Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm
Location: Day Block Event Center, 1103 Washington Avenue S
Hop along with the Easter Bunny & Shop local artists, vendors, and boutiques! This is fun event for all ages!
The Easter Bunny will be making an appearance to take picture before the big day!
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We will have the best of the best boutiques, local vendors, and artisans for you to shop and support!
Time: Noon - 3:00pm
Location: Mill City Museum, 704 South 2nd Street
Time: 10:00am
Location: North Loop Playground (4th Avenue North and West River Parkway)
Prize Eggs - Age Specific Hunts - Free Admission
Time: 7:00pm - 11:00pm
Location: Gamut Gallery, 717 S 10th Street
7 Warrior Women Exhibit Opening
$5 admission or free with gallery membership - Exhibit runs through April, 20th, 2018
Gamut Gallery is pleased to announce a collaborative exhibition, 7 Warrior Women, produced by collage artist Kristi Abbott opening on March 31, 2018. Inspired to push the boundaries of her technique and subject matter, Abbott led a group of local artists to create a collection of works that center around seven imagined and embodied figures—women from each of the Earth’s seven continents. These mystical and bold feminine characters represent the strength and energy of women around the world and across time. These figures, imagined through costume elements, photographs, paintings, world maps, and other elements, carry certain cultural markers distinctive to their geography and heritage, but their power and beauty speak universally to the essence of the feminine.
Abbott, a native to Australia, carefully forms intricate portraits out of varying types and textures of paper for her collage work. Her portraits are often embedded with hidden images, “small secrets” relating back to some part of the personality or biography of the individual, unlocking their story one detail at a time. Contributing artists include Yuya Negishi, Sarah Epperson, RJ Kern, Kada of Artful Eclectic, and six local models. Negishi, a Japanese mural artist who works with traditional and contemporary imageries, created the spray painted backdrops for each piece, as well as several smaller complimentary pieces that will be presented alongside the seven warriors. Epperson is a tattoo artist, painter, and maker, who contributed to the exhibition through her tattoo-like body paintings adorning each warrior, and created the headdresses and face paint worn by several of the women.
Negishi and Epperson work in a similar way to Abbott, drawing on narrative and conducting thorough research that serves to inform their flowing, energetic images. Kern, a fine art photographer, skillfully captured the essence of strength in the seven warrior women who were directed by Abbott at a recent photo shoot for the project, while Kada translated Abbott’s concepts through makeup and body paint containing iconic imagery on several of the women for the shoot. Those images served as a building block in the creation of the collages, one of the many layers and steps in a thoughtfully choreographed process. The final result is a powerful body of work that illustrates Abbott’s exceptional talent with this dynamic and fresh approach to collage art and collaboration.
Time:12 PM - 4 PM
Location: Surly Brewing Co., 520 Malcolm Avenue SE
30 Days of Biking: Kickoff Party
Celebrate the launch of 30 Days of Biking 2018 with a pre-party at the world-famous Surly Brewing Company.
Time: 6:30pm
Location: Guthrie, 818 South 2nd Street
Join Open Call for a performance of Danai Gurira's boisterous family drama, FAMILIAR! Experience a mainstage production with an insider's perspective and elevated access.
6:30 p.m. Happy Hour in the Target Lounge
7:30 p.m. Performance on the McGuire Proscenium Stage
Post-show cast party with complimentary beverages and light appetizers in the exclusive Kitchak Lounge!
Open Call is a wildly fun, socially visible group of theater patrons ages 21-45. Members enjoy access to Guthrie artists and connections with other young professional groups at arts organizations around town. Learn how you can become a member today → bit.ly/2r54jx7
Minneapolis Home + Garden Show
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center
DATES & HOURS FOR 2018
Time: This event takes place Thursday afternoon and evening.
Location:FOOD BUILDING, 1401 Marshall St NE
The North Coast Nosh is the Upper Midwest's premiere artisan sip-and-sample event. It features purveyors including cheesemakers, chocolatiers, bakers, brewers and more sharing samples of their food and beverages and telling the story behind its making.
The Nosh prides itself on a low guest-to-purveyor ratio which makes for short wait times for samples and creates opportunities to connect with purveyors.
Our Nosh at The Food Building will feature leading Minnesota food artisans including Food Building tenants.
