For Reunion Attendees and Guests: Events in the Twin Cities June 6-9
This list is incomplete, disordered, and idiosyncratic, but Google and other resources should help you find out more.
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra-Mozart’s Don Giovanni and Prague Symphony with Martin Fröst, Ordway Center, https://content.thespco.org/events/season-finale-mozarts-don-giovanni-and- prague-symphony-martin-frost/, Friday and Saturday at 8 pm., Sunday at 2 p.m.
Minnesota Orchestra-Orchestra Minneapolis, Thursday, June 7 11 am and Friday, June 8 at 8 p.m.,– Mozart piano concerto #20 and Bruckner, Symphony #6, Sat. June 8, 7:30 p.m, an evening with singer Chastity Brown and the Minnesota Orchestra. https://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/buy/tickets/browse-calendar
Dakota Jazz Club – downtown Minneapolis – June 5 – Reckless Kelly, June 6 & 7, Al Stewart, June 8 & 9 Ana Popovic, https://www.dakotacooks.com/events/
Minneapolis Vintage Market - June 9, 12-5, free, Sociable Cider Werks in Northeast Minneapolis!
Visit Minnehaha Falls in Minnehaha Park, Minneapolis
Visit St. Anthony Falls, Minneapolis, Free tours https://www.nps.gov/miss/planyourvisit/stanfall.htm
Stamp and Scrapbook Expo, MN State Fairgrounds, Fri, Jun 7, 10 AM – Sat, Jun 8, 5 PM https://scrapbookexpo.com/2019-expo-show-list/mn-19/
Streetcar Museum – trolley ride at Lake Harriet, Minneapolis, and in Excelsior. https://trolleyride.org/
Museum of Russian Art An Evening with The Luther College Balalaika Ensemble Friday, June 7, 2019, 7:00 PM https://tmora.org/
MIA – www.artsmia.org Emblems of a Prosperous Life: Women’s Robes of Late Imperial China (1700s – 1800s) Without boundaries: Fiber sculptures and paintings by women artists Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists (this exhibition, opening June 2, may be unique to the Twin Cities) www.artsmia.org
Minnesota Museum of American Art Pioneer Endicott Building – downtown St. Paul
Jackson Street Roundhouse, Minnesota Transportation Museum (Old RR cars in a former roundhouse and repair shop) http://transportationmuseum.org/
Minnesota Lynx – WNBA games Thursday, June 6, and Saturday, June 8 in Minneapolis
Minnesota Twins – out of town during reunion weekend
The Somali Museum of Minnesota https://www.somalimuseum.org/
American Swedish Institute https://www.asimn.org/ The Vikings Begin Kinetic: Danny Saathof
Hennepin History Museum https://www.hennepinhistory.org/
The Bakken Museum (electricity in an old mansion) https://thebakken.org/
Pavek Museum (of Radio in a light industrial neighborhood) https://www.pavekmuseum.org/
Twin City Model Railroad Museum https://www.tcmrm.org/
Walker Art Center www.walkerart.org
Frederick R. Weisman Museum Interesting building by architect Frank Gehry Special exhibits: The wonderful world before Disney; The Persistance of Mingei: Influence through four generations of ceramic artists https://wam.umn.edu/
Como Park Conservatory http://www.comozooconservatory.org/
Science Museum of Minnesota Omni Film: Cuba Beautiful site on riverfront in St. Paul www.smm.org
Bell Museum Planetarium Show: One Giant Leap opens June 9; Museum of the Moon through June 9 New building, recently opened. https://www.bellmuseum.umn.edu/
Theater Latte Da : http://www.latteda.org/to-let-go-and-fall World premiere, To Let To and Fall, by Harrison David Rivers
Dark and Stormy Productions – Dry Powder by Sarah Burgess https://www.darkstormy.org/
Mill City Museum-learn about the grain industry in Minnesota at a lovely site on the river in Minneapolis https://www.mnhs.org/millcity
Minnesota United – out of town
Leslie Barlow: A Familiar Portrait of Labor and Love Le Meridien Chambers, 901 Hennepin, Mpls.
Minnesota History Center—First Avenue: Stories of Minnesota’s Mainroom www.mnhs.org
Open Mic Night, The Corner Bar, 10 p.m. Thursday., 1501 Washington S.
Balls, Open Mic Cabaret, Southern Theater, Sat. June 9
10 Quirkiest Museums in Twin Cities: http://www.startribune.com/from-tiny-trains-to-dog-tooth- necklaces-here-are-the-10-quirkiest-museums-in-twin-cities/509110402/
Raptor Center - https://www.raptor.umn.edu/
Further afield: Minnesota Landscape Arboretum (Chaska, http://www.arboretum.umn.edu/), Oliver Kelley Farm (Elk River, https://www.mnhs.org/kelleyfarm)