July 26, 2016, Tuesday - Music & Movies in the Park at Father Hennepin Bluffs Park

Time: Music 7:00pm; Movie 15 minutes after sunset

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

Tonights entertainment: (See website in case of scheduling changes.)

Music:
Iron for Ghosts July 26
Niki Becker August 2
Grateful Red August 9
Hunker'd Down Blues Band August 16
The Paper Days August 23
War Poets August 30

Movies:
TC Black Film Festival Selection July 26
Pitch Perfect 2 August 2
Jaws August 9
Batkid Begins August 16
TC Black Film Festival Selection August 23

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

Music & Movies in The Parks is produced by the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board.

July 26, 2016, Tuesday - Minneapolis History Pub Crawl: Old St. Anthony

July 26, 2016, Tuesday - Minneapolis History Pub Crawl: Old St. Anthony

Time: 6:30pm - 9:00pm

Location: Community Keg House, 34 13th Avenue NE

Minneapolis History Pub Crawl: Old St. Anthony

Discover the city’s oldest neighborhoods in this bus tour of the east bank of the Mississippi River, including historic Main Street, the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood, Nicollet Island, parts of Northeast Minneapolis and the historic Grain Belt brewery complex. The town of St. Anthony began in 1849, several years before its neighbor Minneapolis across the river. Although annexed by Minneapolis in 1872, the area's unique character and history remained distinct. Hear about the people who lived and worked there and about the flour mills, churches, red light districts, Victorian homes, pubs, immigrant enclaves, commercial centers, breweries and more. The tour will stop at several significant historic places, including two watering holes in historic buildings.

This tour is for ages 21 and up, and the price includes a pint and sampling at Community Keg House. The tour includes three blocks of moderately-pace walking on uneven surfaces. 

Reservations: required; call 612-341-7582 or register online.

Additional date:  August 9

July 25, 2016, Monday - "Music in the Park" at Nicollet Island

Time: 7:00pm

Location: Nicollet Island Park

Tonights entertainment: (See website to verify any programming changes.)

2016 Music:
July 25, Mosaica
August 1, The UnderGroove
August 8, Little Diamonds
August 15, She Has Issues
August 22, The Brandon Projekt
August 29, Rob Meany

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

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 24, 2016, 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

Stroll through Minneapolis' oldest neighborhood on a guided tour and learn about the rich past and exciting future of historic Main Street. Hear about life in the village of St. Anthony, founded in 1848, and the changes along Main Street over the years. Landmarks include 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 125 Main Street SE (the green awning between Pracna on Main and the Aster Cafe) and includes about one mile of moderately-pace walking on uneven surfaces.

Future date: August 20, September 10

July 24, 2016, Sunday - Mill City Summer Opera: Sweeney Todd at Mill City Museum Ruin Courtyard

Mill City Summer Opera returns for their fifth season with Sweeney Todd. See their Facebook page for Barber Seat features on performers. Ticket info

July 24, 2016, Sunday - Open Streets East Lake

Time: 11:00am - 5:00pm

Location: East Lake Street: between Elliot & 42nd

Open Streets East Lake Street: Sunday, July 24

Balance of Open Streets 2016 Schedule:

Open Streets Northeast: Sunday, August 7

Northeast: 13th from 2nd to 5th / 5th from 13th to 22nd /
22nd from 5th to Central / Central from Lowry to 18 1/2th

Open Streets Franklin: Sunday, August 21
Franklin: Between Portland & 28th

Open Streets W Broadway: Saturday, September 10
Broadway: Between Lyndale & Penn Ave N

Open Streets Nicollet: Sunday, September 18
Nicollet: Between Lake & 46th Ave S

Open Streets University of MN: Saturday, October 1
University of MN: Cedar Riverside / West Bank / Dinkytown

July 23, 2016, Saturday - Free Yoga in Gold Medal Park

Time: 9:00am - 10:00am

Location: Gold Medal Park

Saturday yoga in Gold Medal Park returns! Grab your mat (or a towel) and a neighbor and meet us by the letters. The sessions are free of charge and sponsored by Friends of the Mill District. We will meet every Saturday through September 3rd. Come salute the sun and enjoy the beauty of our neighborhood with your friends and neighbors.

