EVENTS
Health Forum on Aging
November 18, 9 am. to noon
St. Peder’s Lutheran Church
4600 E. 42nd St.
An intergenerational day of creative, educational presentations in response to Transform 2010: Preparing Minnesota for the Age-Wave (MN Dept of Human Services). Topics include: Issues in the aging population, legislative and community responses to those issues, changes in the education of the health care workers. Health care providers, caregivers, seniors, family members, pastors, parish nurses and community members who are interested in how to care for our aging population are all welcome. FFI 612-724-4129. Sponsored by Community Partnerships for Health and The Augsburg College Assistant Program.
IBM Donates to PACER Center
November 18,
10 am., Opening remarks
10:20 am., Classroom demos
Parents In Community Action (PICA) Head Start
4225 3rd Ave.S. (McKnight Location)
IBM is donating 600 KidSmart Young Explorer computer centers to preschool programs nationwide to help children with disabilities and their classmates learn together and build skills for future academic success. The donation is being made to PACER Center — a national organization for parents and professionals working with children with disabilities, such as autism, vision loss or other learning disabilities and physical impairments — to distribute computer stations designed for preschoolers throughout the country.
Ed Felien to Discuss New Book
November 18, 7:30 pm.
Magers & Quinn Booksellers
3038 Hennepin Ave. S. Longtime local activist and publisher Ed Felien discusses his book, “Take The Streets,” a description of actions by radicals and anti-war activists in Minneapolis in May of 1972. For further information contact 612-822-4611.
3CTC Enviromental Forum
November 24, 7 pm.
Mayday Books
301 Cedar Ave. S.
There will be two speakers at this program, which will focus on why we need to stop the CAP-X 2020 High-Voltage Transmission Line that is proposed to run across Minnesota, bringing more dirty, coal-fired power into the state. Paula Maccabee is an environmentalist and attorney for the Citizens Energy Task Force (CETF), the group that is leading opposition to the CAP-X 2020 Power Line and will present CETF’s position. Adam Ritscher is a grassroots activist with Save Our Unique Lands (SOUL). He has served as past District 6 Representative on the Douglas County Board of Supervisors in Superior, WI., and is a member of United Steelworkers Local 9460. He will be speaking on SOUL’s past struggle to stop the power line that is being run through Wisconsin from Canada to Chicago. There will also be a discussion about the need for locally-generated clean, renewable energy as the sensible alternative. It is free and open to the public.
Kids Book Club
November 29, 2 to 3 pm.
East Lake Library
2727 E. Lake St.
This month's book is “The Year of the Dog” by Grace Lin. "Frustrated at her seeming lack of talent for anything, a young Taiwanese American girl sets out to apply the lessons of the Chinese Year of the Dog, those of making best friends and finding oneself, to her own life."
International Christmas Festival
November 30, 11 am. to 4 pm.
Ukrainian Event Center,
301 Main St. NE.
Enjoy an afternoon of festive family fun! Music and dance performances include German, Greek, Norwegian, Hungarian, Scottish, Ukrainian, Czech and Slovak groups from the Twin Cities. Variety of ethnic crafts and holiday gifts, bake sale, tasty ethnic luncheon includes pierogies, cabbage rolls, sausage and borscht. Admission: Adults $5, Kids 6-12 years $1, Kids under 6 years free. Onsite parking. More info: 612-379-1956 or
www.ukrainianeventcenter.com.
Guitar Recital
December 5,
7:30 pm.
Ferguson Hall/
U of M
2106 4th St. S.
Twin Cities guitar instructor Todd Tipton will present his final doctoral recital in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts degree. Tipton's solo recital will present contemporary works for the modern instrument as well as historical music for period instruments. The recital is free and open to the public.
ART
The American Swedish Institute
2600 Park Ave. S.
612-871-4907
americanswedishinst.
org
A Sleigh Ride Together With You: Pops Composer Leroy Anderson
Oct. 8-Jan. 18
Ancient Traders Gallery
1113 E. Franklin Ave.
651-335-3014
Two Wings: Lisa Fifield and Kurt Rusch
Oct. 3-Nov. 21
States, Dates and Place
Dec. 5-Jan. 24
Art of This
3506 Nicollet Ave.
612-721-4105
artofthis.net
Graduates by Matthew Bakkon
Nov 1-Nov. 30
A Not too Distant Past: Film and Video from Underground Chicago, presented by Marc Moscato
Dec. 5
One Nighter: ‘eep you rarr me
Dec. 6
Bohlander Arts Gallery
3011 36th Ave. S.
612-721-6438
Photodiversity
Nov. 12-Jan. 3
Christensen Center Art Gallery
Augsburg College
22nd Ave. at
7 1/2 St.
