July 31, 2017, Monday - NT Live: Salomé 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:  Salomé

The story has been told before, but never like this.

An occupied desert nation. A radical from the wilderness on hunger strike. A girl whose mysterious dance will change the course of the world. This charged retelling turns the infamous biblical tale on its head, placing the girl we call Salomé at the centre of a revolution.

Internationally acclaimed theatre director Yael Farber (Les Blancs) draws on multiple accounts to create her urgent, hypnotic production on the stage of the National Theatre.

Also playing: Wed, Aug 2 1:00p and Sat, Aug 5 1:00p

July 31, 2017, Monday - "Music in the Park" at Nicollet Island

Time: 7:00pm

Location: Nicollet Island Park

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

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.

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 30, 2017, Sunday - Railroad History Walking Tour at Mill City Museum

Times: 1:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 2nd Street South

Railroad History Walking Tour

Beginning with the arrival of Minnesota's first rail line in 1862, Minneapolis boomed in population and flour milling, lumber production and warehousing took off. Take a guided tour of railroad landmarks, including the Stone Arch Bridge, Milwaukee Road Depot and the Minneapolis Eastern Railway engine house and trestle. Along the way, find clues to the vanishing railroad landscape and learn about the future of Twin Cities rail.

The tour includes about 1.5 miles of moderately paced walking on uneven surfaces. Please call ahead to make arrangements for guests with limited mobility.

Future dates: August 20, September 10

July 30, 2017, Sunday - The Big Ass Sushi Battle at Wasabi Fusion

Time: 5 PM - 10 PM

Location: Wasabi Fusion, 903 Washington Avenue S

The Big Ass Sushi Battle - Click to Purchase tickets

Come join this awesome sushi party and watch chefs from multiple restaurants battle it out for the title of BIG ASS SUSHI BOSS for charity. It's going to be a crazy fun night filled with beautiful sushi and awesome live music and DJ. Roam, dance, mingle and most of all eat and drink the night away! A mixologist will roll around a cash mini bar to create fabulous drinks for you.

Casual attire
Dinner is included in the ticket price
(number of courses vary depending on ticket)
Beverages are not included
Sushi Bar will be open for a la carte orders (Not included in the ticket price)

DJ.
Live Music
Live Stream on FB
Fun Special Staff hired for the evening
Raffle Tickets
Charity Auction

July 30, 2017, Sunday - Hennepin Avenue Theater District Walking Tour with Preserve Minneapolis

Time: 9:00 AM

Location: Gather in the lobby of the State Theater on 8th and Hennepin begin the tour.

Hennepin Avenue Theater District Walking Tour with Preserve Minneapolis 

Explore the Historical Show Houses along Hennepin Ave. including the interiors of the Pantages and Orpheum Theaters.  The tour includes unique architecture details, behind-the-scene gems, and a storytelling style that bring our history to life.  The tour travels four city blocks through the West Downtown Cultural District in Minneapolis.  WeDo™ (pronounced wee-doo)

The Pantages theater is celebrating its 100th year! Highlights from this dynamic century will be the core focus of the tour. 

The guides are Christopher Yaeger and John Smoley.

July 30, 2017, Sunday - Earth Goddess Yoga Retreat at A-Mill Artist Lofts

Time: 11:00am - 5:00pm

Location: A-Mill Artist Lofts, 315 Main Street SE

Earth Goddess Yoga Retreat - day of Yoga, Detox, Music in Mpls

Let yourself be guided as you return to your highest divine self.

A day tuning into your self-healing using high vibe foods, yoga postures and movement, relationship yoga and moving up though the Chakras... from the ground to the crown.

By way of movement, yoga, sacred ritual, journaling and intuition exercises - we come home, to the sacred divine in each of us.

By way of fire ritual and burning the stories that no longer serve us.

By way of 'High Vibe Nutrition' (of living plants and fruits still alive with the power of the sun), fresh juice and a raw vegan breaking of the day fast, we allow the purity of our best selves to shine through.

By being open and guided by some wonderful yoga teachers and n...utritionists, musicians, and spiritual guides, we will move our souls towards self and remember the divine in us that we may have forgotten.

July 30, 2017, Sunday - Vegan Chamorro BBQ Buffet at Red Stag to Benefit Herbivorous Acres

Time: 4 PM - 7 PM

Location:Red Stag Supperclub, 509 1st Ave NE

Vegan Chamorro BBQ Buffet

Hosted by Herbivorous Acres and The Herbivorous Butcher

Herbivorous Acres is kicking off a Donation Match week from 7/30 thru 8/6 with an All You Can Eat Vegan Chamorro BBQ Buffet at The Red Stag supper club. If Herbivorous Acres can raise at least $5k towards our fundraising goal, The Herbivorous Butcher has generously offered to match $5k! Help us reach our $100k goal by September 1st so we can close on our Milaca, MN property for our non profit farm sanctuary. The food will be delicious, there will be tasty drinks, and our Herbivorous Acres crew will be there so come celebrate with us and help us reach our fundraising goal!

