October 5, 2019, Saturday - Mill Ruins Park Volunteer Demonstration Prairie Maintenance

A National Park River Site, Native Plants, and You! 

Looking for something fun and rewarding to do on a Saturday morning? Consider joining a group of volunteers to maintain a demonstration prairie at Mill Ruins Park. This native prairie attracts many bees, butterflies, and birds while improving the Mississippi River shoreline habitat.

The crew will meet at the St. Anthony Falls Visitor Center on the following Saturday mornings from 9am-noon:

October 5 & 12

Led by a trained National Park Service (NPS) volunteer, this crew is also sponsored by the Mississippi Park Connection and the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board. All tools, such as gloves, are provided.

To sign up for crew projects and for more information: Contact Andrew at amarotz@parkconnection.org

Come every time or just when you can!

October 5, 2019, Saturday - Sheridan Memorial Park Improvements Grand Opening Celebration POSTPONED

10/5/19 update:

The Sheridan Memorial Park Improvements Grand Opening event that was scheduled for today, October 5, 2019, has been postponed due to the predicted inclement and possibly severe weather.

The new improvements, which include a playground, basketball court, picnic shelter and public artwork, are open to the public, so please enjoy them on a nicer day. The Grand Opening event will be held in spring 2020. Stay tuned for more details.

Time: 10:30 am – 1 pm

Location: Sheridan Memorial Park, 1300 Water Street NE

Sheridan Memorial Park Improvements Grand Opening Celebration

Please join the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) and Northeast Minneapolis neighbors and park users on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019, 10:30 am-1 pm to celebrate the completion of a collection of new amenities at Sheridan Memorial Park!

A great slate of family-friendly activities are planned for the special event. It starts with a short program featuring remarks from local officials and a ribbon cutting at 10:30 am, then everyone can check out all the new park assets and enjoy music and light refreshments from 11 am-1 pm.

The celebration also includes Story Time with the Hennepin County Library Bookmobile! An event invitation is linked below. Please share it with any friends, family, neighbors or park user who may be interested in attending!

October 5, 2019, Saturday - Printing Animal ABCs with Ellen Ferrari at MCBA

Time: 10:00am-12:00pm

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

Printing Animal ABCs with Ellen Ferrari

Meet the animals – Alligator to Zebra – in The Alphabet Tale By Jan Garten. Create your own rubbery animal letter to use over and over on the printing press. Fold and cut and color and collage our class animal alphabet letters into cards, books, bookmarks and even a circular zoo!

Join Ellen Ferrari for Saturday mornings of family book arts fun! Each workshop starts off with a story and game to warm up your creativity and then dives into book arts projects. Workshops accommodate a range of developmental levels so that adults and children (or) adult/child teams may choose to work together or side-by-side. Each participant receives supplies to use during the workshop, but may choose to bring one set home if working with his or her partner. Ellen will provide older children with suggestions for extending their learning.

Adult/child pair: $40 (10% discount for MCBA memberss) + $5 supply fee
Additional participants (adult or child): $20 (10% discount for MCBA members) + $2.50 supply fee

October 4, 2019, Friday - MSP Film Society opens Memory: The Origins of Alien and Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles

The MSP Film Society opens MEMORY: THE ORIGINS OF ALIEN Friday, October 4, showing daily on Screen #3 at St. Anthony Main Theatre. Take an in depth voyage into the sci-fi masterpiece Alien with the visionary filmmakers who created it. See how one of the most terrifying movies of all time burst to life 40 years ago, inspired by ancient mythology and our universal fears.

MEMORY: THE ORIGINS OF ALIEN is part of MSP Film's "Dark Out" program, a late night series of mind blowing contemporary and cult classic movies that remind you why sometimes it's good to be afraid of the dark. Students attending Dark Out screenings are eligible for a complimentary Film Society Membership with their ticket!

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The same week of October 4, MSP Film also opens BUÑUEL IN THE LABYRINTH OF TURTLES. In a stranger-than-fiction tale befitting the master filmmaker, Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles tells the true story behind a fascinating episode in cinematic history, utilizing sensitive performances as well as excerpts from Buñuel’s filmography to present a deeply affecting and humanistic portrait of an artist hunting for his purpose.

