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April 2025
Typewriter Poets: Poetry on demand
Join the Poetry Bus Poets as they bring their typewriters and compose poems on demand. Saturday, April 12, 1-3 pm, La Boulangerie Marguerite-Northeast, 300 13th Ave. NE. Free of charge (tips welcome).
Find out more »Welcome Session for new people
Compassionate Ocean Zen Center, 652 17th Ave. NE, invites those interested in Zen to attend a welcome session for beginners on Sunday, April 13, 9-11:15 AM. Guided meditation instruction and a Dharma talk oriented to new people will be presented.
Find out more »Art and Science on the River: Carp
Saturday, April 19, 10-12:30 pm, Mississippi Watershed Management Organization, 2522 Marshall St NE. This workshop will start with an informative presentation from Colleen O’Connor Toberman, a local expert on carp in the Mississippi River. Artist Kimberly Boustead will demonstrate carp printing with a few different types of carp and then participants will have time to try their hand at carp printing, carp-inspired drawing and creative writing. Walk away from this workshop with art to share and a better understanding of…
Find out more »The Process is the Product: Community Mapping of Racial Covenants
In this interactive map-making session, learn to read historic property records and transcribe relevant information, helping to build Mapping Prejudice's dataset in active counties across the country. This session allows people to interact with primary sources on a digital crowdsourcing platform led by a Mapping Prejudice team member. NOTE: Participants need to bring a laptop to participate. Thursday, April 24, Columbia Heights City Hall, 3989 Central Ave. NE., 5:30-7 pm.
Find out more »Dakota Plant Relatives: A discussion with Tanaǧidaŋ To Wiŋ and family
For generations, Dakota people have gathered and cared for medicinal plants along the Mississippi River (Ȟaȟá Wakpá) and its tributaries. In this panel conversation, Tanaǧidaŋ To Wiŋ (Blue Hummingbird Woman or Tara Perron) and her family will share stories and insights about their relationships with local waters — especially Ȟaȟá Wakpádaŋ (Bassett Creek) — and the deep cultural knowledge tied to native plants. Learn about Háza íŋyaŋke wiŋ (Woman Who Runs for Huckleberries or Betsey St. Clair), a Dakota woman…
Find out more »EMERGE Open Houses
EMERGE, a workforce and community development nonprofit, will host two open houses Saturday, April 26, 11 am-3 pm. Second Chance Recycling, 1179 15th Ave. SE, will provide tours to show how mattresses are deconstructed and 90% of the materials sent out to become new products. Each year, Second Chance recycles 90,000 mattresses, while providing transitional jobs to people with barriers to employment. Furnish Office & Home, 850 15th Ave. NE, is a nonprofit retail store that offers a changing selection of high-quality,…
Find out more »St. Anthony Sister City 40th Anniversary Brunch
The St. Anthony-Salo, Finland, Sister City Association will hold a 40th anniversary celebratory brunch on Sunday, April 27, 11:30 am-1:30 pm. The catered brunch will take at the St. Anthony Community Center, 3301 Silver Lake Rd. The cost to attend is $20. To sign up: https://st-anthony-sister-city-association.square.site/product/40th-anniversary-brunch/3?cs=true&cst=custom. If you would like to pay by check or if you have questions, please send an email to savsistercity@gmail.com. Payment and registrations will be taken through Thursday, April 17.
Find out more »16th Minnesota Cuban film festival
Wednesdays, April 30-June 4, 7 pm at The Main Cinema, 15 SE Main St. The festival pays tribute to the Cuban culture by featuring films that address the achievements and challenges of the Cuban people through the eyes of its filmmakers. This year’s festival celebrates the life of visionary Cuban film director Tomás Gutiérrez Alea. Film lineup: April 30: La Mujer Salvaje (Wild Woman); May 7: La Espera (The Wait); May 14: Una Noche Con Los Rolling Stones (A night…
Find out more »May 2025
Garden Tool Swap
Head to Logan Park, 690 13th Ave. NE, or Audubon Park, 1320 29th Ave NE, on Saturday, May 3, for a Garden Tool Swap. Logan Park's tool swap will run, 9 am-noon; Audubon's will be held 11 am-2 pm, in conjunction with its Spring Festival. Usable items for swapping include garden and yard tools (shovels, trowels, rakes, pitchforks, hoses, etc.); pots and planters (wood, terracotta, decorative plastic), free of any soil or dirt; potting soil/mix (unused, bagged); gardening and plant…
Find out more »Hazardous waste collection
Hennepin County will host a community collection of hazardous wastes Friday, May 2 and Saturday, May 3 at the City of Minneapolis Equipment Storage Building, 1809 Washington St. NE. Bring unwanted paints, stains, varnish, aerosol cans, gasoline, antifreeze, batteries (tape terminals), pesticides and more for safe disposal, 9 am to 3 pm.
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