Mosaic Mondays
Mondays
6 – 8 PM
Semilla Center for
Healing and the Arts
2742 15th Ave S
Free
Does non-directed community creativity bring you joy, strength, relief – or any other soul-lifting benefit? Then you should know about Semilla Open Studio Mondays. This weekly open studio welcomes everyone to work in community company on mosaics or linocut prints (materials and basic instruction provided) or on a personal project from home. Check the Semilla Center facebook page for details and occasional schedule changes for the upcoming week!
You Belong Here Cash Mobs
Dates to come
4-7 PM
Lake Street
Spend what you can
Federal actions in Minnesota are attempting to break communities through violence, division, and economic pressure. We won’t let that happen. If you are in a position to spend, join neighbors for Cash Mobs to gather as a community and support small businesses that need us. Check http://www.visitlakestreet.com/youbelonghere for the dates and locations of upcoming Cash Mobs!
Winston: A Woman’s Fight for Freedom in Minnesota
Through October 2027
Hennepin History
Museum
2303 3rd Avenue S
Pay what you can
This exhibit tells the story of Eliza Winston, the first and only enslaved person to successfully fight for their freedom in a Minnesota courtroom. Featuring artifacts from the museum’s permanent collection, the exhibit is based on the scholarship of co-curator Dr. Christopher P. Lehman and features a newly commissioned artwork depicting Eliza. For museum hours and visitor information, visit http://www.hennepinhistory.org.
Better Things 5×5 Reading and Open Mic
Tuesday, March 3
7 PM
Moon Palace Books
3032 Minnehaha Avenue
Free
Better Things March 5X5 reading features amazing writers Rosetta Peters, Ashe Jaafaru, Cecily McMillan, Lester Batiste, and Lt. Sunnie. A community open mic hosted by Davi Gray and Zeke Caligiuri will follow, and ASL interpretation is featured for the entire event. Please note that masks are required at Moon Palace Books. For more information about Better Things, visit http://www.reentrylab.org/better-things
STRANGE HEART: The Dream Songs of John Berryman
March 5 – 22
Open Eye Theatre
506 E 24th Street
$15 – $32
Poet John Berryman is best known for The Dream Songs, a 385-poem sequence that was largely written while he served as a lecturer at the University of Minnesota from 1955 until his death in 1972. In Strange Heart, Twin Cities vocalists Bradley Greenwald and Anna Hashizume will front a live band playing a dreamy jazz-infused score in playwright-composer Brosofske’s lyrical portrait of Berryman, whose work is considered exemplary of the Confessional poetry movement. For tickets and details on the performance, go to Open Eye Theatre.
Bug Ballet
Fri, Mar 6 – Sat, Mar 14
Southern Theater
$15-$45 Sliding Scale
What will happen when we are gone and our homes sit empty, deteriorating, decomposing?
Maybe if we are lucky they will become grand stages for the Bug Ballet! https://southerntheater.org/
International Women’s Day Concert
Sunday, March 8
2 – 3 PM
American Swedish Institute
2600 Park Avenue
Pay What You Can
Registration Req.
Celebrate International Women’s Day at ASI with a program of Nordic music and dance hosted by renowned Minnesota nyckelharpist Renee Vaughan. This special event will highlight the music and dance traditions pioneered by women who immigrated to the United States. from the Nordic region. The women focused on in this program were fiddlers and bag pipe players from Sweden, a Norwegian hardingfele player, a Finnish accordion player, and more. Register at http://www.asimn.org/events-calendar/international-womens-day-celebration.
Somali Weaving Workshop
Saturday, March 14
Somali Museum
2925 Chicago Avenue
Greenway Basement (ground) Level
2 – 4 PM
Free
At this hands-on cultural experience, you will learn traditional weaving techniques that can be used to create intricate and vibrant artworks with no tools other than your own hands! This is a chance to learn and listen to the stories and experiences that shape this beautiful craft from the Somali Museum’s Weaving Instructors.
HerStory Book Fair
Saturday, March 14
Noon – 3 PM
Midtown Global
Market
920 E Lake Street
Free
Now in its second year, the annual HerStory Book Fair at the Midtown Global Market celebrates the powerful and diverse literary voices of Minnesota’s women authors through a multicultural lens. Don’t miss this chance to meet authors, shop for books, support literacy, and discover your next favorite author!
The Phillips Community Maple Tapping Project
Thursday, March 19
4 – 7 PM
East Phillips Park
2307 17th Avenue S
$10-$20 (financial assistance available)
Have you ever wondered how maple sap is transformed into sticky, sweet syrup? The Phillips Community Maple Tapping Project, led by Four Sisters Food Sovereignty, gives you the chance to watch the process in action in your own neighborhood…and an option to learn how to tap your own trees! If you don’t have a tree but want to try tapping, there will also be opportunities to collect sap from other trees. To participate, search “maple” at minneapolisparks.org/activities-events, then scroll down and click on the event to register. For assistance with registration, call East Phillips Park at 612-370-4888. If cost is a barrier, please reach out to giacono@nacdi.org.
Drag Story Hour MN: Shimmering Waves
Saturday, March 21
Pillsbury House + Theatre
3501 Chicago Avenue S
10:30 AM and 12:30 PM
Pick Your Price
Drag Story Hour MN returns to the PH+T stage with Shimmering Waves, a playful collection of stories and songs that flow from freshwater streams to the sea, including magical creatures who call the water home.
Beloved trio Doña Pepa, Sid Sity, and Old Man Zimmer blend puppetry, storytelling, music, and lip sync performances in an interactive experience for children and their caretakers. Together, they celebrate gender expression, friendship, and the magic of nature — reminding us that every wave carries a story, and every story brings us closer. Get tickets at Pillsbury House + Theatre.
The Dance is Not Over
Sunday, March 29
7 – 9 PM
Quatrefoil Library
1220 E Lake Street
Free
The Dance is Not Over is a feature length documentary by Mark Wojahn starring dancer, choreographer, and artistic founder of Patrick’s Cabaret, Patrick Scully. Filmed over a period of six years and framed around the rehearsals of Scully’s dance company, the movie zooms in on secrets of Scully’s early years as he finds his movement in contact improv, goes on to dance with Remy Charlip in New York, founds Patrick’s Cabaret, battles the 90’s culture wars, and presents his homoerotic personification of Walt Whitman in the performance Leaves of Grass: Illuminated.
The film screening will be followed by a Q&A with star Patrick Scully. No RSVP required, all are welcome!
