November 16, 2010, Tuesday - Guthrie's "Give to the Max Day"

MAXIMIZE YOUR GIVING TO THE GUTHRIE ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16

How satisfying would it be to help the Guthrie Theater win $1,000 just by making a tax-deductible gift of $10 bucks or more?

How about turning your Guthrie donation into a $10,000 or even $20,000 award?

This is the power you have on Tuesday, November 16, on Give to the Max Day. 
By contributing to the Guthrie online at GiveMN.org on November 16, between 12am – 11:59pm, your gift will be matched and you may qualify the Guthrie to win more than $20,000 in additional funds provided by GiveMN. 
 
Why give to the Guthrie on give to the max day:

• Your Donations Will Be Doubled.
• To inspire your support on November 16, Joe Dowling & Siobhan Cleary joined with Guthrie Board Member Polly Grose and several anonymous donors to match all contributions, dollar for dollar, up to $100,000. Your gift of $50 becomes $100. Your gift of $500 becomes $1,000.
• You Could Be The Guthrie’s “Golden Ticket”.
  Throughout the 24-hour Give to the Max Day event, one donor will be chosen at random every hour to have $1,000 added to their charitable donation. This could be you. Hint: If you’re a night owl or an early bird, give between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m. to further increase your chances of earning a $1,000 award for the Guthrie!
• You Can Win The Guthrie The Grand Prize.
  A $20,000 and $10,000 grant will be awarded to the two Twin Cities nonprofits that attract the most donors on November 16. Every donation counts. You can help the Guthrie make it to the top by making your own donation and encouraging others to give just $10 or more at GiveMN.org. 
• Your Giving Matters To The Guthrie. A Lot.
  Your gift, combined with the support of other donors and these potential additional funds, will go a long way in sustaining the high-quality theater you and nearly half a million others enjoy at the Guthrie each year. You will also help provide the Guthrie with resources necessary for exploring new artistic and educational opportunities, assuring that the Guthrie’s work is continually compelling, innovative and of national significance.

Novmeber 15, 2010, Monday - Live Telecast of JAY-Z at Central Library

Time: 6:00pm

Location: Central Library, Pohlad Hall
 
A live telecast of one of the most prolific artists of our time being interviewed by Cornel West, direct from the New York Public Library, discussing his first book, "Decoded," -- a narrative journey through the lyrics and his life. A limited number of autographed books will be available for purchase.

Visit or call 952.847.8107 for more information.

Presented in partnership with the Presented by the Library Foundation of Hennepin County and Magers and Quinn Booksellers.

November 15, 2010, Monday - American Red Cross Blood Donor Center Open

Location: American Red Cross Minneapolis Blood Dononation Center, 1201 West River Parkway

Time: 10:45am-5:15pm

Donation Types: Blood

Phone: 800-448-3543

November 15, 2010, Monday - Stuart D’Rozario at the Guthrie

Time: 7:30pm

Location: McGuire Proscenium Stage at the Guthrie

With Special Guest: Lynhurst

Critics have called Stuart D’Rozario “hands-down one of the best songwriters in the Twin Cities.” Now he returns to the Guthrie to promote and release his third album The Radio In My Head. Stuart D’Rozario will bring along his allstar Minneapolis band which includes Tommy Barbarella, Jim Anton, George McKelvey, Peter Schimke, Ken Chastain and Noah Levy. “The Radio In My Head is a celebration so lush and joyous it just might burst.” – Andrea Swensson, music editor, City Pages. Artist proceeds from the concert will benefit Free Arts Minnesota – a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing the healing powers of artistic expression into the lives of abused, neglected and at-risk children.

www.songsaboutnow.net

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November 14, 2010, Sunday - Jazz Off the Charts at MacPhail Center for Music

Time: 7:00pm 

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

Join the Copper Street Brass Quintet and the Bryan Nichols Quintet as they walk the line between planned charts and improvisation, performing many original compositions and new takes on classics. This jazz will flow from melodic to moody and adventurous, as the musicians embrace the risks
of making improvised music.

