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August 2021
Slavic Experience Festival 2021
Saturday, Aug. 7 and Sunday, Aug. 8, 10 am-10 pm at Father Hennepin Park, 420 Main St SE. People of Slavic heritage from Poland, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Russia, Slovakia, Belarus, Slovenia, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia, as well as other Eastern European nations get together to celebrate their heritage in a fun, free, and family-friendly experience. Info: info@slavicexperience.com.
Find out more »Minneapolis Riverfront Walking Tour
Take a guided walking tour of the Minneapolis riverfront and learn about its dramatic past and bright future. Tour highlights include the Stone Arch Bridge, a National Historic Landmark, and St. Anthony Falls, the only significant waterfall on the Mississippi River. The tour will begin and end at Mill City Museum, 704 S. 2nd Street, and includes about 1 mile of moderately paced walking on uneven surfaces. Please call ahead for questions about accessibility. Cost is $14; members receive a…
Find out more »Adoption/spay event at Pet Central
Pit Squad Rescue MN will hold a pet adoption event at Pet Central, 2700 Central Ave NE, Saturday, Aug. 7, noon-3 pm. Dogs and other animals will be available for adoption, and spay/neutering services will be half price. Pit Squad Rescue is a nonprofit, no kill-foster based rescue focusing on the bully breed to reduce euthanasia rates.
Find out more »Save a life, give blood
The need for blood is constant, but due to the pandemic, many drives have been canceled or postponed. To replenish supplies for Twin Cities’ hospitals, trauma centers, and air ambulance bases, more healthy donors are needed at blood drives and donor centers in the coming weeks. Appointments can be made online at MBC.ORG or by calling 1-888-GIVE-BLD (888-448-3253). The Bloodmobile will visit Bauhaus Brew Labs, 1315 Tyler St NE, Saturday, Aug. 7, 12-5 pm; Indeed Brewing, 711 15th Avenue NE, Monday,…
Find out more »St. Lawrence Catholic Church members: Welcome back Parishioners event
Join them for Coffee, Donuts, Picnic Food and Fellowship.
Find out more »Pop Up Palette Party
A wide range of media including Painting, ceramics, photography, wearable art, mixed media, sculpture and fine art quilting will be exhibited and for sale.
Find out more »The Amazing Cowboat
Free community performance of The Amazing Cowboat on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 6:30 pm in the triangle park across from the host, Mt. Carmel Lutheran Church, 1701 St. Anthony Pkwy. Bring a lawn chair or blanket. Binh’s imagination comes alive as he pretends he is the captain of a boat that is part cow, part boat, and totally amazing. Together Binh and his Cow Boat set sail on a high seas adventure to search for the lost crown of Lac Long…
Find out more »Summer of TRE
Are you familiar with TRE® ~ Tension & Trauma Releasing Exercises? Developed by Dr. David Berceli, a field traumatologist and bodyworker, it's a blend of polyvagal theory, body awareness and nervous system rebalancing through tremoring. Summer of TRE® is a project to teach the series of exercises to as many humans as possible, in Minneapolis Parks, this summer. Classes at Windom Park will be held July 14, 21, 28, and Aug. 4 and 11 at 10 am. A class is…
Find out more »Immersive Van Gogh
"Immersive Van Gogh" takes the Dutch artist's paintings and projects them on the floors, walls, and ceilings at Lighthouse Minneapolis, 1515 Central Avenue NE. Exhibit visitors will be immersed in 60,600 frames of video, 90,000,000 pixels, and 500,000+ cubic feet of projections, and curated selections from Van Gogh's 2000+ lifetime catalog of masterpieces. Designed and conceived by Massimiliano Siccardi, with soundtrack by Luca Longobardi, who both pioneered immersive digital art experiences in France. Show runs through Oct. 31. Times change weekly.…
Find out more »Short Attention Span Theater
Columbia Heights Fine Arts Foundation presents "Short Attention Span Theater". Three one-act plays by local playwrights Megan Gooden and Jeff Davis, accompanied by musical acts. Thursday-Saturday, Aug. 12-14, 7 pm, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2 pm, at Columbia Heights High School auditorium, 1400 49th Ave. NE. All tickets $10; available online at https://www.eventbee.com/v/chfaf-presents-short-attention-span-theater/event?eid=128691842#/tickets. Tickets also available at the door: cash, check or credit cards accepted.
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