Time: 10:00am
Location: Central Library, Doty Board Room, N-280, 300 Nicollet Mall
Join Steve Kramer, past director of the Pavek Museum of Broadcasting, for a fascinating look at the technology that broadcast news and entertainment into the living rooms of old. See antique equipment and broadcasting devices, Recall classic shows, glamorous stars and learn about popular local broadcasters of the past, at the Minneapolis Central Library's Magnet Senior Center on March 29th from 10:00 to 11:00 am in the Doty Board Room, N-280. Free event for seniors.
Times: See show link below
Location: The Lab Theater, 700 First St. N
Augsburg Music Theater Club presents: The Drowsy Chaperone
March 29 - 31
Winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Book and Best Original Score, The Drowsy Chaperone is a loving send-up of the Jazz Age musical, featuring one show-stopping song and dance number after another. With the houselights down, a man in a chair appears on stage and puts on his favorite record: the cast recording of a fictitious 1928 musical. The recording comes to life and The Drowsy Chaperonebegins as the man in the chair looks on. Mix in two lovers on the eve of their wedding, a bumbling best man, a desperate theatre producer, a not-so-bright hostess, two gangsters posing as pastry chefs, a misguided Don Juan and an intoxicated chaperone, and you have the ingredients for an evening of madcap delight.
Time: 6 PM - 9 PM
Location: Solar Arts by Chowgirls, 711 15th Ave NE
5th Annual Dandelion Honey Pastry Chef Challenge
Sample desserts from professional pastry chefs using dandelion honey as their sole sweetener served by Minnesota RollerGirls
Special address from Dr. Marla Spivak of the University of MN Bee Lab and polar explorer Ann Bancroft of AccessWater. Live music, art, libations and more.
The 5th Annual Dandelion Honey Pastry Chef Challenge is the annual celebration of our pollinator advocacy campaign Healthy Bees, Healthy Lives. This campaign was instrumental in passing 2 pieces of important pollinator legislation in 2014. We are still actively working to educate the public about the issues facing honey bees and other pollinators. Much progress has been made for pollinators since, due to grassroots efforts bythe many groups and citizens spreading awareness and taking individual actions. However, as we battle an anti-environment, pro industrial agriculture administration, there has never been a more challenging time for our precious pollinators. As beekeepers, business owners and people concerned about where our food comes from, we know from experience that we must advocate for the honey bee and all pollinators struggling to live in our modern systems of agriculture, eco-systems and urban landscapes.
At last years event we introduced a new theme and sent over 100 postcards to Governor Dayton asking for Healthy Water, Healthy Bees. In recognition of the fact that the very same systems hurting our pollinators are also contaminating the water, we are once again partnering with local polar explorer and environmental advocator Ann Bancroft to highlight Access Water. In an effort to further unify, broaden and strengthen the environmental movement, the theme this year will be Maintaining Momentum for Healthy Bees, Healthy Water, Healthy Lives.
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: Aria, 105 First Street N
Schubert Club presents: Schubert Club Mix: Colin Currie, Percussion
Now in its fifth season, Schubert Club Mix is an innovative series that takes the formality out of classical music. Audiences are treated to remarkable and intimate performances with relevant artists who are influencing the musical landscape of today. Aria will host a high energy evening featuring Colin Currie, “the world’s finest and most daring percussionist” (The Spectator, 2013). The Guardian highlights his “athletic percussionism, compulsive showmanship and deep musicality.” His Schubert Club Mix program will feature a wide range of instruments and includes music based on stories by Gabriel García Márquez – interspersed with readings of the texts. Currie is as mesmerizing to watch as he is to listen to – and his broad array of percussion instruments make a fascinating theatrical set.
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Milkweed Editions at Open Book, Suite 300, 1011 Washington Ave S (Event will be held in the Target Performance Hall)
Book Launch: The Body of the World by Mary Moore Easter
Celebrate the release of Mary Moore Easter's new collection of poetry, THE BODY OF THE WORLD (Mad Hat Press, 2018), at this launch party and reading.
MARY MOORE EASTER is the author of The Body of the World (Mad Hat Press 2018). A finalist for the 2017 Prairie Schooner Book Prize, she is also author of the chapbook Walking From Origins (Heywood Press). Widely published (Poetry, Waterstone, NY Times, etc.), she is a Pushcart Prize-nominated poet, Cave Canem Fellow, veteran dancer/choreographer, and emerita Professor of Dance at Carleton College. Easter has been honored by Bush and McKnight fellowships and The Loft Creative Non-Fiction Award.
