October 6, 2018, Saturday - Washburn A Mill Tour at Mill City Museum

Time: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 South 2nd Street

Washburn A Mill Tour

Take an in-depth look at the historic Washburn A Mill complex and the award-winning Mill City Museum building. A guide 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. This is the only opportunity for a guided tour through the entire museum building and the only chance to see some of its nonpublic spaces.

Tour highlights include:

• The dramatic story of the 1878 Washburn A Mill explosion, and the other dangers that mill workers faced on a daily basis
• "The Octopus," a large machine that directed wheat into nine storage bins
• The Humphrey Manlift, a vertical conveyor belt that carried workers from floor to floor
• The Rail Corridor where hundreds of boxcars arrived each day to unload wheat and carry away flour
• Millstone plaza, originally paved with retired millstones and the location for lunchtime concerts by the Washburn-Crosby employee band in the 1920s
• Evidence of the three major fires that have damaged the building in 1878, 1928 and 1991
• The East Engine House, once home to a two-story steam engine, has been remodeled into two classrooms, while preserving the original railroad car pulling machinery

The tour includes no more than 1 mile of moderately paced walking on uneven surfaces. Please call ahead to make arrangements for guests with limited mobility.

Future dates: October 20, 28, November 3, 24, December 2, 29

October 6, 2018, Saturday - Mill Ruins Park Volunteer Habitat Restoration with the National Park Service

Looking for something fun and rewarding to do on a Saturday morning? Consider joining a volunteer crew for habitat restoration activities with the National Park Service (NPS), in partnership with Mississippi Park Connection, in Mill Ruins Park.

Typical NPS Mill Ruins volunteer activities include invasive species removal, occasional planting, and caring for native species that have been planted by other volunteers.  

These drop-in volunteer events will take place at Mill Ruins Park from 9am-12pm. 

Sign in will be at 9 AM in front of the St. Anthony Falls Visitor Center. Gloves, tools, and instruction will be provided. Volunteers should bring a water bottle, sunscreen, sturdy shoes, and clothes that can get dirty. Chat with a ranger or NPS volunteer crew leader, play in the dirt, and feel good knowing that your efforts are helping to improve the national park in our backyard!

Questions? Contact Ranger Erin Steinhibel at erin_steinhibel@nps.gov. Come join an award-winning team of volunteers in their restoration adventures!

Can't make the date, but interested in volunteering? Please send an email to miss_volunteer@nps.gov to request our volunteer e-newsletter.

October 6, 2018, Saturday - Light Art at Mill City Museum Grain Elevator

Mill City Museum and the connecting Washburn-Crosby grain elevator will be lit on Saturday, Oct. 6 from 8 to 9 p.m. The Light Art will be shown on the river side of the museum, and the public is encouraged to watch from the Minneapolis riverfront, Stone Arch Bridge and St. Anthony Main.

Swiss Light Artist Gerry Hofstetter has chosen Mill City Museum as Minnesota’s signature venue for his Light Art Grand Tour USA. Hofstetter says he works around the globe “transforming monuments and landscapes into light art sculptures for a short moment in time, as a way to highlight their history and importance to the world.” The art is also meant to showcase the friendship between the United States and his home country, Switzerland.

Mill City Museum, image courtesy Minnesota Historical Society

Light Art on Jungfrau in the Swiss Alps, image courtesy Gerry Hofstetter

For his “Grand Tour USA,” Hofstetter is visiting all 50 states selecting one monument, landscape or venue in every state to bathe in light for one night. A mix of images will be chosen by the artist and will feature historical images of the mill.

October 6, 2018, Saturday - Mill City Farmers Market

Time: 9:00am - 1:00pm

Location: 704 S 2nd Street

More Info: Mill City Farmers Market

October 6, 2018, Saturday - SlutWalk Twin Cities

Time schedule:

2 pm to 3 pm- Sign Making 

3 pm to 4 pm- Opening Ceremony

4 pm to 5 pm- Walk 

5 pm to 5:30 pm- Closing Ceremony

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SlutWalk Twin Cities - Father Hennepin Park 

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Please join us for the eighth annual SlutWalk against rape culture!

