January 5, 2020, Sunday - Succulent Bar Make & Take at Lakes & Legends Brewing Co.

Time: 1p - 5p

Location: Lakes & Legends Brewing, 1368 Lasalle Ave

Succulent Bar Make & Take

Join Minnesota’s original and largest traveling succulent bar, Succ It Up Buttercup, at Lakes & Legends Brewing Company in Minneapolis for a succulent bar make and take event!

This is a come as you please, open house style event. No registration or ticket purchase needed (please mark yourself as going on this event page so we can be sure to bring enough supplies for everyone attending.) Come any time between 1 pm to 5 pm to create your very own unique, one of a kind succulent creation! We supply hundreds of containers from vintage to modern and a whole bunch of beautiful succulents! If you have your own container you would like to use, feel free to bring it and we will take $1 off your total.

Prices are between $18- $33 (cash or credit) depending on how many succulents you choose. We also have cacti available for an additional cost. Price includes everything you need to plant and decorate your arrangement!

We now offer an air plant bar as an option for planting! The cost is $13 and includes one container, one air plant, and toppings to decorate. If you choose to add additional air plants to your arrangement the cost is $3 per additional air plant.

Visit our website at www.succitupbuttercup.com for more about us and our events.

January 5, 2020, Sunday - 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 remodelled 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: January 19 and 25

January 5, 2020, Sunday - 13th Annual Women’s Christmas at Keegan's Pub

Time: 12 Noon – 4:00pm

Location: Keegan’s Pub, 16 University Avenue NE

13th Annual Women’s Christmas

There'll be no post-holiday depression the weekend after New Year's at Keegan's Pub. For its lucky 13th year, Keegan’s Pub will host the only official Women’s Christmas celebration in the Twin Cities, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020.

On that day, Christmas celebrations will be over for most of the Twin Cities. But Keegan’s will once host one last holiday bash exclusively for women to celebrate the Irish tradition of “Women’s Christmas.” The 13th annual Women’s Christmas at Keegan’s will take place noon to 4 p.m. on Jan. 5. Prize drawings for women and special food offerings will be featured, and Locklin Road will perform from 1 to 4 p.m.

Keegan’s Pub started the celebration in 2008 after learning that Women’s Christmas is a popular event in Ireland—particularly in Cork. On Women’s Christmas—celebrated on the feast of the Epiphany, the traditional end of Christmas season (aka the twelfth day of Christmas)—the custom is for Irish women take the day off, and for men to take on the household duties. Women fill the pubs, and go out and celebrate with their girlfriends. Gifts are given to women.

The event is designed to give women a day off, to be together and have fun after the frantic holiday season.

“This is a great event. It’s been wildly popular, and we look forward to this memorable day at the pub,” says owner Marty Neumann.

In keeping with the tradition of Women’s Christmas (also known as Little Christmas or Little Women’s Christmas), women are encouraged to bring small gifts to the pub to exchange with their friends. Keegan’s will also have prize drawings.

Keegan’s full menu will be offered. Following the Women’s Christmas event on Jan. 6, a traditional Irish Session will begin at 6 p.m.

For more information, contact Keegan’s Pub, (612) 252-0880 or go to www.keeganspub.com. For more information about Locklin Road, go to http://www.locklinroad.com. 

January 4, 2020, Saturday - Mill City Farmers Market inside the Mill City Museum

Time: 10:00am - 1:00pm (winter hours)

Location: Inside the Mill City Museum, 704 South 2nd Street

Today at Mill City Farmers Market.

2020 WINTER SCHEDULE:

January 4 & 18

February 1 & 15

March 7 & 21

April 4 & 18

January 4, 2020, Saturday - Free First Saturday: Story Time at Walker Art Center

Time: 10 AM – 3 PM

Location: Walker Art Center, 725 Vineland Place

Free First Saturday: Story Time

There are many ways to tell a story—through sound, music, words, images, movement, and more! This January you are invited to celebrate stories in their multiple forms. Listen in or create your own.

Free First Saturdays feature free gallery admission on the first Saturday of every month, plus performances, games, art-making, and kids’ films from 10 am to 3 pm. Family friendly food options are available or bring something from home to snack on in the museum’s public spaces.

Art-Making Activity: Puppet Portraits
10 am–3 pm

Join actors and teaching artists from Speaking Out to make your own hand puppet using found materials. Create your character to bring to performances of School’s No Place for Kids or develop your own puppet show!

