June 22, 2012, Friday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 9:00pm  Cover: $5

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Tonight: jack klatt & the cat swingers

June 21, 2012, Thursday - Summer Fun Day at Dunn Bros (Freight House location only)

Time: 2:00pm-6:00pm

Location: Dunn Bros Coffee, 111 Third Avenue South

Start Off the Summer Having Fun!

Come join us Thursday, June 21st from 2-6pm at the Freight House Dunn Bros Coffee in Minneapolis for a day of fun celebrations. Stop by to celebrate the start of summer and enjoy free food, games and prizes. Come during your break, or make a whole day of it, either way we just want to see you there!

- Free 4-pack of flowers with any iced or blended drink purchase
- Museum prize passes
- NiceRide "Slow Bike Races"
- Grilled hot dogs
- Watermelon seed spitting contest
- Coffee bean bag race
- Boxy Mouse artist Jay O'Neill
...and many more great prizes and events

We want to thank all participating businesses that helped make this celebration possible: Mill City Museum, Nice Ride MN, Bachman's on Lyndale, Boxy Mouse artist-Jay O'Neill, Market Bar-B-Q & Global Site Performance Group.

Pets & Kids welcome!

June 21, 2012, Thursday - Mannie Jackson Live Book Review at MacPhail

Time: 4:00pm - 5:30pm

Location: MacPhail Center for Music, 501 2nd Street South

MacPhail is hosting hosting a book tour stop from 4:00 to 5:30 for Mannie Jackson and his new book, Boxcar to Boardrooms. 

This is an amazing American success story.  Mannie was a senior executive at Honeywell in Minneapolis for years, and eventually became the owner of the Harlem Globetrotters.  Literally born in a boxcar, he lived there with 14 family members for several years as a child.   He went on to senior leadership at Honeywell, and sat on five different Fortune 500 boards. 

He played for the Harlem Globetrotters in the '60's, and then bought the team in 1993.  He completely revitalized the organization, and along the way met and befriended many global personalities.   His story centers around the confluence of civil rights, athletics and corporate leadership.  He is recognized as both one of the most influential African-American corporate executives in the country and  as one of our great humanitarians, having given millions to charities over the years.

His story is an inspiration to anyone who hears it, but could particularly resonate with young people who need to know there is a path forward for those who truly seek it and are willing to work at it. 

JD Steele and his MacPhail Community Youth Choir will start the program off with a rousing and welcoming song.

This is a free event.

June 21, 2012, Thursday - Artist WACSO Reception at Cynthia Froid Group

Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Location:  Cynthia Froid Group, 709 2nd Street South

Join Cynthia Froid Group and Gallery 360 for a reception featuring iconic landmark illustrations printed on canvas by WACSO (stands for Walkin’ Around Checkin’ Stuff Out).  Hors d'oeuvres, drinks and an opportunity to meet the infamous Wasco in person.

June 21, 2012, Thursday - Ifrita Helwa Opens at Southern Theater

Times: See initial play dates below, refer to website for additional dates

Location: The Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Avenue South

Ifrita Helwa Presented by Al-Bahira Dance Theater
 
“Ifrita Helwa!” (“Sweet Devil!”) is based in part on the 1949 Egyptian film “Afrita Hanem” and classic
stories from the Middle East and the West. “Ifrita Helwa!” is the story Wahid, a kind, passionate, but poor theater operator in Cairo. Shaken by financial problems and the loss of his star performer (and unrequited love) Amira, Wahid encounters the Ifrita, a mischievous but well-intentioned djinni who helps him realize that, often, what we think we want and what we really need may not necessarily be the same.

The show features contemporary and theatrical works derived from Egyptian, Lebanese, Palestinian, and Persian (Iranian) dance and music traditions. Authored, directed, and choreographed by Mirah Ammal, “Ifrita Helwa!” stars Derek Phillips (Katha Dance Theater) with the Al-Bahira dancers and Twin Cities dance icon John Munger in the role of Samir the Narrator. It also features a choreography by the internationally renowned Persian dance expert Laurel Victoria Gray.
 
Appropriate for All ages.

Show Dates and Times
Thur June 21 @ 7 pm (Post Show Discussion)
Fri June 22 @ 8 pm
Sat June 23 @ 8 pm
Sun June 24 @ 4 pm (Family Oriented Post Show Discussion)
ASL performance will be announced soon.

Ticket Prices
Adults General Admission: $18 - 20
Children 3 - 13: $7
Student and Senior discounts availalbe
Tickets available through Brown Paper Tickets website, or call 1-800-838-3006.