- We will have an opening ceremony before the Walk as well as time to make signs for the Walk.

- Everyone of all ages is invited. The Walk is completely handicapped accessible--those with physical disabilities will be able to use their wheelchairs, walkers or scooters.

- Well behaved pets are welcome as well. 

- Nudity is not allowed per Minneapolis law but anything else is acceptable; dress how you wish.

- We welcome all ethnicities, sexualities, gender identities, and socio-economic backgrounds.

- The Walk is free to all participants.

October 6, 2018, Saturday - Two Years of Milkweed Books!

Time: 10 AM – 7 PM

Location: Milkweed Books & Open Book, 1011 Washington Ave S

Two Years of Milkweed Books!

It has been ✨TWO YEARS✨ since we opened our little bookstore––come celebrate with us at our Two Year Anniversary party!

Saturday, October 6th | 10 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Milkweed Books | Open Book, 1st Floor
1011 Washington Ave S, Minneapolis 55415

Join us in the bookstore as we celebrate TWO YEARS of Milkweed Books! Featuring *special book bundles,* a street sale (weather permitting), a community gallery wall display, and more! Stay tuned for more details.

Thank you all for sharing these last two years with us and making what we do here possible. Looking forward to this and many more years ahead!

October 6, 2018, Saturday - Breakfast Under the Stars Fundraiser for YouthLink

Breakfast Under the Stars

October 6, 2018, Saturday - Mississippi River Care @ Father Hennepin Bluffs Park

Join your neighbors and people working nearby as we care for our Mississippi River together. Take a healthy break helping clean up our Mississippi riverfront; learning about the future of the Mississippi and how you can make a difference; and having fun with other people in Marcy-Holmes neighborhood. Good for your community, good for your environment, and good for you!

We will clean up the shoreline, slopes and park on the east bank of the Mississippi River, where Father Hennepin named St. Anthony Falls. Your guide:

• Cordelia Pierson, Mississippi River Parkway Commissioner, Marcy-Holmes Neighborhood Association board member, who will share exciting plans for the area, and stories about the great impact of caring for our bluff park.

After helping out, we will visit an eagle nest – right in the heart of the city – and you can visit Water Power Park and a St. Anthony Main café.

Schedule:

• 9:00 - 9:20 - Sign-in, Introductions and Orientation
• 9:20-11:45 - Service activities, interpretation, and refreshment – We will rotate between learning about the area, removing invasive plants, and cleaning up the natural area and Mississippi shoreline
• 11:45-12:00 - Closing and thank you, followed by five-minute walk to view riverside eagle nest

Preparations:
Gloves and tools are provided by the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board. Please bring a water bottle and wear weather-appropriate clothing and close-toed shoes geared for an outdoor activity on natural and uneven surfaces.

Registration and Location: 

To register, go to: http://tiny.cc/fatherhennepin. We will meet at the corner of Third Avenue SE and Main Street SE, across from the Pillsbury A Mill.

Future date: November 3

October 5, 2019, Saturday - Blessing of the Animals at Our Lady of Lourdes Church

Time: 11:00am

Location: Our Lady of Lourdes Church, One Lourdes Place

Blessing of the Animals

Join us for our annual Blessing of the Animals event, celebrating the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi! Father Bryce Evans will share blessings and there will be treats for humans and their four-legged friends. Everyone is welcome at this community gathering!

October 6, 2018, Saturday - Hocus Pocus Bar Crawl

Hocus Pocus Bar Crawl

Winnie, Mary, and Sarah. The gang is all here! Celebrate the greatest Halloween movie of all time with a Flip Phone bar crawl.

Dress up as your favorite Sanderson Sister or Hocus Pocus inspired look. We will kick-off the day at the Pourhouse where we will attempt to gather the most witches in one room. At the Pourhouse there will be dancing, drag + burlesque shows, and a grand costume contest. After that, we will split into four teams (Winifred, Sarah, Mary, and Thackery Binx) and hit Minneapolis bars.