Time: 7:00pm
Location: Black Sheep Pizza, 600 Washington Avenue N
Tonight: Lake of Reflection
Paint Nite is invading bars and restaurants near you with everything you need to create a one-of-a-kind painting. We’ll guide you and your friends through two lively hours of creativity, drinking, and laughing ‘til your cheeks hurt. The best part? You don’t have to be an artist to have an amazing time.
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Locatioin: Whole Foods Market (222 Hennepin Ave,, Minneapolis)
Maker Mondays: Weaving Workshop
Want to learn how to weave your own wall tapestry? Get started by learning the basics of this fun, easy, and addictive craft. You’ll learn the weaving techniques to block color and develop shapes and patterns. We will also show you how to make tassels, how to take a finished project off the loom, and how to avoid common mistakes. We’ll supply everything you need to start weaving, including looms made from repurposed materials and vintage yarn. Light sips and snacks provided by our friends at Whole Foods. Parking for class guests is free and will be validated for up to four hours. Learn a craft, have a drink, AND make some new friends!
Time: 5 PM - 8 PM
Location: Loews Minneapolis Hotel, 601 1st Avenue N
Cochon555 - Epic Culinary Competition at Loews Minneapolis
With an all-star cast of chefs who specialize in whole animal cooking paired with farmers responsibly raising delicious heritage breed pigs, Cochon555 returns to Minneapolis on March 25. The all-inclusive feast hosted by the beautiful Loews Minneapolis Hotel will feature a hundred-plus prominent chefs, farmers, sommeliers, distillers, brewers and barkeeps all working in concert to create luxurious moments that educate the palate.
Cochon555 is proud to announce this year’s group of cutting-edge chefs from across the city, each cooking one whole heritage breed pig raised by a family farm. The competing chefs include Host Chef Tim Fischer of Loews Minneapolis Hotel, Daniel del Prado of Martina, Karyn Ann Tomlinson ofCorner Table, Russell Klein of Meritage, and Remy Pettus of BARDO. One week before the event, each chef receives a 200-pound heritage breed pig sustainably sourced from Hidden Stream Farm, Lucky George Farm, Spring Wolf Farms, YKer Acres, and Kerns Farm, respectively, to create a maximum of 6 dishes for competition. With dozens of bites from iconic local chefs, boutique distillers, and artisan winemakers, the event is akin to an epic tasting menu of heritage breed pork with endless beverage pairings enjoyed standing up.
To win the friendly competition for a cause, a chef’s menu must woo twenty celebrity judges with their “Judge’s Plate” scored on utilization; technique; and overall flavor and be voted “best bite of the day” by guests. The winning “Prince or Princess of Pork” in Minneapolis will advance to the national finale, Grand Cochon, a head-to-tail, winner-takes-all showdown for the crown in Chicago on September 30. Additionally, running in tandem are two satellite beverage competitions to complement the whole-animal tilt; Punch Kings, a whole bottle, large-format spirit competition featuring five top barkeeps in a hand-crafted punch challenge and Somm Smackdown, a face-off of five top sommeliers pairing the best wine with heritage pig.
Placing the spotlight on “knowing where your food comes from," each event features an educational whole animal butchery program called the Pop-Up Butcher Shop and Silent Auction to benefit charity. This year’s headlining all-star butcher is Scott Pampuch of Fulton Brewing. Together with gifts from chefs, sponsors and John Boos & Co., they will raise money to benefit Piggy Bank, a start-up farm in Missouri that serves as a kickstarter for new family farms and a safety net for those in the wake of a disaster (flood, fire and disease). As an accelerator, Piggy Bank supplies piglets to small farms in exchange for business plans that are posted online in the name of transparent “open-source agriculture.”
At any given event, over a hundred-plus cooks, chefs, restaurant and bar owners, renowned sommeliers and barkeeps, can be found working in concert to create luxurious moments. We work with every type of restaurant and bar imaginable – from farm-to-table to Michelin star - and all participating chefs share one core value: they source products responsibly. If you like tasty pig, our goal is to buy the "best breeds" from farmers doing it the "right way". Your support benefits our foundation project, Piggy Bank, a start-up farm in Missouri that serves as a kickstarter for new family farms and a safety net for those in the wake of a disaster (fire, flood, and disease).
