June 30, 2012, Saturday - Midwest Photo Safari: "Minneapolis Nights" St. Anthony Main

Time:
The session begins 1/2 hour before local sunset. Your confirmation lists the exact starting time.

Location:
Join us on historic Main street near St. Anthony Main for a 90 minute to 2 hour photo safari running Saturday evening only.

Before we begin, we will have a short presentation covering basic principles of low light/night photography. When darkness sets in, this area comes alive with interesting lights. We will help you capture stunning night images you are sure to want to frame.

This safari is best done with a digital SLR or a better quality digital point and shoot with advanced scene modes. Your Safari guide / photographer will be carrying a Sony digital point and shoot to demonstrate the techniques we will be covering. For this safari, a sturdy tripod an absolute necessity... Midwest Photo Safari can provide pro-quality rental tripods on request. A remote shutter release is also very handy to have along, or you may use the "self timer" feature of your camera.

More Information and Registration.

June 30, 2012, Saturday - Mill City Farmers Market

Time: 8:00am - 1:00pm

Location: 704 South 2nd Street

Today at Mill City Farmers Market:  Mill City Farmers Market is proud to be partnered with Sustainable Farming Association today!

Produce Planner:
At the Market today you will find: snap peas, Hakurei turnips, radishes, spinach, spring salad mixes, arugula, spring onions, green garlic, head lettuce herbs, wild greens, purple carrots, sorrel, asparagus, kale, Swiss chard, rhubarb, WI high tunnel-grown heirloom tomatoes, broccoli raab, green beans, garlic scapes, and lots of BERRIES: strawberries, black raspberries, blueberries, and sour cherries!

Mill City Cooks, 10:00am:
Chef Heather Hartman will be incorporating products from SFA member Brauchers Sunshine Harvest Farm in today’s recipe.

Live Music, 11:00am to 1:00pm:
Back by popular demand: Light of the Moon! 

Sustainable Farming Association visits the Market!, all day: SFA member Jim VanDerPol will be signing copies of his book, Conversations With the Land, from 10:00am to 1:00pm, and culinary coordinator Mary Jane Miller will be working alongside the chefs in the kitchen and selling copies of the Garlic Festival Cookbook.

Kids Activity, 9:00am to Noon:
Mystery veggie/fruit sampling and scavenger hunt inside the Mill City Museum in partnership with the Growing Strong exhibit!

Art Market, all day:
The Ink Orchard, Kathy Wismar, Aprilierre, and Cracked Clay.

June 30, 2012, Saturday - "Basic North: a performance in three directions" Opens at the Southern Theater

Show Dates and Times:
   Thursday June 28 @ 8pm (preview)
   Friday June 29 @ 8pm (preview)
   Saturday June 30 @ 8pm (Opening Night)
   Sunday July 1 @ 7pm
   Thursday July 5 @ 8pm
   Friday July 6 @ 8pm
   Saturday July 7 @ 8pm
   Sunday July 8 @ 7pm

Location: The Southern Theater, 1420 Washinton Avenue South

Basic North: a performance in three directions

A co-presentation between Live Action Set and the Southern Theater

Chapter 1- Without Wax directed by Dario Tangelson

Chapter 2- Quiet Heart directed by Noah Bremer

Chapter 3- Start Select directed and choreographed by Emily King and Ryan Underbakke

This summer, Live Action Set jumps back on the stage with a brand new creation. This time, the award-winning, genre-bending troupe is guided by one principle: no bullshit. Mask sans mask and an 8-bit soundtrack, Basic North successfully avoids the direction leading to a lackluster blend that is the middling mean. Poignant, poetic, and amusingly astounding, Live Action Set carves out new artistic avenues in the most intriguing show of the season.

Ticket Prices
Adult General Admission: $25
Student / Child General Admission: $15
June 30 Opening Night Event Ticket: $28

Live Action Set and The Southern are committed to making their performances financially accessible. If these prices are financially prohibitive, please call 612.340.0155 or email damon@southerntheater.org to inquire about discounts we can offer you.

June 30, 2012, Saturday - Minneapolis Riverfront Tour at the Mill City Museum

Time: 1:00pm

Location:  Mill City Museum, 704 South 2nd Street

Minneapolis Riverfront Tour

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.

