October 12, 2011, Wednesday - Authentic East Hennepin Experience

Time: 5:00pm – 5:50pm

Location: Main Street SE and East Hennepin Avenue MAP

East Hennepin Avenue, originally known as Bay Street, has always been a ferociously interesting dividing line between northeast and southeast Minneapolis. Join us for 45 minutes to learn a very brief history of St. Anthony Falls, glimpse the interior of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, and hear gripping tales of the neighborhood’s first families. Along the way you will view diverse architecture, assorted building rehabilitations​, and hidden neighborhood art.

Afterwards, head on over to Nicollet Island for the Third Ward Neighborhoodfest!

October 12, 2011, Wednesday - The Soap Factory Presents: The Haunted Basement 2011

Location: 514 2nd Street SE

The Soap Factory's 5th annual Haunted Basement. An artist designed, adult only Halloween experience not to be missed!  

Runs October 1 - October 31, 2011 - Reservations required.

Reserve tickets online.

October 12, 2011, Wednesday - Third Ward Neighborhoodfest at Nicollet Island Pavillion

Time: 6:00pm-10:00pm

Location: Nicollet Island Pavilion

Come to Nicollet Island and check out the festivities celebrating many of the elements that make up the City’s Third Ward.

Neighborhood vendors, shops, restaurants, local celebrities and City departments will be there to exhibit. The great entertainment (including the band Big Strong Men) and free food make this a festival not to be missed. Come explore Nicollet Island – one of the jewels of the Minneapolis park system, too.

The ninth annual Neighborhoodfest is sponsored by your local neighborhood associations, business associations and the office of Third Ward Council Member Diane Hofstede. The site is wheelchair accessible. For more information, contact the office of Council Member Diane Hofstede at 612-673-2203 or diane./hofstede@minneapolismn.gov.

October 12, 2011, Wednesday - Puget Sound Piano Trio at MacPhail

Time:  7:00pm

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

Suggested Donation of $10. Proceeds from the concert will benefit the Gary Sipes Piano Scholarship.

Each member of the new trio has significant solo playing credentials. Requiro won the esteemed Walter W. Naumburg International Violoncello Competition in New York City in 2008; Hulbert won the Gina Bachauer competition in 1980, and was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2002; and Sampen has appeared in numerous performances across the country with the contemporary ensemble Brave New Works and is a faculty member at Brevard Music Festival in North Carolina.

October 12, 2011, Wednesday - Cooking for the Busy Professional Class at Local D'Lish

Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm

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

You wake up early. Go to work. You get home late. And probably work some more. When and what will you eat!? You can’t have Chinese takeout every night, so here we will go over five quick and easy meals that are also healthy.

Reservations

October 12, 2011, Wednesday - Oktoberfest Historic Pub Crawl with Preservation Alliance of Minnesota

Time:  Registration begins at 5:30pm,  Pub Crawl begins at 6:00pm

Location:  Red Stag Supper Club,  509 1st Avenue Northeast

Thirsty? Join the Preservation Alliance of Minnesota on October 12 as they pour into some of Northeast and Southeast Minneapolis’ best historic bars. The crawl will be hitting Red Stag Supper Club, The Bulldog NE and finally, Nye’s.

This walking tour gives you the chance to get a taste of Minneapolis in a unique way by visiting three historic watering holes. Inside each location, you’ll have time for a drink as your guide recounts the history of the building and its surrounding neighborhood.

Participants receive drink specials at each location.  Meals and beverages are not included in the ticket price. On the bright side, they'll have trivia and prizes.

Tickets: $5 Members / $10 Non-Members

October 12, 2011, Wednesday - A Sip of Science at Aster Cafe

Time: 5:30pm

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 SE Main Street

A Sip of Science:  A Climate for Change: Agriculture and Water Quality in Minnesota 

A SIP OF SCIENCE bridges the gap between science and culture in a setting that bridges the gap between brain and belly.  Food, beer and learning are on the menu in a happy hour forum that offers the opportunity to talk with researchers about their current work, its implications and its fascinations.

In recent decades, our growing realization of how we pollute our waterways has led to regulation of the most obvious pollution sources. Cities have updated their wastewater treatment systems and industry can no longer dump their waste products into waterways. But what about non-point sources of pollution that trickle into rivers, streams, and lakes from multiple different sources? What are the cumulative impacts of that pollution on our waterways?

Historically, Minnesota has relied on voluntary incentives to reduce non-point water pollution. Norman Senjem, recently retired from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, says that voluntary measures are no longer enough. In our October Sip of Science, Norman discusses how non-point pollution is severely impacting Minnesota waterways and what steps can be made to address this growing problem by creating new regulation and incentives to hold polluters accountable as well as broadening the context for developing solutions to agricultural pollution.

