October 31, 2015, Saturday - Celebrate Day of the Dead: Mini Piñatas at Central Library

Time: 2:00pm

Location: Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall

Celebremos el Día de los muertos: mini piñatas / Celebrate Day of the Dead: Mini Piñatas 

Crea una piñata pequeñita y decórala con objetos encontrados y luego llénala con pequeños premios. Se proveerán los materiales. Los niños menores de 2do. grado pueden asistir acompañados por un adulto.

For families. Create a tiny piñata from found objects and decorate it, then fill it with small prizes. Materials provided. Children younger than grade 2 may attend if accompanied by an adult.

October 31, 2015, Saturday - Mill City Farmers Market

Time: 9:00am - 1:00pm

Location: 704 South 2nd Street

Today at Mill City Farmers Market: Halloween Harvest Festival

Produce Planner
Apples (Haralson, Honeycrisp, Sweet 16, Chestnut crabs, Keepsake, Regent, Honey Gold, & more), beets, bell peppers, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celeriac, chives, cilantro, cippollini onions, cucumbers, dill, eggplant, fennel, garlic, ginger, grapes, green beans, heirloom dried beans, huckleberries, kale, leeks, lemongrass, mushrooms, oregano, pac choi, parsley, parsnips, peanuts, potatoes, pumpkins, radicchio, radishes, romanesco, rutabagas, sage, salad mix, scallions, shallots, shiitake, shiso, spinach, squash (delicata, acorn, butternut, carnival, kabocha, spaghetti), Swiss chard, tarragon, thyme, tomatillos, tomatoes, turnips, watercress, zucchini, and much more!!

Mill City Cooks 10 AM:
Market Chefs Jenny Breen and Heather Hartman

Live Music 11 AM - 1PM:
MCFM welcomes back Light of the Moon today! This eclectic collaboration serves up a wide range of roots music from theAmerican South, ranging from Appalachian tunes and Old-time country, Country Blues and Swing…on banjo, guitars, harmonicas, feet, voices, tinwhistle, and more!

Kids Activity - all day:
Power of Produce - Kids ages 5-12 get a free $5 voucher to be spent on a fruit or veggie of their choosing just for trying a raw veggie! Stop by the PoP Booth for more information.

Art Market - All day:
Featuring The Abbey, Christy Wetzig, Barnswallow Garden, and Old World Cabinet.

October 31, 2015, Saturday - Family History Fair 2015 at Central Library

Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm

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

Family History Fair 2015 at Central Library

Connect with expert genealogists and learn about state, local and library resources; learn to identify clues to your family history; find out how to use and evaluate DNA for family connections, and more. Visit resource tables, attend presentations and learn how to start your family genealogy. Register today.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Minneapolis Central Library and presented in collaboration with the Minnesota Genealogical Society.

Schedule of events:

9-9:30 a.m.
•Visit participating groups and resource tables

9:30-10:30 a.m.
•Welcome and Keynote: How Can I Find My Family? (Presenter: Cathi Weber) What kinds of resources are available and how can you access them to find out more about your ancestors? Learn how to use the clues in what you know to locate information in other records.

11 a.m.-noon
•Get Started in Genealogy: Me, Mom, Dad, Grandpa... (Presenter: Linda Westrom) Beginning genealogists start with the most available and accessible information — themselves. Although we think we know the basic info about our parents, grandparents, great grandparents, is it accurate? Are the family stories we've always heard accurate? Thus begins a fascinating opportunity to learn more about our heritage.
•Using DNA for Family History Research (Presenter: Alice Eichholz) DNA testing can provide helpful support for traditional genealogical research, bolster weak paper trails and disprove hypotheses about relationships. Learn about the available tests — Y, mitochondrial, and autosomal — and the testing companies that offer them so you can determine the most effective way to spend your DNA dollar.
•Genealogy Sources From Worldwide Libraries (Presenter: Joan Krey) Discover free genealogy resources including WorldCat, HathiTrust, Google Books, and American Memory, with information about the nuts and bolts of ordering materials through interlibrary loan.

