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October 2020
MN Tool Library Pumpkins & Powerdrills fall fundraiser
Looking for some Gourd Halloween Fun? Join the Minnesota Tool Library (MTL) for their annual Pumpkins & Powerdrills fall fundraiser, Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 24-25, at the Minneapolis Cider Co., 701 9th St. SE.
Find out more »Johnson Street Halloween Week
There’s nothing normal about 2020 and Halloween is no exception. Usually the businesses at 29th and Johnson welcome trick-or-treaters on Halloween night, but this year the Johnson Street Merchants Association will do the ultimate in a social distancing Halloween event: they’re having a “Johnson Street Ghost Hunt.”
Find out more »Entries sought for Strike Theater One-Minute Film Festival
Calling all poets, storytellers, comics, sketch-writers, and more to star in your own reel in the First Annual Strike Theater One-Minute Film Festival. The festival will consist of 30 one-minute video entries. Films will be aired to the public in three groups of 10 on the evenings of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 10-12, 7-8 p.m. on Strike Theater’s Facebook page and promoted on social channels leading up to the Finals. The Finals will be held Friday, Nov. 13, 7…
Find out more »Columbia Heights child and teen library programs
Columbia Heights Public Library, 3939 Central Ave. NE, is offering a variety of upcoming programs for children and teens.
Find out more »Truck Or Treat
Columbia Heights' annual Truck or Treat event is doing things a little differently this year, taking COVID-19 precautions. The special “Boo Drive-Thru” will feature city trucks, police cars, fire trucks, snowplows, and a number of other vehicles on display and showing off their lights as visitors drive along a guided route to view each of the stations. City officials will also be handing out candy! The guided drive is expected to take about 10 minutes. This is a family-friendly event.…
Find out more »BeltramiSCARE: The Movie
Premiering Friday, Oct. 30. Everyone’s favorite Halloween event is back for its sixth year! Beltrami Park - formerly Maple Hill Cemetery - has a terrifying history that is told every year by none other than Ole Johnson. This year, in lieu of an in-person event, organizers are releasing a film the day before Halloween. Follow young Eirik, a resident of the Beltrami Neighborhood, as he unravels a supernatural plot involving historical figures from Northeast Minneapolis. Movie trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmuRCSsMk5k. To watch…
Find out more »Artists to visit “Four Painters” at Kolman & Pryor
For its fall exhibition, Kolman & Pryor Gallery will present Four Painters Sept. 12-Oct. 31. Visitors can view the exhibition virtual and in person.
Find out more »November 2020
Virtual Owámni Falling Water Festival programs and activities
The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) is taking the 2020 Owámni Falling Water Festival virtual and has pinpointed the month of November, which is Native American Heritage month, to turn the festival event into a month of virtual programming.
Find out more »Fall “open studios” are all online
Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association (NEMAA) is supporting the artists who would normally be holding open studio events in buildings across the area, online at shop.NEMAA.org/open-studios. Some are open online already, some will have specific dates, and one, Metal and Water, is even open physically on two dates. Metal and Water features three artists between the Waterbury Building and Lisa Elias’ studio at 1129 Van Buren St. NE. They are open Saturdays, Nov. 7 and Dec. 12 from noon to 5…
Find out more »HeightsNEXT Columbia Heights cleanup
HeightsNEXT is organizing volunteers for a fall cleanup along Central Avenue. Volunteers’ efforts will freshen up local streetscapes and prevent trash from drifting with next spring’s melting snow through storm drains into the Mississippi River. Meet at 1 pm, Sunday, Nov. 1, in the Columbia Heights Public Library parking lot.
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