July 26, 2018, Thursday - Minnesota Monthly Fine Spirits Classic at Minnesota Orchestra

Time: 6:30pm – 9:00pm

Location: Minnesota Orchestra, 1111 Nicollet Mall

Minnesota Monthly Fine Spirits Classic

Celebrate cocktails and join us for the 7th Annual Fine Spirits Classic on Thursday, July 26, 2018 at Minnesota Orchestra Hall. This highly interactive event is not to be missed, featuring many of the Twin Cities top mixologists and national/local distillers. Sample new brands and spirits from around the world while enjoying gourmet fare and gathering new cocktail recipes.

The VIP experience ($60 per person) includes:

• 1 hour early admission (5:30-9 pm)
• Complimentary valet
• Specialty cocktail from Woodford Reserve, our VIP Experience Sponsor
• Sampling of all the spirits, cocktails, beverages and food

General Admission ($50 per person) includes attendance from 6:30-9 pm and sampling of all the spirits, cocktails, beverages and food.

Valet parking is available for purchase on 11th street for non-VIP ticket purchasers.

July 26, 2018, Thursday - Freud on the Couch: Psyche in the Book opening reception at MCBA/Open Book

Time: 6-8 pm

Location: Minnesota Center for Book Arts/Open Book Cowles Literary Commons

Freud on the Couch: Psyche in the Book

Freud on the Couch: Psyche in the Book, a new exhibition featuring book works inspired by the psychoanalytical concepts of Sigmund Freud, will travel to Minnesota Center for Book Arts (MCBA) from July 20-September 30, 2018. Freud on the Couch features works by nearly 30 international artists that either directly or indirectly draw from Freudian concepts, theories, and themes. This provocative exhibition asks viewers to find parallels between the ways that visual art and psychoanalysis act as frameworks for the collective unconscious.

Artists featured in the exhibition include Thorsten Baensch, Sarah Bryant, Crystal Cawley, Ken Campbell, Maureen Cummins, Anne Deguelle, Gerhild Ebel, Stefan Gunnesch, Karen Hanmer, Anna Helm, Susan Johanknecht, M. M. Lum, Jule Claudia Mahn, Patrizia Meinert, Simon + Christine Morris, Didier Mutel, Susanne Nickel, Yasutomo Ota, Waltraud Palme, Veronika Schäpers, Robbin Ami Silverberg, Herbert Stattler, Marian St. Laurent, Ines von Ketelhodt, Carola Willbrand, and Sam Winston. Through various forms of book art, they explore Freudian concepts such as the dream state, consciousness, memory, multiple personalities, fixation, and ego/id, combined with analytic techniques such as hypnosis and free association.

Freud on the Couch was organized by Susanne Padberg of Vienna’s Galerie Druck & Buch, which is located next door to the famous Berggasse 19, the house where Freud founded psychoanalysis. The traveling exhibition comes to Minnesota Center for Book Arts from the Center for Book Arts in New York, where it made its U.S. debut. Following its showing at MCBA, the exhibition will continue on to the San Francisco Center for the Book.

July 25, 2018, Wednesday - Boxing in the Park

Boxing in the Park

Time: 9:00am

Location: Meet at Gold Medal Park on 2nd Street S

A Friends of the Mill District Sponsored Event

Join Professional Boxer Joe Amouta in Gold Medal Park for a free boxing based fitness class:

Boxing instruction + Whole Body Workout + Light Cardio

For: All ages, fitness & skill levels

July 25, 2018, Wednesday - Minneapolis Park and Rec Board Meeting

Time: 5:00pm

Location: Minneapolis Park and Rec Board, 2117 West River Road

Click here for a link to tonights agenda. 

Stream Live Meetings Online or watch on TV on Minneapolis 79.

July 25, 2018, Wednesday - Annual Share the River Gorge Canoe Paddle and Ice Cream Social

(Photo by Robert Ball courtesy of Longfellow Community Council.) 

Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Location: 35th Street and West River Parkway

Share the River Gorge: Ice Cream Social and Canoe

Share the River Gorge is a family event with free ice cream, free canoe rides and rowing experiences, walking tours of the oak savanna restoration area and much more. Canoe rides will be provided by Wilderness Inquiry and the National Park Service, and rowing experiences with the Minneapolis Rowing Club (new this year!) will be staged from the sand flats below the stone steps at 34th & W. River Parkway. The event is sponsored by the Longfellow Community Council (LCC) and its River Gorge Committee. Ice cream is provided by East Lake Dairy Queen. Expect to see lots of friends and neighbors celebrating the river and enjoying the national park in our neighborhood! This event is free and open to the public; donations are accepted to offset costs.

July 25, 2018, Wednesday - Twin Cities River Rats

The 2018 Twin Cities River Rats shows are scheduled for 7pm Thursday nights through August, and take place at 1628 West River Road (between the Plymouth and Broadway bridges). These are free events!

The Twin Cities Rivers Rats describe their show as an aquatic Broadway musical featuring multiple water ski acts choreographed to music and built around a theme. Facebook

Show Schedule:

6:30pm – Development show: Our members under the age of 18 and our new members get the opportunity to perform for the crowd before jumping into the “big” show.

