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Free food truck meals this summer
No registration or sign-up is necessary, youth just show up at the right time when the truck is serving and eat.
Find out more »2018 Salo Park Summer Concert Series
The Amphitheater is located on 39th Ave. NE between Silver Lake Road and Stinson Boulevard, in St. Anthony Village. In case of inclement weather, concerts will be held at the St. Anthony Community Center, 3301 Silver Lake Road.
Find out more »Early vote center opens
Early voting has begun for the Tuesday, Aug. 14 primary election, and Minneapolis voters may cast their ballots at the Early Vote Center, 217 S. 3rd St., in downtown Minneapolis.
Find out more »Fall Compost for Community Gardens
The City of Minneapolis provides community gardens in Minneapolis with low or no-cost compost. Fall compost deliveries begin Oct. 2 and end Nov. 1. Requests are due Sept. 22.
Find out more »Preserve Minneapolis walking tours
The Preserve Minneapolis is offering a line-up of 25 summer Walking Tours and two bus tours of Minneapolis’ historic neighborhoods. Join experienced architects and historians on visits to diverse corners of the city’s historic neighborhoods, buildings, and landmarks.
Find out more »Music and Movies in the Parks
The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board is offering Music and Movies in the Parks through early September.
Find out more »Ongoing
Kiwanis selling compost
The Kiwanis Key Clubs at the high schools of Columbia Heights and Fridley are helping to sell bagged rich compost made by the “Plate to Garden” organics recycling program involving both cities.
Find out more »Paddle Share reopens for the summer
Paddle Share, the kayak-sharing system for experienced kayakers that allows them to share the use of a kayak on the Mississippi River, opened May 26 and will run through the end of September. Paddlers have five trip beginnings and endings to chose from: Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park to North Mississippi Regional Park, River Park to North […]
Find out more »Columbia Heights call for photos for Library Exhibit
To celebrate the Columbia Heights Library’s 90th Anniversary, there will be a photography exhibit in the Community Room beginning in December 2018 for approximately six weeks. Amateur and professional photography, including cell phone photography, is eligible.
Find out more »9:00 am
Eco-Kids Camp
Eco-Kids Camp, organized by Faith, Community, and Northeast United Methodist Churches, will be held August 6–9 (Monday–Thursday), 9 am–4 pm. Children entering grades 3-6 are welcome! Students will learn about and from wolves this year. Camp includes field trips to Silverwood Park and the Wildlife Science Center. Other camp activities will include science and art. The cost […]
Find out more »3:30 pm
SMART for Business: Bringing Excitement to Your Brand
Their panelists will discuss methods they have used to market their businesses and share what has worked for them.
Find out more »5:00 pm
Spark-Y Open House
There will be a keynote address from Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, project presentations from their interns, showcasing Spark-Y youth programming in action, food and drink from Eastside Co-op and Butter Bakery, featuring a brand new location at the Casket Arts Building.
Find out more »5:30 pm
Stark Dance: Politics Religion Sex
Award-winning choreographer Daniel Stark, presents provocative works to get you riled up and leave you wanting more. This is a preview of his full-length concert at O’Shaughnessy this October. Nudity, sexual content, violence, ages 16 and up. Performances: Aug. 4, 4 pm; Aug 6 and 10, 10 pm; Aug. 9, 5:30 pm; Aug. 12, 7 […]
Find out more »Estate of Affairs
In 1930s New England, a young Yale man needs his conservative parents to believe he has found a bride in order to claim his trust fund. The only problem is … he is in love with a man. He devises a plan to hire a call girl to pose as his wife at a formal […]
Find out more »Hard-Core CORN
A popcorn addict meets a nutrition guru and learns she's intolerant to corn. Find out how she navigates a maze of maize, through cooking shows, newscasts, and personal confessions in a world turned against her. Ages 12-15 and up.
Find out more »7:00 pm
“The Member of Some Gods” at Casket Arts
Created by Impossible Salt, "The Member of Some Gods" is a Fringe Festival production at the Casket Arts Building, 681 17th Ave NE. The show is described as "Welcome! We've got good news & bad news. The bad news: you're dead. The good news? You can live forever! It's confusing, but we'll guide you through it. […]
Find out more »Wasn’t This Supposed to Be a Musical?