July 23, 2016, Saturday - Twin Cities Carifest

Time:  11:00am – 10:00pm

Location: West River Parkway between Plymouth Avenue and West Broadway Avenue

For more than two decades, Twin Cities Carifest has been the premier Caribbean Festival featuring Caribbean food, music, arts, crafts, and a traditional carnival parade with colorful costumes and dance. Held along the banks of the Mississippi River, you can see the Minneapolis Aquatennial Target Fireworks!

More info

July 23, 2016, Saturday - Target Aquatennial Fireworks and Pre-Fireworks Events

Time: 6:00pm - 10:00pm

Location: West River Parkway along the Mississippi River

Aquatennial Pre-Fireworks Events 6:00pm - 10:00pm

Join the fun for the Aquatennial Pre-Fireworks events leading up to the Target Fireworks at 10 pm. Stop by for music, food and more as you await one of the nation's top five fireworks shows. Location: West River Parkway near Portland Avenue

Fireworks will take place at 10:00pm.

More information.

July 23, 2016, Saturday - US Bank Stadium Open House (2 day event)

Times: Saturday 9:00am - 6:00pm; Sunday 10:00am - 5:00pm

Location: US Bank Stadium

This is a free event, but tickets indoors events are required. 

Celebrate the Grand Opening of U.S. Bank Stadium on Saturday, July 23 and Sunday, July 24 with a two-day Open House. Timed-tickets will be available at no charge and will offer access to the main concourse, Hyundai Club and upper concourse, with spectacular views of the field. Outdoor events will feature a large range of family-friendly activities including a playground on the plaza, a 3-D chalk art installation, live music from local bands, giant-sized Connect Four and Jenga, and movies in the park each day.

PLEASE NOTE: A ticket will not be necessary to enjoy outdoor activities during the U.S. Bank Stadium Open House, but are mandatory for admittance to U.S. Bank Stadium. The public is encouraged to arrive at the Legacy Gate Entrance at their ticketed time as attendance to this free Open House is expected to be very high.

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OPEN HOUSE CONCERT SCHEDULE

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Saturday, July 23

DJ Neil | 10AM – 11AM

Sonic Death Monkey | 11AM-12:30PM

DJ Neil | 12:30PM – 1PM

Good For Gary | 1PM – 2:30PM

DJ Neil | 2:30PM – 3PM

Big Epic Show | 3PM – 4PM

Backroad Kickers | 4PM – 4:30PM

GB Leighton | 4:30PM – 5:15PM

DJ Neil | 5:15PM – 6PM

Tim Mahoney Ful Band | 6PM – 8PM

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Sunday, July 24

DJ Neil | 10AM – 10:30AM

Bill Koncar Polka Band | 10:30AM-11:30AM

DJ Neil | 11:30AM – 12PM

Chris Kroeze | 12PM – 12:45PM

Backroad Kickers | 12:45PM – 1:15PM

The White Keys | 1:15PM – 2:15PM

DJ Neil | 2:15PM – 3PM

Nightlights | 3PM – 4PM

Chris Hawkey Band | 4:15PM – 5:15PM

July 23, 2016, Saturday - Yoga on the Plaza with Life Time Athletic

Time: 11:00am - 12:15pm

Location: Plaza Lawn (Cancer Survivors Park) on Nicollet Mall between Washington Avenue and 3rd Street S

Life Time Athletic Target Center is taking yoga outside to the Plaza.

Price/Registration:  Free for members and non-members. No registration required.

Happening monthly through August (July 30 and August 7).

July 23, 2016, Saturday - Backyard Bash presented by Open Call at the Guthrie

Time: 7 PM - 11 PM

Location: Guthrie Theater, 818 S 2nd Street

Backyard Bash presented by Open Call

Celebrate summer with Guthrie Open Call! Enjoy drinks in the CHEERS Garden and great eats from the Food Truck Rally*, and bask in the most stunning fireworks display of the year. Bring your blankets - first 50 on the lawn get a FREE Backyard Bash beach mat! 

Join us on the West River Parkway lawn and service lot from 7-11 p.m.
Fireworks start at 10 p.m.

Space is limited. Tickets are $50 ($25 for current Guthrie Open Call subscribers)

Food Truck Rally
Green + The Grain
Hot Indian Foods
Peeps Hotbox
Cookie Cart

CHEERS Garden
Fulton Beer
Carlos Creek Winery
Sociable Cider Werks
Frisa 

*Drinks are included in the ticket price. However, Food Truck Rally is pay-as-you-go.
All tickets ordered at the $25 rate will be verified with a current Open Call subscriber list.