12:45-1:45 p.m.
• Resources Free With Your Library Card (Presenter: Jeanne Bielke-Rodenbiker) Tax dollars pay for some fantastic online genealogy resources. Learn how access genealogical records and sources through Hennepin County libraries.
•Let’s Talk Lineage — Societies You Can Join (Presenter: Lois Abromitis Mackin) Do you have ancestors who sailed on the Mayflower? Fought in the American Revolution, the War of 1812 or the Civil War? Were they early settlers of Virginia, Wisconsin, Minnesota or other states? Learn about hereditary and lineage associations you and your family members may be eligible to join, and walk through the process of preparing an application.
• Free Online Genealogy Databases With a Focus on Minnesota Records (Presenter: Shirleen Hoffman) Expand your family history tool box with these 10 favorite no-cost genealogy websites.

2-3 p.m.
•Mining for Family History Treasures on FamilySearch.org (Presenter: Kim Ashford) Many researchers only scratch the surface of this free website and miss out on the wealth of information it contains. Learn how to dig deep and unearth valuable information to assist you in researching your family history.
•Finding Your Family in Newspapers (Presenter: J.H. Fonkert) Newspapers can be a great place to find interesting information and details about your family, from obituaries to stories of accidents to accolades. They are also a way to learn more about the social history of a community.
•Tour Minneapolis Central Library genealogy resources with Minneapolis Central librarians

October 31, 2015, Saturday - Halloween Frankenstein Pop-Out Books! at MCBA

Time:  1:00pm - 3:00pm

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

Halloween Frankenstein Pop-Out Books!

Celebrate Halloween at MCBA by making Frankenstein Pop-Out Books! Fold and cut your own creation. This inventive book leaves you plenty of space for your own electrifying tale. Get ready for a Monster of a good time!

Adult/child pair: $32 ($29 members) + $6 supply fee; additional participant (adult or child): $16 ($14.50 members) + $3 supply fee. For families with children grades K and up.

For information and to register: http://www.mnbookarts.org/event-registration/?ee=741.

October 31, 2015, Saturday - Trick or Treating at Washington Avenue Lofts

Time: 4:30pm – 6:00pm

Location: 801 Washington Avenue North (entrance is on Eighth Avenue)

Trick or Treating at Washington Ave Lofts

Washington Avenue Lofts is hosting their immensely successful annual indoor trick-or-treating event for all downtown families.

Doors open at 4:30 to socialize and admire costumes. Trick or treating from 5 - 6 pm.

October 30, 2015, Friday - Live Show: Wendy's Wiggle, Jiggle and Jam at Central Library

Time: 10 a.m.

Location: Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall

Live Show: Wendy's Wiggle, Jiggle and Jam!

For families. Get creative with fabulous musical fun. Everyone in the audience will get a chance to be a star on stage. Come dressed in your Halloween costume to add to the fun.

October 30, 2015, Friday - Live Music at Aster Cafe

Time: 9:00pm $10

Aster Cafe, 125 Main Street SE

Tonight: Annie Fitzgerald + Nick Hensley (aka Love Songs for Angry Men)

 

October 28, 2015, Wednesday - Documentary on Preserving the Lakota Language at Mill City Museum

Times: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 2nd Street South

Free

View a New Documentary on Preserving the Lakota Language

View an advanced screening of Rising Voices/Hothaŋiŋpi, a new documentary that tells the story of members of the Lakota community and outside linguists who are working together to save the Lakota language and restore it to its rightful place in Lakota, and American, culture. Told through the voices of a wide range of Lakota people who share their feelings about their language and the myriad challenges facing their community, the film also incorporates four short films created by Lakota filmmakers and artists. Each short film gives a perspective on how finding one’s authentic “language” connects a person to a deeper sense of culture. Rising Voices offers a snapshot into a day-to-day struggle of one of the biggest Native American nations, and illuminates the problem of ancestral language loss. 

