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Please join us for an evening of Christmas jazz piano arrangements, performed by Nick Bhalla.
Minneapolis-based pianist Nick Bhalla creates meditative arrangements and improvisations by drawing on the past to create moments in the present.
Have an artistic project that you just can't finish? Have 12 unfinished projects and thinking of starting another? Struggling with creative block?
This group is for you!
MPLS Creative's Support Group is for creatives of all types to receive kind constructive criticism for their work. We'll help each other take the next step to getting our art into the world.
Bring an artistic project (or even just a concept) and we'll all help to add the final touches and get your art in front of some eyeballs!
Join us for an hour of music with Moose Lucas from their EPs, Burning Rage and Til Death, with some early previews of new music.
Moose Lucas is a musician from Minnesota. Moose uses music to process and understand the world at large, writing songs about death, lost friendships, climate change, social justice, and finding hope within yourself in the face of adversity and change.
On the first Friday of each month, a puzzling group of people gathers to do a jigsaw puzzle or two. Over the highs, lows, and drama of completing a puzzle, friendships and interesting conversation emerge from the woodwork. Puzzlers of all ages and skill levels are welcome.
Have an artistic project that you just can't finish? Have 12 unfinished projects and thinking of starting another? Struggling with creative block?
This group is for you!
MPLS Creative's Support Group is for creatives of all types to receive kind constructive criticism for their work. We'll help each other take the next step to getting our art into the world.
Bring an artistic project (or even just a concept) and we'll all help to add the final touches and get your art in front of some eyeballs!
Set primarily in 1948, The Fox follows Carl and Elsa, a couple spending the summer at their cabin nestled on the rocky shore of Lake Vermilion in the wilderness of northern Minnesota. Their peaceful retreat is turned upside down when they stumble upon a body and an old treasure map, sparking a thrilling search for answers that unearths long-buried secrets tied to the lake’s past.
Karen Engstrom writes short stories and historical fiction. When she’s not writing, Karen spends time making handcrafted fountain pen inks for a family company, Anderillium Inks.
From the Kerlan Collection at the University of Minnesota:
Please join us on Nov. 14 at 5 p.m. for a reception and guided gallery tours of the exhibit “Journey to Joy: Rise, Relevance, Representation in Children’s Picture Books.”
The exhibit illuminates the diversity of children’s picture books and was developed in curatorial consultation with award-winning children’s book author Andrea Davis Pinkney and Lisa Von Drasek, Miranker Family Curatorial Chair.
Sowing Seeds tells how Minnesota, of all places, came to be host to vibrant literary communities in the 1960s and 70s, fertile ground for the Loft Literary Center, several major independent literary presses, and much else. The benefits of this renaissance are still plain to see all around us.
Mark Gustafson’s previous book was Born Under the Sign of Odin: The Life & Times of Robert Bly’s Little Magazine & Small Press. He lives in South Minneapolis, near the river.
An evening of instrumental music featuring pianist Nick Bhalla and the guitar stylings of the Beachey/Verdin Duo.
Minneapolis-based pianist Nick Bhalla creates meditative arrangements and improvisations by drawing on the past to create moments in the present.
Guitarists Matt Beachey and Mark Verdin explore American primitive guitar odysseys and pastoral folk oddities.
Family law attorney Susan Mundahl distilled her 35 years of professional experience into her first book, “The Emotional Divorce.” This guide offers a straightforward and pragmatic pathway into the world of personal growth, presenting divorce as a catalyst for the profound journey into emotional awareness. Combining practical advice with heartfelt insights, it encourages readers to view upheaval as an opportunity for self-discovery and the gateway to fulfilling new possibilities.
Susan Mundahl is the founder and President of Mundahl Law, PLLC, a proudly woman-owned and operated family law firm in Maple Grove. She has dedicated over 35 years to helping families navigate the complexities of the law to find positive solutions.
On the first Friday of each month, a puzzling group of people gathers to do a jigsaw puzzle or two. Over the highs, lows, and drama of completing a puzzle, friendships and interesting conversation emerge from the woodwork. Puzzlers of all ages and skill levels are welcome.
Bring your treat basket and stroll down 13th Ave. NE for some (pre) Halloween family fun! Stop by the following businesses and community locations for a treat and say hello to our small-business owners:
13th Ave Fire Station
Fiber Works
Curiosity
Young Joni
Squared Up
Nixta/Oro
Matchbox
Heart Salon
Eat My Words Bookstore
Heartwood Montessori
Craft Hair Collective
The Anchor
Theater Latte Da
SNO (Community Gardens with a "Haunted Garden"
Mill City Church
Please join us for a performance from local artists!
Penitent Echoes is an acoustic duo; Jae plays cello and Joey plays guitar and banjo. They take turns singing and the music ranges between gothic-folk, shanty-songs, acoustic-punk, and ambient-instrumental.
Mainly described as “weird,” Lucas Kurmis is a singer-songwriter from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Lucas’ music ranges from folk-punk, to indie rock, to spoken word, to noise-rock. Lucas’ focus is often on guitar, as he’s played since his teens, but he uses strings, drums, and a toy Casio keyboard in his own style. Lucas is currently releasing a visual album song by song on YouTube, Bandcamp, and Spotify. The album is called Another Time/Life/Universe and focuses on the grays of fiction/nonfiction and missed connections.
Admiral Fox’s sounds range from introspective indie folk to synth-flavored garage rock. Following the release of their 2020 EP Nowhere is Safe, their music has been slanting away from the acoustic singer-songwriter crooners of their debut, and heading into louder, more electric, and more socially conscious territory. Though they’ll always find time for a sad-boy ballad or three.
