May 19, 2013, Sunday - Winning Recipes from the Pillsbury Bake-Off at Mill City Museum

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 South Second Street

Time: 2:00pm

Fee: Programs included with museum admission of $11 adults, $9 seniors and college students, $6 children ages 6-17; free for MHS members.

See how history is revealed in a demonstration of Chocolate Cherry Bars, a Bake-Off winning recipe from 1974. Learn about the 60-year history of the Pillsbury Bake-Off, sample treats, get baking tips and take home a copy of the recipe.

May 19, 2013, Sunday - NEMAA's 18th Annual Art-A-Whirl

2013 Dates and Hours:
Friday, May 17th - 5:00-10:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 18th - Noon-8:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 19th - Noon-5:00 p.m.

Sponsored by the Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association (NEMAA), Art-A-Whirl is the largest open studio tour in the country. It’s a great opportunity to tour private artist studios and galleries, connect with the artists, and purchase original artwork.

This event is free and open to the public.

Explore
Tour more than 70 locations throughout Northeast Minneapolis, including studio buildings, art galleries, homes, storefronts, businesses, and restaurants.

Plan your visit with NEMAA's Artist Directory and Guide, which includes information about the NEMAA artists, a map of Northeast Minneapolis and the Art-A-Whirl locations, a dining guide, and more. Pick up your free copy of the Artist Directory and Guide at the information booths during Art-A-Whirl, or starting April 17 at the California Building, Casket Arts Building, Keg House Arts Building, Northrup King Building, or Thorp Building in Northeast Minneapolis.

Pick up an Artist Directory and Guide or download the 2013 Art-A-Whirl map.

May 19, 2013, Sunday - Crime and Pun-Ishment Murder Mystery at Old Spaghetti Factory

Time: 5:00pm

Location: Old Spaghetti Factory, 233 Park Avenue (and Washington Avenue South)

Crime and Pun-Ishment

Step back in time to the era of gangsters and their molls. Minneapolis, grab your beaded frocks and pin striped suits and brace yourselves for this "roaring twenties" style murder mystery. Un-organized crimes prevail in The Murder Mystery Company's award winning show, Crime and Pun-ishment. Bring your friends, family and don't forget your detective skills to help solve the case!

Information and tickets.

Upcoming dates:

May 24, 2013 @ 7:00pm
May 26, 2013 @ 5:00pm
June 9, 2013 @ 7:00pm

May 18, 2013, Saturday - Downstairs Mixup Live Karaoke at Crooked Pint

Time: 9:00pm

Location: Crooked Pint Ale House, 501 Washington Avenue South

Tonight: Downstairs Mixup plays music comprised of funk, rock and pop music ranging from the 60's to modern day hits. DSMU will soon be your favorite live karaoke band – if they're not already!

Here's how it works!
Show up 1 hr before show time and sign up for a song off our list, when its your song in our 1st set of the night you sing with us, DSMU.

Bad with lyrics?
Don't worry we'll have 'em all ready for you, just in case. Check here or at shows as our list is always growing and we are open to suggestions as well.

May 18, 2013, Saturday - Children’s and Young Adult Literature Conference at The Loft (2 days)

Tme: See Schedule

Location: The Loft, Performance Hall, 1011 Washington Avenue South

Children’s and Young Adult Literature Conference

May 18 – 19

Children’s and young adult literature is the hottest market in publishing right now, but what makes these stories so compelling and successful? How does an aspiring author wade his or her way through all the age groups, publishing options and content ideas and still write a good story?

The Loft’s Children’s and Young Adult Literature Conference will help attendees answer these questions while connecting fellow writers through tracks on the subjects of craft, picture books, middle grade and young adult, and publishing and career. Keynotes David Small, Sarah Stewart and Donna Bray will be complemented by other talented writers for children including Swati Avasthi, William Alexander, Barbara DaCosta, Kelly Barnhill, Heather Bouwman, Lynne Jonell, Bryan Bliss, Steve Brezenoff, Georgia Greeley, Pat Schmatz and Kurtis Scaletta.

Cost: $250 ($225 for Loft members).

May 18, 2013, Saturday - Taste Twin Cities Food Tours Minneapolis Riverwalk Tour

Time: 11:00am - 2:00pm

Location: Begins at Gold Medal Park (10th Avenue South & 2nd Street South), next to the Guthrie Theater - ends in Northeast Minneapolis

Hungry for an off-the-beaten path Minneapolis food experience? Join us as we explore one of the city's trendy and historical neighborhoods, Mill District and St. Anthony on Main in Northeast Minneapolis. You'll enjoy the afternoon sampling food at the first Thai restaurant in Minnesota, drinking local Minnesota brewed beer at the oldest restaurant in Minneapolis, and enjoy a local favorite - the cheese curds. You'll also enjoy mouth-watering pasta located in the historical Chase building, fresh baked European style bread at a local Farmers Market, home-made gelato, and lip smacking BBQ sliders from a historical restaurant that once operated as a mattress company.

