May 2, 2104, Friday - Midwest Photo Safari "The St. Anthony Falls Heritage Trail on the Minneapolis Riverfront"

The St. Anthony Falls Heritage Trail on the Minneapolis Riverfront 

Midwest Photo Safari # 1 - The St. Anthony Falls Heritage Trail on the Minneapolis Riverfront

Join us near downtown Minneapolis on St. Anthony Main and the west downtown riverfront district to photograph the sites of the St. Anthony Falls Heritage Trail. This is a 2-3 hour safari running 3 days a week, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday. Morning sessions 7:30 AM to 10 AM and afternoon NOON  till 2:30 PM. Sunday hours 9 AM till 11:30 AM.

Our Morning and Sunday session takes place on the EAST BANK (St. Anthony Main side) of the Heritage Trail. Highlghts include:

The Ard Godfrey House in Chute Park - Our Lady of Lourdes Church - Nicollet Island Historic Area  - The Third Avenue Bridge - Old Saint Anthony Neighborhood - Water Power Park - The Historic Pillsbury "A" Mill

The Afternoon  session takes place on the WEST BANK (Minneapolis side) of the Heritage Trail. Highlghts include these attractions:

The West end of the Stone Arch Bridge - Mill Ruins Park - The Public Lobbies of the Guthrie Theatre and Mill City Museum located at the site of the historic Washburn Crosby Flour Mill. Gold Medal Park - The I35W Bridge Memorial Site

Your tour directors and photographer/guides will provide you with the best exposure, angles, and composition tips. While we walk, your guides provide some  historical facts about this interesting area.  You are sure to come away with compelling images of your visit to this historically significant, and photographically popular, Minneapolis area.

Pricing for this Safari is $95.00 (tax included, not including gratuity)

May 2, 2014, Friday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 9:00pm $15

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Tonight: Ray Bonneville

Future Friday nights in May:

Nolan John
May 9 @ 9:00 pm - 11:00 pm
|$8

Dick Kimmel and Company
May 16 @ 9:00 pm - 11:00 pm
|$10

Tom Lieberman
May 23 @ 9:00 pm - 11:00 pm
|$10

Falderals CD Release
May 30 @ 9:00 pm - 11:00 pm
|$10

May 2, 2014, Friday - Mentor Series: Mary Rockcastle at The Loft

Time: 7:00pm

Location: The Loft at Open Book (Performance Hall), 1011 Washington Ave S

Mentor Series: Mary Rockcastle
 
The 2013–14 Loft Mentor Series in Poetry and Creative Prose presents fiction mentor Mary Rockcastle reading along with program participants Maureen Fischer (fiction) and Ember Johnson (nonfiction).

Mary Francois Rockcastle is the author of the novels In Caddis Wood and Rainy Lake, both published by Graywolf Press and nominated for Minnesota Book Awards. Rainy Lake earned a “Best Book for the Teen Age” by the New York Public Library. Her awards include a Bush Foundation Fellowship, a Loft-McKnight Award of Distinction in prose, and the Stanley Lindbergh Award for Excellence in Literary Publishing. She is Director of The Creative Writing Programs at Hamline University and founding and executive editor of Water~Stone Review.
 
Maureen Fischer has published a short story in the anthology, Once Upon a Crime. Another of her short stories won Honorable Mention in the 78th Annual Writers Digest Writing Competition. Currently, she is working on her first novel, Kisangani Mother, set in modern day Democratic Republic of Congo. She is a former United Press International reporter and also spent fifteen years as an advertising copywriter. She now runs her own freelance marketing business.
 
Ember Johnson lives in lovely Lake City, Minnesota where she raises two amazing children and writes. In her earlier years she worked on a dock in Alaska, worked as a land surveyor, and even owned a small goat farm. So far she's been published in Georgetown Review and is currently working on a memoir.

May 1, 2014, Thursday - 501F1T Anniversary & Client Showcase Celebration

Time: 5:00pm to 8:00pm

Location: 501F1T, 501 S. Washington Avenue, 3rd Floor    
   
501F1T cordially invites you to celebrate the kick-off of YEAR 7.  Hard to believe but 6 years down and many more awesome years to come.  The theme of the evening will be to feature a few of the many talented 501FIT clients.  You will be entertained by the piano skills of George Maurer & Tim DePrey, as well as, Hudson's mysterious magic. A can't miss line-up!
 
Appetizers by D'Amico Catering.
Phil Martens will share the Future of G-Werx®
501FIT MAY perform a Fitness Musical Parody
Beer/wine sampling (source TBD)
Opportunity to socialize, get to know clients
 
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May 1, 2014, Thursday - THE THREEPENNY OPERA at the Southern Theater (4 nights)

Show Dates and Times:
Thursday, May 1 @ 8pm
Friday, May 2 @ 8pm
Saturday, May 3 @ 8pm
Sunday, May 4 @ 2pm

Location: Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Avenue South

Frank Theatre presents THE THREEPENNY OPERA, the groundbreaking 1928 musical theatre piece by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill that paved the way for the modern musical theatre. Featuring a score that includes one of the most widely recorded songs of the 20th century, "Mack The Knife." Set just before the coronation of the Queen, the plot centers on the escapades of the scoundrel Macheath who has swagger, a silver tongue and a way with the ladies. When Macheath marries the respectable and virginal Polly Peachum, the daughter of the merchant J.J. Peachum, a battle ensues, threatening to disrupt the underground economy fueled by Mr. and Mrs. Peachum. A series of betrayals and briberies lead to Macheath's public hanging, interrupted at the last minute by an over-the-top reprieval from the Queen. This satire of the decadence of 1928 Wiemar Germany and capitalist society about to collapse on itself is just as timely, horrifying and outrageously funny as it was upon its premiere.