Maddie suffers an episode of transient global amnesia (TGA) and struggles to piece together the events that took place during the hours missing from her memory. In the days, weeks and months that follow, her nightmares reveal several shocking truths.
Kathryn Schleich is a multi-award-winning author, feminist and activist in the Minneapolis and Saint Paul area of Minnesota. Her novel “Darkness and Grace,” a domestic thriller based on true events, received a 2022 Independent Press Award.
Have an artistic project that you just can't finish? Have 12 unfinished projects and thinking of starting another? Struggling with creative block?
This group is for you!
MPLS Creative's Support Group is for creatives of all types to receive kind constructive criticism for their work. We'll help each other take the next step to getting our art into the world.
Bring an artistic project (or even just a concept) and we'll all help to add the final touches and get your art in front of some eyeballs!
On the first Friday of each month, a puzzling group of people gathers to do a jigsaw puzzle or two. Over the highs, lows, and drama of completing a puzzle, friendships and interesting conversation emerge from the woodwork. Puzzlers of all ages and skill levels are welcome.
Heartfelt, poetic meditations that explore family dynamics from an accomplished poet of Finnish heritage.
In Stars Unseen, Greg Watson fearlessly navigates a path through multi-generational trauma and grief, explores his Finnish American heritage, and the joys and challenges of single parenting in the present age.
Have an artistic project that you just can't finish? Have 12 unfinished projects and thinking of starting another? Struggling with creative block?
This group is for you!
MPLS Creative's Support Group is for creatives of all types to receive kind constructive criticism for their work. We'll help each other take the next step to getting our art into the world.
Bring an artistic project (or even just a concept) and we'll all help to add the final touches and get your art in front of some eyeballs!
Please join us for an evening of solo acoustic guitar performance. Three guitarists will dig into the sonic possibilities of this versatile instrument.
Mark Verdin plays thumb-forward, melody-driven fingerstyle guitar that draws inspiration from the folk music of the British Isles, the American South, and beyond.
Oscar Tengo is the solo project of Matt Beachey, exploring psychedelic American primitive guitar odysseys and pastoral folk oddities. Beachey also plays in the duo Slow Clarity with Minneapolis guitarist Steve Palmer, who have shared bills with the likes of Ty Segall, Ryley Walker and Heath and Beauty.
Miles McClain is a string wizard and noise traveler whose music draws upon a rich vein of influences, including English and Scottish folk, chamber music, ritual ambient, and more.
Please join us for a reading from local author J.P. Johnson as he reads from his latest book, Stranger Convolutions.
J.P. Johnson is a semi-retired real estate agent and is now living a work-optional lifestyle in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with his wife, Marylee and daughter, Erin. He is a long-time member of the Minneapolis Writers’ Workshop.
On the first Friday of each month, a puzzling group of people gathers to do a jigsaw puzzle or two. Over the highs, lows, and drama of completing a puzzle, friendships and interesting conversation emerge from the woodwork. Puzzlers of all ages and skill levels are welcome.
From the MPLS Creatives' Support Group!
MPLS Creatives' Support Group is for creatives of all types to receive kind constructive criticism for their work. We'll help each other take the next step to getting our art into the world.
Spend the evening with other creative queers sharing recent works from poetry, short excerpts of essays, comics, and other forms of media. Open to anyone queer and ally!
Slots are 5 minutes. Masks are required. No drums or loud amplification.
Please join us for a reading a book signing by author Teresa Heupel.
Healed to Healer - A woman's transformation through Christian Shamanism and the Power of Spirit chronicles an extraordinary journey of faith and healing. It begins with a profound struggle against epileptic seizures, exploring the various medical treatments, surgeries, and the path to recovery.
Poetry, prose, jazz, and mayhem with Ted King and special guests.
Please join us for a poetry reading from local favorite Ted King. He'll be reading from his latest book, Modern Problems. See the review here!
"When Lilo, the new Maskless of the House of Joy, invites I'imrik to a fight to the death, his eyes open to a world of chaos. Experiencing emotion for the first time in his life, I'imrik fights for control of his mind and the world he's always held in his hand."
Please join us for a reading from local author Paradise Vaughn Foster. He will be reading from his latest book, A Masquerade of Corpses.
On the first Friday of each month, a puzzling group of people gathers to do a jigsaw puzzle or two. Over the highs, lows, and drama of completing a puzzle, friendships and interesting conversation emerge from the woodwork. Puzzlers of all ages and skill levels are welcome.
Mary Junge, Kathy Wedl, June Blumenson, and Carol Rucks are seasoned poets who write about anything and everything, drawing from birds flying by and what happened on prom day decades ago to current events, family history, and humorous moments. While these poets are often serious, they don’t take themselves too seriously, and they know how to have a good time. All four have recent books published by Kelsay Books, and each poet will read for ten minutes from her book, then the group will read round-robin style in response to selected themes.
Spend the evening with other creative queers sharing recent works from poetry, short excerpts of essays, comics, and other forms of media. Open to anyone queer and ally!
Slots are 5 minutes. Masks are required. No drums or loud amplification.
From the MPLS Creatives' Support Group!
MPLS Creatives' Support Group is for creatives of all types to receive kind constructive criticism for their work. We'll help each other take the next step to getting our art into the world.
Please join us for a reading from Mario Duarte's latest book, My Father Called Us Monkeys.
His book is inspired by his experiences as a Mexican American boy growing up in a primarily white community in the Midwest during the 1960s. The book is made up of short stories and memoirs closely tied to the author’s own life, and provides an interesting perspective: the perspective of a child coming of age in a time of great change in the world as a whole, and on a smaller level, in a neighborhood where not many people look like them.
