November 30, 2013, Saturday - Marbled Paper, Holiday Ornaments and Gift Tags Workshop at MCBA

Time: 10:30pm–1:30pm

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

Marbled Paper, Holiday Ornaments and Gift Tags

For families w/ children grade 1 and up

Learn the ancient art of Turkish Ebru marbling to embellish paper with beautiful designs and colorful patterns. Create multiple sheets and then make a set of gift tags and star-shaped holiday ornaments.

$40 ($36 members) + $10 supply fee for an adult/child pair;
$20 ($18 members) + $5 supply fee for each additional participant

November 30, 2013, Saturday - Live Music at Crooked Pint

Time: 9:00pm

Location: Crooked Pint Ale House, 501 Washington Avenue South

Tonight: Salsa del Soul

November 30, 2013, Saturday - Bluegrass Brunch at Aster Cafe

Time: 11:00am - 1:00pm No Cover

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Bluegrass Brunch featuring: Chris Silver

November 30, 2013, Saturday - Taste Twin Cities Downtown Minneapolis Skyway Tour

Time: 2:00pm

Location: Begins at LaSalle Plaza (800 LaSalle Plaza), located on Hennepin Ave between 8th & 9th Street; ends at Metro Building (80 9th Street S).

Taste Twin Cities Food Tours

While it's chilly outside, join us as we weave our way through the cozy corners of downtown Minneapolis skyways on a food adventure. We will stroll through the "Broadway" Theatre District and enjoy VIP service as we visit some of the newest and hottest award winning restaurants downtown has to offer. The tour includes seeing the Minneapolis skyscraper that was modeled after the Washington Monument and visiting the famous Statue of Mary Richards tossing her hat. Along the way we will also visit quaint eateries that have pride in local ownership; including a favorite since 1932. You will participate in tea sampling and learn the secrets behind the great food you are enjoying. You'll leave the tour with a tasty experience of some of the best food finds Minneapolis has to offer all while learning history of downtown and soaking in the local culture.

•Indoor 3 hour walking tour in the heart of downtown Minneapolis using the skyway system
•Saturdays at 2:30pm; during the Holiday Season Friday and Saturday at 2:30pm
•Flat route with slight inclines and declines, approximately .8 of a mile, bathrooms available at some stops
•5 stops, with 10-12 tastings
•Tour limited to 12 people, advance tickets required. Private tours available for larger groups.
•Begins at LaSalle Plaza (800 LaSalle Plaza), located on Hennepin Ave between 8th & 9th Street; ends at Metro Building (80 9th Street S)
•$45/pp

Register

November 29, 2013, Friday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 9:00 pm - 11:30 pm $7

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Tonight: Hookers & Blow – Thanksgiving Weekend Blowout

H $ B has been pleasing club goers, betrothed couples, and event planners and audiences since 2002.  A little over 10 years ago The Honeydogs’ singer-songwriter Adam Levy started a “bowling night” band with some of his favorite players in town.

November 29, 2013, Friday - Holidazzle Parade

Time: 6:30pm

Location:  Nicollet Mall, between 12th & 4th Streets

More info

Fridays and Saturdays, November 29 through December 21.

November 29, 2013, Friday - Mill City Museum Black Friday at Mill City Museum

Time: Doors Open at 6:00am

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 2nd Street South

Mill City Museum will open its doors at 6 a.m. on Black Friday with amazing specials!

- FREE MUSEUM ADMISSION from 6 to 9 a.m.
- FREE Street parking until 8 a.m.
- FREE household memberships for the first 30 families
- FREE donuts and coffee while supplies last
- FREE limited edition giveaways while supplies last
- 25% off gift shop. Staff will be handing out 25% off coupons to anyone coming in before 8am. The coupons will be good all of business hours on Friday (so you could grab one, go to the museum while it is free, then come up and shop the store later; or grab one, do other shopping, then come back and shop the museum store later that day).
- Live music by the Sidewalk Cafe Trio
- Appearances from the History Hound mascot 6:00-7:00
- Additional chances to win household memberships and prizes.

November 28, 2013, Thursday - The Depot Rink Opens for 2013-2014 Skating Season

Time: Opening day 10:00am-9:00pm (check website for season dates/times)

Location: The Depot, 225 Third Avenue South

It's fun, it's romantic, and it's warm in the winter. Named one of the top ten best places in the United States to ice skate by the USA Today and MSNBC, The Depot Rink is a historic downtown Minneapolis train shed that now houses a modern-day, indoor rink with floor-to-ceiling glass walls showcasing views of the downtown city skyline.

Take a moment out of your busy winter schedule for the perfect place for birthday parties, family outings and reunions, school field trips, holiday parties, romantic dates, team building and employee appreciation parties. The rink offers public skating or private rink rental, a full catering menu and group party packages.