Along with sampling food we will also visit the Mill City Museum, stroll by the Guthrie, and enjoy gorgeous views of St. Anthony Falls as we walk along the Stone Arch Bridge into historical St. Anthony on Main. You'll learn about the history of both these neighborhoods including a stroll along the oldest street in Minneapolis. You'll taste and chat with other food-loving guests, and leave the tour with an appreciation for these distinct neighborhoods that most tourist never see!

Reservations.

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May 18, 2013, Saturday - Washburn A Mill Tour at Mill City Museum

Times: 1:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 2nd Street South

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

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

Take an in-depth look at the historic Washburn A Mill complex and the award-winning Mill City Museum building. A museum interpreter 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 non-public spaces. The tour includes admission to the museum gallery, Baking Lab, Water Lab and Flour Tower show.

May 18, 2013, Saturday - Guthrie Theater / YMCA Play Care! for Nice Fish

Time: All performances begin at 1:00pm, child care drop off begins at 12:30pm

Location: Guthrie Theater, 818 2nd Street South

Bring your children (ages 4 to 11) to the Guthrie's Level Eight Education Suite where they will explore a variety of activities developed and led by qualified and trusted YMCA child care professionals. All activities are tailored to your child's age (ages 4 & 5, 6 & 7, 8 & 9, 10 & 11), including movement, arts & crafts, games and more. Once they're settled in, head downstairs, take your seat and prepare to be entertained!

Additional 2013 Play Care Dates (advance reservations are required):

• Saturday, June 1, 1 p.m. - The Primrose Path
• Saturday, June 15, 1 p.m. - The Primrose Path
• Saturday, July 13, 1 p.m. - Clybourne Park
• Saturday, July 27, 1 p.m. - Clybourne Park
• Saturday, August 17, 1 p.m. - Born Yesterday
• Saturday, August 24, 1 p.m. - Born Yesterday

To purchase, call the Guthrie Box Office at 612-377-2224 or order in person at the Guthrie Box Office.

May 18, 2013, Saturday - NEMAA's 18th Annual Art-A-Whirl

2013 Dates and Hours:
Friday, May 17th - 5:00-10:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 18th - Noon-8:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 19th - Noon-5:00 p.m.

Sponsored by the Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association (NEMAA), Art-A-Whirl is the largest open studio tour in the country. It’s a great opportunity to tour private artist studios and galleries, connect with the artists, and purchase original artwork.

This event is free and open to the public.

Explore
Tour more than 70 locations throughout Northeast Minneapolis, including studio buildings, art galleries, homes, storefronts, businesses, and restaurants.

Plan your visit with NEMAA's Artist Directory and Guide, which includes information about the NEMAA artists, a map of Northeast Minneapolis and the Art-A-Whirl locations, a dining guide, and more. Pick up your free copy of the Artist Directory and Guide at the information booths during Art-A-Whirl, or starting April 17 at the California Building, Casket Arts Building, Keg House Arts Building, Northrup King Building, or Thorp Building in Northeast Minneapolis.

Pick up an Artist Directory and Guide or download the 2013 Art-A-Whirl map.

May 18, 2013, Saturday - Coffee 101 - Cupping Coffee Class at Local D'Lish

Time: Noon-2:00pm

Location: Local D'Lish, 208 N 1st Street

Coffee 101 - Cupping Coffee

Instructor: Teresa Townsend

You’ve tried wine tastings. How about a coffee tasting? Join Teresa from True Stone Coffee Roasters for a unique opportunity to cup some of our finest coffees in their purest form. Learn how to taste the nuances in a great cup using the industry’s proven method for identifying quality coffee. Get a better understanding of the drink’s complex flavors by tasting coffee from around the globe with different processing methods and roast profiles. This is a great opportunity for coffee lovers and those new to the drink as well. Work in coffee? Let us know; coffee professionals are eligible for a 10% discount!

If you have particular questions about the class itself, please contact the instructor at teresa@truestonecoffee.com.