October 11, 2011, Tuesday - Books & Bars Series at Aster Cafe

Times:
  Social - 6:00pm dinner/drink specials
  Discussion - 7:00pm-8:30pm

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 SE Main Street

Author: Andrew Davidson,  Book: The Gargoyle (Full moon tonight!)

Books & Bars isn’t your mother’s book club. We provide a unique atmosphere for a lively discussion of interesting authors, fun people, good food and drinks.

Reservations: 612-379-3138

October 11, 2011, Tuesday - Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission Meeting

Time: 4:30pm 

Location: Minneapolis City Hall, Room 317, 350 South Fifth Street

Agenda

October 11, 2011, Tuesday - Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Association Annual Meeting

Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Location: Pohlad Hall, Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall

The DMNA Annual Meeting

Guest speakers include Council Member Lisa Goodman, Park Board Commissioner Anita Tabb, Manager of Transit Oriented Development David Frank, and representatives from the Minneapolis Police Department's First Precinct.

Elections to the DMNA Board of Directors will also be held at this meeting.  There are four open seats on the DMNA Board.  We currently have five people running for the four seats:  Andrea Christenson, Andy Hauer, Eric Laska, George Rosenquist and Wally Swan.  Christenson, Hauer, Rosenquist and Swan are incumbents.

You must live, work, or own property in the Downtown East or Downtown West neighborhoods to run for a seat on the DMNA Board.  If you have an interest in adding your name to the list of candiates, please email the DMNA at info@thedmna.org.

There will be coffee and cookies at the meeting provided by Dunn Brothers Coffee.  The annual meeting is a great opportunity to meet other Downtown residents, and to learn more about what the DMNA is doing to make the Downtown community a great place to live, work and play.

October 11, 2011, Tuesday - New Poetry from Nodin Press: Cary Waterman, Greg Watson, & Linda Back McKay at The Loft

Time: 7:00pm

Location: The Loft at Open Book (Performance Hall) 1011 Washington Avenue South

Spend an evening with poets Cary Waterman, Greg Watson, and Linda Back McKay as they read from their new collections published by Nodin Press. Cary Waterman will read from Book of Fire which explores the elusive passage of time and evokes the beauty and solace of nature. Greg Watson’s What Music Remains searches memories, libraries and coffee-shops, love and miscommunication, giving voice to melancholy reflections while capturing delicate insight with a unique turn of phrase. The Next Best Thing by Linda Back McKay contains lyrical and pithy reflections on gender equality, unemployment, Frida Kahlo, motorcycles, bears, orchids, free time, herons, and the vagaries of family history.

Cary Waterman is the author of four previous collections of poetry. Her poems are included in the anthologies Poets Against the War, To Sing Along the Way: Minnesota Women Poets from Pre-territorial Days to the Present and Where One Song Ends, Another Begins: 150 Years of Minnesota Poetry. She has received fellowships from the Minnesota State Arts Board, the Bush Foundation, the Loft and the McKnight Foundation. She lives in St. Paul and teaches creative writing at Augsburg College in Minneapolis.

Greg Watson’s work has appeared in numerous literary journals, including The Seattle Review, Tulane Review, and Poetry East. His most recent collections are Things You Will Never See Again and The Distance Between Two Hands. He lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Linda Back McKay is author of several poetry collections as well as the groundbreaking book, Shadow Mothers: Stories of Adoption and Reunion, which was inspiration for the play, “Watermelon Hill,” produced by the History Theatre in Saint Paul. She is a teaching artist, working with youth and adults. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with David McKay. As often as possible, they travel with their Harley-Davidson motorcycle, which is red, because red bikes go faster.

This event is free and open to the public.

October 11, 2011, Tuesday - An Evening of Fine Wine and Fine Books at MCBA

Time: 6:00pm - 8:30pm

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

An Evening of Fine Wine & Fine Books

Sample a delectable variety of wines, cheeses and other refreshments, view the latest offerings from outstanding local and international book artists; and learn about the MCBA Collectors Forum, an affinity group for those who love artists' books and wish to learn more about their appreciation and collection. This one-evening-only event will feature a display of new work by dozens of artists from around the world, including:

Sarah Bryant (Aurora, NY)
Ginger Burrell (San Jose, CA)
Wendy Fernstrum (Marine, MN)
Karen Hanmer (Glenview, IL)
Friedrich Kerkseick (Memphis, TN)
Karen Kunc (Avoca, NE)
Peter Malutzki (Florsheim, Germany)
Kitty Maryatt (Claremont, CA)
Regula Russelle (St. Paul, MN)
Barbara Tetenbaum (Portland, OR)
Ines von Ketelhodt (Florsheim, Germany)
Heather Weston (London, U.K.)

RSVP by Saturday, October 8 to The Shop at MCBA, at 612-215-2520.

