Local winter festivals
Two Bridgeland parks will celebrate winter on Saturday, Feb. 7 — the Prospect Park Fire and Ice Festival at Luxton Park, 112 Williams Ave. SE, and the Winter Ice Follies at Matthews Park, 2318 28th Ave. S. (Editor’s note: an ad in the January paper mistakenly said the Luxton event would happen on Feb. 2; The Bridge apologizes for the error.)

The Matthews Park event runs 12:30–2:30 p.m. The fun includes bingo, art projects, games and prizes for kids, an “ice fishing pond,” a horse drawn hay ride, hot dogs (no pork), popcorn and other snacks.

Kids can sing along with The Teddy Bear Band, and hockey star Darby Hendrickson will sign autographs. The best part: everything is free!

The Luxton event starts later, at 5:30 p.m., and includes horse-drawn hay rides, an ice sculpture contest, music, food, ice skating and, of course, the famous Prospect Park bonfire, to which residents bring their old Christmas trees and wreaths (which go up in spectacular fashion). The event ends at 8:30 p.m.

Community events

Transforming grief into growth
Bradshaw Funeral and
Cremation Services
Tuesdays, Feb. 3–March 3
6:30 p.m.
3131 Minnehaha Ave. S.
This five-week educational series for individuals and families offers information, insights, understanding and support through the grief process. Free, and all are welcome. Attendees must have attended the Jan. 27 or Feb. 3 session to continue. (There is no Feb. 10 session.) For more information, call 612-724-3621 or visit www.bradshawfuneral.com.

Breakfast with a preservationist
Wed., Feb. 4, 8 a.m.
Mill City Museum
710 S. Second St.
ADM Room, Sixth Floor
Hear how photographers Jerry Mathiason and Kate Scott view the architecture of Minneapolis. Coffee and bakery items will be available. Visit www.preserveminneapolis.com for more information.

Twin Cities Daily Planet: Citizen Journalism I
Wednesdays, Feb. 4–25, 6:30–8:30 p.m.
2600 E. Franklin Ave.
Lisa Peterson-de la Cueva’s introduction to reporting and writing will use a workshop model to help students turn ideas into publishable stories. Students will be expected to report and write an article about something in their community. Register online at www.excotc.org.

Coal drivers’ 1934 strike bus tour
Sat., Feb. 7, 1 p.m.
Minneapolis Labor Center
312 Central Ave.
Celebrate the 75th anniversary of the successful Teamsters Local 574 strike with a free two-hour tour of labor history sites, including a Seward stop, aboard a reconditioned 1954 Twin Cities line bus. Labor historian and union activist David Riehle will lead the tour. To reserve a seat, call the Minneapolis Labor Review at 612-379-4725.

Events at the Mill City Museum
704 S. Second St.
Sat., Feb. 7 & 21, 1 p.m.: Washburn A Mill tour
Sat., Feb. 14, 11:30 a.m. & 3:30 p.m.: Family storytime
Feb. 15, 22 and 28: Baking memories
Ongoing exhibit: the hidden history of the Washburn A Mill complex, 1965–2003
For more information, visit www.millcitymuseum.org or call
612-341-7555.

Arts events

Changing Identity:
Recent Works by Women Artists from Vietnam
Feb. 1–May 24
Weisman Art Museum
333 E. River Road
Minneapolis is the last stop on a national tour for this ten-artist show, the first-ever major U.S. exhibition of Vietnamese female artists. The exhibit includes watercolors on rice paper, calligraphy-esque ink paintings and photography. The exhibit kicks off with a preview party on Sat., Jan. 31, 7 p.m.–10 p.m. For more information, visit www.weisman. umn.edu.

Chili cookoff
Thurs., Feb. 5, 6–8 p.m.
Northern Clay Center
2424 Franklin Avenue E.
Contestants and eaters are invited to celebrate NCC’s February artists of the month opening, featuring a chili cookoff. Tickets are $10. Contestants should bring about one gallon of their favorite chili. To register your chili by Feb. 3, email mollymiller@ northernclaycenter.org or call
612-339-8007 × 300.
Also at NCC: Jerome artists and Fogelberg fellows on exhibit through March 1.

Café Intifada
Feb. 5–7, 7 p.m.
Bedlam Theatre
1501 S. Sixth St.
Writer/director Flo Razowsky’s interactive political theatre allows the audience a glimpse of life on the ground in Palestine under Israeli occupation. Razowsky, a Jewish Twin Cities resident, spent more than 22 months living in the West Bank and Gaza Strip between 2002 and 2008. Visit www.bedlamtheatre.org.

Together and Alone
Through Feb. 13
Christensen Center Art Gallery
22nd Ave. at Seven 1/2 St.
Teacher, social activist and photographer Susan Boecher’s black and white infrared photos document the disconnected individual in social settings. The sixty stark images in this exhibit have been mounted on Apple iPods to highlight the theme of isolation. Artist’s presentation Thursday, Feb. 5 at 1:30 p.m. in the Marshall Room. For gallery hours and more, visit www.augsburg.edu/galleries.

last revised: February 2, 2009

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