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

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

June 30, 2012, Saturday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 9:00pm  Cover: $5

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Tonight: brian just band w. the parlour suite

June 30, 2012, Saturday - 'Basic North: a performance in three directions' Opens at Southern Theater

Times: 8:00pm

Location: The Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Avenue South

Basic North: a performance in three directions
A co-presentation between Live Action Set and the Southern Theater

Chapter 1- Without Wax directed by Dario Tangelson

Chapter 2- Quiet Heart directed by Noah Bremer

Chapter 3- Start Select directed and choreographed by Emily King and Ryan Underbakke

This summer, Live Action Set jumps back on the stage with a brand new creation. This time, the award-winning, genre-bending troupe is guided by one principle: no bullshit. Mask sans mask and an 8-bit soundtrack, Basic North successfully avoids the direction leading to a lackluster blend that is the middling mean. Poignant, poetic, and amusingly astounding, Live Action Set carves out new artistic avenues in the most intriguing show of the season.

Show Dates and Times
Saturday June 30 @ 8pm (Opening Night)
Sunday July 1 @ 7pm
Thursday July 5 @ 8pm
Friday July 6 @ 8pm
Saturday July 7 @ 8pm
Sunday July 8 @ 7pm

Ticket Prices
Preview Tickets: $18
Adult General Admission: $25
Student / Child / Artist General Admission: $15
June 30 Opening Night Event Ticket: $28

Live Action Set and The Southern are committed to making their performances financially accessible. If these prices are financially prohibitive, please call 612.340.0155 or email damon@southerntheater.org to inquire about discounts we can offer you.

Purchase Tickets

June 30, 2012, Saturday - Taste Twin Cities Food Tours Heart of Minneapolis Tour

Time: 2:30pm - 5:30pm

Location: Begins at LaSalle Plaza (800 LaSalle Plaza), located on Hennepin Avenue between 8th & 9th Street; ends at Metro Building (80 9th Street South).

Weave your way through the skyscrapers of downtown Minneapolis on a food adventure!  Enjoy VIP service at some of the newest and hottest award winning restaurants and learn the art of local beer making.  Visit quaint eateries that have pride in local ownership, including a favorite since 1932.  You'll leave the tour with a tasty experience of the best food finds Minneapolis has to offer while learning the history of downtown and soaking in the local culture.
 
Sites you will enjoy:  Broadway Theatre District, Mary Tyler Moore Statue, the tallest building in Minneapolis, a building modeled after the Washington Monument, the largest structure ever moved on rubber-wheeled dollies and much more...

Reservations.

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June 29, 2012, Friday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 9:00pm  Cover: $10

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Tonight: aimee fischer 

June 28, 2012, Thursday - Community Forum on New Vikings Stadium with Mayor R.T. Rybak

Time: 6:00pm-7:00pm

Location: Elliot Park Recreation Center, 1000 East 14th Street

Please join us for a community conversation with Mayor R.T. Rybak about the new Vikings stadium.  This is your opportunity to share your ideas and to be a voice for positive revitalization of the Elliot Park and Downtown East neighborhoods.

For more info, and/or questions, please contact:

Lynn Regnier
Executive Director
Elliot Park Neighborhood, Inc.
719 S. 10th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55404
612-335-5846 x18

June 28, 2012, Thursday - East Downtown Council Luncheon

Time: Noon - 1:00 pm (Registration begins at 11:30am)

Location: Metrodome Gridiron Club

Join the East Downtown Council (EDC) for our June Luncheon - a discussion about the next steps of designing and developing the approved stadium, surrounding infrastructure and related improvements in the DEEP district.

Distinguished guests include:

Mayor R.T. Rybak, Minneapolis Mayor
Barbara Johnson, Minneapolis City Council President
Lester Bagley, Vikings Vice President of Public Affairs and Stadium Development
Ted Mondale, Chair of the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission

June 28, 2012, Thursday - Midwest Photo Safari: "Minneapolis Nights" Mill Ruins Park and the Stone Arch Bridge

Time:
This safari begins 30 minutes before local sunset (your tour confirmation will have an exact time). We meet at Mill Ruins Park on the west bank of the river. The Safari runs about 90 minutes on Thursday and Friday Nights.

Location:
This tour begins at Mill Ruins Park on the west bank of the Minneapolis riverfront.  We start by photographing  this interesting park,  then walk across the famous Stone Arch bridge to photograph the Minneapolis night skyline. We will learn the principles of low light settings on your digital SLR's or the various "scene" mode settings of your digital point and shoot camera.

More Information and Registration.