Performance: School’s No Place for Kids
10:30 am and 1 pm

School’s No Place for Kids is a 30-minute play performed by Speaking Out about how a spirited child and a by-the-book teacher find their way to the classroom from different places. Adventurous audience members are invited to join the actors onstage to reenact a favorite scene or re-envision the story following the show.

Performance: DJ Simone
11 am–1 pm and 2–3 pm

Bring the whole family to groove to funk, soul, house music, and more spun by DJ Simone! Tell your story through dance and movement.

Workshop: Songwriting Our Stories with Kashimana
11:30 am, 12:30 pm, and 1:30 pm

What is your story? Songwriting is a creative and fun way to share about who you are. Join local musician Kashimana to tell your story through music. Kashimana will lead three 30-minute drop-in workshops where families can work together to create a song. No previous experience required.

Gallery Tour
Join a Walker-trained educator on a participatory 45-minute tour for kids that will explore the idea of place. Meet in the Main Lobby.
English, 12 pm
Spanish, 1 pm

DJ Simone started her musical career at Macalester College, where she DJ-ed vinyl records on her own radio show for three years. She creates a musical experience inspired by an eclectic assortment of uplifting music. Along with being a DJ and producer, Simone is also a teacher, sharing knowledge, creativity, and instilling a love for music in her students.

Kashimana (“that is her heart”) is a singer-songwriter, composer, producer, lyricist, and artist with a rich soulful blues voice that soars through her original compositions, for which she writes both lyrics and music. Her songs are catchy and paint compelling stories of her experiences growing up in Nigeria and Kenya, traveling through Africa and Europe, and settling in the United States. Her goal is to help people share their own stories through song.

Speaking Out creates arts-based activities to nurture curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking for children and adults. This collective of working and teaching artists shares techniques communities can use to express themselves and dig into ideas that need attention. With puppets, plays, poems, songs and dance, they invite conversations and new creation.

January 4, 2020, Saturday - Taste Twin Cities Downtown Minneapolis Skyway Tour

Time: 2:00pm - 5:00pm

Location: Starting and ending location is in the Metro Building outside Hell’s Kitchen. Exact location is 86 S 9th Street.

Taste Twin Cities Food Tours Minneapolis Skyway Tour

While it's chilly outside, join us as we weave our way through the cozy corners of downtown Minneapolis skyways on a food adventure. We will stroll through the "Broadway" Theater District and enjoy VIP service as we visit some of the newest and hottest award-winning restaurants downtown Minneapolis has to offer. The tour includes seeing the Minneapolis skyscraper that was modeled after the Washington Monument and visiting the famous Statue of Mary Richards tossing her hat. Along the way, we will also visit quaint eateries that have pride in local ownership, including a favorite since 1932. You will taste craft beer samples and learn the secrets behind the great food you are enjoying. You'll leave the tour with a tasty experience of some of the best food finds Minneapolis has to offer all while learning history of downtown and soaking in the local culture.

• Ham and pear crisp sandwich with fresh home-made chips from the restaurant that has "damn good food"
• All about sourcing local with heirloom corn bread with ghost pepper cheese, scallions and honey butter
• Deliciously sweet and salty popular Chicago Mix® popcorn
• Fresh and melt-in-your-mouth rotisserie chicken wings in maple glaze made with pure maple syrup, lemon juice, fresh ginger and Sriracha
• Fine chocolates to be savored
• Fried shrimp tossed in sweet & spicy Thai chili sauce, served with ginger citrus sauce with locally-brewed Minnesota craft beer (optional non-alcoholic tastings available)
• Featured on the Cooking Channel Unique Sweets - Bourbon Whiskey Caramel Donut Bread Pudding Loaf

January 3, 2020, Friday - Teens Cook: Macarons at Cooks of Crocus Hill

Time: 10 AM – 12:30 PM

Location: Cooks of Crocus Hill, 208 1st St. N

Teens Cook: Macarons

If your teen loves to help on baking day, then why not get them out of your kitchen and into ours for day of making the perfect mini treats: macarons! They'll learn how to make these simple, sumptuous tidbits from scratch.

Seats are for teens — ages 12 to 17 only. Enjoy your free time, parents!

Menu: Lemon Macarons with Lemon Curd Filling; French Toast Macarons with Maple Cinnamon Swiss Meringue Buttercream; Chocolate Raspberry Macarons with Framboise Ganache.

