We Are Water MN
Though August 14
Augsburg University
Oren Center Lobby
610 22nd Avenue S
Free
A collaboration with the Somali Museum of Minnesota and Minnesota Humanities Center, We Are Water MN invites you to explore the challenges of water scarcity and its impact on the Somali Minnesotan community. Immerse yourself in a display that combines personal stories, cultural histories, and scientific insights, and sheds light on the vital role water plays in Somali culture, identity, and daily life. Discover the resilience of the Somali Minnesotan community in the face of water scarcity challenges and gain a deeper understanding of the importance of water stewardship.
Bring your family, friends, and colleagues to experience the profound significance of water and its universal impact.
Four Sisters Farmers Markets Thursdays, 11 AM – 3 PM
1414 E Franklin Avenue
Free
The Four Sisters Farmers Market is an Indigenous-focused farmers market centered on providing increased access to affordable, healthy, culturally appropriate local foods within the American Indian Cultural Corridor. SNAP/EBT benefits, Market Bucks, cash, and cards are welcome. For more information, go to facebook.com/foursistersmarket
826 MSP Youth Writing Workshops
July 10 – August 17
826 MSP
1915 E 22nd Street
Free
826 MSP’s summer youth program begins July 10! The program offers 6 different week-long creative writing classes on a variety of topics, including science and technology, fantasy, screenwriting, poetry, and art. Workshops will be held Monday through Thursday 10 a.m.– noon (ages 12–15), and 1–3 p.m. (ages 7–11), with a snack provided each session.
826 MSP programs are always free! To register go to facebook.com/826MSP.
Big Dogs: Large Stories
Saturdays
July 8 – August 5
Vine Arts Center Gallery
2637 27th Avenue South
Free
Big Dogs: Large Stories is an evolving traveling collection of large format oils on canvas which represent a unique collaboration between dogs, their human companions and contemporary artist Jennifer Fisher Jones. The paintings explore the connection between animals and humans and how these profound relationships support joyful living. Each painting is accompanied by a story written by a dogs’ human counterpart, making the collection both visual and literary.
Wish Work Puppet Series: Puss-in-Boots
Saturday July 15, 10:30 – 11:30AM
Hinterhands Puppet Company
2742 15th Ave S
Suggested donation: $5 – $10
Adapted from the classic fairy tale, Puss-in-Boots is about a trickster cat who uses her wits to outsmart a simple king and a wicked ogre. This puppet production of Puss-in-Boots is performed in a charming miniature proscenium toy theatre with 12” marionette puppets. Appropriate for the entire family, but best suited for ages 4-9.
Wish Work, a program of Hinterhands Puppet Company, is puppet theatre for young audiences focused on telling stories working toward making the world the way we wish it to be.
Invisible Fences
July 20 – 23
Open Eye Theatre
506 East 24th Street
$26 ($15 Students, $10 economic accessibility)
A new collaboration by singer-songwriter Gaelynn Lea and storyteller-playwright Kevin Kling, Invisible Fences combines their unique talents in an original musical fable that weaves together storytelling and song into a theatrical experience that is rich in the wit and wisdom inherent in Disability Culture. Every performance will have ASL interpretation as well as projected captioning. There will also be narrated audio descriptions at the beginning of each scene to help blind and low-vision audience members better place themselves in the worlds Lea and Kling are creating.
Open Eye has invested in making its stage truly accessible for all artists with the recent installation of a wheelchair lift. Tickets available at openeyetheatre.org.
Movies in the Park:
Turning Red
Tuesday July 18
9:15 – 11:45 PM
Elliot Park
1000 E 14th Street
Free
If you love movies just as much as you love the outdoors, the MPRB Movies in the Park series is your ticket to cinematic entertainment this summer! Movie will start 15 minutes after sunset. Bring a lawn chair or blanket and come early to grab a good spot. For cancellations due to weather, please check the MPRB Facebook page.
Movies in the Park:
Minions – The Rise of Gru
Thursday July 20
9 – 10:30 PM
Matthews Park
2318 29th Avenue S
Free
Movie starts 15 minutes after sunset. Bring a lawn chair or blanket and come early to grab a good spot. This film will be shown on the grassy hill south of the tennis courts. For cancellations due to weather, please check the MPRB Facebook page.
Saturday Sounds with Tarryn Nécole
Saturday, July 22
12 – 2 PM
Midtown Global Market
920 E. Lake Street
Free
Join us this Saturday at Midtown Global Market for Saturday Sounds with vocalist Tarryn Nécole. Nécole has been singing for as long as she can remember, it has always been her favorite thing to do. She gets some of her inspiration from gospel and Christian artists, as she grew up singing in church; Yolanda Adams, MaryMary, Staccie Orrico to name a few. She plays guitar and uses that instrument to help with songwriting!
Allsang: A Multicultural sing-along
Saturday, July 29
4 – 5 PM
Norway House
913 E Franklin Avenue
Free (RSVP)
For 16 years, Norwegians gathered in Halden, on the border with Sweden, to sing their hearts out together. In 2022, that program, called Allsang på grensen, (Sing-Along at the Border) was called to an end, but we’re happy to keep the musical adventure alive with our Minneapolis version crossing borders and cultures to include a lively sing-along for everyone to enjoy.
Held inside at Norway House, people from the diverse cultures in our neighborhood will present music and folk songs from their own cultures and languages. We’ll include texts for some of the songs so you can sing, too! Please RSVP at norwayhouse.org/calendar/allsang-2023.