June 20, 2012, Wednesday - Minneapolis Park and Rec Board Meeting

Time:  5:00pm

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

Agenda

The regular meetings are rebroadcast on Channel 79 on Saturdays at 1 p.m. and on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month at 5 p.m.

Webcasts of MPRB regular board meetings are posted on the MPRB website two to five business days after each meeting and are available for viewing, along with Webcasts for the recent two months, at http://www.minneapolisparks.org/default.asp?PageID=900.

June 19, 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:  The Chinese Connection

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 19, 2012, Tuesday - Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission Public Meeting

Time: 4:30pm

Location: Room 317, City Hall, 350 South Fifth Street

More Info

June 19, 2012, Tuesday - Minneapolis History Pub Crawl: Washington Avenue at the Mill City Museum

Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm

Location:  Mill City Museum, 704 South 2nd Street

Minneapolis History Pub Crawl: Washington Avenue

Fee: $25; $20 for MHS members.

Discover the richness of Minneapolis history and quench your thirst with some fine beverages along Washington Avenue. Travel down this busy and sometimes underappreciated street to learn about the importance of railroads, warehousing, flour milling, immigration, entertainment and "vice" to the story of the Mill City. A trolley 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. Ages 21 and up only. Drink purchases are not included in the tour price. Drink specials will be made available at participating locations.

More information.

June 19, 2012, Tuesday - Music 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:  Empty Arms - Rock and blues for all ages

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
Fridays at the Lake Harriet Bandshell (beginning June 9th).

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 19, 2012, Tuesday - Gay Pride: Rockstar Storytellers at Central Library

Time: 7:00–8:30pm

Location: Pohlad Hall at Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall

Registration required, begins May 22. Register online or call 612-543-8000.

The Rockstar Sstorytellers are a collective of solo performers from a variety of disciplines including spoken word, stand-up, slam poetry, improv and creative non-fiction. Enjoy an evening of spoken word pieces celebrating the Twin Cities' Gay Pride extravaganza. For mature audiences. See related materials for further information. Find more by searching the library catalog or Ask Us.

This project is funded with money from Minnesota's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

June 18, 2012, Monday - Jonathan Coulton Band at The Guthrie

Time:  7:30pm

Location:  McGuire Proscenium Stage, Guthrie Theater, 818 Second Street South

Jonathan Coulton Band

In 2005 Jonathan Coulton dropped out of a perfectly good software career to write music on the internet. He embarked upon a bold experiment called Thing a Week, in which he home-recorded and released a new song every week for an entire year, giving them all away for free. While a struggling music industry fell to pieces over filesharing and shifting business models, Jonathan Coulton quietly and independently amassed a small army of techies, nerds and dedicated superfans who buy his music even though they don’t have to. Artificial Heart is Coulton’s first album of new material since Thing a Week, and it features an actual kickass band, the delicious high production values of a real recording studio, and the talents of guest vocalists like Suzanne Vega, John Roderick of The Long Winters, and Sara Quin of Tegan and Sara. It springs from a brief run opening for They Might Be Giants that ended with member John Flansburgh offering to produce Coulton’s next record -- a collaboration that fans of both acts have been waiting for their entire lives, whether they know it or not.

June 18, 2012, Monday - Music in the Park at Nicollet Island Amphitheater

Time: 7:00pm

Location: Nicollet Island Amphitheater

Tonights entertainment: Rex Haberman Band - Rock-roots Americana

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.

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 18, 2012, Monday - Chefs for Change at People Serving People

Time:  7:00pm-9:00pm (shelter tours beginning at 6:30pm)

Location:  People Serving People, 614 South 3rd Street

Chefs for Change: A Chef's Table Culinary Experience

“I love to cook. I have always loved to cook. My mom and her friends would cook gourmet meals and have parties and not just your regular meatballs," said Pamela Massie.

This is the story about Pamela, who helps make 1,000 daily meals for children and families at People Serving People.

Originally from Minnesota, Pamela and her family moved to California. In California, she developed an eating disorder and a drug habit. In 2009, her family had an intervention for her. She went to treatment in New Jersey and then moved back to Minnesota to finish out her treatment at Hazelden. She lived in a sober house and volunteered at another community agency. That is where someone told her about the Culinary Training Program at People Serving People.
 
The Culinary Training Program is a free certified training program open to lower-income people in the community. Each day students help prepare meals for the over 350 children and their parents at PSP’s shelter.
 
Pamela applied and was accepted into the program. After she completed the program she was offered an internship at PSP. A full-time kitchen position became available towards the end of her internship and she went for it. Since that time she has been promoted to the Assistant Food Services Coordinator. In addition to other responsibilities Pamela is in charge of creating the menu for the week and scheduling the kitchen staff.
 
