October 5, 2012, Friday - Live Music at Crooked Pint

Time: 10:00pm $6 Cover

Location: Crooked Pint Ale House, 501 Washington Avenue South

Tonight:  Oz Presents RocktoberFest 2012 featuring King Country and Nevertheless
 

October 5, 2012, Friday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 9:00pm Cover: $5

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Tonight: firebell (f. park evans)

October 4, 2012, Thursday - Talk of the Stacks With Naomi Wolf at Central Library

Time: 7:00pm (Doors open at 6:15pm)

Location: Pohlad Hall, Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall

Talk of the Stacks With Naomi Wolf

On October 4, best-selling author and respected social critic Naomi Wolf shares Vagina: A New Biography, her new astonishing work of cutting-edge science and cultural history that radically reframes how we understand the vagina and the female consciousness.

Held at the Hennepin County Library - Minneapolis Central in Pohlad Hall, the programs are free and open to the public. Seating is first come, first served. Doors open at 6:15 PM and programs begin at 7 PM. 

A program of the Friends of the Hennepin County Library. Presenting sponsor: The Private Client Reserve of U.S. Bank. Additional support: Dorsey and Whitney LLP, MinnPost, Magers and Quinn Booksellers and the Marquette Hotel.

October 4, 2012, Thursday - First Thursdays in the Arts District at Northrup King Building

Time:  5:00pm - 9:00pm

Location: Northrup King Building, 1500 Jackson Street NE

A multitude of painters, sculptors, printmakers, photographers, ceramists, textile and fiber artists, jewelers, furniture showrooms and more open their studios at the Northrup King Building located in the heart of the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District.

Meet our new neighbors, Indeed Brewing, located one block west of the Northrup King Building, on the corner of Quincy and 15th. The taproom will be open from 3:00pm-10:00pm.

Upcoming First Thursday in the Arts District dates: November 1st and December 6th.

October 4, 2012, Thursday - Ten Thousand Things' Measure for Measure at Open Book (4 nights)

Location: Open Book, 1011 Washington Avenue South

Future dates:  October 11 - 14 and October 19 - 21

Times:
Friday and Saturday shows start at 8:00pm
Sunday shows at 4:00pm

Ten Thousand Things presents Measure for Measure

Fourteen years ago, Measure for Measure was Ten Thousand Things’ first Shakespeare production. Now, after a successful co-production of the play with The Public Theater in New York in 2010, the company brings a new production to new audiences in the Twin Cities in fall 2012.

The show begins its tour to prisons, low-income centers and shelters September 13 and concludes with four weekends of public performances at Open Book September 27–October 21 (exception: October 18 at Plymouth Congregational Church). Artistic Director Michelle Hensley directs Shakespeare’s look at the inadequacy of human efforts to render good justice. Featured in the cast are Luverne Seifert, Sonja Parks, Suzanne Warmanen, India Gurley, Nathan Barlow, Karen Wiese-Thompson, Zach Curtis and Kurt Kwan. Peter Vitale is the music director.

Sets are by Stephen Mohring and costumes by Amelia Cheever. For tickets: http://www.tenthousandthings.org/measure.

October 4, 2012, Thursday - Midwest Photo Safari: "Minneapolis Nights" Mill Ruins Park and the Stone Arch Bridge

Time:
This safari begins 30 minutes before local sunset (your tour confirmation will have an exact time). We meet at Mill Ruins Park on the west bank of the river. The Safari runs about 90 minutes on Thursday and Friday Nights.

Location:
This tour begins at Mill Ruins Park on the west bank of the Minneapolis riverfront.  We start by photographing  this interesting park,  then walk across the famous Stone Arch bridge to photograph the Minneapolis night skyline. We will learn the principles of low light settings on your digital SLR's or the various "scene" mode settings of your digital point and shoot camera.

More Information and Registration.

October 3, 2012, Wednesday - One Minneapolis One Read: Dakota 38 at Central Library

Time: 7:00pm–9:00pm

Location: Pohlad Hall, Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall

One Minneapolis One Read: Dakota 38

This documentary tells the story of Jim Miller, a Dakota native, who sets out to recreate the 330-mile journey from South Dakota to Minnesota that shaped the tragic experience of the Dakota people. A panel discussion follows the film.

Presented in collaboration with the City of Minneapolis and Minneapolis Public Schools in support of the annual "One Minneapolis, One Read" event.

October 3, 2012, Wednesday - Anya Achtenberg's Blue Earth with Special Guests at The Loft

Tme: 7:00pm

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

Anya Achtenberg's Blue Earth with Special Guests
 
Anya Achtenberg will read from her new book Blue Earth and then Christine Stark and Gretchen Brown Wright will present essays from The Chalk Circle: International Prize Winning Essays.

Blue Earth is a novel set in Minnesota where Carver Heinz loses both farm and family in the farm crisis of the 1980s. Displaced into urban Minneapolis, he becomes obsessed with Angie, a beautiful child he rescues from a tornado in an encounter he insists they keep silent. Her close friendship with a Dakota Indian boy fuels Carver’s rage and unleashes a series of events that reveal the haunting power of each character’s past and of their intertwined histories.