Copper Street Brass Quintet: Allison Hall, trumpet; Corbin Dillon, trumpet; Timothy Bradley, French horn; Alex Wolff, trombone; Stefan Kac, tuba.

Bryan Nichols Quintet: Bryan Nichols, piano; Sean Carey, drums; Brandon Wozniak, saxophones; Mike Lewis, saxophones; James Buckley, bass.

November 13, 2010, Saturday - Discover Saturday: Minnesota Black Bears at the Children's Library

Time: 2–4 p.m.

Location:  Children's Library at Minneapolis Central Library
 
For kids in kindergarten and up. Black bears roar to life as Bell Museum of Natural History interpreters demonstrate winter survival techniques, bear behavior and bear family structure. Museum educators will "transform" you into a bear with props that illustrate adaptations.

Funded by the Library Foundation of Hennepin County.

November 13, 2010, Saturday - Cowboy Versus Samurai Opens at the Guthrie

In the Dowling Studio at the Guthrie, a Mu Performing Arts production of Cowboy Versus Samurai by Michael Golamco, directed by Randy Reyes.

The lives of the only two Asian Americans in the tiny town of Breakneck, Wyoming, are turned upside down when the beautiful Veronica Lee, a Korean American teacher from New York City, moves to town. Cowboy Versus Samurai is a romantic comedy that re-imagines the Cyrano de Bergerac story in which the nose is race. This production features actors Sun Mee Chomet (Macbeth), Kurt Kwan (who played the father in last year's Yellow Face) and Sherwin Resurreccion (M. Butterfly).

November 13, 2010, Saturday - Guest Chef: Shefzilla, Stewart Woodman at Mill City Museum

Time: 1:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum Baking Lab, 704 South 2nd Street

Acclaimed chef Stewart Woodman will visit the Baking Lab for a cooking demonstration of a recipe featured in his new book, "Shefzilla: Conquering Haute Cuisine at Home," newly published by MHS Press. Woodman trained under some of the world’s most celebrated chefs before striking out on his own in Minneapolis. In 2006, Food&Wine named him one of America’s “Best New Chefs," and this year he was named a semifinalist for Best Chef: Midwest by the prestigious James Beard Foundation. After the demonstration, the book will be available for purchase and Woodman will sign copies.

Cost: Program included with museum admission of $10 adults, $8 seniors and college students, $5 children ages 6-17; free for MHS members.

November 13, 2010, Saturday - Volunteer Biennial: A Very Much More Opening Reception at the Soap Factory

Time: 7:00pm–11:00pm

Location: Soap Factory, 518 Second Street SE

The Soap Factory’s 2010 Volunteer Biennial, A Very Much More, opens on Saturday, November 13.  The show will feature a variety of exciting new artwork from emerging artists among the Soap Factory's large volunteer force.  52 individual artists and collaborative groups have responded to this year’s theme:  "New and old, everyday and exotic, scrapped together and manufactured, a beautiful mess of things collect and gather, swapping their pasts for new purpose."  A Very Much More will showcase over 60 selected works including installation, painting, video and sculpture.

The Soap Factory relies heavily on its volunteer force of over 300, many of whom are artists. Most Soap Factory initiatives and exhibitions, including the popular Haunted Basement, rely heavily on volunteer support, creativity, wit and sweat. The Volunteer Biennial is no exception, as it is curated, designed, organized and installed completely by a committee of volunteers.

The exhibit and opening reception are free and open to the public. The exhibit runs November 13 - December 5.

November 13, 2010, Saturday - Lionel Popkin: There is an Elephant in This Dance at the Southern Theater

Time: 8:00pm

Location: The Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Avenue South

Featuring dancers Carolyn Hall, Ishmael Houston-Jones, Lionel Popkin and Morgan Thorson.

Vividly imagined and adroitly executed, There is an Elephant in This Dance abounds with choreographic eloquence, clever direction and thematic layering. By turns funny, uncanny and disquieting, the work plays off an overlarge elephant costume to suggest how an individual body can hold multiple histories and align itself with divergent cultural identities. Popkin is an alumnus of the Trisha Brown Dance Company. Original score by Robert Een.

