November 20, 2019, Wednesday - Minneapolis Park and Rec Board Meeting

Time: 5:00pm

Location: Minneapolis Park and Rec Board, 2117 West River Road

Click here for a link to tonights agenda. 

November 20, 2019, Wednesday - E-Line Open House at Marcy Open School

Time: 4:30 - 6:30 p.m

Location: Marcy Open School, Multipurpose Room, 415 4th Ave SE

E-Line Open House

Upcoming opportunities to learn and comment on E Line Recommendations

Check out the E Line interactive map to view the recommendation in more detail and let us know what you think. Join us at one of the upcoming Open Houses (no formal presentation, come anytime) to learn more about the E Line recommendation, concept station locations, and planned connecting bus service and share your comments. Can’t join us? Submit your comments through the interactive map or send us an email at Eline@metrotransit.org. Visit the project website metrotransit.org/e-line-project to learn more.

December 20, 2019, Wednesday - Good Morning Ward 3 at Kramarczuk's

Time: 7:30 AM – 9 AM

Location: Kramarczuk's, 215 E Hennepin Ave

Good Morning Ward 3

Join Ward 3 Council Member Steve Fletcher to learn more about what has been happening in the Ward and the City of Minneapolis! 

November 19, 2019, Tuesday - MHNA Board of Directors Meeting at

Time: 6:30p - 8p

Location: First Congregational Church of Minnesota, UCC, 500 Eighth Ave SE

MHNA Board of Directors Meeting

Regular monthly meeting of the MHNA Board of Directors. Everyone is welcome to attend. Agenda forthcoming.

November 19, 2019, Tuesday - Alchemy 365 Friendsgiving at Machine Shop

Time: 6-8PM

Location: Machine Shop, 300 2nd Street SE

Alchemy 365 Friendsgiving

You know what we're grateful for at Alchemy 365? You! Before you start your holiday celebrations, come eat, drink, and be thankflow with us and 300 other friends at the Machine Shop. The night begins with a restorative AFlow followed by a social hour that includes drinks, eats, and your chance to win amazing prizes! Your ticket purchase automatically puts you in the drawing to win.

What's AFlow all about? Glad you asked! This is not your typical yoga class. AFlow brings your strength, balance, and isometric holds with a faster flow. Designed for the athlete that needs a stretch day, but doesn't want the Om.

Doors open at 5:30PM. Class starts at 6PM. Bring a friend + a mat. Social Hour to follow! Tickets are $12 and include 1 drink ticket.

November 19, 2019, Tuesday - Medicare Lunch & Learn at Millers Landing

Millers Landing Senior Living, 155 5th Avenue S, is hosting a Medicare information Lunch & Learn session on Tuesday, November 19, from 11:30am - 12:30pm. Please RSVP to patti@952-214-4258.

November 19, 2019, Tuesday - Annual Jax Café Lutefisk Dinner at Norway House

Time: 6p

Location: Norway House, 913 East Franklin Avenue

Annual Jax Café Lutefisk Dinner

An annual Norway House institution - Lutefisk, kjøttballer og lefser! --at Jax Café. YUM!

Jax Café makes a to-die-for-lutefisk dinner that has had us coming back for years. Dine in fellowship in an elegant, classic 1930s-style supper club with friends of Norway House and fans of lutefisk...and the rest of you. Your ticket includes a donation to Norway House’s annual fund. The main course is a combination plate of Meatballs and Lutefisk. If you would like to request a full portion of only one of these entrees, please email Nancy Olson at norskheart@aol.com

$65 General | $60 Members

DINNER INCLUDES:
Salad
Meatballs & Lutefisk
Lefse & Side Vegetable
Dessert

ALL ARE INVITED!

November 19, 2019, Tuesday - Fall 2019 Student and Teaching Artist Reading at The Loft

Time: 6 – 8 pm

Location: The Loft, 1011 Washington Ave. S. 

Fall 2019 Student and Teaching Artist Reading 

The fall student and teaching artist reading will begin with the student readers and will culminate with a reading by a teaching artist. This event is open to the public, and all are welcome to attend. Writing across all genres will be accepted. There are no submissions required to be considered for a spot. Readers will be chosen by random lottery selection grouped by genre and notified by email no later than November 8, 2019. 

