Better Things: A 5×5 Reading Event and Open Mic
Tuesday, October 1
7 PM
Moon Palace Books
3032 Minnehaha Avenue
Free
Please join Moon Palace Books and ReEntry Lab for the second 5×5 reading featuring five fantastic writers: aegor ray, Louise Waakaa’igan, Michael Kleber-Diggs, Moheb Soliman, and Paul van Dyke. The reading and open mic afterward will be hosted by Erin Sharkey and Davi Gray.
ReEntry Lab is an organization working to connect writers and other artists leaving incarceration to a community that’s ready to receive them. You can learn more about ReEntry Lab at reentrylab.org. Find details about the Better Things series at better-things.org.
Art and Artifact: Murals from the Minneapolis Uprising
Through December 7
Katherine E. Nash Gallery
Regis Center for Art (East)
405 21st Avenue S
Free
Art and Artifact: Murals from the Minneapolis Uprising, showcases murals created on boarded up windows during the 2020 unrest caused by the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. The boards’ powerful messages honored the memory of George Floyd and transformed the urban landscape into a living chronicle of a movement. As we approach the fifth year since George Floyd’s murder, this exhibition encourages reflection on our present reality. For gallery hours, go to cla.umn.edu/art/galleries-public-programs/katherine-e-nash-gallery.
diinsi abuur: Broadcast Signals
Through October 12
Soomaal House Gallery
2200 Minnehaha Avenue
Free
diinsi abuur: Broadcast Signals is part of the diinsi abuur initiative dedicated to fostering artistic exchanges across regions, with a focus on Somali diaspora communities.
The exhibit features Faisa Omer’s Qorrax soo bax/Sunrise series that highlights the beauty and resilience of Somali women through portraiture that incorporates cultural references with traditional textiles, and Siham Salah’s Between Sands and Snow, which captures the fluidity of identity through landscapes that blend the warmth of Somalia with the starkness of Alberta. Through their distinct approaches, both artists engage with themes of migration, belonging, and the emotional ties that connect past and present.
For more information and gallery hours, visit the Soomaal House of Art facebook page.
A Walless Church: The Black Woman’s Guide To Creating God
Pillsbury House Theatre
3501 Chicago Avenue S
Through October 13
Sliding Scale $5 – $30
Join the godlings Oru, Nona, and Mo as they explore what it means to be a Black woman today. Stand witness as they fluidly transition between narrators, protagonists, teachers, students, priestesses, and gods, offering a multifaceted exploration of divinity.
Created by multimedia storyteller AriDy Nox, A Walless Church is centered in heartfelt relationships between Black women and wrestles with what a pathway to healing might look like and the necessity of community to walk it.
Tickets available at pillsburyhouseandtheatre.org/a_walless_church.
Going Out, Coming In: LGBTQ+ Spaces in Downtown Minneapolis
October 6 – December 30
Opening: Saturday, October 5
6 – 8 PM
Quatrefoil Library
1220 E Lake Street
Free
Originally on display at the Mill City Museum, this exhibit brings to life the sights, heart, and energy of Downtown Minneapolis’s LGBTQIA+ community spaces in their first decades. The exhibit immerses visitors in queer resistance, love, and community as it tracks the neighborhood’s evolution from the 1940s to 2000. For library information and hours, visit qlibrary.org or Quatrefoil Library’s facebook page.
On Saturday, October 5th from 6-8pm, join the library to kick off LGBTQIA+ history month and celebrate the opening of the exhibit! This event is free, but please register mnhs.org/events/2766.
Soomaal Visual Arts Fellowship Exhibitions
Through November 12
Augsburg University Gage and Christensen Galleries
2211 Riverside Avenue S
720 22nd Avenue S
Free
Soomaal House of Art and Augsburg University welcome you to two solo exhibitions featuring new work by the 2024 Soomaal Visual Arts Fellows, Wasima Farah and Mohamed Hersi.
At the Gage Gallery, Wasima’s Growing Pains II: Expected Disappointments delves into the complex dynamics of the relationship between a mother and eldest daughter. At the Christensen Gallery, Hersi’s large-scale paintings explore emotional states of being that shape both the present moments and fleeting memories of our human experience in Tides of Tribulations: A Journey of Solace.
Visit galleries.augsburg.edu. for gallery hours, and more about the artists and the Soomaal Visual Arts Fellowship.
Four Sisters Farmers Market
Thursdays
11 AM – 3 PM
1414 E Franklin Avenue
Free
Enjoy local food, handcrafts, and community at the Four Sisters Farmers Market every Thursday through October 31st! Four Sisters is an Indigenous-focused farmers market that strives to celebrate Indigenous pride, health, and well-being. We welcome and accept SNAP/EBT benefits, Market Bucks, Gus Produce Market Bucks, cash, and cards. In partnership with Hunger Solutions, Four Sisters can match up to $10 of SNAP/EBT benefits.
Visit our facebook page to learn about weekly programming as the season progresses!