July 23, 2016, Saturday - Dinner Detective at Courtyard Minneapolis Downtown

Time: Doors open at 6:00pm

Location: Courtyard Minneapolis Downtown, 1500 Washington Avenue S

Dinner Detective Minneapolis

The Dinner Detective is America’s LARGEST, award-winning interactive comedic murder mystery dinner show! Our high-energy, modern-day whodunit is combined with a full four-course meal.

Our immensely popular murder mystery shows are set in the present day. Unlike other murder mystery dinner shows (or just dinner shows in general), with The Dinner Detective, you and your guests will not find themselves staring at cheesy costumes, there will be no recited campy dialogue and certainly no hokey song and dance. Our performers are dressed just like everyone else, leaving all of the guests to suspect who is a part of the show and who is not! All scripts are based on actual cold cases and are created in house. From the get go, the guests are seated with the performers and most likely will not realize it! Our Detectives enter the room, proceed to interrogate guests, find clues and start the investigation. This allows our guests to socialize with and interrogate each other, while deciphering real life-based clues. At the end of the night, prizes are awarded to the Top Sleuth who solves the crime!

Future date:  Saturday, August 6

July 23, 2016, Saturday - Mill City Farmers Market

Time: 8:00am - 1:00pm

Location: 704 South 2nd Street

Today at Mill City Farmers Market:  SUSTAINABLE MEAT AT THE MARKET

On July 23, we are highlighting sustainable meat at the market. Pick up some pasture-raised meat and eggs from Sunshine Harvest Farm, pork and goat products from Singing Hills Farm, and learn about whole animal butchery from Red Table Meat Co., and enjoy a special cooking demonstration from Mary Jane Miller of the Sustainable Farming Association!  Don't forget a delicious pulled-pork hash, turkey crepe or momo, bacon brat, or pancetta pizza from our prepared foods vendors, who source all their meat locally and sustainably!

PRODUCE PLANNER 

Arugula, beets, blueberries, baby bok choi, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cherry tomatoes, cilantro, collards, cucumbers, fennel, garlic scapes, green beans, green onions, hakurei salad turnips, herbs, kale, kohlrabi, lavender, lettuce, mint, microgreens, mushrooms, mustard greens, Nappa cabbage, oregano, pac choi, parsnips, radicchio, radishes (red and french breakfast), raspberries, rhubarb, okra, oregano, peppers (hot and sweet), potatoes, raspberries, spring onions, squash blossoms, salad mix, snap peas, snow peas, spinach, Swiss chard, thyme, zucchini and much more!

MILL CITY COOKS

10:30-11AM Market Chef Mary Jane Miller will prepare a seasonal market meal in our FREE cooking demonstration, Mill City Cooks!

KIDS' ACTIVITY

PoP Club!- A seasonal vegetable tasting club for kids ages 5-12. Collect punches on trading cards and receive a $2 token to spend on produce at the market for tasting this Saturday’s vegetable! This season PoP will be at the market’s green Information Booth in the center of the market on the Chicago Mall.

LIVE MUSIC

11AM-1PM MCFM welcomes back Potluck and the Hotdishes for some folk-country music in the green music tent by the Guthrie stairs!

MEET YOUR VEGETABLES

Sample fresh, seasonal veggie recipes created and prepared by Nutrition students at our Meet Your Vegetables booth, located at the top of the Chicago Mall.

COMMUNITY BOOTH

Sustainable Farming Association

ART MARKET

This Saturday’s featured local artists include Aprilierre, Adam Gruetzmacher, House of Talents, Willful, Jeanne Beatrice Market Baskets, Sally Fritz Clothing, and Billboard Bags. Find them in the train shed and the Chicago Expansion!

July 22, 2016, Friday - Twin Cities Food Tours' Historic Northeast Minneapolis Food Tour

Times: 1:00pm

Twin Cities Food Tours' Historic Northeast Minneapolis Food Tour

The Historic Northeast Walking Food Tour takes place in the Minneapolis neighborhood known as Northeast, or Nordeast to locals! You’ll savor favorites from 6 locations including sausages also served at Twins Stadium, authentic Neaopolitan Pizza, traditional Greek desserts and gourmet cheeses, to name a few. You’ll also learn how these local establishments came to be, who owns them and some fun and interesting stories they have to share. The food sampled on the tour is included in the price of your ticket and is enough for a satisfying lunch.