November 18, 2019, Monday - Defending Democracy, MinnPost's 12th Anniversary Celebration at Cowles

Time: 7:30 PM – 9 PM

Location: The Cowles Center for Dance & the Performing Arts, 528 Hennepin Ave

Defending Democracy, MinnPost's 12th Anniversary Celebration

As MinnPost marks 12 years of award-winning nonprofit journalism, we can’t think of a better way to celebrate than an in-depth conversation that gives our audience a deeper understanding of the forces shaping the world.

That’s why we’re excited to welcome Brian Klaas as our featured guest for Defending Democracy, MinnPost’s 12th Anniversary Celebration at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 18, at the Cowles Center. Klaas, a Minnesota native, is a weekly columnist for The Washington Post and host of the popular podcast, “Power Corrupts.” He’ll join MinnPost editor Andrew Putz for an insightful discussion of the current threats facing democracy.

Ticket sales are now open for the general public through the Cowles Center box office. Prices start at $50, and all proceeds support the hard-working reporters in MinnPost’s nonprofit newsroom.

MinnPost members receive a $10 discount on tickets. If you’re not a member, join right now with a donation of any amount at minnpost.com/support, and then contact members@minnpost.com for the discount code.

To show your leadership support for our nonprofit newsroom, please consider purchasing a multi-ticket Patron package, which include a pre-program reception, premium seating, and parking. Full details at minnpost.com/defendingdemocracy.

We hope you can join us for this engaging event as we dig deep into current events, celebrate MinnPost’s work, and fortify its future. Cheers!

November 18, 2019, Monday - Fashion Swap to Benefit Tubman at Mercy

Time: 6p - 8p

Location: Mercy, 901 Hennepin Ave

Fashion Swap to Benefit Tubman

Dress to kill, fashionistas. Kill the Cycle of Abuse, that is, because we’re doing it again: a Fashion Swap to benefit survivors of Domestic Abuse. Bring your gently-worn best. For every 5 items you donate, you’ll shop the swap for 1 item back. The remainder will go to Harriet’s Closet, to help give survivors the polished, powerful looks they need for job interviews, court battles and to rebuild confident new lives.

Gift Bag for first 10 guests, plus...
Live music | Hors D’ouevres | Silent Auction 

November 18, 2019, Monday - Talk of the Stacks with Carmen Maria Machado at Central Library

Time: 7p

Location: Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall

Talk of the Stacks with Carmen Maria Machado

Join us for an evening with award-winning author and memoirist Carmen Maria Machado, in conversation with bestselling novelist Curtis Sittenfeld.

Machado is the author of the new memoir "In the Dream House," published by Graywolf Press of Minneapolis. Her debut short story collection, "Her Body and Other Parties," was a finalist for the National Book Award and the winner of the Bard Fiction Prize, the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction, the Brooklyn Public Library Literature Prize, and others.

Seating: This program is FREE and open to the public. Doors open at 6:15 pm for general admission seating. The program begins at 7 pm. Seating is Limited. Overflow space with live feed will be available.

Accessibility: To request ASL interpreting, please contact friends@hclib.org at least one week prior to the event. Assistive listening devices and wheelchair accessible and companion seating are available at all Talk of the Stacks events.

The 2019 Talk of the Stacks series is presented by U.S. Bank with additional support from the Star Tribune.

November 18, 2019, Monday - Paint Your Own Pet at Lakes & Legends

Time: 6 PM – 9 PM

Location: Lakes & Legends Brewing, 1368 Lasalle Avenue

Paint Your Own Pet

JOIN GRAY DUCK ART & LAKES & LEGENDS FOR A PAINT YOUR OWN PET CLASS!

There is limited space, so pre-registration is required.

We will be painting our pets off of an image of your choice. Gray Duck Art will take your image and turn it into a paint by number, making this class a fun and successful experience for all!

To complete your registration, email format@grayduckart.com a handful of photos of your pet by November 14 (with the subject line Nov 18 / Lakes & Legends / Ticket Holder Name). Photos must be sent 5 days or more before class to participate.

Directions on photo submission & more about this class here: grayduckart.com/pets

November 18, 2019, Monday - DMNA Board Meeting at Mill City Museum

Time: 6 p.m.

Location: Mill City Museum, ADM Room, 704 S 2nd Street

The next Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Association (DMNA) Board meeting is scheduled for Monday, November 18, at 5:45 p.m., at the Mill City Museum, in the ADM Room.  