June 28, 2012, Thursday - Twin Cities River Rats

The 2012 Twin Cities River Rats shows are scheduled for 7pm Thursday nights through August 30, and take place at 1628 West River Road (between the Plymouth and Broadway).

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.

If you haven't already enjoyed a River Rats show, their website is loaded with fun videos to give you an idea of what to expect.  These are free events.

June 28, 2012, Thursday - 'Basic North: a performance in three directions' Preview at Southern Theater (2 nights)

Time: 8:00pm

Location: The Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Avenue South

Basic North: a performance in three directions
A co-presentation between Live Action Set and the Southern Theater

Chapter 1- Without Wax directed by Dario Tangelson

Chapter 2- Quiet Heart directed by Noah Bremer

Chapter 3- Start Select directed and choreographed by Emily King and Ryan Underbakke

This summer, Live Action Set jumps back on the stage with a brand new creation. This time, the award-winning, genre-bending troupe is guided by one principle: no bullshit. Mask sans mask and an 8-bit soundtrack, Basic North successfully avoids the direction leading to a lackluster blend that is the middling mean. Poignant, poetic, and amusingly astounding, Live Action Set carves out new artistic avenues in the most intriguing show of the season.

Show Dates and Times
Thursday June 28 @ 8pm (preview)
Friday June 29 @ 8pm (preview)
Saturday June 30 @ 8pm (Opening Night)
Sunday July 1 @ 7pm
Thursday July 5 @ 8pm
Friday July 6 @ 8pm
Saturday July 7 @ 8pm
Sunday July 8 @ 7pm

Ticket Prices
Preview Tickets: $18
Adult General Admission: $25
Student / Child / Artist General Admission: $15
June 30 Opening Night Event Ticket: $28

Live Action Set and The Southern are committed to making their performances financially accessible. If these prices are financially prohibitive, please call 612.340.0155 or email damon@southerntheater.org to inquire about discounts we can offer you.

Purchase Tickets

June 27, 2012, Wednesday - Summer BBQ Wine Dinner at Spill the Wine

Seating Time: 6:30pm

Location:  Spill the Wine, 1101 Washington Avenue South

$45/person (tax included)

Summer BBQ Wine Dinner

Featuring summer barbeque fare paired with patio sipping wine.
Presented by Chef Craig Johnson and Wine Speaker Mary Beth Gallagher with Wine Merchants.

greeting of prosecco and amuse bouche

first course
pickled napa cabbage, cucumber, mango, chile vinaigrette
tamari torrontes, argentina

second course
pork belly short ribs, green apple mustard bbq
terlato chapoutier shiraz viognier, australia

third course
24 hour waygu beef brisket, grilled mn sweet corn, harissa maple glaze
terlato syrah, dry creek

Reservations.

June 27, 2012, Wednesday - Poet Katrina Vandenberg at Milkweed Editions

Time: 7:00pm

Location:  Milkweek Editions, 1011 Washington Avenue South, Open Book Building, Suite 300

The Alphabet Not Unlike the World
BY Katrina Vandenberg

In her highly ambitious second collection of poems, Katrina Vandenberg writes from the intersection of power and forgiveness. With poems named for letters of the Phoenician alphabet, and employing such innovative forms as the ancient ghazal, Vandenberg deciphers the seemingly indecipherable in this emotionally poignant collection. Moving between the physical and the abstract, the individual and the collective, The Alphabet Not Unlike the World unearths meaning—with astonishing beauty—from the pain of loss and separation.

Click hereto hear Katrina's interview on MPR.

June 27, 2012, Wednesday - Breakfast with a Preservationist at Mill City Museum

Time: 8:00am - 9:00am

Location: Mill City Museum, enter at 710 Second Street South, ADM Conference Room
 
Breakfast with a Preservationist: Updating the Saint Anthony Falls Historic District Design Guidelines – Brian Schaffer, Minneapolis CPED

The City of Minneapolis is currently updating the Saint Anthony Falls Historic District Design Guidelines, which were adopted by the Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission in 1980. In the three decades since the existing design guidelines were created, the district has seen dramatic change. Access to and interaction with the falls and the river has evolved, infrastructure has been added, project plans have been developed and realized, and the understanding and knowledge of the historic resources in the district have increased. The update to the design guidelines takes a holistic approach toward the many features that make up the essential character of the district. Brian Schaffer, the project manager for the new design guidelines, will review and discuss highlights of the proposed guidelines.

The most recent public draft of the design guidelines can be found on the project website.