The screening will include remarks by local leaders in language preservation, including Dakota language instructor Šišóka Dúta (Joe Bendickson). Beginning at 6:30 pm, enjoy music by Kevin Locke, a master hoop dancer and preeminent player of the indigenous North American flute, who composed, arranged and performed much of the music in Rising Voices/Hótȟaŋiŋpi. Kevin also served as musical adviser to the film production team. The screening will begin at 7 pm. 

The film is presented by Florentine Fills/Hott Productions in asssociation with the The Language Conservancy. The Language Conservancy is a nonprofit organization that works with Native American tribes to preserve their ancestral languages by providing educational materials, teacher trainings, dictionaries and other materials that assist in language revitalization. This project is funded by Vision Maker Media with major funding provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Administration for Native Americans, the Dakota Indian Foundation, the South Dakota Humanities Council, and the North Dakota Humanities Council. Rising Voices is presented and distributed nationally by American Public Television (APT) and will premiere on public television stations nationwide beginning November 1, 2015. 

October 27, 2015, Tuesday - Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission Public Meeting

Time: 4:30pm

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

More Info

October 26, 2015, Monday - Mississippi Minute Film Festival at the Mill City Museum

Time: 5:30pm - 8:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 South 2nd Street

Sitting within blocks of thousands of Minneapolis workers, residents and visitors is one of the greatest natural wonders in the world: the Mississippi River. And too many people don’t realize it’s there.

The Minneapolis Riverfront Partnership invites you to make the invisible visible using the engaging medium of film. Create a vision that tugs at heartstrings or makes people laugh, that showcases an appreciation for – or the future potential of – the riverfront in Minneapolis.  Most important, inform, energize, and inspire our citizenry to action -­ all in 60 seconds!

Click here for details.

October 25, 2015, Sunday - Swing Brunch at Aster Cafe

Time: 11:00am - 2:00pm

Location: Aster Cafe, 125 Main Stree SE

Today: Swing Brunch with Patty and the Buttons

October 24, 2015, Saturday - Free Arts Day at Elliot Park

Time: 10:00am - 2:00pm

Location: Elliot Park Recreational Center, 1000 E 14th Street

Free Arts Day at Elliot Park

October 24, 2015, Saturday - Urban Hayride at Corner Coffee

Corner Coffee

October 24, 2015, Saturday - Mill City Farmers Market

Time: 9:00am - 1:00pm

Location: 704 South 2nd Street

Today at Mill City Farmers Market: Stock up for Winter!

Produce Planner:
Apples (Haralson, Honeycrisp, Sweet 16, Chestnut crabs, Keepsake, Regent, Honey Gold, & more), beets, bell peppers, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celeriac, chives, cilantro, cippollini onions, cucumbers, dill, eggplant, fennel, garlic, ginger, grapes, green beans, ground cherries, heirloom dried beans, huckleberries, kale, leeks, lemongrass, mushrooms, oregano, pac choi, parsley, parsnips, peanuts, potatoes, pumpkins, radicchio, radishes, romanesco, rutabagas, sage, salad mix, scallions, shallots, shiitake, shiso, spinach, squash (delicata, acorn, butternut, carnival, kabocha, spaghetti), Swiss chard, tarragon, thyme, tomatillos, turnips, watercress, zucchini, and much more!

Live Music, 11 AM - 1 PM:
MCFM welcomes back local sensation The Eddies this week!

Book Signing with Beth Dooley in the Kitchen Demo, 9:30 - 11:30 AM:
Market Chef Heather Hartman will be joined by Beth Dooley this Saturday! The duo will be preparing two delicious recipes from The Birchwood Cafe Cookbook and you can even get a signed copy by contributor Beth Dooley.