January 2, 2020, Thursday - Joke Drop at The Comedy Corner Underground

Time: 8p

Location: The Comedy Corner Underground, 1501 Washington Ave S

Joke Drop

What better way to ring in the New year than with a whole bunch of brand spankin' new jokes!

What better way to ring in the New year than with a whole bunch of brand spankin' new jokes! The most comics you've ever seen at Comedy Corner Underground at once (literally dozens of em'), all performing their first new jokes of 2020!

January 2, 2020, Thursday - WeRunMPLS | New Years Run

Time: 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM

Location: Honest Studios, 905 Washington Ave N

WeRunMPLS | New Years Run

all paces welcome. no one runs alone.

We mean that.

Help us ring in the new year and a new decade! Join us Thursday, January 2nd at Honest Studios at 6:30pm. We'll run 3ish miles + hang out as a group post-run. Since this is our New Year’s run, there are a few fun surprises in store!

It’s headlamp season! Don’t forget to bring a headlamp for the next few months. There are a few sections of the route that are pretty dark + it’s much safer with a little light.

January 2, 2020, Thursday - First Thursday at the Northrup King Building

Time: 5p - 9p

Location: Northrup King Building, 1500 Jackson Street NE

First Thursday at the Northrup King Building

The FIRST First Thursday of 2020! The Northrup King Building is the largest arts complex in Minnesota with over 300 Artists on Four Floors. Visit us during First Thursday, January 2, from 5 - 9pm. This evening of Open Studios is an excellent opportunity to explore art, learn processes, and meet the Artists. Find your treasure here.

Warm and Cozy Building . Elevator . Plenty of Free Parking!

January 1, 2020, Wednesday - New Year’s Day Vinyasa at Yoga Sol

Time: 9a

Location: Yoga Sol, 21 5th St NE

New Year’s Day Vinyasa

Hosted by Amanda Joy Yoga

A new year. A new decade. Let’s ring it in with movement and joy, as we welcome new possibilities!

Special time and day, donation-based Vinyasa Flow.

December 31, 2019, Tuesday - After Hours Space Odyssey: Hewing Hotel New Year's Eve Party

Time: 10:30 PM – 2 AM

Location: Hewing Hotel, 300 Washington Ave N

After Hours Space Odyssey: Hewing Hotel New Year's Eve Party

Ring in 2020 at our Space Odyssey themed New Year’s Eve Party! It will be an “out of this world” great time to celebrate 2019 and to welcome 2020.

We’ll be featuring DJ Michael Todd Grey, DJ SHIEK, and The White Keys for musical entertainment all night long. Guests are encouraged to come in their best and most imaginative space themed costumes!

Tickets include admission, light bites, complimentary featured cocktails, live music, dancing, and interactive fun. Additional cash bars for beer, wine, champagne, and spirits will also be available.

Cyber Monday early bird tickets ($90/person) will go on sale on Monday, December 2nd.

General Admission tickets will be available starting Tuesday, December 3rd for $100/person.

Advance ticket purchase necessary.
This is a 21+ event.

December 31, 2019, Tuesday - A Roaring 2020 Family NYE and Ballon Drop Celebration at Graze Provisions + Libations

Time: 5p - 8p

Location: Graze Provisions + Libations, 520 4th Street N

A Roaring 2020 Family NYE and Ballon Drop Celebration

Celebrate a Roaring 2020 FAMILY Friendly NYE ✨🍴🥂 Countdown & balloon drop at 8pm 🎈🎈🎈
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From 5pm-8pm celebrate with food and drink from Graze
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Photo Booth
Magician
Party Hat Craft Station
8pm Balloon Drop with sparkling juice & champagne available

December 31, 2019, Tuesday - NYE Great Gatsby Event at Day Block Brewing

Time: 9 pm – 2 am

Location: Day Block Brewing Company, 1103 Washington Avenue S

NYE Great Gatsy Event

Ring in the Roaring 20’s with us on December 31st at Day Block Brewing Company.

It's going to be a very intimate event with a very limited capacity, so arrive early to secure your spot! Please RSVP to attend

Event starts at 9pm.

$5 cash at the door.

DJS:
MamaSauce 9pm
Diagenetic b2b Evan Kimel aka Kontext 10pm
Leo Himself b2b Justin Ross 11pm
Joshua Prosser b2b Joe Wemlinger 1am

December 31, 2019, Tuesday - New Year's Eve Ball at Muse Event Center

Time: 9:00pm – 2:00am

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Location: Muse Event Center, 107 3rd Ave N

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New Year's Eve Ball

It's that time of year again! Join us for our annual New Year's Eve 2020 party in the North Loop of Minneapolis at Muse Event Center.