October 10, 2011, Monday - Madeleine Peyroux at the Guthrie

Time: 7:30pm

Location: Guthrie, Wurtele Thrust Stage, 818 2nd Street South

Renowned for her interpretive song skills, Madeleine Peyroux followed her creative muse on 2009's Bare Bones by challenging herself to write a full album of her own compositions. Now with Standing On the Rooftop, she delves deeper into her reinvention, not only writing the bulk of the songs but also pushing past any preconceived notions about her music and daring herself to expand her sonic template.

October 9, 2011, Sunday - Harvest Pies Cooking Class at Local D'Lish

Time: 1:00pm - 4:00pm

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

Pie is the new cupcake. Join us for an evening of sweet heaven as we learn how to create perfect crusts and fill them with seasonal flavors. It’s not as hard as grandma made it seem. Make pie. Be happy.

Reservations

October 9, 2011, Sunday - Vikings and Arizona Cardinals at the Dome

Time: 12:00pm

October 9, 2011, Sunday - Partners in Preservation Open House at Soap Factory

Time: Noon - 5:00pm

Location:  The Soap Factory, 514 2nd Street SE

Exhibition Runs: Oct 8 - Oct 9, 2011

The Soap Factory is hosting an open house as part of the Partners in Preservation Program. From making dumplings to touring the Haunted Basement, this weekend offers the public a chance to learn more about The Soap Factory and its bid to win part of the $1 million of preservation funding provided by American Express.

About Partners in Preservation
Launched in 2006, Partners in Preservation is a program in which American Express, in partnership with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, has awarded $5.5 million over a five-year period toward preserving 56 historic places throughout the United States. American Express renewed its commitment to Partners in Preservation in 2010 by pledging $10 million toward the program over the next five years. Through this partnership, American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation seek to increase the public’s awareness of the importance of historic preservation in the United States and to preserve America’s historic and cultural places. The program also seeks to inspire long-term support from local citizens for the historic sites at the heart of their communities.

October 8, 2011, Saturday - The Soap Factory Presents: The Haunted Basement 2011

Location: 514 2nd Street SE

The Soap Factory's 5th annual Haunted Basement. An artist designed, adult only Halloween experience not to be missed!  

Runs October 1 - October 31, 2011 - Reservations required.

Reserve tickets online.

October 8, 2011, Saturday - Meals on Wheels Hosts 4th Annual MISSION NUTRITION

Time: 7:00pm

Location:  Ritz Theater, 345 13th Avenue Northeast

Mission Nutrition, the live music and raffle hoopla and veritable who's-who in Northeast Minneapolis, is taking place 7:00 pm, Saturday, October 8, at the Ritz Theater.  Tickets are $10; purchase at the door or by calling the Ritz Theater Box Office.

Featured bands include The Mighty Mofos, Alicia Corbett's Tea and Sympathy, Sister Gin, and Screaming Vermilion—band of the man with the plan, Event Chair Jeff Aronen. A surefire Midwest favorite Meat Raffle is taking place, as well as a raffle run by Northeast favorites Craig Drehmel of Gastro Non Grata and Jim Grell, owner of the Modern Café. You can take a load off and enjoy a chair massage as the event progresses.

Aronen is a volunteer driver and former Board Member of Northeast Dinner Bell and local band member for around twenty years.  He knows everyone that hangs at the best dive bars and cafés - a key element in planning a killer bash, especially one run completely on volunteer power.  Aronen says about the Arts District, “Northeast Minneapolis seemed like the perfect place to do an event, with its music community and its business community that is very generous.”

Northeast Dinner Bell is a Meals on Wheels nonprofit organization that brings hot meals to elderly and homebound residents in Northeast Minneapolis and Saint Anthony Village. Contact Northeast Dinner Bell at 612.789.6548 or nemealsonwheels@msn.com.  More information

October 8, 2011, Saturday - Annual Twin Cities Financial Planning Day at Central Library

Time: 10:00am–2:00pm

Location: Pohlad Hall at Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall

Qualified financial planners will discuss managing your money and planning for retirement; meet one-on-one to answer your personal finance-related questions. For more information or to reserve your spot, visit www.FinancialPlanningDays.org/TwinCities, or just walk in and register the day of the event. Space is limited.

Presented in collaboration with the Financial Planning Association, the Financial Planning Association of Minnesota, the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc., the Foundation for Financial Planning and The United States Conference of Mayors.

October 8, 2011, Saturday - Washburn A Mill Tour at Mill City Museum

Time: 1:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 2nd Street South

Fee: $14 adults, $12 seniors and college students, $10 ages 6-17 and MHS members. 

Reservations: recommended, call 612-341-7555

Take an in-depth look at the historic Washburn A Mill complex and the award-winning Mill City Museum building on a guided tour of the 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. Also covered will be how the mill ruin was converted to a museum and office building.

Although many parts of the A mill can be explored on a self-guided basis during a regular museum visit, 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 as well as the Flour Tower show.