612-330-1524
augsburg.edu/galleries
Superimpositions: Recent Work by Shannon Collis and Erik Waterkotte
Nov. 7-Dec 19
Flanders
3012 Lyndale Ave. S.
612-344-1700
Art Work by Todd Severson, Genie Castro & Michael Bigger
Nov. 8-Jan. 10
Intermedia Arts
2822 Lyndale Ave. S
612-871-4444
intermediaarts.org
Night of the Living Poet
Nov. 14
Pangea World Theater and Intermedia Arts Presents: I Land
Nov. 20-Nov. 22
Art & Healing: Body Burden
Nov. 20-Jan. 9
Joan of Art
3020 E. Franklin Ave.
612-338-2511
joanofart.com
Great Sand Dunes Series
Nov. 7-Jan. 10
Minneapolis College of Art and Design
2501 Stevens Ave.
612-870-3131
artsmia.org
2008 MCAD Art Sale
Nov. 21-Nov. 22
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
2400 3rd Ave. S.
1-800-MIA-ARTS
artsmia.org
Alexander Roslin and the Contesse D’ Egmont Pignatelli
Aug. 29-Nov. 30
India: Public Places, Private Spaces—Contemporary Photography and Video Art
Oct. 26-Jan 18
(ticketed exhibition)
Journey to the Surface of the Earth; Margaret
Pezalla-Granlund and Max Schollet
Nov. 14-Jan. 4
Strange Ornament from the Renaissance Mind
Nov. 8-May. 3
Northern Clay
Center
2424 E. Franklin Ave.
612-339-8007
northernclaycenter.
org
“tis a gift—The Annual Holiday Exhibition and Sale
Nov. 16-Jan. 4
Rosalux Gallery
1011 Washington
Ave. S.
rosaluxgallery.com
Ephemeral Linescape Nothingness into Density, then eventually—nothingness
Nov. 1-Nov. 23
Josh Ryther: Building Something out of Nothing
Nov. 11-Nov. 30
Sketchy Past
Dec. 3-Dec. 31
The Shoebox Gallery
2948 Chicago
Ave. S.
(display window in Roberts Shoe Store)
612-825-3833
mnartists.org/shoebox_gallery
The Camphor Group’s “Nite Lite”
Nov. 8-Jan. 3
The Soap Factory
518 2nd St. S.E.
612-623-9176
soapfactory.org
Minimal/Manimal the 4th Volunteer Biennale
Nov. 15-Nov. 30
Soo Visual Arts Center
2640 Lyndale Ave. S.
612-871-2263
soovac.org
ArtWise: Bridging 15 Years of Kulture Klub
Nov. 7-Dec. 14
Toys on Roids: Polaroid Photography
Nov. 7-Dec. 24
Susan Hensel Gallery
3441 Cedar Ave. S.
612-722-2324
Leap of Faith 4: Let Peace Reign
Nov. 7-Dec. 29
Vine Arts Center
2637 27th Ave. S.
612-728-5745
vineartscenter.com
Holiday Sale
Dec. 6, 12-6 pm.
Walker Art Center
1750 Hennepin Ave. S.
612-375-7600
walkerart.org
Journeys To Nowhere: Selection FromThe Collection
Aug. 14-Dec. 7
Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future
Sept. 13-Jan. 4
Orchestra Hall
1111 Nicollet Mall
612-371-5656
minnesotaorchestra.
com
Young People’s Concert: Bach to the Future
Nov. 19-Nov. 20
Mozarts Symphony #41, Jupiter
Nov. 19-Nov. 20
Elgar’s Enigma Variations
Nov.26-Nov. 29
Young People’s Concert: Swinging Nutcracker
Dec. 2-Dec. 6
Handel’s Messiah
Dec. 10-Dec. 14
Eartha Kitt: Santa Baby
Dec. 12-Dec. 13
A Scandinavian Christmas
Dec. 17-Dec. 18
Jingle Bell
Dec. 19-Dec. 21
THEATER
Bedlam Theater
1501 S. 6th St.
612-338-9817
bedlamtheater.org
The Turducken
Dec. 11-Dec. 21
Brave New
Workshop
Brave New
Workshop
2605 Hennepin Ave. S
612-332-6620
bravenewworkshop.
com
All I Want for Christmas is 700 Billion Dollars: Our 50th Noel
Nov. 13-Jan. 10
Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater
810 W. Lake St.
612-825-8949
bryantlakebowl.com
Martini and Olive’s “Silent Night Fever”
Nov. 28-Nov. 29
( See website for show times in December)
Chanhassen Dinner Theater
501 W. 78th St.
952-934-1525
chanhassendt.com
The Producers
thru Jan. 31
Altar Boyz
Opens Nov. 7
Another Night Before Christmas
Nov. 21-Dec. 31
The Children’s Theatre Company
2400 3rd Ave. S.
612-874-0400
childrenstheatre.org
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Nov. 11-Jan. 3
The Guthrie
818 2nd Ave. S.