Disillusionment in a Minneapolis art gallery catapults a museum curator and a nurse into a series of misguided romances that force them to abandon ill-conceived dreams for the unexpected beauty of growing up. Ages 7-11 and up. Performances: Aug. 2, 10 pm; Aug. 4, 1 pm; Aug. 5, 8:30 pm; Aug. 9, 7 pm; Aug. […]
Find out more »Walking While Black in Moscow
Winner of the Sold Out Award at The Rogue Festival in Fresno. Les Kurkendaal has taken a trip to Russia. There are not many black people in Russia, so this is a whole new world for him. Ages 12-15 and up.
Find out more »There Goes the Gayborhood
A close-knit group of friends disbands after a disastrous reunion episode of their reality show. Five years later, their apartment building and favorite bar will be destroyed unless they can reunite to save it. Ages 16+.
Find out more »Summer Camp Capri presents, Four Little Girls: Birmingham 1963
This is a play that dares to examine what it's like to be a child in the most extreme circumstances.
Find out more »8:30 pm
“Medusa” at Logan Park
The Fringe Festival comes to Logan Park. Vox Medusa dance company and Infiammati FireCircus join forces to honor the compelling myth of Medusa's transformation from Athena's loving and devoted priestess to demonized gorgon. MEDUSA is presented in seven shows at 8:30pm: August 3rd, 4th, 5th and August 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th. For this outdoor spectacle at sunset, audiences should […]
Find out more »Deep in The 100 Acre Woods: A “Pooh”-dunnit?
A film noir, murder mystery set in the nitty gritty 1930's with the loveable characters of Winnie-the-Pooh. Adult language, violence. The creators say this show is appropriate for ages 16 and up. At the Minnsky, 1517 Central Ave. N.E.
Find out more »The Moirologist
John Morton is a professional mourner with Fond Farewells Funeral services. He makes a profit off of other peoples' grief. As a rule, he never mixes business with personal life, but that turns out to be tough. Written by Andy Rakerd. Performances: Aug. 3, 10 pm; Aug. 4, 2:30 pm; Aug. 6, 5:30 pm; Aug. […]
Find out more »My 4 Bodies
A woman with multiple sclerosis and juvenile diabetes tells her life story in 4 parts, finding she needs to integrate the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual to accept herself and true love in her life. Ages 18 and up only.
Find out more »Sfanta (Holy One)
This solo show set in a 1680s Moldovan convent follows Teodora, who yearns to be a saint only for the glory. Her path is barred by her betrothed Gheorghe, a romance with Iosefina, and a looming Ottoman attack. Ages 12-15 and up.
Find out more »10:00 pm
Hamlet, but Hamlet’s a chicken
It’s a production of Hamlet, but Hamlet is played by a chicken. “Like a person in a chicken suit?” No, an actual chicken. “So...it’s Hamlet, but Hamlet’s a chicken?” Yes. By Grand Island Theatre, at the Minnsky, 1517 Central Ave. N.E.
Find out more »Whales
Inspired by punk rock, game shows, puppetry and Herman Melville’s masterpiece Moby-Dick, Hit The Lights! Theater invites you to catch a glimpse of the dark world that brought us a legendary white whale and the men that hunt him. Performances: Aug. 5 and 6, 7 pm; Aug. 7 and 11, 8:30 pm; Aug. 9, 10 […]
Find out more »Theory of Relativity
Dance that explores the shared human experience through the scientific lens of physics. Full of unique, light-hearted, and complex works that seek to find a place on our spacetime continuum. Flashing lights. Ages 7-11 and up.
Find out more »(a) Normal Theatre Play
Goof Goof tests the boundaries of theatre with their adaptation of a classic loved by many generations. (a) Normal Theatre Play is inspired by the Absurdist theatre movement, Dadaism, and Pixar. Ages 7-11 and up.
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