SIGNATURE FOOD EXPERIENCE: Over 1500 Pounds of Heritage Pig, 5 Chefs Cooking Whole Hog, Cocina De La Familia aka Asador de Pastor pop-up, Starter Bar with Cures, Pates and Foie, Signature Cheese Bar, Luxe Butter Bar, Tartare Bar w. Antica Wines, Royal Oak "Dirty Steaks" Tasting, Swine & Sweets w. Perfect Puree, and Mike's Pie Pop-Up Pie Shop.
ELEVATED DRINK: Buffalo Trace Welcome Lounge, Five Winemaker’s Table, Somm Smackdown (VIP only), Punch Kings (VIP only), The Manhattan Project, Smoked Old Fashioned, Antica Wines and Tartare Bar, Angostura Original Bitter's Bar, Heritage Rum Cart, Wines of Germany Culinary Pop-Up, Tiki Bar, Italian Wine Showcase, Arrangement of Dry Sparkling Sodas, Topo Chico Secret of Mexico, Hand-Crafted Beer & Cider.
VIP FOOD - An extra hour of extravagance without waiting in line. Chefs will serve a preview of two dishes during the first hour.
VIP BEVERAGE - The first hour includes five barkeeps in bourbon punch competition called Punch Kings and guests enjoy reserve and allocated wines and spirits.
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Location: Mill City Museum, 704 South 2nd Street
Take an in-depth look at the historic Washburn A Mill complex and the award-winning Mill City Museum building. A guide will take visitors into the building's many nooks and crannies, highlighting the lives of the men and women who worked there, how the building functioned during its peak flour milling years, and the many changes to the building over time. This is the only opportunity for a guided tour through the entire museum building and the only chance to see some of its nonpublic spaces.
Tour highlights include:
The tour includes no more than 1 mile of moderately paced walking on uneven surfaces. Please call ahead to make arrangements for guests with limited mobility.
The Minnesota Endo March is the local Minnesota extension of the Worldwide Endometriosis March hosted and produced by the Minnesota Endo Warriors. March is endometriosis awareness month and on the last Saturday groups around the world gather to raise awareness and advocate for women with endometriosis.
11:00-11:30 am | Registration Open
11:30-12:00 pm | Alchemy-style warm-up class for all levels
12:00-12:45 pm | March from Alchemy across the Stone Arch Bridge
1:00-3:00 pm | Post-March Celebration
The celebration will be a “Happy Hour” style event with hosted hors-d’oeuvres, non-alcoholic beverages, beer, and wine. Local endometriosis specialists will have the opportunity to speak and women living with endometriosis can share their stories. This is a family-friendly event and all are welcome. The actual march will only be about 1/2 a mile.
What is Endo?
Endometriosis is a chronic disease that affects the lives of over 176 million women around the world. One in every ten women are affected by this disease where the inner lining of the uterus (the womb), called the endometrium, grows outside the uterus involving other organs. This can cause inflammation and severe pain. In addition, women who are diagnosed with endometriosis may have painful bladder syndrome, digestive or gastrointestinal symptoms similar to a bowel disorder, as well as fatigue, tiredness or lack of energy, pelvic pain, painful intercourse and infertility. The cause of endometriosis is still unknown although women have been suffering for centuries. On average it takes 9 years for women to receive a diagnosis of endometriosis and proper diagnosis requires laparoscopic surgery, which is a significant barrier to care. Recognizing the symptoms and advocating for their health, women face an uphill battle. The Minnesota Endo March is an opportunity to show these women that Minnesota cares.
The 5K begins at 8:45am and the 10 mile begins at 9:15am
Location: Boom Island
Pre-heat the oven and find your favorite flannel! The Hot Dash is back and better than ever! Run Minnesota's premier spring running event and celebrate with a BRAND NEW hotdish recipe at our top 10 U.S. post-race beer garden event on Saturday, March 24, 2018! Don't wait to register -- this event sells out! **Kid's sizing available!**
The Hot Dash is in Minneapolis, Minnesota, returning to flannel-friendly Northeast Minneapolis! Everyone is welcome to join our Finish Festival, hosted at Boom Island Park from 9 - 11 a.m.
Time: 10:00am - 1:00pm
Location: Winter Markets are held inside the Mill City Museum, 704 S 2nd Street
Additional Mill City Farmers Market 2017-2018 Winter Market dates:
Future dates: April 14, 28
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