612-333-9202
guthrietheater.org
Blackbird
Nov. 6-Nov. 30
Shadowlands
Nov. 1-Dec. 21
A Christmas Carol
Nov. 18-Dec. 31
In the Heart of the Beast Puppet & Mask Theatre
1500 East Lake St., 612.721.2535
hobt.org
La Natividad
Dec. 13-Dec. 21
Show times Saturdays
10 am. & 12 pm.
Make-n-Take workshops 11 am.
The Jungle
Theater
2951 Lyndale Ave. S.
612-822-7063
jungletheater.com
Souvenir
Nov. 14-Dec. 21
Mixed Blood Theatre
1501 S. 4th St.
612-338-0937
mixedblood.com
1001
Oct. 30-Nov. 23
Morris Park Players
3611 20th Ave. S.
612-724-8373
morrisparkplayers.org
Fiddler on the Roof
Nov. 7-Nov. 22
Old Log Theater
5185 Meadville St.
952-474-5951
oldlog.com
Unnecessary Farce
Oct. 3-Feb. 14
The Elves and the Shoemaker
Nov. 15-Dec. 20
The Ordway
345 Washington St.
651-224-4222
ordway.org
Theater Latte da presents A Christmas Carole Petersen
Nov. 28-Dec. 21
Irving Berlin’s White Christmas
Dec. 2-Jan. 3
Open Eye Figure Theatre
506 E. 24th St.
612-874-6338
openeyetheatre.org
The Holiday Pageant by Michael Sommers
Dec. 15
Patrick’s Cabaret
3010 Minnehaha Ave.
612-724-6273
patrickscabaret.org
Cabaret
Dec. 6
Kinetic Kitchen
Dec. 12-Dec. 13
The Playwrights’
Center
2301 Franklin Ave. E
612-332-7481x20
pwcenter.org
On Line: A Tale of Identity in the Digital Age
Nov. 24
Brown Bag Artist Series
Dec. 8
Round Table Reading
Dec. 15
The State Theatre
805 Hennepin Ave. S.
612-673-0404
ticketmaster.com
A Don’t Hug Me Christmas Carol
Nov. 21-Dec. 28
The Southern
Theater
1420 Washington Ave. S.
612-340-1725
southerntheater.org
Zenon Dance Co.
Nov. 20-Nov. 30
Wild Goose Chase Cloggers and DeLaSouljah Steppers with RDM Steppin’ Out
Dec. 5-Dec. 7
The Nutcracker According to Mother Goose
Dec. 13-Dec. 21
Theatre in the
Round Players
245 Cedar Ave. S.
612-333-3010
theatreintheround.org The White Sheep of the Family
Nov. 21-Dec. 14
Minnehaha United
Methodist Church
(3701 E. 50th St.)
The church gives away surplus perishables, such as produce and breads, the fourth Saturday of each month. The Minne- Harvest starts at 9 am. and closes at 10 am. The food shelf at MUMC is open Tues., Wed. and Thurs. from noon to 3 pm.
Urban Arts Academy, a nonprofit in South Minneapolis, is looking for volunteers to work in our arts-infused afterschool program (K-6) Tues., Wed., Thurs. Be a mentor in math, literacy and art. Call 612-827-1641.
Help children learn to read. Volunteers of America needs caring, older adults (age 50 and up) to tutor K-3 students in Mpls., 4-15 hours a week. Training is provided and a small stipend is available for those who qualify. 612-617-7807.
Help others in your retirement by spending 15 hours a week as a Senior Companion and receive a tax-free financial reimbursement. Senior Companions provide companionship, transportation and errand assistance to elderly community members, allowing them to continue to live independently in their own homes. You must be 60 years of age and willing to commit to 15 hours a week. For more information call 651-310-9440 or toll free 888-205-3770 for an application.
Ebenezer Senior Housing Services is looking for volunteers. Several opportunities exist, including serving supper to seniors, delivering lunch, one to one visiting and more. Call Volunteer Director Sally Newberry at 612-872-8515 or e-mail snewbur1 @fairview.org.
The Hennepin Cou-nty Volunteer & Community Partnership Program is looking for parent aide volunteers. As a volunteer you can offer your experience as a parent to a single mother or father. Provide encouragement and give hope to single parents who may be coping with health problems, disabilities or other issues. Volunteers are asked to meet with the parent every week for one year. Call Rosemary Carpenter at 612-348-4749.
Work with seniors who want to live independently. Longfellow/ Seward Healthy Seniors has a variety of opportunities for you—such as friendly visiting, driving seniors to appointments, providing caregivers respite, etc. Contact Mary Albrecht at 612-729-5799.
HandyWorks, a program of the Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches, needs volunteers to help seniors in South Minneapolis with home chores. Assist with minor home repairs, snow removal, yard work and housekeeping. For details call Megan at 612-721-8687, ext. 329, or e-mail Mnolan @gmcc.org.
Hospice of the Twin
Cities, a community
based hospice program serving the 12-county metro area, provides support services for patients and families facing a life-threatening illness. Volunteer training is provided. Preregistration is re-quired. Call 763-253-2114.
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