Community events

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.

Backyard Harvest fundraiser
Mon., Feb. 9, 6:30 p.m.
Merlins Rest, 3601 E. Lake St.
This fundraiser for the Permaculture Research Institute’s urban farming program, Backyard Harvest, will feature live bluegrass. The program provides fresh food and garden education for homeowners as well as entrepreneurial and small-scale food production training for farmers. For more info, visit www.pricoldclimate.org.

Longfellow Garden Club
Wed., Feb. 11, 7–9 p.m.
Epworth United Methodist Church
3207 37th Ave. S.
Master gardener JoAnne Sabin’s talk, Honeybees and Pollination (What Gardeners Need to Know) will explore common misconceptions about bees, describe their value as pollinators and explain what is threatening them and how your garden can help. Free and open to the public.

Will Potter on “the green scare”
Thurs., Feb. 12, 7 p.m.
Cowles Auditorium
Humphrey Institute
301 19th Ave. S.
The Animal Rights Coalition presents Will Potter, who will discuss the way activists have been labeled “eco-terrorists” and national security threats. Visit his blog, www.greenisthe newred.com, where his reporting and analysis of the “green scare” can be found. Free.

The Common Root conference
Feb. 13–14
Faith Mennonite Church
2720 E. 22nd St.
The conference will explore creative resistance and seek community practices that bring “shalom” to a broken world. Breakout sessions on sustainable living, new monasticism, the Catholic worker movement, urban church planting, racial reconciliation and more. More information at www.thecommonroot.eventbrite.com.

Julie Landsman
Sun., Feb. 15, 11:15 a.m.
First Congregational Church
of Minnesota
500 Eighth Ave. SE
Julie Landsman, a local writer and consultant in education, diversity, literacy and creative writing, will speak about her new book, Growing Up White: A Veteran Teacher Reflects on Racism. Free and open to the community.

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.

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.

Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days
Feb. 14–March 8
Guthrie Theatre
818 S. Second St.
Rob Melrose directs veteran Guthrie actors Sally Wingert and Richard Ooms as they explore the human condition through the cheerful chatter of Winnie, inexplicably buried waist-deep in dirt, and her husband Willie’s occasional responses. For a performance schedule or to purchase tickets, $18–$34, visit www.guthrie.org.

NAGAS at the Nash
Through Feb. 19
Regis Center for Art
405 21st Ave. S.
The Katherine E. Nash Gallery hosts the North American graduate art survey (NAGAS), a juried international exhibition. NAGAS, free and open to the public, was open to all media and includes the work of artists from 21 U.S. states and Canada. For more information, www.nash.umn.edu/ events.

last revised: February 8, 2009

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