“The past 3 years have been very rewarding," Pamela says. "(these years) have been the best in my life in a very longtime. I have been sober for almost 4 years after being on drugs for over fifteen. This job keeps me out of trouble.”
 
Join Pamela and other graduates for People Serving People's All Star Chefs for Change dinner on
June 18th. You will enjoy a 5 course meal prepared by graduates and learn more about this life changing program. Tickets are $75 and all proceeds go towards the program.

To purchase tickets or lean more click here.

June 18, 2012, Monday - Trinkets, Pendants and Magnets at Central Library

Time: 2:00–4:00pm

Location: Teen Central at Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall

Registration required, begins May 21. Register online or call 612-543-8000.

Entering grades 8-10. Design and make little things that you can hang on or stick to your backpack, wrist, keys or refrigerator. Choose from a wide variety of materials and learn to use novel tools and fasteners.

Sponsored by MELSA (Metropolitan Library Service Agency); Funded by the Friends of the Hennepin County Library.

June 17, 2012, Sunday - Yoga in the Park at Father Hennepin Bluffs Park

Time:  10:00am - 11:00am

Location: Father Hennepin Bluffs Park (intersection of SE Main and SE 6th Avenue, on the East Bank of the Stone Arch Bridge).

Looking for a way to take your sun salutations outside so you can truly salute the sun? The Downtown Minneapolis CorePower Yoga invites you to join them each Sunday for CorePower Yoga’s, “Yoga in the Park.” CorePower encourages yoga practioners to open their minds and join their breath and movements to the sound of music and nature all around us. All levels of yoga students are welcome and their hope is that you take this opportunity to not only practice yoga, but to find even deeper connections within your community!

These free classes will be held every Sunday starting June 3rd and running through August 26th.  All classes are 10:00am – 11:00am at Father Hennepin Bluffs Park.  Please call CorePower Yoga Downtown Minneapolis at 612-375-9642 with questions.
 
Items of note:
- Attendees should arrive 15-30 minutes prior to class starting for sign in purposes.
- Students are asked to bring their own mat, towel, water and SUNSCREEN! There is limited shade at the park.
- Classes will be lead by certified yoga instructors from downtown Minneapolis’ CorePower Yoga.

June 17, 2012, Sunday - Anthology of Poetry: Cung Tram Tuong at Central Library

Time:  2:00 pm

Location: Pohlad Hall at Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall

Cung, former Vietnamese Air Force officer, spent 10 years in a re-education camp in Vietnam before entering the United States in 1993 as a political refugee. He will read and discuss selections from his seven poetry anthologies. Local musician, visually impaired pianist Tran Loc, will perform musical interpretations of the poetry.

Presented in collaboration with Vietnamese Minnesotans Association.

June 16, 2012, Saturday - Mill City Farmers Market

Time: 8:00am - 1:00pm

Location: 704 South 2nd Street

Today at Mill City Farmers Market: Bring Dad down to Mill City Farmers Market to celebrate Boys, BBQ, and Bluegrass for Father’s Day!

Produce Planner:
At the Market this Saturday you will find: sugar and snap peas, Hakurei turnips, radishes, spinach, spring salad mixes, arugula, spring onions, green garlic, head lettuce herbs, heirloom tomatoes, wild greens, sorrel, asparagus, kale, Swiss chard, rhubarb, broccoli raab, green beans, and more!

Mill City Cooks, 10 am:
Get out the grill, brush on the glaze and brush up on some grilling skills with Chef Nick Schneider.  Its turnin' and burnin' time for Father's Day Weekend at MCFM.  Join us as we explore the nuances good grillin'. Today's recipe: grill-smoked chicken.

Live Music/Entertainment, all day:
KBEM will be broadcasting live for Bluegrass Saturday Morning from Mill City Farmers Market from 9 am to 11 am today!  Also, the entertaining Petticoat Rustlers will be performing live from 11 am to 1 pm.

Sponsors, all day:
Thank you to today’s sponsor Prairie Vodka.  Adults, grab a fresh cucumber mint cocktail!

Art Market, all day:
Featuring Spring Finn, Guillermo Cuellar, Annika Kaplan, and Old World Cabinet with Joel Nichols.

June 16, 2012, Saturday - Children's Book Sale at Central Library Book Store

Time: 10:30am - 3:30pm

Location: Central Library Book Store, 300 Nicollet Mall

A book sale to raise funds for the local library. Each sale features hundreds of children’s fiction and nonfiction books in hardcover and paperback. All children’s books are $.50.

More Info - http://www.supporthclib.org/events/book-sales/

June 16, 2012, Saturday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 9:00pm  Cover: $5

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Tonight: andy elwell