Menu:
•3 BBQ meats- The Herbivorous Butcher's ribs, steak, and chicken
•Red rice
•Macaroni salad
•Chicken kelaguen (Chicken and coconut salad)
•Tatiyas (Sweet coconut flatbread)
•Sweet bread rolls
•Vegan desserts
•Special sauces including a sweet and spicy finadene

July 29, 2017, Saturday - Free Yoga with Friends of the Mill District in Gold Medal Park

Time: 9am

Location: Gold Medal Park  

Grab your mat (or a towel) and a neighbor, and meet us by the orange sculpture! 

The sessions are free of charge and sponsored by the Friends of the Mill District. Come salute the sun and enjoy the beauty of our neighborhood with your friends and neighbors. Saturdays thru September 2nd.

July 29, 2017, Saturday - Cedar-Riverside Walking Tour

Time: 10:30am - 12:30pm

Location: Carlson School of Management, N 3rd Street Entrance, 321 19th Avenue S

Cedar-Riverside Walking Tour

Take a guided walking tour of one of the most vibrant and diverse neighborhoods in Minneapolis, hearing firsthand stories from insiders along the way. For more than 150 years the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood has welcomed immigrants from all over the world. On this tour, hear about the area's music and theater history, including the 1960s folk and blues scene and how in the 1960s and 1970s college students, hippies, artists and others residents came together to successfully resist urban renewal plan. Then learn about the neighborhood's thriving art scene today and about new immigrant groups, specifically Somali, who are building businesses, places of worship and social service agencies.

This tour includes about 1.5 miles of moderately paced walking on uneven surfaces.

Future date: August 13

July 29, 2017, Saturday - Half-Built Minneapolis Walking Tour

Time: 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Location: Hotel Ivy, 201 South 11th Street

Half-Built Minneapolis Walking Tour

NOTE - Registrations are closed. Ticket sales for this event have been closed, but please sign up for the waitlist. You will be contacted if spots become available.

Description
Many elaborate plans for the urban environment of Minneapolis have been dreamt up over the last century: religious temples, grand boulevards, retail palaces. Many never came to fruition, but at least a few were partially constructed before the money ran out or outside forces intervened. We'll examine the remnants of some of these projects as they exist today, many of them hiding in plain sight. We'll start at the Ivy Tower...once intended to be a Christian Science temple; now part of the Hotel Ivy.

This tour will be led by artist and writer Andy Sturdevant, author of two nonfiction books about Minneapolis. This tour lasts two hours and will walk about 2.5 miles. 

July 29, 2017, Saturday - Free Movie at Dickman Park: Finding Dory

Time: 9:00pm (Movies start 15 minutes after sunset.)

Location: Dickman Park, 614 Second St. NE

Finding Dory

Bring a lawn chair or blanket and come early to grab a good spot!

This is part of the Minneapolis Park and Rec Board's "Music & Movies in the Parks" series.

July 29, 2017, Saturday - 6th Annual Greenway Glow

Help raise funds for the Midtown Greenway! The Greenway Glow is our largest and most important fundraising event for the Greenway.

The Greenway Glow consists of THREE events in ONE NIGHT, all on the Midtown Greenway:

1. Community Arts Festival from 7 p.m. - Midnight
(FREE, though donations are appreciated!)

2. 10-Mile Bike Ride at 8:00 p.m.
($35 registration fee + $15 in pledges)

3. 5K Fun Run/Walk at 8:45 p.m.
($35 registration fee + $15 in pledges)...

Midtown Greenway Coalition members get an additional $10 off registration for the 5K run and 10-mile bike ride! To become a member, visit www.midtowngreenway.org

Thanks to our sponsors! Elan Uptown, Faegre Baker Daniels, Midtown Global Market, Eastlake Craft Brewery, Taco Cat, Juiced Nutrition Uptown, Vine Arts Center.

July 29, 2017, Saturday - Mill City Farmers Market

Time: 8:00am - 1:00pm

Location: 704 South 2nd Street

Today at Mill City Farmers Market:

Produce Planner

Arugula, bok choi, beets, broccoli, carrots, cabbage, cauliflower, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, dried beans, fresh herbs, garlic scapes, green garlic, green beans, gooseberries, kale, lettuce, microgreens, mushrooms, peppers, radishes, radicchio, raspberries, snap peas, snow peas, spinach, spring onions, peppers, squash blossoms, summer squash, Swiss chard, tomatoes, zucchini and more!

Mill City Cooks

Learn how to cook market meals in our free, chef-led cooking demo, Mill City Cooks, offered every Saturday in the train shed patio at 10:30. This Saturday, Lakewinds Food Co-op will be in the kitchen cooking Fennel Basil Pasta Salad and Whipped Feta and Harissa Crostinis. Plus, our kids’ tables at the demo always feature coloring sheets and other engaging activities, giving adults some free time to relax with a cup of coffee and learn tips and easy seasonal recipes from our market chefs. Samples and recipe cards are available at each demo—or check out our recipe archive!