October 4, 2019, Friday - What the Dogs Have Taught Us

Time: 11:45 am; talk begins at 12 noon

Location: Elmer L. Anderson Library, 222 21st Avenue S, Room 120

First Fridays: Roaring Good Tales, Animals in the Archives

From Jennie to Ribsy to Rocket: What the Dogs Have Taught Us

Animals may not be allowed in the University of Minnesota’s archives, but that doesn’t mean the University’s collections aren’t filled with them! From farm animals to beloved pets to mythical beasts, the Archives and Special Collections are teeming with creatures of all kinds. Join them for the 2019–2020 First Fridays season as the library explores the wild side of history. Canine characters take center stage as they examine the works of significant children's book artists and writers. Presented by Lisa Von Drasek (Curator, Children’s Literature Research Collection). 

After the talk, guests can spend time with licensed therapy animals from the Pet Away Worry & Stress (PAWS) program, run by Boynton Health Service at the University of Minnesota.

Free and open to the public.

October 4, 2019, Friday - UMN Homecoming Parade

Time:  6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

Location: University Ave SE

Homecoming 2019

The Homecoming Parade, presented by Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union, brings thousands of past, current, and future Gophers to celebrate our UMN Marching Band, departments, student groups, and more!

Starting at 6:30pm, the Parade runs down University Avenue SE to 12th Avenye SE to Walnut Street. Be sure to get there early to save a prime spot to snag some free goodies!

Stop by the Family Viewing Area for cookies and coloring in the Downhowe building parking lot until the Parade concludes.

October 4, 2019, Friday - Minnesota Lace Society @ Textile Week MSP at Gaviidae Common

Time: 10 AM – 7 PM

Location: Gaviidae Common

Minnesota Lace Society @ Textile Week

The Minnesota Lace Society is very excited that we were invited to participate in this new endeavor!

We will be demonstrating various types of lacemaking in downtown Minneapolis as part of the first ever Textile Week MSP.

We will be in a storefront on the skyway level. See the link below for more details and for other events happening that week!

https://www.textileweekmsp.com/events-1

October 4, 2019, Friday - Cinnamon Bun Day at ASI

Time: 8:30am - 5pm

Location: FIKA at the American Swedish Institute, 2600 Park Avenue

Cinnamon Bun Day

It's the "Swedest" day of the year... October 4 is Kanelbullens Dag, or Cinnamon Bun Day, an unofficial Swedish holiday that celebrates the tradition of home baking. Of course, the American Swedish Institute MUST participate in this most delicious of days 😋

Freshly baked cinnamon/cardamom rolls (kanelbullar) will be available for purchase at FIKA at the American Swedish Institute beginning at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, October 4, until supplies last. Join us for your morning or afternoon fika, or have a cinnamon bun for dessert with your lunch. Happy Kanelbullens Dag!

October 3, 2019, Thursday - Minneapolis Burlesque Festival at The Lab (Thru Oct. 6)

Time: 6p

Location: The Lab Theater, 700 First St. N.

Elektra Cute presents: Minneapolis Burlesque Festival

October 3 - 6

Welcome to the 2019 Minneapolis Burlesque Festival!!!

STARRING Indigo Blue (Seattle), Isaiah Esquire & Johnny Nuriel (Portland), Burlesque Legend Marinka (Las Vegas), FEATURING Red Bone (San Francisco), Wang Newton (New York), Ophelia Zayna Hart (Washington DC), Nicky Ninedoors (Vancouver), and dozens of dazzling artists from across the globe, this annual event is a spectacle of glamorous, hilarious, and risqué delights! Take in four uniquely fabulous showcases at The Lab Theater, a special edition of Black Hearts Burlesque, and celebrate the Living Legends of burlesque at our Sunday night fundraiser, COMMUNITY CHEST at LUSH! Want to learn to tease like a pro? Our headlining cast will also present eight incredible workshops over the weekend! Don't miss the biggest and brightest burlesque weekend of the year!

----------TICKET LINKS & SCHEDULE----------
LAB Theater Showcases: www.minneapolisburlesquefestival.com
Black Hearts Burlesque: www.LUSHmpls.com/Tickets
Community Chest: www.LUSHmpls.com/events/bhof-community-chest/
Performance Workshops: www.minneapolisburlesquefestival.com

October 3, 2019, Thursday - Preservation Alliance 2019 Annual Benefit

Time: 5:30 – 10 pm

Location: Nicollet Island Pavilion, 40 Power St.

2019 Annual Benefit and Minnesota Preservation Awards

Rethos: Places Reimagined invites you to enjoy drinks and hors d'oeuvres at the gorgeous Nicollet Island Pavilion as they present the 35th Annual Minnesota Preservation Awards. This will be an evening of great networking, great awards, great food, great drink and great music on the beautiful Mississippi River. They will be honoring Marvel Anderson with the Executive Director's Award, Tanner Ott with the President's Award and eight preservation projects. Featuring live music from local musician Wain McFarlane.