Make sure to stop by and wish Heather well as this will be her last season as Market Chef. We will miss her greatly after 7 wonderful  seasons with her in our Mill City Cooks kitchen. Please wish her luck in her new endeavor as owner and chef of Farm to Fork, a personal chef service.

Sponsor Booth, all day:
The Rose by Aeon is one of the healthiest, greenest places to live in the Twin Cities. Stop by their booth to learn more about this sustainable, state-of-the-art building, just blocks from downtown Minneapolis!

Community Booth, all day, Minneapolis Bike Coalition:
Learn more about this collaborative campaign of community partners, businesses and individuals advocating for 30 new miles of protected bikeways by 2020.

Power of Produce, all day:
Kids ages 5-12 get a free $5 voucher at all October markets to be spent on a fruit or veggie of their choosing just for trying a raw veggie! Stop by the PoP Booth for more information.

Art Market, all day:
Head to the back of the train shed where you'll find 4 talented local artists. This week, stop and see the unique works of Stirsby, Barnswallow Garden, Matthew Krousey Ceramics, and Redcruiser.

October 24, 2015, Saturday - Library Lab for Kids: Chemistry at Central Library

Time: 1:30pm –3:30pm

Location: Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall

Library Lab for Kids: Chemistry

For families. Learn about the wonders and excitement of chemistry with easy-to-do activities led by this volunteer group of chemistry students, teachers and professionals eager to share the science with all ages.

Presented in collaboration with Minnesota Section of the American Chemical Society.

October 24, 2015, Saturday - Downtown Community Choir — First Rehearsal at Central Covenant Church

Time: 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Location: Central Covenant Church, 810 S. 7th Street
 
The Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Association, MacPhail Center for Music and Emanuel Housing have partnered to pilot a free community choir.  All abilities welcome are welcome and there is no cost to participate.

J.D. Steele has graciously agreed to lead the choir. Contact Joan.Bennett@thedmna.org to pre-register.

REHEARSAL DATES:

2:00pm -3:30pm October 24th and 31st, November 7th and 14th, December 5th and 12th

October 24, 2015, Saturday - The Mighty Ducks Movie at Target Field Station

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October 23, 2015, Friday - Exceptional: Handmade Paper Beyond Substrate Opening Reception at MCBA

Time: 6:00pm-9:00pm

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

Exceptional: Handmade Paper Beyond Substrate
October 23, 2015 – February 7, 2016

Paper is often thought of as just the material art is created on. Exceptional explores handmade paper itself as a powerful messaging device.

Featured artists:
 Islam Aly (Iowa City, IA)
 Jocelyn Châteauvert (Charleston, SC)
 Mandy Coppes-Martin (Johannesburg, South Africa)
 Melissa Jay Craig (Chicago, IL)
 Ann Marie Kennedy (Raleigh, NC)
 Nnenna Okore (Chicago, IL)
 Trisha Oralie Martin (Chicago, IL)
 Co-curated by Jeff Rathermel and Mary Hark.

October 22, 2015, Thursday - Roadtrip with a Raindrop: 90 Days Along the Mississippi River Author Event at Mill City Museum

Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 South 2nd Street

Roadtrip with a Raindrop: 90 Days Along the Mississippi River Author Event

Join author and travel photographer Gayle Harper for an armchair journey down the Mississippi River. When Harper learned that a raindrop falling into the headwaters of the Mississippi will travel for 90 days to reach the Gulf of Mexico, she embarked on a 90-day road trip along the nearly 2,400-mile course of the river. The book is a celebration of America and of the simple moments that make life an adventure. Ms. Harper will share how the book came about with a multimedia presentation and sign copies.

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October 22, 2015, Thursday - Twin Cities Horror Festival at Southern Theater (daily thru Nov 1)

Schedule - See Event Page link below

Location: Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Avenue South

Event Page

From Big Spooky Radio Spookytime to The Unrepentant Necrophile - get your daily fix of freaky during the Twin Cities Horror Festival, October 22 thru November 1.