7:00pm – The Big Show! The ski show is a 1 hour long themed-show. In between daring and beautiful acts on water, a storyline unfolds. We encourage audience participation and love applause!

8:00pm – Photos! Photo opportunities with the cast of the show, visit with the skiers, and even take a ride in our “triple-rig” boat (for a price!)

Upcoming Shows:

August 2, 2018, Thursday

August 8, 2018, Wednesday

August 14, 2018, Tuesday

August 16, 2018, Thursday

July 24, 2018, Tuesday - Music and Movie in the Park at Father Hennepin Bluffs Park

Time: 7:00pm

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

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 24, 2018, Tuesday - Mill City Farmers Market Night Market at The Commons

Time: 4:00pm to 8:00pm

Location: The Commons, 425 Portland Avenue S

Mill City Farmers Market Night Market

This will be an ongoing event through Tuesday, September 25.

Pick up farm fresh, organic produce and local artisan foods for an easy weeknight meal. Prepared food vendors will be cooking up seasonal recipes all evening, so come hungry, stay, listen to live music and have a picnic supper in The Commons!

PROGRAMS

At our Tuesday Night Market we will continue to offer “can do” cooking and wellness activities and live entertainment, such as

• Free outdoor yoga
• Monthly Beer, Wine & Cider Nights with Day Block Brewing (dates TBD)
• Live Music every week
• Bag toss, kubb and other lawn games
• Meet Your Vegetables demonstrations
• Power of Produce kids veggie tasting club
• CSA pick-up

NOTE - Monitor MCFM's Facebook for any weather-related cancellation updates!

July 24, 2018, Tuesday - Let's Go to the Bakery! with Ellen Ferrari at MCBA

Time: 10:00am-12:00pm

Location: Minnesota Center for Book Arts, 1011 Washington Avenue South

Let's Go to the Bakery! with Ellen Ferrari

First, come hungry for Whopper Cake by Karma Wilson and Will Hillenbrand. Second, make a triangle-shaped pie book a la mode. Third, make a whopper-sized chocolate cake book. And last, make a cookie book with cookie bags and silverware. There will be sweet treats to eat. Join Ellen Ferrari for family book arts fun! Each workshop starts off with a story and game to warm up your creativity and then dives into a book arts project. Workshops accommodate a range of developmental levels so that adults and children (or) adult/child teams may choose to work together or side-by-side. Each participant receives supplies to use during the workshop, but may choose to bring one set home if working with his or her partner. Ellen will provide older children with suggestions for extending their learning.

For families with children ages 2 and up. Adult/child pair: $40 ($35 members) + $5 supply fee; additional participant (adult or child): $20 ($17.50 members) + 2.50 supply fee.

July 24, 2018, Tuesday - Minneapolis Pops Orchestra at Elliot Park

Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm

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Location: Elliot Park, 1000 E 14th Street

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Sit back, relax and listen to the wonderful music of the Minneapolis Pops Orchestra at their annual summer concert at Elliot Park. Then join neighbors and friends after the performance for ice cream treats courtesy of Elliot Park.

July 24, 2018, Tuesday - Mill City Summer Opera: Carmen at Mill City Museum

Mill City Summer Opera presents: Carmen

Mill City Museum  July 13 – 24

Ticket info

Experience the opera like never before! Mill City Summer Opera is one of the world’s premier opera companies and brings in an audience from all different walks of life. They hope to see you at this year's performance of Carmen!

Among the most famous and performed of all operas, Carmen is a riveting story of love, lust, betrayal, jealousy and murder. Set in 1830s Seville, the gypsy girl Carmen seduces soldier Don José away from his post and his beloved Micaëla. After luring him to join her and a clan of smugglers, Carmen turns her attention toward the swaggering bullfighter Escamillo. Carmen's fate is met in the final act when she meets the madly jealous Don José outside of the arena. The outdoor ruins of the Mill City Opera offer a magical setting to experience this iconic masterpiece. Music by Georges Bizet and libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. These tickets go quickly, so don’t delay.

July 23, 2018, Monday - Still Kickin 3rd Birthday Party! at Bauhaus Brew Lab

Time: Time: 5PM - 10PM

Location:  Bauhaus Brew Labs, 1315 Tyler Street NE

Still Kickin 3rd Birthday Party!

Still Kickin is a nonprofit organization that helps awesome people going through awful things. Each month, we choose a deserving person, family or organization — a Still Kickin Hero — and provide financial support. 

And we're turning *3 years old* this month! Which means it's time to party. And you're all invited!

Cost: FREE to all! With plenty of ways to donate and help a human out throughout the evening if you're able.

Activities Include: 

- Live fashion drawings by Claire Ward Illustration.

- Cotton candy creations by Spinning Wylde.

- Live t-shirt printing by The Bitter Buffalo (featuring our new designs)!

- Limited-edition Still Kickin Summer Pale Ale on tap in collaboration with Bauhaus Brew Labs. 