November 17, 2019, Sunday - Pillsbury A Mill Tour at the Mill City Museum

Time: 1pm

Location: Mill City Museum, 704 S 2nd Street

Tour the Pillsbury A Mill

The Pillsbury A Mill, constructed in 1881, was once the largest and most advanced flour mill in the world. Go on a guided tour of the former milling complex, including the rooftop deck and the basement waterpower facilities, and discover the story of this National Historic Landmark, now home to the A-Mill Artist Lofts.

Highlights include the largest and best-preserved waterpower system in Minneapolis, with views straight down a 50-foot drop shaft through a glass floor. Guests will discover how the building functioned during the flour milling era, see the architectural highlights of the recently completed A-Mill Artist Lofts built within the historic mill buildings, and learn about the new hydroelectric plant that helps to power the complex.

This tour is presented in partnership with A-Mill Artist Lofts.

The tour includes about 1.5 miles of moderately-paced walking indoors and outdoors with some uneven surfaces. Please call ahead to make arrangements for guests with limited mobility.

November 17, 2019, Sunday - Northeast Minneapolis Farmers Market Winter Market

Time: 10 am - 2 pm

Location: Chowgirls at Solar Arts, 711 15th Ave NE

Northeast Minneapolis Farmers Market Winter Market 

We will proudly feature music on vinyl by The Ring Toss Twins, monthly kids activities, local beer, Bloody Mary’s and mimosas at the Chowgirls Killer Catering bar, plus a great variety of over 35 local vendors. It will be a weekend destination with something to offer for all!

We hope to see you at the #frostfreemarket!

November 17, 2019, Sunday - MN Christmas Market 2019 at Nicollet Island Pavilion

Time: 10 am – 5 pm

Location: Nicollet Island Pavilion, 40 Power Street

MN Christmas Market 2019

The MN Christmas Market is an annual pop-up holiday shopping event that showcases homegrown brands and makers, with a charitable twist. All vendors will donate 7% of sales from the event to a local charity that is fighting for kids in the Twin Cities. Nicollet Island Pavilion is a beautiful venue located in the heart of Minneapolis alongside the Mississippi River. And, if that doesn't scream Minnesota we don't know what does. Park and catch the Holiday Trolley provided by Renee's Limousines at the Graco USA lot (across from the Northeast Yacht Club) on the corner of Marshall and 8th Ave. Hop on one of the two trolleys that will run consistently throughout the market. Parking and trolley fee is just $5/vehicle.

November 16, 2019, Saturday - SABR Minnesota 19th Century Baseball Interdisciplinary Symposium at Central Library

Time: 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM

Location: Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall

SABR Minnesota 19th Century Baseball Interdisciplinary Symposium 

The day-long Saturday symposium will be devoted to 19th-century baseball as it was played and evolved in Minnesota and the greater Midwest region. The event is a joint project of the SABR Nineteenth Century Committee, SABR's Halsey Hall Chapter, and the Hennepin County Library.

• Register: Click here to register online for the symposium. You may also download the registration form and mail a check made out to "SABR" to Peter Mancuso, 6970 Ely Road, New Hope, PA 18938. The deadline to register is November 8, 2019.
• Cost: $40 per person. Fee includes continental breakfast, buffet lunch, and afternoon beverages and snacks.
• Schedule: Click here to download the full schedule and registration details (PDF)

Guest speakers are expected to include John Thorn, MLB’s Official Historian; Larry Millett, longtime St. Paul Pioneer Press architecture critic and author of more than 10 books, including The Curve of the Arch and Lost Twin Cities; Stew Thornley, author of Baseball in Minnesota: A Definitive History and other books; Dan Levitt, author of Paths to Glory: How Great Baseball Teams Got That Way and other books; Mike Haupert, Professor of Economics at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse; Kristin Anderson, art and architecture professor and author of an upcoming book on the history of sports facilities in the Twin Cities; Frank White, author of They Played for the Love of the Game: Untold Stories of Black Baseball in Minnesota; Brian Madigan, SABR member and associate librarian for Hennepin County Libraries; and more.

