. on July 15. The parade will leave at 6 p.m. and end at Powderhorn Park, where a potluck barbecue will be waiting. Pedal Bear, a pedal-powered Polar Bear created by the Crank Art Collective will be featured in the parade.
 
Once the parade is over, there will be a variety of bike rides that anyone can participate in. These rides have been created by members of the community and have different themes. There are storytelling rides, meditation themed rides and rides that will take you on a tour.
 
The closing event of Pedalopolis will be the Short Jorts dance party, where community members are encouraged to wear their shortest jean shorts. The party will be held at 10 p.m. on July 19 at the Bedlam Lowertown in St. Paul. Music will be provided by the River City Soul Collective.
 
To see the current list of rides visit http://www.tcbikefun.org/pedalopolis. A printed calendar has also been distributed to bike shops across the city. If you would like to submit a ride, it will not be featured in the printed calendar, but it will be featured online.

July 15, 2014, Tuesday - Kids Book Club at Central Library

Time: 2:00pm–3:00pm

Location: Central Library, Star Tribune Imagination Activity Room, 300 Nicollet Mall

Kids Book Club

What We're Reading:
Tuesday, July 15: A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle.
Tuesday, August 12: No Talking, by Andrew Clements.

Registration required, begins May 20. Register online or call 612-543-8000.

Entering grades 4-6. Join other kids to talk about a great book! Sponsored by Friends of the Minneapolis Central Library.

July 15, 2014, Tuesday - "Music & Movies in the Park" at Father Hennepin Bluffs Park

Time: Music 7:00pm; Movies air 15 minutes after sundown.

Location: Father Hennepin Bluffs Park (East Bank of the Stone Arch Bridge)

Tonights entertainment: See website.

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

Reminders: Watch our facebook or twitter page for weather cancellations of the evening festivities. Post photos of you, your family and friends enjoying the concerts and movies on the facebook page Support the artists by picking up a CD or other merchandise.

2014 dates:

July 15 Nick Riley Band,Rock, Blues, Pop
July 22 Barbara Meyer Band, Roots rock & reggae
July 29 Tortuga!, Jazz/Rock/World
August 05 Charity Huot and the Summit Hill Band, Acoustic Alternative Folk
August 12 War Poets, Rock/Americana
August 19 The Funky United, Instrumental
August 26 Hippo Campus Pop/Rock

Movies start 15 min after sunset.

July 15 TCBFF Selection Father Hennepin Bluffs Park
July 22 Beetlejuice Father Hennepin Bluffs Park

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!

July 15, 2014, Tuesday - Minneapolis History Pub Crawl: Washington Avenue at Mill City Museum

Time: 6:30pm to 8:30pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 2nd Street South

Minneapolis History Pub Crawl: Washington Avenue

Fee: $25/$20 for MNHS members.

Reservations: required, call 612-341-7555 or register online.

Discover Minneapolis' rich history and satisfy your thirst with a history pub crawl along Washington Avenue. Travel down this busy thoroughfare and hear about the importance of railroads, warehousing, flour milling, immigration, entertainment and vice to the story of Minneapolis. An air-conditioned bus will take participants through the neighborhoods along Washington Avenue from 35W to Plymouth Ave. N, with stops at a number of historic sights, including two watering holes housed in historic buildings.

The tour includes two blocks of moderately paced walking. Please call ahead to make arrangements for guests with limited mobility. Tours are held rain or shine. Ages 21 and up only. Drink purchases are not included in the tour price. Drink specials will be made available at participating locations.

Future date: August 12

July 14, 2014, Monday - National Theatre Live: A Small Family Business at St. Anthony Main Theatre

Time: 7:00pm

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

NT Live at the Film Society of Minneapolis/St. Paul

Through a partnership with the Film Society of Minneapolis/St. Paul, National Theatre Live has moved across the river to the Film Society's St. Anthony Main Theatre, located at 115 Southeast Main Street, Minneapolis.

NT Live is a groundbreaking initiative of London's National Theatre that broadcasts the world's finest stage performances to cinema screens to 22 countries around the globe.

Tickets are available through the Film Society. Information about The Film Society of Minneapolis St. Paul and details of its programming can be found at http://www.mspfilmsociety.org/. $20 Regular; $15 Film Society Members

A Small Family Business
 
Jack McCracken: a man of principle in a corrupt world. But not for long. Moments after taking over his father-in-law's business he's approached by a private detective armed with some compromising information. Jack's integrity fades away as he discovers his extended family to be thieves and adulterers, looting the business from their suburban homes. Rampant self-interest takes over and comic hysteria builds to a macabre climax.
 