- Eat some good food by Butcher Salt.

Bring the kiddos - this is a family affair. We'll have a temporary tattoo station and bubbles to keep them busy.

Last year, you helped us raise a bunch of money for our future Heroes. We hope you'll join us again (or for the first time -- we love meeting new people) this year.

July 23, 2018, Monday - Movie Night at Target Field Station

Enjoy outdoor movie nights at Target Field Station. Bring a lawn chair or blanket, find a spot on the green grass outside the Twins’ ballpark and enjoy an evening watching a movie under the stars and the downtown skyline. This programming is part of Go Outside with Hennepin County.

2018 Movie night schedule (all movies 7pm):
July 23 - Indiana Jones
August 8 - Coco
August 22 - Mary Poppins

July 23, 2018, Monday - Music in the Park at Nicollet Island

Time: 7:00pm

Location: Nicollet Island Park

Tonights entertainment: (See website to verify any programming 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 enjoying the concerts 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 22, 2018, Sunday - Minneapolis Sister Cities Day Celebration on Nicollet Island

Time: 1:00pm–5:00pm

Location: Nicollet Island Pavilion, 40 Power Street, Minneapolis

Minneapolis Sister Cities Day Celebration

Come be part of our annual event where we celebrate over 40 years of being part of the Sister Cities program.

Join us as we celebrate all 12 of the Minneapolis Sister Cities with a FREE Ice Cream Social & gathering on Nicollet Island Pavilion, Minneapolis. This family event features multi-cultural entertainment, children activities, ice cream and refreshments. The event highlights all of Minneapolis’ International Sister Cities, with a special spotlight this year on the 10th anniversary of our Sister City with Cuernavaca, Mexico!

FREE and open to the public

July 22, 2018, Sunday - Mill City Summer Opera: Carmen at Mill City Museum

Mill City Summer Opera presents: Carmen

Mill City Museum  July 13 – 24

Ticket info

Experience the opera like never before! Mill City Summer Opera is one of the world’s premier opera companies and brings in an audience from all different walks of life. They hope to see you at this year's performance of Carmen!

Among the most famous and performed of all operas, Carmen is a riveting story of love, lust, betrayal, jealousy and murder. Set in 1830s Seville, the gypsy girl Carmen seduces soldier Don José away from his post and his beloved Micaëla. After luring him to join her and a clan of smugglers, Carmen turns her attention toward the swaggering bullfighter Escamillo. Carmen's fate is met in the final act when she meets the madly jealous Don José outside of the arena. The outdoor ruins of the Mill City Opera offer a magical setting to experience this iconic masterpiece. Music by Georges Bizet and libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. These tickets go quickly, so don’t delay.

Final date: July 24

July 22, 2018, Sunday - X Games Minneapolis 2018 (thru July 22)

X Games returns to its new summer home, and one of the greatest stadiums in North America — U.S. Bank Stadium. Tickets: XGames.com/Tickets. #XGames Minneapolis 2018 will be action-packed with the world's best skateboard, BMX, Moto X and Flat Track athletes. It will include globally-renowned music artists — Kaskade, Brother Ali, Ice Cube, and Zedd! All musical performances will take place at The Armory, 500 South 6th Street.

SCHEDULE

Sunday, July 22

10:30 AM Harley-Davidson Hooligan Racing Round One and Semi Final

11:30 AM Harley-Davidson Flat Track Racing & Harley Hooligan Racing Final

1:00 PM Women's Skateboard Park Final

2:15 PM Monster Energy Men's Skateboard Street Final

3:30 PM Toyota Men's BMX Park Final

5:30 PM Zedd 

July 21, 2018, Saturday - Yoga in Gold Medal Park

Yoga in Gold Medal Park 

We meet Saturdays thru September 1st. Each session will begin at 9 a.m. and end before 10.  Grab your mat (or a towel), a neighbor, and meet us by the orange sculpture. 

The sessions are free of charge and sponsored by the Friends of the Mill District charity. Come salute the sun and enjoy the beauty of our neighborhood with your friends and neighbors. Questions and comments can be sent to cjkittock@gmail.com.

July 21, 2018, Saturday - West Bank Walking Tour with the Mill City Museum

Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Location: Carlson School of Management, 321 19th Avenue S

West Bank Walking Tour

For over 150 years, the West Bank neighborhood has been a haven for immigrants from all over the world and home to a thriving arts scene, including the famous folk and blues scene of the 1960s. In the 1960s and 1970s, the neighborhood became home for college students, artists, and citizens who successfully resisted urban renewal plans that threatened to destroy the character of the neighborhood. The legacies of welcoming newcomers and supporting the arts continue today. The tour will visit some iconic watering holes and tour participants will hear from neighborhood insiders.

This tour includes 1.5 miles of moderately-paced walking on uneven terrain. Please call ahead to make arrangements for guests with limited mobility. Some historic locations on this tour offer limited accessibility.

Future date: August 25

July 21, 2018, Saturday - Luke Bryan at Target Field

Time: 7pm

Location: Target Field 

Luke Bryan at Target Field