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November 13, 2010, Saturday - How'd They Do That Workshop: The 39 Steps at the Guthrie

Time: 9:00am

Location: McGuire Proscenium Stage at the Guthrie

What was the inspiration for the set? Was the play rewritten in rehearsals? Aren't those wigs itchy? Through these eye-opening workshops, you can learn how the Guthrie's artists and staff create a production - from early development and designs to rehearsal, costume fittings and staging of the play.

Panel guests include:
Amelia Cheever, The 39 Steps costume designer
Trevor Long, assistant production manager
Sean McArdle, interim associate prop manager
Joel Sass, The 39 Steps director
Jim Lichtscheidl, The 39 Steps cast member

Cost:  $15 per person

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November 12, 2010, Friday - Lionel Popkin: There is an Elephant in This Dance at the Southern Theater

Time: 8:00pm

Location: The Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Avenue South

Featuring dancers Carolyn Hall, Ishmael Houston-Jones, Lionel Popkin and Morgan Thorson.

Vividly imagined and adroitly executed, There is an Elephant in This Dance abounds with choreographic eloquence, clever direction and thematic layering. By turns funny, uncanny and disquieting, the work plays off an overlarge elephant costume to suggest how an individual body can hold multiple histories and align itself with divergent cultural identities. Popkin is an alumnus of the Trisha Brown Dance Company. Original score by Robert Een.

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November 11, 2010, Thursday - Baby Storytime at Minneapolis Central Library

Time: 10:00am

Location:  Children's Library at Minneapolis Central Library

Thursdays through November 18, 2010. For children from birth to 24 months. Delight and stimulate your baby's senses with books and music. Build brain power.

November, 11, 2010, Thursday - Opening reception at Open Book: Coffee House and Toothpaste Press: From Letterpress to E-book

Time: 6:45pm

Location: 1011 Washington Avenue South

MCBA is pleased to host an exhibition celebrating over 25 years of Minneapolis-based Coffee House Press and its letterpress predecessor Toothpaste Press, founded by Allan Kornblum. See how Coffee House Press has grown from a small mimeographed poetry magazine called Toothpaste to an independent nonprofit publishing company with international reach and an award-winning history of excellence.

With introductory comments from Emilie Buchwald, the opening reception will spotlight founder Allan Kornblum who will present on the the genesis and history of Coffee House and Toothpaste, with refreshments to follow.

The exhibition will be on display through January 9, 2011.

November 10, 2010, Wednesday - The Next Generation of Parks - The Making of Millennium Park at MacPhail

Time: 7:00pm

Location: MacPhail Center for Music, 501 Second Street South

The creation of Chicago’s Millennium Park, which opened in 2004, was a complex and difficult undertaking. Through an unprecedented public/private partnership an extraordinary cultural venue was created by some of the best architects, landscape designers and artists in the world. Ed Uhlir (Executive Director, Millennium Park) will describe how the project design evolved over its six year gestation, how $220 million was raised from the private sector and how the park and its programming have had an enormous economic and social impact on Chicago.

Co-sponsored by: Trust for Public Land, the College of Design at University of Minnesota and the Walker Art Center.

Cost: Free. Reception to follow.

November 10, 2010, Wednesday - Research at the Red Stag - The Very Hungry River: What Happens with the Removal of a 95-Year-Old Dam?

Time:  5:30pm

Location:  The Red Stag Supper Club, 509 First Avenue NE

Dr. Gordon Grant works on some of the largest dam removal projects in North America. Addressing the "juicy problems" that accompany such large-scale ecological changes, Dr. Grant will lead a lively discussion on the complexities of removing a long-standing dam and environmental management in the wake of its removal. The talk takes place during happy hour at the Red Stag Supper Club. No cover; food and drink will be available for purchase. Dr. Gordon Grant is a research hydrologist with the USDA Forest Service and a professor in the Department of Geosciences, Forest Engineering and Forest Sciences at Oregon State University. Dr. Grant studies the structure and dynamics of mountain streams, watershed and stream response to changing land use and climate and watershed analysis. Research at the Red Stag is a new science happy hour sponsored by the National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics (NCED). It is a chance to hear about new and exciting science over beer, in a cool bar.  Come talk with the experts about their efforts to address some of the Earth's most pressing problems. NCED's Research at the Red Stag brings the wonder of science to happy hour.