THREEPENNY features a stellar cast, with Bradley Greenwald as Macheath, Gary Briggle as Mr. Peachum, Janis Hardy as Mrs. Peachum, Vern Sutton as the Street Singer, Molly Sue McDonald as Jenny, Suzie Juul as Polly Peachum, Kira Lace Kawkins as Lucy Brown, Jim Ramlet as Tiger Brown, and Laura Adams, Marisa Asp, Joe Botten, Adara Bryan, Tessa Flynn, Zach Garcia, Shavunda Horsley, Jen Maren, Elisa Pluhar, James Rodriguez and Grant Sorenson in a delightful assemblage of whores, gang members and other salacious characters. THREEPENNY is directed by Wendy Knox, with Musical Direction by Sonja Thompson, Choreography by Wynn Fricke, Set Design by Joe Stanley, Costume Design by Kathy Kohl, Lighting Design by Karin Olson, Sound Design by Sean Healey, Dramaturgy by Steve Matuszak and Stage Managed by Spency Putney.

Ticketing Info:
Tickets $25
Purchase tickets online via BrownPaperTickets.com

More Information:
More info can be found on Frank Theatre's website
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Call (612) 724-3760 or email admin@franktheatre.org

May 1, 2014, Thursday - Milwaukee Avenue: Community Building in Minneapolis, with author Robert Roscoe at Mill City Museum

Time: 7:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 2nd Street South

Milwaukee Avenue: Community Building in Minneapolis, with author Robert Roscoe

Fee: Free 

Join author Robert Roscoe for an illustrated presentation based on his new book "Milwaukee Avenue: Community Building in Minneapolis." In the 1970s, a politically savvy and hardworking neighborhood organization, the Seward West Project Area Committee, stopped a proposed plan which would have demolished all of the houses on Milwaukee Avenue, houses that are now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Built in the 1880s, many of these houses were the very first homes in Minneapolis. Milwaukee Avenue offers a unique look at how determined citizens saved their neighborhood in a decade that changed history. After his talk Roscoe will sign copies of his book which can be purchased in the Mill City Museum store.

Robert Roscoe has been involved in historic preservation activism and architectural planning for the Seward West neighborhood. He owns Design for Preservation, a residential design practice.

May 1, 2014, Thursday - DMNA Board Meeting at Central Library

Time: 6:00pm

Location: Central Public Library, Room N-202, 300 Nicollet Mall

Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Association

May 1, 2014, Thursday - First Thursdays in the Arts District at Northrup King Building

Time: 5:00pm - 9:00pm

Location: Northrup King Building, 1500 Jackson Street NE (see below for full list of studios)

First Thursdays in the Arts District

First Thursdays in the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District is an Open Studio and Gallery Tour held the first Thursday of each month. Many NEMAA member artists and galleries (including a multitude of painters, sculptors, printmakers, photographers, ceramists, textile and fiber artists, jewelers, and furniture showrooms) open their studios at the Northrup King Building located in the heart of the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District.

Stop by the Red Stag Supper Club after First Thursday for late night music. The Red Stag Supper Club features Happy Hour 3pm - close and late night music at 10:00 PM. Pick up a wooden nickel for a free drink at the Red Stag Supper Club during First Thursday while supplies last. The Red Stag Supper Club is located at 509 1st Avenue NE, Minneapolis.

Other Open Studios from 5:00 - 9:00 PM at:
•California Building, 2205 California St. NE, Minneapolis
•Casket Arts Building, 681 17th Avenue NE, Minneapolis
•Casket Arts-Carriage House , 1720 17th Avenue NE, Minneapolis
•Grain Belt Studios, 77 & 79 13th Ave. S., Minneapolis
•Q.arma Building , 1224 Quincy St NE, Avenue NE, Minneapolis
•Solar Arts Building, 711 15th Ave. NE, Minneapolis
•Thorp Building , 1618 Central Avenue NE, Minneapolis
•Two 12 Pottery and Gifts - We will offer our usual store discount, and on top of that, all books are 20% off including books on sale! 212 13th Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413, 612.331.1556, two12pottery@yahoo.com
•Who Made Who Design Studio + Screenprint Emporium, 158 13th Ave. NE, Minneapolis

First Thursday Specials
•First Thursdays at the Red Stag Supperclub featuring Happy Hour 3pm - close and late night music at 10pm. 509 1st Avenue NE, Minneapolis.
•First Thursdays at Chowgirls Parlor, 6-11 PM
We open our doors to welcome all, especially those participating in First Thursdays in the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District. 1222 2nd Street N.E.

http://www.northeastminneapolisartsdistrict.com