July 22, 2016, Friday - River Rats Water Ski Show (2 shows)

Time: 6:00pm and 8:00pm

Location: 1758 N West River Rd

River Rats Water Ski Show

Join the River Rats for some excitement on the river! The show will feature pyramids, barefoot skiers, ballet line, swivel skiers and much more!

Development show at 6:30, main show at 7:00.

Bring blankets or lawn chairs and enjoy this free waterski show for the whole family along the banks of the Mississippi River.

Future show:  July 27

July 22, 2016, Friday - Canoe Ferry at Boom Island with Mississippi Park Connection

Time: 5:00pm – 8:00pm

Location: Boom Island, 724 Sibley Street NE

Canoe Ferry at Boom Island with Mississippi Park Connection

Help shape the future of paddling on the upper Mississippi River!

Before John Stevens set up a ferry to Nicollet Island in 1849, people could cross the river on a birch bank canoe operated by a Dakota woman named “Aza-ya-man-ka-wi” (Berry Picker). Come paddle the upper river and share the experience of the area’s earliest inhabitants, while learning more about this local watershed and about the threats facing the river today.

Join Mississippi Park Connection at Boom Island for an evening of culture, community and canoeing. Canoe Ferry is a pilot program aimed at getting new and less-experienced paddlers onto the Mississippi River. Stop by anytime between 5 pm and 8 pm for a fun, introductory canoe ride on the urban river! This event is great for kids and adults of all ages, though you must be at least 30 lbs. in order to fit the provided life jackets.

National Park Service rangers from the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area will be joined by Mississippi Park Connection staff and guides from Wilderness Inquiry offering free canoe rides on the Mississippi River in exchange for your thoughts and ideas for river programming in the North and Northeast Minneapolis area.

In addition to learning to paddle on the river, participants will also have opportunities to learn about the Mississippi River’s history, water quality, plants and animals, and the historic ferry route on which this paddle is based. Free!

July 21, 2016, Thursday - First Nights of a Foot Flight! at Southern Theater (4 nights)

Times: (see show link below for schedule)

Location: Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Avenue South

First Nights of a Foot Flight!

Presented by Eclectic Edge Ensemble

July 21 - 24

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Eclectic Edge Ensemble and Artistic Director Karis Sloss present an evening of jazz dance sure to make you want to move! Accompanied by newly composed music, the evening will include concert works by Sloss, guest choreographers, and a preview of Sloss' future evening length work - an adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Not to be missed, this preview is a story filled with magic, mystery, betrayal, and...a monkey!

July 21, 2016, Thursday - River Rats Water Ski Show

Time: 6:30 PM

Location: 1758 N West River Rd

River Rats Water Ski Show

Join the River Rats for some excitement on the river! The show will feature pyramids, barefoot skiers, ballet line, swivel skiers and much more!

Development show at 6:30, main show at 7:00.

Bring blankets or lawn chairs and enjoy this free waterski show for the whole family along the banks of the Mississippi River.

Future shows:  July 22, 27

July 21, 2016, Thursday - Grand Opening of The Commons

On Thursday, July 21, the City of Minneapolis will host a grand opening of The Commons, 424 4th Street S  from 11:30am-1:00pm.

The event will take place on the East Block of the park and feature food trucks, a free yoga class by Core Power Yoga, dance performances by Asian Dance Team, and additional activities.  A brief program with comments provided by Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges; Council Member Jacob Frey; Pat Ryan, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ryan Companies US, Inc.; and Mary Margaret Jones, Senior Principal of Hargreaves Associates will take place at 12:00pm.  Following the remarks all event attendees will be invited to participate in a commemorative Frisbee toss.

The Commons is a 4.2 acre, new public green space downtown bounded by Park Avenue and 4th and 5th Streets.  The Commons was designed as a place for respite, everyday activities, and events large and small for residents, workers, and visitors.

Everyone is invited to attend the grand opening celebration.  For more information on The Commons visit http://www.commonsmpls.com/.

Schedule of Grand Opening Events:

11:30am
Asian Dance Team
Food Trucks

12:00pm
Program with brief comments by Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges, Council Member Jacob Frey, Pat Ryan and Mary Margaret Jones

12:20pm
Commemorative Frisbee Toss

12:20-1:00pm
Asian Dance Team
Food Trucks
Core Power Yoga free class
Free play activities