Pick your team (your costume DOES NOT have to correspond with your team, make sure everyone in your party is on that team) and you'll get a schedule of bars/events for the day. We will release this information a week before the event.

Bar Schedule:

10:30 AM- 12:30 PM: The Pourhouse (All teams)

12:30 PM- 4:30 PM: Union Rooftop, Mercy, The Saloon, and TBD

4:30 PM- ??- After party at The Saloon

10% of all drink sales will benefit OutFront Minnesota.

There will be surprises at each venue! We are planning Hocus Pocus karaoke, Hocus Pocus drag performances, Hocus Pocus trivia, tarot card readers, dance parties and more. You'll be entertained by some of the city's top DJ's and performers.

We will release more information as we get closer. The entire bar crawl is 21+

If you would like to pre-order a limited edition Hocus Pocus Bar Crawl T-Shirt, you can do so on this page. All t-shirts must be picked up at the crawl. Please note, that Team + GG Bar Crawl T-shirts include admission to the bar crawl and a limited edition t-shirt.

You must have tickets to the bar crawl to enter any of the participating venues. 

October 5, 2018, Friday - The Haunted Basement Opens (runs thru October 31)

Times: See event link below

Location: Haunted Basement, 2010 E Hennepin Ave. Building #9

The Haunted Basement 

The Haunted Basement returns for its eleventh year of traumatizing the masses, while bringing an all-new layer of dread to their performances with its inaugural run September 29 - October 31 at their new home, located at Building 9 of 2010 East Hennepin Ave. in Northeast Minneapolis.

Tickets can be purchased online at HauntedBasement.org

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This year’s run will begin on Friday, October 5 and run through Halloween; with performances on Fridays through Sundays October 5-14, Thursdays through Sundays October 18-28, and a final show on Wednesday, October 31 (of course). All shows begin at 6:30 p.m., with performances running later into the night on Fridays, Saturdays and Halloween.

Tickets for the Haunted Basement are $25 in advance on Thursdays and Sundays, $27 in advance on Fridays, Saturdays, and Halloween, and $30 at the door for all performances. 

BLIND INVOCATIONS: For those desire a little added oomph to their Haunted Basement visit, the Blind Invocation option gives brave patrons a one-of-a-kind solo experience, complete with exclusive easter egg environments and adventures designed only for Blind Invocation ticket holders. Blind Invocation tickets are $40 and are available in limited quantities each night of the performance. 

UNLIMITED PASSES: For the first time, the Haunted Basement is offering a select number of Unlimited Season Passes. For $100, patrons will have an unlimited pass to attend (and skip the line at) any of the performances and ‘Fraidy Cat Tours, one Blind Invocation ticket to any performance of their choice, and 20% off Haunted Basement merchandise through Oct. 31. Unlimited Season Passes are only available online at HauntedBasement.org.

The Haunted Basement is an 18+ with I.D. event.

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For more information on ‘Fraidy Cat Tours on October 17, 21, and 28, click here - https://www.facebook.com/events/2114733958852637/

For more information on our takeover night with Flip Phone, click here - https://www.facebook.com/events/293371421209958/

October 5, 2018, Friday - Poetry Reading: Ada Limón, William Brewer, and Parneshia Jones at Milkweed Books

Time: 6:30-8:30pm

Location: Milkweed Books & Open Book, 1011 Washington Ave S

Poetry Reading: Ada Limón, William Brewer, and Parneshia Jones

6:30 pm | Reception (Milkweed Books, 1st floor)

7:00 pm | Program (Target Performance Hall, 2nd floor)

Free. All are welcome.

Join three Milkweed Editions poets—Ada Limón, Will Brewer, and Parneshia Jones—to celebrate the two-year anniversary of our bookstore! After a reception with light refreshments at Milkweed Books, these dynamic poets will read their distinguished, powerful work in the Target Performance Hall, featuring poems from The Carrying (Limón), I Know Your Kind (Brewer), Vessel (Jones), and beyond.