For information about skating and rental rates and rink hours, visit the website or call the Ice Rink Hotline - 612-339-2253.

November 26, 2013, Tuesday - Crown Hydro Public Meeting at Central Library

Date: Tuesday, November 26

Time: 3:30 pm

Location: Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall, Pohlad Hall

Crown Hydro Public Meeting

Crown Hydro, LLC holds a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) license to construct and operate the Upper Saint Anthony Falls Hydroelectric Project, Project No. 11175, located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on the west bank of the Mississippi River at Upper St. Anthony Falls.

An application is being prepared to amend its existing license to, in part, shift the location of the project’s powerhouse and discharge tunnel. The proposed new powerhouse location would be approximately 150 feet north, in the headrace canal adjacent to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer’s lock facility.

A consultation meeting has been scheduled to solicit comments on its proposed license amendment. The meeting will provide an opportunity for individuals to learn more about the proposed changes to the planned Upper Saint Anthony Falls Hydroelectric Project, and to provide comments on the Proposed Project.

A recent letter to the editor from Green Party candidate Kristina Gronquist...

November 24, 2013, Sunday - Cake Mix and the Rise of Convenience Foods at Mill City Museum

Times: 2:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 2nd Street South

Cake Mix and the Rise of Convenience Foods

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

The postwar era of the late 1940s and 1950s ushered in a new era of kitchen conveniences. Many of the technologies that made this possible were developed by the American food industry during the Second World War. Did housewives want these easy-to-use products and appliances or were food companies creating a market for their goods by exaggerating the drudgery of home cooking? Using the example of the cake mix, this demonstration will answer this question, highlighting the dramatic changes in cooking habits during this era and how those innovations affect our lives today. Visitors will learn about food history, sample cakes made from scratch and from mix, and take home a copy of a recipe.

November 23, 2013, Saturday - Equilibrium: "Half-Breed" featuring PC Muñoz and Erica Nalani Benton at The Loft

Time: 8:00pm

Location: The Loft Literary Center, at Open Book (Performance Hall), 1011 Washington Avenue

Equilibrium: "Half-Breed" featuring PC Muñoz and Erica Nalani Benton

A showcase of mixed-race Indigenous poets featuring Loft Spoken Word Immersion Fellow PC Muñoz, with Erica Nalani Benton, Emily Johnson, Jennifer Kreisberg, R. Vincent Moniz Jr, and DJ Nak.

"A night featuring a wonderful cross-section of multiracial indigenous voices could be called a number of beautiful, soulful things. I titled the event HALF-BREED as a way to deflate and subvert a term which has decidedly pejorative overtones, and to directly confront the caricatures and stereotypes that have long been associated with mixed-race people of all backgrounds. For better or worse, it has nothing to do with Cher.”
 -PC Muñoz

Loft Immersion Spoken Word Fellow PC Muñoz is a half-Chamoru (indigenous Guamanian), half-European recording artist, poet, and musician based in San Francisco. His genre-defying projects are stylistically broad and deep, revealing an artistic explorer equally at home with spoken-word, electronic funk, all-acoustic hip-hop, world music mash-ups, and experimental compositions for dance. His partnership with composer/longtime Kronos Quartet cellist Joan Jeanrenaud has yielded two highly acclaimed projects: the Grammy-nominated album Strange Toys and the iTunes-charting cello and beats duo album Pop-Pop. His minimalist poetry-and-improvised music CD, Twenty Haiku, took the "Best in Spoken Word" award at the 2006 DIY awards in Hollywood, CA. An enthusiastic collaborator, PC has recorded with rock legend Jackson Browne, dream-pop poet Ingrid Chavez, Kulintang virtuoso Danny Kalanduyan, Anthony Brown of the Asian American Orchestra, and countless other musicians and recording artists across a wide range of genres. His latest release, The Space Between, is a series of instrumentals based on poetic word pairs, with avant-garde pianist Ira Kamin. Learn more at http://www.pcmunoz.com/

$5/$3 for students and Loft members

November 23, 2013, Saturday - Pie Crusts and Poems: The Secret's in the Telling at Mill City Museum

Time: 12:30pm and 2:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 2nd Street South

Pie Crusts and Poems: The Secret's in the Telling

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

Visit the Baking Lab to experience pie as you've never experienced it before with Seattle's "Pie Poet" Kate Lebo. Kate will demonstrate how to create the perfect crust while she redefines the relationship between pie and those who love it with poems, stories and discussion.

Kate Lebo owns the Seattle Pie School, has won the annual Cake vs. Pie competition in Washington State for the past few years, and is author of the new book "A Commonplace Book of Pie." She also teaches creative writing at the University of Washington and writes poetry.