May 17, 2013, Friday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 9:00pm Cover: $10

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Tonight: Tom Lieberman

May 17, 2013, Friday - Mentor Series Reading: David Small at The Loft

Tme: 7:00pm

Location: The Loft, Performance Hall, 1011 Washington Avenue South

Mentor Series Reading: David Small

The 2012-2013 Loft Mentor Series in Poetry and Creative Prose presents nonfiction mentor David Small reading along with program participants Ruby Pediangco (fiction) and Lin Salisbury (nonfiction).
 
Ruby Pediangco is the wife of an exceedingly supportive husband and together they have two very bright and funny children. An attorney by training, she works as the Director of Planned Giving for the Minnesota Orchestra. She began writing stories in her 1981 Judy Blume Diary and has continued writing in her spare time ever since. Her goal is to have a story published in a literary journal to share with her kids one day.
 
Lin Salisbury holds a BA from the University of Minnesota in Creative Writing. Her work has appeared in Snowshoemag.com, Minnesota Memories, and Fourth Genre. She is a Community Relations Manager for Barnes & Noble.
 
David Small was born and raised in Detroit. He earned an MFA from the Yale Graduate School of Art. He has illustrated over 40 picture books and has received the Caldecott Medal and The Christopher Medal. His graphic memoir, Stitches, was a finalist for the 2009 National Book Award. Stitches tells the story of Small's journey from sickly child to cancer patient, to the troubled teen who made a risky decision to run away from home at sixteen—with nothing more than the dream of becoming an artist. He and his wife, author Sarah Stewart, make their home in a historic manor house in southwest Michigan.
 
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

May 17, 2013, Friday - (Anti) Wrecking Ball at The Soap Factory

Time: 7:00pm-10:30pm

Location: The Soap Factory, 518 Second St. SE

The Preservation Alliance of Minnesota is excited to return to the Soap Factory this year for the fourth annual (Anti)Wrecking Ball. This is a FREE event!
 
Come on out, you’ll have an opportunity to participate in a great raffle, win door prizes (if you pre-register), hear some live acoustic music, participate in preservation-themed carnival games, grab beer and wine at our (Anti)Wrecking Bar and a local food truck will have food for purchase. The added bonus is that this is also the first night of Art-A-Whirl and the Soap Factory gallery will be open as well. This is a great opportunity to combine your support for local artists and your favorite historic preservation organization.
 
Register  While you are welcome to show up at the door, we encourage all to pre-register so that you are entered into a drawing for door prizes. Each attendee should register separately so that all can be included in the drawing. We’ve got great door prizes including Mill City Museum tickets as well as our Booze Wall. For those of you less familiar with the concept, this is how it works: We have roughly 75 items ranging from bottles of wine to liquor or gift cards, our attendees put in $10, pull a cork and that cork has a number that corresponds with an item. Hopefully you’ll participate!

May 17, 2013, Friday - Treasures from the Stacks: An Evening to Benefit the Children’s Library at Central Library

Time:  5:00pm – 7:00pm

Location: Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall

The Friends of the Minneapolis Central Library are hosting an opportunity to see rare and historic items at a special behind the scenes tour and fund-raising event on May 17. The proceeds from the event will support the Children’s Library initiative on Early Literacy and School Readiness. Donations will help purchase developmental toys and furniture that foster exploration and fun by creating an interactive environment where children can learn, create and play.

The tour will highlight such items as the Kittleson WWII Collection, the Hoag Mark Twain Collection as well as other one-of-a kind treasures. A stop in the Children’s Library will also be included for a look at the programs and activities that promote Early Literacy and School Readiness.

Wine & Hors d’oeuvres

Maria Jette and Dan Chouinard

Admission: $35 - Respond By May 1

For registration information, contact minneapoliscentral@supporthclib.org

May 17, 2013, Friday - Opening Reception for Directed: The Intersection of Book, Film and Visual Narrative at MCBA

Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm

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

Directed: The Intersection of Book, Film and Visual Narrative
May 17 - August 4, 2013

Opening reception: Friday, May 17; 6-9pm
Book Art Biennial and The MCBA Prize Gala: Saturday, July 27

Directed: The Intersection of Book, Film and Visual Narrative explores in depth the common territory of two engaging artistic practices: book arts and film. Historically as well as in contemporary practice, artists blur and perforate the boundaries between these two disciplines, both of which share a foundation of sequential visual narrative.

Work by over 70 artists will be featured, representing a diverse cross-section of contemporary work from across disciplines and around the world. The exhibition also includes many influential artists' books from the Walker Art Center's Rosemary Furtak Collection, including works by Ed Ruscha, Jim Goldberg, Marcel Broodthaers, John Baldessari, Andy Warhol, Christian Boltanski, Bruce Nauman, Michael Snow, Mason Douglas Williams, Gilbert & George, and Annette Messager. Directed is presented as part of Book Art Biennial 2013.