A riotous exposure of entrepreneurial greed by Olivier Award-winning playwright Alan Ayckbourn, A Small Family Business returns to the National Theatre for the first time since its celebrated premiere in 1987, when it won the Evening Standard Award for Best Play.

Also playing: Saturday, July 19 at 1:00pm

More information.

July 14, 2014, Monday - Food Truck Monday in the Mill District

Mark your calendars Mondays from 11:00am-1:00pm for Food Truck Mondays in the Mill District!  The Chef Shack Food Truck will be parked at 709 2nd Street South, across from the Mill City Museum. A sure cure for "a case of the Mondays".  :) 

July 14, 2014, Monday - "Music in the Park" at Nicollet Island Amphitheater

Time: 7:00pm

Location: Nicollet Island Amphitheater

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

Reminders: Watch our facebook or twitter page for weather cancellations of the evening festivities. Post photos of you enjoying the concerts on the facebook page. Support the artists by picking up a CD or other merchandise.

Tonights entertainment: See website

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!

2014 dates:

July 14 - The Shiny Lights,Modern pop/rock/songwriter
July 21 - Patchouli,Indie - acoustic guitar duo
July 28 - Dustin Hatzenbuhler,Pop/Singer/Songwriter
August 4 - Nordic Surf, Instrumental Surf/Rock
August 11 - Bossa Jazz Band, Jazz with a Bossa Twist
August 18 - Standing Waves, Melodic, twisted folk/rock
August 25 - Chico Chavez World Music Band, World fusion jazz

July 13, 2014, Sunday - Swing Brunch at Aster Cafe

Time: 11:00am - 2:00pm

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Today: Swing Brunch with Patty and the Buttons

Patty and The Buttons preach the gospel of hot rhythm and happy feet. The band is similar to what you would find in a dance hall, cafe or nightclub anywhere around the world between 1920-1940. Despite being an ensemble firmly rooted in tradition, the band presents their music without being shackled to history. They play their own compositions as well as takes on music of the era.

July 13, 2014, Sunday - Historic Main Street Tour at the Mill City Museum

Time: 1:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 South 2nd Street

Historic Main Street Tour

Fee: $14 adults, $12 seniors and college students, $10 children ages 6-17 and MHS members. Includes museum admission.

Reservations: required, call 612-341-7555 or register online.

Stroll through Minneapolis’ oldest neighborhood with a Mill City Museum guide, and learn about the rich past and exciting future of historic Main Street. The tour will highlight the life in the village of St. Anthony, changes along Main Street throughout the years, and such landmarks as the 1855 Upton Block, 1858 Martin and Morrison Building, Our Lady of Lourdes Church, the Pillsbury A Mill and the Chalybeate Mineral Springs.

This tour begins and ends at Pracna Restaurant, 117 Main Street S.E. The tour includes one mile of moderately paced walking on uneven surfaces. Please call ahead to make arrangements for guests with limited mobility. Tours include admission to Mill City Museum and are held rain or shine.

Additional dates: August 10, September 13

July 13, 2014, Sunday - Murder Mystery at Old Spaghetti Factory

Time: 5:00pm

Location: Old Spaghetti Factory, 233 Park Avenue (and Washington Avenue South)

"Noir She Didn't"

The Murder Mystery Company has done it again with its brand spankin' new, hot off the presses, 1920's thriller, "Noir She Didn't".

Things are hopping at Don Terry Bull's Legitimate Restaurant, and someone is plotting something sinister amidst the chaos.

Do you have the necessary detective skills to collar the criminal?

Information and tickets.

July 12, 2014, Saturday - Mill City Summer Opera Presents Puccini’s Tosca at Mill City Museum (6 nights)

Minneapolis' newest opera company, the Mill City Summer Opera, presnets Tosca by Giacomo Puccini.

Tosca will be presented at 7:30 p.m. opening night July 12, and July 13, 16, 18, 20 and 22. Mill City Museum’s dramatic Ruin Courtyard will again be the venue for all performances.