BROOMSTICK
October 3 – 31
Open Eye Theatre
506 E 24th Street
$15 – $30
Open Eye offers up a frightfully fun show perfectly suited to the season of ghosts, haunted houses, black cats and pumpkins. Don’t miss this twisted yarn of delightful humor and spine-tingling suspense that will conjure a spooky experience unlike any other. Tickets at openeyetheatre.org/broomstick.
55+ Elders Program @ Banyan Community
Thursday, October 10
9:30 – 11:30 AM
2529 13th Avenue S
Free
Residents ages 55+: Banyan Community offers a space every other Thursday to gather and enjoy fellowship, take part in activities, and share snacks. Self-directed activities along with an open gym are also available. Banyan can provide transportation assistance for residents within our service area. Please contact Family Advocate Liz Diaz Torres with any questions at (612) 305-8701.
Indigenous People’s Day Powwow
Monday, October 14
5 – 8 PM
Minneapolis American Indian Center
1530 E Franklin Ave
On Monday, October 14th, the Culture and Language Arts Network at MAIC will host an evening powwow in celebration of this year’s Indigenous Peoples’ Day! Grand entry will be at 5 pm, and further details will be shared as the date approaches. Follow the MAIC facebook page or our website at maicnet.org for updates. For more information, email csecola@maicnet.org.
Puppet Making Workshop
Thursday, October 17
11 AM – 1 PM
Midtown Global Market
920 E Lake Street
Free
Join In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre with artists Lys Ackerman-Frank and Stayci Bell as we engage with different puppetry art forms! Come learn how to papier mâché, make a crankie, use recycled materials to create marionettes and more! For more information, contact info@hobt.org.
Health Equity Fair
Saturday, October 19
Midtown Global Market
920 E Lake Street
Free
This FREE Health Fair sponsored by The Student National Medical Association (SNMA) Twin Cities Chapter at the University of Minnesota Medical School. In partnership with health professional students and faculty members from the University, as well as other community organizations, the fair will offer free wellbeing services, screenings, education, and resources to the community!
Opening for In Memorium: Residents of Minneapolis Pioneers and Soldiers Cemetery
Saturday, October 19
3-5 PM
Hennepin History Museum
2303 3rd Avenue S
Free
This exhibit on Phillips’ own historic Minneapolis Pioneers and Soldiers Cemetery explores the question: who do we choose to remember, and who do we choose to forget? Opening remarks and a short program will begin at 3pm, after which guests are invited to visit the gallery and to join us for light refreshments.
For exhibit dates and museum hours, visit hennepinhistory.org
Midtown Halloween Celebration
Saturday, October 26
3 – 5 PM
Midtown Global Market
920 E Lake Street
Free
Eat, trick or treat and be SPOOKTACULAR! Midtown’s family-friendly Halloween Celebration includes Trick or Treating through the Market, music performance by students from Aubrey’s Music Studio, and a chance to show off your costume at a 4pm costume parade in the central court! We look forward to seeing you! Street and ramp parking available.
Phillips Park Halloween Spooktacular
Thursday, October 31
4 – 6 PM
Phillips Park
2323 11th Avenue S
Free
Come to Phillips Park for an all-ages Halloween get together! For those under 18, we’ll have fun and spooky activities filled with snacks, refreshments, and Halloween candy. Dress in your costume or come as yourself!
BareBones Halloween Extravaganza
October 31
November 1, 2 and 3
7 – 8 PM
Powderhorn Park
$20 and up donation, or pay what you can
Join BareBones for the 31st year of our annual puppet pageant, an outdoor spectacle of larger-than-life puppetry, stilting, dance, fire, song, and music that honors the circle of life at its seasonal arc of death in the Fall. An ASL and Audio Description Night will be held Saturday, November 2! As always, there will also be plenty of walk-up tickets available on show nights, but for early seating, buy tickets online at barebonespuppets.org/2024-show.
Want to be involved in creating the Extravaganza? Please email volunteer@barebonespuppets.org.
Celebracion el Dia de los Muertos
Friday, November 1
5 – 7 PM
Phillips Park Recreation Center
2323 11th Avenue S
Free – Registration Required
Día de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, is a tradition celebrated from October 31st to November 3rd. On November 1 in partnership with Waite House, Phillips Park will celebrate by making ‘ofrendas,’ altars adorned with marigold flowers, sugar skulls, and the favorite foods and drinks of their departed loved ones. This is a family event, and everyone is welcome to come! Food and kids’ activities will be provided. Register at anc.apm.activecommunities.com/mplsparkandrec/activity/search/detail/5489
¡Día de Muertos
Saturday, November 2
Noon – 3 PM
Midtown Global Market
920 E Lake Street
Free
Celebrate Dia de Los Muertos at Midtown Global Market! We’ve partnered with CLUES (Comunidades Latinas Unidas en Servicio/Latino Communities United in Service) for an afternoon of fun that includes workshops, live performances, music, food and more! Street and ramp parking available.