October 3, 2019, Thursday - 6th Avenue SE Care Day!

Time: 5:30 - 7 pm

Location: Meet at the intersection of 6th Avenue SE and 2nd Street SE

6th Avenue SE Care Day!

We'll provide gloves, you bring a trowel!

If you have questions, please contact Cordelia Pierson (cell 651-815-1268 or cordelia.pierson@gmail.com), or the Marcy-Holmes office: 612.623.7633 | chris@marcy-holmes.org

Learn more about this initiative: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g5Tn_4ueByHvvxSZPFPyGOT7KlCGvxq9/view

Sign Up

Future date:  November 2

October 3, 2019, Thursday - Mimic: Modern Marbled Objects Exhibition Reception at MCBA

Time: 6p - 8p

Location: Minnesota Center for Book Arts, 1011 Washington Ave S

Mimic: Modern Marbled Objects Exhibition Reception

Mimic: Modern Marbled Objects
MCBA Main Gallery
On view August 9 – October 13, 2019
Closing reception & artist talk: October 3, 6-8pm
Free and open to the public

Mimic examines the history and craft of marbling, from book arts origins to present day sculpture, fine art, and other decorative objects.

The exhibition includes local and international artists Sue Bjerke, Maisie Broome, Antonio Velez Celemin, Heather RJ Fletcher, Karli Frigge, Mary Holland, Dan and Regina St. John, Jemma Lewis, Diane Maurer-Mathison, Iris Nevins, Sheryl Oppenheim, Sally Power, Jana Pullman, Christin Ripley, Barb Skoog, Natalie Stopka, Sevim Surucu, and Robert Wu.

Visiting masters of marbling Regina and Dan St. John of Chena River Marblers will give an artist talk at the Mimic closing reception on October 3. Based in Massachusetts, Regina and Dan specialize in book edge-marbling, miniature marbling, custom marbled papers, and teaching marbling workshops around the country.

Dating back to the 12th century in Japan and 15th century in Turkey, the art of marbling involves floating paint on water mixed viscous with carrageenan, a seaweed extract; creating intricate patterns and designs using unusual, handmade tools; and then laying paper, fabric, wood, or other porous materials onto the surface of the bath, where the image is immediately and permanently transferred to the desired surface. 

October 3, 2019, Thursday - First Thursdays in the Arts District at Northrup King Building

Time: 5:00pm - 9:00pm

Location: Northrup King Building, 1500 Jackson Street NE

First Thursdays in the Arts District

Cool nights, brisk days, and tumbling leaves signal a new season! Time to find Art, Home Furnishings, Gifts, and More at the Northrup King Building. Join us for First Thursday, October 3, 5 - 9pm. Explore all Four Floors of this truly remarkable Art Complex, were over 300 Artists share their processes, talents, and visions with you.

Plenty of Free Parking!

October 3, 2019, Thursday - Pollen Live: A Wild and Precious World at The Southern Theater

Time:  6:30 – 9:30 pm

Location: Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Avenue S

Pollen Live: A Wild and Precious World

Pollen Live | A Wild and Precious World is the culmination of three stories that explore different aspects of the environmental justice movement — the ongoing work to not only heal what ails our planet, but to do so in a way that centers the communities most impacted by environmental challenges, big and small. 

October 3, 2019, Thursday - TASTE 50th Birthday Bash at Star Tribune

Time: 11:30 AM – 1 PM

Location:  Hosted by Star Tribune

TASTE 50th Birthday Bash

What better way to celebrate 50 years of TASTE and our collective fascination for all-things-food than with a Birthday Bash featuring FREE treats. Join us for live music, prize giveaways and a chance to meet TASTE's Lee Svitak Dean, Rick Nelson and Sharyn Jackson. We'll also have historic TASTE artwork to view in our gallery. Join us!

Thank you to our sponsor Lunds & Byerlys for their support.

October 3, 2019, Thursday - Film Screening: True Conviction at Central Library

Time:  7 PM – 9:30 PM

Location: Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall

Film Screening: True Conviction

In "True Conviction," after serving a combined 60 years in prison for crimes they did not commit, three recently exonerated Texans – Christopher Scott, Johnnie Lindsey and Steven Phillips – join forces to form the unlikeliest of investigative teams, on a mission to help wrongfully convicted prisoners obtain freedom like they did. Screening followed by a discussion with filmmaker Jamie Meltzer and Christopher Scott. Sponsor: Friends of the Hennepin County Library.