Mill City Summer Opera was founded in 2011 to bring the Twin Cities exceptional opera performances set in a nontraditional venue. Artistic Director David Lefkowich and Music Director Brian DeMaris have assembled a first-rate design team and cast, featuring acclaimed American soprano Jill Gardner and exciting tenor Dinya Vania as Cavaradossi. Gardner and Vania sang these roles together at the Lyric Opera Baltimore in 2011 to great acclaim. 

July 12, 2014, Saturday - How'd They Do That Workshop at The Guthrie: My Fair Lady

Time: 9:00am - 11:00am

Location: Wurtele Thrust Stage, Guthrie Theater, 818 Second Street South

What was the inspiration for the set? Was the play rewritten in rehearsals? Aren't those wigs itchy? Through these eye-opening workshops, you can learn how the Guthrie's artists and staff create a production - from early development and designs to rehearsal, costume fittings and staging of the play.

$15 per person per workshop.

Upcoming 2014 workshops:

My Fair Lady
Saturday, July 12, 2014
Wurtele Thrust Stage

Vonya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Saturday, August 2, 2014
McGuire Proscenium Stage

July 12, 2014, Saturday - Engineering the Falls Tour with History Player William de la Barre at Mill City Museum

Time: 1pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 2nd Street South

Engineering the Falls Tour with History Player William de la Barre

Fee: $14 adults, $12 seniors and college students, $10 children ages 6-17 and MNHS members. Includes museum admission.

Reservations: required, call 612-341-7555 or register online.

Take a walking tour of St. Anthony Falls led by costumed History Player William de la Barre, the Austrian engineer who spent half a century developing Minneapolis flour milling and waterpower. Participants will visit the Minneapolis Riverfront, the west-side milling district and the Stone Arch Bridge, and hear about the many ways the falls has changed over the years.

The tour includes one mile of moderately paced walking on uneven surfaces. Please call ahead to make arrangements for guests with limited mobility. The tour will begin and end at Mill City Museum, where participants can visit the museum’s gallery, included in the price of the tour. Tours are held rain or shine.

Future dates: August 3, August 31, September 20

July 12, 2014, Saturday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 9:00 pm - 11:00 pm $7

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Tonight: Walker Fields Jr. + Bernie King & the Guilty Pleasures

Walker Fields Jr. is a musical project headed by Brad Senne of Minneapolis, MN and it explores the realms of folk, blues and delta blues music. The sounds are inspired by musicians like Mississippi Fred McDowell, Bukka White and many others.

July 12, 2014, Saturday - Live Music at Mattie's on Main

Time: call to confirm, 612-886-2121

Location: Mattie's on Main, 43 Main Street SE

Tonight: Daddy Squeeze

Upcoming dates:

George Scot McKelvey and Friends, Thu Jul 17, 2014
Erin Schwab & Jay Fuchs, Fri Jul 18, 2014

July 12, 2014, Saturday - Mill City Farmers Market

Time: 8:00am - 1:00pm

Location: 704 South 2nd Street

Today at Mill City Farmers Market: Summer Picnics & Parties

At the Market this Saturday, you will find: Strawberries, BLUEBERRIES, sour cherries, rhubarb, pac choi, totsoi, fennel, beets, onions, scallions, salad mix, head lettuce, red butter lettuce, little gem romaines, cabbage, purplette onions, broccoli, sugar snap peas, snow peas, herbs, spring onions, garlic scapes, chives, arugula, nettles, chickweed, radishes, carrots, kale, Swiss chard, stinging nettles, potatoes, purslane, cilantro, oregano, tarragon, lemon thyme, dill, fresh mushrooms, dried beans, and much more!
 
Mill City Cooks, 10 am: Market Chef Heather Hartman will be making a perfect dish for a party – Quesadillas with Greens, Goat Cheese, Herbs, and Salsa.
 
Live Music, 11 am – 1 pm: MCFM welcomes back Daddy Squeeze to the Market today! This local accordionist features an eclectic blend of Celtic, Tex-Mex, Creole, Blues, Jazz, Scandinavian, Polka and pop music.
 
Meet Your Vegetables Tasting Booth, sponsored by Allina Health:  Allina Health clinics invite you try a sample of Seasonal Thai Slaw and take home a recipe card!
 
Mini-Farm, all day: Visitors from Oliver H. Kelley Farm are at the Market this Saturday and will be featuring different furry friends every 2nd Saturday of the month!
 
Art Market, all day: Featuring The Abbey, Anna Metcalfe, Chris Chookiatsirichai, and Woodsport.