November 16, 2019, Saturday - Author Talk: Jay Weiner on Professor Hyman Berman at Central Library

Time: 2:00PM – 3:00PM

Location: Central Library, 300 Nicollet Mall

Author Talk: Jay Weiner on Professor Hyman Berman

A new biography, Professor Berman: The Last Lecture of Minnesota's Greatest Public Historian, by the late Professor Hy Berman, with Jay Weiner, will be published on November 12, 2019. Hy Berman (1925–2015) was, by most accounts, the face of public history in Minnesota for many decades—a peerless political observer and labor historian, popular lecturer and university professor, and familiar presence on the Twin Cities PBS show Almanac, dependably interpreting Minnesota history—and making some of his own. In Professor Berman, readers encounter the Hy Berman audiences and students loved, telling stories as only he could—stories that are at once a close-up view of Minnesota history and a conversational self-portrait of a man who often found himself in the middle of that history even as it was unfolding.

Berman came by his passion for history and politics naturally: as the “red diaper baby” of left-wing, Yiddish-speaking Polish immigrants in New York. With humor, sharp wit, and the insight of wisdom acquired over ninety years, he takes us back to that heady 1920s milieu that set him on a path that would one day lead to, among other adventures, a brush with the House Un-American Activities Committee, a role in a black student takeover on the University of Minnesota campus, and a lifelong alliance with Minnesota’s “Happy Warrior” for civil rights, Hubert Humphrey.

Featuring an all-star cast of the state’s politicians (from Humphrey to Rudy Perpich, Harold Stassen, Arne Carlson, and Jesse Ventura) and full of engaging, often surprising anecdotes, Berman’s “last lecture” describes a rich life devoted to teaching that reached far beyond the classroom—and that found the professor translating history for an avid TV audience, helping to appoint the state’s first female Supreme Court justice, and testifying at Minnesota’s landmark tobacco trial. Edited and with an Introduction and Afterword by long-time Twin Cities journalist Jay Weiner, Hy Berman’s final lecture is a strong and powerful contribution to Minnesota’s story.

Please include these events in your local events/arts calendar, or consider a review of the book. The editor is available for interview and review copies are available upon request. More information about the book is below.

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ABOUT THE AUTHORS: 

Hy Berman (1925–2015) was one of the most popular professors at the University of Minnesota, where he taught in the history department from 1961 until 2004. He regularly appeared on Twin Cities Public Television’s Almanac, which solidified his role as the state’s leading public historian. A former colleague of Hubert Humphrey and advisor to Minnesota Governor Rudy Perpich, he was a learned, avuncular, and congenial pundit on all things historical and political.

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Jay Weiner is author of Stadium Games: Fifty Years of Big League Greed and Bush League Boondoggles and This Is Not Florida: How Al Franken Won the Minnesota Senate Recount, both published by the University of Minnesota Press. 

November 16, 2019, Saturday - Let’s Talk Endometriosis at Hennepin Healthcare Clinic & Specialty Center

Time: 11am – 1pm

Location: Hennepin Healthcare Clinic & Specialty Center, 715 S 8th Street; Event held in the M. Stillman Education and Community Center, Level 1

Let’s Talk Endometriosis

Endometriosis is a chronic disease that can affect women starting in their teens, often accompanied by years of physical and emotional pain. Its cause is not completely understood but endometriosis has been associated with genetics, retrograde menstruation (backward movement of menstrual fluid), and poor immune function.

There’s strength in sharing knowledge about the disease and finding support. You’re invited to come and hear from Dr. Eric Heegaard, an expert in the care and treatment of endometriosis, to learn about:

• How endometriosis develops and how it is diagnosed
• The best course of treatment and options to manage symptoms and improve quality of life
• Medical management for pain and infertility
• Connecting with others who struggle with endometriosis

November 16, 2019, Saturday - Beer Dabbler at The Star Tribune Vacation & Travel Experience (2 days)

Times: See Event link below

Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, 1301 2nd Ave S

The Star Tribune's Vacation & Travel Experience is the perfect way to escape the oncoming winter blues and plan out your next adventure. This two-day event at the Minneapolis Convention Center features live entertainment, food samples, games, seminars, prizes and more.

No vacation would be complete without a beer in your hand, and that's why we're bringing the same sampling experience that you love at our Beer Dabbler events back to the Vacation & Travel Experience for a second year. You'll be able to taste craft beers from around the nation, and take home one of our complimentary sample glasses.

Advanced Tickets are $35 and include:

- 18 beer samples along with a beer sampler glass (you may enter as many times as you wish during pavilion hours).

-Admission to the Star Tribune Vacation & Travel Experience ($10 value).

-Taproom games and activities.

More information and tickets available at:
https://startribunetravel.com/beerdabbler/