This event is free.

June 26, 2012, Tuesday - Movie in the Park at Father Hennepin Bluffs Park

Time:  Movie starts 15 minutes after sunset. Click here to find out sunset time.

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

Tonights Movie:  License to Drive

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 on our facebook page of you enjoying the concerts. Support the artists by picking up a CD or other merchandise.

Enjoy Music and Movie combo nights: Tuesdays at Father Hennepin Bluffs Park, start your evening with 7:00pm music!  June 12, 19, 26, July 10, 17,24, 31, August 7, 14, 21.

Questions or comments? Email us at concerts@minneapolisparks.org

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!

June 26, 2012, Tuesday - Talk of the Stacks with Michael Childers at Central Library

Time: 7:00pm

Location: Pohlad Hall at Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall

Talk of the Stacks: Michael Childers

The renowned Michael Childers has photographed more than 200 magazine covers for GQ, New York, Esquire and Vogue. He also has created more than 100 film posters for major motion picture studio. His book, Icons and Legends, is a retrospective of his photographic career. An occasional actor, special photographer and co-producer, Childers has also worked on dozens of films, such as Grease, The Year of Living Dangerously, The Falcon and The Snowman and The Believer.

This illustrated Talk of the Stacks celebrates the opening of  “Author, Author,” a stunning exhibit of intimate and original portraits of writers on display in Central Library’s Cargill Gallery through August 18.

Program is free and open to the public. Seating is first-come, first-served. Exhibit opens at 5 PM for public viewing. Program begins at 7 PM. Book sale and signing follow presentation. For more information: 612.543.8107.

A program of Friends of the Hennepin County Library. Premier sponsor: The Private Client Reserve of U.S. Bank. Supporting sponsor: Dorsey and Whitney LLP. Additional support provided by Marquette Hotel, Minn Post and Magers and Quinn Booksellers.

June 26, 2012, Tuesday - Public Meeting on Planned Transit Service Changes Along Central Corridor at Central Library

Time: 11:00am - 1:00pm

Location: Doty Room at Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall

Public Meeting on Planned Transit Service Changes Along Central Corridor

The Metropolitan Council will hold public meetings in June to receive comments on the concept plan for the Central Corridor Transit Service Study.

The plan will modify existing bus service to maximize connections with new Central Corridor (Green Line) light-rail service, which will begin operations in 2014. The Green Line will cover 11 miles, serve 18 stations and connect downtown Minneapolis – and the existing Hiawatha (Blue) Line – with the University of Minnesota, Midway commercial district, State Capitol complex, downtown St. Paul and neighborhoods in between.

The Central Corridor Transit Service Study helps ensure that transit service meets needs now and in the future. The study area is bounded by I-35E on the east; the Mississippi River on the south; downtown Minneapolis, Hiawatha Avenue and Lake Street on the west; and Larpenteur and East Hennepin Avenue on the north.

Affected bus routes in the study area include:
2, 3, 6, 8, 16, 21, 50, 53, 62, 63, 65, 67, 84, 87, 94, 134, 144, 262, 353, 355, 365, 375 and 452

The full concept plan can be found online.

All interested persons are encouraged to attend and offer comments. To register in advance to speak, call the Council at 651-602-1140.

The Council will provide reasonable accommodations to persons with disabilities.

Those who cannot attend a public meeting can comment as follows:

Written comments: Metropolitan Council, 390 N. Robert St., St. Paul, 55101

Fax: 651-602-1464
TTY: 651-291-0904
E-mail: centralcorridorstudy@metrotransit.org
Council’s Public Comment Line: 651-602-1500
Comments will be accepted through 5 p.m. on July 9.

Metro Transit staff will revise the Concept Plan following the public comment period. The Council will evaluate the final recommended plan later in 2012.

Metro Transit is a service of the Metropolitan Council. Customers boarded Metro Transit buses and trains 81 million times last year.

June 26, 2012, Tuesday - Above the Falls Master Plan Meeting at MPRB

Time:  5:00pm - 7:00pm

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

The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) and the City of Minneapolis will host a public meeting to jointly engage the community in efforts to update the master plan for the upper river in Minneapolis. The meeting is scheduled for June 26, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. in the board room of the MPRB Administrative Offices building.

All are invited to attend to learn more, to meet the Above the Falls Citizen Advisory Committee and Minneapolis Riverfront Partnership, and to discuss the plan update in its early stages.

More info.