VIP Bottle Service is available: 612-716-8139

The LIfe Of Ques presents: Muse Event Center is a multi level venue. Separate VIP entrance for expedited entry including heating waiting room while you check in with our bottle service staff and put your coats away.

*Multiple coat checks for easy and stress free access.

-Midnight Champagne Toast For Countdown

-Photographers/Videographers

-Photo Booth

-Surprise Special Guests

-Multiple Satellite Bars = Drink Access

General Admission Tickets Start At $45

Muse Event Center features three levels with plenty of room to dance, multiple large bars, and a coat check.

December 31, 2019, Tuesday - New Year's Eve at Psycho Suzi's

Time: 8 pm – 2 am

Location: Psycho Suzi’s Motor Lounge, 1900 Marshall St. NE

New Year's Eve at Psycho Suzi's - Polynesian Passport

Touch down in paradise where your flight crew will be on the ground to give you a proper island greeting. Collect your passport, lei, apply your sunscreen, and get ready to explore the splendor of Suzi’s otherworldly island escape. Spend your night full of magic, mystery and island bar hopping between four different themed bars. Don’t forget to pack your best vintage Hawaiian shirt, sailor outfit, retro Pan Am stewardess uniform, or leopard print ensemble (costumes encouraged).

Purchase your New Year’s Eve Polynesian Passport and travel back in time to exotic distant shores.

December 30, 2019, Monday - Snowta NYE Festival at The Armory (2 nights)

Time: See event link for schedule

Location: The Armory, 500 6th Street S

Snowta NYE Festival

Snowta!! WELCOME HOME!

Join us for the 4th annual Snowta NYE Festival on December 30th and 31st in The Armory!

GA and VIP passes on sale NOW --> www.SnowtaNYE.com
*Payment plans available*

Featuring (In alphabetical order by day):

Dec. 30th (Night 1)
1 7 8 8 - L, DNMO, Droeloe, Eoto, G Jones, K.L.O, Moody Good, The Widdler, Thug Scouts, Tyro, Walter Wilde, Zeds Dead (Dec 30th Headliner), Zomboy

Dec 31st (Night 2)
Big Gigantic, Big Wild, Cookie Monsta, Dion Timmer, Doctor P, Ganja White Night (NYE Countdown Set), 
Jantsen, PhaseOne, Softest Hard, Ternion Sound, Vanic

December 30, 2019, Monday - New Year's Eve Week Yoga with Bubbly at A-Mill Artist Lofts

Time: 6p

Location: A-Mill Artist Lofts, 315 SE Main Street

New Year's Eve Week Yoga with Bubbly

Out with the old, and in with the new! Let's celebrate what we've learned this year, and our intentions for the next. During the last week of the year, both of my regular classes that I teach during the week at the A-Mill will include a glass of champagne, and some dark chocolate (mimosas for the morning class).

Monday, December 30: 6pm-7:05. (2nd Floor Dance Studio)
Tuesday, December 31: 9:30am-10:45 (1st Floor Performance Hall)

Please let me know if you plan to come, so that I have enough champagne for everybody. Cheers!

December 30, 2019, Monday - Pizza Workshop at Cooks of Crocus Hill

Time: 6p

Location: Cooks of Crocus Hill, 208 1st St. N

Pizza Workshop

Looking for a time-tested, mama-approved way to dazzle your friends, family and guests? How about cooking up the best pizzas they'll ever eat! Chef Antonio is back to unveil the Italian secrets of making fresh pizza dough and a sampling of other authentic favorites.

Menu: Pizza Dough; Stuffed Rustic Pizza; Four-Season Pizza; Calzone.

December 29, 2019, Sunday - The North Star Comedy Hour and Meat Raffle

Time: 8p

Location: The Comedy Corner Underground, 1501 Washington Ave S

The North Star Comedy Hour and Meat Raffle

A variety show featuring good acts and bad meat. We hope you laugh and win.

FEATURING THE BEST PEOPLE:

Jillian Rae Mikkel Beckmen & Adam of the trad folk band Corps Reviver, Paul Dickinson acclaimed punk poet, Comics Comrade Tripp & Rachel Scanlon & Madi RT and more surprises :) You can win some old venison too.