ABOUT THE POETS
Ada Limón is the author of, most recently, The Carrying and Bright Dead Things, which was named a finalist for the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Kingsley Tufts Award, and was named one of the Top Ten Poetry Books of 2015 by The New York Times. Her previous collections include Sharks in the Rivers, Lucky Wreck, and This Big Fake World. Her work has appeared in the New Yorker, the New York Times, and American Poetry Review, among others. She serves on the faculty of the Queens University of Charlotte Low Residency MFA program, and the 24Pearl Street online program for the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center. She also works as a freelance writer and lives in Lexington, Kentucky.

William Brewer is the author of I Know Your Kind, a winner of the 2016 National Poetry Series, as well as the chapbook Oxyana, which was awarded the Poetry Society of America Chapbook Fellowship 30 and Under. His poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Boston Review, Kenyon Review Online, The Nation, and A Public Space, among others. Brewer is currently a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. He was born and raised in West Virginia.

Parneshia Jones is the author of Vessel, chosen as “One of 12 Books to Savor” by Oprah Magazine. Her work has been anthologized in She Walks in Beauty: A Woman’s Journey Through Poems, edited by Caroline Kennedy and The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South, edited by Nikky Finney, and has been received a Lannan Foundation Writing Residency, the Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Award, the Margaret Walker Short Story Award, and the Aquarius Press Legacy Award. She studied creative writing at Chicago State University, earned an MFA from Spalding University, and studied publishing at Yale University. A member of the Affrilachian Poets, she serves on the board of Cave Canem and Global Writers. Jones currently holds positions as Sales and Subsidiary Rights Manager and Poetry Editor at Northwestern University Press. She lives in Chicago.

October 5, 2018, Friday - Preview Party | Many Visions, Many Versions at Weisman Art Museum

Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm

Location: Weisman Art Museum, 333 East River Parkway

Preview Party | Many Visions, Many Versions

Learn about life and culture in India through contemporary artists from four major indigenous artistic traditions at the exhibition preview party for Many Visions, Many Versions. Start the night by viewing Sacred Earth, a dance performance by Ragamala Dance Company that explores the interconnectedness between human emotions and the environment that shapes them.

Groove to the sounds of DJ Chamun and nosh on small bites. Free admission. Cash bar (WAM members receive a free drink.)

October 5, 2018, Friday - Free MacPhail Family Sample Music Class - Pacifier North Loop

Time: 10:30am - 11:15am

Location: Pacifier – North Loop, 219 N 2nd Street, #102

Free MacPhail Family Sample Music Class

Pacifier North Loop is so excited to host a FREE sample class with the MacPhail Center for Music!

Join "Sing Play Learn" with MacPhail Center for Music for a free family music sample class. Music for Families is a multi-age experience which promotes music awareness and appreciation. Through the power of music, children develop social skills, body control, increased attention spans, and an appreciation of music

October 4, 2018, Thursday - 5th Annual Trans Equity Summit

Time: 10 am to 4 pm (on-site registration begins at 9 am)

Location: Hennepin Theater Trust, 900 Hennepin Avenue

5th Annual Trans Equity Summit

This year's summit focuses on health and wellness and features keynote speaker Kye Allums, a transgender pioneer in college athletics.

Co-hosted by the City of Minneapolis and the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board (MPRB), the 5th annual Trans Equity Summit is now open for registration. The 2018 summit is organized around three breakout sessions:

• Making healthcare more accessible and accepting for the transgender community
• Learning skills to improve mental health and resiliency
• Tackling pervasive issues relating to health and social support

The program for the October 4 event also includes: 

• Keynote panel by Kye Allums, the first African American openly transgender athlete in sports history
• Update on trans equity work happening within the City of Minneapolis
• Presentations by local organizations leading the charge on transgender health equity
• Opportunities to meet members of the Transgender Equity Council, the City’s newly appointed advisory board

