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.

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 the kids by for an outdoor puppet show from the amazing Open Eye Theatre!

From the MPLS Creatives’ Support Group!

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 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.

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!

A collection of rare letterpress books will be on display to the public at Eat My Words bookstore. This collection, largely produced by Yolla Bolly Press, includes letterpress and woodcut illustrated books as well as prospectuses. We welcome you to an open house viewing event and a short reading from the collection by Jacqueline White, daughter of the curators.

Available for purchase. Contact eatmywordsbooks@gmail.com for enquiries.

Read below for full list of titles.

·         Zapata, by John Steinbeck.  Yolla Bolly Press (1991). With slipcase. $750.

·         Flight, by John Steinbeck.  Yolla Bolly Press (1984). $350.

·         My First Summer in the Sierra, by John Muir.  Yolla Bolly Press (1988). Includes slipcase, prospectus and personal library letter. $1500.

·         The Winged Life, The Poetic Life of Henry David Thoreau, by Henry David Thoreau.  Yolla Bolly Press (1986). With slipcase. $2000.

·         One of the Missing, by Ambrose Bierce.  Yolla Bolly Press (1991). With slipcase. $725.

·         The Inland Whale, by Theodora Kroeber.  Yolla Bolly Press (1987). Includes slipcase and personal library letter.  $1500.

·         The Nature of Nature and The Tree, by John Fowles.  Yolla Bolly Press (1995).  With slipcase and prospectus. $600.

·         True Bear Stories, by Joaquin Miller.  Yolla Bolly Press (1985). With slipcase. $250.

·         Under the Aztec Sun, by Harriet Doerr.  Yolla Bolly Press (1990). With slipcase. $150.

·         Boss Dog, A Fable in Six Parts, MFK Fisher.  Yolla Bolly Press (1990). With slipcase. $200.

·         This is My Blood, by James Laughlin.  Yolla Bolly Press (1989). No slipcase, but clear plastic jacket. $65.

·         Two Rivers, by Wallace Stegner.  Yolla Bolly Press (1989). No slipcase. $110.

·         The Adventures of Chef Gallois, by Idwal Jones.  Yolla Bolly Press (2000). With slipcase. $400.

·         The House that Jeffers Built, by Donnan Call Jeffers.  Two volumes. Yolla Bolly Press (1993). With slipcase and prospectus. $300.

·         The Klamath Knot, by David Rains Wallace.  Yolla Bolly Press (1983). With slipcase. $100.

·         Printer’s Dozen, by James and Carolyn Robinson, Yolla Bolly Press (1985?).  $22

·         Catching the Light: Remembering Wallace Stegner, an anthology.  Stanford University Library (1996). With slipcase. $100.

·         Small Towns Book, by James and Carolyn Robertson. Anchor Book (1978). $8

·         Prospectus for Two Kitchens of Provence, by MFK Fisher.  Yolla Bolly Press (1999). $35.

·         Prospectus for Paris France, by Gertrude Stein.  Yolla Bolly Press (2000). $35.

·         Prospectus for Inner Galaxy, by Loren Eiseley.  Yolla Bolly Press (2002). $35.

·         Prospectus for Babette’s Feast, by Isak Dinesen.  Yolla Bolly Press (1997). $50.

·         Prospectus for The Roan Stallion, by Robinson Jeffers.  Yolla Bolly Press (1990). $35.

·         Prospectus for The Man Who Made Wine, by J.M. Scott.  Yolla Bolly Press (1996). $15.

·         Prospectus for Theseus, by Andre Gide.  Yolla Bolly Press (______). $35.

·         Little Journey to the Home of Joaquin Miller, by Elbert Hubbard.  Roycrofters (1903). $35.

·         A Beastly Alphabet, by Jean Garrett. Self-Published (2010).  $25.

·         A Vision of Thoreau, by Henry David Thoreau, illustrated by Antonio Frasconi. Antonio Frasconi (1965).  $275.

·         Del Quien lo Tomo, by Joel Oppenheimer. Perishable Press (1982).  $75.

·         Weather, by William Stafford. Perishable Press (1969).  $425.

·         Ballerina & Cow Painted Sculpture, by Schomer Lichtner.  $75.

·         Messages from the Garden. Dirtman Journal (1976).  $35.

·         The Garden Journal. Round Valley Garden Project #2 (1978).  $35.

Please join us for a reading by local Minneapolis poet, Dougie Padilla.

From the man himself: 

"Long ago and far away I was a young poet, a Minnesota poet. I wrote constantly. Then came the Vietnam war and all the protests. And then came San Francisco and psychedelics and communes around the country. Zen masters and Indian swamis came. A psychotic break came. Heart failure came. And ashrams and organic farming with horses came. Then time with mi familia in Mexico came as did years working with the great American poet Robert Bly. Eventually, there were kids and houses and marriage and businesses and a long, long career in the visual arts. And even grandkids… 

Fifty years later and out of the blue poetry returned quick and sure. I’d moved my art studio to rural Wisconsin to beat rising rents in the city, to concentrate on my painting, to meditate, be in nature, to face my loneliness. Once there, I started working on my memoirs. Instead, poems begin pouring out. Now, another ten years and seven books later they continue to pour out. 

What a blessing."

Join us for a poetry event with local favorites TC and K. Swing by and grab a seat - with the likes of these two, anything could happen.

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.

Thursday, May 30, 6:30-8:00 pm

Spend a night 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.