Directed is presented as part of MCBA's 2013 Book Art Biennial. Through workshops, lectures, conversations and exhibitions, MCBA’s Book Art Biennial invites artists, educators, curators and scholars to explore current issues in contemporary artists’ books. The centerpiece of the Book Art Biennial is the presentation of The MCBA Prize. This award is the first to recognize book art from across the field and around the world, celebrating the incredible diversity of this vital artform. Submission guidelines for The MCBA Prize competition will be released in early 2013. For more information, visit our Biennial or MCBA Prize webpages.

May 17, 2013, Friday - NEMAA's 18th Annual Art-A-Whirl

2013 Dates and Hours:
Friday, May 17th - 5:00-10:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 18th - Noon-8:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 19th - Noon-5:00 p.m.

Sponsored by the Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association (NEMAA), Art-A-Whirl is the largest open studio tour in the country. It’s a great opportunity to tour private artist studios and galleries, connect with the artists, and purchase original artwork.
 
This event is free and open to the public.

Explore
Tour more than 70 locations throughout Northeast Minneapolis, including studio buildings, art galleries, homes, storefronts, businesses, and restaurants.

Plan your visit with NEMAA's Artist Directory and Guide, which includes information about the NEMAA artists, a map of Northeast Minneapolis and the Art-A-Whirl locations, a dining guide, and more. Pick up your free copy of the Artist Directory and Guide at the information booths during Art-A-Whirl, or starting April 17 at the California Building, Casket Arts Building, Keg House Arts Building, Northrup King Building, or Thorp Building in Northeast Minneapolis.

Pick up an Artist Directory and Guide or download the 2013 Art-A-Whirl map.

May 16, 2013, Thursday - East Downtown Council Luncheon

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

Location:  First Covenant Church - Fellowship Hall - 810 South 7th Street

You are cordially invited to join the East Downtown Council membership and constituents for the May Business Forum.  The event will take place on Thursday, May 16, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., at First Covenant Church, in the Fellowship Hall. 
 
This month's business forum is the Elliot Park and Downtown East business community’s opportunity to get an up close look at the new Vikings stadium design.  Guest speakers include Michele Kelm-Helgen from the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority, along with representatives from the Minnesota Vikings. 

Agenda

11:30 a.m. to Noon – Registration and Lunch

Noon to 1:00 p.m. –  EDC Update followed by Michele Kelm-Helgen's presentation on the new Vikings stadium design.

Please RSVP to EDC Executive Coordinator Christie Rock Hantge by Tuesday, May 14, 2013, to info@edcmpls.org, or 612-359-0601.

For more information on the Washington Avenue / County Road 152 Reconstruction project, please visit the Hennepin County project Web site.

May 16, 2013, Thursday - Celebration of Spring at MacPhail

(RSPV to Cindy Hall-Duran at 612-767-5313 or hall.cindy@macphail.org by May 9.)

May 16, 2013, Thursday - New Exhibit Opening at Mill City Museum

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 South Second Street

Opening Exhibit:  We Are Still Here: Photographs of the American Indian Movement

Opens May 16, 2013 We Are Still Here: Photographs of the American Indian Movement The American Indian Movement, founded in 1968 in Minneapolis, burst into that turbulent time with passion, anger and radical acts of resistance. Spurred by the Civil Rights movement, Native people began to protest the decades—centuries—of corruption, racism and abuse they had endured. They argued for political, social, and cultural change and they got attention.

The photographs of activist Dick Bancroft, a key documentarian of AIM, provide a stunningly intimate view of this major piece of American history from 1970 to 1981. The unofficial photographer of AIM since 1970, Bancroft joined them for key events such as the takeovers of federal buildings, the founding of survival schools in the Twin Cities, the Wounded Knee trials, The Longest Walk of Survival and bringing American Indian voices to the United Nations. The exhibit will include photographs from the book and as well as unpublished images.

May 15, 2013, Wednesday - 2013 Hennepin County Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony at City Hall

Time: 11:30am

Location: Minneapolis City Hall Rotunda, 350 S 5th Street

You are invited to attend the 2013 Hennepin County Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony.

The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office & Minneapolis Police Department will honor fallen law enforcement officers.  The ceremony takes place every year during National Police Week.  The names of the fallen from law enforcement agencies from throughout Hennepin County are announced and a bell is rung for each officer.