October 4, 2018, Thursday - Preschool Fall Session: Wacky Food Books at MCBA

Time: 1:30pm–2:30pm

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

Preschool Fall Session: Wacky Food Books

Get a jump on literacy in interactive preschool book arts classes with Ellen Ferrari. Children and adults work together to make paper, print patterns, shapes and letters and construct colorful books in a fun environment. Each class begins by reading a story and continues by investigating examples produced by working artists. Vocabulary, tools and processes will also be introduced. Dress for mess. For families with children ages 3-5

October 4, 2018, Thursday - AchieveMpls Evening of Excellence Dinner at Minneapolis Event Centers

Time: 5:30 – 8 pm

Location: Minneapolis Event Centers, 212 Second Street SE

Evening of Excellence Dinner

AchieveMpls invites to attend this inspiring event that features a networking happy hour, delicious dinner, inspiring stories from their students and alums, and celebration of their outstanding volunteers, employers and partners.

Every dollar raised helps them close the opportunity gap and ensure that even more Minneapolis students can access their personalized career and college planning support, on-the-job skills and professional experience through STEP-UP internships, and mentoring from their caring Graduation Coaches. With your generous support, they're helping thousands of young people graduate with the tools, connections and confidence they need to excel after high school. 

October 4, 2018, Thursday - Elektra Kute presents: Minneapolis Burlesque Festival at The Lab Theater (3 nights)

Performances: See below show link

Location: The Lab Theater, 700 1st North Street

Elektra Kute presents: Minneapolis Burlesque Festival

October 4 - 6

Starring Coco Lectric (Austin), Ray Gunn (Chicago), Lola Frost (Vancouver) and 100 artists from across the globe, this annual event is a spectacle of hilarious, glamorous and risqué delights! Take in five uniquely fabulous showcases at The LAB Theater, learn the art of the tease at one of eight titillating workshops, and celebrate the Living Legends of burlesque at their special fundraiser, COMMUNITY CHEST at LUSH! Visit the MBF website for lineups, workshops and MORE!

October 4, 2018, Thursday - Book Lovers Ball! at Machine Shop

Time: 6 PM - 9 PM

Location: Machine Shop, 300 2nd Street SE

Book Lovers Ball!

✨ FEATURING Ada Limón, Parneshia Jones, and Will Brewer! ✨

An annual celebration of writers, books, and readers, the Book Lovers Ball features a seated dinner, live auction, presentation of the Milkweed Award for Distinguished Contributions to Literary Culture, storytelling from authors, and more!

We are delighted to be welcoming three poets we’ve had the honor of publishing here at Milkweed Editions in recent years to share both remarks and poems with you at this year’s Book Lovers Ball! 

Each of these poets make a distinct case for the power of poetry. Limón, Jones, and Brewer are exploring the personal and political issues of our time: identity and belonging, urban and rural divides, racism, sexism, feminism, truth, coming of age, the opioid epidemic and addiction, perseverance in the face of fear and loss, where we come from—and where we might go.

No matter where you’re coming from—poetry enthusiasts to those who haven’t read a poem since high school English class—you’ll be treated to a fun and memorable evening about an artform that is captivating American readers in bold new ways!

October 3, 2018, Wednesday - Insights & Best Practices to Safeguard Your Business at Hyatt Regency Hotel

Time: 7:45am - 10:00am 

Location: Hyatt Regency Hotel - Regency Room, 1300 Nicollet Mall

Insights & Best Practices to Safeguard Your Business

According to the 2018 Chase Business Leaders’ Outlook report, American business owners feel more positive than they have in years, due to recent regulatory reform, corporate tax cuts and a steadily improving economy.

However, cybercrime is on the rise, with more companies than ever falling victim to attack. Join us for a presentation and discussion on domestic and global economic trends and best practices for safeguarding your business.

Agenda:

7:45 a.m.- Registration, networking & breakfast

8:30 a.m. - Featured speakers

9:25 a.m.- Audience Q&A

10:00 a.m.- Adjourn