October 4, 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 3, 2015, Saturday - Mill City Farmers Market

Time: 9:00am - 1:00pm

Location: 704 South 2nd Street

Today at Mill City Farmers Market: Preserving the Harvest

Produce Planner: Apples (Haralson, Honeycrisp, Sweet 16, Chestnut crabs), arugula, basil, beets, bell peppers, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, cherry tomatoes, chives, cilantro, cippollini onions, cucumbers, dill, eggplant, fennel, garlic, ginger, green beans, green shallots, ground cherries, hollow hear vegetable, huckleberries, kale, lemongrass, lettuce, mache, mint, mouse melons, mushrooms, oregano, pac choi, parsley, parsnips, pears, potatoes, pumpkins, radicchio, radishes, raspberries, sage, salad mix, scallions, shallots, shiitake, sorrel, spinach, squash(delicata, acorn, butternut, carnival, kabocha), summer squash, sweet corn, Swiss chard, tarragon, thyme, tomatillos, turmeric, turnips, vitamin greens, watercress, zucchini, and much more!

Mill City Cooks 10 AM: Market Chef Jenny Breen will be joined today by interns from Urban Roots! They will be using ground cherries to make Panzanella. Jenny will also share some useful tips on blanching and freezing vegetables for the upcoming winter months!

Live Music 11 AM – 1 PM: MCFM welcomes back crowd favorite Moonlight Duo, entertaining us with a wide-ranging repertory of traditional Southern roots music spiced with Cajun and country swing.

Art Market, all day: Featuring Spring Finn & Co., Christy Wetzig, The Abbey, and Crookedwood.

October 3, 2015, Saturday - zAmya Theater Project Presents: "Home Street Home" at the Illusion Theater

Time: 7:00pm

Location: Illusion Theater, 528 Hennepin Avenue, 8th Floor

Tickets

zAmya Theater Project Presents: "Home Street Home"

5,000 more homes, a Nicollet Mall redesign, a new Vikings stadium and a goal to end street homelessness...

Meet street musician Zeke Cooper at the Done (being homeless) Brothers Coffeeshop for a tour to meet people, homeless and housed, downtown. Home Street Home was created by its actors – most of whom have experienced homelessness – through interviews with people who live, work, pray, and play downtown. It is presented in the signature zAmya Theater style, blending music, comedy, and the truth.

There will be a short talk back with the actors and audience following this one hour show

Home Street Home is presented in partnership with the Downtown 2025 Committee to End Street Homelessness. zAmya Theater is a program of St. Stephen’s Human Services whose mission is to end homelessness.

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

These three performances of Home Street Home are sponsored by by the Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Association.

October 3, 2015, Saturday - Mississippi River Gorge Park, a Talk by Park Historian David C. Smith at Central Library

Time: 2:00pm-3:00pm

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

Mississippi River Gorge Park, a Talk by Park Historian David C. Smith

Nearly the entire length of the Mississippi River Gorge in Minneapolis is a city park. Find out how and why that happened and who we should thank. Free and open to the public.

October 3, 2015, Saturday - Researching the History of Your Home Class at Central Library

Time: 10:30am–11:30am

Location: Central Library, Special Collections, 4^th floor, 300 Nicollet Mall

Researching the History of Your Home

Learn about the tools and resources available at the library and throughout the city that will help you research the history of your house, neighborhood or a piece of property within Minneapolis city limits. Stay after to continue researching the history of your own home. If you live outside the city of Minneapolis, check with your local municipality for house history resources.

October 2, 2015, Friday - zAmya Theater Project Presents: "Home Street Home" at the Illusion Theater

Time: 7:00pm

Location: Illusion Theater, 528 Hennepin Avenue, 8th Floor

Tickets

zAmya Theater Project Presents: "Home Street Home"

5,000 more homes, a Nicollet Mall redesign, a new Vikings stadium and a goal to end street homelessness...

Meet street musician Zeke Cooper at the Done (being homeless) Brothers Coffeeshop for a tour to meet people, homeless and housed, downtown. Home Street Home was created by its actors – most of whom have experienced homelessness – through interviews with people who live, work, pray, and play downtown. It is presented in the signature zAmya Theater style, blending music, comedy, and the truth.

There will be a short talk back with the actors and audience following this one hour show

Home Street Home is presented in partnership with the Downtown 2025 Committee to End Street Homelessness. zAmya Theater is a program of St. Stephen’s Human Services whose mission is to end homelessness.

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

These three performances of Home Street Home are sponsored by by the Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Association.

October 1, 2015, Thursday - Town Hall Gives Back! - Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition Happy Hour

Time: 4:00pm

Location: Town Hall Brewery, 1430 Washington Avenue South

Town Hall is giving back with new program benefiting West Bank nonprofits, pint by lovely pint. Every month they will donate proceeds from each West Bank Ale sold to a local West Bank nonprofit. There’ll be an open kickoff event on the first Thursday of each month to celebrate, and for the month of October they'll be celebrating the Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition!

Join us on October 1st for a kick-off happy hour, as we lift our glass for the Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition with the Town Hall Gives Back program!

About the Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition:
Our goal is to make Minneapolis a better place for bicycling in all corners of the city and support more people biking. The Coalition uses the joy and broad public benefits of bicycling to engage, empower, and mobilize grassroots and grasstops support for our work. The Coalition encourages participation in decision-marking processes and uses events to reach out to potential supporters. We have a track record of success that has helped lead to new bike lanes and protected bikeways, new bike parking, hiring the first-ever Minneapolis bicycle and pedestrian coordinator, and hosting Bike Week and Open Streets Minneapolis events.

 Learn more at http://www.mplsbike.org/.

October 1, 2015, Thursday - zAmya Theater Project Presents: "Home Street Home" at the Illusion Theater (3 nights)

Time: 7:00pm nightly

Location: Illusion Theater, 528 Hennepin Avenue, 8th Floor

Tickets

zAmya Theater Project Presents: "Home Street Home"

5,000 more homes, a Nicollet Mall redesign, a new Vikings stadium and a goal to end street homelessness...

Meet street musician Zeke Cooper at the Done (being homeless) Brothers Coffeeshop for a tour to meet people, homeless and housed, downtown. Home Street Home was created by its actors – most of whom have experienced homelessness – through interviews with people who live, work, pray, and play downtown. It is presented in the signature zAmya Theater style, blending music, comedy, and the truth.

There will be a short talk back with the actors and audience following this one hour show

Home Street Home is presented in partnership with the Downtown 2025 Committee to End Street Homelessness. zAmya Theater is a program of St. Stephen’s Human Services whose mission is to end homelessness.

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

These three performances of Home Street Home are sponsored by by the Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Association.