Anya Achtenberg is an award-winning fiction writer and poet. Her publications include Blue Earth, with an excerpt in the Harvard Review, the autobiographical novella The Stories of Devil-Girl, both with Modern History Press, and The Stone of Language (poetry), published by West End Press. She received a grant from the MN State Arts Board.  Her short fiction has received awards from Coppola's Zoetrope: All-Story, New Letters, the Raymond Carver Story Contest, and others. Anya is a teacher, manuscript consultant and coach for fiction writers and poets. She developed and teaches a series of multi-genre workshops on Writing for Social Change (Re-Dream a Just World; Place and Exile/Borders and Crossings; and Yearning and Justice: Writing the Unlived Life.)  She lives in St Paul.

About The Chalk Circle: Award-winning editor Tara L. Masih put out a call in 2007 for Intercultural Essays dealing with the subjects of “culture, race, and a sense of place.”  The prizewinners are gathered for the first time in a ground-breaking anthology that explores many facets of culture not previously found under one cover.  The powerful, honest, thoughtful voices—Native American, African American, Asian, European, Jewish, White—speak daringly on topics not often discussed in the open, on subjects such as racism, anti-Semitism, war, self-identity, gender, societal expectations.  Their words will entertain, illuminate, take you to distant lands, and spark important discussions about our humanity, our culture, and our place within society and the natural world.

Christine Stark is an author and artist of American Indian and European heritage. Her writing has appeared in numerous publications and anthologies, including The Chalk Circle: Intercultural Prize-Winning Essays, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Poetry Motel, and When We Become Weavers: Queer Female Poets on the Midwest Experience. Her novel, Nickels: A Tale of Dissociation was a 2011 Lambda Literary finalist. She is a co-editor of Not For Sale, an international anthology about sexual violence. Her poem “Momma's Song” was released as a double CD manga by Fred Ho and the Afro Asian Music Ensemble. She was selected as an emerging creative non-fiction writer by the Loft Mentor Series and she has won McKnight Awards for both her writing and visual art. She teaches writing part-time at Metropolitan State University and lives in Minneapolis with her partner, April.

THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

October 3, 2012, Wednesday - Minneapolis Park and Rec Board Meeting

Time: 5:00pm

Location: Minneapolis Park and Rec Board, 2117 West River Road

Agenda

The regular meetings are rebroadcast on Channel 79 on Saturdays at 1 p.m. and on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month at 5 p.m.

Webcasts of MPRB regular board meetings are posted on the MPRB website two to five business days after each meeting and are available for viewing, along with Webcasts for the recent two months, at http://www.minneapolisparks.org/default.asp?PageID=900

October 2, 2012, Tuesday - Adult Anime Club at Central Library

Time:  5:00pm–7:00pm

Location: Doty Board Room, Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall

Adult Anime Club

Get together with other adult anime and manga fans to watch episodes, discuss manga, play games and generally geek out. This club is for anyone aged 18 and older. Please be prepared to present proof of age.

Additional dates:

Tuesday, Oct. 16, 5–7 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 30, 5–7 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 13, 5–7 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 27, 5–7 p.m.

October 2, 2012, Tuesday - Dance Programs with Rachel Damiani at 501F1T

Time:  6:00pm until 8:00pm (Dance Fitness @ 6pm, Dance Workshop @ 7pm)

Location: 501F1T, 501 Washington Avenue South 

DANCE FITNESS = Sizzling Samba, Fiery Tango, Energetic African Dance provide a great cardiovascular workout!
• All Levels & Abilities Welcome
• Learn Dance Steps To Be Active to Burn Calories
• Coordinate Dance Steps To Stimulate Your Brain
• Experience Your Inner Grace & Elegance
...FREE FOR 501FIT CLIENTS!

DANCE WORKSHOPS = Learn the basics of the Waltz, Cha-Cha, Swing, Rumba, Tango and Foxtrot!
• Designed for Beginners, All Levels Welcome
• Individuals Can Join in, Partners Not Required
• Open Dancing Available to Reinforce Steps
• Affordable Price, Package Discounts Available!
$15/Person $10 for 501FIT Clients!

October 1, 2012, Monday - Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) at The Guthrie

Time: 7:30pm

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

Actor and MC Yasiin Bey was formerly known by the stage name Mos Def. He started his career in the hip-hop group Urban Thermo Dynamics, then appeared on albums by Da Bush Babees and De La Soul. With Talib Kweli, he formed the duo Black Star and became a major force in the late 1990’s underground hip-hop scene. About.com ranked him #24 on their list of Top 50 MCs of our time, and Allmusic called him one of the most promising rappers to emerge in the late ‘90s, as well as one of hip-hops brightest hopes entering the 21st century.

He’s a true visionary – an MC whose devotion to hip-hop and passion for social consciousness combine with a synergy seldom witnessed in rap history. Although he was initially recognized for his musical output, since the early 2000s, Mos Def’s screen work has established him as one of only a handful of rappers who has garnered critical acclaim for his acting work. He is well known for his portrayal of Brother Sam in the American drama series "Dexter."