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November 9, 2010, Tuesday - Poets Thomas Smith and Timothy Young at The Loft

Time: 7:00pm

Location: The Loft Literary Center, 1011 Washington Avenue South

Red Dragonfly Press and the Loft Literary Center present poets Thomas Smith and Timothy Young reading from their work.

Thomas Smith is the author of five full-length poetry collections, Keeping the Star, Horse of Earth, The Dark Indigo Current, Waking Before Dawn, and The Foot of the Rainbow. He is also editor of a US selection of the Canadian poet, Alden Nowlan, What Happened WhenHe Went to the Store for Bread. He has given talks at the “Robert Bly in This World” symposium at the University of Minnesota and at the Temenos Academy in London. His work has been included in Scribner’s Best American Poetry series as well as on Garrison “The Writer’s Almanac” radio program and Ted Kooser’s “American Life in Poetry” newspaper column. He lives beside the Kinnickinnic River in River Falls, WI, with his wife, artist Krista Spieler.

Timothy Young is a poet, essayist, and retired educator in juvenile corrections. Herds of Bears Surround Us, published in 2010 by Red Dragonfly Press is his latest book of poetry.  Building in Deeper Water, his first book of poetry, was introduced by Robert Bly and published by the Thousands Press.  His work has appeared in Scribner's The Best American Poetry of 1999, and in the 2005 edition of Houghton-Mifflin’s textbook, Reading and Writing from Literature. Magazines such as Parabola, Inroads and Journal for Living have all published his essays. Garrison Keillor has read his poems on the Writer's Almanac.  As a performing poet, Timothy Young has recorded his poetry with various musicians over the past thirty years.  In 2010 he has released, Perfect Harmony, a CD of poetry, his own and translations of Andalusian mystical poems, with musical compositions by his wife, violinist, Dalyce Elliott Young.  In 2008, his poetry and vocal work were part of Pulse, the jazz big band recording by Dan Cavanagh, professor of jazz studies at the University of Texas in Arlington.

November 9, 2010, Tuesday - American Red Cross Blood Donor Center Open

Location: American Red Cross Minneapolis Blood Dononation Center, 1201 West River Parkway

Time: 10:45am - 5:15pm

Donation Types: Blood

Phone: 800-448-3543

November 8, 2010, Monday - American Red Cross Blood Donor Center Open

Location: American Red Cross Minneapolis Blood Dononation Center, 1201 West River Parkway

Time: 10:45am-5:15pm

Donation Types: Blood

Phone: 800-448-3543

November 8, 2010, Monday - The Minneapolis Riverfront Design Competition (MR|DC) Will Announce Four Competing Design Teams

Time: 10:45am

Location:  Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board headquarters, 2117 West River Road

Minneapolis community leaders and riverfront stakeholders will gather to learn which four globally-renown landscape and urban design teams are short-listed to compete in the Minneapolis Riverfront Design Competition (MR|DC).
 
MR|DC, the largest design competition in Minneapolis history, will produce a 21st-century parks design for 220 acres of parkland and adjacent neighborhoods and business districts along both sides of the 5.4-mile stretch of the Mississippi River from the Stone Arch Bridge in the historic downtown Mill District to the city’s northern limits. Fifty-five landscape and urban design teams responded to MR|DC’s Request for Qualifications, including some of the world’s leading design studios.
 
Speakers will include:
•David Fisher, MR|DC jury member and Superintendent Emeritus, Minneapolis Parks
•Cecily Hines, President, Minneapolis Parks Foundation
•Mary deLaittre, MR|DC Project Manager
 
MR|DC is co-sponsored by the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board and the Minneapolis Parks Foundation, with Creative Partners the University of Minnesota College of Design and Walker Art Center.