November 23, 2013, Saturday - One Minneapolis One Read: Choosing Your Weapons at Central Library

Time:  10:30am–Noon

Location: Central Library, Pohlad Hall, 300 Nicollet Mall

One Minneapolis One Read: Choosing Your Weapons

For families. Through dance, media and sound, this family-friendly performance will explore the life of photographer and poet Gordon Parks as he made difficult choices that shaped the course of his life. This newly commissioned piece by the Ways Ensemble combines the creativity of the Cottman family. Presented in support of One Minneapolis One Read.

Sponsored by Friends of the Minneapolis Central Library.

November 23, 2013, Saturday - Mill City Farmers Market at the Mill City Museum

Time: 10:00am - 1:00pm

Location: Winter Markets are held inside the Mill City Museum, 704 South 2nd Street

In addition to an assortment of seasonal produce, there will be pasture-raised meats, eggs and cheeses, whole grains, artisan preserves, pickled goods, fine chocolate, coffee beans, cultivated mushrooms, and so much more!  There will be also be a wide selection of unique, handcrafted artwork, jewelry, and other great gift items for your holiday shopping needs!Come hungry and fill your tummies with fine fare from Chef Shack, tasty momos from Gorkha Palace, and sandwiches, salads, and more from D’amico and Sons.

Produce Planner: apples, arugula, beets, carrots, kale, spinach, Swiss chard, collard greens, lettuce, mizuna, bok choi, leeks, mustard greens, pac choi, cilantro, parsley, dried and fresh peppers, celery root, potatoes, Brussels sprouts, radishes, rutabagas, turnips, butternut squash, buttercup squash, kabocha squash, acorn squash, pie pumpkins, onions, garlic, dried shiitakes, salsify, cabbage, and MORE!

Live Music, 11 am – 1 pm: Back by popular demand: Moonlight Duo! Featuring an eclectic mix of traditional Southern roots music, bluesy old-time songs, and Appalachian and Irish dance tunes spiced with Cajun and country swing.

Art Market, all day, featuring: Crookedwood, The Abbey, Matthew Krousey, Aprilierre, and Anna Metcalfe!

Additional Mill City Farmers Market 2013-2014 Winter Market dates:

December 14
January 11
February 8
March 8
March 15 (at the Arboretum, Chanhassen)
April 12

November 23, 2013, Saturday - Buzzedwords: Improv and Online News at Aster Cafe

Time: Doors at 8, the show starts at 9:00pm

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Buzzedwords is a live discussion and game show featuring two interesting people, a bottle of whiskey, and ten forbidden words. Hosted by Jeff Kamin.

We will be on the restaurant side this time, so you can order some of the Aster's world class food. 

Tickets

November 23, 2013, Saturday - Bluegrass Brunch at Aster Cafe

Time: 11:00am - 1:00pm No Cover

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Bluegrass Brunch featuring: Dan Newton

November 23, 2013, Saturday - Taste Twin Cities Downtown Minneapolis Skyway Tour

Time: 2:00pm

Location: Begins at LaSalle Plaza (800 LaSalle Plaza), located on Hennepin Ave between 8th & 9th Street; ends at Metro Building (80 9th Street S).

Taste Twin Cities Food Tours

While it's chilly outside, join us as we weave our way through the cozy corners of downtown Minneapolis skyways on a food adventure. We will stroll through the "Broadway" Theatre District and enjoy VIP service as we visit some of the newest and hottest award winning restaurants downtown has to offer. The tour includes seeing the Minneapolis skyscraper that was modeled after the Washington Monument and visiting the famous Statue of Mary Richards tossing her hat. Along the way we will also visit quaint eateries that have pride in local ownership; including a favorite since 1932. You will participate in tea sampling and learn the secrets behind the great food you are enjoying. You'll leave the tour with a tasty experience of some of the best food finds Minneapolis has to offer all while learning history of downtown and soaking in the local culture.

•Indoor 3 hour walking tour in the heart of downtown Minneapolis using the skyway system
•Saturdays at 2:30pm; during the Holiday Season Friday and Saturday at 2:30pm
•Flat route with slight inclines and declines, approximately .8 of a mile, bathrooms available at some stops
•5 stops, with 10-12 tastings
•Tour limited to 12 people, advance tickets required. Private tours available for larger groups.
•Begins at LaSalle Plaza (800 LaSalle Plaza), located on Hennepin Ave between 8th & 9th Street; ends at Metro Building (80 9th Street S)
•$45/pp

Register

November 22, 2013, Friday - Family Storytime at Central Library

Time: 10:30am

Location: Central Library, Children's Library, 300 Nicollet Mall

For children age 2 and up. Share books, stories, rhymes, music, and movement with your children.

November 22, 2013, Friday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 9:00 pm - 11:30 pm $7

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Tonight: Jordan Holt + Bomba de Luz + Holly Hansen + Sabastian Love

November 21, 2013, Thursday - DMNA Board Meeting at Central Library

Time: 6:00pm

Location: Central Library, Room  N-304, 300 Nicollet Mall

Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Association and Agenda.