Register today: bit.ly/TrueConvictionHCL

October 2, 2019, Wednesday - Star Wars Live in Concert: The Empire Strikes Back at Minnesota Orchestra

Time: 7:30p

Location: Minnesota Orchestra, 1111 Nicollet Ave

Star Wars Live in Concert: The Empire

Experience the thrills of the second film in the original Star Wars trilogy as it is shown in full on the big screen, accompanied live by the Minnesota Orchestra led by Sarah Hicks.

October 2, 2019, Wednesday - 300 Clifton Candlelight Tour 2019

Time: 7 PM – 10 PM

Location: 215 S 9th Street

300 Clifton Candlelight Tour 2019 - Tickets

Don't be afraid of the dark, be afraid of what's in it.

Tour the main mansion, servants' quarters, and basements. Learn the history of Clifton Avenue and possibly meet the ghost of one of the Carpenter family's chambermaids, Gertrude. The tour this year will start at our sister property "Oaklands on 9th," the city's first apartment building. The Oaklands is currently undergoing massive preservation work after a nine-hour fire and three years with no roof left the building in unimaginable disrepair. What a place to peek around while we wait for our chauffeur to take us up the hill to Historic 300 Clifton!

300 Clifton is an authentic Historic Home which hearkens to a time when horse-drawn carriages clip-clopped through downtown, and Clifton was lined with similarly appointed residences that reflected the grace and style of wealthy urban families in the late 19th century. Once at the grand mansion, the tour explores the main mansion, grounds, and carriage house, all in the most uncomfortable way possible: in the dark! Only on the Candlelight Tour do you get all of the incredible history of 300 Clifton and the ghost stories too! On the tour, you get to pass through secret passages into the creepy parts of the house and hear the stories of the ghosts of 300 Clifton, and maybe even experience contact with the other side! You will tour the formal areas of the house and then travel to the basement and subbasement where the paranormal investigators found the haunted souls to be the most active!

Our tours run once weekly.

The event will start at 215 S. 9th Street (not 300 Clifton Avenue). Guests will complete registration and enjoy a meet and greet with other attendees and tour guides. A shuttle will take the group from the Oaklands on 9th to 300 Clifton Avenue. After the tour, shuttle services will take attendees back to the Oaklands on 9th at approximately 10 pm.

PARKING: Parking is available in surrounding lots and ramps, no parking on the property.

TOURS START PROMPTLY, PLEASE ARRIVE 15 MINUTES EARLY.

October 2, 2019, Wednesday - American Horror Story Viewing Party at The Saloon

Time: 9p

Location: The Saloon MN, 830 Hennepin Ave

American Horror Story Viewing Party

Join us every Wednesday at 9pm for the the new season of AHS. Playing in the newly remodeled sports bar lounge.

Show time 9pm.

$4 You Call It 9pm-2am. 

October 2, 2019, Wednesday - Entrepreneur Expo at Central Library

Time: 2p - 8:30p

Location: Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall

Entrepreneur Expo

Build your small business network, learn new skills, and find support and inspiration with panels, one-on-one consultations, workshops, exhibitors and more. This year's expo is all about money! Find out everything you need to know about financing and growing your business.

-Learn how investors think
-Find out what loan officers need from you
-Hear about how artists can take advantage of crowdfunding and microfinance
-Determine how to stop the leaks in your business budget
-Figure out how to use debt as a strategy for growing your business
-Understand how to get government contracts
-Discover financing and support for Latino business owners (in Spanish)
-Hear the funding challenges of successful Somali entrepreneurs (in Somali)
-Learn about specific programs for Latino farmers (in Spanish)

Throughout the day, you can also:

-Meet with consultants about business tax, finance, money, law, and artist careers
-Connect with over 35 exhibitors that support and fund businesses like yours
-Attend panels, workshops, and consultations in English, Spanish, and Somali
-Have your portrait taken by a professional photographer
Light dinner will be served.

Sponsor: MELSA (Metropolitan Library Service Agency). Collaborators: African Economic Development Solutions, City of Minneapolis Community Planning and Economic Development, Latino Economic Development Center (LEDC), LegalCORPS, Northside Economic Opportunity Network (NEON), Social Impact Strategies Group, Springboard for the Arts, and WomenVenture.

Register for free: http://bit.ly/EntrepreneurExpo2019