Book Signing: “The Secret Atlas of North Coast Food“ Specifically focusing on the chapter “Open Arms, Open Farms,” by SFA’s Jason Walker, featuring several SFA farms, including Jerry Ford andLiving Song Farm. Both Jerry and Jason will be there to sign copies of the book, in which maps and illustrations complement journalistic essays that take readers deep into the history, culture, and gastronomy of the Upper Midwest. A must read!

Member Specials 7/12/2014!

Become a Market Member and get a $5 off coupon at the Wedge Community Co-op, a free package of Mrs. Kelly's  Tea of the week, weekly specials at the market all season long, and a $5 market token good for anything at the market! This Saturday's specials include:              
 
- Black Cat Natural Foods: Buy one, get one 1/2 off (of equal or lesser value) before 10 am! 
- Bliss Gourmet Foods: $1 off any flavor granola or muesli!   
- Barkley's Bistro: "2 Clucks for $15 Bucks" get 2 bags of their signature recipe Chick'n Cheddar buttons for just $15!
- Northern Lakes Wild Rice: $1 off 1 lb of wild rice; 
- Loon Organics: $1 off any $10 purchase;
Market Chef Pantry: Buy 2 get one 1/2 off on Jams and Jelly; 
- Birchberry Native Arts and Food: $1 off any $10 purchase;
- Olsen Naturals: $1 off any $10 purchase;
- Singing Hills Goat Dairy: $1 off on any 2 chevre or any 2 feta;
- Stones Throw Urban Farm: French breakfast radishes - buy 2 get 1 for 1/2 price!
- Sunshine Harvest Farm: 10% off all lamb products;
- French Nugget: 10% off any purchase;
- The Bolt: $1 off any beverage!
- Sassy Knitwear: $2 off kids shorts/cropped pants;
- Zula Juice: $1 off a bottle of juice or 10% off a 3 Day Cleanse.

July 12, 2014, Saturday - Yoga Rocks the Park at Magna

7/12 NOTE: LOCATION CHANGE FOR JULY 12: 

Today's event has been moved to: Magna Fitness, 616 S. 3rd Street

Time: Meet at 10:30a - Class begins at 11:00am

Each weekly event features an OUTDOOR ALL-LEVELS 75-MINUTE YOGA CLASS (BEGINNERS WELCOME!) featuring the areas most inspiring local and national yoga teachers and kids yoga program, Camp YRP (for your little yogis), accompanied by LIVE MUSIC or DJ with some of the top and emerging musicians in the country.

THE 2014 LINE UP

July 12, 2014, Saturday - Taste Twin Cities Food Tours Minneapolis Riverwalk Tour

Time: 11:00am - 2:00pm

Location: Begins at Gold Medal Park (10th Avenue South & 2nd Street South), next to the Guthrie Theater - ends in Northeast Minneapolis

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 St. Anthony on Main in Northeast Minneapolis. You'll enjoy the afternoon sampling food at the first Thai restaurant in Minnesota, drinking local Minnesota brewed beer at the oldest restaurant in Minneapolis, and enjoy a local favorite - the cheese curds. You'll also enjoy mouth-watering pasta located in the historical Chase building, home-made gelato, and nosh on savory European style baked bread as we stroll through the local Farmers Market.

Along with sampling food we will also visit the Mill City Museum, stroll by the Guthrie, and enjoy gorgeous views of St. Anthony Falls as we walk along the Stone Arch Bridge into historical St. Anthony on Main. You'll learn about the history of both these neighborhoods including a stroll along the oldest street in Minneapolis. You'll taste and chat with other food-loving guests, and leave the tour with an appreciation for these distinct neighborhoods that most tourist never see!

Reservations.

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July 11, 2014, Friday - Summer Extravaplaza Outdoor Concert at MacPhail

Time: Noon

Location: MacPhail Center for Music, 501 Second Street South

The MacPhail Summer Extravaplazas is a free outdoor lunch hour concert series featuring students from ensembles, camps and individual lessons.

Bring a picnic lunch while enjoying live music on MacPhail's front yard, also known as Target Plaza. In case of inclement weather, the concert will be moved indoors.

July 11, 2014, Friday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 9:00pm $10

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Tonight: Tim Sparks + Phil Heywood

Two National Fingerpicking Champs team up to play acoustic guitar music that is both rootsy and far-flung, and the result is greater than the sum of its parts.