Live Music

10AM- Mixed Precipitation will be preforming songs from this season’s Picnic Operetta: ‘Philemon and Baucis–Planet in Peril’

11AM-1PM- Michael Keyes & Jim Krans will be playing live music from 11 – 1 in the green music tent by the Guthrie stairs.

Meet Your Vegetables

Nutrition and Public Health students lead our Meet Your Vegetables demonstrations at the top of the Chicago Mall, near Spoonriver restaurant. Discover creative, simple ways to prepare seasonal produce and walk away with a delicious sample and recipe card complete with nutrition information! Learn more.

Power of Produce

Power of Produce “PoP“ veggie tasting club is at the information tent every Saturday! Kids ages 3-12 can earn a $2 token to spend on fruits and veggies by tasting a local, seasonal vegetable, as a way to empower kids to make healthy eating decisions. Learn more.

Community Booths

Anderson Windows

Lakewinds Maker to Market

July 29, 2017, Saturday - Twin Cities Food Tours' Historic Northeast Minneapolis Food Tour

Times: 11:00am and 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 29, 2017, Saturday - HopCat MPLS Grand Opening

Location: HopCat - Minneapolis. 435 Nicollet Mall

HopCat MPLS Grand Opening

Try some of our 100+ Craft Beer selections, including rareities, one-offs and exclusives in our selection of 80 Minnesota-made drafts and more than 20 bottle selections. Our first 200 guests will receive a card good for a free order of our famous Crack Fries every week for a year. Everyone who visits on opening day gets a free order.

July 29, 2017, Saturday - O’wamni: Falling Water Festival at Father Hennepin Bluffs Park

Time: 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Location: Father Hennepin Bluffs Park, 420 Main Street SE

Owa'mni Falling Water Festival

Owa'mni means “falling water” in the Dakota language, making it an apt name for a festival beside the only waterfall on the Mississippi River. This free and family-friendly event celebrates indigenous Minnesota culture with music, art, food and more. No registration needed.

Emcee: Deanna StandingCloud

1–1:10 pm: Introduction
1:10–1:30 pm: Hoka Hey - Drum Group
1:30–2:30 pm: Bluedog
2:45–3:30 pm: Frank Waln
4–5 pm: Keith Secola

July 28, 2017, Friday - Billy Joel at Target Field

Time: 8:00pm

Location: Target Field, 1 Twins Way

Billy Joel at Target Field

July 28, 2017, Friday - Sweat, Sip & Dance! at Zesa

Time: 7 PM - 10 PM

Location: ZeSa Fitness, 1024 Washington Avenue S

Sweat, Sip & Dance!

Join us for a Friday night of fitness followed by dancing and drinks! To start off you'll be led through a 90 minute ZeSa class with 4 of our amazing instructors featuring a grounding meditation, kickboxing, yoga, and other challenging moves on our Activators. Following class we'll clear off the floor to make room so you can dance the night away with our DJ. To reward you for your hard work we'll also have adult beverages and snacks on hand. What better way to spend a Friday night!

Tickets are $20 per person and sign-up is REQUIRED at www.zesafitness.com or via your MindBody app.

July 28, 2017, Friday - PalmFest 2017 at Palmer's Bar (2 days)

Times: Friday July 28 5pm-close / Sat. July 29 Noon-close

Location: Palmer's Bar, 500 Cedar Avenue S

PalmFest 2017

PalmFest '17 is Palmer's Bar Annual, mainly outdoor, bash! Featuring 20+ bands and drink specials. Hang inside, kick it on the patio, come as you are, all are welcome!

$5 Cover

Friday July 28th
5pm - Miss Myra & the Moonshiners
6:15pm - The Front Porch Swingin' Liquor Pigs
7:30pm - Eleganza...
8:45pm - Poverty Hash
10pm - The Toxenes
11pm - Hastings 3000
12am - Kid Dakota
1am - Kiss the Tiger

Saturday, July 29th
12:15pm - The Gated Community
1:30pm - Mumblin' Drew & the Dumpy Jug Bumpers
2:45pm - Javier Matos
4:00pm - Valet
5:15pm - Cornbread Harris
6:30pm - Tumbledown House
7:45pm - Spider John Koerner
8:45pm - Special Guest! TBA!
10pm - cKostra
11pm - P•PL
12am - Sass
1am - Liquor Beats Winter

July 28, 2017, Friday - Northeast Dog Parade

Time: walk starts at 6:00pm

Location:  Begins at Wilde Cafe & Spirits, 65 Main St SE

NE Dog Parade

On Friday, July 28th, dogs will be taking over the streets of Northeast once again! Join the Northeast Minneapolis Riverfront District for the annual NE Dog Parade.

Dogs, please bring your humans and meet across from Wilde Cafe at 5:00 for socializing, tail wagging, and activities. At 6:00 Officer Elliot Wong will take us for a walk through the business district, and then we will circle back to the riverfront for more doggy camaraderie. There will be prizes for best trick and a costume contest, so it's time to dust off those capes and tutus and start training your humans!