Events
Saturday mornings 9:00 am - 11:00 a.m. FREE! Anyone who wants to write is welcome. Full information at writers.meetup.com/609 We, who would like to write very often, spend too much time thinking about writing. This group serves to support you in actually writing. We do it longhand. Bring pen and paper and get ready for a really good time! The group meets by the Lake Street windows across from the Fish Market. Facilitator: Gaia Richards
We'll validate your stub if you park in the 10th Avenue Parking Ramp, FREE for up to three hours!
Midtown Global Market, in partnership with Do It Green! Minnesota and Edible Twin Cities magazine, invites everyone to celebrate Earth Day on Saturday, April 18, 2009. Visitors are invited to meet local farmers and producers. There will be cooking demonstrations, sampling, children's activities, and live music from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
This year's theme is to "Think Globally, Act Locally," and teach people how to enact sustainable efforts in their lives. Representatives from Do It Green! Minnesota will be on site with eco action tables offering easy ways to green-up your lifestyle. The first 100 people to take an "Earth Pledge" with Do It Green! Minnesota can make and take home a bottle of all-purpose, non-toxic cleaner.
Guitarist / bouzoukist / composer Greg Herriges plays an eclectic mix of original and traditional "whirled music," with a unique approach honed by his study of Asian and other international styles. Greg gets equal fulfillment working with cross-cultural ensembles or letting one guitar play him. More info at http://www.gregherriges.com/.
Gumption Trap is a Twin Cities folk/rock outfit that has developed a musical style best described as "atomic folk" that combines their rock and folk originals, with a plethora of covers, and some revved up traditional tunes as well.
Free Latin dance lessons every Sunday from 11 am - Noon with Veronica Vida Sana in Suite 123 in the Southeast corner of the market.
We'll validate your stub if you park in the 10th Avenue Parking Ramp, FREE for up to three hours!Each Sunday, a chef from a Midtown Global Market restaurant will prepare and sell brunch from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. in the Market's Central Plaza.
The inaugural brunch will be Sunday, April 19, 2009. Shelagh Mullen of SheCooks will prepare whole wheat and oat pancakes, bacon, orange juice, fresh fruit and real maple syrup for $6.95.
Mari and Amy have both played violin for over 20 years. They met as members of the Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, a premier community orchestra in the Twin Cities. They have also played in chamber groups and pit orchestras. Amy plays in pop bands and Mari plays Swedish fiddle. Recently, Mari performed in Washington DC with Andrea Hoag. Samples of Amy and Mari's Duo Music can be found at http://sites.google.com/a/atzel.com/amy-and-mari/
Calling all singers, songwriters and lovers of live, local music! The Midtown Global Market announces its new Singer/Songwriter Showcase on the third Sunday of each month from 3 p.m. until 6 p.m. featuring top performers from the Minnesota Association of Songwriters (MAS). MAS is open to songwriters of all genres, and has been a strong supporter of songwriting since 1982. MAS members have won Grammys, perform nationally and internationally and, of course, are vital to the local songwriting scene http://www.mnsongwriters.org/.
Every Monday and Friday. FREE & open to all levels of play. Rated and non-rated events and chess lessons available at $20 per lesson. Contacts: Peter Mwaura, Simba Craftware at 651-492-2858 or DeWitt Green, Uplift Chess at 612-825-0371. upliftchess@yahoo.com
We'll validate your stub if you park in the 10th Avenue Parking Ramp, free for up to three hours
Free lessons with Twin Cities Steppers dance expert Kevin Johnson. A two-hour lesson in the main plaza of the market. We'll validate your ticket if you park in the 10th Avenue Parking Ramp, free for up to three hours!